PART ONE: POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Second Language Education - G Richard Tucker Issues and Perspectives Foreign Language Instruction in the United States - Lynn Thompson, Donna Christian, Charles W Stansfield and Nancy Rhodes PART TWO: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES IN IMMERSION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION Information Processing and Foreign Language Learning - Amado M Padilla and Hyekyung Sung Kim Language Learning Strategies - Mary McGroarty and Rebecca Oxford An Introduction and Two Related Studies The Development of an Oral Assessment Instrument for Immersion Students - Nancy Rhodes and Lynn Thompson The CLEAR Oral Proficiency Exam (COPE) Assessing Language Proficiency in the Less Commonly Taught Languages - Charles W Stansfield and Dorry Mann Kenyon An Extension of ACTFL Guidelines PART THREE: IMMERSION EDUCATION: DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION Language Immersion - Marguerite Ann Snow Overview and Comparison of Three Programs 'Key Amigos' - Nancy Rhodes, JoAnn Crandall and Donna Christian An Elementary School Partial Immersion Program A Bilingual Partial Immersion Program - Kathryn J Lindholm and Amado M Padilla Design, Implementation, and Evaluation Instructional Methodology in Immersion Foreign Language Education - Marguerite Ann Snow Spanish Language Attrition of Immersion Graduates - Marguerite Ann Snow Methodological Considerations PART FOUR: CONTENT BASED INSTRUCTION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION Using Content-Based Instruction in the Teaching of Second and Foreign Languages - JoAnn Crandall and G Richard Tucker Content-based Instruction for the Teacher of Foreign Language in the Elementary School - Helena A Curtain and Linda S Martinez Spanish for Spanish Speakers - Sheila M Shannon A Curriculum Involving Translation Skills Innovations in Immersion and Foreign Language Education - Halford H Fairchild and Amado M Padilla Contributions from Bilingual Education