CONTENTS

Improving Foreign Language Competence at All Levels: No Longer Foreign, NoLonger Alien
President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies

The United States Government Requirements for Foreign Languages
James R. Ruchti

The Mandate for a National Program for Assessment of Language Proficiency
F. André Paquette

Results of the Departmental Preliminary Questionnaire
Eugene F. Timpe

The American Philological Association and Excellence in the Teaching of theClassics
Robert W. Carrubba

“Cultivons notre jardin”: Strategies for Building the ForeignLanguage and Literature Program
Claire Gaudiani

Integrating International Business and Language Training
Robert J. Kühne and Gerda P. Jordan

Teaching Ethnic Languages in the United States: Implications for Curriculum andFaculty Development
Guadalupe Valdés

Using Drama to Teach Languages
Judith M. Melton

An Environment for Interaction and Involvement: A Workshop for Foreign LanguageTeachers
Sidney L. Hahn

Toward Better Articulation between High School and College Foreign LanguageTeachers
Guessler Normand