The integrated study program at the University of Poitiers, sponsored by the Oregon State System of Higher Education, is described here. Program participants spend a full academic year in Poitiers. This paper focuses on descriptions of student life, student schedules, and courses offered. Sample student schedules and information about credits are…

Essays that consider the way that women are portrayed in foreign language textbooks are presented. The selected essays were submitted to a competition sponsored by the Federation Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes, which requested that language teachers assess such concerns as: (1) whether women were described in a stereotyped way;…

This article wishes to initiate a sociolinguistic study of the linguistic behavior of migrant workers in France. The methodology proposed is to resemble that presently used by US sociolinguists in the study of American ethnic communities and include such basic concepts as "Linguistic Community" and "Language Loyalty." (Text is…

This collection of reports on French civilization represents the efforts of several teams of students participating in the 1964 NDEA summer institute at Rennes, France. As a partial requirement for the civilization course, the groups submitted field study reports of the cultural life at Rennes and Brittany including: (1) environment and…

The first of a two-volume study of the relative accessibility of French vocabulary in French-speaking Canada presents statistical data concerning the frequency, distribution, valence, and accessibility of vocabulary related to 16 fundamental centers of interest found in normal conversation. The scope, procedures, and results of the study are…

Investigations into the sociocultural pattern of life in Rennes, France, are presented in this study. Topics include: (1) the modern family in Rennes, (2) the university generation, (3) social growth and expansion, (4) life in the Maurepas quarter, (5) cultural development, (6) shops and shopkeepers, (7) French eating habits, (8) rural living, and…

Analyzes the impact and shortcomings of a nationwide training program for elementary school teachers initiated by the French Government in the early 70s. Questions the general policy and some aspects of these programs on the basis of the history of the Montpellier Teachers' Institute. (MES)

Analyzes the transcript from a round table of elementary school teachers and school of education professors, to determine the teachers' needs with respect to inservice education and to study their evaluation of existing training programs. The round table participants had recently attended the Montpellier teachers' institutes. (MES)

Reports the results of an investigation on institutes for elementary school teachers inservice training, based on questionnaires directed to the trainees and the educators, and on an analysis of students' work. Focuses on various aspects of French language teaching and especially on grammar and vocabulary exercises. (MES)

Examines the relationship between linguistic theory and pedagogic practices in the teaching of French at the elementary school level. Discusses two trends emerging from current literature, one denouncing the remoteness of linguistic theory from psychological research findings, the other focusing on the teaching process and its need for theoretical…

Reports on the objectives and phases of a research project seeking to discover the relationship between grammar as learned in the native language and as learned in a second language. (AM)

Examines the results of a survey that sought to discover the role of linguistics in the training of teachers of French as a native language on the elementary level, and the role of linguistics professors at the university level in the training of these teachers. (AM)

Examines the status of the educator of French language teachers on the elementary level in France. (AM)

Discusses the professional development of educators of French language teachers, with particular reference to the role of linguistics in this development. (AM)

Discusses some of the problems involved in teaching linguistics to teachers of French as a native language on the elementary level. (AM)