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REPO R T R ESUMES ED 015 699 FL 000 642 A GUIDE FOR INSTRUCTION IN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES, GRADES 4-12. MINNESOTA STATE DEFT. OF EDUCATION, ST.FAUL REPORT NUMBER MINN-CURR-BULL-27 PUB DATE 65 EDRS PRICE MF-$0.50 HC-$4.44 109P. DEsCRIFTORS- *ARTICULATION (PROGRAM), *COURSE CONTENT, *SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING, *CURRICULUM GUISES, *COURSE OBJECTIVES, SEQUENTIAL LEARNING, FLES PROGRAMS, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, LANGUAGE GUIDES, MODERN LANGUAGES, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, TEACHING METHODS, PATTERN DRILLS (LANGUAGE), AUDIOLINGUAL SKILLS, LANGUAGE LABORATORIES, LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, TEACHING TECHNIQUES, LANGUAGE LEARNING LEVELS, THE VARIETY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING SEQUENCES IN MINNESOTA HAS CAUSED A SERIOUS ARTICULATION PROBLEM -- BETWEEN LEVELS WITHIN A GIVEN SEQUENCE, BETWEEN SEQUENCES, AND IN INTEGRATING DIFFERENT SEQUENCES AT THE MORE ADVANCED LEVELS. TO HELP ALLEVIATE THESE PROBLEMS THREE COURSES OF STUDY ARE SUGGESTED AND DESCRIBED IN THIS GUIDE. SEQUENCE A (GRADES 4-12) ALLOWS A STUDENT TO OBTAIN A REAL LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY BASED ON AN INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CULTURE AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN A SECOND MODERN LANGUAGE LATER IN HIS SECONDARY SCHOOL CAREER. SEQUENCE B (GRADES 7-12) PROVIDES A STUDENT WITH A GOOD FOUNDATION IN A MODERN LANGUAGE. SEQUENCE C (GRADES 9 OR 10-12) PROVIDES THE STUDENT WITH THE NECESSARY FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS. A CHART DETAILS TIME REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH SEQUENCE LEVEL AND A LIST OF DESIRED GOALS. TEACHING TECHNIQUES, MATERIALS, ACTIVITIES, AND COURSE CONTENT FOR EACH LEVEL ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL. INCLUDED ALSO ARE SECTIONS ON DRILLS, THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY, PROGRAMED LEARNING, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, AND TEACHER EDUCATION, AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS. (AF)

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REPO R T R ESUMESED 015 699 FL 000 642A GUIDE FOR INSTRUCTION IN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES, GRADES4-12.

MINNESOTA STATE DEFT. OF EDUCATION, ST.FAULREPORT NUMBER MINN-CURR-BULL-27 PUB DATE 65

EDRS PRICE MF-$0.50 HC-$4.44 109P.

DEsCRIFTORS- *ARTICULATION (PROGRAM), *COURSE CONTENT, *SECONDLANGUAGE LEARNING, *CURRICULUM GUISES, *COURSE OBJECTIVES,SEQUENTIAL LEARNING, FLES PROGRAMS, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT,INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, LANGUAGE GUIDES, MODERN LANGUAGES,SECONDARY SCHOOLS, TEACHING METHODS, PATTERN DRILLS(LANGUAGE), AUDIOLINGUAL SKILLS, LANGUAGE LABORATORIES,LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, TEACHING TECHNIQUES, LANGUAGE LEARNINGLEVELS,

THE VARIETY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING SEQUENCES INMINNESOTA HAS CAUSED A SERIOUS ARTICULATION PROBLEM -- BETWEEN

LEVELS WITHIN A GIVEN SEQUENCE, BETWEEN SEQUENCES, AND ININTEGRATING DIFFERENT SEQUENCES AT THE MORE ADVANCED LEVELS.TO HELP ALLEVIATE THESE PROBLEMS THREE COURSES OF STUDY ARESUGGESTED AND DESCRIBED IN THIS GUIDE. SEQUENCE A (GRADES4-12) ALLOWS A STUDENT TO OBTAIN A REAL LANGUAGE PROFICIENCYBASED ON AN INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CULTURE AS WELL ASTHE OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN A SECOND MODERN LANGUAGE LATER INHIS SECONDARY SCHOOL CAREER. SEQUENCE B (GRADES 7-12)PROVIDES A STUDENT WITH A GOOD FOUNDATION IN A MODERNLANGUAGE. SEQUENCE C (GRADES 9 OR 10-12) PROVIDES THE STUDENTWITH THE NECESSARY FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS. A CHART DETAILS TIMEREQUIREMENTS FOR EACH SEQUENCE LEVEL AND A LIST OF DESIREDGOALS. TEACHING TECHNIQUES, MATERIALS, ACTIVITIES, AND COURSECONTENT FOR EACH LEVEL ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL. INCLUDED ALSOARE SECTIONS ON DRILLS, THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY, PROGRAMEDLEARNING, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, AND TEACHER EDUCATION, ANDA BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS. (AF)

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EN

E

Thi

s is

an

age

of p

rofo

und

chan

ge; i

ndee

d, r

apid

cha

nge

seem

s to

be

the

very

ess

ence

of

our

daily

live

s. I

t is

not a

t all

impr

obab

le th

at m

ore

sign

ifi-

cant

cha

nges

will

take

pla

ce in

the

next

dec

ade

than

hav

e be

enex

peri

ence

din

the

last

fif

ty y

ears

. Whe

n on

e co

nsid

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the

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nd c

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ofth

e w

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und

ergo

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of it

are

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and

alm

ost o

verw

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ing,

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o ve

ry p

rom

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g. I

n th

e fo

rese

eabl

efu

ture

som

e of

the

area

s in

whi

ch th

e gr

eate

st c

hang

es m

ay o

ccur

aee

nucl

ear

ener

gy, e

lect

roni

cs, m

edic

al s

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ce, a

gr:

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re, t

rans

port

atio

n, p

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olog

y,so

cial

psy

chol

ogy,

and

com

mun

icat

ion.

The

last

of

thes

e el

emen

ts, t

he c

om-

mun

icat

ive

aspe

ct w

hich

the

com

ing

gene

ratio

n fa

ces

is th

e su

bjec

t and

pur

pose

of th

is p

rese

nt g

uide

. It i

s no

t unr

easo

nabl

e to

pre

dict

that

in th

e ne

arfu

ture

whe

n th

e cu

rren

t wor

ld p

opul

atio

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alm

ost t

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ion

has

incr

ease

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seve

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illio

n in

habi

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s, c

omm

unic

atio

n be

twee

n pe

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s w

ill b

ecom

e m

ore

impo

rtan

t and

will

aff

ect t

he li

fe o

f th

e in

divi

dual

citi

zen

trem

endo

usly

.M

etho

ds o

f co

mm

unic

atio

n to

mor

row

will

dif

fer

grea

tly f

rom

thos

ew

hich

are

know

n to

day.

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ld-w

ide

tele

visi

onis

a r

ealit

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hile

sat

ellit

e co

mm

uni-

catio

ns a

nd e

lect

roni

c in

nova

tions

are

alr

eady

mak

ing

inte

rcou

rse

betw

een

cont

inen

ts a

s co

mm

onpl

ace

as lo

cal t

elep

hone

cal

ls. C

omm

unic

atio

n, a

nd th

esk

ills

requ

ired

to u

se it

eff

ectiv

ely

and

purp

osef

ully

, will

no

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er b

e th

eta

skof

the

few

; the

ent

ire

popu

latio

n w

ill p

artic

ipat

e in

this

for

m o

f w

orld

co-

oper

atio

n.A

few

sta

tistic

s ab

out t

he c

urre

nt s

cene

will

pro

vide

val

id il

lust

ratio

ns f

orth

e in

crea

sing

urg

ency

for

mor

e ef

fect

ive

com

mun

icat

ion

and

unde

rsta

ndin

gon

a g

loba

l sca

le. I

n 19

60 o

ver

two

mill

ion

Am

eric

ans

rece

ived

pas

spor

tsfo

r tr

avel

abr

oad,

alm

ost o

ne-h

alf

of w

hom

vis

ited

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trie

s in

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ope;

appr

oxim

atel

y 20

,000

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eric

ans

wor

k in

the

dipl

omat

ic s

ervi

ce; a

bout

200,

000

peop

le a

re e

mpl

oyed

in f

eder

al a

genc

ies

in f

orei

gn c

ount

ries

; ove

r7,

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wor

k in

the

fore

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serv

ice;

ove

r on

e-th

ird

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e th

ree

mill

ion

in th

ear

med

for

ces

are

stat

ione

d ab

road

. To

this

fig

ure

of A

mer

ican

s liv

ing

and

wor

king

in o

ther

cou

ntri

es c

an b

e ad

ded

the

num

bers

in s

tude

nt-t

each

er e

x-ch

ange

s ab

road

, the

Pea

ce C

orps

, the

Poi

nt F

our

prog

ram

s, th

e ev

er in

crea

sing

busi

ness

con

tact

s re

sulti

ng f

rom

the

grow

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mon

Mar

ket a

s w

ell a

sot

her

com

mer

cial

ven

ture

s ov

erse

as a

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e va

riou

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mer

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mis

sion

slo

cate

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num

erou

s co

untr

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thro

ugho

ut th

e w

orld

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vel a

broa

d is

no

long

er a

s lim

ited

as b

efor

e an

d to

day

it is

use

d m

ore

than

eve

r fo

r liv

ing,

wor

king

, and

stu

dyin

g. A

n un

ders

tand

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of th

e po

litic

al, s

ocia

l, ec

onom

ic,

and

cultu

ral f

orce

s w

hich

pro

pel t

his

chan

ging

wor

ld w

ith e

ver

incr

easi

ngsp

eed

is e

ssen

tial i

f th

e U

nite

d St

ates

is to

ful

fill

its r

espo

nsib

ility

as

a gr

eat

natio

n. I

n sh

ort,

the

ques

tion

of la

ngua

ge e

duca

tion

beco

mes

a m

atte

r of

acqu

irin

g a

skill

dem

ande

d by

a d

ynam

ic m

oder

n st

ate.

"Nev

er h

ave

so

1

man

y A

mer

ican

s en

coun

tere

d so

muc

hfo

reig

n sp

eech

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com

mun

icat

ion

and

so m

uch

depe

ndin

g up

onco

mm

unic

atio

n."

1T

he n

ew p

ersp

ectiv

e ta

kes

in th

e w

orld

as

a w

hole

. Am

eric

a ha

s of

ten

been

mis

unde

rsto

od a

nd w

rong

ly c

ritic

ized

for

her

rol

e in

the

mod

em w

orld

. How

-ev

er, h

er c

ritic

s ar

e un

anim

ous

in a

ttack

ing

her

lingu

istic

isol

atio

nism

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atte

mpt

mus

t be

Inad

e to

infl

ict t

he E

nglis

h la

ngua

ge u

pon

the

emer

ging

natio

ns; o

n th

e co

ntra

ry, a

n at

tem

pt m

ast b

e m

ade

to g

ain

favo

r an

d fr

iend

-sh

ip b

y m

eetin

g th

ese

peop

les

on th

eir

own

grou

nd a

nd th

roug

h th

eir

own

lang

uage

. The

old

slo

gan,

"L

et th

em le

arn

Eng

lish,

" is

less

val

id th

an e

ver.

In o

rder

to m

eet t

he c

halle

nge

of p

eace

and

the

thre

at o

f w

ar a

n ed

ucat

edci

tizen

ry is

ess

entia

l in

the

wor

ld o

f to

day

and

of th

e fu

ture

. The

pre

vaili

ngor

der

of th

e fu

ture

mig

ht w

ell b

e or

ient

al, o

r. A

fric

an, b

ut it

will

ass

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ked

by W

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orld

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tern

conc

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indu

stri

aliz

atio

n, la

rge-

scal

e en

terp

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, eco

nom

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elfa

re a

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emen

t, an

d th

e m

ass

med

ia o

f co

mm

unic

atio

n an

d pr

opag

anda

so

read

ily th

at th

e m

onop

oly

of th

e W

este

rn c

ount

ries

in th

e kn

owle

dge

and

skill

s re

quir

ed in

indu

stri

al a

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ilita

ry te

chno

logy

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er e

xist

s. T

opr

eser

ve w

orld

pea

ce, i

ndee

d to

pre

serv

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nce

itsel

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t be

mad

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und

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and

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r pe

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d to

wor

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har

mon

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em. T

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ciet

y, c

onst

itute

s th

egr

eat c

halle

nge

that

fac

es th

e w

orld

toda

y. I

nvol

vem

ent w

ithth

e un

der-

deve

lope

d co

untr

ies

has

beco

me,

abo

ve a

ll, a

n op

port

unity

to in

vest

in th

efu

ture

.

Rol

e of

Lan

guag

eIt

wou

ld b

e un

real

istic

to a

ssum

e th

at la

ngua

ge s

tudy

in it

self

will

acc

om-

plis

h in

tern

atio

nal u

nder

stan

ding

, yet

no

one

can

deny

that

an

unde

rsta

ndin

gan

d an

app

reci

atio

n of

ano

ther

per

son'

s th

ough

t pro

cess

es w

ill c

ontr

ibut

eto

a s

ympa

thet

ic d

isce

rnm

ent o

f th

e re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n in

divi

dual

s.It

isdi

ffic

ult t

o ga

in in

sigh

t int

o an

othe

r m

an's

cul

ture

thro

ugh

any

othe

r la

n-gu

age

than

his

ow

, , a

fac

t whi

ch c

lear

ly il

lust

rate

s th

e ca

sefo

r lo

nger

sequ

ence

s of

mod

em la

ngua

ge s

tudy

in o

ur p

ublic

sch

ools

.O

nly

with

an

enlig

hten

ed c

itize

nry,

equ

ippe

d w

ith th

e sk

ills

requ

ired

for

mod

em c

om-

mun

icat

ion,

can

we

hope

to p

lay

a pa

rt in

the

chan

ging

soc

ial s

cene

.O

ur n

atio

n's

deve

lopm

ent c

an b

e ef

fect

ive

only

if it

s yo

uth

is e

duca

ted

to th

e lim

it of

its

pote

ntia

l. T

he a

cqui

sitio

n of

a w

orki

ng k

now

ledg

e of

the

stru

ctur

es a

nd p

roce

sses

in c

omm

unic

atio

n of

the

scie

nces

and

of

the

crea

tive

arts

pro

vide

for

toda

y's

stud

ent a

fin

e lib

eral

edu

catio

n, w

hich

sho

uld

crea

te

'Par

ker,

p. 1

01.

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d be

havi

orth

at w

ill b

ecom

e a

part

of

the

very

lives

of

the

lear

ners

. Thi

s tr

aini

ngw

hich

stu

dent

s sh

ould

hav

ein

com

mon

ena

bles

them

to b

ette

r se

rve

asin

divi

dual

s an

d ci

tizen

s in

our

free

, dem

ocra

tic s

ocie

ty,

and

in th

e w

orld

soci

ety

of th

e fu

ture

. A f

unct

ion

of la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng, a

s

of e

very

sub

ject

inth

e A

mer

ican

sch

ool

curr

icul

um, i

s to

dev

elop

in th

est

uden

t a c

urio

sity

for

mor

e le

arni

ng a

nd a

des

ire

to c

ontin

ue h

is e

duca

tion

thro

ugh

any

aven

ue o

fle

arni

ng w

hich

mig

ht b

e av

aila

ble

tohi

m a

fter

his

form

al s

choo

ling

has

ende

d.

Nat

iona

l Goa

ls a

nd M

oder

nL

angu

ages

In 1

938

the

Edu

catio

nalP

olic

ies

Com

mis

sion

sta

ted

the

purp

oses

of e

duca

-

tion

whi

ch a

re g

ener

ally

acce

pted

by

both

the

prof

essi

onal

and

the

lay

com

-

mun

ity. T

hey

are

the

obje

ctiv

es o

f se

lf-r

ealiz

atio

n,hu

man

rel

atio

nshi

ps,

econ

omic

eff

icie

ncy,

and

civ

icre

spon

sibi

lity.

The

stu

dy o

f a

mod

ern

lang

uage

play

s an

impo

rtan

t rol

ew

ithin

this

fra

mew

ork

and

impl

emen

ts e

ach

of th

ese

obje

ctiv

es.

Self

-rea

lizat

ion

The

stu

dy o

f a

mod

ern

lang

uage

aro

uses

an

inte

llect

ual

curi

osity

in th

e

stud

ent.

Thr

ough

the

unfo

ldin

g of

ano

ther

cul

ture

new

vist

as a

re o

pene

d

whi

ch o

ffer

unl

imite

dop

port

uniti

es f

or in

quir

y,co

mpa

riso

n, a

nd c

reat

ivity

.

1. T

he s

tudy

of

a m

oder

nla

ngua

ge h

elps

the

stud

ent t

o gr

owin

his

abi

lity

to th

ink

ratio

nally

, to

expr

ess

his

thou

ghts

cle

arly

, and

tore

ad a

nd li

sten

with

unde

rsta

ndin

g. I

t mak

es h

imco

nsci

ous

of la

ngua

ge a

s a

tool

for

com

mun

i-

catio

n an

d as

the

vehi

cle

for

the

trE

nsm

issi

on o

f a

cultu

re. H

e ge

ts d

irec

t

expe

rien

ce in

man

ipul

atin

gan

othe

r la

ngua

ge a

nd b

ecom

essk

illfu

l in

anal

yzin

g

and

cont

rast

ing

lang

uage

stru

ctur

es. T

he e

lem

ent

of p

leas

ure

deri

ved

from

the

invo

lvem

ent i

n an

othe

rla

ngua

ge is

oft

en o

ne o

f th

e m

ost

stim

ulat

ing

and

grat

ifyi

ng a

spec

ts o

f la

ngua

gele

arni

ng.

2. I

n a

tech

nolo

gica

lso

ciet

y a

stud

ent n

eeds

toun

ders

tand

the

met

hod

of

scie

nce

and

the

infl

uenc

eit

has

on h

uman

life

.T

hrou

gh th

e st

udy

of a

mod

ern

lang

uage

the

stud

ent e

xten

ds th

e re

sour

ces

he h

as a

t his

com

man

d

for

gain

ing

info

rmat

ion

and

solv

ing

prob

lem

s in

oth

erfi

elds

of

lear

ning

. He

beco

mes

con

scio

us o

f th

eun

iver

salit

y of

sci

entif

ic e

ndea

vor

in d

isco

veri

ng

fact

s co

ncer

ning

the

natu

reof

the

wor

ld a

nd o

f m

an,

and

of a

ll pe

ople

s'st

rivi

ng f

or th

e go

od li

fe.

3. I

n t t

echn

olog

ical

age

whi

ch a

llow

s m

ore

and

mor

efr

ee ti

me

the

stud

ent

need

s to

lear

n ho

w to

ext

end

the

scop

e of

his

leis

ure-

time

activ

ities

in w

ays

whi

ch y

ield

sat

isfa

ctio

nan

d w

hich

are

soc

ially

usef

ul. H

e us

es th

e m

oder

nla

ngua

ge a

s an

avo

catio

nal

purs

uit b

y pa

rtic

ipat

ing

in g

oodw

ill o

rgan

iza-

tiona

l act

iviti

es, i

n th

eate

r, o

pera

,ba

llet,

radi

o, f

ilm, a

nd te

levi

sion

.H

e en

joys

a gr

eate

r va

riet

y of

book

s, f

olks

ongs

, art

son

gs,

mag

azin

es, n

ewsp

aper

s, a

nd

loca

l and

for

eign

cul

tura

lac

tiviti

es.

4. T

he s

tude

nt n

eeds

man

yop

port

uniti

es to

dev

elop

his

capa

city

to a

ppre

-

ciat

e be

auty

in li

tera

ture

, art

,m

usic

, and

nat

ure.

In

the

stud

y of

a m

oder

nla

ngua

ge h

e sh

ould

lear

n to

brea

k hi

s cu

lture

-bou

ndat

titud

e to

war

d be

auty

in li

tera

ture

, art

, arc

hite

ctur

e,m

usic

, dan

ce, h

andi

craf

ts,

and

natu

re b

y sh

ar-

ing

vica

riou

sly

and

dire

ctly

in th

e cr

eativ

e ac

tiviti

esof

the

fore

ign

peop

lean

d un

ders

tand

ing

thei

rfo

rm o

f ar

tistic

exp

ress

ion.

He

wid

ens

his

aest

hetic

hori

zon,

whi

ch in

turn

ext

ends

his

capa

city

for

sel

f-ex

pres

sion

and

crea

tivity

.2

ill11

1121

1 R

elat

ions

hips

The

stu

dy o

f a

mod

ern

lang

uage

tend

s to

fos

ter

a re

spec

tfo

r hu

man

ity.

The

stu

dent

bec

omes

aw

are

of th

e un

iver

salit

y of

hum

an p

robl

ems,

whi

ch

know

no

natio

nal b

ound

arie

s;he

lear

ns to

app

reci

ate

and

tore

spec

t the

mer

its o

f ot

her

cultu

res

and

othe

r pe

ople

s.1.

As

he le

arns

the

mod

ern

lang

uage

he

part

icip

ates

inth

e cu

lture

of

afo

reig

n pe

ople

dir

ectly

thro

ugh

use

of th

eir

com

mun

icat

ion

skill

s; v

icar

ious

ly

he p

artic

ipat

es in

thei

r da

ilyliv

es, t

heir

hol

iday

s, th

eir

wor

k an

d pl

ay. F

rien

d

ship

on

a pe

rson

al le

vel o

ften

resu

lts a

s th

e ab

ility

to c

omm

unic

ate

deve

lops

.

2. T

he s

tude

nt le

arns

abo

utth

e ro

le o

f th

e fa

mily

inan

othe

r cu

lture

, and

the

soci

al r

elat

ions

hips

whi

ch e

xist

, and

thei

r ef

fect

on

the

indi

vidu

al, h

ispa

rtic

ular

soc

iety

, and

the

wor

ld.

Eco

nom

ic E

ffic

ienc

yI.

The

stu

dent

can

mak

e a

stud

y of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

,its

are

a an

dci

viliz

atio

n, h

is c

aree

r.2.

A c

omm

and

of a

mod

ern

lang

uage

will

be

of c

onsi

dera

ble

valu

e in

any

num

ber

of p

rofe

ssio

nal a

ndco

mm

erci

al a

reas

.3.

In

his

prof

essi

onal

and

com

mer

cial

dea

lings

with

rep

rese

ntat

ives

ofot

her

cultu

res,

the

stud

ent m

ust

know

abo

ut th

eir

conc

epts

of

wor

k an

d th

eir

cultu

ral a

ttitu

des

tow

ard

wor

k.4.

In

his

prof

essi

onal

and

com

mer

cial

dea

lings

with

the

peop

les

of o

ther

cultu

res,

the

stud

ent m

ust

unde

rsta

nd c

asua

l rel

atio

nshi

psbe

twee

n th

e ph

ysi-

cal a

nd s

ocia

l env

iron

men

t;fo

r ex

ampl

e: th

e ef

fect

of

clim

ate

and

envi

ron-

men

t on

cust

oms,

die

t,co

nsum

ptio

n of

goo

ds a

nd s

ervi

ces,

arch

itect

ure,

recr

eatio

n, f

or e

xam

ple,

and

thei

r ef

fect

upo

n th

e so

cial

and

econ

omic

life

of th

e co

untr

y.

Civ

ic R

espo

nsib

ility

Thr

ough

the

stud

y of

a m

oder

nla

ngua

ge a

nd it

s cu

lture

the

stud

ent

beco

mes

a m

ore

inte

llige

nt c

itize

nof

his

ow

n co

untr

y.1.

The

stu

dent

incr

ease

shi

s ef

fect

iven

ess

outs

ide

of h

isna

tiona

l com

mun

ity.

Com

pete

ncy

in a

mod

ern

lang

uage

per

mits

him

a k

ind

and

qual

ity o

f re

la-

tions

hip

whi

ch d

oes

not e

xist

with

out t

his

tool

.2.

The

stu

dent

lear

ns to

res

pect

the

vaki

es a

nd c

usto

ms

of o

ther

coun

trie

s

as b

eing

as

valid

as

his

own.

3. T

he s

tude

nt r

ealiz

esth

e in

terr

elat

ions

hip

of c

ultu

res:

the

cont

ribu

tion

of o

ther

cul

ture

s to

his

ow

n,an

d of

his

cul

ture

to o

ther

s.A

s a

resu

lt he

appr

ecia

tes

and

trea

ts w

ith r

espe

cthi

s fe

llow

citi

zens

of

fore

ign

birt

h.4.

Exi

stin

g at

titud

es o

f fe

ar,d

istr

ust,

or d

isap

prov

al o

f th

at w

hich

is f

orei

gn

tend

to d

imin

ish

as th

est

uden

t bec

omes

ale

rt to

oth

erpe

ople

s' h

opes

, ach

ieve

-

men

ts, a

nd f

rust

ratio

ns.

5. T

he s

tude

nt d

evel

ops

an a

war

enes

sof

and

an

inte

rest

in th

e w

orld

as

aw

hole

. He

beco

mes

less

prov

inci

al a

nd m

ore

wor

ld c

onsc

ious

as

he r

ecog

-ni

zes

his

plac

e in

the

com

mon

task

of

wor

king

for

pea

ce a

ndun

ders

tand

ing.

Imm

edia

te O

bjec

tives

The

stu

dy o

f an

othe

r pe

ople

,th

eir

cultu

re, a

nd th

eir

lang

uage

aim

s at

the

follo

win

g ob

ject

ives

in th

eac

quis

ition

of

skill

s, in

form

atio

n, a

ndat

titud

es.

Not

all

stud

ents

will

atta

inth

ese

obje

ctiv

es to

the

sam

e de

gree

.T

his

will

be te

mpe

red

by th

e le

vel,

capa

bilit

ies,

and

env

iron

men

tof

the

indi

vidu

alst

uden

t, th

e le

ngth

of

the

prog

ram

, and

the

com

pete

ncy

ofhi

s te

ache

rs.

Lis

teni

ng C

ompr

ehen

sion

I. T

he la

ngua

ge le

arne

r pr

ogre

sses

fro

ma.

The

und

erst

andi

ng o

f th

eed

ucat

ed n

ativ

e w

hen

he e

nunc

iate

sca

refu

lly a

nd s

peak

s si

mpl

y on

fam

iliar

sub

ject

sto

b. T

he u

nder

stan

ding

of

som

e co

nver

satio

ns o

f av

erag

e te

mpo

,si

m-

ple

lect

ures

, and

new

s br

oadc

asts

toc.

The

und

erst

andi

ng o

f no

rmal

gro

upco

nver

satio

ns, p

lays

, mov

ies,

and

the

mor

e so

phis

ticat

ed r

adio

and

TV

pro

gram

s.

Spea

king

IL T

he la

ngua

ge le

arne

r, a

s he

lear

ns to

spe

ak w

ith a

pron

unci

atio

nan

d in

tona

tion

read

ily u

nder

stan

dabl

e to

a n

ativ

e, p

rogr

esse

sfr

oma.

Usi

ng th

e co

mm

on e

xpre

ssio

nsne

eded

for

get

ting

arou

nd in

the

fore

ign

coun

try

and

spea

king

with

a p

ronu

ncia

tion

and

into

natio

nre

adily

und

erst

anda

ble

to a

nat

ive

tob.

Tal

king

on

prep

ared

topi

cs w

ithou

t too

muc

h fa

lteri

ngto

c. C

omm

andi

ng s

uffi

cien

tvo

cabu

lary

and

str

uctu

re o

f th

e la

ngua

geto

exp

ress

his

thou

ghts

in s

usta

ined

con

vers

atio

n an

dbe

ing

at e

ase

in s

ocia

l situ

atio

ns. R

eadi

ng C

ompr

ehen

sion

III.

The

lang

uage

lear

ner

prog

ress

es f

rom

a. C

ompr

ehen

ding

dir

ectly

the

mea

ning

of s

impl

e pr

ose

tob.

Rea

ding

with

com

preh

ensi

on p

rose

of

aver

age

diff

icul

ty,

with

out

too

muc

h re

cour

se to

the

dict

iona

ry f

,1:6

0) 2

toc.

Rea

ding

with

enj

oym

ent n

ewsp

aper

s,m

agaz

ines

, and

lite

ratu

reas

an

art f

orm

and

as

are

flec

tion

of c

ultu

re.

Wri

ting

IV. T

he la

ngua

ge le

arne

r pr

ogre

sses

fro

ma.

Cop

ying

and

wri

ting

from

dic

tatio

nm

ater

ials

whi

ch th

e st

uden

tha

s al

read

y he

ard

and

spok

ento

b. W

ritin

g co

rrec

tly m

ater

ial s

uch

as h

e de

velo

psor

ally

for

cla

ss-

room

situ

atio

nsto

c. W

ritin

g a

shor

t, si

mpl

e le

tter

tod.

Wri

ting

a fr

ee c

ompo

sitio

n w

ith c

lari

ty a

nd c

orre

ctne

ssin

str

uc-

ture

and

idio

m.

Cul

tura

l Ana

lysi

sV

. The

lang

uage

lear

ner

a. B

ecom

es a

war

e th

at la

ngua

ge is

the

oral

and

wri

tten

expr

essi

onof

ano

ther

way

of

life

b. O

btai

ns a

wor

king

kno

wle

dge

of th

e ge

ogra

phy,

his

tory

,lit

erat

ure,

fine

art

s an

d ha

ndic

raft

s, s

ocia

l cus

tom

s, a

nd c

onte

mpo

rary

civi

liza-

tion

of th

e pe

ople

who

se la

ngua

ge is

bei

ng le

arne

dc.

Obt

ains

a f

irst

hand

kno

wle

dge

..th

e lit

erar

y m

aste

rpie

ces

d. A

naly

zes

the

fore

ign

cultu

re a

nd c

ontr

asts

it w

ithhi

s ow

ne.

Thr

ough

cor

resp

onde

nce,

trav

el, o

r re

side

nce

abro

ad e

stab

lishe

sfr

iend

ship

on

a pe

rson

al b

asis

Ana

lysi

s of

Lan

guag

e St

ruct

ure

VI.

The

lang

uage

lear

ner

a. O

btai

ns a

wor

king

com

man

dof

the

soun

d an

d st

ruct

ural

pat

-te

rns

of th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge a

nd a

kno

wle

dge

ofits

mai

n di

ffer

-en

ces

from

and

sim

ilari

ties

to E

nglis

hb.

Obt

ains

ling

uist

ic tr

aini

ng a

nd in

sigh

t whi

ch f

acili

tate

sth

e ac

quis

i-tio

n of

oth

er la

ngua

ges

An

artic

le in

the

Mod

ern

Lan

guag

e Jo

urna

l of

som

e ye

ars

ago

stat

esth

at if

ast

uden

t mus

t loo

k up

mor

e th

an o

ne w

ord

in s

ixty

it is

impo

ssib

le to

call

the

prac

tice,

read

ing.

Cha

pter

II

PRIN

CIP

LE

S O

F SE

CO

ND

LA

NG

UA

GE

LE

AR

NIN

G

Any

teac

her,

whe

ther

he

be a

teac

her

of m

oder

n la

ngua

ges,

mat

hem

atic

s,th

e so

cial

stu

dies

, or

the

scie

nces

, nee

ds to

kno

w a

s m

uch

as h

e ca

nab

out t

heps

ycho

logy

of

lear

ning

. A m

ajor

ity o

f fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge te

xtbo

oks

and

muc

hla

ngua

ge te

achi

ng o

f th

e pa

st h

ave

been

bas

ed o

n a

clas

sifi

catio

n of

the

subj

ect

mat

ter

of la

ngua

ge. V

ery

little

con

side

ratio

n ha

n be

engi

ven

to h

ow th

e in

di-

vidu

al, e

spec

ially

the

y -.

ing

pers

on, l

earn

s.A

n in

stru

ctor

mus

t kno

w c

lear

ly (

1) w

Int n

e w

ants

io d

o, (

2) w

hy h

e w

ants

to d

o it,

and

(3)

wha

t pri

ncip

les

of le

a- -

ing

he m

ust h

ave

in m

ind

ashe

sel

ects

the

way

s in

whi

ch to

do

it. T

hus

it is

able

for

the

mod

ern

lang

uage

teac

her

occa

sion

ally

to r

evie

w s

ome

lear

ning

pri

ncip

les

whi

ch h

ave

a di

rect

bea

ring

on

the

teac

hing

and

lear

ning

of

mod

ern

lang

uage

s.L

earn

ing

resu

lts in

an

obse

rvab

le c

hang

e in

the

beha

vior

of

an in

divi

dual

.It

is d

epen

dent

upo

n an

indi

vidu

al's

phy

sica

l bei

ng, u

pon

the

soci

al g

roup

s to

whi

ch h

e be

long

s an

d up

on h

is o

wn

psyc

holo

gica

l org

aniz

atio

n.T

he s

ocia

l gro

ups

whi

ch in

flue

nce

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd le

arni

ng o

f th

ein

-di

vidu

al in

clud

e fa

mily

, chu

rch,

sch

ool,

the

peer

gro

up, t

he c

lass

room

gro

up,

and

the

com

mun

ity. T

hese

gro

ups

cons

ciou

sly

and

subc

onsc

ious

lyco

mm

uni-

cate

thei

r va

lue

syst

ems

to th

e gr

owin

g in

divi

dual

.The

y us

ually

pie

-det

erm

ine

the

kind

of

lear

ning

whi

ch a

gro

win

g in

divi

dual

will

acc

ompl

ish.

The

y im

pose

the

stan

dard

s of

exc

elle

nce

and

the

age

leve

ls a

t whi

ch c

erta

in k

inds

of le

arn-

ing

task

s m

ust b

e m

aste

red.

The

way

s in

whi

ch th

ese

grou

ps r

espo

nd to

the

in-

divi

dual

's le

arni

ng a

ttem

pts

have

a m

ajor

impa

ct u

pon

him

.B

ecau

se o

f th

is in

tera

ctio

n be

twee

n th

e gr

owin

g in

divi

dual

and

his

soc

ial e

n-vi

ronm

ent,

he d

eriv

es m

eani

ngs:

mea

ning

s ab

out h

is p

hysi

cal e

nvir

onm

ent,

abou

t the

soc

ial i

nstit

utio

ns a

roun

d hi

m, a

bout

oth

er p

eopl

e, a

nd a

bout

his

"sel

f."

The

se a

ccum

ulat

ed m

eani

ngs

not o

nly

are

an in

dica

tion

of w

hat t

he in

-di

vidu

al h

as le

arne

d bu

t the

y w

ill s

tron

gly

infl

uenc

e w

hat h

e w

ill le

arn

in th

efu

ture

. The

y co

nstit

ute

the

indi

vidu

Ca

psyc

holo

gica

l org

aniz

atio

n, c

ompl

ex in

all o

f its

asp

ects

. Thi

s ps

ycho

logi

cal o

rgan

izat

ion

of th

e le

arne

r co

nfro

nts

the

teac

her

in e

ach

indi

vidu

al h

e ha

s in

his

cla

sses

.L

earn

ing

invo

lves

the

acqu

irin

g of

new

way

s of

doi

ng th

ings

. Lea

rnin

g a

sec-

ond

lang

uage

is th

e ac

quis

ition

of

a ne

w m

ode

of b

ehav

ior

for

the

lear

ner.

The

teac

her,

by

help

ing

the

stud

ent l

earn

the

new

ski

lls o

f a

seco

nd la

ngua

ge, b

ydi

rect

ing

his

atte

ntio

n to

the

best

tech

niqu

es f

or m

akin

g ac

tive

use

of it

, by

help

ing

him

see

the

fact

ors

rela

ting

to h

is s

ucce

ss, b

y gi

ving

him

a f

eelin

g of

conf

iden

ce a

nd s

ecur

ity a

ssis

ts th

e le

arne

r, a

nd h

is r

esis

tanc

e to

som

e of

the

rigo

rous

and

unp

alat

able

task

s di

sapp

ears

muc

h m

ore

read

ily. T

he a

ccen

tua-

tion

of th

e po

sitiv

e as

pect

s of

the

lear

ning

situ

atio

n, th

e w

arm

sup

port

ive

re-

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n th

e le

arne

r, th

e te

ache

r, a

nd th

e cl

ass

grou

p fa

cilit

ate

the

prog

ress

of

any

stud

ent i

n an

y 'e

arri

ngsi

tuat

ion.

5

Rea

dine

ssT

he s

low

, ord

erly

unf

oldi

ng o

f th

e hu

man

bei

ng p

hysi

cally

and

psyc

holo

g-ic

ally

det

erm

ines

in la

rge

mea

sure

the

timin

g of

the

lear

ning

task

sof

whi

chhe

is c

apab

le a

t any

giv

en m

omen

t. T

he te

ache

r pl

ays

a m

ajor

rol

e in

the

wha

t,ho

w, a

nd w

hen

of le

arni

ng. A

kno

wle

dge

of c

hild

and

ado

lesc

ent

psyc

holo

gyw

ill h

elp

him

det

erm

ine

the

timin

g of

the

spec

ific

task

s to

be

lear

ned

in h

is s

ub-

ject

-mat

ter

fiel

d.T

he u

se o

f la

ngua

ge is

dep

ende

nt u

pon

the

mat

urat

ion

of th

e ne

uro-

mus

cula

rco

nnec

tions

. Acq

uiri

ng th

e pr

onun

ciat

ion,

the

into

natio

n, th

e au

tom

atic

feel

f ar

the

mea

ning

of

the

stru

ctur

e pa

ttern

s ar

e th

e ta

sks

best

lear

ned

at v

ery

earl

yag

e le

vels

pre-

kind

erga

rten

, kin

derg

arte

n, a

nd g

rade

sch

ool l

evel

s. T

hf in

-cr

easi

ng r

igid

ity o

f th

e ne

uro-

mus

cula

r sy

stem

at l

ater

age

leve

ls m

akes

the

abov

e m

entio

ned

task

s m

ore

diff

icul

t to

lear

n. W

hen

a la

ngua

ge is

lear

ned

atla

ter

age

leve

ls, t

he la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

mus

t pla

y an

impo

rtan

t rol

e in

ove

r-co

min

g th

is la

ck o

f ea

rly

lang

uage

trai

ning

At l

ater

age

leve

ls th

e la

ngua

ge te

ache

r is

cha

lleng

ed to

iden

tify

thos

e la

n-gu

age

lear

ning

task

s w

hich

are

con

tinge

nt u

pon

the

lear

ner's

L,f

fity

to s

ym-

boliz

e at

the

verb

al le

vel,

to a

naly

ze, d

iscr

imin

ate,

and

gen

eral

ize

abou

tw

hat

he h

as le

arne

d.T

he te

ache

r m

ust a

lso

capi

taliz

e on

the

curi

osity

of

the

lear

ner,

his

par

ticu-

lar

inte

rest

s at

that

age

leve

l and

the

com

pete

ncie

s he

has

alr

eady

acq

uire

d.H

esh

ould

hel

p th

e le

arne

r fe

el th

at w

hat h

e is

lear

ning

is s

igni

fica

nt a

ndha

s po

si-

tive

mea

ning

at t

he m

omen

t as

wel

l as

late

r. W

hen

the

cont

ent o

f th

esu

bjec

t-m

atte

r fi

eld

is a

ppro

pria

te to

the

lear

ning

leve

l of

the

youn

gste

rit w

ill g

ener

ate

in h

im a

fee

ling

of p

erso

nal c

ontr

ol o

ver

the

mat

eria

ls to

Le

lear

ned.

