THIS CURRICULUM OUTLINE PROVIDES A SET OF MINIMUM ESSENTIALS, BASED ON A MODIFIED AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH, FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN GERMAN. FOLLOWING A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE NEED FOR LONGER STUDY SEQUENCE AND UPDATED INSTRUCTIONAL PHILOSOPHY, THE GUIDE DESCRIBES THE BASIC OBJECTIVES, CONTENTS, AND SUGGESTED TEACHING PROCEDURES FOR EACH LEVEL OF A 4-LEVEL COURSE, AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LANGUAGE LABORATORY USE. HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BRIEF GUIDE IS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BASIC TEXTS AND INTEGRATED PROGRAMS, READERS, CONVERSATIONS, PLAYS, SONGS, DICTIONARIES, TAPES AND DISCS, FILMS AND FILMSTRIPS, PERIODICALS, DISPLAY MATERIALS, METHODOLOGY AND COURSE GUIDES, TEACHER'S AIDS AND TESTS, AND CORRESPONDENCE-ON-TAPE CLUBS. AN APPENDIX LISTS SOURCES OF MATERIALS. (AB)