This historical survey is based mainly on a study byWattsGeorge B., “The teaching of French in the United States: A History”, published in a special number of The French Review, XXXVII, 1, 1963 (part 2). Watts quotes frequently from Parker, W. R., The National Interest and Foreign Languages, Dept. of State Publication 6389, 1954; 3rd ed. 1961.
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Watts, 42.
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Parker, summarized by Watts, 42.
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Watts, 43.
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Watts, 44–45.
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Watts, 92–93.
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Watts, 96.
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GaarderA. Bruce. “Conserving our Linguistic Resources”. PMLA, LXXX, 2. May 1965, 19.
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The paper, with some valuable footnote references, has been published in PMLA, LXXX, 2, May 1965; the plan is described in Dr Gaarder's article “Teaching the bilingual child: research, development and policy” in The Modern Language Journal, XLIX, 3, March 1965, 165–175. I am personally indebted to Dr. Gaarder for much of the material used in this article.
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“See ML Journal, XLVIII, 4, April 1964, 239–240.
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SeeBraultG. J.“The Special NDEA Institute at Bowdoin College for French Teachers of Canadian Descent”. PMLA, LXXVII, 1962, 1–5.
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MoffatA.“The Language Needs of Commerce”. Babel, 27, October 1964, 7–10.
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Information received more recently indicates that, in Tasmania, the proportion of students entering for public examinations in French and German has risen greatly since 1961. A movement away from modern language study was shown in various-states before 1956: see Education News, 6, 7, February 1958.
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ClyneM.“Some Instances of Limitations on Speech Capacity as exhibited in German-English Bilinguals”, given at AULLA Congress, Auckland, 1966. See Proceedings and Papers of the Congress, pp. 251–259.
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For this survey of the psychological studies, I am indebted to my wife, Rona L. Forsyth, who sifted and assessed the articles for me from a psychologist's point of view.
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ArsenianS.“Bilingualism in the Post-war World”. Psych. Bulletin, 42, 1945, 65–86.
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LambertW.PealE.“The Relation of Bilingualism to Intelligence”. Psych-Monographs, No. 546, Vol. 76, 27, 1962.
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GaarderA. B.“Teaching the Bilingual Child”: see note 9 above.