To

suc-

ceed

in th

is a

spec

t of

the

lear

ring

situ

atio

n th

e te

ache

r m

ust b

e aw

are

ofth

ein

tere

sts

and

pote

ntia

l of

his

stud

ents

in o

rder

that

he

can

arra

nge

the

lear

ning

task

s ap

prop

riat

e to

thei

r ab

ility

. Som

e of

the

char

acte

rist

ics

of c

hild

ren

and

adol

esce

nts

whi

ch m

ight

be

of h

elp

to th

e te

ache

r in

det

erm

inin

g w

hat t

o do

inth

e cl

assr

oom

are

list

ed in

Cha

pter

IV

.

Lea

rnin

g T

o D

o B

y D

oing

Prac

tice

does

not

nec

essa

rily

mak

e pe

rfec

t, bu

t per

fect

pra

ctic

e do

es m

ake

perf

ect.

Dev

elop

ing

prof

icie

ncy

in a

lang

uage

is li

ke d

evel

opin

g pr

ofic

ienc

y in

play

ing

a m

usic

al in

stru

men

t. O

ne c

..n

pick

up

a ce

rtai

n am

ount

of

abili

ty in

play

ing

the

pian

o by

tria

l-er

ror

imita

tion

just

as

one

pick

s up

a m

odem

lan-

guag

e th

roug

h in

form

al a

ssoc

iatio

n w

ith th

e sp

eake

rs o

f th

at la

ngua

ge. T

hepr

ofic

ienc

y de

velo

ped

depe

nds

upon

the

oppo

rtun

ity th

e le

arne

r ha

s to

pra

ctic

eth

e la

ngua

ge, u

pon

his

leve

l of

insi

ght a

nd h

is d

esir

e to

lear

n, M

uch

will

als

obe

dep

ende

nt u

pon

the

corr

ectn

ess

of th

e m

odel

s w

hich

the

stud

ent h

as c

hose

n

to im

itate

. How

ever

, if

the

stud

ent i

sfo

rtun

ate

in h

avin

g an

exp

ert g

uide

him

,pr

ogre

ss w

ill b

e m

ore

rapi

d,pr

ofic

ienc

y m

ore

prof

essi

onal

than

if h

ere

lied

sole

ly o

n hi

s ra

ther

inad

equa

te p

ower

s of

obs

erva

tion

and

tria

l-er

ror

lear

ning

.C

ompe

tenc

y an

d fa

cilit

y ar

e ac

hiev

ed o

nly

to th

e ex

tent

the

stud

ent p

ract

ices

and

uses

the

lang

uage

. The

stu

dent

who

has

rec

eive

d so

me

basi

c tr

aini

ng in

Ger

man

und

er th

e gu

idan

ce o

f an

exp

ert t

each

erha

s a

grea

ter

chan

ce o

f ge

tting

mor

e ou

t of

his

asso

ciat

ion

with

the

Ger

man

peo

ple

on a

trip

to G

erm

any

than

will

the

stud

ent w

ho r

elie

s so

lely

upo

n pi

ckin

g up

the

lang

uage

ove

rth

ere

as h

eas

soci

ates

with

the

nativ

es.

The

Mod

elT

he q

ualit

y of

the

lang

uage

lear

ned

will

dep

end

upon

the

corr

ectn

ess

ofth

e m

odel

s th

e st

uden

t is

give

n to

itni

ta:z

in m

ost c

ases

it w

ill b

e th

e te

ache

ral

one,

in m

any

case

s th

ere

will

be

nativ

e in

fo 't

ants

, voi

ces

on ta

pes

and

rec-

ords

, and

film

pre

sent

atio

ns. Y

oung

chi

ldre

n, m

ost o

f al

l,ne

ed to

be

taug

ht b

yca

refu

l mod

elin

g an

d de

mon

stra

tion.

By

mod

elin

g th

ele

arne

r ha

s an

opp

or-

tuni

ty to

list

en, t

o se

e, to

res

pond

vic

ario

usly

. If

the

mat

eria

lis

mea

ning

ful a

ndsi

gnif

ican

t for

him

, he

perc

eive

s th

e un

it or

dia

logu

e to

be

lear

ned

as s

ome-

thin

g he

als

o w

ants

to d

o. H

e se

es th

e un

it of

lang

uage

as

aw

hole

pron

unci

a-tio

n, in

tona

tion,

ges

ture

, and

exp

ress

ion,

with

out

beco

min

g aw

are

of e

ach

as a

sepa

rate

ele

men

t. T

hus

a m

odel

or

dem

onst

ratio

n pu

ts th

e st

uden

t in

clos

eps

ycho

logi

cal r

elat

ions

hip

with

the

expe

rien

ce o

rbe

havi

or h

e w

ishe

s to

acq

uire

.T

he m

odel

mus

t be

accu

rate

and

as

near

nat

ive

aspo

ssib

le. A

t the

ver

y be

-gi

nnin

g of

lang

uage

lear

ning

, esp

ecia

lly w

hen

it is

beg

unin

the

elem

enta

rysc

hool

, it i

s ab

solu

tely

nec

essa

ry th

at th

e te

ache

r ha

s a

near

nativ

e pr

onun

cia-

tion

and

into

natio

n an

d th

at h

e is

fam

iliar

with

the

habi

ts a

nd c

usto

ms

of th

epe

ople

who

se la

ngua

ge h

e is

teac

hing

. If

he d

oes

not

have

a n

ear

nativ

e pr

o-nu

ncia

tion

and

into

natio

n, h

e m

ust r

ely

upon

goo

d m

odel

s on

film

, TV

, tap

e,or

rec

ord,

or

he m

ust f

ind

nativ

es w

ho c

ome

to th

e cl

ass

seve

ral t

imes

aw

eek

tohe

lp a

nd to

che

ck th

e pr

ogre

ss b

eing

mad

e.N

or is

the

task

fin

ishe

d w

hen

the

corr

ect m

odel

has

been

giv

en. T

he le

arne

r'sre

spon

ses

mus

t als

o at

tain

a n

ear

nativ

e qu

ality

. In

addi

tion

to th

e te

ache

r'sca

refu

l gui

danc

e in

the

clas

sroo

m,

mim

icry

-mem

oriz

atio

n dr

ills

in c

lass

room

and

labo

rato

ry s

uppl

y th

e ad

ditio

nal p

ract

ice

whi

ch d

eman

ds in

divi

dual

in-

volv

emen

t and

res

pons

e. I

f th

e le

arni

ng ta

skha

s be

en c

aref

ully

gra

ded

and

stru

ctur

ed th

e le

arne

r sh

ould

soo

n at

tain

a n

ear

nativ

e m

anip

ulat

ion

of th

atpa

rtic

ular

uni

t of

lang

uage

beh

avio

r w

hich

has

bee

nm

odel

ed f

or h

im,

Usi

ng th

e la

ngua

ge a

nd p

ract

icin

g th

e la

ngua

ge a

reof

gre

at im

port

ance

inpr

even

ting

the

stud

ent f

rom

bec

omin

gse

lf-c

onsc

ious

. It a

lso

prev

ents

a w

eak-

enin

g of

his

sel

f-co

nfid

ence

. The

teac

her's

top

job

is to

avo

id h

avin

g th

e st

u-de

nt b

ecom

e af

raid

to s

ay a

nyth

ing

for

fear

of

viol

atin

g so

me

rule

or

bein

gco

rrec

ted

ever

y tim

e he

ope

ns h

is m

outh

.O

verc

orre

ctio

n is

a n

egat

ive

dete

r-re

nt in

bui

ldin

g Sp

rach

gefi

thl.

No

skill

is e

ver

lear

ned

with

out s

ome

erro

rs.

If m

ista

kes

are

rega

rded

as

diff

icul

ties

to b

e ov

erco

me

rath

er th

an s

omet

hing

to b

e pu

nish

ed a

nd r

idic

uled

the

teac

her

build

s th

e ba

sis

for

a po

sitiv

e at

titud

ein

the

stud

ent t

owar

d le

arni

ng f

rom

his

mis

take

sju

st a

s an

y in

telli

gent

per

son

does

. Whe

n a

stud

ent p

ract

ices

his

dri

llskn

owin

g th

at th

is is

the

way

he

shou

lddo

it to

ove

rcom

e th

e pa

rtic

ular

dif

ficu

ltyhe

has

with

the

lang

uage

, the

lear

ning

to d

o by

doi

ng is

inte

llige

nt le

arni

ngra

ther

than

the

blin

d tr

ial-

erro

r ac

tivity

one

so o

ften

see

s in

lang

uage

clas

sroo

m a

nd la

bora

tory

.6

An

impo

rtan

t fun

ctio

n in

a la

ngua

ge te

ache

r's d

utie

sis

to a

djus

t the

con

tent

and

activ

ities

in h

is c

lass

to th

e le

vels

of

insi

ght

his

stud

ents

hav

e so

that

the

poss

ibili

ties

of e

rror

will

be

redu

ced

to a

min

imum

.T

he te

ache

r pr

ovid

es th

eex

peri

ence

s by

teac

hing

spe

ech

patte

rns

thro

ugh

activ

ities

com

preh

ende

d by

and

part

icul

arly

sui

ted

to th

e le

arne

r's a

ge g

roup

.M

eani

ng is

pro

vide

d by

shor

t con

vers

atio

ns a

nd n

arra

tives

whi

ch c

an b

eut

ilize

d in

the

ever

y-da

y si

t-ua

tions

of

the

lear

ner

and

his

peer

s.In

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f th

e pa

ssiv

e sk

ills,

list

enin

gan

d re

adin

g, th

e te

ache

rm

ust d

evel

op f

ollo

w-u

p m

ater

ials

whi

ch d

eman

d ov

ert,

activ

e re

spon

ses

eith

eror

ally

or

in w

ritin

g. H

ere

the

lear

ning

task

shou

ld c

onsi

st o

f lis

teni

ng o

r re

ad-

ing

for

a sp

ecif

ic id

ea, s

ecur

ing

a pa

rtic

ular

bit o

f in

form

atio

n, o

r so

lvin

g a

prob

lem

or

a ta

sk w

hich

is o

f si

gnif

ican

ce to

the

youn

gste

r.T

his

will

ass

ure

the

teac

her

that

the

lear

ner

is a

ctiv

ely

invo

lved

with

wha

teve

r he

is li

sten

ing

to o

rre

adin

g.T

he te

ache

r m

ust a

lway

s re

mem

ber

that

expl

anat

ions

, dri

lls, a

nd e

xerc

ises

are

exce

edin

gly

help

ful,

but p

rim

acy

mus

t be

give

n to

abu

ndan

topp

ortu

nitie

sfo

r th

e st

uden

t to

hear

and

rea

d th

ela

ngua

ge in

nat

ural

situ

atio

ns to

dev

elop

a di

scri

min

atin

g ea

r an

d ey

e,an

d to

spe

ak a

nd w

rite

the

lang

uage

in e

mul

atio

nof

goo

d m

odel

s.

Prac

tice

Mea

ning

ful p

ract

ice

task

s m

ust i

ncor

pora

te f

requ

entr

epet

ition

to b

ring

abo

uten

ough

ove

rlea

rnin

g to

gua

rant

ee r

eten

tion.

A d

rill

or a

nex

erci

se is

not

ap-

prop

riat

e un

less

the

unit

of la

ngua

ge b

ehav

ior

prac

ticed

res

ults

in th

e m

ost

effi

cien

t acq

uisi

tion

of th

e sk

ill d

esir

ed. I

nm

aste

ring

lang

uage

the

appr

opri

ate

drill

s an

d ex

erci

ses

dem

and

muc

h re

petit

ion.

One

doe

s no

t lea

rn to

type

, pla

yth

e pi

ano,

or

spea

k a

fore

ign

lang

uage

with

out

cons

ider

able

rep

etiti

ve p

rac-

tice.

Mim

icry

-mem

oriz

atio

n dr

ills,

sub

stitu

tion

and

tran

sfor

mat

ion

drill

s ha

bitu

-at

e as

soci

atio

ns. H

owev

er, t

he e

ffic

ient

lear

ning

of

a sk

ill r

equi

res

a de

licat

eba

lanc

e be

twee

n re

petit

ion

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g.M

ere

repe

titio

n is

not

eno

ugh.

The

pra

ctic

e m

ust h

ave

a pu

rpos

e. T

hele

arne

r m

ust u

nder

stan

d w

hat h

e is

doin

g an

d w

hy h

e is

doi

ng it

in th

e m

anne

rpre

scri

bed.

The

teac

her

can

neve

ras

sum

e th

at a

stu

dent

's c

orre

ctve

rbal

res

pons

e si

gnif

ies

unde

rsta

ndin

g.D

rills

and

prac

tice

exer

cise

s m

ust b

e co

nstr

ucte

din

suc

h a

man

ner

that

th-

e:T

uden

tsar

e on

the

aler

t eve

ry m

inut

eof

the

drill

per

iod.

Ove

rlea

rnin

g co

nsol

idat

es c

hang

es in

beha

vior

whi

ch a

re p

erm

anen

tly d

e-si

rabl

e. P

rofi

cien

cy in

a m

odem

lang

uage

resu

lts o

nly

whe

n th

e le

arne

r ul

ti-m

atel

y as

soci

ates

all

the

corr

ect r

espo

nses

with

the

appr

opri

ate

cues

. For

ex-

ampl

e, th

e ch

ange

in a

stu

dent

'sla

ngua

ge b

ehav

ior

has

com

e ab

out o

nly

whe

nth

e st

uden

t lea

rnin

g Sp

anis

h w

illau

tom

atic

ally

use

the

form

al U

STE

D f

orm

(res

pons

e) w

hen

addr

essi

ng th

e te

ache

r(c

ue)

or a

n ad

ult (

cue)

, but

the

fa-

mili

ar T

U f

orm

(re

spon

se)

whe

nta

lkin

g to

his

pee

rs (

cues

). T

he im

port

ant

fact

or is

that

the

.gill

s an

d pr

actic

eex

erci

ses

are

as s

imila

r as

pos

sibl

e to

the

real

situ

atio

ns f

or w

hich

they

are

supp

osed

to p

repa

re th

e st

uden

ts.

Dis

trib

uted

Ver

sus

Mas

sed

Prac

tice

Tea

cher

s in

juni

or a

nd s

enio

r hi

ghsc

hool

s ne

ed to

th ik

ser

ious

ly a

bout

the

arra

ngem

ent a

nd le

ngth

of

time

spen

t on

lear

ning

task

s su

ch a

s dr

ills

and

prac

-tic

e ex

erci

ses

in th

eir

mod

ern

lang

uage

clas

ses.

In

the

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l the

clas

sroo

m te

ache

r is

fre

e to

man

ipul

ate

the

time

arra

ngem

ents

of

the

lear

ning

Fin

task

s sh

e m

ust h

andl

e ev

ery

day.

In

the

lear

ning

of

skill

s su

ch a

s ar

e re

quir

edin

a m

oder

n la

ngua

ge th

e te

ache

r ne

eds

to k

now

how

bes

t to

carr

y ou

t the

drill

and

pra

ctic

e se

ssio

ns n

eede

d to

mak

e th

e la

ngua

ge f

unct

iona

l and

aut

o-m

atic

.*-

Dri

lls a

nd p

ract

ice

sess

ions

can

be

pres

ente

d in

sm

all o

r la

rge

dose

s. W

hen

prac

tice

is c

once

ntra

ted

in lo

ng, u

nint

erru

pted

per

iods

, it i

s m

asse

d pr

actic

e;w

hen

it is

dis

trib

uted

ove

r a

peri

od o

f tim

e, it

is d

istr

ibut

ed o

r sp

aced

pra

ctic

e.St

udie

s co

ncer

ned

with

the

rela

tive

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

the

two

trea

tmen

ts in

ver

bal

lear

ning

sho

w th

at f

or b

est r

esul

ts p

ract

ice

shou

ld b

e sp

aced

. A f

ew d

rills

and

prac

tice

exer

cise

s da

ily f

or a

wee

k w

ill g

ive

bette

r re

sults

than

man

y su

ch d

rills

and

exer

cise

s bu

nche

d in

one

long

ses

sion

.T

he s

hort

er th

e pr

actic

e se

ssio

n th

e gr

eate

r th

e le

arni

ng th

at o

ccur

s. E

xper

i-m

ents

that

wor

ked

with

pra

ctic

e pe

riod

s of

15,

30,

45,

and

60

min

utes

inle

ngth

sho

wed

the

30 m

inut

e pr

actic

e pe

riod

to b

e th

e m

ost e

ffec

tive.

The

op-

timal

leng

th a

nd s

paci

ng o

f th

e pr

actic

es d

epen

d up

on th

e ki

nd o

f le

arni

ngta

sk a

nd th

e ag

e of

the

lear

ner.

Res

earc

h fi

nds

that

larg

e am

ount

s of

mat

eria

l in-

tend

ed to

be

over

leam

ed s

houl

d be

spr

ead

over

sev

eral

per

iods

. Dif

ficu

lt m

a-te

rial

s re

quir

e th

at p

erio

ds b

e sh

orte

r th

an f

or e

asy

mat

eria

ls. Y

oung

chi

ldre

nsh

ould

hav

e sh

orte

r le

arni

ng p

erio

ds th

an o

lder

stu

dent

s.W

hen

the

amou

nt o

f w

ork

invo

lved

in le

arni

ng is

gre

at, w

hen

the

mat

eria

lto

be

lear

ned

is c

ompl

ex o

r no

t par

ticul

arly

mea

ning

ful,

whe

n th

e po

ssib

ility

of

mak

ing

erro

rs is

like

ly to

be

high

or

whe

n m

otiv

atio

n is

low

or

the

amou

nt o

fef

fort

req

uire

d hi

gh, t

he p

ract

ice

shou

ld b

e sp

aced

.M

asse

d pr

actic

e pe

riod

s ar

e fa

vora

ble

if th

e ta

sk is

hig

hly

mea

ning

ful,

whe

nin

sigh

tful

lear

ning

is p

ossi

ble,

whe

n th

e m

ater

ial h

as p

revi

ousl

y be

en o

ver-

lear

ned

but d

urin

g a

prol

onge

d tim

e in

terv

al th

e fo

rget

ting

has

been

gre

at,

whe

n pe

ak p

erfo

rman

ce is

req

uire

d on

task

s al

read

y w

ell k

now

n, o

r w

hen

pro-

long

ed w

arm

-up

peri

ods

are

nece

ssar

y to

bec

ome

invo

lved

in th

e ta

sk. F

orex

ampl

e, a

stu

dent

has

had

thre

e ye

ars

of F

renc

h in

his

ear

ly h

igh

scho

ol y

ears

and

find

s he

has

bee

n gi

ven

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

spe

nd h

is ju

nior

yea

r of

col

lege

stud

ying

at a

Fre

nch

univ

ersi

ty. I

n th

e in

terv

enin

g th

ree

year

s he

fee

ls th

at h

eha

s fo

rgot

ten

mos

t of

his

Fren

ch. T

wo

to th

ree

wee

ks o

f hi

ghly

con

cent

rate

dpr

actic

e an

d re

view

with

the

assi

stan

ce o

f ta

pes

and

reco

rds

wou

ld e

nabl

e hi

mto

rec

all h

is p

revi

ous

lear

ning

qui

ckly

. The

spe

ed w

ith w

hich

he

reca

lls th

ela

ngua

ge d

epen

ds o

n th

e de

gree

of

over

lear

ning

in h

is p

revi

ous

lear

ning

of

the

lang

uage

.N

ew ta

sks

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

to c

hild

ren

in s

mal

l qua

ntiti

es w

ith s

hort

initi

alpr

actic

es a

nd s

hort

res

t int

erva

ls. G

radu

al le

ngth

enin

g of

the

prac

tice

peri

ods

shou

ld f

ollo

w. T

his,

of

cour

se, i

s ne

cess

ary

in o

rder

to d

o a

good

job

of r

e-en

teri

ng p

revi

ousl

y le

arne

d m

ater

ials

. The

dai

ly p

ract

ice

sess

ion

prom

otes

re-

tent

ion

of le

arni

ng a

nd f

aste

r re

call

whe

n th

e la

ngua

ge is

nee

ded

in a

spo

n-ta

neou

s si

tuat

ion.

Rev

iew

Sinc

e pe

rman

ent r

ecal

l, or

hab

ituat

ion

is th

e A

IM in

lear

ning

a m

oder

n la

n-gu

age,

lear

ning

to th

e po

int o

f im

med

iate

rec

all o

r re

cogn

ition

is n

ot s

uffi

cien

t.T

he s

kills

mus

t be

over

leam

ed. L

earn

ing

a la

ngua

ge is

a c

umul

ativ

e pr

oces

san

d is

dep

ende

nt u

pon

prev

ious

ly a

cqui

red

know

ledg

e. T

o se

cure

ret

entio

nst

uden

ts s

houl

d re

view

fre

quen

tly, a

t sho

rt in

terv

als,

alm

ost i

mm

edia

tely

aft

er

7

the

orig

inal

lear

ning

has

take

n pl

ace

and

then

aft

er lo

nger

and

long

er in

terv

als

as th

e tim

e fr

om th

e or

igin

al le

arni

ng in

crea

ses.

Freq

uent

or

even

dai

ly r

evie

w p

reve

nts

the

dele

teri

ous

effe

cts

offa

tigue

and

inte

rfer

ence

due

to th

e pi

ling

up o

f to

o m

uch

mat

eria

l at a

sin

gle

sitti

ng.T

hey

give

the

stud

ent n

umer

ous

oppo

rtun

ities

for

con

solid

atin

g an

din

tegr

atin

g th

em

ater

ials

he

has

lear

ned

in a

s m

any

diff

eren

t way

s as

the

teac

her

prov

ides

for

him

. Fre

quen

t tes

ting

stim

ulat

es r

evie

w a

nd h

as a

sal

utar

yef

fect

on

rete

n-tio

n. B

ut te

stin

g m

ust b

e re

gard

ed a

s a

mea

ns o

f pr

omot

ing

lear

ning

rat

her

than

mea

suri

ng it

.In

the

new

mat

eria

ls b

eing

dev

elop

ed f

or th

e le

arni

ng o

fFr

ench

, Ger

man

,Sp

anis

h, a

nd R

ussi

an, t

he d

ialo

gue,

con

vers

atio

ns, d

rills

, pra

ctic

e ex

erci

ses,

and

narr

ativ

es in

corp

orat

e in

sys

tem

atic

fas

hion

pre

viou

sly

lear

ned

utte

ranc

esan

dst

ruct

ure

- to

pro

vide

a c

onst

ant r

evie

w o

f th

e ea

rlie

r m

ater

ials

lear

ned.

Whe

n st

uden

ts s

tart

to r

ead

and

wri

te th

e la

ngua

ge th

e re

view

mat

eria

lsde

-ve

lope

d sh

ould

dem

and

reca

ll. R

e-re

adin

g or

re-

liste

ning

is n

ot e

noug

h.T

rue-

fals

e or

mul

tiple

cho

ice

item

s, a

nsw

erin

g qu

estio

ns, c

hang

ing

a na

rrat

ive

into

a pl

ay o

r vi

ce v

ersa

, wri

ting

shor

t ski

ts,

revi

ewin

g th

e pl

ot o

f a

stor

y, w

ritin

ga

char

acte

r sk

etch

, a d

escr

iptio

n of

asi

tuat

ion

thes

e ar

e on

ly a

few

of

the

tech

niqu

es u

sed

to r

evie

w a

nd f

ixat

e th

e or

igin

al le

arni

ng.

Rei

nfor

cem

ent O

r R

ewar

dT

he a

cqui

ring

of

a ne

w h

abit

or b

ehav

ior

is b

roug

ht a

bout

by

cond

ition

ing

stim

ulus

-res

pons

ean

d by

rei

nfor

cem

ent.

Any

res

pons

e or

utte

ranc

e w

hich

brin

gs a

rew

ard

is le

arne

d m

ore

easi

ly. I

f th

e le

arne

r kn

ows

wha

t he

is d

oing

and

the

purp

ose

for

his

doin

g it,

kno

win

g th

at h

e is

doi

ng it

cor

rect

ly is

a r

e-w

ard

in it

self

and

will

rei

nfor

ce h

is b

ehav

ior.

Rew

ardi

ng o

r re

info

rcin

g a

de-

sire

d re

spon

se h

as a

tend

ency

to in

crea

se th

e pr

obab

ility

that

the

resp

onse

will

be r

epea

ted

agai

n in

a s

imila

r si

tuat

ion.

Dri

lls a

nd p

ract

ice

exer

cise

s sh

ould

be

arra

nged

so

that

whe

n a

stud

ent m

akes

a co

rrec

t res

pons

e he

is im

med

iate

ly r

ewar

ded.

A s

mile

and

a n

od o

f th

ehe

adaf

ter

a co

rrec

tly g

iven

res

pons

e is

mor

e ef

fect

ive

than

any

big

rew

ard

give

nla

ter.

Mar

ks o

n te

sts

retu

rned

sev

eral

day

s af

ter

bein

g gi

ven

do n

ot h

ave

muc

hle

arni

ng v

alue

. Lan

guag

e la

bora

tory

dri

lls a

nd e

xerc

ises

are

bas

ed o

n im

med

iate

rein

forc

emen

t. Pr

ogra

med

sel

f-in

stru

ctio

n is

eff

ectiv

e to

a c

onsi

dera

ble

degr

eebe

caus

e kn

owle

dge

of s

ucce

ss is

fed

bac

k im

med

iate

ly a

fter

the

lear

ner

re-

spon

ds.

The

rea

l ski

ll of

the

teac

her

is s

how

n no

t in

corr

ectin

g or

pun

ishi

ng b

ut in

crea

ting

situ

atio

ns in

whi

ch th

e le

arne

r ca

nnot

hel

p re

spon

d co

rrec

tly. R

ewar

d-in

g is

mor

e ef

fect

ive

than

cri

ticiz

ing

and

ridi

culin

g. T

hese

hav

e un

cert

ain

ef-

fect

s up

on le

arni

ng. T

hey

mos

t lik

ely

brin

g ab

out a

void

ance

tend

enci

es o

n th

epa

rt o

f th

e le

arne

r an

d a

min

d-se

t is

esta

blis

hed

agai

nst l

earn

ing

the

lang

uage

whi

ch p

reve

nts

any

furt

her

prog

ress

. The

rel

atio

nshi

p be

twee

n th

e le

arne

r, th

ecl

assr

oom

situ

atio

n, a

nd th

e te

ache

r is

als

o di

stur

bed.

For

rein

forc

emen

t or

rew

ard

to p

lay

a m

axim

um r

ole

in le

arni

ng, t

he s

truc

-tu

re o

r ut

tera

nce

to b

e re

info

rced

mus

t pro

gres

s fr

om th

e si

mpl

e to

the

com

-pl

ex. T

he c

aref

ul in

trod

uctio

n of

onl

y on

e el

emen

t at a

tim

e, s

ubst

itutio

n an

dtr

ansf

orm

atio

n ex

erci

ses

and

drill

sal

l the

se n

ewer

tech

niqu

es in

teac

hing

lang

uage

red

uce

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f er

ror

alm

ost t

o th

e ze

ro p

oint

. It i

s es

timat

edth

at in

a p

rope

rly

cond

ucte

d le

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

e th

e st

uden

t sho

uld

mak

e th

eco

rrec

t res

pons

e 95

per

cent

of

the

time.

Prov

: ',I

ng th

e le

arne

r w

ith a

kno

wle

dge

of r

esul

ts a

nd h

elpi

ng h

im le

arn

how

to o

verc

ome

his

erro

rs is

pro

babl

y th

e m

ost d

iffi

cult

task

the

teac

her

has

tofa

ce in

a g

roup

situ

atio

n. T

he p

rinc

iple

of

rein

forc

emen

t if

carr

ied

out c

on-

scie

ntio

usly

wou

ld in

crea

se th

e le

arni

ng o

f st

uden

ts r

emar

kabl

y. E

qual

ly im

-po

rtan

t is

the

fact

that

err

oneo

us r

espo

nses

, if

not c

orre

cted

imm

edia

tely

, per

-si

st. I

f th

e le

arne

r m

akes

err

ors

whi

ch a

re n

ot c

orre

cted

, he

tend

s to

acc

ept

and

reta

in th

em a

s co

rrec

t. O

nce

thes

e er

rors

are

ingr

aine

d it

is a

lmos

t im

-po

ssib

le to

era

dica

te th

em. I

f im

med

iate

and

pos

itive

rei

nfor

cem

ent l

eads

toin

crea

sed

lear

ning

and

ret

entio

n, th

e la

ngua

ge in

stru

ctor

sho

uld

utili

ze th

iste

chni

que

in a

s m

any

way

s as

pos

sibl

e.

Tra

nsfe

r of

Tra

inin

gIt

is p

ossi

ble

to p

ract

ice

a sk

ill p

erfe

ctly

but

so

diff

eren

tly f

rom

the

way

it is

actu

ally

to b

e us

ed th

at th

ere

is a

lmos

t no

tran

sfer

fro

mon

e si

tuat

ion

to a

noth

er.

A g

reat

dea

l of

fore

ign

lang

uage

act

ivity

can

be

so c

ateg

oriz

ed. V

erbs

are

prac

ticed

in is

olat

ion;

the

voca

bula

ry is

dif

fere

nt f

rom

that

use

d in

the

situ

a-tio

ns in

whi

ch th

e st

uden

t fin

ds h

imse

lf; o

ral a

nd w

ritte

n dr

ills

and

exer

cise

sar

e in

the

form

of

disc

onne

cted

exe

rcis

es w

hich

are

like

jigs

aw p

uzzl

es r

athe

rth

an in

the

form

of

mea

ning

ful t

opic

s no

rmal

ly f

ound

in r

eadi

ng, w

ritin

g, a

ndco

nver

satio

n. A

stu

dent

with

his

min

d se

t on

form

and

mec

hani

cs m

ight

do

exce

llent

wor

k in

tran

slat

ing

exer

cise

s an

d fa

il m

iser

ably

in th

e w

ritin

g of

a le

t-te

r, c

arry

ing

on th

e gi

ve a

nd ta

ke o

f no

rmal

con

vers

atio

n, o

r de

liver

ing

a re

-po

rt o

n a

subj

ect o

f co

ncer

n to

the

clas

s. T

hus,

pra

ctic

e m

ay b

e pe

rfec

t but

the

resu

lts a

re q

uest

iona

ble

sinc

e tr

ansf

er is

han

dica

pped

by

diff

eren

ces

in th

e le

arn-

ing

situ

atio

n an

d th

e ac

tual

situ

atio

n in

whi

ch th

e la

ngua

ge s

kills

are

to b

eap

plie

d. T

rans

fer

occu

rs o

nly

whe

n th

ere

is a

clo

se s

imila

rity

of

the

com

-po

nent

ele

men

ts o

r w

hen

the

lear

ner

has

the

abili

ty to

gen

eral

ize

and

appl

yw

hat h

e le

arns

to v

ario

us s

ituat

ions

. Tra

nsfe

r ca

nnot

be

take

n fo

r gr

ante

d. T

hest

uden

t's a

bilit

y to

ana

logi

ze a

nd to

see

app

licat

ions

dep

ends

upo

n hi

s ba

ck-

grou

nd o

f ex

peri

ence

, his

leve

l of

insi

ght,

and

his

prev

ious

con

ditio

ning

in th

isdi

rect

ion.

Inte

rfer

ence

The

re is

an

auto

mat

ic tr

ansf

er in

the

lear

ning

of

a se

cond

lang

uage

of

whi

chth

e te

ache

r m

ust b

e aw

are.

It i

s us

ually

cal

led

inte

rfer

ence

, the

inte

rfer

ence

of

the

spee

ch p

atte

rns

of o

ne's

nat

ive

lang

uage

. Int

erfe

renc

e ca

n be

alm

ost n

egli-

gibl

e as

in th

e ca

se o

f th

e bi

lingu

al w

ho le

arns

his

lang

uage

dur

ing

child

hood

.T

his

fact

als

o sp

eaks

for

the

intr

oduc

tion

of f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge a

t an

earl

y ag

ele

vel,

sinc

e th

e ad

oles

cent

and

adu

lt ca

n fi

nd th

is in

terf

eren

ce a

con

side

rabl

eha

ndic

ap.

The

teac

her

mus

t con

stan

tly b

e aw

are

of a

nd ,i

ve s

peci

al e

mph

asis

to th

epo

ints

of

inte

rfer

ence

. The

aut

omat

ic tr

ansf

er o

f th

e le

arne

r's n

ativ

e sp

eech

habi

ts m

ust b

e dr

illed

out

of

him

. The

men

tal s

et o

f th

e cl

ass

mus

t be

com

-pl

etel

y in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

env

iron

men

t. A

fter

the

stru

ctur

es w

hich

inte

r-fe

re w

ith e

ach

othe

r in

the

two

lang

uage

s ha

ve b

een

care

fully

exa

min

ed th

epr

actic

e w

ork

and

all o

ther

act

iviti

es o

f th

e cl

ass

mus

t be

stee

ped

in th

e fo

r-ei

gn la

ngua

ge a

nd it

s m

ilieu

. Eng

lish

mus

t be

rule

d ou

t. T

he s

tude

nt m

ust n

oton

ly g

et a

n au

tom

atic

fee

l of

the

lexi

cal m

eani

ngs

of th

e m

odem

lang

uage

but

mos

t of

all h

e m

ust g

et th

e fe

el o

f th

e st

ruct

ural

mea

ning

s or

, in

othe

r w

ords

,th

e gr

amm

atic

al m

eani

ngs

of th

e pa

ttern

s.

8

Dis

crim

inat

ion

Eld

on a

nd G

ener

aliz

atio

nT

he s

tude

nt h

as o

ne o

ther

abi

lity

whi

ch c

an a

ssis

t him

imm

easu

rabl

y in

ac-

quir

ing

new

lear

ning

his

abili

ty to

per

ceiv

e co

nfig

urat

ions

or

patte

rns,

his

abili

ty to

dis

crim

inat

e an

d to

gen

eral

ize.

The

se c

an b

e of

gre

at v

alue

to h

im in

lear

ning

a f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge.

Any

lang

uage

is a

n el

abor

ate

syst

em o

f pa

ttern

s. T

he p

atte

rns

of o

ne's

nat

ive

lang

uage

are

man

ipul

ated

aut

omat

ical

ly w

ithou

t thi

nkin

g. T

hous

ands

of

stim

u-lu

s-re

spon

se s

ituat

ions

hav

e br

ough

t thi

s ab

out.

No

alre

ady

esta

blis

hed

syst

emof

spe

ech

patte

rns

of a

noth

er la

ngua

ge in

terf

ere.

Lea

rnin

g su

ch a

s ta

kes

plac

ein

acq

uiri

ng o

ur o

wn

nativ

e la

ngua

ge d

eman

ds a

long

per

iod

of ti

me,

a p

li-ab

le m

ind,

and

an

envi

ronm

ent w

hich

tole

rate

s on

ly th

e sp

eaki

ng o

f th

at s

pe-

cifi

c la

ngua

ge.

In th

e fo

rmal

sch

ool s

ituat

ion

such

con

ditio

ns a

re a

lmos

t im

poss

ible

toac

hiev

e. T

his

mea

ns u

se m

ust b

e m

ade

of e

very

abi

lity

the

stud

ent h

as to

hel

phi

m a

ttain

the

sam

e ki

nd o

f co

ntro

l of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

that

he

has

of h

isow

n an

d th

is a

ttain

men

t mus

t be

acco

mpl

ishe

d in

a s

hort

er p

erio

d of

tim

e. T

hest

imul

i-re

spon

ses

of th

e dr

ills

and

prac

tice

exer

cise

s m

ust b

e so

des

igne

d th

atth

e st

uden

t bec

omes

aw

are

of th

e w

ay th

e la

ngua

ge is

str

uctu

red.

The

new

fore

ign

lang

uage

mat

eria

ls a

re v

ery

care

fully

doi

ng th

is. T

his

does

not

mea

nm

aste

ring

gra

mm

atic

al te

rmin

olog

y an

d do

zens

of

rule

s. T

he c

hief

aim

is th

atth

e st

uden

t is

mad

e co

nsci

ous

of th

e co

nstr

uctio

ns o

f th

e la

ngua

ge a

nd h

owth

ey f

ollo

w a

def

inite

pat

tern

. The

abi

lity

of th

e st

uden

t to

perc

eive

this

de-

pend

s up

on h

is in

telli

genc

e. I

t will

take

man

y m

ore

exer

cise

s an

d an

alog

ies

for

the

less

inte

llige

nt s

tude

nt. E

duca

tiona

l psy

chol

ogis

ts h

ave

foun

d a

high

cor

-re

latio

n be

twee

n I.

Q. a

nd a

stu

dent

's a

bilit

y to

man

ipul

ate

the

gram

mar

or

stru

ctur

al s

yste

m o

f th

e la

ngua

ge w

hen

he le

arns

it a

t a la

ter

age.

The

per

cept

ion

of a

pat

tern

, how

eer,

doe

s no

t mea

n th

at th

e st

uden

t cea

ses

prac

ticin

g hi

s dr

ills

and

exer

cise

s. H

e ha

s no

t yet

mas

tere

d th

e pa

ttern

alth

ough

he is

wel

l on

the

road

to d

oing

so.

To

use

patte

rns

and

stru

ctur

es a

utom

atic

ally

mea

ns c

ontin

uing

to d

rill

and

prac

tice

them

in v

arie

d co

ntex

ts a

nd s

ituat

ions

until

they

hav

e be

en o

verl

earn

ed. O

nly

such

pra

ctic

e ca

n gi

ve th

e m

aste

ryw

ante

d.T

he e

xam

ples

and

illu

stra

tions

use

d in

the

drill

s an

d ex

erci

ses

shou

ld r

elat

ecl

osel

y to

the

lear

ner's

leve

l of

mat

urity

and

his

inte

rest

s. I

f th

ese

drill

s ar

ebu

ilt in

to m

eani

ngfu

l con

text

and

in m

any

diff

eren

t situ

atio

ns, t

he in

telli

gent

stud

ents

, som

e of

who

m b

alk

afte

r ha

ving

dis

cove

red

the

way

a s

peci

fic

stru

c-tu

re w

orks

, will

fin

d ov

erle

arni

ng a

muc

h m

ore

pala

tabl

e ta

sk.

The

num

ber

and

vari

ety

of e

xam

ples

req

uire

d be

fore

a s

tude

nt p

erce

ives

apa

ttern

dep

ends

upo

n hi

s ab

ility

. The

teac

her

mus

t pro

vide

muc

h pr

actic

e an

dgu

ided

obs

erva

tion

so th

at th

e st

uden

t will

gen

eral

ize

and

tran

sfer

a p

artic

ular

mod

e of

res

pons

e. H

e w

ill h

ave

to d

o m

uch

mor

e of

this

for

the

less

abl

e st

u-de

nt th

an f

or th

e in

tcili

gent

stu

dent

.T

he g

ener

aliz

atio

n sh

ould

com

e fr

om th

e st

uden

t. A

gen

eral

izat

ion

disc

over

edby

a s

tude

nt is

mor

e pe

rman

ently

ret

aine

d th

an o

ne g

iven

by

the

teac

her

orfo

und

in th

e te

xtbo

ok. I

t may

take

a li

ttle

long

er b

ut th

e re

sults

are

mor

e re

-w

ardi

ng. T

he s

tude

nt h

as le

arne

d to

do

by d

oing

.T

he p

roce

sses

of

disc

rim

inat

ing

and

gene

raliz

ing

need

to b

e ca

refu

lly n

ur-

ture

d an

d de

velo

ped.

