This committee report considers premises for foreign language instruction in elementary schools (FLES) and offers ideas culled from analyses of FLES syllabi. Major attention is directed to administrative problems and indicated solutions including student selection and election, teacher recruitment, suggestions for certification, choice of language to be taught, time allotment, facilities and equipment, and articulation with secondary school instruction. The chapter on ideas from program reports is in the form of an annotated bibliography. An appendix contains a statement of committee purpose and organization, figures on diffusion of FLES programs, and selected resources. (AF)