CONTENTS

From the Editor

CHINESE IN THE COLLEGE CURRICULUM

Learning Chinese in the 1990s
Jerry Norman

Teaching Chinese at an Urban University
Jonathan Pease

Looking beyond Methodology
Jiaying Howard

VARIATIONS ON THE BRIDGE

Intermediate-Level Foreign Language Curricula: An Assessment and a New Agenda
Richard Jurasek

Bridge? What's a Bridge?
George Gutsche

Bridging the Gap: A Content-Based Approach
Erlinda Gonzales-Berry

CREATIVE MANAGEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT

Redefining the Role of the Foreign Language Department Chair: The Chair asFund-Raiser, Program Developer, and Entrepreneur
Steven J. Loughrin-Sacco

So Now, How Are You Going to Pay for It? Dealing with Budget Cuts in Hard Times
Michael S. Pincus

Professionalizing Second-Language Teaching
Jörg Roche

PERSPECTIVES ON ENROLLMENTS

Highlights of the MLA's Study of Foreign Language Enrollments through Time

Variation in Foreign Language Enrollments through Time (1970–90)
Bettina J. Huber

Back Matter Winter 1996