Und

erst

andi

ng a

pri

ncip

le a

bout

how

a s

truc

ture

wor

ksim

prov

es tr

ansf

er to

new

situ

atio

ns. W

e do

not

alw

ays

know

whe

ther

the

lan-

)

guag

e th

e st

uden

t is

lear

ning

will

be

the

lang

uage

he

may

use

late

r in

life

. Sho

uld

he n

eed

anot

her,

trai

ning

bas

ed o

n th

e ab

ove

prin

cipl

es w

ill b

e of

gre

at h

elp

tohi

m in

the

acqu

isiti

on o

f hi

s th

ird

and

four

th la

ngua

ge.

Ref

eren

ce T

o E

xper

ienc

eT

he u

nkno

wn

cann

ot b

e ap

prec

iate

d or

exp

erie

nced

exc

ept i

n te

rms

of th

ekn

own.

It i

s ri

dicu

lous

for

stu

dent

s to

lear

n th

e w

orki

ng p

rinc

iple

s of

a la

n-gu

age

in te

rms

of a

gra

mm

atic

al te

rmin

olog

y m

ore

diff

icul

t at t

imes

than

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

itse

lf. S

tude

nts

can

read

ily m

emor

ize

rule

s an

d de

fini

tions

with

out a

pply

ing

this

kno

wle

dge

to th

e la

ngua

ge it

self

. Red

ucin

g gr

amm

atic

alte

rmin

olog

y to

a m

inim

um is

a r

eal n

eed

in th

e le

arni

ng o

f fo

reig

n la

ngua

ges.

"The

sec

ond

pers

on s

ingu

lar

subj

ect p

rono

un"

can

mor

e ea

sily

be

unde

rsto

odif

rew

orde

d "t

he w

ord

you.

" In

stea

d of

say

ing

"the

def

inite

art

icle

" it

is m

uch

clea

rer

to th

e st

uden

t to

say

"the

wor

d th

e."

The

tim

e an

d ef

fort

con

sum

ed in

expl

aini

ng g

ram

mat

ical

term

s ca

n be

bet

ter

allo

cate

d to

act

ive

use

of th

e la

n-gu

age

itsel

f.In

the

area

of

pron

unci

atio

n st

uden

ts c

an b

e ta

ught

to d

iscr

imin

ate

soun

dsm

ore

effe

ctiv

ely

and

to n

otic

e th

e su

btle

dif

fere

nces

in p

ronu

ncia

tion

by c

om-

pari

ng th

e pr

onun

ciat

ion

of c

erta

in id

entic

al c

ogna

tes

in th

e le

arne

r's la

ngua

gean

d th

e ta

rget

lang

uage

. Und

er th

e te

ache

r's g

uida

nce

the

stud

ents

will

be

able

to h

ear

for

them

selv

es th

ese

diff

eren

ces

betw

een

the

fore

ign

soun

ds a

nd th

eir

near

est a

ppro

xim

atio

n in

the

nativ

e to

ngue

.In

the

area

of

read

ing

and

voca

bula

ry b

uild

ing

the

prin

cipl

e of

ref

eren

ce to

expe

rien

ce a

lso

play

s a

sign

ific

ant r

ole.

The

re a

re a

gre

at m

any

cogn

ates

am

ong

the

Wes

tern

Eur

opea

n la

ngua

ges.

Thi

s st

ock

of c

ogna

tes

can

prov

ide

an e

f-fe

ctiv

e nu

cleu

s in

term

s of

whi

ch th

e m

eani

ngs

of th

e no

n-co

gnat

e w

ords

can

be e

xpla

ined

. Of

cour

se, t

hey

are

inte

nded

onl

y to

sug

gest

the

mea

ning

. Ma-

teri

als

deve

lope

d w

ith th

is te

chni

que

faci

litat

e co

mpr

ehen

sion

and

wou

ld m

ake

poss

ible

the

use

of m

ore

idio

mat

ic v

ocab

ular

y co

nstr

uctio

ns, m

ore

mat

ure

in-

form

atio

nal c

onte

nt w

ithou

t dis

trac

ting

the

stud

ents

fro

m th

e th

ough

t exp

ress

edby

con

stan

t voc

abul

ary

thum

bing

. At t

he in

term

edia

te le

vel t

he p

aren

thet

ic u

seof

non

-cog

nate

wor

ds w

hich

hav

e al

read

y be

en a

ssim

ilate

d by

the

stud

ent s

erve

sa

sim

ilar

purp

ose.

Fore

ign

wor

ds a

nd u

ttera

nces

are

bes

t lea

rned

and

ret

aine

d w

hen

pres

ente

din

con

text

, in

asso

ciat

ion

with

obj

ects

, act

ions

, and

con

ditio

ns w

hich

are

thei

rre

fere

nts.

Aut

hent

ic r

epre

sent

atio

n of

situ

atio

ns a

s th

ey o

ccur

in r

eal l

ife

is th

usth

e be

st w

ay to

con

vey

wor

ds a

nd u

ttera

nces

whi

ch th

e le

arne

r is

like

ly to

use

.A

dia

logu

e in

the

clas

sroo

m b

etw

een

stud

ents

wou

ld n

ot li

kely

incl

ude

rand

omst

atem

ents

like

, "T

his

is a

gre

en h

at."

"T

his

is a

blu

e dr

ess,

" fo

r ex

ampl

e.H

owev

er, i

n a

role

-pla

ying

dia

logu

e w

hich

rep

rese

nts

an e

xcha

nge

of s

tate

-m

ents

bet

wee

n a

mot

her

and

her

child

the

com

mun

icat

ion

wou

ld li

kely

be

asfo

llow

s:Jo

hn: W

here

is m

y gr

een

hat,

Mot

her?

Mot

her:

I th

ink

you

left

it in

the

car.

The

mea

ning

fuln

ess

of th

e ph

rase

"gr

een

hat"

is a

cqui

red

thro

ugh

its r

elat

ion-

ship

to o

ther

wor

ds a

nd s

ente

nces

in th

e di

alog

ue a

nd is

mor

e ap

t to

be u

sed

ina

real

situ

atio

n. P

ract

ice

exer

cise

s th

us b

ecom

e th

e pr

otot

ype

for

the

unit

ofbe

havi

or o

r la

ngua

ge th

e le

arne

r w

ants

to a

cqui

re. A

gre

at h

elp

in a

cqui

ring

mea

ning

s in

lang

uage

lear

ning

is th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

expe

rien

ces

with

the

use

of v

isua

l aid

s su

ch a

s ch

arts

, illu

stra

tions

, film

stri

ps, s

lides

, and

sho

rt f

ilms.

9

Insu

ring

mea

ning

fuln

ess

thro

ugh

refe

renc

es to

the

expe

rien

ces

a st

uden

t has

mak

es f

or e

ase

of a

cqui

sitio

n an

d re

call.

Tea

cher

s m

ust a

void

the

pitf

all o

fha

ving

chi

ldre

n le

arn

lang

uage

thro

ugh

rote

lear

ning

. In

rote

lear

ning

it is

the

sequ

ence

that

is b

eing

lear

ned.

If

mea

ning

and

und

erst

andi

ng a

re to

be

de-

velo

ped

or tr

ansf

er is

des

ired

, oth

er m

eans

mus

t be

foun

d to

ach

ieve

them

.Fo

r ex

ampl

e, in

the

rote

lear

ning

of

a di

alog

ue b

y th

e tim

e it

is m

emor

ized

thou

ght a

ctiv

ity h

as a

lmos

t cea

sed.

The

fac

t tha

t a s

tude

nt c

an r

ecite

a d

ialo

gue

is n

o as

sura

nce

that

he

unde

rsta

nds

it or

that

ther

e w

ill b

e an

y tr

ansf

er. T

each

-er

s m

ust u

se m

any

mea

ns to

insu

re th

e un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e di

alog

ue. M

ean-

ingf

ulne

ss c

an b

e fa

cilit

ated

if th

e m

ater

ial i

n V

tle d

ialo

gue

is p

atte

rned

rat

her

than

uno

rgan

ized

so

that

rel

atio

ns c

an b

e m

ore

read

ily e

stab

lishe

d. R

elat

ion-

ship

s sh

ould

be

mad

e w

ith w

hat h

as a

lrea

dy b

een

lear

ned.

Und

erst

andi

ng w

illbe

incr

ease

d if

the

mat

eria

ls in

the

dial

ogue

rel

ate

to th

e pr

actic

al a

ctiv

ities

of

the

lear

ner,

eve

n m

ore

so, i

f th

e le

arne

r ac

tivel

y en

gage

s in

tho

activ

ity.

Insi

ght

Lea

rnin

g is

mor

e ef

fici

ent w

hen

the

lear

ner

proc

eeds

fro

m th

e si

mpl

e to

the

com

plex

. Thi

s do

es n

ot m

ean

proc

eedi

ng f

rom

mea

ning

less

par

ts to

mea

ning

-fu

l who

les,

but

fro

m s

impl

ifie

d w

hole

s to

mor

e co

mpl

ex w

Lol

es. F

or e

xam

ple,

in th

e le

arni

ng o

f a

dial

ogue

or

the

read

ing

of a

nar

rativ

e th

e st

uden

t is

firs

tex

pose

d to

the

sele

ctio

n in

its

entir

zty

seve

ral t

imes

to g

et th

e th

ough

t of

the

sele

ctio

n cl

earl

y es

tabl

ishe

d. T

he m

ater

ial t

hen

is d

ivid

ed in

to s

uita

ble

smal

lse

gmen

ts. T

hese

are

lear

ned

thor

ough

ly. F

inal

ly, t

he e

ntir

e di

alog

ue o

r na

rra-

tive

is r

evie

wed

to s

ecur

e th

e ad

equa

te o

rgan

izat

ion

of th

e pa

rts

into

the

tota

las

soci

ativ

e tr

ain.

Dur

ing

this

pro

cess

the

lear

ner

has

acqu

ired

the

mat

eria

l in

dept

h an

d gr

aspe

d th

e de

tails

thor

ough

ly. I

f a

stud

ent h

as a

spe

cifi

c pr

oble

mw

ith p

ronu

ncia

tion,

it w

ould

mea

n lit

tle f

or h

im to

stu

dy th

e pr

oduc

tion

ofon

e so

und

apar

t fro

m a

noth

er; i

f he

has

a p

robl

em w

ith a

str

uctu

re, t

he s

tudy

of a

nou

n or

ver

b be

com

es m

eani

ngfu

l onl

y as

it is

see

n in

rel

atio

n to

the

othe

rpa

rts

of th

e st

ruct

ural

uet

. The

teac

her

give

s th

e ne

cess

ary

expl

anat

ion

and

has

the

stud

ent p

ract

ice

the

nece

ssar

y dr

ills

only

whe

n th

ese

are

need

ed to

fix

and

faci

litat

e sp

ecif

ic v

ocab

ular

y, s

truc

ture

, or

usag

e w

ith w

hich

the

stud

ent

is h

avin

g di

ffic

ultie

s.N

o am

ount

of

theo

rizi

ng, n

o am

ount

of

prac

tice

in f

ittin

g in

divi

dual

par

tsto

geth

er a

ccor

ding

to r

ule

lead

s to

pro

fici

ency

in:m

g la

ngua

ge in

act

ual l

ive

situ

atio

ns, b

e th

ese

liste

ning

, spe

akin

g, r

eadi

ng, o

r w

ritin

g in

the

fore

ign

lan-

guag

e. I

f su

ch a

ctiv

ity w

ere

effe

ctiv

e, te

ache

rs w

ho h

ave

theo

rize

d ab

out l

an-

guag

e an

d m

anuf

actu

red

lang

uage

in c

ount

less

tran

slat

ion

exer

cise

s sh

ould

be

as p

rofi

cien

t and

flu

ent i

n a

lang

uage

as

a na

tive

of th

at la

ngua

ge. S

adly

enou

gh, t

his

is n

ot th

e ca

se. P

ract

icin

g an

d ov

erle

arni

ng th

e in

divi

dual

seg

-m

ents

of

a la

ngua

ge d

oes

not g

uara

ntee

a m

aste

ry o

f th

e w

hole

. Wha

t goo

d is

a pe

rfec

t pro

nunc

iatio

n if

the

stud

ent d

oes

not h

ave

the

voca

bula

ry a

nd c

ontr

olof

the

stru

ctur

es to

say

any

thin

g? I

n la

ngua

ge, t

he th

ough

t gro

up, a

com

bina

-tio

n of

wor

ds, t

heir

arr

ange

men

t and

the

into

natio

n gi

ven,

det

erm

ines

the

mea

n-in

g of

the

indi

vidu

al w

ords

and

oft

en r

epre

sent

s a

conc

ept d

iffe

rent

fro

man

yon

e of

the

com

pone

nts

of th

e th

ough

t gro

up.

At t

he v

ery

begi

nnin

g of

the

stud

ent's

lang

uage

car

eer

he s

houl

d ha

ve th

eop

port

unity

to li

sten

to s

hort

illu

stra

ted

talk

s, o

r a

brie

f di

alog

ue w

hich

is a

cted

out a

bout

som

ethi

ng o

f in

tere

st to

him

. Car

eful

ly c

onst

ruct

ed o

ral a

nd la

ter

wri

tten

drill

s, q

uest

ions

, tru

e-fa

lse

stat

emen

ts, s

houl

d st

ress

the

sign

ific

ant i

n-

form

atio

n. W

ith a

gre

atva

riet

y of

suc

h pr

actic

e,pr

onun

ciat

ion,

into

natio

n, v

o-

cabu

lary

, and

str

uctu

re a

rele

arne

d in

term

s of

wor

thw

hile

info

rmat

iona

l top

ics

in te

rms

of th

e w

hole

.T

he te

ache

r w

hom

akes

max

imum

use

of

the

prin

cipl

e of

insi

ght

will

see

to

it th

at h

is s

tude

nts

will

hav

e ab

unda

ntop

port

uniti

es f

rom

the

very

begi

nnin

g

to h

ear

and

use

the

lang

uage

as

a m

eans

of c

omm

unic

atin

g w

ants

,id

eas,

and

info

rmat

ion.

It i

s be

st to

prac

tice

the

lang

uage

ski

llsin

the

way

s th

ey a

re to

be

used

to a

ssur

e th

eirb

eing

use

d.

Mot

ivat

ion

Inte

rest

and

mot

ivat

ion

are

cruc

ial i

n an

y le

arni

ng p

rogr

amth

at n

orm

ally

exte

nds

over

a p

erio

d of

thre

e or

mor

e ye

ars.

In th

e ca

se o

f a

skill

that

take

s a

cons

ider

able

per

iod

of ti

me

toac

quir

e th

e de

sire

or

will

tole

arn

is o

f gr

eate

st

impo

rtan

ce. T

his

is e

spec

ially

true

whe

re th

eel

emen

tary

leve

l is

foun

datio

nal

and

mus

t be

last

ing.

In

the

proc

ess

of b

uild

ing

this

fou

ndat

ion

the

stud

ent m

ust

also

dev

elop

a la

stin

gin

tere

st w

hich

will

mak

ehi

m w

ant t

o us

e th

efo

reig

n la

n-

guag

e la

ter

inlif

e. T

here

is n

ot m

uch

sens

eha

ving

a s

tude

nt s

pend

yea

rsin

lear

ning

a la

ngua

ge ju

st to

lay

it as

ide

and

forg

etit.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly, t

his

happ

ens

far

mor

e of

ten

than

thos

ein

the

fiel

d ca

re to

adm

it.N

ot f

or a

mom

ent s

houl

dth

e te

ache

r fo

rget

that

as

the

stud

ent i

s le

arni

ng

the

lang

uage

he

is a

lso

lear

ning

that

whi

chhe

is th

inki

ng a

ndfe

elin

g as

he

un-

derg

oes

the

lear

ning

pro

cess

,an

d th

e m

ore

posi

tive

thes

e ar

e th

ebe

tter

the

rete

ntio

n.A

stu

dent

som

etim

esle

arns

a la

ngua

ge in

orde

r to

esc

ape

the

puni

shm

ent o

f

the

teac

her,

to g

et a

good

gra

de, o

r to

get

the

appr

oval

of

his

pare

nts

who

wan

t A's

on

the

repo

rtca

rd. F

alse

goa

ls s

uch

asth

ese

are

likel

y to

enge

nder

quic

k fo

rget

ting

ofth

e la

ngua

ge s

ince

the

imm

edia

te n

eed

has

been

sat

isfi

ed.

How

ever

, if

a la

ngua

ge is

lear

ned

as a

tool

whi

cheq

uips

the

lear

ner

for

som

e

of th

e ne

cess

ary

task

s in

a w

orld

shr

unk

insi

ze, t

he m

otiv

e is

fund

amen

tal a

nd

the

lear

ning

is n

ot a

sea

sily

sub

ject

to e

xtin

ctio

n.T

his

mot

ivat

ion

is w

hat

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

curr

icul

um s

houl

d st

rive

for

.A

teac

her

mus

tca

pita

lize

on w

hat i

sbe

ing

lear

ned

in th

efo

reig

n la

ngua

ge

clas

s. I

n to

o m

any

inst

ance

s th

e la

ngua

ge c

ours

eb

a po

tpou

rri o

f gr

amm

ar,

a da

b of

cultu

ral m

ater

ial u

sual

lyin

Eng

lish

plus

a g

reat

deal

of

activ

ity w

ith-

out d

irec

tion.

Insi

pid

read

ing

mat

eria

ls, s

teri

le o

ral a

ndw

ritte

n ex

erci

ses

dull

the

desi

re to

lear

n to

liste

n, s

peak

, rea

d, o

rw

rite

. Cla

ssic

s in

the

fore

ign

lan-

guag

e ar

e re

adw

hich

are

far

bey

ond

the

lingu

istic

abi

litie

s an

dm

atur

ity le

vel

of th

e st

uden

ts e

ven

in th

e ad

vanc

edcl

asse

s. T

he in

fant

ilest

orie

s so

oft

en

foun

d in

the

begi

nnin

gre

ader

s ar

e fa

r be

low

the

mat

urity

leve

l of

the

stud

ents

in th

e el

emen

tary

clas

ses

begi

nnin

g at

the

seve

nth,

nin

th, o

r te

nth

grad

e le

vels

.

The

con

vers

atio

nal

mat

eria

ls a

nd th

e ta

lks

tow

hich

the

stud

ents

list

en,

the

stor

ies

and

artic

les

whi

ch th

ey r

ead,

the

song

sth

ey s

ing,

the

poet

ryth

ey

lear

n m

ust h

ave

sign

ific

ance

and

inte

rest

or

the

stud

ents

' ski

lls w

ill n

otin

-

crea

se n

o m

atte

rho

w o

ften

wor

ds a

ndst

ruct

ures

are

rep

eate

din

kee

ping

with

a sc

ient

ific

ally

deri

ved

freq

uenc

y lis

t of

lexi

cal i

tem

s an

d sy

ntac

ticst

ruct

ures

.

Any

new

voc

abul

ary

and

stru

ctur

es in

basi

c se

nten

ces

whi

ch th

est

uden

t

lear

ns b

efor

e he

list

ens

to a

sele

ctio

n or

talk

or

read

s a

stor

y or

an

artic

le w

ill

be e

asily

lear

ned

ifhe

kno

ws

that

they

will

hav

e a

mes

sage

for

him

. Vita

lizin

g

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

pro

gram

thro

ugh

wor

thw

hile

con

tent

at

all l

evel

s of

in-

stru

ctio

n is

ext

rem

ely

impo

rtan

t. T

he c

onte

ntsh

ould

dev

elop

sig

nifi

cant

in-

sigh

ts, a

ttitu

des,

and

inte

rest

s in

the

cont

empo

rary

life

of th

e st

uden

t and

his

10

soci

ety.

Eve

ry m

ajor

for

eign

cultu

re h

as h

ad a

nd is

still

Icr

iaki

ng a

n im

pact

on

the

hist

ory,

the

arts

and

craf

ts, t

he s

cien

ce, t

he c

usto

ms

and

soci

al in

stitu

tions

of to

day.

Thi

s is

the

botto

mle

ss r

eser

voir

fro

mw

hich

to d

raw

the

cont

ento

f th

e

fore

ign

lang

uage

cou

rse.

If

such

mat

eria

l is

used

the

mod

ern

lang

uage

cla

ss

can

mak

e a

sign

ific

ant c

ontr

ibut

ion

toth

e ed

ucat

ion

of y

oung

peop

le. B

ut

whe

n la

ngua

ge c

ease

s to

com

mun

icat

e an

d th

e fo

cus

is s

olel

y on

the

stud

y of

its

stru

ctur

e, it

soo

n in

tere

sts

only

a f

ew p

oten

tial

lingu

istic

sci

entis

ts in

the

clas

s.

The

task

in g

ener

al e

duca

tion

goes

far

beyo

nd th

e tr

aini

ng o

fthe

se f

ew.

Mot

ivat

ion

beco

mes

mor

edi

ffic

ult i

f th

e te

ache

r lim

itsth

e ta

sks

to a

spe

cifi

c

set o

f m

ater

ials

tobe

lear

ned

in th

e cl

assr

oom

.L

earn

ing

occu

rs in

a la

rger

set

-

ting.

The

who

le s

choo

lsi

tuat

ion,

oft

en in

volv

ing

extr

a-cu

rric

ular

, out

-of-

scho

ol

and

com

mun

ity a

ctiv

ities

as

wel

l, co

ntri

bute

s to

the

stud

ent's

beh

avio

r an

d un

-

less

thes

e m

ore

incl

usiv

e an

dbr

oade

r as

pect

s of

exp

erie

nce

are

take

n in

to c

on-

side

ratio

n fo

r m

otiv

atin

gle

arni

ng, t

he te

ache

r w

ill b

ele

ss s

ucce

ssfu

l in

prod

uc-

ing

the

desi

eed

resu

lts.

Usi

ng la

ngua

ge m

eans

com

mun

icat

ing,

exc

hang

ing

wor

dsan

d id

eas

with

som

eone

els

ea

liste

ner,

are

ader

, a c

orre

spon

dent

, or

a ge

nup

of p

erso

ns. I

n

the

aver

age

clas

s th

e st

uden

tsre

cite

to th

e te

ache

r w

hosp

ends

mos

t or

his

time

corr

ectin

g an

d cr

itici

zing

the

"how

it is

sai

d" r

athe

r th

anth

e "w

hat i

s sa

id."

The

oth

er s

tude

nts

in th

ecl

ass

usua

lly p

ay n

o at

tent

ion

toth

e re

cita

tion.

The

y

are

mor

e co

ncer

ned

with

"w

hen

thei

r tu

rn c

omes

."B

uild

ing

the

righ

t aud

ienc

esi

tuat

ion

for

a cl

ass

impl

ies

that

the

stud

ent o

r st

uden

tspe

rfor

min

g m

ust h

ave

som

ethi

ng o

f im

port

ance

to o

ffer

,so

met

hing

that

is n

ot a

lrea

dykn

own

to th

e

grou

p an

d th

e gr

oup

mus

tbe

resp

onsi

ble

for

getti

ng th

e m

essa

ge.

Pen

pals

, tap

e pa

ls, t

he e

xcha

nge

of c

orre

spon

denc

e, m

ater

ials

and

tape

sbe

twee

n th

e cl

asse

s of

the

two

coun

trie

s, c

omm

unity

pro

ject

slik

e th

e tw

inni

ng

of a

n A

mer

ican

sch

ool o

r to

wn

with

one

in th

e fo

reig

n co

untr

yw

hose

lang

uage

is b

eing

taug

ht, s

hort

wav

era

dio

and

Tel

star

bro

adca

sts,

TV

, film

sal

l the

se

prov

ide

mot

ivat

ion

and

exce

llent

lear

ning

pos

sibi

litie

s. C

erta

inly

the

num

ber

of

peop

le s

triv

ing

to c

omm

unic

ate

pers

onal

ly w

:h o

ther

cul

tura

l gro

ups

is g

row

ing

by le

aps

and

boun

ds w

ith o

urin

crea

sed

wor

ld in

ter-

com

mun

icat

ion

achi

eve-

men

ts. I

t is

up to

the

crea

tive

geni

us o

f bo

th te

ache

r an

dst

uden

ts to

cap

italiz

e

on s

uch

oppo

rtun

ities

.If

stu

dent

s fe

el th

at th

ey a

rem

akin

g pr

ogre

ss to

war

ds th

ego

als

or o

bjec

-tiv

es th

ey h

ave

set f

or th

emse

lves

,le

arni

ng b

ecom

es in

tere

stin

g fo

rth

em. T

hete

ache

r m

ust p

lan

with

his

stu

dent

sth

e go

als

they

wis

h to

atta

in a

ndin

terp

ret

to th

em th

e re

leva

ncy

of th

e le

arni

ng a

ctiv

ities

incl

ass

and

labo

rato

ry to

thos

e

acce

pted

goa

ls.

The

exp

erie

nces

in th

e fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge c

ours

e m

ust i

ntri

nsic

ally

be o

f in

-te

rest

and

rel

ated

to th

ele

arne

rs' p

urpo

ses.

If

wha

t is

bein

gta

ught

ties

in s

ig-

nifi

cant

ly w

ith s

ome

expe

rien

ces

orde

sire

s th

ey h

ave,

the

lear

ning

will

take

plac

e m

ore

read

ily. W

hen

child

ren

lear

n to

spe

ak o

r re

ad a

fore

ign

lang

uage

they

sho

uld

see

the

poin

t in

acqu

irin

g th

ese

skill

s. T

he c

onte

nt o

f th

ele

sson

,

the

prob

lem

to b

e so

lved

, the

gene

raliz

atio

n to

be

mad

e sh

ould

be

sign

ific

ant

for

them

.T

each

ers

shou

ld n

ote

the

char

acte

rist

ics

of th

e ch

ildre

n an

dad

oles

cent

s w

ith

who

m th

ey a

re d

ealin

g. E

very

teac

her,

in e

very

cla

ssro

om, f

aces

in h

isst

uden

ts

diff

eren

ces

in a

ttitu

de o

r m

inds

etw

hich

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

wha

t is

done

in

the

clas

sroo

m h

as m

eani

ngan

d st

imul

ates

, or

is d

ull a

ndpo

intle

ss. C

hild

ren

are

inte

rest

ed in

the

. ace

age,

in a

nim

als,

inth

e w

orki

ngs

of n

atur

e, f

or e

x-am

ple.

The

y ar

e in

tere

sted

infa

ntas

y, in

thin

gs h

isto

rica

lly r

emot

e. T

hey

are

7

also

add

icte

d to

rep

etiti

veac

tivity

for

its

own

sake

in p

lay

and

mer

e ve

rbal

com

mun

icat

ion.

The

y w

illre

peat

cur

rent

TV

adv

ertis

ing

slog

ans

until

they

driv

e on

e to

dis

trac

tion.

The

sear

e th

e im

med

iate

goa

ls f

or th

em.

As

the

child

ren

mov

e to

war

dsad

oles

cenc

e, o

ther

long

rang

e go

als

and

need

sta

ke th

e pl

ace

of th

ese

imm

edia

tego

als.

The

gro

win

g em

phas

ison

lang

uage

pre

-re

quis

ites

for

colle

ge e

ntra

nce

and

prof

essi

onal

com

pete

ncy,

enr

ichi

ngon

e's

cultu

ral u

nder

stan

ding

or li

tera

ry s

cope

can

bec

ome

impe

lling

dri

ves.

Out

side

of

colle

ge e

ntra

nce

requ

irem

ents

,vo

catio

nal i

nter

ests

can

play

am

ajor

rol

e in

mot

ivat

ion,

alth

ough

freq

uent

ly th

ey a

re n

ot c

lear

eno

ugh

and

are

too

rem

ote

in ti

me

to f

orm

the

basi

sfo

r or

gani

zing

a la

ngua

gepr

ogra

m. I

m-

med

iate

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

use

the

lang

uage

in o

ut-o

f-sc

hool

act

iviti

esor

em

-pl

oym

ent a

ffor

d ex

celle

nt o

ppor

tuni

tyto

mot

ivat

e. S

tude

nts

shou

ld b

e m

ade

awar

e of

the

pote

ntia

l val

ue o

f kn

owin

gon

e or

mor

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ges

in a

l-m

ost a

ny w

alk

in li

fe a

nd th

ata

wor

king

kno

wle

dge

of o

ne o

r mor

e m

odem

lan-

guag

es is

a d

istin

ct a

sset

in s

ecur

ing

a po

sitio

n. T

he te

ache

r sh

ould

als

o ca

pi-

taliz

e on

the

spec

ific

lang

uage

inte

rest

sof

the

stud

ents

and

sho

uld

diff

eren

tiate

the

activ

ities

and

con

tent

of

the

cour

se in

term

s of

a jo

b an

alys

is o

f th

e la

ngua

gene

eds

in c

erta

in ty

pes

of w

ork.

Due

to th

e fa

ct th

at d

rive

sar

e so

var

ied

and

so im

port

ant,

the

teac

her's

un-

ders

tand

ing

of th

e in

divi

dual

stu

dent

beco

mes

incr

easi

ngly

mor

e si

gnif

ican

t.K

now

ledg

e of

wha

t the

dri

ves

are,

why

and

how

they

cha

nge,

thei

r st

reng

th a

ndw

eakn

ess

at a

par

ticul

ar ti

me

isa

valu

able

ass

et. I

n ad

ditio

n, th

e pe

rson

alm

o-tiv

atio

n an

d en

thus

iasm

of

the

inst

ruct

orm

ust b

e su

ch th

at h

e is

cap

able

of

in-

spir

ing

and

setti

ng h

is s

tude

nts

on f

ire.

Thr

ough

the

met

hods

and

pro

cedu

res

he u

ses

and

thro

ugh

guid

ing

stud

ents

in a

cqui

ring

new

dri

ves

and

inte

rest

s,he

sho

uld

cont

ribu

te to

thei

r ha

ving

satis

fyin

g le

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

es. T

hus

we

see

that

val

id in

vent

orie

s of

the

inte

rest

san

d th

e ne

eds

of le

arne

rs a

t the

vari

ous

age

leve

ls a

re b

asic

to c

urri

culu

m d

evel

opm

ent.

Sum

mar

yL

et u

s su

mm

ariz

e w

hat h

as b

een

disc

usse

d in

con

nect

ion

with

the

prin

cipl

esof

lear

ning

whi

ch h

ave

a di

rect

bea

ring

on

wha

t is

done

in th

e te

achi

ng o

fa

mod

ern

fore

ign

lang

uage

.L

angu

age

may

be

said

to h

ave

been

acq

uire

d w

hen

the

lear

ner

has

inco

rpor

ated

it in

to h

is b

ehav

ior

patte

rn. I

f la

ter

heha

s us

edth

e la

ngua

ge, w

esa

y he

has

rem

embe

red

or r

etai

ned

wha

t he

has

acqu

ired

.T

rans

fer

of le

arni

ngoc

curs

whe

n w

hate

ver

he le

arns

inon

e si

tuat

ion

can

beus

ed in

a n

ew a

nd d

iffe

rent

situ

atio

n. T

hus,

the

rela

tions

hip

amon

g ac

quis

ition

,re

tent

ion,

and

tran

sfer

is f

airl

ydi

rect

noth

ing

can

be tr

ansf

erre

d un

less

it is

rem

embe

red

and

noth

ing

can

be r

emem

bere

d un

less

it is

thor

ough

lyle

arne

d in

the

firs

t pla

ce.

The

mod

ern

lang

uage

teac

her

who

exp

ects

you

ngst

ers

to a

cqui

rea

lang

uage

mus

t im

plem

ent c

erta

in le

arni

ng p

rinc

iple

s:1.

The

ori

gina

l lea

rnin

gm

ust b

e ta

ught

as

mea

ning

fully

and

thor

ough

ly a

spo

ssib

le.

2. T

here

mus

t be

cont

inue

d pr

actic

eor

ove

rlea

rnin

g w

ith im

med

iate

rei

n-fo

rcem

ent s

oon

afte

r th

e m

ater

ials

have

bee

n ac

quir

ed.

3. T

he m

ater

ial m

ust b

e re

view

edpe

riod

ical

ly th

erea

fter

.4.

The

nat

ure

of th

e m

ater

ial

to b

e le

arne

d an

d th

e co

nditi

ons

unde

rw

hich

it is

lear

ned

mar

kedl

y in

flue

nce

how

wel

l it i

s le

arne

d or

igin

ally

,ho

w w

ell i

t is

reta

ined

, and

how

wel

l it

can

be u

sed

in s

ituat

ions

oth

er th

an th

at in

whi

ch it

isle

arne

d.5.

Lea

rnin

g ta

sks

mat

eria

ls u

sed

and

activ

ities

dev

elop

edw

hich

hav

esi

gnif

ican

t soc

ial v

alue

, whi

char

e pr

oper

ly g

rade

d in

dif

ficu

lty to

the

stud

ents

'pr

esen

t ach

ieve

men

t lev

el, a

nd w

hich

foc

usup

on p

rinc

iple

s an

d m

eani

ngs

are

rem

embe

red

and

tran

sfer

bet

ter

than

does

mat

eria

l of

low

mea

ning

fuln

ess

ac-

quir

ed b

y ro

te m

emor

y.

11

Cha

pter

III

ME

TH

OD

Psyc

ho-L

ingu

istic

App

roac

hT

his

chap

ter

will

atte

mpt

to g

ive

the

teac

her

a bi

rd's

-eye

vie

w o

f a

mod

ern

lang

uage

cou

rse

in a

ccor

d w

ith p

sych

o-lin

guis

tic r

esea

rch

and

the

obje

ctiv

es o

fle

arni

ng la

ngua

ges

in th

e tw

entie

th c

entu

ry.

Lis

teni

ng-s

peak

ing

skill

s ca

n no

long

er b

e ig

nore

d. I

n ad

ditio

n to

the

in-

crea

sed

need

for

spe

aker

s of

for

eign

lang

uage

s in

toda

y's

wor

ld, l

ingu

istic

and

lear

ning

theo

ries

sup

port

the

idea

that

the

appr

oach

to m

odem

lang

uage

in-

stru

ctio

n sh

ould

be

audi

o-lin

gual

in n

atur

e, th

at th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

the

lis-

teni

ng-s

peak

ing

skill

s is

bas

ic in

lang

uage

lear

ning

. The

refo

re, a

ural

-ora

l pra

c-tic

es s

houl

d pr

eced

e le

arni

ng to

rea

d an

d w

rite

at t

he b

egin

ning

leve

ls a

nd m

ust

cont

inue

to p

lay

an im

port

ant p

art i

n cl

ass

activ

ities

at t

he in

term

edia

te a

ndad

vanc

ed le

vels

.A

udio

-lin

gual

inst

ruct

ion

is b

ased

, fir

st o

f al

l, on

the

prem

ise

that

the

lear

ner

will

bes

t lea

rn th

e so

und

syst

em o

f th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge w

ithou

t int

erfe

renc

efr

om p

rint

ed s

ymbo

ls f

or w

hich

he

has

alre

ady

an e

stab

lishe

d se

t of

resp

onse

s.Se

cond

ly, t

he a

udio

- li

ngua

l app

roac

h ha

s tw

o hi

ghly

reg

arde

d be

nefi

ts: (

1) a

basi

c ph

rase

or

sent

ence

can

be

imita

ted

and

repe

ated

ora

lly f

ar o

ften

er th

an in

wri

ting,

and

(2)

ora

l cla

ssro

om a

nd la

bora

tory

pra

ctic

e pe

rmits

imm

edia

te c

or-

rect

ion

of e

rror

s.A

udio

-lin

gual

tech

niqu

es a

re a

lso

base

d on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f pr

actic

e in

usin

g la

ngua

ge r

athe

r th

an ta

lkin

g ab

out i

t. L

angu

age

lear

ning

is o

ften

com

pare

dto

lear

ning

to p

lay

the

pian

o or

lear

ning

to r

ide

a bi

cycl

e. T

he a

nalo

gy s

ugge

sts

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f pr

actic

e as

opp

osed

to th

eory

. Las

tly, a

udio

-lin

gual

inst

ruc-

tion

base

d on

psy

cho-

lingu

istic

s is

des

igne

d to

pro

vide

inte

nsiv

e pr

actic

e on

con

-fl

ict p

oint

s be

twee

n th

e na

tive

and

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

. Suc

h co

nflic

t poi

nts

are

plac

es a

t whi

ch th

e se

cond

lang

uage

lear

ner

mak

es m

ista

kes

beca

use

his

nativ

e la

ngua

ge h

abits

con

flic

t with

the

new

sec

ond

lang

uage

hab

its h

e w

ishe

s to

acqu

ire.

The

aud

io-l

ingu

al a

ppro

ach

is n

ot th

e co

nver

satio

nal a

ppro

ach

nor

the

dire

ctm

etho

d ap

proa

ch. I

t em

phas

izes

the

abili

ty to

pro

noun

ce a

ccur

atel

y an

d w

ithpr

oper

into

natio

n th

ose

basi

c pa

ttern

s an

d co

nstr

uctio

ns o

f th

e fo

reig

n la

n-gu

age

whi

ch th

e st

uden

ts a

re le

arni

ng in

dia

logu

es a

nd o

ther

bas

ic c

onve

rsa-

tiona

l sen

tenc

es. T

each

ers

usin

g th

e au

dio-

lingu

al a

ppro

ach

do n

ot s

how

off

thei

r co

nver

satio

nal f

luen

cy; t

hey

limit

them

selv

es to

that

por

tion

of th

e la

n-gu

age

whi

ch th

e st

uden

ts a

re e

xpec

ted

to le

arn.

Lis

teni

ng is

of

utm

ost i

mpo

rtan

ce n

ot o

nly

beca

use

it is

the

key

to a

ll :s

peec

hbu

t als

o be

caus

e it

cont

rols

wha

t the

spe

aker

say

s, r

eads

, and

wri

tes.

At t

heel

emen

tary

leve

l of

lang

uage

lear

ning

, pri

ority

is g

iven

to th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

liste

ning

com

preh

ensi

on a

nd s

peak

ing

abili

ty s

ince

they

rei

nfor

ce e

ach

othe

r.A

t the

mor

e ad

vanc

ed le

vels

of

lang

uage

lear

ning

of

the

two

skill

s m

uch

mor

e

13

time

and

emph

asis

is g

iven

to th

e lis

teni

ng s

kill

than

to s

peak

ing,

alth

ough

spea

king

is a

lso

deve

lope

d th

roug

hout

the

lang

uage

cou

rse.

Nat

ural

ly, t

he a

bil-

ity to

spe

ak w

ill, i

n tim

e, b

e ou

tpac

ed b

y th

e lis

teni

ng s

kill.

Thi

s ca

n be

not

edin

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f ou

r ow

n na

tive

liste

ning

and

spe

akin

g ab

ilitie

s.T

he s

ame

can

be s

aid

of r

eadi

ng a

nd w

ritin

g sk

ills

deve

lopm

ent.

The

lear

ner

will

alw

ays

hear

and

rea

d (p

assi

ve s

kills

) m

uch

mor

e th

an h

e sp

eaks

and

wri

tes

(act

ive

skill

s). P

rogr

ess

is m

ore

rapi

d in

dev

elop

ing

the

liste

ning

and

rea

ding

skill

s bu

t goo

d re

tent

ion

of th

ese

pass

ive

skill

s is

str

engt

hene

d th

roug

h th

e de

-ve

lopm

ent o

f th

e ac

tive

skill

s.D

escr

iptiv

e lin

guis

ts h

old

toda

y th

at th

e lis

teni

ng-s

peak

ing

skill

s sh

ould

, at

leas

t, in

the

begi

nnin

g st

ages

of

lang

uage

lear

ning

, be

kept

sep

arat

e fr

om th

ere

adin

g-w

ritin

g sk

ills.

