CONTENTS

From the Editor

PERSPECTIVES ON THE PROFESSIONAL

At Home on Babel Tower: Or, Why Should Children Learn a Second Language?
Donald G. Marshall

Incorporating Minorities into Foreign Language Programs: The Challenge of the Nineties
Bettina J. Huber

Preparing Foreign Language Teachers: Problems and Possibilities
Genelle Morain

LITERATURE IN THE CLASSROOM

Method as Medium and Message: Technique and Its Discontents
James A. Parr

Hispanic Balladry in the Foreign Language Classroom
Michèle S. de Cruz-Sáenz

THE CURRICULUM AND THE CLASSROOM

Reviving Language Skills: A Description and Evaluation of Michigan Tech's Summer Intensive French Course
Steven J. Loughrin-Sacco, Sylvia A. Matthews, Wendy M. Sweet, and Jan A. Miner

Overcoming Anarchy in the Advanced Language Class
John R. Gutiérrez

PROFICIENCY: THE DEBATE CONTINUES

Logic, Linguistics, and Proficiency Testing
L. Kirk Hagen