The decline in foreign language study in New South Wales is described, and suggestions are made for change in course content and organization to make foreign language study interesting and helpful to a larger number of students. (RM)

Criticizes the tendency of language teachers to rely on the content and methods of the text and argues that teachers must themselves decide on the approaches appropriate to the objectives they have established. The audio-lingual method is examined critically, and the cognitive-code learning approach is briefly described. (KM)