Whe

n th

e tr

ansi

tion

is m

ade

to th

e re

adin

g-w

ritin

g ph

ase

it m

ust b

e do

ne in

term

s of

mat

eria

ls a

lrea

dy le

arne

d w

ell a

t the

list

enin

g-sp

eaki

ng s

tage

. Fin

ally

, it m

ust b

e po

inte

d ou

t tha

t all

four

ski

lls m

ust b

e pr

ac-

ticed

at a

ll le

vels

and

kep

t up

to p

ar. S

ome

time

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

daily

to a

llfo

ur s

kills

in e

very

lang

uage

cla

ss.

Met

hod

The

met

hod

a te

ache

r us

es is

just

ifia

ble

only

if it

take

s in

to c

onsi

dera

tion:

1. T

he o

bjec

tives

of

the

cour

se2.

The

lear

ning

pri

ncip

les

invo

lved

3. T

he e

ffic

ienc

y in

tim

e an

d ef

fort

perm

anen

t ret

entio

n of

ano

ther

lan-

guag

e is

the

goal

4. T

he a

ge le

vel a

nt?

the

char

acte

rist

ics

of th

e le

arne

rs5.

The

pre

viou

s tr

aini

ng o

f th

e le

arne

rs6.

The

mat

eria

ls a

vaila

ble

7. T

he e

mpa

thy

betw

een

clas

s, te

ache

r, a

nd in

divi

dual

stu

dent

The

se s

even

fac

tors

are

fun

dam

enta

l to

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f a

good

for

eign

lan-

guag

e pr

ogra

m.

The

teac

her

teac

hes

a la

ngua

ge a

nd n

ot a

bout

a la

ngua

ge. H

e m

ust a

ccep

tth

e fa

ct th

at s

tude

nts

lear

n to

do

only

wha

t the

y do

and

that

he

mus

t ada

pt h

ism

ater

ials

to th

e ne

eds

of h

is s

tude

nts,

whi

ch m

eans

, he

does

not

cov

er B

ook

Ith

e fi

rst y

ear,

Boo

k II

the

seco

nd y

ear,

and

so

fort

h. H

e se

es to

it th

at w

hat-

ever

is le

arne

d in

the

mod

ern

lang

uage

cla

ssro

om m

ust b

e le

arne

d w

ell,

in f

act,

over

leam

ed. I

f al

l the

mat

eria

l in

Boo

k I

has

not b

een

lear

ned

duri

ng th

e fi

rst

year

, he

exte

nds

it in

to th

e se

cond

yea

r of

lang

uage

wor

k. T

his

is p

erfe

ctly

ad-

mis

sibl

e si

nce

stud

ents

to b

e co

mpe

tent

in u

sing

the

lang

uage

do

not k

now

60

perc

ent o

r 90

per

cent

of

the

lang

uage

an A

's w

orth

or

a C

's w

orth

. The

ykn

ow e

very

bit

of th

at w

hich

they

hav

e le

arne

d or

els

e th

ey c

anno

t han

dle

the

lang

uage

eas

ily a

nd f

luen

tly.

The

teac

her

mus

t hav

e av

aila

ble

all t

hein

form

atio

n ab

out w

hat t

he le

arne

rha

s le

arne

d in

his

pre

viou

s ye

ars,

wha

t bac

kgro

und

he c

omes

fro

m, a

nd w

hat

he is

pla

nnin

g to

do

in th

e fu

ture

. It i

s un

forg

ivab

le o

nth

e pa

rt o

f th

e la

ngua

gete

ache

r to

com

mit

a la

ngua

ge c

ours

e to

pas

sing

the

colle

ge b

oard

ent

ranc

e ex

-am

inat

ions

or

a si

mila

r ob

ject

ive.

The

Col

lege

Ent

ranc

eE

xam

inat

ion

Boa

rd(C

.E.E

.B.)

, is

at th

e pr

esen

t tim

e al

so, h

owev

ersl

owly

, cha

ngin

g its

test

ing

proc

edur

es to

be

mor

e in

har

mon

y w

ith th

e ne

wob

ject

ives

and

sec

ond

lan-

guag

e le

arni

ng p

rinc

iple

s.T

he te

ache

r m

ust c

omm

and

a w

ide

vari

ety

ofpr

oced

ures

and

mat

eria

ls f

rom

whi

ch h

e ch

oose

s. T

here

is n

o lo

nger

an

excu

sefo

r us

ing

impr

oper

ly d

esig

ned

mat

eria

ls. H

e sh

ould

acq

uain

t him

self

with

the

new

cou

rses

,es

peci

ally

thos

ede

sign

ed f

or n

ine-

year

, six

-yea

r, a

nd f

our-

year

seq

uenc

es,

sinc

e th

e pr

oble

m o

far

ticul

atio

n fr

om le

vel t

o le

vel a

nd a

cros

s se

quen

ces

is a

n es

peci

ally

cru

cial

one

.Sw

itchi

ng f

rom

one

boo

k de

sign

ed f

or th

e ne

wap

proa

ch to

ano

ther

boo

k de

-si

gned

for

the

gram

mar

-tra

nsla

tion

appr

oach

isde

vast

atin

g fo

r th

e st

uden

t and

for

lang

uage

lear

ning

.T

he n

ew la

ngua

ge c

ours

es c

onta

in c

lass

room

mat

eria

ls a

nd d

etai

led

teac

her's

man

uals

out

linin

g pr

oced

ures

, rec

ords

or

tape

sfo

r th

e la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

and

hom

ewor

k, q

uizz

es a

nd te

sts,

wor

kboo

ks, a

ndau

dio-

visu

al a

ids,

In

som

e ca

ses

the

cour

ses

are

base

d on

the

teac

hing

film

orf

ilmst

rip.

The

Aud

io-L

ingu

al P

hase

Bef

ore

one

star

ts to

spe

ak h

is n

ativ

e la

ngua

gehe

list

ens

to q

uant

ities

of

spok

en la

ngua

ge f

or h

undr

eds

of h

ours

.M

uch

of o

ur k

now

ledg

e is

acq

uire

dth

roug

h lis

teni

ng to

our

nat

ive

tong

ue.

Whe

n te

achi

ng a

sec

ond

lang

uage

, the

lear

ner

has

to b

e co

nditi

oned

to h

ear

a w

hole

set

of n

ew s

ound

pat

tern

s w

::,h

ane

w in

tona

tion

and

toat

tach

in a

fla

shm

eani

ng to

the

new

sou

nd c

om-

bina

tions

. Thi

s th

e le

arne

r m

ust d

o in

muc

hle

ss ti

me

than

he

had

in le

arni

nghi

s na

tive

lang

uage

.O

ne o

f th

e co

mm

on e

rror

s to

day

is th

efa

ilure

to g

ive

stud

ents

ade

quat

e op

-po

rtun

ities

for

list

enin

g to

the

mod

ern

lang

uage

ata

ll le

vels

fro

m th

e el

emen

tary

thro

ugh

the

adva

nced

. The

aud

io-l

ingu

alex

peri

ence

s m

ust p

rovi

de f

or s

tu-

dent

s' li

sten

ing

to c

onve

rsat

ions

oth

erth

an th

ose

invo

lvin

g th

e te

ache

r an

dhi

s cl

ass.

Fro

m th

e ve

ry b

egin

ning

stu

dent

ssh

ould

be

expo

sed

as m

uch

as p

os-

sibl

e to

the

soun

ds o

f th

e la

ngua

geco

rrec

tly s

poke

n. L

iste

ning

exp

erie

nces

shou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed b

y pe

rson

s w

ho h

ave

nativ

e ac

cent

s an

d w

ho s

peak

nat

ural

-ly

. The

teac

her

shou

ld p

rovi

de a

bund

ant

oppo

rtun

ities

for

sys

tem

atic

and

in-

tens

ive

prac

tice

exer

cise

s to

pro

mot

edi

scri

min

ator

y lis

teni

ng.

One

of

the

mos

t im

port

ant r

easo

ns f

orco

nduc

ting

a cl

ass

entir

ely

in th

e fo

r-ei

gn la

ngua

ge, t

akin

g ca

re o

f ro

utin

e m

atte

rssu

ch a

s ro

ll ca

ll, g

ivin

g di

rect

ions

,ta

lkin

g ab

out s

ocia

l am

eniti

es, s

uch

as c

once

rnab

out o

ne's

hea

lth, t

he w

eath

-er

, gre

etin

gs, u

sing

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

whe

n ta

lkin

g to

stu

dent

s ou

tsid

eth

eco

nfin

es o

f th

e cl

assr

oom

is to

fos

ter

aler

tnes

s to

fore

ign

lang

uage

sou

nds.

A s

hort

per

iod

at th

e be

ginn

ing,

inth

e m

iddl

e, o

r at

the

end

of th

e cl

ass

hour

may

be

devo

ted

to a

liste

ning

exe

rcis

e pr

esen

ted

by th

e te

ache

r or

on

a ta

pe.

On

a dr

ill ta

pe o

f 15

to 2

0 m

inut

esin

leng

th, f

or th

e sa

ke o

f va

riet

y an

d to

bre

akth

e m

onot

ony,

ther

e ar

e tw

o or

thre

em

inut

e in

terl

udes

dev

oted

to a

list

enin

gex

erci

sea

lew

true

-fal

se s

tate

men

tsab

out e

very

day

happ

enin

gs in

sch

ool

or in

the

com

mun

ity, a

ridd

le o

r pu

zzle

, a s

hort

nar

rativ

e, a

new

scas

t,th

e fi

rst

14

vers

e of

a p

opul

ar s

ong,

a s

hort

poe

m,

rhym

e or

jing

le, a

mot

to, o

r a

sayi

ngfr

om a

gre

at w

rite

r. S

ome

of th

ese

are

chos

enfo

r th

eir

valu

e in

intr

oduc

ing

as-

pect

s of

the

cultu

re.

At t

he f

irst

leve

l, th

e la

ngua

ge u

sed

in th

elis

teni

ng e

xerc

ises

sho

uld

be li

mite

das

muc

h as

pos

sibl

e to

the

voca

bula

ry a

nd s

truc

ture

s al

read

ym

aste

red

by th

est

uden

ts. L

ater

new

wor

ds a

nd s

truc

ture

s ca

nbe

inco

rpor

ated

. The

se, h

owev

er,

mus

t be

expl

aine

d be

fore

hand

,ei

ther

on

the

tape

or

by th

e te

ache

r.O

ccas

iona

l-ly

the

teac

her

may

wis

h, w

ithou

t pre

viou

sex

plan

atio

n, to

pla

y a

liste

ning

exe

r-ci

se w

ith a

few

new

exp

ress

ions

in o

rder

togi

ve th

e st

uden

ts p

ract

ice

in u

sing

cont

ext c

lues

. Tap

es m

akin

g us

e of

man

ydi

ffer

ent n

ativ

e vo

ices

are

impo

rtan

tfo

r lis

teni

ng e

xerc

ises

.T

here

are

two

type

s of

dia

logu

es o

rco

nver

satio

nal m

ater

ials

for

stu

dent

liste

ning

pra

ctic

e. O

ne c

onta

ins

the

key

stru

ctur

esfo

r la

ter

drill

s an

d pr

actic

eex

erci

ses,

and

the

othe

r fo

cuse

s on

the

deve

lopm

ento

f lis

teni

ng c

ompr

ehen

sion

only

. The

latte

r sh

ould

rea

lly b

e on

e of

the

culm

inat

ing

activ

ities

of

a la

ngua

gele

sson

. At t

he in

term

edia

te a

nd a

dvan

ced

leve

ls, t

he d

ialo

gues

for

list

enin

gco

mpr

ehen

sion

sho

uld

cont

ain

natu

ral n

ativ

esp

eech

and

in s

ome

inst

ance

s th

est

uden

ts s

houl

d be

com

e fa

mili

ar w

ith s

ome

ofth

e di

alec

tical

col

orin

g. P

arts

of th

e so

und

trac

ks o

f so

me

of th

e co

mm

erci

alfi

lms

mak

e go

od li

sten

ing

exer

-ci

ses.

The

pur

pose

her

e is

to g

ive

the

stud

ents

a c

hanc

e to

hear

sev

eral

sty

les

of s

poke

n la

ngua

ge.

Som

e lis

teni

ng e

xerc

ises

sho

uld

be s

o st

ruct

ured

that

the

initi

al c

onve

rsat

ion

or n

arra

tive

to w

hich

the

stud

ents

liste

n is

rep

eate

d w

ith a

ppro

pria

te p

ause

sfo

r st

uden

ts to

rep

eat t

he p

hras

es. R

epet

ition

by

the

stud

ents

of

wha

t the

y ar

elis

teni

ng to

rei

nfor

ces

the

lear

ning

and

con

ditio

ns th

em f

oror

al w

ork.

At l

ater

sta

ges

the

liste

ning

exp

erie

nces

sho

uld

be lo

nger

and

the

diff

icul

tyof

the

mat

eria

l inc

reas

ed u

ntil

at th

e ad

vanc

edle

vels

the

stud

ent s

houl

d be

abl

eto

list

en to

, and

take

not

es o

n, a

lect

ure

abou

t a s

ubje

ct w

ith w

hich

he

is f

a-m

iliar

. The

tape

and

the

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry c

lear

lybe

com

e an

impo

rtan

t ad-

junc

t to

the

lang

uage

teae

her

at th

e ad

vanc

ed a

ndin

term

edia

te le

vels

. It i

sth

e m

ater

ial o

n th

e ta

pe, s

uch

as c

onve

rsat

ions

am

ong

nativ

es, t

aped

cor

res-

pond

ence

or

tape

pal

s, r

eadi

ngs

of m

oder

n pr

ose

and

poet

ry,e

spec

ially

bal

lads

,on

e-ac

t pla

ys, r

adio

pla

ys, s

kits

, pop

ular

son

gs, a

sw

ell a

s fo

lk s

ongs

, film

soun

d tr

acks

, TV

and

rad

io c

omm

erci

als,

and

othe

r pr

ogra

ms

whi

ch p

rom

ote

and

exte

nd th

e lis

teni

ng e

xper

ienc

e at

the

adva

nced

leve

ls.

Any

list

enin

g ex

erci

se o

r ta

pe s

houl

d be

eval

uate

d in

som

e w

ay to

ass

ure

the

teac

her

of h

avin

g ac

tive

and

atte

ntiv

elis

tene

rs. T

he d

istr

ibut

ion

of w

orks

heet

son

whi

ch a

ppea

r qu

estio

ns,

true

-fal

se s

tate

men

ts, o

r m

ultip

le c

hoic

e ite

ms

are

imm

ense

ly h

elpf

ul. S

ee s

ectio

n on

aud

io-c

ompr

ehen

sion

drill

s.Pl

anne

d lis

teni

ng a

ctiv

ities

are

val

uabl

e fo

r al

lst

uden

ts. I

n ad

ditio

n, th

ese

exer

cise

s pr

ovid

e an

exc

elle

nt m

eans

of

taki

ng c

are

ofth

e in

divi

dual

dif

fere

nces

in th

e cl

ass.

Sup

plem

enta

ry li

sten

ing

exer

cise

s sh

ould

alw

ays

be a

vaila

ble

for

pupi

ls w

ho a

re w

illin

g an

d w

ant t

o do

mor

ew

ork

than

the

aver

age.

The

re a

re f

ive

step

s a

lear

ner

mus

t go

thro

ugh

to le

arn

to s

peak

a la

ngua

gew

ith a

ssur

ance

: 1)

reco

gniti

on, 2

)im

itatio

n, 3

) re

petit

ion,

4)

vari

atio

n, a

nd5)

sel

ectio

n. T

hese

lear

ning

ste

ps m

ust

be k

ept i

n m

ind

by th

e te

ache

r at

all

leve

lsel

emen

tary

, int

erm

edia

te, a

nd a

dvan

ced.

Som

eof

thes

e st

eps

will

be

emph

asiz

ed to

a g

reat

er o

r le

sser

ext

ent b

ut th

ey m

ust

be o

bser

ved

no m

atte

rw

heth

er th

e le

arne

r is

chi

ld, a

dole

scen

t, or

adu

lt.

c{

r J

Rec

ogni

tion

In th

e fi

rst s

tep,

rec

ogni

tion,

the

teac

her

guid

es th

e st

uden

ts in

iden

tifyi

ng th

efo

rms

of th

e la

ngua

ge s

uch

as th

e so

unds

and

the

into

natio

n, th

e w

ords

, the

phra

ses,

and

the

stru

ctur

es. A

s th

ese

elem

ents

are

iden

tifie

d, th

e le

xica

l mea

n-in

g is

als

o m

ade

clea

r. L

exic

al m

eani

ng is

got

ten

thro

ugh

cont

ext,

gest

ures

,vi

sual

aid

s, r

ole

play

ing,

and

fro

m e

xpla

natio

ns, a

t fir

st in

Eng

lish

and

late

r in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

. Dur

ing

the

reco

gniti

on, i

mita

tion,

and

rep

etiti

on p

hase

s th

ete

ache

r sp

ends

muc

h tim

e w

alki

ng a

roun

d th

e cl

assr

oom

mod

elin

g th

e ph

rase

san

d se

nten

ces.

Imita

tion

If s

tude

nts

are

not f

irm

ly g

roun

ded

in s

tep

one,

ste

p tw

o, im

itatio

n, c

anon

ly r

esul

t in

rote

!ea

rnin

g, w

hich

is o

f lit

tle v

alue

to th

e la

ngua

ge le

arne

r. I

mit-

atio

n pu

ts th

e le

arne

r on

the

road

to a

cqui

re th

e ac

tive

skill

of

spea

king

. He

now

lear

ns to

do

by u

sing

the

utte

ranc

es h

e re

cogn

iaes

. He

repe

ats

imm

edia

tely

afte

r th

e m

odel

whi

ch c

an b

e th

e vo

ice

of th

e te

ache

r or

a v

oice

on

the

tape

.L

ater

he

read

s an

d w

rite

s th

e m

odel

sen

tenc

es. P

erfo

rmin

g im

med

iate

ly a

fter

the

mod

el im

prin

ts a

ural

ly a

nd k

ines

thet

ical

ly th

e co

rrec

t lan

guag

e ha

bits

.T

his

stag

e is

car

eful

ly s

uper

vise

d an

d m

onito

red

by th

e te

ache

r. S

uch

supe

rvi-

sion

can

bes

t be

dor

by u

sing

the

tape

rec

orde

r in

the

clas

sroo

m to

pro

vide

the

mod

el, t

here

by f

reei

ng th

e te

ache

r to

giv

e hi

s un

divi

ded

atte

ntio

n to

the

indi

vidu

al s

tude

nts

as h

e w

alks

aro

und

in th

e cl

assr

oom

, his

ear

car

eful

lytu

ned

to th

e in

divi

dual

res

pons

es. S

atur

ated

pra

ctic

e w

ith s

tep

two

mak

es it

easi

er f

or th

e st

uden

ts to

mem

oriz

e th

e ba

sic

sent

ence

s or

the

dial

ogue

. In

mos

tca

ses,

the

stud

ent h

as th

e di

alog

ue m

emor

ized

bef

ore

he is

aw

are

of it

. In

orde

rto

insu

re n

o ro

te m

emor

izat

ion

the

teac

her

freq

uent

ly c

heck

s on

mea

ning

s by

goin

g ba

ck to

ste

p on

e.R

epet

ition

The

thir

d st

ep, r

epet

ition

, cha

lleng

es th

e le

arne

r's m

emor

y. N

ow th

e st

uden

tre

prod

uces

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

with

out a

n im

med

iate

mod

el. E

nglis

h ha

bits

will

inte

rfer

e at

this

sta

ge if

sta

ges

one

and

two

have

not

bee

n th

orou

ghly

ex-

ploi

ted.

At t

his

cruc

ial s

tage

the

teac

her

mus

t not

allo

w a

ny in

corr

ect l

an-

guag

e ha

bits

. The

y m

ust b

e no

ted

imm

edia

tely

and

the

stud

ents

mus

t ret

urn

toim

itatin

g. M

emor

izat

ion

of th

e pa

ttern

s or

the

dial

ogue

s in

volv

es la

rge

scal

ere

petit

ion.

Var

iatio

nIn

ste

p fo

ur, v

aria

tion,

the

teac

her

guid

es th

e st

uden

ts in

pro

duci

ng u

tter-

ance

s pa

rtly

sim

ilar

to a

nd p

artly

dif

fere

nt f

rom

the

mod

els

acqu

ired

thro

righ

imita

tion

and

repe

titio

n. T

his

stag

e is

bes

t han

dled

thro

ugh

innu

mer

able

and

vari

ed s

ubst

itutio

n an

d tr

ansf

orm

atio

n dr

ills

whe

re in

the

form

er d

iffe

rent

vo-

cabu

lary

is u

sed

in th

e sa

me

gram

mat

ical

pat

tern

s, a

nd in

the

latte

r di

ffer

ent

gram

mat

ical

pat

tern

s ar

e dr

illed

with

the

use

of th

e sa

me

voca

bula

ry it

ems.

The

se d

rills

are

exp

ande

d an

d ex

tend

ed to

the

limit

of th

e pa

rtic

ular

lar

guag

ele

vel t

he s

tude

nt h

as r

each

ed a

t the

tim

e. Q

uest

ion-

answ

er p

ract

ice,

dir

ecte

d di

a-lo

gue,

and

con

vers

atio

n pr

actic

e en

hanc

e th

e va

riat

ion

stag

e. T

he s

tude

nts

atth

is s

tage

will

aga

in b

e he

lple

ss if

the

teac

her

does

not

insi

st o

n ov

erle

arni

ng,

with

und

erst

andi

ng, i

n st

ages

one

, tw

o, a

nd th

ree.

Sele

ctio

nT

he f

inal

and

mos

t im

port

ant s

tep,

to w

hich

the

prof

essi

on h

as n

ot g

iven

15

enou

gh a

ttent

ion,

is th

e fr

ee r

espo

nse

or s

elec

tion

stag

e. O

nce

the

lear

ner

con-

trol

s st

ruct

ures

and

a b

asic

voc

abul

ary

he s

houl

d be

abl

e to

sel

ect f

reel

y fr

omhi

s m

emor

y th

e re

spon

ses

or u

ttera

nces

nee

ded

to c

omm

unic

ate

with

oth

ers.

At

the

elem

enta

ry le

vel t

hese

res

pons

es a

re c

aref

ully

str

uctu

red

and

limite

d, b

ut a

tla

ter

leve

ls th

e st

uden

t is

give

n m

ore

latit

ude.

To

insu

re im

med

iate

rec

all o

fco

rrec

t res

pons

es, h

owev

er, t

he te

ache

r se

es to

it th

at s

tude

nts

are

cont

inu-

ousl

y re

view

ing

that

whi

ch h

as b

een

prev

ious

ly a

cqui

red.

He

mus

t pro

vide

for

syst

emat

ic r

e-en

try

of m

ater

ials

lear

ned

in e

arlie

r le

sson

s.T

he te

ache

r w

ill f

ind

that

the

Eng

lish

lang

uage

hab

its w

ill in

terf

ere

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f th

e ne

w p

atte

rns,

esp

ecia

lly a

t the

eae

ly s

tage

in la

ngua

ge le

arn-

ing.

If

this

hap

pens

fre

quen

tly, t

he te

ache

r m

oves

bac

k an

d pr

ocee

ds s

tep

byst

ep u

ntil

he f

eels

the

stud

ents

hav

e ar

rive

d at

a s

afe

plac

e to

mov

e fo

rwar

dag

ain.

At t

he f

irst

leve

l- s

tude

nts

are

aske

d to

pra

ctic

e or

ally

onl

y th

ose

sent

ence

sw

hich

they

und

erst

and

mea

ning

fully

, rea

d on

ly th

ose

sent

ence

s w

hich

they

hav

epr

actic

ed o

rally

tc th

e po

int o

f fl

uent

con

trol

, and

wri

te o

nly

thos

e se

nten

ces

whi

ch th

ey h

ave

com

plet

ely

mas

tere

d in

term

s of

und

erst

andi

ng, o

neak

ing,

and

read

ing.

At t

he m

ore

adva

nced

sta

ges

ther

e w

ill n

atur

ally

be

a gr

eate

r an

dfr

eer

hand

ling

of th

e vo

cabu

lary

but

not

unt

il th

e st

uden

t has

com

plet

ely

mas

-te

red

the

basi

c st

ruct

ures

of

the

lang

uage

can

the

teac

her

allo

w s

tude

nts

to"p

lay"

fre

ely

with

lang

uage

ora

lly a

nd in

wri

ting.

Alth

ough

at t

he in

term

edia

te a

nd a

dvan

ced

leve

rs a

ccur

acy

in p

ronu

ncia

tion

mus

t be

wat

ched

con

stan

tly, m

ore

and

mor

e em

phas

is s

houl

d be

giv

en to

flu

-en

cy in

spe

akin

g. T

he v

aria

tion

and

sele

ctio

n st

ages

bec

ome

mor

e an

d m

ore

prom

inen

t in

the

clas

sroo

m. C

erta

inly

ris

ks a

re in

volv

ed a

nd th

e st

uden

t is

apt

to m

ake

mis

take

s, b

ut h

e m

ust h

ave

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

use

the

lang

uage

mor

efr

eely

.W

hen

new

mat

eria

ls a

re d

evel

oped

with

mor

e ad

vanc

ed g

ram

mat

ical

str

uc-

ture

s, th

e ri

goro

us p

roce

dure

s w

ith d

rills

and

pra

ctic

e ex

erci

ses

used

at t

he e

le-

men

tary

leve

l of

lang

uage

lear

ning

mus

t be

repe

ated

. A s

yste

mat

ic r

evie

w in

key

pron

unci

atio

n se

nten

ces

of th

e so

unds

whi

ch c

onfl

ict i

n th

e na

tive

and

targ

etla

ngua

ges

beco

mes

impo

rtan

t so

that

the

teac

her

can

judg

e th

e co

ntin

uing

ora

lac

cura

cy o

f th

e st

uden

ts.

Eve

n at

the

inte

rmed

iate

leve

l the

maj

or p

ortio

n of

the

spok

en w

ord

is b

ased

on s

omet

hing

the

stud

ent h

as a

lrea

dy le

arne

d th

roug

h th

e ea

r an

d th

roug

h th

eey

e. H

e st

ill n

eeds

mod

els

and

cont

rols

to m

ake

sure

that

he

prod

uces

cor

rect

lang

uage

. The

re is

stil

l a n

eed

for

rath

er e

xplic

it di

rect

ions

in w

hich

the

stud

ent

is to

ld w

hat t

o in

clud

e in

a to

pic

for

a sh

ort c

onve

rsat

ion

or a

talk

.In

term

edia

te s

tude

nts

are

enco

urag

ed to

cre

ate

thei

r ow

n di

alog

ues

base

d on

wha

t the

y ha

ve li

sten

ed to

or

read

. The

y sh

ould

exp

ress

thei

r ow

n in

genu

ityw

ithin

the

limits

of

the

mat

eria

ls le

arne

d. T

hey

shou

ld b

e en

cour

aged

to le

arn

sele

cted

con

vers

atio

ns, s

hort

pla

ys, a

nd s

kits

. Dis

cuss

ion

of m

ater

ials

rea

dpr

o-m

otes

ora

l flu

ency

. Vis

uals

bec

ome

stim

uli f

or c

lass

room

dis

cuss

ion

and

even

labo

rato

ry w

ork.

Stu

dent

s m

ake

thei

r ow

n co

mm

enta

ries

for

a s

erie

s of

slid

es,

a fi

lmst

rip,

or

a fi

lm. T

he o

ne-a

ct p

lay

for

a fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge f

estiv

al o

r a

P.T

.A.

is a

lso

of g

reat

val

ue in

mai

ntai

ning

the

oral

flu

ency

of

tha

stud

ents

at t

hem

ore

adva

nced

leve

ls. C

ompe

titio

n is

kee

n w

hen

ther

e ar

e se

vera

l cas

ts f

or th

e pl

ay.

Wha

teve

r or

al w

ork

is d

one

in th

e cl

assr

oom

, if

it is

to b

e of

val

ue, m

ust b

e su

ch

that

the

othe

r st

uden

tsin

the

clas

s ar

ere

spon

sibl

e fo

r ge

tting

the

info

rmat

ion

disc

usse

d.O

ral w

ork

shou

ld n

ever

be in

the

form

of

reci

tatio

n by

the

stud

ent

for

the

teac

her

only

. It i

s th

ere

spon

sibi

lity

of e

ach

mem

ber

of th

e cl

ass

toun

ders

tand

and

get t

he in

form

atio

nw

hich

a s

tude

nt, o

rst

uden

ts, p

rodu

ce o

rally

in th

e

clas

sroo

m. T

he e

mph

asis

is o

n th

e m

essa

ge a

sw

ell a

s th

e m

anne

rin

whi

ch o

ral

wor

k is

del

iver

ed.

The

Dia

logu

e

Man

y ex

pert

s in

the

fiel

d of

lang

uage

lear

ning

reg

ard

the

dial

ogue

as

mos

t

prac

tical

for

teac

hing

lang

uage

str

uctu

res

inco

ntex

t. It

is a

valu

able

inst

rum

ent

in le

arni

ng th

e sp

oken

lang

uage

bec

ause

it is

basi

cally

con

vers

atio

nals

tyle

rat

her

than

boo

k la

ngua

ge.

The

dia

l°, u

e is

usu

ally

built

aro

und

anin

tere

st-c

ente

red

situ

atio

nan

d de

-

velo

ps a

con

vers

atio

nbe

twee

n tw

o or

mor

ein

divi

dual

s as

it w

ould

occ

urin

the

mili

eu in

whi

ch th

efo

reig

n la

ngua

ge is

spok

en. A

t any

leve

lit

shou

ld p

rese

nt

mat

eria

l tha

t the

stu

dent

can

use

imm

edia

tely

.A

wor

kabl

e di

alog

ue a

tthe

ele

men

tary

leve

lof

lang

uage

lear

ning

shou

ld n

ot

exte

nd o

ver

eigh

t to

twel

ve li

nes.

The

utte

ranc

eor

sen

tenc

ew

hich

the

stud

ents

are

to im

itate

and

mem

oriz

e sh

ould

stay

with

in th

e se

ven

sylla

ble

limit.

The

dif

-

ficu

lty o

f co

mpr

ehen

ding

,rem

embe

ring

, and

giv

ing

back

mor

e th

an s

even

syl-

labl

es in

seq

uenc

e ca

nre

adily

be

unde

rsto

odw

hen

one

cont

empl

ates

the

con-

cern

ofi

ndiv

idua

ls in

hav

ing

toco

mm

it to

mem

ory

tele

phon

e nu

mbe

rs o

f m

ore

than

sev

en d

igits

! A

noc

casi

onal

ly lo

nger

utte

ranc

eis

per

mis

sibl

e an

d m

aybe

chal

leng

ing.

If a

sta

tem

ent o

r ut

tera

nce

exce

eds

the

seve

n sy

llabl

elim

it pa

rtia

l "ba

ckw

ard

build

-up"

pra

ctic

e st

artin

gw

ith th

e en

d ph

rase

shou

ld b

e w

orke

d th

roug

hby

the

teac

her

and

the

stud

ents

. Thi

s ne

ver

leav

es a

stud

ent i

n m

idai

r, th

eim

port

ant

into

natio

n of

the

sent

ence

rem

ains

inta

ct. B

ackw

ard

build

-up,

fur

ther

mor

e, e

n-

able

s th

e le

arne

r to

mov

efr

om a

new

ele

men

t to

anal

read

y pr

actic

ed p

hras

e

whi

ch h

e kn

ows

he c

ando

cor

rect

ly, t

here

byin

crea

sing

his

con

fide

nce.

The

dia

logu

e an

d al

lor

al e

xerc

ises

are

deve

lope

d an

d pr

actic

ed a

tno

rmal

spee

d. C

lass

room

proc

edur

es, e

spec

ially

at

the

elem

enta

ry s

tage

, are

char

acte

r-

ized

by

muc

h ch

oral

wor

k in

imita

tion

ofth

e te

ache

r or

of

the

voic

es o

n th

e

tape

whi

ch s

erve

as

mod

els,

fir

st b

y th

e en

tire

clas

s, th

en "

ny h

alve

s, th

en r

ows,

befo

re a

skin

g th

ein

divi

dual

stu

dent

to r

espo

nd.I

t is

one

way

of

getti

ngar

ound

the

emba

rras

smen

tof

som

e st

uden

ts,

espe

cial

ly th

e ol

der

adol

esce

nts,

whe

n

they

hav

e to

per

form

befo

re th

eir

peer

s. W

hen

ast

uden

t hes

itate

s or

fum

bles

,

the

teac

her

imm

edia

tely

supp

lies

the

prop

er m

odel

for

imm

edia

te im

itatio

n by

the

stud

ent.

The

teac

her

shou

ld d

oth

is, n

ot a

noth

er s

tude

nt. I

tis

wis

e to

take

the

sent

ence

bac

k to

the

grou

p fo

r a

few

repe

titio

ns f

ollo

wed

by

anot

her

repe

titio

n

by th

e st

uden

t who

mad

e th

e er

ror.

Aft

er th

e cl

ass

ha;

eras

ped

the

mea

ning

of

the

dial

ogue

, wor

ked

thro

ugh

it

line

by li

ne, c

umul

ativ

ely,

until

the

stud

ents

hav

eco

mm

itted

the

entir

e di

alog

ue

to m

emor

y,ea

ch s

tude

nt s

ees

toit

that

he

him

self

can

say

it fl

uent

ly a

nd w

ith-

out h

esita

tion.

Not

mor

e th

an te

nm

inut

es d

aily

sho

uld

bede

vote

d to

com

-

mitt

ing

a di

alog

ue to

mem

ory.

Thi

s ty

pe o

f ac

tivity

beco

mes

mon

oton

ous

if

carr

ied

on to

o lo

ngan

d le

arni

ng w

ill c

ease

.A

s th

e lin

es a

re m

aste

red,

the

stru

c-

ture

s th

eyco

ntai

n ar

e pr

actic

edth

roug

h pa

ttern

dri

lls o

fva

riou

s ki

nds.

See

Cha

pter

V.

Whe

n th

e di

alog

ueha

s be

en w

ell l

earn

edit

shou

ld b

e dr

amat

ized

,if

pos

sibl

e

with

var

iatio

ns, w

ith a

llm

embe

rs o

f th

e cl

ass

getti

ng a

chan

ce to

pat

-fit1

pae.

Rep

hras

ing

and

revi

ew o

fpre

viou

s di

alog

ues

and

com

bini

ng th

em w

ith th

e ne

w

dial

ogue

, dev

elop

ing

ques

tions

and

answ

ers,

utte

ranc

es a

nd r

espo

nses

,ski

ts a

nd

narr

ativ

es, s

uppl

y va

luab

lepr

actic

e in

the

man

ipul

atio

nof

the

stru

ctur

es a

ndvo

cabu

lary

lear

ned.

For

the

stud

ent i

t is

a ch

alle

ngin

g ga

me

to c

reat

e ne

w s

it-

uatio

ns o

r ep

isod

es w

ithin

the

limits

of

the

stru

ctur

esan

d vo

cabu

lary

lear

ned.

The

pur

pose

of

the

dial

ogue

,th

en, i

s to

giv

e th

e st

uden

ts a

spri

ngbo

ard

for

prac

tice

on th

e m

emor

ized

stru

ctur

es. W

hen

the

dial

ogue

and

its

atte

ndan

t

drill

s ar

e co

mpl

eted

by

the

stud

ent a

nd o

verl

earn

edth

roug

h in

num

erab

le r

epe-

titio

ns a

nd v

aria

tions

, the

str

uctu

res

lear

ned

will

sig

nal m

eani

ng to

him

as

he

is li

sten

ing

and

he w

illm

anip

ulat

e th

e st

ruct

ures

read

ily to

exp

ress

his

ow

n

idea

s.R

eadi

ngT

here

are

val

id r

easo

ns f

orin

trod

ucin

g re

adin

g af

ter

the

liste

ning

and

spe

ak-

ing

skill

s Si

nce

lang

uage

is e

ssen

tially

spe

ech,

and

spee

ch is

bas

ical

ly c

omm

u-

nica

tion

thro

ugh

the

med

ium

of s

ound

the

maj

or p

ortio

nof

the

time

in th

e el

e-

men

tary

leve

l of

lang

uage

lear

ning

is s

pent

on

mas

teri

ngth

e so

und

syst

em a

nd

the

into

natio

n of

the

lang

uage

.T

hus

a so

lid f

ound

atio

nin

the

aura

l and

ora

l

skill

s is

est

ablis

hed.

The

stud

ent f

aces

a d

iffi

cult

kind

of le

arni

ng w

hen

the

prin

ted

sym

bols

of

a fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge a

re in

trod

uced

tohi

m, e

spec

ially

whe

n

the

prin

ted

sym

bols

are

the

Rom

an a

lpha

bet w

ith w

hich

he a

utom

atic

ally

as-

soci

ates

Eng

lish

soun

ds. T

o th

ena

tive

spea

ker

of E

nglis

h w

hati

s sa

id a

nd w

hat

is w

ritte

n ar

e th

e sa

me

thin

g; h

e go

es f

rom

sou

nd to

wri

tten

sym

bol a

nd v

ice-

vers

a hu

ndre

ds o

ftim

es d

aily

. The

se to

him

are

the

only

pos

sibl

e re

spon

ses.

As

a re

sult,

the

stud

ent t

ryin

g to

lear

n th

epr

inte

d sy

mbo

ls o

f th

e ne

wla

ngua

ge d

is-

cove

rs th

at h

isna

tive

habi

ts in

terf

ere

cons

tant

ly.

Inte

rfer

ence

Whe

n th

e st

uden

t sta

rts

to r

ead

in a

lang

uage

like

Spa

nish

,Fr

ench

, and

Ger

-

man

, he

lear

ns to

asso

ciat

e th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

geso

unds

, stil

l qui

te n

ew to

him

,

with

the

fam

iliar

wri

tten

sym

bols

of

the

Rom

anal

phab

et. T

he s

tude

nt w

ill h

ave

a st

rong

tend

ency

tole

t his

Eng

lish

soun

d-w

ritte

nsy

mbo

l hab

its p

reva

il an

d

the

care

ful t

rain

ing

he h

asha

d in

the

soun

d sy

stem

of

the

mod

ern

lang

uage

will

be

was

ted

if th

e te

ache

ris

not

car

eful

in m

inim

izin

gth

is in

terf

eren

ce. T

his

prob

lem

sho

uld

be a

naly

zed

for

the

stud

ents

and

they

shou

ld b

e m

ade

to r

ealiz

e

how

impo

rtan

t it i

s to

keep

thei

r ha

rd w

on s

peak

ing

habi

ts in

tact

. At a

ll la

n-

guag

e le

arni

ngle

vels

the

teac

her

shou

ldal

way

s in

sist

on

the

sam

ehi

gh s

tand

-

ards

of

pron

unci

atio

n an

din

tona

tion

whe

n th

e st

uden

tre

ads,

as

wel

l as

whe

n

he c

onve

rses

. Thi

s be

com

espa

rtic

ular

ly im

port

ant i

n th

e ad

vanc

edle

vels

of

lang

uage

lear

ning

.In

the

audi

o-lin

gual

appr

oach

the

stud

ent d

oes

not r

ead

onhi

s ow

n fo

r so

me

time.

