- Held in Dallas on December 4, 1956.
- A well documented study of this subject is contained in William R. Parker's The National Interest and Foreign Languages . , Second completely revised edition. Gov't. Printing Office , Washington 25, D.C. , 1957. 65 cents.
- PMLA , Vol. 70 , No. 4 , Part 2, p. 53 .
- The U.S. Office of Education reports that there were 1,318,700 graduates of public and private secondary schools in the continental U.S. in 1956 and 714,966 first-time college freshmen. This would suggest that the percentage of 1956 high school graduates who went on to college was approximately 54.2. The corresponding percentage for 1955 was 52.1, for 1954, 49.8, and in 1952, 44.7. In 1940 it was 34.1%.
- FL Bulletin No. 49 , “Childhood and Second Language Learning” (August 1956), Modern Language Association, 6 Washington Square N., New York 3, N.Y.
- For a Foreign Language Program policy statement on this subject see PMLA , Vol. 71 , No. 4 , Part 2 ( September 1956 ), pp. xvi – xvii . For a substantial though imperfectly edited treatment of the subject see Marjorie C. Johnston “How Can Modern Language Teaching Promote International Understanding?” Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (December 1956).
- “Qualifications for Secondary School Teachers of Modern Foreign Languages,” PMLA , Vol. 70 , No. 4 , Part 2 ( September 1955 ), pp. 46 – 49.
- School and Society , Vol. 84 , No. 2091 ( August 4, 1956 ), pp. 41 – 43 . See Theodore Anders-son, “Training Tomorrow's Language Teachers.”
- See William R. Parker , The National Interest and Foreign Languages. , Revised edition , January 1957. U.S. Government Printing Office , Washington 25, D.C. , p. 89 .
- See Fred L. Miller , “FLES in the American Dependents Schools in Europe,” FL Bulletin No. 51 ( August 1956 ), Modern Language Association, 6 Washington Square N. , New York 3, N.Y.
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