THE OBJECTIVES, CONTENT, AND SCOPE OF ITALIAN INSTRUCTION FOR EACH LEVEL OF A FOUR-LEVEL SEQUENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE DELINEATED IN THIS GUIDE, WHICH IS A REVISION OF EARLIER BULLETINS USED EXPERIMENTALLY IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1962. A MODIFIED AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS STRESSED, AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES ARE SUGGESTED FOR TEACHING CULTURE AND THE LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING, AND WRITING SKILLS. CHECKLISTS OF MINIMAL VOCABULARY ITEMS, GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES, AND CULTURAL TOPICS ARE GIVEN FOR EACH LEVEL. OTHER SUBJECTS DETAILED ARE THE TAPE RECORDER, THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY, TESTING, AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM, PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, TEAM TEACHING, AND PROGRAM EVALUATION. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL AND SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR ITALIAN TEACHERS IS INCLUDED. (AM)