Int

erfe

renc

e w

ill b

e to

o gr

eat

and

he w

ill q

uick

ly r

ever

t to

his

fam

iliar

nativ

e la

ngua

ge h

abits

. In

the

earl

y st

ages

rea

ding

isal

way

s or

al a

nd b

ased

on

mat

eria

l pre

viou

sly

lear

ned

audi

o-lin

gual

ly. H

e do

es n

ot r

ead

sile

ntly

unt

il he

has

a go

od c

omm

and

of th

e re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

nso

und

and

grap

hic

sym

bols

and

until

he

has

hear

dth

e m

ater

ial r

ead

alou

d by

the

teac

her

or f

rom

a ta

pe.

Spel

ling

It is

wis

e to

spe

ll in

the

mod

ern

lang

uage

.Pe

rhap

s th

e fi

rst w

ords

to b

esp

elle

d co

uld

be th

e st

uden

ts' n

ames

,sin

ce th

ese

are

alre

ady

fam

iliar

toth

em b

y

4 )

as

rx

&st

and

and

la m

any

case

s by

wri

tten

sym

bols

.T

he te

ache

r sh

ould

lear

n to

say

:"T

his

is th

e w

ay th

is s

ound

is w

ritte

n,"

whi

ch is

qui

te d

iffe

rent

fro

m th

ew

ayth

ey h

ave

been

taug

ht!

As

in th

e te

achi

ng o

f an

y sk

ill, t

he te

ache

rbe

gins

with

sm

all s

teps

; in

this

case

sm

all u

nits

of

soun

d-le

tter

corr

espo

nden

ces

in w

ords

and

phra

ses,

not

in-

divi

dual

sou

nds.

Aft

er m

aste

ry h

as b

een

achi

eved

, the

stu

dent

pro

gres

ses

toth

e lo

nger

, mor

e co

mpl

ex c

laus

es,

sent

ence

s, a

nd p

arag

raph

s. I

n so

me

lang

uage

slik

e G

erm

an a

nd S

pani

sh th

ere

isa

clos

e re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n th

e so

und

and

the

grap

hic

sym

bol,

whe

reas

inla

ngua

ges

like

Fren

ch a

nd E

nglis

h th

ere

is a

cons

ider

able

dif

fere

nce.

The

few

er th

esy

mbo

ls u

sed

for

a gi

ven

soun

d, th

eea

sier

the

task

of

esta

blis

hing

a so

und

lette

r co

rres

pond

ence

. In

any

case

, the

read

ing

skill

can

be

acqu

ired

onl

yth

roug

h m

uch

prac

tice

and

thro

ugh

a va

riet

yof

dri

ll te

chni

ques

all

of w

hich

mus

t be

rein

forc

ed c

onst

antly

.Si

nce

the

stud

ent a

t the

beg

inni

ng o

f hi

sre

adin

g ex

peri

ence

s re

ads

only

that

whi

ch h

e ha

s le

arne

d au

dio-

lingu

ally

,th

e te

ache

r m

ust t

ake

prec

autio

ns to

in-

sure

that

the

stud

ent i

s no

t mer

ely

reci

ting

from

a cu

e. W

hen

the

stud

ent s

tart

sto

rea

d m

ater

ial w

ith w

hich

he

is f

amili

ar,

to m

ake

sure

that

the

stud

ent

rec-

ogni

zes

the

wri

tten

sym

bols

, the

teac

her

rear

rang

es th

e lin

es o

r ph

rase

s in

man

yw

ays.

Hav

ing

stud

ents

fol

low

the

prin

ted

page

sile

ntly

as

the

teac

her

read

sal

oud

incr

ease

s st

uden

t con

fide

nce

at th

e sa

me

time

that

the

stud

ent i

s bu

ildin

gso

und-

lette

r co

rres

pond

ence

s.

Exp

ecte

d D

iffi

culti

esIt

is u

sual

ly p

ossi

ble

to p

redi

ct th

e so

und-

wri

tten

corr

espo

nden

ces

whi

ch w

illpr

esen

t the

gre

ates

t dif

ficu

lty to

the

stud

ents

. The

sear

e th

e so

unds

in th

e fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge w

hich

are

rep

rese

nted

by

the

sam

e R

oman

lette

rs a

s E

nglis

h bu

t are

pron

ounc

ed d

iffe

rent

ly. E

xam

ple:

Eng

lish

colle

ge,

Span

ish

cane

; Eng

lish

we,

Ger

man

wir

; Eng

lish

Jack

, Fre

nch

jard

in. T

hest

uden

t usu

ally

fai

ls to

see

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f di

acri

tical

mat

ics

in o

ther

lang

uage

sbe

caus

e th

ese

sign

s ar

e no

tus

ed in

Eng

lish.

The

fac

t tha

t dia

criti

cal m

arks

are

an in

tegr

al p

art o

f th

e m

od-

em la

ngua

ge n

eeds

to b

e fi

rmly

ingr

aine

d fr

om th

e tim

e th

est

uden

t see

s hi

s fi

rst

prin

ted

wor

d. T

hrou

gh a

pai

ring

of

two

wor

ds, o

ne w

ith a

nd o

ne w

ithou

t a d

ia-

criti

cal m

ark

scho

n, s

chtin

;G

iiern

ica;

car

, fra

ncai

san

d el

iciti

ngan

ora

l res

pons

e, b

oth

visu

al a

nd o

ral e

xper

ienc

esar

e ac

hiev

ed.

Dri

lls in

rea

ding

, for

that

mas

ter

in a

ll of

the

lang

uage

ski

lls, s

houl

d be

use

don

ly w

hen

the

teac

her

find

s th

at th

e cl

ass

is h

avin

gdi

ffic

ulty

with

cer

tain

item

s,in

this

cas

e, w

ith w

ritte

n sy

mbo

ls. A

poi

ntw

orth

y of

rei

tera

tion

here

is th

atre

adin

g dr

ills,

as

indi

cate

d in

the

prev

ious

sec

tion

on li

sten

ing

and

spea

king

,m

ust n

ot b

e to

o lo

ng, f

ive

or te

n m

inut

espe

r da

y is

sug

gest

ed. S

hort

, spa

ced

prac

tice

is m

ost e

ffic

ient

. Inte

rmed

iate

and

Adv

ance

d L

evel

sA

t the

inte

rmed

iate

and

adv

ance

d le

vels

of

lang

uage

lear

ning

, the

list

enin

gan

d re

adin

g sk

ills

mus

t be

give

n pr

iori

ty. I

n th

e fi

rst l

evel

of la

ngua

ge le

arni

ngth

e vo

cabu

lary

acq

uire

d is

far

sho

rt o

f th

evo

cabu

lary

nee

ded

by th

e st

uden

tfo

r hi

m to

rea

d w

ith e

ase.

The

stu

dent

is f

amili

ar w

ithth

e ba

sic

stru

ctur

es o

fth

e la

ngua

ge th

roug

h hi

s au

dio-

lingu

al m

imic

ry,

mem

oriz

atio

n, a

nd v

aria

tion

drill

s. H

e ou

ght t

o be

abl

e to

siz

eup

nou

n an

d ve

rb c

lust

ers

and

inte

rpre

t the

gene

ral s

ente

nce

stru

ctur

e co

rrec

tly f

or th

epu

rpos

e of

com

preh

ensi

on. I

f th

ere

adin

g m

ater

ial i

s ca

refu

lly g

rade

d an

d co

rrel

ated

with

the

audi

o-lin

gual

ma-

teri

als

he c

an a

lso

lean

on th

e co

ntex

t. H

e kn

ows

enou

gh a

bout

how

peo

ple

beha

ve to

hel

p hi

m w

ith th

e in

terp

reta

tion

of w

hat h

e is

rea

ding

.V

ery

few

mod

ern

lang

uage

stu

dent

s w

illbe

com

e di

ctio

nary

add

icts

in a

for

-ei

gh la

ngua

ge. W

ear

e no

t dic

tiona

ry a

ddic

ts in

our

nat

ive

lang

uage

. If

80 p

er-

cent

of

a st

uden

t's ti

me

mus

t be

spen

t in

dict

iona

ry th

umbi

ng, h

e w

ill b

y-pa

ssus

for

mor

e in

tere

stin

g fi

elds

. Whe

nne

w w

ords

occ

ur in

our

nat

ive

lang

uage

we

try

to g

uess

and

usu

ally

we

gues

s ri

ght.

Gue

ssin

g in

our

nativ

e la

ngua

gede

pend

s on

our

rec

ogni

tion

of th

epa

rt o

f sp

eech

fun

ctio

n of

wor

ds a

nd th

eco

ntex

t. A

nd it

take

s tim

e,ev

en in

our

nat

ive

lang

uage

, to

shar

pen

up th

em

eani

ng o

f th

e ne

w w

ord.

Sinc

e it

is im

port

ant t

o he

lp th

e st

uden

tin

crea

se h

is v

ocab

ular

y, th

e te

ache

rm

ust s

ee to

it th

at th

e ne

w w

ords

occu

r in

fam

iliar

con

text

to h

elp

the

stud

ent

lear

n ho

w to

infe

r or

to "

gues

s se

nsib

ly."

For

exam

ple,

sup

pose

we

have

the

sent

ence

:T

he a

xe r

esou

nded

aga

inst

the

tree

trun

ks a

s lit

tle b

y lit

tle th

em

angr

oves

wea

kene

d un

der

the

ince

ssan

t (co

ntin

uous

)bl

ows.

The

stu

dent

doe

s no

t kno

w w

hat

man

grov

es a

re. T

he w

ord

fits

in th

e no

un s

lot

and

is p

lura

l (-s

). F

rom

the

cont

ext i

t sou

nds

like

som

e ki

nd o

f tr

ee. T

he p

ic-

ture

of

a m

angr

ove

in it

s na

tive

habi

tat c

an b

e of

gre

at h

elp.

Alth

ough

the

wor

din

cess

ant i

s un

fam

iliar

to th

e st

uden

t, th

esy

nony

m c

lear

s up

the

wor

d im

med

i-at

ely.

Enc

ount

erin

g th

e w

ord

man

grov

es e

noug

h tim

es w

ill f

inal

ly c

lari

fy it

sm

eani

ng a

nd it

will

bec

ome

a pa

rt o

f th

e st

uden

t's p

assi

ve a

nd p

erha

psev

en h

isac

tive

voca

bula

ry.

It is

thro

ugh

this

"tw

iligh

t zon

e" th

at th

ete

ache

r m

ust g

uide

the

stud

ents

and

trai

n th

em to

gue

ss s

ensi

bly

or in

fer.

In

the

firs

t lev

el th

e st

uden

ts p

roba

-bl

y ha

ve a

cqui

red

only

400

to 1

,000

wor

dsan

d so

me

of th

ese

perh

aps

they

are

not t

oo s

ure

of. N

or h

ave

they

bee

n co

nditi

oned

eno

ugh

to w

ork

with

gram

mat

ical

clu

es. T

hese

clu

es m

ust b

e dr

illed

thro

ugh

the

use

of k

ey q

ues-

tions

abo

ut th

e pa

rtic

ular

str

uctu

re a

nd it

sm

eani

ng. I

f st

uden

ts d

o no

t lea

rnto

do

this

at t

he in

term

edia

te le

vel,

the

criti

cal

stag

e in

lang

uage

lear

ning

,th

ey w

ill s

oon

lose

inte

rest

and

giv

eup

. The

teac

her

mus

t als

o be

on

the

aler

tco

nsta

ntly

for

the

appe

aran

ck o

f cu

ltura

ldi

ffer

ence

s oc

curr

ing

in th

e re

adin

gm

ater

ials

. It w

ill b

e ne

cess

ary

to e

xpla

in c

erta

inel

emen

ts o

f cu

lture

whi

char

eun

know

n to

the

non-

nativ

e sp

eake

r. I

ntel

ligen

tgu

essi

ng a

bout

mea

ning

may

be im

poss

ible

with

out t

his

adde

d he

lp.

In th

e in

term

edia

te s

tage

of

lang

uage

lear

ning

the

teac

her

also

pre

pare

s th

est

uden

ts f

or th

e ne

w v

ocab

ular

y w

hich

will

occu

r in

a r

eadi

ng s

elec

tion.

He

uses

the

nc A

T w

ords

and

phr

ases

in b

asic

sen

tenc

es. H

epa

raph

rase

s in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

; som

etim

es E

nglis

h gl

ossi

ngis

nec

essa

ry. H

e us

esm

any

vis-

ual d

evic

es h

e ha

s at

his

com

man

d. W

hen

the

stud

ent a

rriv

es a

t the

act

ual

read

ing

of th

e st

ory

or n

arra

tive,

he

will

be

able

to r

ead

with

eas

e an

d at

the

mos

t not

hav

e to

look

up

mor

e th

anon

e w

ord

in 6

0 ru

nnin

g w

ords

of

pros

e.A

n id

iom

suc

h as

"he

bur

nsm

e up

" w

hich

doe

s no

t hav

e th

e m

eani

nga

know

l-ed

ge o

f th

e in

divi

dual

wor

ds w

ould

lead

one

to e

xpec

t, sh

ould

be

para

phra

sed

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge w

hene

ver

poss

ible

.

Tra

nsla

tion

If r

eadi

ng is

test

ed b

y as

king

for

tran

slat

ion,

the

stud

ent w

ill r

ever

t to

the

dict

iona

ry h

abit

and

mem

oriz

e lo

ng li

sts

of f

orei

gnla

ngua

geE

nglis

h w

ord

lists

. He

will

not

tran

sfer

his

Eng

lish

read

ing

habi

ts o

f su

cces

sful

gue

ssin

gor

17

infe

renc

e w

hich

are

nec

essa

ry if

he

is e

ver

to e

njoy

his

rea

ding

exp

erie

nce

inth

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge. T

he te

ache

r m

ust b

ecom

e fa

mili

ar w

ith th

e m

ore

prod

uc-

tive

tech

niqu

es o

f te

stin

g fo

r re

adin

g. S

tudy

ing

care

fully

the

new

tech

niqu

esus

ed in

the

Coo

pera

tive

Lan

guag

e T

ests

and

the

new

2 ',

dent

Lan

guag

e T

ests

deve

lope

d by

Edu

catio

nal T

estin

g Se

rvic

es w

ill g

ive

the

teac

her

man

y ne

wle

ads

abou

t the

tech

niqu

es h

e ca

n us

e fo

r te

stin

g co

mpr

ehen

sion

with

out h

av-

ing

to r

esor

t to

tran

slat

ion.

The

cha

pter

on

Eva

luat

ion

can

also

giv

e hi

m m

uch

help

.A

t the

ele

men

tary

leve

l of

lang

uage

lear

ning

, rea

ding

is u

sed

prim

arily

to r

e-in

forc

e an

d re

peat

wha

t was

lear

ned

aura

lly a

nd o

rally

. At t

he in

term

edia

tele

vel t

he m

ater

ials

use

d fo

r re

adin

g sh

ould

con

tain

as

muc

h re

alis

tic c

onve

rsa-

tiona

l mat

eria

l as

poss

ible

to b

e su

re th

at th

e au

dio-

lingu

al s

kills

will

rem

ain

at p

eak

perf

orm

ance

as

the

emph

asis

sw

ings

ove

r to

the

liste

ning

and

rea

d-in

g sk

ills.

It i

s at

the

adva

nced

leve

ls th

at th

e te

ache

r ta

kes

care

of

the

indi

vid-

ual d

iffe

renc

es w

ithin

a c

lass

by

havi

ng a

wid

e va

riet

y of

inte

rest

ing

read

ing

mat

eria

ls, c

halle

ngin

g to

indi

vidu

al s

tude

nts,

and

con

tain

ing

wor

thw

hile

info

r-m

atio

n w

hich

the

stud

ent c

an d

iscu

ss w

ith h

is c

lass

mat

es. I

t is

now

that

the

stud

ents

lear

n to

rea

d by

rea

ding

. The

inve

stm

ent i

n th

e au

dio-

lingu

al f

ound

a-tio

n re

turn

s di

vide

nds

with

bet

ter

read

ing

spee

d an

d gr

eate

r in

sigh

t rat

her

than

a la

bori

ous

deci

pher

ing

of w

ords

. The

stu

dent

sho

uld

be m

ade

tore

aliz

eth

at m

uch

valu

able

info

rmat

ion

for

his

liber

al e

duca

tion

is a

vaila

ble

thro

ugh

the

read

ing

of m

ater

ials

in o

ther

lang

uage

s.

Wri

ting

The

teac

her

at th

e el

emen

tary

leve

l in

a fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge w

ill th

ink

of w

rit-

ing

only

as

a m

eans

of

rein

forc

ing

the

audi

o-lin

gual

and

rea

ding

ski

lls. I

t is

not

until

the

mor

e ad

vanc

ed s

tage

s of

lang

uage

lear

ning

that

wri

ting

can

be c

on-

side

red

in it

s ow

n ri

ght.

It w

ill n

atur

ally

be

the

leas

t dev

elop

ed o

f th

e fo

ursk

ills.

The

stu

dent

mus

t hav

e fi

rm c

ontr

ol o

f th

e w

ay th

e so

unds

are

rep

rese

nted

grap

hica

lly if

he

wis

hes

to b

ecom

e an

eff

ectiv

e re

ader

and

wri

ter

of th

e fo

r-ei

gn la

ngua

ge. T

o es

tabl

ish

soun

d-le

tter

corr

espo

nden

ces

copy

ing

dial

ogue

san

d ex

erci

ses

and

freq

uent

dic

tatio

n of

alr

eady

fam

iliar

mat

eria

l are

indi

s-pe

nsab

le w

ritin

g ex

erci

ses

at th

e el

emen

tary

leve

l. T

he s

tude

nt p

rogr

esse

s fr

omth

is s

tage

of

copy

ing

to a

lim

ited

free

res

pons

e ex

erci

se in

whi

ch h

e co

m-

plet

es a

sen

tenc

e, w

rite

s a

sent

ence

whi

ch is

car

eful

ly c

ontr

olle

d, m

akes

chan

ges

such

as

thos

e in

volv

ing

tens

e, p

erso

n, a

nd n

umbe

r. T

he w

ritin

g of

a go

od s

ente

nce

is th

e fo

cal p

oint

of le

vel o

ne. T

he s

tude

nt d

oes

not c

reat

ela

ngua

ge. A

nyth

ing

he w

rite

s is

bas

ed o

n so

met

hing

he

has

lear

ned

aura

lly,

oral

ly, a

nd in

rea

ding

, and

whe

n he

rep

rodu

ces

the

lang

uage

thus

lear

ned

the

exer

cise

or

task

is c

aref

ully

con

trol

led.

The

se w

ritin

g ex

erci

ses

whi

ch in

-vo

lve

the

gram

mat

ical

man

ipul

atio

n of

sen

tenc

es s

houl

d be

bas

ic to

bot

h th

eel

emen

tary

and

inte

rmed

iate

leve

ls.

The

wri

ting

of a

goo

d pa

ragr

aph

is th

e ai

m o

f th

e in

term

edia

te le

vel o

f la

n-gu

age

lear

ning

. Bot

h at

the

inte

rmed

iate

and

adv

ance

d le

vels

, the

stu

dent

still

nee

ds m

odel

s an

d co

ntro

ls s

o th

at h

e do

es n

ot p

rodu

ce la

ngua

ge n

ot in

acco

rd w

ith g

ood

usag

e in

the

fore

ign

cultu

re. T

here

is a

nee

d fo

r m

uch

di-

rect

ed w

ritin

g w

here

a s

tude

nt is

told

wha

t to

incl

ude.

Que

stio

ns a

nd a

nsw

ers

base

d on

the

oral

wor

k an

d on

the

read

ing,

wri

tten

gram

mar

exe

rcis

esno

tth

e fi

lling

in o

f bl

anks

!no

w b

ecom

e a

part

of

the

stud

y an

dho

mew

ork

18

task

s. A

ny w

ritin

g ex

erci

se s

houl

d be

cor

rect

ed a

nd r

etur

ned

imm

edia

tely

so

that

the

stud

ent w

ill r

ecei

ve th

e sa

me

bene

fits

fro

m h

is w

ritte

nw

ork

that

he

does

fro

m h

is o

ral d

rills

and

exe

rcis

es. S

ince

the

corr

ectin

g of

wri

tten

wor

k is

an a

rduo

us ta

sk th

e te

ache

rsh

ould

be

reas

onab

le in

ass

igni

ng w

ritte

n le

s-so

ns. M

ost i

mpo

rtan

t, as

sign

men

tssh

ould

just

ify

them

selv

es in

term

s of

the

resu

lting

stu

dent

lear

ning

. The

y m

ust n

ot b

e bu

sy w

ork.

Typ

es o

f w

ritin

g w

ith w

hich

stu

dent

s an

d th

e te

ache

rsh

ould

be

wor

king

at

the

inte

rmed

iate

and

adv

ance

d le

vels

are

sho

rt n

arra

tives

,de

scri

ptio

ns o

f pe

r-so

ns, p

lace

s, e

vent

s, e

xpos

itory

wri

ting,

dia

logu

es, a

nd ta

king

of

note

s on

som

e-th

ing

the

stud

ent h

as r

ead

or li

sten

ed to

, let

ters

and

dia

ries

.A

t the

adv

ance

dle

vel t

he s

tude

nt a

lso

mov

es o

n to

con

scio

us im

itatio

n of

the

styl

eof

goo

dco

ntem

pora

ry w

rite

rs in

the

fore

ign

cultu

re. S

ome

stud

ents

will

eve

n be

abl

eto

dev

elop

a s

tyle

of

thei

r ow

n, b

ut th

ey w

ill b

e fe

w.T

his

is a

dif

ficu

lt ta

sk in

one'

s ow

n na

tive

lang

uage

. The

teac

her

can

also

, at t

he a

dvan

ced

leve

ls o

fla

ngua

ge le

arni

ng, i

ntro

duce

the

stud

ents

to th

e di

ffic

ult s

kill

oftr

ansl

atio

nan

d th

e fe

w s

tude

nts

who

will

be

able

to d

o th

is w

ith s

uper

ior

prow

ess

shou

ldha

ve th

e op

port

unity

of

havi

ng th

eir

wor

k ap

pear

in th

e sc

hool

lite

rary

mag

a-zi

nes

or n

ewsp

aper

reg

ardl

ess

of w

heth

er it

is f

rom

for

eign

lang

uage

toE

ng-

lish

or v

ice

vers

a.

Cul

ture

Cul

ture

con

sist

s of

the

entir

e be

havi

or p

atte

rn a

nd m

ater

ial a

chie

vem

ents

prod

uced

and

sha

red

by m

embe

rs o

f a

com

mun

ity. T

he la

ngua

ge s

poke

n by

that

com

mun

ity is

the

core

of

the

cultu

re a

nd r

efle

cts

that

cul

ture

.It

is th

eke

y w

hich

mak

es p

ossi

ble

the

lear

ning

and

sha

ring

of

that

cul

ture

. Lan

guag

ean

d cu

lture

mus

t be

taug

ht in

the

clas

sroo

m. U

nles

s st

uden

tsun

ders

tand

the

cultu

ral c

onte

xt in

whi

ch s

tate

men

ts a

re m

ade,

they

can

eas

ily m

iss

the

full

impl

icat

ion

of th

e st

atem

ents

and

at t

imes

com

plet

ely

mis

unde

rsta

nd w

hat

ism

eant

. It i

s re

alis

tic, t

here

fore

, for

stu

dent

s to

lear

n a

lang

uage

with

in s

itua-

tions

and

con

text

whi

ch r

efle

ct th

e cu

lture

.C

omm

uniti

es w

hich

dif

fer

in th

eir

way

s of

doi

ng th

ings

will

fin

d th

ose

ea.ie

_-en

ces

refl

ecte

d in

thei

r sp

eech

. Esk

imo

has

ari

ch v

ocab

ular

y fo

r di

ffer

ent

kind

s of

sno

w; E

nglis

h on

ly a

few

wor

ds. O

ne c

an e

asily

infe

r th

at s

now

has

a re

al c

ultu

ral s

igni

fica

nce

to th

e E

skim

o.A

mer

ican

for

ms

of a

ddre

ss a

requ

ite s

impl

e: "

you"

and

"M

r., M

rs.,

Mis

s" f

or p

ract

ical

ly e

very

body

. Suc

hsp

eech

hab

its r

efle

ct a

soc

iety

in w

hich

soc

ial c

lass

es a

re f

luid

. In

man

y ot

her

coun

trie

s th

ere

are

diff

eren

t way

s of

add

ress

ing

a pe

rson

old

er o

r m

ore

pow

-er

ful t

han

ones

elf,

or

youn

ger

or le

ss p

ower

ful t

han

ones

elf.

Sttc

h di

ffer

ence

sre

flec

t an

elab

orat

ely

stru

ctur

ed s

yste

m o

f so

cial

dif

fere

nces

. Not

bei

ng a

war

eof

thes

e di

ffer

ence

s ca

n of

ten

crea

te b

arri

ers

diff

icul

t for

the

"for

eign

er"

to p

enet

rate

. Thu

s it

is n

eces

sary

to g

ive

spec

ial e

mph

asis

to th

e pa

ttern

s of

the

cultu

re w

hich

cla

sh w

ith th

e pa

ttern

s of

our

ow

n cu

lture

.E

lem

enta

ry la

ngua

ge s

houl

d be

com

bine

d w

ith th

e le

arni

ng o

f cu

lture

in th

ean

thro

polo

gica

l sen

se, n

ot w

ith "

cultu

re"

as w

e un

ders

tand

it in

the

grea

tar

tistic

ai-

zd li

tera

ry a

chie

vem

ents

of

a ci

viliz

atio

n. A

gen

uine

und

erst

andi

ngof

the

grea

t lite

rary

wor

ks o

f a

natio

n, th

eir

plot

s, c

hara

cter

s, th

emes

, de-

pend

s a

grea

t dea

l on

the

lear

ner's

gra

sp o

f th

e ev

ery

day

cultu

ral b

ehav

ior

of th

at n

atio

n's

peop

le. T

he s

mal

l tal

k an

d th

e co

mm

on e

very

day

situ

atio

nsar

e th

e ba

ckbo

ne o

f an

und

erst

andi

ng o

f a

natio

n's

liter

ary

achi

evem

ents

.T

each

ers

shou

ld u

se li

tera

ry s

elec

tions

, esp

ecia

lly p

oetr

y, ju

dici

ousl

y, in

the

L.! fl 5

elem

enta

ry a

nd in

term

edia

te le

vels

of

lang

uage

lear

ning

. Whe

n us

ed th

eysh

ould

giv

e us

a r

eal u

nder

stan

ding

of

the

cont

empo

rary

cul

ture

.O

nly

afte

ra

mod

em la

ngua

ge h

as b

een

lear

ned

wel

l can

the

styl

e an

d ch

arac

teri

stic

s of

a pa

rtic

ular

pie

ce o

f lit

erat

ure

be th

orou

ghly

appr

ecia

ted.

The

teac

her

shou

ld p

rese

nt c

ultu

ral m

ater

ial e

very

day

,ei

ther

dir

ectly

or

vica

riou

sly,

by

tran

sfor

min

g th

e la

ngua

ge c

lass

room

into

a"c

ultu

ral i

slan

d"w

ith a

ll th

e re

alia

and

vis

ual a

ids

whi

ch c

an a

ssis

tth

e te

ache

r in

imm

ersi

ngth

e st

uden

ts in

the

fore

ign

cultu

re, b

y bu

ildin

g ba

sic

ce'..

dral

con

cept

s in

to th

em

ater

ials

and

situ

atio

ns c

hose

n. O

n th

e fi

rst d

ay in

the

clas

sroo

m th

e fi

rst

cont

act w

ith a

for

eign

cul

ture

can

occ

ur b

y gi

ving

child

ren

nam

es c

hara

cter

is-

tic o

f th

e fo

reig

n cu

lture

and

by

usin

g th

e co

rret

.t.fo

rms

of a

ddre

ss.

The

re a

re e

xten

sive

list

s of

cul

tura

l pat

terk

. v 'h

ich

shou

ldbe

taug

ht to

stu

-de

nts.

3 T

he te

ache

r sh

ould

ada

pt th

ese

patte

rns

as ti

me

and

circ

umst

ance

per

-m

it. T

he f

ollo

win

g ar

e on

ly a

few

of

the

man

y cu

ltura

lite

ms

stud

ents

sho

uld

know

:1)

the

ever

yday

soc

ial a

men

ities

2) th

e im

port

ance

of

and

the

man

ner

in w

hich

the

spea

kers

of

the

lang

uage

hand

le e

xple

tives

and

par

ticle

s "W

hy, t

hat's

a lo

vely

dres

s!"

or "

It's

just

beau

tiful

."3)

fol

klor

e an

d fa

bles

4) c

hild

hood

lite

ratu

re5)

dis

cipl

ine

6) f

estiv

als

and

holid

ays

7) g

ames

8) m

usic

9) f

rien

ds a

nd f

rien

dshi

p10

) ra

dio,

TV

, film

s11

) ho

bbie

s12

) at

titud

es to

war

ds s

choo

l and

lear

ning

13)

fam

ily li

fe14

) tr

avel

and

rec

reat

ion

15)

rura

l lif

e ve

rsus

urb

an li

fe16

) he

roes

17)

wha

t is

hum

orou

s18

) ru

les

of c

ourt

ship

19)

care

ers

Stud

ents

are

inte

rest

ed in

thes

e th

ings

and

a k

now

ledg

e of

them

dee

pens

thei

rin

tere

st a

nd in

vari

ably

impr

oves

thei

r pe

rfor

man

ce in

the

lang

uage

.T

he n

eces

sary

task

in te

achi

ng th

e cu

lture

of

a la

ngua

ge is

to s

ee th

at s

tu-

dent

s ar

e aw

are

of la

ngua

ge tr

aps

whe

n de

alin

g w

ith a

noth

er la

ngua

ge c

om-

mun

ity a

nd a

re r

eady

to s

uspe

ct th

em w

hen

com

mun

icat

ion

star

ts to

brea

kdo

wn.

The

ver

bal s

ymbo

l its

elf

does

not

tell

us w

hat t

he b

ehav

ior

shou

ldbe

but i

t ale

rts

us to

obs

erve

bot

h th

e ve

rbal

and

the

non-

verb

al b

ehav

ior

of th

ein

divi

dual

s of

that

cul

ture

in th

eir

rela

tions

hips

to e

ach

othe

r. F

inal

ly, t

hrou

gha

know

ledg

e an

d un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e fo

reig

ncu

lture

the

stud

ent's

atti

tude

sw

ill b

road

en a

nd f

requ

ently

a s

igni

fica

nt r

esul

t is

a de

eper

app

reci

atio

n an

d a

grea

ter

insi

ght i

nto

the

mel

ting

pot o

f hi

s ow

n cu

lture

.

3Bro

oks,

Nel

son.

Lan

guag

e an

d L

angu

az r

Lea

rnin

g. H

arco

urt,

1960

pp.

79-

93.

Lin

ton,

Ral

ph. T

he S

cien

ce o

f M

an in

Wor

ld C

risi

s. C

olum

bia,

194

5 p.

124

.

19

Gra

mm

atic

al S

truc

ture

sIn

the

audi

o-lin

gual

app

roac

h st

uden

ts h

ave

been

lear

ning

fun

ctio

nal g

ram

-m

ar f

rom

the

very

fir

st d

ay in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

cla

ssro

om.

Tha

t mea

nsth

at g

ram

mat

ical

str

uctu

res

are

taug

ht in

con

text

.A

s so

meo

ne o

nce

said

:"I

ate

" is

mor

e lik

ely

to b

e fo

llow

ed b

y "a

pie

ce o

fpi

e,"

than

by

"you

ate

,""h

e at

e,"

"we

ate,

" fo

r ex

ampl

e. T

he s

ente

nces

sele

cted

for

pat

tern

dri

lls in

a la

ngua

ge le

sson

em

body

the

basi

c gr

amm

atic

al p

atte

rns

of th

efo

reig

n la

n-gu

age.

The

pri

mar

y jo

b of

the

elem

enta

ry a

nd in

term

edia

te le

vels

in la

n-gu

age

lear

ning

is to

hab

ituat

e th

ese

patte

rns

in th

e st

uden

t's o

ral-

aura

l and

visu

al r

eper

toir

es.

Aft

er th

e pa

ttern

s ha

ve b

een

wel

l lea

rned

thro

ugh

the

use

of in

num

erab

leex

ampl

es a

nd d

rills

, the

stu

dent

s, w

ith th

e he

lp a

ndgu

idan

ce o

f th

e te

ache

r,an

alyz

e, d

iscr

imin

ate,

and

mak

e ge

nera

lizat

ions

abo

utth

e la

ngua

ge s

truc

ture

s.T

hey

then

com

pare

thei

r st

atem

ents

abo

ut th

ela

ngua

ge s

truc

ture

s w

ith th

est

atem

ents

in th

e te

xtbo

ok.

In te

achi

ng th

e pa

ttern

s of

a la

ngua

gece

rtai

n "h

andl

es,"

like

nou

n, p

ro-

noun

, ver

b, a

djec

tive,

infi

nitiv

e, c

anbe

hel

pful

whe

n ge

nera

lizat

ions

abo

utth

ela

ngua

ge a

re b

eing

mad

e. T

he u

se o

f gr

amm

atic

alte

rmin

olog

y lik

e "t

he s

ub-

junc

tive

of in

dire

ct d

isco

urse

" ho

wev

er is

usu

ally

an

obst

acle

to th

e la

ngua

gele

arne

r an

d th

orou

ghly

con

fuse

s hi

nW

ithin

a s

choo

l or

scho

ol s

yste

m, t

hem

oder

n la

ngua

ge te

ache

rs to

geth

er w

ith th

e E

nglis

hte

ache

rs, s

houl

d ag

ree

tous

e a

stan

dard

set

of

gram

mar

term

sth

ereb

y av

oidi

ng n

eedl

ess

conf

usio

n fo

rth

e st

uden

ts a

nd u

sele

ss b

icke

ring

am

ong

the

teac

hers

.T

he te

rmin

olog

y no

tne

eded

in th

e le

arni

ng o

f E

nglis

h bu

t use

ful a

nd n

eces

sary

in th

e fo

reig

n la

n-gu

age

can

be ta

ughi

. by

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

teac

her.

In p

rese

ntin

g th

e gr

amm

ar o

f th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge to

the

stud

ents

the

teac

her

mus

t con

stan

tly r

emem

ber

that

a m

oder

nla

ngua

ge is

to b

e le

arne

d as

a to

olfo

r co

mm

unic

atio

n, a

nd n

ot a

s a

seri

es o

f sy

ntac

tical

item

san

d lo

ng li

sts

of p

ar-

adig

ms.

Dri

lls a

nd E

xerc

ises

Lea

rnin

g an

othe

r la

ngua

ge w

ould

be

easy

if th

ere

wer

e a

one-

to-o

ne c

or-

resp

onde

nce

amon

g la

ngua

ges.

How

ever

, lan

guag

es a

rest

ruct

ured

dif

fere

nt-

ly, t

hey

port

ray

thin

gs d

iffe

rent

ly. T

hese

dif

fere

nces

cau

seth

e la

ngua

ge le

arne

rth

e m

ost d

iffi

culty

. As

a re

sult,

any

con

stru

ctio

n in

the

mod

ern

lang

uage

whi

chcl

ashe

s w

ith it

s co

unte

rpar

t in

Eng

lish

mus

t be

mad

eth

e ob

ject

of

a sp

ecia

ldr

ill. H

ence

, dri

ll or

pat

tern

pra

ctic

e is

the

nucl

eus

offu

nctio

nal l

angu

age

teac

hing

.A

lmos

t all

drill

s us

ed in

the

lang

uage

cla

ss c

anbe

cla

ssif

ied

as r

epet

ition

,su

bstit

utio

n, tr

ansf

orm

atio

n dr

ills

or a

com

bina

tion

ofth

e la

st tw

o. I

n a

sub-

stitu

tion

drill

the

prim

ary

purp

ose

is to

hab

ituat

e a

part

icul

ar la

ngua

ge p

at-

tern

. Aft

er th

e or

igin

al p

atte

rn h

as b

een

lear

ned

othe

r vo

cabu

lary

item

s re

-pl

ace

the

item

s in

the

orig

inal

exa

mpl

e. T

he s

ubst

itute

dvo

cabu

lary

doe

s no

tch

ange

the

stru

ctur

e of

the

patte

rn w

hich

we

wan

tha

bitu

ated

in th

e la

ngua

gele

arne

r. T

hus,

whe

n vo

cabu

lary

sub

stitu

tion

has

been

com

plet

ed, t

he s

tude

nten

ds u

p w

ith a

dif

fere

nt le

xica

l mea

ning

fro

m th

eor

igin

al e

xam

ple,

but

the

patte

rn, w

hich

has

its

own

stru

ctur

al m

eani

ngde

term

ined

by

the

rela

tions

hips

of f

unct

ion

wor

ds, e

ndin

gs a

nd s

ente

nce

arra

ngem

ent r

emai

ns c

onst

ant.

The

tran

sfor

mat

ion

drill

use

s se

vera

l exa

mpl

es o

f a

give

n pa

ttern

and

by

a sp

ecif

ic m

anip

ulat

ion

chan

ges

each

of

thes

e ex

ampl

es in

to a

new

pat

tern

such

as

chan

ging

a s

tate

men

tin

to a

que

stio

n or

chan

ging

a s

tate

men

t to

the

nega

tive.

All

othe

r ty

pes

of p

atte

rnpr

actic

e ar

e es

sent

ially

subs

titut

ion

and

tran

sfor

-

mat

ion

drill

s:1)

the

expa

nsio

n dr

ill e

nlar

ges

afr

ame

by a

ddin

g a

new

elem

ent

2) th

e co

ntra

ctio

n dr

illsh

orte

ns a

n ut

tera

nce

3.)

the

mor

e in

volv

edre

plac

emen

t dri

ll in

volv

esch

angi

ng o

ne f

ram

e to

an-

othe

r, s

uch

as is

fou

nd in

repl

acin

g no

uns

with

pro

noun

s,in

sub

stitu

ting

sub-

ject

s th

ereb

y re

quir

ing

a ch

ange

in v

erb

form

4) th

e gr

adua

ted

repl

acem

entd

rill

chan

ges

one

elem

ento

f a

fram

e an

d gr

adu-

ally

intr

oduc

es o

ther

subs

titut

ion

and

tran

sfor

mat

ion

oper

atio

ns5)

res

tate

men

t or

dire

cted

res

pons

edr

ills,

com

plic

ated

for

ms

of tr

ansf

orm

a-

tions

, req

uire

sev

eral

sim

ulta

neou

sop

erat

ions

6) in

tegr

atio

n dr

ills

com

bine

two

utte

ranc

es o

r st

atem

ents

7) tr

ansl

atio

n dr

ills

focu

s on

targ

et la

ngua

ge u

ttera

nces

devi

atin

g co

nsid

er-

ably

fro

m th

ose

in th

ena

tive

lang

uage

. See

Cha

pter

V f

or d

etai

led

desc

ript

ions

and

exam

ples

of

drill

sPa

ttern

dri

lls, e

spec

ially

tran

sfor

mat

ion

drill

s, s

tart

out

with

a c

hang

e of

only

one

item

at a

tim

e be

fore

the

stud

ent m

oves

toth

e m

ore

com

plex

dri

lls

invo

lvin

g tw

o or

mor

e ch

ange

s.T

hus

auto

mat

ic r

espo

nses

resu

lting

fro

m p

atte

rn

drill

s ar

e gr

adua

lly r

epla

ced

by tr

ee r

espo

nses

whe

rest

uden

ts b

egin

to m

ake

choi

ces.

