Selected papers from a conference on language proficiency, policy, and language teacher professionalism include: "Proficiency in Perspective in the Foreign Language Classroom" (Sally Sieloff Magnan); "Teaching Foreign Languages: Policy and the Federal Role" (Paul Simon); "Proficiency in the 'Real World' of the Professional Classroom Teacher" (Lorraine A. Strasheim); "Building Proficiency: Activities for the Four Skills" (Barbara Snyder, Donna R. Long, James R. Kealey, Beverly Marckel); "The Teaching and Testing of Comprehension in Foreign Language Learning" (Elizabeth B. Bernhardt, Charles J. James); "Using Plays Proficiently in the Foreign Language Class" (John M. Purcell); "The VCR Revolution: Feature Films for Language and Cultural Proficiency" (Tom Carr, Janice Duncan);"Foreign Languages in the Middle School: Exploration, Enrollment, Excellence" (Victoria E. Sherer, Jeanine S. Biemel); "The Exploratory Wheel: A Foreign Language Program for the Middle School" (Lael Littlefield, Rafael Grenier); and "Developing a Latin Curriculum for High School" (Alan M. Corn). (MSE)