Papers in this volume are: "National Standards and Assessments" (June K. Phillips; Jamie B. Draper); "Cultural Roots and Academic Achievement" (Charles R. Hancock); "The At-Risk Student in the Foreign Language Classroom" (Audrey Heining-Boynton); "I Can't Get Them To Talk" (Robert L. Davis; H. Jay Siskin); "Preparing Foreign Language Teachers for a Multicultural and Multilingual Society" (Flore Zephir); "The Semantics of Culture" (Gerhard Fischer); "Authentic Communication via Minitel" (Jayne Abrate); "Putting Our Proficiency Orientation into Practice through Meaningful Assessment" (Donna Clementi; Paul Sandrock); "Portfolio Assessment" (Aleidine J. Moeller); and "Foreign Language Education in the Community College" (Richard Kalfus). An appendix contains an extensive list of suggested readings. (CK)