It is

not

unu

sual

to h

ear

stud

ents

com

plai

ning

abou

t how

bor

ed th

ey g

etfr

om

ince

ssan

t dri

ll se

ssio

ns. A

cle

ver

teac

her

will

use

hum

or in

her

patte

rn d

rills

or h

ave

little

inte

rlud

es w

hich

incl

ude

alin

e of

a s

ong,

a r

iddl

e, o

r a

rhym

e

betw

een

drill

s. I

n th

e fi

nala

naly

sis,

how

ever

, it m

ustb

e m

ade

clea

r to

the

stud

ent

that

it is

this

dri

lling

whi

ch w

ill a

ssur

e hi

m th

eau

tom

atic

res

pons

e he

ultim

atel

y

wan

ts in

acq

uiri

ngth

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge.

For

man

y st

uden

ts th

is is

the

only

way

to le

arn

tom

anip

ulat

e th

e la

ngua

ge s

kills

whi

ch th

ey w

ould

not

be

able

to d

o if

they

had

to c

onst

ruct

sent

ence

s an

d ut

tera

nces

by th

e pu

rely

ana

lytic

al

appr

oat.h

. The

old

fas

hion

edtr

ansl

atio

n ex

erci

se u

sual

lyde

man

ded

man

y di

ffer

-

ent p

atte

rns

and

muc

hgu

essi

ng. R

espo

nses

nev

erbe

cam

e au

tom

atic

. Exe

rcis

es

in w

hich

bla

nks

wer

ele

ft f

or th

e st

uden

t to

fill

in d

id n

ot f

orce

stu

dent

sto

thin

k of

the

com

plet

e pa

ttern

s.A

fter

all,

the

stud

ent d

oes

not

perf

orm

by

endi

ngs

alon

e!T

o do

not

hing

but

dri

llsis

like

doi

ng n

othi

ngbu

t pra

ctic

ing

scal

es a

nd a

r-

pegg

ios

with

out b

eing

giv

en a

chan

ce to

per

form

a m

usic

alco

mpo

sitio

n at

a c

on-

cert

. The

dri

ll is

onl

y a

mea

nsto

an

end.

The

abi

lity

to u

se th

e la

ngua

gefr

eely

by a

nsw

erin

g qu

estio

ns,

posi

ng q

uest

ions

, mak

ing

stat

emen

ts, e

ngag

ing

in c

on-

vers

atio

n, o

r gi

ving

a ta

lk o

n a

spec

ific

sub

ject

thes

e ar

e th

e te

st o

f w

heth

er

or n

ot th

e pa

ttern

drill

s an

d pr

actic

e ex

erci

ses

have

don

e th

e jo

b.

Impo

rtan

ce o

f th

e L

angu

age

Lab

orat

ory

The

for

eign

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry is

dis

cuss

ed in

Cha

pter

VII

. How

ever

, afe

w

wor

ds n

eed

to b

e sa

id h

ere

with

reg

ard

to th

e im

port

antr

ole

the

lang

uage

labo

ra-

tory

pla

ys in

the

audi

o-lin

gual

app

roac

h to

lang

uage

lear

ning

. The

labo

rato

ry

is n

eede

d 1)

to e

stab

lish

lang

uage

hab

its a

nd 2

) to

rein

forc

e an

d co

rrec

t im

-

med

iate

ly th

e re

spon

ses

the

stud

ents

mak

e. I

n th

ecl

assr

oom

onl

y on

e st

uden

t

can

reci

te a

t atim

e. A

lthou

gh c

hora

l res

pons

ein

clud

es m

ore

than

one

stud

ent,

such

gro

up p

erfo

rman

cele

ssen

s th

e in

divi

dual

stud

ent's

atte

ntio

n an

dm

otiv

a-

tion.

The

rew

ard

for

the

corr

ect r

espo

nse

isdi

rect

ed to

the

grou

p th

usbe

com

ing

20

less

eff

ectiv

e fo

r th

ein

divi

dual

stu

dent

. In

a ch

oral

res

pons

eth

ere

is a

lso

p e

dang

er o

f ha

ving

a f

ewle

ader

s an

d m

any

follo

wer

sca

usin

g th

e re

spon

ses

to

beco

me

mer

e re

petit

ion

inst

ead

of in

depe

nden

t res

pons

esto

a c

ue. T

his

does

not b

elitt

le th

e im

port

ance

of c

hora

l res

pons

e in

the

clas

sroo

m w

ork

but i

t poi

nts

up th

e ne

ed f

or th

ela

bora

tory

.A

labo

rato

ry a

llow

s a

larg

e nu

mbe

r of

stu

dent

s to

wor

k at

the

sam

e tim

e an

d

inde

pend

ently

of

each

oth

er.

Eac

h in

divi

dual

is r

ewar

ded

imm

edia

tely

by

the

affe

ct a

nsw

er g

iven

on

the

tape

. Thi

s op

port

unity

for

imm

edia

te c

orre

ctio

nis

a di

stin

ctad

vant

age

over

cor

rect

ion

whi

ch o

ccur

s ho

urs

afte

rth

e st

uden

t has

mad

e th

e m

ista

ke in

his

hom

ewor

k or

the

type

of

corr

ectio

n w

hich

occ

urs

in

fron

t of

his

peer

s in

the

clas

sroo

m.

The

labo

rato

ry p

erio

d is

cons

ider

ed to

be

the

prac

tice

sess

ion

or th

e ho

me-

wor

k se

ssio

n. P

ract

ice

and

hom

ewor

k se

ssio

ns s

houl

d fi

xan

d ha

bitu

ate

the

cor-

rect

res

pons

es. A

t the

elem

enta

ry le

vel t

his

is r

eally

the

prim

ary

func

tion

ofho

mew

ork.

The

new

lang

uage

mat

eria

ls in

clud

e pr

actic

e re

cord

s,pr

actic

e ta

pes

for

the

stud

ent t

o ta

keho

me

if ti

me

and

sche

dulin

gdo

not

per

mit

afte

,: sc

hool

or s

tudy

hal

l typ

ela

bora

tory

ses

sion

s.T

he la

bora

tory

is th

e be

stpl

ace

for

the

stim

ulus

-res

pons

epa

rt o

f la

ngua

ge

lear

ning

whe

re th

e st

uden

tm

anip

ulat

es la

ngua

ge p

atte

rns

in s

ubst

itutio

n an

d

tran

sfor

mat

ion

drill

s. T

hecl

assr

oom

sho

uld

be r

eser

ved

for

expl

anat

ion

and

the

use

of th

e dr

illed

spee

ch p

atte

rns

in m

eani

ngfu

lcon

text

and

fre

e re

spon

ses.

In c

ompa

ring

two

area

sof

ski

lls le

arni

ng w

eha

ve a

situ

atio

n so

met

hing

like

the

follo

win

g:

Prac

tice

Ana

lysi

s;(G

ener

aliz

atio

n)Pe

rfor

man

ceN

ativ

es in

a L

ive

Situ

atio

n

Mod

ern

Lan

guag

eL

abor

ator

yC

lass

room

Foot

ball

Prac

tice

Fiel

dC

lass

room

Foot

ball

Stad

ium

The

re a

re o

ccas

ions

whe

n pa

ttern

sar

e pr

actic

ed in

the

clas

sroo

m. T

his

usua

lly

occu

rs a

s a

dem

onst

ratio

n to

sho

w h

owit

is to

be

done

in th

ela

bora

tory

and

wha

t tne

inst

ruct

or is

driv

ing

at w

ith th

e pa

rtic

ular

drill

. The

labo

rato

ry

is a

lso

the

perf

ect p

lace

for

wor

king

on

the

exte

nsio

nof

the

stud

ents

' lis

teni

ngsk

ills,

for

lear

ning

of

a so

ng, a

gam

e,fo

r lis

teni

ng to

rad

ioco

mm

erci

als,

for

the

reco

rdin

g of

stu

dent

talk

s an

d ot

her

suita

ble

activ

ities

whi

ch li

ven

up th

e

lear

ning

of

the

lang

uage

.Cer

tain

ly th

e la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

play

s a

very

impo

r-

tant

par

t in

the

mor

ead

vanc

ed le

vels

of

lang

uage

lear

ning

whe

n st

uden

ts s

houl

d

have

the

oppo

rtun

ity o

flis

teni

ng to

mod

ern

liter

atur

e, n

ews

revi

ews,

and

the

like.

No

mat

ter

wha

t, th

ete

ache

r m

ust a

lway

s co

nsid

erth

e cl

assr

oom

and

the

labo

rato

ry a

s co

mpl

emen

tary

toea

ch o

ther

, the

one

sup

port

ing

the

othe

r bu

t

neve

r du

plic

atin

g.Pr

ogra

med

lear

ning

with

its

conc

ept o

f ha

bit

form

atio

n, im

med

iate

con

-

firm

atio

n of

cor

rect

res

pons

e,an

d m

inim

al s

tep

lear

ning

mak

es m

axim

um u

se o

f

the

labo

rato

ry w

hich

inth

is c

ase

take

s on

apr

ivat

e tu

tori

al f

unct

ion.

For

high

ly m

otiv

ated

adu

lts a

ndst

uden

ts th

e la

bora

tory

with

its tu

tori

al m

achi

ne

then

bec

omes

the

inst

ruct

oran

d st

uden

ts a

dvan

ce a

ndac

quir

e th

e lin

guis

tic

patte

rns

at th

eir

own

spee

dw

ith li

ttle

supe

rvis

ion

from

the

regu

lar

teac

her.

Voc

abul

ary

Dec

idin

g ju

st w

hat v

ocab

ular

ysh

ould

be

taug

ht a

nd h

owm

uch

of th

at v

o-

-

cabu

lary

to te

ach

at e

ach

leve

l are

two

ques

tions

whi

ch p

lagu

e ev

ery

lang

uage

teac

her.

The

teac

her

mus

t kno

w th

at th

e st

uden

t's p

assi

ve v

ocab

ular

y, th

evo

cabu

lary

he

need

s to

rec

ogni

ze w

hen

liste

ning

to th

e sp

oken

lang

uage

and

read

ing

it m

ust

be m

uch

mor

e ex

tens

ive,

a r

atio

of

9 to

1 in

our

nat

ive

lang

uage

,th

an h

is a

ctiv

evo

cabu

lary

, the

wor

ds h

e ne

eds

to r

ecal

l in

spea

king

and

wri

ting

the

lang

uage

.T

he te

ache

r m

ust a

lso

diff

eren

tiate

bet

wee

n1)

fun

ctio

n w

ords

, wor

ds s

igni

fyin

g re

latio

nshi

ps a

nd g

ram

mat

ical

mea

ning

ssu

ch a

s pr

epos

ition

s, c

onju

nctio

ns, a

nd r

epla

cem

ent w

ords

suc

h as

pro

noun

s,w

hich

rea

lly o

pera

te a

s a

part

of

the

stru

ctur

e of

tine

lang

uage

2) c

onte

nt w

ords

, nou

ns, v

erbs

, adj

ectiv

es, a

nd a

dver

bsw

hich

bea

r th

e bu

r-de

n of

the

lexi

cal m

eani

ng o

f an

utte

ranc

e.Fu

nctio

n w

ords

are

lim

ited

in n

umbe

r an

d ar

e an

intr

icat

e pa

rt o

f a

sen-

tenc

e. T

hey

mus

t be

taug

ht a

s pa

rt o

f th

e pa

ttern

ors

truc

ture

if th

e st

uden

tis

eve

r to

com

man

d an

act

ive

and

corr

ect u

se o

f th

em.T

heir

fre

quen

cy o

f oc

-cu

rren

ce is

so

grea

t tha

t the

y al

mos

t tea

chth

emse

lves

.C

onte

nt w

ords

are

ano

ther

mat

ter.

Whe

n th

e st

uden

t wan

ts to

say

som

ethi

ngab

out a

par

ticul

ar th

ing,

he

need

s to

kno

w th

e na

me

of th

at th

ing

whe

ther

it is

on a

fre

quen

cy li

st o

r no

t. M

ost f

requ

ency

lists

are

bas

ed o

n ni

nete

enth

cen

tury

liter

ary

wor

ds a

nd a

re o

f lit

tle v

alue

for

toda

y's

lang

uage

obj

ectiv

es.

Res

earc

hsh

ows

that

aft

er th

e fi

rst 7

50 to

1,0

00 w

ords

, inc

ludi

ngth

e fu

nctio

n w

ords

ther

e is

act

ually

no

valid

ity a

t all

in th

e ra

nkin

gs. A

s fa

r as

nov

els,

stor

ies,

and

play

s go

, the

stu

dent

will

fin

d as

man

y ne

w w

ords

on

page

500

as h

e do

eson

pag

e 25

. For

ty p

erce

nt o

f th

e w

ords

on

any

page

are

am

ong

the

mos

t com

-m

on w

ords

. Mos

t are

fun

ctio

n w

ords

. We

have

no

rese

arch

to s

how

us

how

man

y pa

ges

a st

uden

t mus

t rea

d be

fore

the

num

ber

of n

ew w

ords

on

a gi

ven

page

com

es d

own

to a

leve

l whi

ch p

erm

itsre

adin

g w

ithou

t rea

l voc

abul

ary

prob

lem

s.T

he v

ocab

ular

y in

clud

ed in

a la

ngua

ge c

ours

e sh

ould

cont

ain

thos

e w

ords

judg

ed n

eces

sary

to e

xpre

ss e

ssen

tial c

once

pts

and

thos

e w

hich

in tu

rn c

an b

eus

ed to

exp

ress

sev

eral

con

cept

s. A

t the

beg

inni

ng, s

ynon

yms

shou

ld b

e av

oide

das

wel

l as

voca

bula

ry w

hich

can

be

adeq

uate

ly e

xpre

ssed

by

othe

r vo

cabu

lary

item

s. A

t the

ele

men

tary

and

inte

rmed

iate

leve

ls th

is b

ecom

es a

mat

ter

of e

ffi-

cien

cy a

nd e

cono

my

so th

at th

e st

uden

t can

con

cent

rate

on

the

stru

ctur

alm

eani

ng o

f th

e la

ngua

ge. T

he d

iffi

culty

with

lear

ning

con

tent

wor

ds is

that

they

are

dete

rmin

ed b

y w

hat t

he s

peak

erne

eds

to s

ay a

t a g

iven

mom

ent i

n a

cer-

tain

env

iron

men

t. In

itial

voc

abul

ary

shou

ld a

lso

be b

ased

on

the

conc

epts

or

situ

atio

ns m

ost c

omm

on a

nd u

nive

rsal

in e

very

day

spee

ch. T

he li

sts

dete

r-m

ined

by

the

Fren

ch g

over

nmen

t, th

e Sp

anis

h fr

eque

ncy

list d

evel

oped

inPu

erto

Ric

o, th

e G

erm

an li

st n

ow in

the

proc

ess

of d

evel

opm

ent u

nder

the

dire

ctio

nof

Dr.

Ala

n Pf

effe

r of

Pitt

sbur

gh U

nive

rsity

rep

rese

nt th

e sp

oken

lang

uage

.T

hey

repr

esen

t the

ess

entia

l fun

ctio

n an

d co

nten

t wor

ds w

hich

can

be

used

in e

asy

and

natu

ral c

omm

unic

atio

n.T

he te

ache

r sh

ould

nev

er a

ttem

pt to

teac

h vo

cabu

lary

, eve

n at

the

mor

e ad

-va

nced

leve

ls, a

s a

disc

reet

num

ber

of it

ems

in a

list

pai

red

with

thei

r"so

-cal

led"

Eng

lish

equi

vale

nts.

The

sm

alle

st u

nit o

f co

mm

unic

atio

n is

an

utte

ranc

ein

-vo

lvin

g sp

eake

r, li

sten

er, a

nd s

ituat

ion.

Voc

abul

ary,

ther

efor

e, is

bes

t lea

rned

thro

ugh

the

dial

ogue

and

pat

tern

pra

ctic

e. T

he le

arni

ng o

f ite

miz

ed v

ocab

ular

ylis

ts c

an le

ad to

rid

icul

ous

erro

rs in

cho

osin

g vo

cabu

lary

for

an

utte

ranc

e.N

eith

er s

houl

d a

voca

bula

ry it

em b

e te

sted

with

out p

uttin

g it

into

the

cont

ext

of a

n ut

tera

nce.

21

It is

true

that

the

dict

iona

ry w

ill h

ave

tobe

use

d w

hen

read

ing

but a

clue

to th

e m

eani

ng is

pro

vide

d by

the

cont

exto

f th

e pa

ssag

e in

whi

ch th

evo

cabu

lary

item

occ

urs.

How

ever

, whe

n a

stud

ent h

as to

cons

ult a

dic

tiona

ry f

or th

e pu

r-po

se o

f fo

rmul

atin

g hi

s ow

n ut

tera

nces

or

wri

ting

a co

mpo

sitio

n at

the

mor

ead

vanc

ed s

tage

s of

lang

uage

lear

ning

, he

shou

ld b

etr

aine

d to

pay

spe

cial

at-

tent

ion

to th

e sa

mpl

e se

nten

ces

prov

ided

by

the

dict

iona

ry. I

f a

dict

iona

ry d

oes

not p

rovi

de e

xam

ples

of

the

usag

e of

aw

ord,

it is

less

than

use

less

in c

om-

posi

tion

and

tran

slat

ion

wor

k.V

ocab

ular

y ca

n be

bui

lt be

st b

y ex

tens

ive

liste

ning

and

rea

ding

. The

lan-

guag

e fi

eld

is in

nee

d of

thou

sand

s of

pag

es o

f gr

adua

ted

liste

ning

and

read

ing

mat

eria

ls b

ased

on

the

new

fre

quen

cy li

sts

and

onth

e in

tere

sts

of y

oung

peo

ple.

In h

elpi

ng s

tude

nts

expa

nd v

ocab

ular

y,pi

ctor

ial a

ids

are

of g

reat

hel

p in

getti

ng d

irec

tly f

rom

the

conc

ept t

o th

e w

ord.

Mem

oriz

ing

poem

s, ji

ngle

s, p

rov-

erbs

, mot

toes

, son

gs, p

lays

and

ski

ts a

lso

aid

in b

uild

ing

voca

bula

ry f

or r

ecal

:.U

sing

gam

es s

uch

as "

quiz

mas

ter,

" "t

raff

icsi

gnal

s,"

"mov

ie a

ctor

s,"

"spo

rts

hero

es,"

"gr

eat b

ooks

," "

auth

ors,

" an

d ga

mes

deal

ing

with

the

geog

raph

y an

dhi

stor

y of

the

coun

try

now

pub

lishe

d in

the

vari

ous

coun

trie

s, a

re o

f gr

eat h

elp.

Tea

chin

g yo

ung

peop

le h

ow to

infe

r th

e m

eani

ngof

a w

ord

from

the

cont

ext

thro

ugh

cogn

ates

and

par

tial c

ogna

tes

and

thro

ugh

wor

d fa

mili

es, i

s a

mus

t.So

met

imes

, for

the

sake

of

econ

omy

and

less

con

fusi

on, i

t is

perm

issi

ble

togi

ve th

e m

eani

ng o

f a

voca

bula

ry it

em in

Eng

lish.

How

ever

, the

def

initi

on in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

, the

use

of

a sy

nony

m o

ran

tony

m h

ave

the

adva

ntag

eof

allo

win

g te

ache

r an

d cl

ass

to s

tay

with

in th

efo

reig

n la

ngua

ge, a

lthou

gh d

efin

i-tio

ns a

re n

ot a

lway

s cl

ear

and

syno

nym

s an

dan

tony

ms

neve

r de

fine

with

100

perc

ent p

reci

sion

.Fu

nctio

n w

ords

mus

t be

tied

to s

truc

ture

and

are

best

lear

ned

thro

ugh

the

habi

t for

min

g'ls

and

exe

rcis

es. C

onte

nt w

ords

are

als

ole

arne

d th

roug

h th

eir

inco

rpor

atio

n in

the

drill

s. B

ut p

rim

arily

they

mus

tbe

inte

grat

ed w

ith s

ituat

ions

.T

hus,

per

haps

mos

t app

ropr

iate

in v

ocab

ular

ybu

ildin

g is

the

orga

niza

tion

ofco

nten

t voc

abul

ary

acco

rdin

g to

situ

atio

ns u

r un

its o

f ex

peri

ence

suc

h as

are

foun

d in

the

mor

e re

cent

mod

ern

lang

uage

mat

eria

ls.

Les

son

Org

aniz

atio

nA

less

on c

onsi

stin

g of

a n

umbe

r of

rule

s of

gra

mm

ar, f

ollo

wed

by

a se

ries

of v

ocab

ular

y ite

ms

and

tran

slat

ion

exer

cise

s in

whi

ch th

e st

uden

t is

expe

cted

to p

uzzl

e ou

t ent

irel

y on

his

ow

nth

e ap

plic

atio

n of

the

gram

mar

rul

es to

the

voca

bula

ry it

ems,

a le

sson

whi

ch tr

ies

togi

ve c

ompl

ete

cove

rage

to a

sin

gle

poin

t of

gram

mar

incl

udin

g al

l of

the

exce

ptio

ns, r

uns

coun

ter

to p

sych

o-lin

guis

tic te

achi

ng p

rinc

iple

s. W

hat s

eem

slik

e a

logi

cal o

rgan

izat

ion

of la

ngu-

age

subj

ect m

atte

r to

the

teac

her

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly th

e on

e su

itabl

efo

r at

-ta

inin

g co

mpe

tenc

y in

the

use

of th

e la

ngua

gesk

ills.

Lea

rnin

g a

lang

uage

mea

nses

tabl

ishi

ng n

ew b

ehav

ior

patte

rns.

Exc

eptio

nsan

d co

mpl

icat

ed p

at -

;ern

s sh

ould

not b

e br

ough

t int

o a

lang

uage

less

onun

til b

asic

pat

tern

s ha

ve b

een

firm

ly e

s-ta

blis

hed.

The

re a

re s

ever

al a

ppro

ache

s to

less

on o

rgan

izat

ion.

The

fir

st is

to o

rgan

ize

the

less

on o

r le

sson

s ar

ound

bas

ic p

ersi

sten

tlif

e ex

peri

ence

s su

ch a

s: a

t bre

akfa

st,

goin

g to

the

mov

ie, C

hris

tmas

, get

ting

up in

the

mor

ning

, goi

ng to

sch

ool,

wat

ch-

ing

the

foot

ball

gam

e, a

nd s

o fo

rth.

Thi

sap

proa

ch a

ssum

es c

aref

ul p

lann

ing

onth

e pa

rt o

f th

e te

ache

r or

text

book

wri

ter.

Such

uni

ts a

re p

alat

able

, hol

d th

ein

tere

st o

f yo

ungs

ters

and

ado

lesc

ents

, and

cont

ain

a nu

mbe

r of

use

ful e

x-,

pres

sion

s w

hich

for

m th

e sm

all t

alk

in e

very

life

. How

ever

, the

teac

her

mus

tha

ve tw

o pr

imar

y co

ncer

ns in

this

type

of

less

on o

rgan

izat

ion:

1) T

he n

ew s

truc

ture

s an

d ne

w v

ocab

ular

y ite

ms

in th

e un

it m

ust b

.:si

ngle

dou

t for

spe

cifi

c _7

12)

The

old

str

uctu

res

and

old

voca

bula

ry it

ems,

alr

eady

dri

lled

and

lear

ned,

mus

t be

re-e

nter

ed to

ass

ure

good

con

tinui

ty o

f le

arni

ng.

Ano

ther

app

roac

h em

phas

izes

pri

mar

ily th

e fa

ct th

at la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng is

habi

t for

mat

ion

and

the

basi

c un

it of

inst

ruct

ion

is th

e dr

ill o

r pr

actic

e ex

erci

se.

The

se d

rills

are

con

side

red

the

links

in a

cha

in, e

ach

drill

taki

ng u

p on

ly o

nedi

ffic

ulty

at a

tim

e an

d ov

erle

amed

bef

ore

prog

ress

ing

to th

e ne

xt d

rill.

To

this

cont

inuu

m a

re a

dded

exe

rcis

es f

or r

evie

w, e

xam

ples

of

conn

ecte

d sp

eech

,st

orie

s, e

xpos

itory

nar

rativ

e, a

ll ba

sed

on th

e in

tere

sts

and

need

s of

the

par-

ticul

ar a

ge le

vel w

ith w

hich

the

teac

her

is w

orki

ng.

The

two

outli

nes

belo

w g

ive

only

the

basi

c co

nten

t of

a la

ngua

ge le

sson

.T

he te

ache

rs' i

ngen

uity

and

cre

ativ

ity m

ay b

ring

in o

ther

lang

uage

act

iviti

essu

ch a

s a

song

, a g

ame,

and

so

fort

h, b

ut h

e m

ust a

lway

s se

e to

it th

at th

e ba

sic

ingr

edie

nts

are

ther

e to

mov

e th

e la

ngua

ge c

ompe

tenc

y of

the

lear

ner

forw

ard.

Whe

n a

teac

her

deci

des

wha

t bas

ic m

ater

ials

he

wan

ts to

use

in h

is la

ngua

gecl

asse

s, h

e sh

ould

be

sure

that

the

unit

or le

sson

in th

e m

ater

ials

con

tain

s th

ese

basi

c st

eps: Les

son

Org

aniz

atio

nT

ype

IA

. Dia

logu

e or

nar

rativ

e in

corp

orat

-in

g ne

w p

atte

rns

to b

e ta

ught

B. D

rills

and

exe

rcis

es b

ased

on

the

new

pat

tern

s to

be

over

leam

edC

. Que

stio

n-an

swer

exe

rcis

es b

ased

on th

e di

alog

ue o

r na

rrat

ive

whi

chin

corp

orat

e in

the

answ

ers

the

new

patte

rns

lear

ned

in A

D. A

num

ber

of d

ialo

gues

and

nar

-ra

tives

in n

ew s

ituat

ions

or

fram

es o

fre

fere

nce

inco

rpor

atin

g th

e ol

d an

dne

w p

atte

rns

to e

xten

d pr

imar

ily th

est

uden

ts' l

iste

ning

and

rea

ding

ski

lls

Les

son

Org

aniz

atio

nT

ype

IIA

. Eig

ht o

r m

ore

drill

s an

d ex

erci

ses

base

d on

the

new

pat

tern

s to

be

over

-le

arne

dB

. Dia

logu

e or

nar

rativ

e in

whi

ch th

eei

ght n

ew p

atte

rns

lear

ned

in th

e dr

ills

are

used

in m

eani

ngfu

l con

text

C. Q

uest

ion-

answ

er a

nd o

ther

exe

r-ci

ses

base

d on

the

dial

ogue

or

nar-

rativ

e an

d w

hich

inco

rpor

ate

in th

ean

swer

s th

e ne

w p

atte

rns

lear

ned

inA

Ori

enta

tion

The

fir

st d

ay o

r tw

o of

a la

ngua

ge c

lass

sho

uld

orie

nt th

e st

uden

ts to

wha

tla

ngua

ge is

and

to th

e ob

ject

ives

of

a la

ngua

ge c

ours

e. T

his

is e

spec

ially

true

for

the

begi

nnin

g cl

ass

at a

ny le

vel

grad

e sc

hool

, jun

ior

or s

enio

rhi

gh s

choo

l, c

liege

, or

adul

t eve

ning

cla

ss. T

he te

ache

r sh

ould

est

ablis

h at

-tit

udes

, stim

ulat

e m

otiv

atio

n, a

nd g

uide

the

lang

uage

lear

ner

in h

ow to

go

abou

t lea

rnin

g a

seco

nd la

ngua

ge. S

uch

orie

ntat

ion

is a

lso

ofim

mea

sura

ble

valu

e fo

r pa

rent

s.In

man

y sc

hool

s th

e fi

rst P

.T.A

. mee

ting

is d

evot

ed to

acqu

aint

ing

pare

nts

with

act

iviti

es g

oing

on

in th

e cl

assr

oom

as

they

mov

e th

roug

hth

eir

sche

dule

. Suc

h cl

ass

peri

ods

last

fro

m 1

5 to

20

min

utes

. Thi

sgi

ves

the

lang

uage

teac

her

an o

ppor

tuni

ty to

enl

ight

en p

aren

ts o

n th

e ne

wap

proa

chan

d de

velo

pmen

ts in

lang

uage

teac

hing

and

to e

nlis

t par

ent

coop

erat

ion

in

22

deve

lopi

ng th

e ri

ght a

tmos

pher

e an

d co

nditi

ons

for

lang

uage

lear

ning

in th

eho

me

and

the

com

mun

ity.

The

stu

dent

s sh

ould

be

enco

urag

ed to

for

mul

ate

thei

r ow

nth

inki

ng a

bout

the

natu

re o

f la

ngua

ge a

nd h

ow it

is u

sed,

abo

ut th

e ne

ed to

com

mun

i-ca

te w

ith o

ur w

orld

nei

ghbo

rs in

thei

r ow

n la

ngua

ges,

abo

ut th

e be

nefi

tsof

bei

ng a

ble

to u

se th

e la

ngua

ge a

s a

tool

for

get

ting

at m

ore

know

ledg

eor

for

hel

ping

one

in o

ne's

cho

sen

voca

tion.

Not

e:A

ser

ies

of f

ive

35-m

inut

e re

els:

I. T

he N

atur

e of

Lan

guag

ean

d H

owIt

Is

Lea

rned

, II.

The

Sou

nds

of L

angu

age,

III

. The

Org

aniz

atio

nof

Lan

guag

e,IV

. Wor

ds a

nd T

heir

Mea

ning

s, V

. Mod

ern

Te^

h:qu

cs in

Lan

guag

e T

each

-in

g de

velo

ped

in 1

960

and

1962

und

er th

e au

spic

es o

fT

each

ing

Film

Cus

-to

dian

s, M

odem

Lan

guag

e A

ssoc

iatio

n of

Am

eric

a an

d th

eC

ente

r fo

r A

p-pl

ied

Lin

guis

tics

shou

ld b

e us

ed b

y th

e m

odem

lang

uage

teac

her

duri

ngth

e or

ient

atio

n pe

riod

. A te

ache

r's m

anua

l acc

ompa

nies

the

seri

es. S

uch

a"s

hort

cou

rse"

will

pay

div

iden

ds. T

he f

ilms

can

be o

btai

ned

from

the

Aud

ioV

isua

l Ser

vice

Bur

eau,

Uni

vers

ity o

f M

inne

sota

, Min

neap

olis

14,

Min

neso

ta.

The

teac

her

shou

ld c

ompa

re la

ngua

ge s

tudy

with

mus

ic o

r a

spor

t,su

ch a

sba

seba

ll. L

ike

thes

e ac

tiviti

es, l

angu

age

lear

ning

is a

ski

ll, a

nd li

keth

esk

ill r

equi

red

of a

goo

d ba

ll pl

ayer

or

a go

od m

usic

ian,

it c

alls

for

a tr

e-m

endo

us a

mou

nt o

f pr

actic

e. T

he f

luen

t spe

aker

of

a fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge,t

hefi

ne b

all p

laye

r or

mus

icia

n m

ust t

hen

tran

sfer

ther

e pr

acli-

,-.0

skill

s ov

erto

rea

l lif

e si

tuat

ions

the

ball

gam

e, th

e co

ncer

t,co

inri

ium

catio

n w

ith n

a-tiv

e sp

eake

rs. T

he la

ngua

ge le

arne

r, li

ke th

e at

hlet

e an

d th

e m

usic

ian,

can

enjo

y us

ing

his

skill

eve

n as

he

prog

ress

es th

roug

h th

e va

riou

s st

ages

of

lear

ning

the

skill

s.H

elps

for

suc

cess

ful l

angu

age

stud

y sh

ould

be

disc

usse

d an

d de

mon

stra

ted

in c

lass

room

and

labo

rato

ry to

dis

pel t

he e

rron

eous

pre

conc

eive

dno

tions

abou

t lan

guag

e le

arni

ng s

o m

any

stud

ents

hav

e. I

f th

is s

tep

is c

arri

ed o

ut,

the

teac

her

will

not

hav

e to

str

uggl

e w

ith th

e st

ubbo

rn a

dher

ence

to tr

a-di

tiona

l gra

mm

ar-t

rans

latio

n m

etho

ds b

y so

me

stud

ents

who

are

infl

uenc

edby

par

ents

trai

ned

in th

e ol

d te

chni

ques

. A b

ulle

tin o

n st

udy

habi

ts s

houl

dbe

put

in th

e ha

nds

of e

ach

lang

uage

lear

ner

at th

e ve

ry b

egin

ning

of

his

lang

uage

car

eer

and

shou

ld b

e re

ferr

ed to

con

stan

tly u

ntil

good

lear

ning

habi

ts h

ave

been

est

ablis

hed.

See

App

endi

x B

.If

the

lang

uage

teac

her

is f

ortu

nate

eno

ugh

to te

ach

in a

sch

ool w

here

the

lang

uage

art

s or

Eng

lish

clas

ses

are

taug

ht b

y te

ache

rs u

sing

the

new

lingu

istic

mat

eria

ls d

evel

oped

und

er P

RO

JEC

T E

NG

LIS

H a

t the

Uni

vers

ityof

Min

neso

ta, c

orre

latin

g th

e w

ork

of th

e E

nglis

h an

d m

odem

lang

uage

clas

ses

will

sav

e m

uch

valu

able

tim

e fo

r th

e la

ngua

ge te

ache

r. N

ot o

nly

will

ithe

lp w

ith th

e or

ient

atio

n pe

riod

itse

lf, b

ut th

roug

h co

nsta

nt c

oope

ratio

n,th

e m

oder

n la

ngua

ge te

ache

r w

ill b

e ab

le to

bui

ld o

n th

e co

ncep

ts a

nd te

r-m

inol

ogy

used

in th

e la

ngua

ge a

rts

clas

sroo

ms,

ther

eby

allo

win

g hi

m to

de-

vote

his

tim

e in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

cla

ssro

om to

usi

ng th

e m

oder

nla

n-gu

age

itsel

f w

ith th

e st

uden

ts. S

uch

corr

elat

ion

is f

ar b

ette

r th

an c

ompl

aini

ngab

out t

he E

nglis

h te

ache

r no

t tea

chin

g co

nven

tiona

l gra

mm

ar. N

ew c

on-

cept

s in

the

lingu

istic

fie

ld r

ule

out s

uch

criti

cism

sin

ce e

ach

lang

uage

has

its

own

uniq

ue s

truc

ture

and

slic

es it

s co

ncep

ts a

ndm

eani

ngs

acco

rdin

g to

its

own

cultu

ral i

nter

pret

atio

n of

the

wor

ld.

Form

aliz

ing

the

rule

s ac

cord

ing

to w

hich

the

lang

uage

cla

ss w

ill b

e co

n-du

cted

and

the

lang

uage

lear

ned

save

s th

e te

ache

r m

any

head

ache

s an

d

j

CT

A

was

tefu

l min

utes

late

r in

con

vinc

ing

stud

ents

why

cer

tain

pro

cedu

res

are

in-

sist

ed u

pon

in c

lass

room

and

labo

rato

ry.

Usi

ng E

nglis

h in

the

Cla

ssro

omT

he u

se o

f E

nglis

h in

the

clas

sroo

m c

an b

e de

fend

ed o

nly

on th

e ba

sis

of it

s be

ing

an e

cono

my

proc

edur

e to

fre

e cl

ass

time

for

mor

e pr

actic

e in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

. It i

s ad

visa

ble

to li

mit

the

use

of E

nglis

has

muc

h as

poss

ible

in th

e ea

rly

leve

ls o

f fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng. A

t the

mor

e ad

-va

nced

leve

ls th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge s

houl

d be

use

d al

mos

t exc

lusi

vely

. Eng

lish

shou

ld n

ever

be

used

by

the

lear

ner.

Sw

itchi

ng f

rom

one

lang

uage

to th

eot

her

in p

ract

ice

and

perf

orm

ance

can

not b

e ju

stif

ied.

A b

rief

exp

lana

tion

in E

nglis

h by

the

teac

her

may

sav

e tim

e fo

r m

ore

conc

entr

ated

lear

ning

, and

avo

id c

onfu

sion

and

dis

orga

niza

tion.

In

the

earl

yst

ages

of

lang

uage

lear

ning

, dir

ectio

ns f

or te

sts

and

exam

inat

ions

, for

hom

e-w

ork,

for

dri

lls o

n ta

pes

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

in E

nglis

h so

that

the

lear

ner

know

sex

actly

wha

t he

is e

xpec

ted

to d

o.T

he la

st f

ew o

r fi

rst f

ew m

inut

es o

f cl

ass

time

can

be c

ondu

cted

inE

nglis

h to

allo

w f

or q

uest

ions

and

exp

lana

tions

. Eng

lish

can

be u

sed

in th

ein

itial

pre

sent

atio

n of

a d

ialo

gue

or n

arra

tive

so th

at th

e le

arne

r ha

san

idea

of

wha

t it i

s th

at h

e is

lear

ning

. Occ

asio

nally

Eng

lish

may

be

used

sotto

voc

e fo

r qu

ick

lexi

cal c

lari

fica

tion

to p

reve

nt a

ny w

aste

of

time.

Eng

-lis

h ca

n be

use

d in

des

crib

ing

a si

tuat

ion

in w

hich

the

stud

ents

are

to p

erfo

rmw

ith f

ree

resp

onse

s.A

fri

end

com

es to

you

and

ask

s fo

r a

few

she

ets

of p

aper

. He

says

he

will

retu

rn it

as

soon

as

poss

ible

. You

tell

him

he

will

fin

d in

k an

d pa

per

in y

our

brot

her's

roo

m. H

e sa

ys h

e do

esn'

t kno

w y

our

brot

her.

You

tell

him

you

are

sure

he

won

't m

ind.

He

than

ks y

ou a

nd s

ays

he a

lso

need

s a

pen.

You

giv

ehi

m o

ne a

nd h

e th

anks

you

aga

in.

At t

he m

ore

adva

nced

sta

ges

thes

e de

scri

ptio

ns c

an b

e gi

ven

in th

e fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge.

The

tim

e w

hen

Eng

lish

shou

ld b

e pe

rmitt

ed in

the

clas

sroo

m a

s an

ess

entia

lpa

rt o

f th

e in

stru

ctio

nal p

roce

dure

is w

hen

diff

icul

ties

revo

lve

arou

nd c

on-

tras

ts b

etw

een

the

Eng

lish

and

fore

ign

lang

uage

sou

nds

and

stru

ctur

es. U

sing

Eng

lish

patte

rns

and

com

pari

ng th

em w

ith th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge p

atte

rns

focu

ses

atte

ntio

n on

the

diff

eren

ces

and

driv

es th

em h

ome

to th

e le

arne

r. S

ee C

hapt

er V

.W

hen

Eng

lish

is u

sed

in th

is m

anne

r, it

sho

uld

be o

ral o

nly.

Usi

ng E

nglis

has

the

oral

stim

ulus

min

imiz

es th

e da

nger

of

wor

d fo

r w

ord

tran

slat

ion.

Onc

e th

e co

mpa

riso

n be

twee

n E

nglis

h an

d fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge s

ound

or s

truc

-tu

re p

atte

rns

has

been

mad

e, E

nglis

h sh

ould

be

cut o

ut o

r us

ed o

nly

asa

cue.

