Announcements

ANNOUNCEMENTS Applications are being solicited by the Rassias Foundation at Dartmouth College for the James A. Perkins Prize for study in language instruction. To enter the competition for the $1,000 prize, scholars should submit an essay of not more than 3,000 words, describing their teaching experience using the Rassias Method and evaluating quantifiable results. Previously published manuscripts are eligible and may be submitted. Entries should be addressed to James F. Jones, Chairperson, Selection Committee, Department ofRomance Languages and Literatures, Box 1077, One Brookings Drive, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, before June 1, 1990. For further information, contact the Rassias Foundation, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 646-3719. The Rockefeller Foundation invites foreign language teachers who meet the eligibility requirements, including three years offull-time language teaching, to apply for Fellowships for Foreign Language Teachers in the High Schools. This program will provide $5,000 each to 100 teachers ofgrades 7-12 for eight weeks of summer study leading to increased linguistic and cultural proficiency and/or innovative curricular material. Deadline for submission of completed applications for the summer 1991 Fellowships is October 31, 1990. For further information, contact Rockefeller Fellowships for Foreign Language Teachers in the High Schools, Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320. The Committee on the Literatures and Languages of America is requesting support in the task of reaching as many Modern Language Association members as possible. Though representation ofthe five principal ethnic groups in this country has increased at the Annual Convention of the MLA, these groups remain underrepresented at regional meetings. Wishing to foster participation ofethnic scholars in regional meetings, as well as motivate MLA members to organize panels and sessions around these literatures, the committee has submitted a statement of information defining its constituencies and describing its mission and goals within the MLA. This statement also calls for proposals of panels and suggestions from MLA members. For further information and copies of this statement, contact Frances R. Aparicio, Chairperson, MLA Committee on the Literatures and Languages ofAmerica, University of Arizona, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Tucson, AZ 85721. The Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program for the academic year 1990/91, which offers U.S. educational institutions an opportunity to engage a native Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Spanish speaker for their language teaching programs, has been announced by the Institute of International Education. Under the auspices of the program, university students or young teachers come to U.S. schools, colleges, and universities as native informants to serve in language departments or in language houses. In return for the services of the assistants, U.S. host institutions provide the FLTA's room and board, plus a waiver of tuition and a stipend. For further information about this program, contact Bonnie Sachs, Assistant Manager, OESS, Institute of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017; (212) 984-5494. ...