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Abstract
A 1964 summer seminar hosted by the SSRC's Committee on Sociolinguistics highlighted tensions between sociology and linguistics when scholars gathered to address how their disciplines can deepen research on language's impact on society. For example, sociologists questioned linguistics' lack of definition for language or dialect while linguists raised concerns about sociology's reliance on large quantified data. However, by the end of the seminar, the scholars agreed the encounter had raised important questions and opened new paths of investigation through both sociological and linguistic approaches, including the study of language and social stratification, multilingualism, and language standardization.

Language instruction is an important part of Middle Eastern studies, as in all area programs. Analysis of the language facts of the Middle East and American needs and interests in the area makes it possible to set reasonable goals for language study. Traditional patterns of Middle Eastern lan guage study are no longer appropriate, but recent innovations in curriculum, methods of teaching, summer programs and study abroad point toward solutions of the problems. Every area has its particular language problems, but approaches in the Middle Eastern field may have counterparts for other area programs.