Ora

l Eng

lish

allo

ws

us to

mak

e an

acc

urat

e co

mpa

riso

n. S

tres

son

var

ious

part

s of

an

Eng

lish

sent

ence

may

mea

n a

diff

eren

ce in

str

uctu

ring

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

utte

ranc

e.

Eng

lish

Fren

chG

erm

anSp

anis

hI

don'

t lik

e it.

Je n

e l'a

ime

pas.

Es

gefa

llt m

irN

o m

e gu

sta.

I do

n't l

ike

it.M

oi, j

e m

e l'a

ime

nich

t.pa

s.M

ir g

efal

lt es

nich

t.A

mi n

o m

e

Thu

s th

e on

ly p

ositi

ve a

dvan

tage

of

usin

g E

nglis

h lie

s in

sho

win

g th

edi

ffer

ence

bet

wee

n a

stru

ctur

e in

Eng

lish

and

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge. U

sing

23

Eng

lish

in th

e cl

assr

oom

nev

er ta

kes

the

plac

e of

mea

ning

ful p

ract

ice

in th

efo

reig

n la

ngua

ge.

Vis

ual A

ids

It is

a w

ell k

now

n fa

ct th

at a

pic

ture

is f

ar m

ore

pow

erfu

l as

a le

arni

ngai

d th

an th

e pr

inte

d w

ord.

Thi

s ho

lds

true

as

wel

l in

the

lear

ning

of

afo

reig

n la

ngua

ge. H

owev

er, p

icto

rial

aid

s m

ust b

e us

ed ju

dici

ousl

y an

d no

tov

erdo

ne. M

aps,

wal

l cha

rts,

pos

ters

, tra

vel f

olde

rs, p

ictu

res,

car

toon

s, s

tam

ps,

coin

s, s

lides

, film

stri

ps, f

ilms,

mag

azin

es a

nd n

ewsp

aper

s, c

omic

str

ips,

cal

-en

dars

, gam

es, m

odel

s of

hou

ses,

fur

nish

ings

, cos

tum

es, d

olls

, TV

all h

elp

in a

s.oc

iatin

g ob

ject

or

actio

n di

rect

ly w

ith th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge w

ord

c on

cept

.In

the

audi

o-lin

gual

app

roac

h m

any

of th

ese

aids

exp

edite

the

wor

k of

;he

teac

her

cons

ider

ably

. We

shal

l con

side

r ju

st a

few

of

the

poss

ibili

ties

to f

ive

the

lang

uage

teac

her

an id

ea o

f w

hat c

an b

e do

ne w

ith th

em.

1. T

here

is th

e us

ual p

ictu

re o

r fl

ashc

ard

used

pri

mar

ily f

or c

uing

voc

abu-

lary

item

s or

pat

tern

dri

lls.

2. A

noth

er k

ind

of p

ictu

re s

how

s a

scen

e or

an

actio

n. T

here

are

bea

utif

ulw

all p

ictu

res

and

film

stri

ps o

n th

e m

arke

t whi

ch in

corp

orat

esc

enes

ypi

cal

of th

e w

ay o

f lif

e in

the

fore

ign

cultu

re. T

hese

pic

ture

sca

n ex

pedi

te th

e, le

arn-

ing

of v

erbs

and

hel

p de

velo

p a

topi

cal v

ocab

ular

y. T

hese

pic

ture

sar

e i a

luab

leal

so in

pre

sent

ing

voca

bula

ry a

nd s

truc

ture

s al

read

y le

arne

d,or

to b

e le

arne

d,in

mea

ning

ful s

ituat

ions

and

can

be

of g

reat

hel

p in

test

ing

and

revi

ewin

i,.3.

The

re a

re p

icto

rial

aid

s w

hich

rep

rese

nt a

sen

tenc

e or

a s

truc

ture

. Lin

-gu

istic

ally

thes

e ar

e of

con

side

rabl

e va

lue.

The

y ca

nco

nvey

the

exac

t mea

ning

of a

sen

tenc

e su

ch a

s: "

Der

Man

n tr

inkt

ein

e T

asse

Kaf

fee"

; "E

l hom

bre

tom

aun

a ta

za d

e ca

fe":

"L

'hom

me

bolt

une

tass

e de

caf

e"; b

y po

rtra

ying

a m

andr

inki

ng a

cup

of

coff

ee. T

here

are

lang

uage

mat

eria

ls o

n th

e m

arke

t whi

chsk

illfu

lly u

se s

tick

figu

res

for

this

pur

pose

. An

exte

nsio

n of

this

type

of

pic-

tori

al a

id c

ombi

nes

the

indi

vidu

al s

truc

ture

with

a s

ingl

e pi

ctur

e. 7

'he

aid

does

not c

onve

y th

e ex

act m

eani

ng o

f th

e st

ruct

ure,

onl

y re

info

rces

it 'a

nd b

ecom

esth

e cu

e fo

r re

calli

ng th

at p

artic

ular

str

uctu

re.

4. P

icto

rial

aid

s ca

n se

rve

to te

ach

a le

xica

l con

cept

or

a la

ngua

ge p

atte

rnw

hich

is d

iffi

cult

to le

arn

beca

use

of th

e in

terf

eren

ce c

omin

g fr

om E

nglis

hsp

eech

hab

its. F

or e

xam

ple,

pic

tori

al a

ids

can

uniq

uely

illu

stra

te th

e di

ffer

ence

betw

een

"Ihm

ist w

arm

," a

nd "

Das

Bro

t ist

nos

h w

arm

." L

ine

grap

hs w

hich

illus

trat

e th

e m

eani

ng o

f di

ffer

ent t

ense

s, s

uch

as th

e im

perf

ect a

nd p

rete

rit

tens

es in

Spa

nish

and

Fre

nch,

or

the

aspe

cts

of th

e R

ussi

an v

erb

can

be o

f co

n-si

dera

ble

help

.5.

A p

icto

rial

aid

whi

ch b

lock

s se

nten

ce p

atte

rns

can

help

stu

dent

s be

tter

deve

lop

thei

r po

wer

s of

dis

crim

inat

ion

and

gene

raliz

atio

n at

the

mor

e ad

-va

nced

sta

ges

of la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng. E

xam

ples

of

the

sam

e pa

ttern

are

pre-

sent

ed to

the

stud

ent i

n su

ch a

man

ner

that

the

elem

ents

whi

ch f

ulfi

ll id

entic

alfu

nctio

ns in

the

patte

rn a

re li

ned

up v

ertic

ally

and

put

into

the

sam

e sl

ot in

the

stru

ctur

al f

ram

e. S

ome

rece

nt la

ngua

ge m

ater

ials

for

the

clas

sroo

m d

o th

is e

f-fe

ctiv

ely

in th

eir

prac

tice

sect

ions

, esp

ecia

lly in

rep

lace

men

t dri

lls, a

nd th

eir

sect

ions

on

gene

raliz

atio

ns a

bout

pat

tern

s. T

hese

met

hods

are

mor

e ef

fect

ive

than

a g

ram

mat

ical

exp

lana

tion

in h

elpi

ng th

e st

uden

tse

e th

e si

mila

ritie

s an

ddi

ffer

ence

s be

twee

n pa

ttern

s an

d gr

amm

atic

al w

ord

clas

ses.

6. T

here

are

pic

tori

al c

hart

s w

hich

are

use

d to

illu

stra

te a

gra

mm

atic

alca

te-

gory

suc

h as

a c

hart

whi

ch s

how

s va

riou

s si

tuat

ions

illu

stra

ting

the

uses

of

the

verb

est

ar, o

r th

e te

ache

r ca

n co

nstr

uct a

cha

rt il

lust

ratin

g th

e im

port

ant v

erbs

whi

ch ta

ke d

irec

t obj

ects

in G

erm

an, w

here

as th

e E

nglis

h co

unte

rpar

t tak

e a

prep

ositi

onal

obj

ect.

Such

a c

hart

:nig

ht s

how

a p

ictu

re o

f a

child

look

ing

for

his

toy

"Das

Kin

d su

cht s

ein

Spie

izeu

g."

Such

pic

tori

al c

hart

s m

entio

ned

abov

e ha

ve p

roba

bly

the

mos

t im

med

iate

appl

icat

ion

to li

ngui

stic

teac

hing

, for

it is

this

type

of

char

t tha

t can

be

used

mos

t eff

ectiv

ely

in th

e ba

sic

drill

tech

niqu

es o

f su

bstit

utio

n an

d tr

ansf

orm

atio

n.A

cha

rt o

r se

ries

of

pict

ures

sho

win

g se

vera

l obj

ects

or

pers

ons

can

prov

ide

the

noun

s to

be

subs

titut

ed in

a p

atte

rn. T

he te

ache

r pr

ovid

es th

e pa

ttern

to b

egr

illed

, and

mer

ely

by p

oint

ing

to d

iffe

rent

pic

ture

s he

elic

its r

espo

nses

pro

-vi

ding

the

subs

titut

ion

item

s.E

ven

mor

e us

eful

for

pat

tern

dri

lls is

the

char

t whi

ch is

com

pose

d of

ase

ries

of

actio

n pi

ctur

es. T

he s

tude

nt le

arns

the

basi

c se

nten

ce w

hich

des

crib

esea

ch a

ctio

n ta

king

pla

ce o

n th

e ch

art.

Onc

e ea

ch s

ente

nce

has

been

lear

ned

and

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

e pi

ctur

e, th

e la

tter

beco

mes

the

cue

for

trig

geri

ng s

tu-

dent

res

pons

es. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

basi

c se

nten

ces

may

be

tran

sfor

med

into

diff

eren

t ten

ses.

By

poin

ting

to th

e pi

ctur

e an

d us

ing

a w

ord

like

gest

ern,

man

-an

a, h

ier,

the

teac

her

drill

s th

e cl

ass

to r

espo

nd w

ith th

e co

rrec

t ten

se. T

hete

ache

r m

ay a

sk th

e cl

ass

or in

divi

dual

stu

dent

s to

sub

stitu

te d

iffe

rent

sub

ject

sin

the

actio

ns o

f th

e ch

art.

The

bas

ic s

ente

nces

may

be

nega

tive

or tr

ansf

orm

edin

to q

uest

ions

; nou

ns c

an b

e re

plac

ed b

y pr

onou

ns; q

uest

ions

may

be

aske

dab

out t

he s

ubje

cts,

the

obje

cts,

or

the

actio

ns.

Met

hodo

logi

cally

, pic

tori

al a

ids

have

imm

ense

val

ue in

for

eign

lang

uage

lear

ning

. The

re a

re f

ilm c

ours

es to

day

whi

ch c

ombi

ne s

ucce

ssfu

lly th

e sh

owin

gof

the

cultu

ral a

spec

ts o

f th

e co

untr

y w

ith th

e te

achi

ng o

f th

e lin

guis

tic p

at-

term

s ex

pres

sing

this

cul

ture

. .le

pad

e fr

anfa

is. P

ar lo

ns f

ranf

ais,

La

Fam

ilia

Fern

ande

z.

Indi

vidu

al D

iffe

renc

esT

he s

tric

tly li

mite

d an

d hi

ghly

str

uctu

red

elem

enta

ry le

vel i

n au

dio-

lingu

alin

stru

ctio

n do

es n

ot a

llow

for

muc

h di

ffer

entia

tion

amon

g st

uden

ts. T

he li

m-

itatio

n on

voc

abul

ary,

the

mul

titud

inou

s dr

ills

and

prac

tice

exer

cise

s te

nd to

-w

ard

conf

orm

ity r

athe

r th

an d

iffe

rent

iatio

n. B

ut s

tude

nts

have

thei

r ow

n in

-di

vidu

al r

ates

of

lear

ning

that

will

sho

w u

p at

the

late

r le

vels

in a

n ev

er in

-cr

easi

ng s

prea

d in

ach

ieve

men

t. Pe

rson

ality

trai

ts c

an c

ause

dif

fere

nces

inle

arni

ng. A

nat

ural

ly q

uiet

per

son,

one

who

doe

s no

t lik

e to

per

form

bef

ore

peer

s, w

ill n

ot d

o as

wel

l in

oral

wor

k as

the

garr

ulou

s ty

pe, a

lthou

gh f

unda

-m

enta

lly th

e fo

rmer

may

com

man

d th

e la

ngua

ge a

s w

ell,

if n

ot b

ette

r th

an, t

hela

tter.

Som

e st

uden

ts w

ill d

o ex

trem

ely

wel

l in

the

liste

ning

and

/or

read

ing

skill

s. I

t is

up to

the

teac

her

to g

ive

the

stud

ents

eve

ry o

ppor

tuni

ty to

go

as f

ast

as th

ey c

an in

thos

e sk

ills

they

per

form

wel

l, w

ithou

t alto

geth

er n

egle

ctin

g th

esk

ills

they

nee

d pr

actic

e in

. A g

ood

teac

her

is o

ne w

ho f

oste

rs th

ese

indi

vidu

aldi

ffer

ence

s by

bri

ngin

g al

ong

the

slow

lear

ner

and

spee

ding

up

thos

e w

ho s

eem

to h

ave

no li

mit

to th

eir

lear

ning

cap

aciti

es. H

is c

lass

room

will

look

like

am

inia

ture

libr

ary

of b

ooks

and

tape

s to

take

car

e of

the

spec

ial a

nd in

divi

dual

need

s of

his

stu

dent

s.A

t the

beg

inni

ng o

f th

e in

term

edia

te le

vel a

nd e

ven

the

adva

nced

leve

l som

est

uden

ts w

ithin

the

clas

s w

ill h

ave

com

e fr

om a

noth

er s

choo

l usi

ng d

iffe

rent

mat

eria

ls a

nd a

ccus

tom

ed to

pro

cedu

res

quite

dif

fere

nt f

rom

thos

e us

ed in

the

24

audi

o lin

gual

app

roac

h. S

ome

will

hav

e lit

tle a

ural

-of

fal c

ompe

tenc

e an

d fu

nc-

tiona

l con

trol

of

the

stru

ctur

es. R

ev; ;

w ta

pes

or r

ecor

ds p

ract

iced

in a

n ex

tra

hour

or

spec

ial s

tudy

per

iod

assi

gnm

ent c

an g

o a

long

way

tow

ard

help

ing

thes

e st

uden

ts.

At t

hese

leve

ls th

ere

shou

ld a

lway

s be

an

exte

nsiv

e re

view

the

firs

t few

wee

ksof

the

new

aca

dem

ic y

ear.

Any

goo

d te

xtbo

ok s

houl

d ha

ve in

the

firs

t few

les-

sons

bui

lt in

rev

iew

s of

the

mat

eria

ls le

arne

d at

the

prev

ious

leve

ls. T

he la

n-gu

age

labo

rato

ry s

essi

ons

can

play

an

impo

rtan

t rol

e fo

r re

view

ing

prev

ious

mat

eria

ls in

the

firs

t mon

th b

ack

at s

choo

l. It

may

be

wel

l to

at le

ast r

evie

w th

edi

alog

ues,

or

go th

roug

h so

me

of th

e m

ore

chal

leng

ing

drill

s of

the

prev

ious

year

.

Hom

ewor

kH

omew

ork

shou

ld n

ot b

e th

ough

t of

as s

omet

hing

to g

ive

stud

ents

to k

eep

them

bus

y af

ter

scho

ol o

r in

the

even

ing.

A h

ome

task

sho

uld

rein

forc

e th

e ne

wle

arni

ng w

hich

goe

s on

in c

lass

room

and

labo

rato

ry. T

he te

ache

r sh

ould

at-

tem

pt to

tie

in a

ny e

xper

ienc

es w

ith th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge w

hich

can

occ

ur o

ut-

side

the

clas

sroo

m a

fter

sch

ool h

ours

. To

do th

is th

e te

ache

r m

ust k

now

the

com

mun

ity r

esou

rces

whi

ch h

e ca

n us

e; h

e sh

ould

be

aler

t to

com

mer

cial

TV

prog

ram

s an

d ed

ucat

iona

l TV

lang

uage

pro

gram

s of

fere

d to

the

publ

ic in

the

even

ings

. The

se a

ctiv

ities

are

oft

en a

sou

rce

of e

nric

hmen

t and

rei

nfor

cem

ent.

Ass

ignm

ents

sho

uld

be f

lexi

ble

enou

gh to

pro

vide

for

indi

vidu

al d

iffe

renc

es,

espe

cial

ly a

t the

inte

rmed

iate

and

adv

ance

d le

vels

. Dir

ectio

ns s

houl

d be

cle

aran

d de

fini

te a

nd a

ssig

nmen

ts s

houl

d be

with

in th

e ca

paci

ties

of th

e st

uden

ts to

do w

ithin

a r

easo

nabl

e pe

riod

of

time.

On

the

aver

age,

a h

ome

task

sho

uld

neve

r ex

ceed

a th

irty

-fiv

e m

inut

e lim

it. S

tude

nts

do ta

ke o

ther

sub

ject

s to

whi

chso

me

time

mus

t be

devo

ted

afte

r sc

hool

. Stu

dent

s sh

ould

als

o be

enc

oura

ged

to d

o th

eir

fore

ign

lang

uage

hom

ewor

k as

the

last

stu

dy a

ctiv

ity o

f th

e da

y, a

ndth

ey s

houl

d be

enc

oura

ged

to r

evie

w f

or te

n m

inut

es o

r so

in th

e m

orni

ng.

At f

irst

, hom

e w

ork

assi

gnm

ents

sho

uld

be g

iven

in E

nglis

h, b

ut la

ter

they

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge. I

t is

wel

l for

the

teac

her

to g

o th

roug

hth

e as

sign

men

t or

give

det

aile

d in

stru

ctio

ns w

ith a

few

exa

mpl

es. H

omew

ork

shou

ld a

lway

s hr

1.z

.cir

2d w

hen

it is

due

. If

read

ing

mat

eria

ls a

re a

ssig

ned

atth

e la

ter

St=

y:;.

.leig

n la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng, t

he te

ache

r sh

ould

hav

e ch

eck

shee

ts o

rw

ith tr

ue-f

alse

, mul

tiple

cho

ice

item

s, o

r qu

estio

ns to

be

answ

ere&

e th

e st

uden

ts h

ave

done

the

assi

gnm

ent a

nd c

ompr

ehen

ded

the

impo

t [au

nt it

ems

corr

ectly

. Thi

s is

ext

rem

ely

impo

rtan

t at t

he m

ore

ad-

vanc

ed le

vels

whe

n st

uden

ts a

re g

iven

ext

ensi

ve r

eadi

ng a

ssig

nmen

ts.

Pare

nts

of s

tude

nts

shou

ld b

e ur

ged

to h

ave

a ta

pe r

ecor

der

or a

pho

nogr

aph

in th

e ho

me.

Ora

l exe

rcis

es o

n ta

pes

or d

iscs

are

an

indi

spen

sibl

e ad

junc

t to

lang

uage

lear

ning

. The

new

lang

uage

mat

eria

ls h

ave

inex

pens

ive

sets

of

disc

sw

hich

the

stud

ent c

an b

uy o

r bo

rrow

fro

m th

e sc

hool

to ta

ke h

ome.

Whe

reve

rpo

ssib

le, t

he la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

sho

uld

be o

pen

befo

re a

nd a

fter

sch

ool a

nddu

ring

lunc

h ho

ur to

giv

e st

uden

ts th

e op

port

unity

to d

o th

is ty

pe o

f or

al h

ome-

wor

k. S

ome

libra

ries

hav

e lis

teni

ng f

acili

ties

whi

ch s

tude

nts

can

use.

In th

e fi

rst m

onth

s of

lang

uage

wor

k, h

omew

ork

shou

ld b

e co

nfin

ed o

nly

toth

ose

mat

eria

ls w

hich

hav

e be

en th

orou

ghly

lear

ned

oral

ly in

the

clas

sroo

man

d la

bora

tory

. Lat

er th

e st

uden

t can

cop

y th

ese

mat

eria

ls to

hel

p hi

m d

evel

opa

disc

rim

inat

ing

eye.

Wri

tten

drill

s ca

n be

ass

igne

d w

hich

req

uire

cha

nges

inw

ord

orde

r or

in f

orm

s. A

ny a

ssig

nmen

t is

a le

gitim

ate

one

prov

ided

it c

an b

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done

with

out d

ange

r of

wro

ng le

arni

ng, a

nd p

rovi

ded

it w

ill m

ake

a re

al c

on-

trib

utio

n to

cor

rect

lear

ning

.If

stu

dent

s ha

ve n

o ou

t-of

-cla

ss a

cces

s to

tape

rec

orde

rs o

r ph

onog

raph

s, th

efi

rst f

ew w

eeks

of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

cou

rse

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

over

to r

eadi

ngm

ater

ials

in E

nglis

h ab

out t

he c

ultu

re a

nd th

e la

ngua

ge. T

he f

orei

gn la

ngua

gete

ache

r sh

ould

cor

rela

te h

is w

ork

with

that

of

the

othe

r te

ache

rs in

the

othe

rdi

scip

lines

. Stu

dent

s ca

n re

ad a

tran

slat

ion

of s

ome

of th

e lit

erar

y w

orks

in a

nE

nglis

h cl

ass,

or

repo

rt o

n a

scie

ntis

t in

the

fore

ign

cultu

re f

or s

cien

ce c

lass

.T

he m

ore

fore

ign

lang

uage

is in

corp

orat

ed w

ith th

e to

tal l

earn

ing

situ

atio

n in

scho

ol, t

he b

ette

r. T

he li

brar

ian

and

the

lang

uage

teac

her

shou

ld d

evel

op li

sts

of r

eadi

ng m

ater

ials

in E

nglis

hbo

oks,

per

iodi

cals

, ref

eren

ce w

orks

. Thi

s lis

tca

n th

en b

e ha

nded

out

imm

edia

tely

dur

ing

the

firs

t cla

ss s

essi

on. A

sec

tion

of a

scho

ol li

brar

y ca

n be

dev

oted

to f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge m

ater

ials

.In

the

begi

nnin

g of

the

year

at t

he in

term

edia

te a

nd a

dvan

ced

leve

ls, r

evie

was

sign

men

ts m

ake

good

hom

ewor

k m

ater

ial.

Such

ass

ignm

ents

str

engt

hen

the

alre

ady

fam

iliar

pat

tern

s. W

orkb

ooks

con

tain

ing

drill

s an

d ex

erci

ses

shou

ldpl

ay a

maj

or r

ole

in h

omew

ork.

At t

he la

ter

elem

enta

ry le

vel a

nd th

e in

term

edi-

ate

leve

l sho

rt r

eadi

ng s

elec

ticns

whi

ch r

ewor

k th

e m

ater

ials

lear

ned

oral

ly,

follo

wed

by

wor

kshe

et a

ssig

nmen

ts, a

re b

enef

icia

l. A

t the

adv

ance

d le

vel b

ooks

and

artic

les

in m

agaz

ines

sho

uld

be a

ssig

ned

for

repo

rts

in c

lass

.If

the

stud

ents

hav

e ac

cess

to ta

pe r

ecor

ders

and

labo

rato

ries

, the

teac

her

can

assi

gn th

e st

uden

ts to

list

en to

a r

ecor

ding

by

nativ

e sp

eake

rs. M

any

Pen

and

Tap

e Pa

l act

iviti

es c

an b

e ho

me

task

s. S

omet

imes

a s

tude

nt w

ants

to s

hare

with

his

pee

rs th

e ta

pe h

is ta

pe p

al h

as s

ent h

im. A

ctiv

ities

suc

h as

pre

pari

ngth

e le

tter,

the

tape

, get

ting

read

y to

rep

ort o

n w

hat t

his

frie

nd in

the

fore

ign

cultu

re is

doi

ng, c

an b

e pa

rt o

f a

hom

ewor

k si

tuat

ion

and

be d

iscu

ssed

in c

lass

the

next

day

.T

hese

sug

gest

ions

are

giv

en o

nly

to s

timul

ate

the

teac

her

to th

ink

abou

t oth

erw

orth

whi

le h

ome

task

s w

hich

do

not b

ecom

e a

bore

to th

e st

uden

ts a

ndar

e in

keep

ing

with

the

new

app

roac

h.

Cha

pter

IV

CO

UR

SES

OF

STU

DY

Intr

oduc

tion

Man

y ty

pes

of f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge p

rogr

ams,

som

e of

them

exp

erim

enta

l in

natu

re, a

re d

evel

opin

g in

the

scho

ols.

A s

choo

l sys

tem

fac

es th

e pr

oble

m o

fch

oosi

ng a

nd w

orki

ng w

ith a

pro

gram

app

ropr

iate

to it

s lo

cal r

esou

rces

. In

the

stat

e of

Min

neso

ta th

ere

is a

gro

win

g tr

end

to in

trod

uce

a m

odem

lang

uage

at

the

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l lev

el, g

rade

s 4-

12, a

nd a

t the

juni

or h

igh

su;n

ool

grad

es 7

-12.

Som

e sc

hool

s ar

e m

ovin

g in

to th

e fo

ur-y

ear

sequ

ence

, gra

des

9-12

and

man

y ar

e ju

st b

egin

ning

to m

ake

a th

ree-

year

cou

rse,

gra

des

10-1

2,av

aila

ble

to th

eir

stud

ents

.W

ith th

is v

arie

ty o

f se

quen

ces

a se

riou

s pr

oble

m o

f ar

ticul

atio

n ex

ists

, 1)

be-

twee

n le

vels

with

in a

giv

en s

eque

nce,

2)

betw

een

sequ

ence

s, a

nd 3

) in

inte

-gr

atin

g di

ffer

ent s

eque

nces

at t

he m

ore

adva

nced

leve

ls. I

n an

atte

mpt

to h

elp

alle

viat

e th

ese

prob

lem

s th

ree

cour

se; o

f st

udy

are

sugg

este

d: th

e fi

rst d

esig

ned

for

grad

es 4

thro

ugh

12se

quen

ce A

, the

sec

ond

for

grad

es 7

thro

ugh

12se

quen

ce B

, and

the

thir

d fo

r gr

ades

9 th

roug

h 12

with

its

mod

ifie

dfo

rm f

orgr

ades

10

thro

ugh

12se

quen

ce C

. Seq

uenc

e A

, the

nin

e ye

ar p

rogr

am is

de-

sign

ed to

beg

in in

gra

de 4

bec

ause

mos

t mat

eria

ls p

rese

ntly

ava

ilabl

e fo

r el

e-m

enta

ry s

choo

l pro

gram

s ar

e in

tend

ed f

or a

beg

inni

ng a

t thi

s gr

ade

leve

l. Se

-qu

ence

A a

llow

s a

stud

ent t

o ob

tFin

a r

eal l

angu

age

prof

icie

ncy

base

d on

an

in-

tuiti

ve u

nder

stan

ding

of

the

cultu

re. S

uch

cultu

ral u

nder

stan

ding

and

ling

uist

icpr

ofic

ienc

y ca

n on

ly b

e de

velo

ped

thro

ugh

long

sys

tem

atic

exp

osur

e. S

eque

nce

A a

lso

allo

ws

a st

uden

t the

opp

ortu

nity

to b

egin

a s

econ

d m

oder

n la

ngua

gela

ter

in h

is s

econ

dary

sch

ool c

aree

r. S

eque

nce

B, g

rade

s 7-

12, p

rovi

des

a st

u-de

nt w

ith a

goo

d fo

unda

ticn

in a

mod

ern

lang

uage

. Seq

uenc

e C

, gra

des

9-12

,an

d its

mod

ifie

d fo

rm, g

rade

s 10

-12,

will

giv

e th

e st

uden

t the

nec

essa

ry f

unda

-m

enta

l ski

lls.

Sugg

este

d Se

quen

ces

In F

orei

gn L

angu

age

Inst

ruct

ion

The

cha

rt b

elow

sug

gest

s th

e tim

e re

quir

ed f

or e

ach

leve

l of

the

sequ

ence

san

d a

list o

f th

e de

sire

d go

als

for

each

seq

uenc

e. T

hese

goa

ls c

an b

e ac

hiev

edun

der

optim

um c

ondi

tions

. If

it is

nec

essa

ry f

or a

sch

ool s

yste

m to

adj

ust t

ime

allo

tmen

ts, r

esul

ts w

ill v

ary.

Out

com

es w

ill b

e te

mpe

red,

als

o, b

y th

e co

m-

pete

nce

and

enth

usia

sm o

f th

e te

ache

r. A

ll st

uden

ts w

ill n

ot a

chie

ve th

ese

goal

sto

the

sam

e de

gree

. The

ir c

ompe

tenc

e w

ill b

e de

term

ined

par

tly b

y th

eir

in-

tere

st, c

apab

ilitie

s, a

nd e

nvir

onm

ent.

The

tale

nted

stu

dent

with

a c

ompe

tent

teac

her

shou

ld b

e ab

le to

atta

in m

axim

um p

erfo

rman

ce a

nd u

nder

stan

ding

.It

is im

port

ant t

o cl

arif

y th

e m

eani

ng o

f "l

evel

." L

evel

I is

not

nec

essa

rily

iden

tifie

d w

ith th

e el

emen

tary

pro

gram

. Lev

el I

can

occ

ur a

t any

tim

e in

the

lear

ner's

exp

erie

nce,

whe

ther

he

is a

pre

-sch

ool c

hild

beg

inni

ng to

lear

n th

e la

n-gu

age

or a

n ad

ult.

How

ever

, Lev

elI

in o

ne s

eque

nce

cann

ot b

e ex

actly

equ

ated

with

Lev

el I

in a

noth

er s

eque

nce.

We

mus

t alw

ays

rega

rd th

e m

atur

ity a

nd in

-

27

divi

dual

inte

rest

s of

the

lear

ner;

we

also

mus

t con

side

r w

heth

er o

r no

t he

has

had

anot

her

fore

ign

lang

uage

. But

we

mus

t alw

ays

real

ize

that

if th

e le

arne

r ha

sha

d no

pre

viou

s ex

peri

ence

with

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

in q

uest

ion,

he

is o

n th

epr

imar

y le

vel.

The

lear

ner

arri

ves

at th

e m

ore

adva

nced

leve

ls w

hen

he c

an c

omm

unic

ate

wel

l eno

ugh

to b

e un

ders

tood

by

the

nativ

e sp

eake

r. E

xper

ienc

e in

the

past

,ho

wev

er, h

as s

how

n th

at m

any

stud

ents

hav

e ne

ver

reac

hed

this

leve

l. T

here

-fo

re, t

each

ers

and

adm

inis

trat

ors

shou

ld c

onsi

der

seri

ousl

y th

e ad

vant

age

ofSe

quen

ce A

. The

stu

dent

in S

eque

nce

A w

ill c

ompl

ete

the

elem

enta

ry s

tage

s of

lang

uage

lear

ning

bef

ore

he r

each

es th

e se

cond

ary

scho

ol a

nd w

ill b

e ab

le to

ac-

quir

e a

prof

icie

ncy

whi

ch w

as n

ever

bef

ore

poss

ible

. Ano

ther

adv

anta

ge o

f fo

l-lo

win

g Se

quen

ce A

is th

at th

e st

uden

t can

sta

rt a

noth

er la

ngua

ge, f

or e

xam

ple,

Sequ

ence

C ,

whi

ch h

e ca

n le

arn

mor

e ef

fici

ently

bec

ause

he

is a

lrea

dy a

c-qu

aint

ed w

ith th

e te

chni

que

of la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng.

SEQ

UE

NC

E A

The

Nin

e-Y

ear

Prog

ram

LE

VE

LG

RA

DE

I4,

5,6

II

III

IV V VI

7, 8

9 10 11 12

Mon

day

Tue

sday

Wee

k 1

ML

Wee

k 2

SM

LM

LM

oder

n L

angu

age

Aft

er n

ine

year

s in

this

uni

nter

rupt

edtio

ns, t

he s

tude

nt s

houl

d be

abl

e to

:

TIM

E15

-30

min

utes

a d

ay5

days

a w

eek

1/2

hour

dai

ly45

-50

min

utes

, 3 d

ays

a w

eek

*1

peri

od5

days

a w

eek

1 pe

riod

S da

ys a

wze

k1

peri

od5

days

a w

eek

**1

peri

od5

days

a w

eek

Wed

nesd

ayT

hurs

day

Frid

ayM

LS

ML

SM

LS

Ano

ther

Sub

ject

sequ

ence

, and

und

er o

ptim

um c

ondi

-

* O

n th

e ba

sis

of a

two-

wee

k bl

ock,

som

e sc

hool

s w

ill a

ltern

ate

the

mod

-em

lang

uage

cla

ss w

ith a

noth

er s

ubje

ct:

** A

t the

V a

nd V

I L

evel

s sc

hool

s ca

n re

duce

the

num

ber

of c

lass

hou

rsan

d op

erat

e in

the

sam

e m

anne

r as

und

er L

evel

IL

1) C

omm

unic

ate

effe

ctiv

ely

on to

pics

of

gene

rali

nter

est i

n hi

s ow

n an

d in

the

fore

ign

cultu

re.

2) S

peak

with

acc

urat

epr

onun

ciat

ion

and

into

natio

n.3)

Rea

d ea

sily

and

with

unde

rsta

ndin

g, m

agaz

ines

, new

spap

ers,

and

book

s re

ad

by th

e av

erag

e st

uden

tof

his

age

in th

e fo

reig

ncu

lture

.

4) H

ave

a tr

uecr

oss-

cultu

ral i

nsig

ht th

roug

hlo

ng-c

ontin

ued

expo

sure

to th

e

fore

ign

cultu

re.

5) B

e ab

le to

tran

spos

ew

ith a

fee

ling

for

corr

ect

inte

rpre

tatio

n fr

om o

ne la

n-

guag

e to

the

othe

r, m

ater

ial w

ithin

the

scop

eof

his

kno

wle

dge

and

expe

ri-

ence

.6)

Pro

gres

s in

to a

dvan

ced

wor

k on

syn

tax,

com

posi

tion,

and

mat

ure

liter

atur

e

on th

e ba

sis

of a

soun

d ba

sic

know

ledg

e of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

and

cul

ture

.

SEQ

UE

NC

E B

The

Six

-Yea

r-Pr

ogra

mL

EV

EL

I

GR

AD

E7,

8

9 10 11 12

TIM

E1

peri

od4

or 5

day

s a

wee

k

II1

peri

od5

days

a w

eek

III

1 pe

riod

5 da

ys a

wee

k

Iv1

peri

od5

days

a w

eek

V1

peri

od5

days

a w

eek

*

Six

year

s in

this

unin

terr

upte

d se

quen

ce s

houl

dpr

oduc

e, u

nder

opt

imum

cond

ition

s a

stud

ent w

ho c

an:

1) C

omm

unic

ate

with

eas

e in

eve

ryda

ysi

tuat

ions

2) S

peak

with

apr

onun

ciat

ion

and

into

natio

nre

adily

und

erst

anda

ble

byna

tive

spea

kers

3) G

rasp

dir

ectly

the

mea

ning

of

sim

ple,

non-

tech

nica

l pro

se

* Se

e Se

quen

ce A

,N

ote

** u

nder

Lev

els

Van

d V

I, a

bove

.

4) U

nder

stan

d cr

oss-

cultu

rald

iffe

renc

es5)

Tra

nspo

se c

orre

ctly

fro

m o

nela

ngua

ge to

ano

ther

mat

eria

ls w

ithin

the

scop

e of

his

kno

wle

dge

6) P

rogr

ess

into

adv

ance

dw

ork

in c

onve

rsat

ion,

com

posi

tion,

syn

tax,

and

cul-

ture

SEQ

UE

NC

E C

1T

he F

our-

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m

SEQ

UE

NC

E C

o

The

Thr

ee-Y

ear

Prog

ram

LE

VE

LG

RA

DE

TIM

EL

EV

EL

GR

AD

ET

IME

I9

1 pe

riod

I10

1 pe

riod

5 da

ys a

wee

k5

days

a w

eek

101

peri

odII

111

peri

od5

days

a w

eek

5 da

ys a

wee

k

III

111

peri

odII

i12

1 pe

riod

5 da

ys a

wee

k5

days

a w

eek

IV

12

1 pe

riod

5 da

ys a

wee

k

28

The

stu

dent

who

, und

erop

timum

cond

ition

s, h

as f

ollo

wed

this

four

-ye

ar p

rogr

am s

houl

d:1)

Und

erst

and

and

use

flue

ntly

com

-m

on e

xpre

ssio

nsin

the

mod

ern

lang

uage

2) S

peak

with

apr

onun

ciat

ion

and

into

natio

n w

hich

can

be

unde

r-st

ood

by n

ativ

e sp

eake

rs3)

Gra

sp d

irec

tly th

em

eani

ng o

fsi

mpl

e pr

ose

4) B

e aw

are

of c

ross

-cul

tura

ldi

f-fe

renc

es5)

Hav

e fu

ndam

enta

l ski

lls n

eces

-sa

ry f

or a

bro

ader

,de

eper

stu

dyth

e la

ngua

ge

Aft

er th

e th

ree-

year

seq

uenc

e th

e st

u-de

nt s

houl

d:

1) U

nder

stan

d an

d us

e co

mi o

n ex

-pr

essi

ons

in th

e m

oder

n la

ngua

ge

2) H

ave

a co

mm

and

of th

eba

sic

soun

d pa

ttern

s of

the

mod

ern

lan-

guag

e3)

Rea

d gr

aded

text

book

mat

eria

lw

ith v

ocab

ular

y he

lp4)

Be

awar

e of

cro

ss-c

ultu

ral d

if-

fere

nces

in li

mite

d ar

eas

5) B

e fa

mili

ar w

ith th

e ba

sic

stru

c-tu

res

of th

e m

oder

n la

ngua

ge

TH

E N

INE

YE

AR

PR

OG

RA

M

Sequ

ence

AT

he N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m f

or G

rade

s Fo

ur T

hrou

gh T

wel

veA

nin

e ye

ar p

rogr

am p

rovi

des

an e

arly

sta

rt in

lang

uage

stu

dy a

nd th

epu

pil

has

an o

ppor

tuni

ty to

rea

ch a

sta

te o

f pr

ofic

ienc

y in

a f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge.

Thi

spl

an a

lso

offe

rs th

e pu

pil a

n op

port

unity

to s

tudy

mor

e th

an o

ne f

orei

gnla

n-gu

age

duri

ng h

is s

choo

l yea

rs. B

egin

ning

his

stu

dyea

rly

capi

taliz

es o

n th

eab

ility

of

the

youn

g ch

ild to

und

erst

and

and

imita

te th

e or

al p

hase

of

a la

ngua

gew

ith le

ss d

iffi

culty

than

the

mor

e m

atur

e le

arne

r. T

he s

tudy

of

a fo

reig

n la

n-gu

age

shou

ld b

e a

cum

ulat

ive

and

prog

ress

ive

expe

rien

ce w

hich

is a

n in

tegr

alpa

rt o

f th

e ch

ild's

stu

dy o

f la

ngua

ge f

or c

omm

unic

atio

n.A

long

seq

uenc

e pr

o-vi

des

the

child

with

eff

ectiv

e to

ols

of c

omm

unic

atio

nlis

teni

ng, s

peak

ing,

read

ing,

and

wri

ting.

A c

ontin

uous

exp

erie

nce

with

the

cultu

ral a

spec

ts o

f a

fore

ign

coun

try

gain

ed th

roug

h la

ngua

ge e

nabl

es th

e pu

pil t

o m

atur

ew

ith a

mor

e co

mpl

ete

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

oth

erpe

ople

s.A

con

tinuo

us e

xper

ienc

e w

ith a

for

eign

lang

uage

impl

ies

anun

inte

rrup

ted

stud

y of

the

sam

e la

ngua

ge th

roug

h al

l nin

e ye

ars.

