Under a contract with the Ministry of Education the working party prepared a general system for describing language teaching objectives to be used in higher education. The system is based on the specification of language use situations. By means of it the course objectives may be described in the form of communicative tasks, which the students are expected to master after the completion of the various courses. The tasks are grouped together into language user roles. The various communicative tasks are specified by means of six sets of variables; topics, framework of communication, stages and their basic functions, message-processing methods, modes of communication, and language use. A more extensive report (188 pp.) has appeared in Finnish in the Reports from the Language Centre No. 2/1974, ISBN 951-677-262-5. It includes a review of recent developments in the description of language teaching objectives in Finland and in some other countries, a description of the theoretical foundations and numerous appendices which illustrate various aspects of the model. Suggestions about the application of the system are made and measures concerning further development are recommended. (Author)