There is still a widespread belief that teaching assistants at large foreign language departments are let loose on the beginning courses without appropriate guidance and supervision. Sadly enough, this belief has been verified by the meritorious McAlister Report of 1964, which on the basis of its nation-wide investigation, stated that 60% of our major colleges and universities did not provide any training or guidance for their teaching assistants. Though lacking more recent reliable data on this subject, we may safely assume that within the last three years more and more institutions have developed TA training procedures and that the national picture looks less discouraging in 1968. These procedures certainly differ both in quality and quantity. However, if more information on successful TA training programs is made available, we may assume that this will lead to continued improvement of instructional quality and professional preparation. Intensive training and supervision of TA's has been a long tradition in our department. overall program has been described by Henry H. H. Remak in an article entitled The Training and Supervision of Teaching Assistants in German, MLJ, XXXXI (1957), 212-214. Here is a summary of its basic features: