Realizing the Potential of Foreign Language Instruction. Selected Papers from the 1990 Central States Conference (22nd, St. Paul : Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1990) / Gerard L. Ervin, Ed.

Selected papers from the conference on the future of second language teaching include: "Reasons for Shame, Reasons for Pride: Foreign Languages and Democracy in America" (Mary Hatwood Futrell); "Present's Tense but Future's Perfect: A Twenty-First Century Case for Foreign Language" (Alan Garfinkel, Holly Schrank); "Integrating a Foreign Language into the Pre-K through Grade 5 Program: The Baker Model" (Paula K. Strupeck, Ann P. Watson); "FLEX: A Golden Opportunity for Motivating Students for Foreign Language Study" (Aleidine J. Moeller); "Enhancing the Learning of Foreign Languages at the Middle School Level" (Keiko K. Samimy, Elizabeth B. Bernhardt); "Staff Development for the FLES Teacher: Networking to Make It Happen" (Audrey L. Heining-Boynton); "To Articulate or Not To Articulate: Is That the Question?" (O. Lynn Bolton, Diana E. Bartley, Anthony Ciccone, Karen Weiss); "The Practical Alternative: Testing the Reading Comprehension of Large Numbers of Students with a Multiple-Choice Proficiency Test" (Christine M. Campbell); "Global Assessment of Writing Proficiency" (Claus Reschke); "The Roman Empire from Cradle to Graves: Using 'I, Claudius' in the Latin Language or Roman Civilization Course" (Jeffrey L. Buller). Appended materials include the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency guidelines, the Interagency Language Roundtable language skill level descriptions, and a comparison of government and ACTFL rating scales. (MSE)

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