FOREIGN-LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE NINETIES

The National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages (NCSSFL ) has discussed at its recent meetings the role of foreign language in struction in a middle school curriculum. The members of NCSSFL, foreig n language consultants with state departments of education, developed the following position statement which was approved at NCSSFL's annual meeting, November 1993, to assist districts as they develop middle sc hool foreign language programs. Questions concerning this statement ca n be addressed to: Paul Sandrock, NCSSFL President and Foreign Languag e Consultant, Department of Public Instruction, Madison, WI.