Conrad Joseph L. (ed.) Russian Language Study in 1975: A Status Report

New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1976. — 82 p.The papers included in this collection attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of the situation confronting the Russian language-teaching profession and a picture of the status of the teaching of Russian in the US today. The papers are: "Trends in Enrollments in Russian in US Colleges and Public Secondary Schools," by Richard I. Brod (trends in foreign language enrollments, 1960-72; trends in Russian enrollments; and college Russian enrollments, 1974-75); "The Teaching of Russian in American Secondary Schools, 1974-75," by Gerard L. Ervin (the national enrollment picture; a close-up of Ohio, 1974-75-teachers, enrollment, materials and teacher workshops; and some possible courses of action toward reversing the trend); "Russian Instruction: First- and Second-Year College Level," by Donald K. Jarvis (professional support and preparation; widely used techniques-beginning texts and second-year texts; and innovative programs and techniques-CAI-CBI, speech delay, individualized instruction, decoding courses, Lipson technique); "Intensive Russian Language Programs," by Robert Lager; "Computer-Assisted Instruction in Russian," by George Kalbouss; "Junior-, Senior-, and Graduate-Level Programs, Including Russian Literature," by Maurice I. Levin (advanced undergraduate programs-small college major, university major; graduate programs; and proficiency); and "Russian Language Programs in the USSR for American Students". A summary and conclusions are also provided.