These proceedings are the result of a recommendation of the Royal Commission on bilingualism and biculturalism in Canada that in second language education in Canada the emphasis should be on the Canadian milieu, not on the foreign language aspect of French and English. The following papers are presented here: (1) "Realite culturelle au Canada (Cultural Context in Canada)," by N. Kattan; (2) "Should Beginning Second Language Courses be Taught at University?" by G. Mills; (3) "La realite canadienne et le materiel didactique (The Canadian Context and Teaching Materials)," by C. Germain; (4) "L'enseignement des caracteristiques canadiennes de la langue francaise (Teaching Canadian Characteristics of the French Language)," by P. Calve; (5) "Adaptation du materiel didactique concu pour l'enseignement en langue maternelle a un enseignement en langue seconde (The Adaptation for Second Language Instruction of Instructional Materials Intended for Native Language Instruction)," by L. Van Toch; (6) "La realite canadienne et le professeur de langue seconde (The Canadian Context and the Second Language Teacher)," by G. Bibeau; (7) "English as a Second Language: Canadian, British and American Models of Teacher Preparation," by P. Acheson; (8) "Les echanges et les stages d'etude en milieu unilingue (Exchanges and Study Sessions in a Monolingual Setting)," by A. Dagenais; and (9) La realite canadienne et perspectives d'avenir dans l'enseignement des langues secondes (The Canadian Context and Perspectives for the Future in the Teaching of Second Languages)," by J. Brazeau. (AMH)