Abstract
In the MLA Study of 1924-1928, considerable effort was devoted to the formulation of instructional objectives of modern foreign languages. Among the many results that came of this study were badly needed vocabulary counts in French, German, and Spanish which were used for the development of language curricula, reading materials and objective tests. [The earliest frequency count of this type was Kaeding's Hi~ufigkeitsw6rterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1898). Later investigations were Volume Nine of the MLA Study (1924-1928), which was based on Kaeding's study; the Chicago German Frequency List (1925); the New York State Basic Word List (1933); Vail's Basic Word and Idiom List (1933); the AATG study of Wadepuhl and Morgan (1934); and Purin's A Standard German Vocabulary (1937).] However, these eminently useful frequency counts can hardly be considered valid today in view of the changed goals and objectives in FL teaching.
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