Unl

ess

prov

isio

n is

mad

e to

cont

inue

the

stud

y of

the

lang

uage

at t

he ju

nior

and

sen

ior

high

sch

ooll

evel

s,th

e va

lue

of a

n el

emen

tary

sch

ool p

rogr

am is

dou

btfu

l.4 T

he s

tude

ntw

ho h

aspr

ogre

ssed

thro

ugh

lang

uage

stu

dy in

the

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l mus

tbe

pla

ced

ina

juni

or h

igh

scho

ol p

rogr

am w

hich

wou

ld c

ontin

ue f

rom

whe

re th

e ch

ildre

nle

ft o

ff in

the

sixt

h gr

ade.

The

se c

hild

ren

cann

ot b

e pl

aced

in a

begi

nnin

g se

v-en

th g

rade

cla

ss.

The

fol

low

ing

sect

ions

dis

cuss

pos

sibl

e ob

ject

ives

, con

tent

, tec

hniq

ues,

and

mat

eria

ls w

hich

can

be

used

in th

is p

rogr

am. T

he s

eque

nce

has

thre

e m

ain

di-

visi

ons:

Gra

des

4, 5

, 6; G

rade

s 7,

8, 9

, and

Gra

des

10, 1

1, 1

2.

Lev

el I

Sequ

ence

AT

he E

lem

enta

ry S

choo

l Chi

ld A

s A

Lan

guag

e L

earn

erA

ccor

ding

to th

e fa

med

neu

rolo

gist

, Wild

er P

enfi

eld,

if o

ne w

ere

tose

lect

the

idea

l tim

e fo

r a

child

to b

egin

to le

arn

a fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge,t

hat t

ime

wou

ldbe

bet

wee

n th

e ag

es o

f fo

ur a

nd te

n. P

enfi

eld

says

that

the

youn

g ch

ild h

as a

rem

arka

bly

flex

ible

spe

ech

mec

hani

sm a

nd a

spe

cial

cap

acity

for

lear

ning

lan-

guag

e, a

n ab

ility

that

dec

reas

es w

ith th

e pa

ssag

eof

yea

rs. C

anac

4 fo

r im

itatio

nis

max

imum

bet

wee

n fo

ur a

nd e

ight

.B

etw

een

the

ages

of

six

and

eigh

t the

nor

mal

chi

ld h

as f

crm

ed h

is n

ativ

esp

eech

hab

its c

ompl

etel

y. R

apid

voc

abul

ary

acqu

isiti

on in

the

nativ

ela

ngua

gebe

gins

at a

ge s

ix a

nd is

acc

eler

ated

aft

er a

ge n

ine.

Lea

rnin

g of

voc

abul

ary

pro-

' Acc

ordi

ng to

Ges

ell a

nd E

g, v

alue

s ot

her

than

ling

uist

ic w

hich

are

gai

ned

in e

arly

fore

ign

lang

uage

lear

ning

are

not

lost

whe

n st

udy

is d

isco

ntin

ued.

Ges

ell,

Arn

old,

and

Fran

ces

Ilg.

The

Chi

ld f

rom

Fiv

e to

Ten

. Har

per,

194

6. G

esel

l, A

rnol

d, a

nd F

ranc

es11

g. Y

outh

: The

Yea

rs f

rom

Ten

to S

ixte

en. H

arpe

r, 1

956.

29

ceed

s ra

pidl

y on

ce th

e so

und

syst

em a

nd th

e gr

amm

ar a

ndsp

ellin

g sy

stem

s ar

em

aste

red.

The

se e

arly

lear

ning

s fo

rm f

ixed

hab

its a

nd a

ccen

tan

d us

age

stub

-bo

rnly

res

ist c

hang

e.L

earn

ing

his

own

lang

uage

has

a s

peci

al u

rgen

cy f

or th

e yo

ungs

ter

of th

isag

e fo

r it

satis

fies

his

unq

uenc

habl

ecu

rios

ity b

y un

lock

ing

secr

ets

of li

fe b

ypr

ovid

ing

him

with

a m

eans

of

satis

fyin

g hi

s w

ants

. Whe

n se

cond

lang

uage

lear

ning

pro

vide

s th

e sa

me

grat

ific

atio

n, it

can

be

sim

ilarl

y m

otiv

ated

.Sh

ould

a s

econ

d la

ngua

ge b

e in

trod

uced

in th

e ea

rly

year

s, th

ele

arni

ng c

anpr

ocee

d pa

ralle

l to

but s

epar

ate

from

the

firs

t lan

guag

e w

ith n

one

ed f

or tr

ans-

latio

n fr

om o

ne to

the

othe

r. I

deal

ly th

e se

cond

lang

uage

will

be

taug

ht b

y a

met

hod

whi

ch m

akes

it n

ot s

o m

uch

a su

bjec

t to

be s

tudi

ed b

ut th

e m

eans

toce

rtai

n en

ds, a

veh

icle

and

a w

ay o

f lif

e ju

st a

s th

e fi

rst l

angu

age

is.

Gen

eral

Pri

ncip

les

The

ele

men

tary

sch

ool f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge p

rogr

am s

houl

d be

bas

ed o

nth

ede

mon

stra

ted

capa

city

of

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l you

ngst

ers

to m

imic

for

eign

lan-

guag

e so

unds

with

acc

urac

y an

d gr

asp

the

stru

ctur

eof

the

lang

uage

, alm

ost i

n-tu

itive

ly. T

he in

stru

ctio

n sh

ould

aim

for

nea

r-na

tive

pron

unci

atio

n an

d in

tona

-tio

n ha

bits

. To

achi

eve

thes

e ha

bits

, pup

ils m

ust h

ave

an e

xcel

lent

mod

el.

Ifth

e cl

assr

oom

teac

her

hers

elf

cann

ot p

rovi

de th

at m

odel

, a p

erip

atet

ic s

pe-

cial

ist,

reco

rdin

gs, r

adio

or

tele

visi

on s

houl

d br

ing

nativ

e or

nea

r-na

tive

spee

chin

to th

e cl

assr

oom

.A

ural

com

preh

ensi

on o

f at

leas

t all

mat

eria

l whi

ch w

ill b

e us

ed u

ltim

atel

yin

conv

ersa

tion

prac

tice

is n

eces

sary

. The

re s

houl

d be

am

ple

oppo

rtun

ity f

or p

u-pi

ls to

hea

r a

vari

ety

of v

oice

s us

ing

the

expr

essi

ons

whi

ch m

ake

up th

e m

ate-

rial

to b

e le

arne

d. A

ural

com

preh

ensi

on is

an

impo

rtan

t ski

ll in

itse

lf. A

n op

-po

rtun

ity to

hea

r la

ngua

ge m

ust p

rece

de a

ny a

ttem

pt to

rep

rodu

ce it

ora

lly.

Som

e di

sagr

eem

ent s

eem

s to

rev

olve

aro

und

the

ques

tion

of h

ow m

uch

audi

opr

actic

e is

nec

essa

ry. O

ne e

xper

imen

tal p

rogr

am is

cur

rent

ly r

epor

ting

bene

-fi

cial

eff

ects

upo

n ot

her

skill

s fr

om a

n ex

tend

ed a

udio

per

iod.

Thi

s pr

ogra

m a

l-lo

ws

the

pupi

l to

begi

n to

spe

ak th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge w

hen

he f

eels

he

is r

eady

.

Obj

ectiv

es o

f th

e Fo

reig

n L

angu

age

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool.

Prog

ram

The

ele

men

tary

sch

ool f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge, F

LE

S, p

rogr

am is

par

t of

a lo

ngse

quen

ce o

f fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge s

tudy

and

as

such

figu

res

in th

e ac

hiev

emen

t of

gene

ral l

ong

rang

e ai

ms

of s

uch

stud

y. H

owev

er, i

t has

, as

wel

l, ra

ther

spe

cifi

cgo

als

whi

ch c

onsi

der

the

uniq

ue p

art t

he e

lem

enta

ry s

choo

l can

pla

y in

lan-

guag

e le

arni

ng. G

oals

of

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l for

eign

lang

uage

pro

gram

s ar

e th

efo

llow

ing:

Gen

eral

Obj

ectiv

es1.

Dev

elop

ing

posi

tive

attit

udes

tow

ard

fore

ign

lang

uage

lear

ning

and

to-

war

d pe

ople

who

spe

ak f

orei

gn la

ngua

ges.

2. B

egin

ning

wor

thw

hile

ling

uist

icle

arni

ngs

that

can

be

used

as

a ba

se f

or

furt

her

wor

k in

a lo

ng s

eque

nce

3. B

egin

ning

the

long

pro

cess

of

lear

ning

afo

reig

n cu

lture

thro

ugh

the

for-

eign

lang

uage

Spec

ial L

ingu

istic

Obj

ectiv

es1.

Mas

tery

of

the

soun

d sy

stem

of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

2. A

ural

com

preh

ensi

onof

a li

mite

d nu

mbe

rof

sen

tenc

e pa

ttern

s co

mm

on

to th

e la

ngua

ge,p

roba

bly

abou

t 400

3. M

emor

izat

ion

of b

etw

een

80 a

nd10

0 pe

rcen

t of

the

patte

rns

com

pre-

hend

ed a

nd a

bilit

y to

use

them

mea

ning

fully

as

talk

4. A

bilit

y to

rea

dap

prox

imat

ely

60 to

80

perc

ent o

f th

e pa

ttern

sco

mpr

e-

hend

ed5.

Com

man

d of

the

wri

ting

syst

em to

the

exte

nt th

at a

bout

60 to

80

perc

ent

of th

e m

ater

ial

mas

tere

d bo

th a

ural

lyan

d lin

gual

ly c

anbe

rep

rodu

ced

corr

ectly

spe

lled,

capi

taliz

ed, a

nd p

unct

uate

din

dic

tatio

n ex

erci

ses

and

in

sim

ple

dire

cted

wri

ting

activ

ities

6. W

ithin

the

gene

ralg

uide

lines

sta

ted

abov

eth

e te

ache

r w

illre

cogn

ize

and

prov

ide

for

indi

vidu

alin

tere

sts

and

lear

ning

rat

es

7. E

ach

unit

ofw

ork

will

acq

uain

tth

e pu

pil w

ithau

then

tic u

ttera

nces

built

into

situ

atio

nald

ialo

gues

or

song

s, p

oem

s, g

ames

,or

stor

ies

whi

ch w

ill g

ive

the

stud

ent a

n ev

erbe

tter

unde

rsta

ndin

gof

wha

t it m

eans

tobe

a c

hild

in a

for

eign

cou

ntry

Con

tent

of

the

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

e E

lem

enta

rySc

hool

Pro

gram

Mat

eria

l cho

sen

asth

e su

bjec

t mat

ter

for

elem

enta

ry f

orei

gnla

ngua

ge le

arn-

ing

mus

t be

inte

rest

ing

to th

e yo

ungs

ter

of e

lem

enta

ry s

choo

l age

.It

mus

t pro

-

vide

him

with

the

sam

est

rong

des

ire

for

lear

ning

the

seco

ndla

ngua

ge th

at h

e

feel

s fo

r th

e fi

rst.

The

lang

uage

cho

sen

for

elem

enta

ryfo

reig

n la

ngua

gele

arni

ng m

ust b

e au

-

then

tic a

nd w

orth

whi

le.So

meo

ne h

as s

aid

that

"I a

te"

is m

ore

ofte

nfo

llow

ed

by "

a pi

ece

ofpi

e" th

an "

you

ate,

""h

e at

e,"

and

so o

n.Y

et p

arad

igm

s ha

ve

play

ed a

larg

e pa

rtin

inst

ruct

iona

lpra

ctic

es o

f th

e pa

st.

Lea

rnin

g lo

ng li

sts

of

voca

bula

ry h

as a

lso

very

limite

d va

lue.

A w

ord

that

can

not b

e us

edin

an

ut-

tera

nce

is n

ext t

ous

eles

s. "

Das

ist e

ine

Nas

e" o

r "E

s un

aca

beza

" ar

e se

nten

ces

rare

ly u

sed

outs

ide

the

clas

sroo

m y

et m

any

fore

ign

lang

uage

cla

sses

have

spe

nt

inor

dina

te a

mou

nts

of ti

me

prac

ticin

gth

ese

expr

essi

ons.

Dia

logu

es

Dia

logu

es b

ased

on

situ

atio

ns w

ith w

hich

the

child

is f

amili

arpr

ovid

e ex

-

celle

nt m

ater

ial f

orpe

rfec

ting

audi

o-lin

gual

skill

s th

roug

hm

imic

ry-m

emor

iza-

tion

and

vari

atio

n.Si

tuat

ions

sui

tabl

efo

r us

e in

the

elem

enta

rysc

hool

are

:

The

Sch

ool

inci

dent

s de

alin

g w

ithle

arni

ng a

ctiv

ities

,cl

assr

oom

man

age-

men

t, ho

usek

eepi

ngch

ores

, and

scho

ol-c

onne

cted

out

-of-

clas

sact

iviti

es

The

Hom

eea

ting

one

of th

em

eals

, kee

ping

hou

se,

play

ing,

wat

chin

g te

le-

visi

on The

Com

mun

ityus

ing

publ

ictr

ansp

orta

tion,

sho

ppin

g,le

arni

ng a

bout

the

adul

t wor

ld a

t wor

k,as

king

dir

ectio

nsT

he I

ndiv

idua

lpr

actic

ing

good

hea

lthha

bits

, get

ting

up,

dres

sing

, enj

oy-

ing

hobb

ies

30

Soci

al L

ife

goin

g to

or

givi

ngpa

rtie

s, v

acat

ioni

ng,

trav

elin

g, e

njoy

ing

sea-

sona

l rec

reat

ion,

cele

brat

ing

holid

ays,

visi

ting

the

zoo

and

circ

us

Dia

logu

es u

sed

at th

ebe

ginn

ing

of L

evel

I w

ill b

e ve

rysh

ort.

Com

pone

nt

part

s of

dia

logu

em

ater

ial f

or a

typi

calu

nit w

ill b

e:

1. T

he b

asic

dia

logu

efo

r m

imic

ry-m

emor

izat

ion

2. T

he d

ialo

gue

adap

tatio

n or

var

iatio

nw

hich

mak

es m

inor

chan

ges

in th

e

basi

c di

alog

ue to

mak

eit

fit d

iffe

rent

situ

atio

ns

3. D

irec

ted

dial

ogue

sw

hich

ena

ble

the

teac

her

to e

licit

utte

ranc

esle

arne

d

from

bas

ic d

ialo

gues

4. R

espo

nse

drill

sw

hich

pro

vide

ast

imul

us s

tate

men

t or

ques

tion

calli

ng

for

a gi

ven

resp

onse

5. R

ecom

bina

tion

dial

ogue

s w

hich

re-

use

utte

ranc

es in

new

com

bina

tions

to

form

new

dia

logu

esSa

mpl

e D

ialo

gue

1st c

hild

: Hel

lo, w

hat's

you

rna

me?

2nd

child

: My

nam

eis

Joe

. And

you

rs?

1st c

hild

: My

nam

eis

Pet

er.

Sam

ple

Dia

logu

eA

dapt

atio

n1s

t chi

ld: H

ello

, wha

t's y

ourc

at's

nam

e?2n

d ch

ild: H

is n

ame

is P

utzi

. And

you

rca

t?

1st c

hild

: His

nam

eis

Max

.

Sam

ple

Dir

ecte

dD

ialo

gue

Tea

cher

: Ask

that

boy

wha

t his

nam

e is

.1s

t chi

ld: W

hat's

you

rnam

e?2n

d ch

ild: M

y na

me

isJo

e. A

nd y

ours

?1s

t chi

ld: M

y na

me

is P

eter

.

Sam

ple

Res

pons

e D

rill

Tea

cher

: Hel

lo, w

hat's

you

rnam

e?Pu

pil I

: My

nam

eis

Joh

n.T

each

er: A

nd w

hat's

you

rnam

e?Pu

pil I

I: M

y na

me

isPe

ter.

Tea

cher

: Wha

t's th

isgi

rl's

nam

e?Pu

pil I

II: H

er n

ame

is M

ary.

Sam

ple

Rec

ombi

natio

nD

ialo

gue

for

liste

ning

or

furt

hers

peak

ing

prac

tice

Pupi

l I: H

ello

, wha

t's y

ourn

ame?

Pupi

l II:

My

nam

e is

John

. And

you

rs?

Pupi

l I: M

y na

me

is P

eter

. Is

that

you

rcat

?

Pupi

l II:

Yes

. His

nam

eis

Max

.Pu

pil I

: My

cat's

nam

eis

Put

zi.

Tec

hniq

ues

for

Tea

chin

gD

ialo

gues

The

bas

ic d

ialo

gues

are

intr

oduc

ed b

y th

ete

ache

r sp

eaki

ng a

t nor

mal

spee

d

usin

g no

rmal

link

ing

and

into

natio

n.M

eani

ng is

est

ablis

hed

thro

ugh

actio

ns,

gest

ures

, fac

iale

xpre

ssio

ns, p

ictu

res,

and

real

obj

ects

. Eng

lish

shou

ld b

e av

oide

d

if a

t all

poss

ible

in o

rder

to k

eep

the

seco

nd la

ngua

ge s

epar

ate

from

the

firs

t.

If E

nglis

h m

ustb

e us

ed f

orcl

arif

icat

ion,

the

expl

anat

ion

shou

ld n

ot b

e a

liter

al

tran

slat

ion

but t

hena

tura

l Eng

lish

utte

ranc

ew

hich

wou

ld b

e us

ed in

asi

mila

r

situ

atio

n.W

hen

the

entir

ecl

ass

has

prac

ticed

repe

atin

g th

e di

alog

ue s

ente

nces

afte

r

the

teac

her-

mod

el, s

mal

ler

and

smal

l;..-

r gr

oups

with

in th

e cl

ass

are

calle

d up

onfo

r re

petit

ion,

and

fin

ally

indi

vidu

al r

espo

nses

are

req

uire

d.N

ext,

dial

ogue

s ar

e pr

actic

ed w

ith th

e te

ache

r ta

king

one

rol

e w

hile

the

who

lecl

ass

take

s th

e ot

her.

Aga

in, g

radu

ally

the

size

of

the

grou

p is

red

uced

unt

il on

epu

pil h

as th

e ro

le o

ppos

ite th

e te

ache

r. W

hen

the

child

ren

can

resp

ond

ac-

cura

tely

and

con

fide

ntly

bot

h in

cho

rus

and

indi

vidu

ally

, the

par

ts s

houl

d be

reve

rsed

so

that

the

pupi

ls 1

,arn

all

dial

ogue

utte

ranc

es. E

vent

ually

pup

ils c

anta

ke b

oth

role

s w

ithou

t the

teac

her.

Aft

er a

dia

logu

e is

lear

ned,

it is

rep

eate

dly

dram

atiz

ed b

y th

e ch

ildre

n. D

ram

atiz

atio

n pr

ovid

es v

arie

ty in

cla

ss a

ctiv

ities

and

take

s ad

vant

age

of th

e yo

ungs

ter's

ent

husi

asm

for

rol

e pl

ayin

g. F

urth

er-

mor

e, it

invo

lves

the

child

phy

sica

lly a

s w

ell a

s m

enta

lly, t

hus

stre

ngth

enin

gth

e as

soci

atio

n be

twee

n. m

eani

ng a

nd la

ngua

ge. P

uppe

t sho

ws

and

skits

are

ef-

fect

ive

mea

ns o

f dr

amat

izat

ion.

Onc

e a

dial

ogue

has

bee

n le

arne

d w

ell,

ther

e sh

ould

be

freq

uent

re-

entr

y of

the

utte

ranc

es in

to n

ew m

ater

ial t

o m

ake

the

utte

ranc

es m

eani

ngfu

l. L

earn

ing

mat

eria

ls c

hose

n sh

ould

pro

vide

for

suc

h re

-ent

ry in

late

r un

its. G

ames

, son

gs,

or s

impl

e na

rrat

ives

sho

uld

be c

hose

n fo

r cl

ass

activ

ities

whe

n th

ey o

ffer

an

op-

port

unity

to u

se f

amili

ar la

ngua

ge in

new

way

s.

Lon

ger

Dia

logu

esL

onge

r an

d m

ore

com

plic

ated

dia

logu

es a

re le

arne

d la

ter

in L

evel

I w

hen

the

child

ren

have

mas

tere

d m

any

sim

ple

dial

ogue

s de

alin

g w

ith e

very

day

top-

ics.

The

se lo

nger

dia

logu

es p

rovi

de f

or r

e-en

try

of m

ater

ial l

earn

ed e

arlie

r by

inco

rpor

atin

g pa

ttern

sen

tenc

es w

hich

hav

e al

read

y be

en le

arne

d w

ith n

ewph

rase

s. A

s in

sho

rter

dia

logu

es, p

atte

rn s

ente

nces

whi

ch h

ave

alre

ady

been

lear

ned

can

be r

e-in

trod

uced

with

occ

asio

nal v

ocab

ular

y ch

ange

s, i.

e., "

Wha

t'syo

ur n

ame?

" be

com

es "

Wha

t's y

our

cat's

nam

e?"

or "

Wha

t's y

our

sist

er's

nam

e?"

Sam

ple

Dia

logu

e1s

t chi

ld: H

ello

, Pet

er.

2nd

child

: Hel

lo, J

oe.

1st c

hild

: Whe

re d

o yo

u liv

e?2n

d ch

ild: I

live

at 1

015

Mai

n st

reet

. And

you

?1s

t chi

ld: I

live

at 9

65 M

aple

Str

eet.

2nd

Do

you

have

a d

og o

r a

cat a

t hom

e?1s

t chi

ld: I

hav

e a

cat b

ut I

don

't ha

ve a

dog

.2n

d ch

ild: W

hat's

you

r ca

t's n

ame?

1st c

hild

: Its

nam

e is

Mitz

i. D

o yo

u ha

ve a

dog

?2n

d ch

ild: Y

es, I

hav

e a

dog.

Its

nam

e is

Fid

o.

Lea

rnin

g lo

ng d

ialo

gues

is a

ccom

plis

hed

by th

e sa

me

met

hods

as

lear

ning

shor

t one

s. H

owev

er, a

s ut

tera

nces

get

long

er th

e te

ache

r w

ill h

ave

to m

ake

apo

int o

f br

eaki

ng th

em d

own

into

ele

men

ts w

hich

stu

dent

s ca

n re

prod

uce.

Or-

dina

rily

utte

ranc

es s

houl

d be

bro

ken

dow

n in

to m

eani

ngfu

l phr

ases

abo

ut s

ixsy

llabl

es in

leng

th. T

hese

sho

rter

phr

ases

are

mod

eled

by

the

teac

her

and

re-

peat

ed b

y th

e pu

pils

beg

inni

ng w

ith th

e la

st p

hras

e of

the

utte

ranc

e an

d ad

ding

addi

tiona

l pre

cedi

ng e

lem

ents

unt

il th

e ut

tera

nce

is c

ompl

ete.

Whi

le m

ost r

epe-

titio

n w

ill b

e ch

oral

in n

atur

e, o

ccas

iona

lly in

divi

dual

rep

etiti

on s

houl

d al

so b

eca

lled

for.

31

Sam

ple

Utte

ranc

eai

ldup

Tea

cher

: I h

ave

a ca

t, bu

t I d

on't

have

a d

og.

Tea

cher

I do

n't h

ave

a do

g.Pu

pils

:I

don'

t hav

e a

dog.

Tea

cher

:,

but I

don

't ha

ve a

dog

.Pu

pils

:,

but I

don

't ha

ve a

dog

.T

each

er: I

hav

e a

cat,

but I

don

't ha

ve a

dog

.Pu

pils

:. .

I ha

ve a

cat

, but

I d

on't

have

a d

og.

Nar

rativ

es a

nd D

escr

iptio

nsN

arra

tives

and

des

crip

tions

can

pro

vide

list

enin

g an

d sp

eaki

ng p

ract

ice

whi

chis

val

uabl

e fo

r th

e le

arne

r. A

nar

rativ

e is

a s

tory

rel

atin

g a

prog

ress

ion

ofev

ents

. An

exam

ple

of a

sim

ple

narr

ativ

e is

the

follo

win

g ac

coun

t of

daily

rout

ine.

Sam

ple

Nar

rativ

eI

get u

p at

eig

ht o

'clo

ck.

I w

ash

my

hand

s an

d fa

ce a

nd c

omb

my

hair

.I

eat b

reak

fast

.I

go to

sch

ool.

Such

nar

rativ

es c

an f

irst

be

pres

ente

d by

tape

, film

stri

p, f

ilm, o

r te

levi

sion

,or

by

the

teac

her

with

the

help

of

a se

t of

pict

ures

. Lat

er s

uch

a na

rrat

ive

can

be d

ram

atiz

ed b

y th

e ch

ildre

n w

ith s

uita

ble

gest

ures

and

act

ions

.Si

mpl

e st

orie

s fr

om th

e fo

reig

n co

untr

y ca

n be

told

to th

e ch

ildre

n be

fore

long

. In

this

way

the

pupi

ls a

re e

xpos

ed to

som

e of

the

sam

e ex

peri

ence

s as

thei

rag

e m

ates

in a

noth

er c

ount

ry. T

he g

radu

al in

trod

uctio

n of

nar

rativ

es a

lso

has

the

virt

ue o

f pr

epar

ing

the

child

for

the

lang

uage

of

narr

ativ

e pr

ose

as o

ppos

edto

the

lang

uage

of

spee

ch. O

ne m

ust a

lso

note

that

the

elem

enta

ry c

hild

ishi

ghly

rec

eptiv

e to

the

imag

inat

ive

stor

ies

so ty

pica

l of

folk

lore

. Nev

er a

gain

in h

is li

fe w

ill h

e be

so

inte

rest

ed in

fai

ry ta

les

and

fabl

es. W

hile

suc

h st

orie

ssh

ould

not

dom

inat

e th

e pr

ogra

m, u

sed

wis

ely,

they

can

pro

vide

str

ong

mot

iva-

tion

for

the

youn

g la

ngua

ge 1

;am

en. C

hild

ren

also

enj

oy d

ram

atiz

ing

such

sto

r-ie

s an

d w

ill p

ut g

reat

eff

ort i

nto

cost

umin

g an

d le

arni

ng r

oles

for

live

pre

sent

a-tio

ns o

r bu

ildin

g th

eate

rs a

nd m

akin

g pu

ppet

s fo

r pu

ppet

pre

sent

atio

ns.

A d

escr

iptio

n en

umer

ates

the

qual

ities

of

som

ethi

ng. A

n ob

ject

suc

h as

ape

rson

, a d

oll,

a ho

use,

or

the

clas

sroo

m p

rovi

des

an o

ppor

tuni

ty f

or d

escr

ip-

tion.

Sam

ple

Des

crip

tion

My

hous

e is

a b

ig h

ouse

in th

e ci

ty.

It is

new

and

whi

te.

It h

as a

bro

wn

roof

and

larg

e w

indo

ws.

Lik

e na

rrat

ives

, des

crip

tions

may

be

pres

ente

d th

roug

h a

tape

pro

gram

, film

,te

levi

sion

, and

by

the

clas

sroo

m te

ache

r. E

vent

ually

the

child

ren

will

enj

oy p

re-

sent

ing

thei

r ow

n de

scri

ptio

ns o

f pi

ctur

es a

nd o

bjec

ts th

ey b

ring

to s

choo

l.

Song

s, R

hym

es, a

nd G

ames

The

rol

e of

son

gs, r

hym

es, a

nd g

ames

in p

rovi

ding

hig

hly

mot

ivat

ed r

e-en

try

of v

ocab

ular

y an

d st

ruct

ure

has

alre

ady

been

men

tione

d. T

he m

elod

y an

drh

ythm

a s

ongs

hel

p es

tabl

ish

good

pro

nunc

iatio

n an

d in

tona

tion.

Rhy

mes

and

sim

ple

poem

s ar

e al

so u

sed

for

this

pur

pose

. Chi

ldre

n en

joy

actin

g ou

tth

e so

ngs

as th

ey s

ing.

Gam

es p

rovi

de a

cha

nge

of p

ace

for

prac

tice

ofne

w e

x-pr

essi

ons

and

for

revi

ew. G

ames

cho

sen

mus

t act

ually

pro

vide

opp

ortu

nity

for

wor

thw

hile

lang

uage

use

rat

her

than

dem

andi

ng o

nly

phys

ical

act

ivity

. Unl

ess

the

gam

e is

pla

nned

as

an e

xten

ded

lear

ning

act

ivity

it s

houl

d in

trod

uce

little

new

voc

abul

ary

and

no n

ew s

truc

ture

s. stru

ctur

eIf

rea

l lan

guag

e is

use

d fo

r fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge c

lass

room

act

iviti

es, m

uch

func

-tio

nal g

ram

mar

will

be

lear

ned

natu

rally

and

eff

ortle

ssly

. How

ever

, lan

guag

etr

aini

ng w

ill b

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

if s

ome

atte

mpt

is m

ade

to p

urpo

sely

intr

oduc

e:,t

ruct

ures

that

giv

e th

e le

arne

r m

ost d

iffi

culty

bec

ause

they

con

flic

t with

pat

tern

sE

nglis

h. G

ood

elem

enta

ry f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge m

ater

ials

will

pro

vide

suf

fici

ent

prac

tice

in u

sing

suc

h "c

onfl

ictin

g" s

truc

ture

s in

ord

er th

at th

eir

use

will

be-

com

e na

tura

l for

the

non-

nativ

e le

arne

r. O

cca.

:nna

l sho

rt p

atte

rn d

rills

may

prov

e ef

fect

ive

for

prac

ticin

g m

anip

ulat

ion

of p

atte

rns,

esp

ecia

lly in

the

uppe

rgr

ades

; how

ever

, the

y sh

ould

be

used

spa

ring

ly.

Rea

ding

Cur

rent

ly, m

ost e

lem

enta

ry f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge p

rogr

ams

dela

y th

e in

trod

uc-

tion

of r

eadi

ng a

nd w

ritin

g un

til w

ell a

fter

aud

io-l

ingu

al le

arni

ng h

as b

egun

.T

here

is c

onsi

dera

ble

evid

ence

to s

how

that

mos

t pup

ils w

ill le

arn

prop

er p

ro-

nunc

iatio

n an

d in

tona

tion

bette

r if

they

con

cent

rate

fir

st o

n lis

teni

ng a

nd im

i-ta

ting

rath

er th

an r

eadi

ng. T

he c

hild

ren

will

be

mor

e lik

ely

to g

ive

Eng

lish

valu

es to

the

',..tt

ers,

wor

ds, a

nd s

ente

nce'

s if

they

see

them

in p

rint

bef

ore

they

have

est

ablis

hed

adeq

uate

pro

nnvi

atio

n an

d in

tona

tion

habi

ts.

In m

os' c

lass

es th

ere

is p

roba

ly n

o re

ason

why

the

intr

oduc

tion

of p

rint

edsy

mbo

ls s

houl

d be

pro

long

ed b

eyon

d on

e ye

ar a

fter

the

begi

nnin

g of

lang

uage

stud

y w

hen

elem

enta

ry f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge p

rogr

ams

begi

n as

late

as

the

4th

grad

e. A

s a

mat

ter

of f

act t

he c

hild

ren

are

usua

lly e

ager

to le

arn

to r

ead

and

ofte

n m

ust b

e he

ld b

ack

agai

nst t

heir

will

unt

il a

solid

aud

io-l

ingu

al b

ase

ises

-ta

blis

hed.

The

teac

her

shou

ld c

ontin

ue to

use

the

grea

ter

part

of

the

inst

ruc-

tiona

l tim

e fo

r de

velo

pmen

t of

liste

ning

-spe

akin

g sk

ills

thro

ugho

ut L

evel

LT

he c

hild

mus

t dev

elop

a r

eadi

ng r

eadi

ness

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge ju

stas

he d

id in

his

ow

n. R

eadi

ness

to le

arn

to r

ead

incl

udes

, bey

ond

a de

sire

to r

ead,

an o

ral f

acili

ty in

the

use

of a

ppro

xim

atel

y th

at d

ialo

gue

mat

eria

l whi

ch m

ight

be in

trod

uced

in o

ne y

ear

of f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge in

stru

ctio

n. T

he c

hild

sho

uld

beab

le to

use

this

mat

eria

l in

sim

ple

conv

ersa

tion

with

out h

esita

tion

and

his

pro-

nunc

iatio

n of

this

mat

eria

l sho

uld

be r

itiv

e or

nea

r na

tive.

Mat

eria

ls p

rese

nted

for

rea

ding

sho

uld

cons

ist o

f th

e ex

pres

sion

s al

read

ym

aste

red

in th

e fi

rst y

ear

of o

ral-

aura

l ins

truc

tion.

The

teac

her

will

fin

d it

de-

sira

ble

to r

ead

an u

ttera

nce

from

the

chal

kboa

rd, t

hen

have

the

stud

ents

rea

d in

chor

us. S

he s

houl

d ha

ve th

em r

ead

indi

vidu

al w

ords

and

phr

ases

out

of

orde

rto

insu

re th

at p

upils

pay

car

eful

atte

ntio

n to

the

conf

igur

atio

n of

eac

h w

ord.

Aft

er m

ass

mim

icry

pra

ctic

e, in

divi

dual

s m

ay b

e ca

lled

upon

to r

ead

the

phra

ses

and

indi

vidu

al w

ords

fro

m th

e ut

tera

nce.

It i

s hi

ghly

impo

rtan

t tha

t the

teac

her

veri

fy th

at th

e st

uden

t is

actu

ally

rea

ding

rat

her

than

sim

ply

reca

lling

the

utte

ranc

e fr

om m

emor

y. A

s m

ore

expr

essi

ons

from

a d

ialo

gue

are

intr

o-du

ced,

the

teac

her

shou

ld p

rese

nt th

em o

n th

e ch

alkb

oard

in r

ando

m o

rder

tove

rify

lear

ning

. A p

ictu

re d

epic

ting

the

actio

n ac

com

pany

ing

the

utte

ranc

em

ayhe

lp to

rei

nfor

ce m

eani

ng f

or th

e ch

ildre

n.

32

Tow

ard

the

end

of th

e el

emen

tary

gra

des

som

e ch

ildre

nm

ay b

e re

ady

for

sim

r"%

.t su

pple

men

tary

rea

ding

mat

eria

l. V

ocab

ular

y an

d st

ruct

ures

shou

ld n

otgo

k.,e

yond

that

mat

eria

l alr

eady

a p

art o

f th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge h

sal

rea

ding

prog

ram

but

onl

y re

info

rce

it by

usi

ng th

e la

ngua

ge to

exp

ress

new

idea

s. A

few

new

voc

abul

ary

wor

ds m

ay b

e in

trod

uced

in th

:s m

ater

ial

to g

ive

pupi

lspr

actic

e in

infe

rrin

g m

eani

ng f

rom

con

text

clu

es; M

icha

el W

est

sugg

ests

one

new

wor

d in

eac

h 60

wor

ds o

f te

xt.

Wri

ting

Wri

ting,

or

bette

r ye

t, co

pyin

g sh

ould

beg

in a

lmos

t sim

ulta

neou

sly

with

the

intr

oduc

tion

of r

eadi

ng. T

he c

hild

sho

uld

be e

xpec

ted

to w

rite

onl

y w

hat

heca

n re

ad. C

opyi

ng d

ialo

gue

uttte

ranc

es r

einf

orce

s re

adin

g by

com

pelli

ng th

epu

pil t

o ob

serv

e ea

ch w

ord

care

fully

in o

rder

to r

epro

duce

it. O

ther

sim

ple

wri

ting

activ

ities

i,A

ude

filli

ng in

a m

issi

ng w

ord

or p

hras

e in

a se

nten

ce, w

ork-

ing

cros

swor

d pu

zzle

s, u

nscr

ambl

ing

sent

ence

s, a

nd m

akin

g pi

ctur

edi

ctio

n-ar

ies.

The

pup

ils m

ay b

e as

ked

to w

rite

labe

ls f

orm

aps,

cha

rts,

obj

ects

in th

ecl

assr

oom

, sho

wca

ses

and

bulle

tin b

oard

dis

play

s. I

n tim

e, d

icta

tion

and

sim

ple

desc

ript

ions

are

wri

tten.

Dic

tatio

n w

ill b

e fr

om s

hort

pass

ages

pre

viou

sly

stud

ied

in s

poke

n an

d w

ritte

n fo

rm. D

escr

iptio

nsm

ay h

ave

thei

r so

urce

in th

eliv

es o

f th

e ch

ildre

n. "

My

hous

e" o

r "O

ur d

og"

are

poss

ible

topi

cs. I

n an

y ca

se,

prac

tice

shou

ld a

lway

s be

on

mea

ning

ful p

hras

es, n

ot is

olat

ed w

ords

.

Cul

ture

The

ele

men

tary

pup

il le

arni

ng a

for

eign

lang

uage

sho

uld

com

e to

und

erst

and

that

man

kind

has

dev

elop

ed m

any

way

s of

livi

ng a

nd c

omm

unic

atin

g.G

row

thin

cul

tura

l und

erst

andi

ng g

oes

hand

in h

and

with

the

acqu

isiti

on o

ffo

reig

nla

ngua

ge s

kills

. The

chi

ld r

eadi

ly s

ees

sim

ilari

ties

and

diff

eren

ces

betw

een

his

own

cultu

re a

nd th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge c

ultu

re in

are

as s

uch

as s

choo

l, re

crea

-tio

n, a

nd o

ccup

atio

ns. T

he p

ictu

resq

ueor

qua

int e

lem

ents

of

a cu

lture

sho

uld

not b

e ov

erst

ress

ed. T

hrou

gh s

ituat

ions

cul

tura

l und

erst

andi

ngs

are

deve

lope

d.Fo

r ex

ampl

e, a

uni

t on

hom

e lif

e co

ntra

sts

Am

eric

an h

ome

life

with

that

of

the

fore

ign

coun

try.

The

se s

ituat

ions

dev

elop

the

child

'sap

prec

iatio

n of

his

own

cultu

re a

s w

ell a

s an

app

reci

atio

n of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

cul

ture

. An

ap-

prec

iatio

n of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

cul

ture

is d

evel

oped

thro

ugh

lear

ning

au-

then

tic s

ayin

gs; i

diom

s, r

hym

es, p

rove

rbs,

gam

es, a

nd s

ongs

whi

ch a

re f

avor

ites

of th

e ch

ild o

f hi

s ow

n ag

e in

the

fore

ign

coun

try.

One

asp

ect o

f cu

lture

isle

arne

d by

dis

cuss

ing

and

read

ing

abou

t the

infl

uenc

e of

the

fore

ign

coun

try

onA

mer

ican

soc

iety

thro

ugh

holid

ays,

cus

tom

s, a

nd c

ontr

ibut

ions

of f

amou

spe

ople

. The

stu

dy o

f cu

lture

mus

t be

a pl

anne

dpa

rt o

f th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

gele

arni

ng.

Lan

guag

e le

arni

ng is

eff

ectiv

ely

incr

ease

d by

cor

rela

tion

with

othe

r cu

rric

u-lu

m a

reas

suc

h as

soc

ial s

tudi

es, a

rith

met

ic, m

usic

, art

s, a

nd li

tera

ture

.

Mat

eria

ls A

t Lev

el I

, Seq

uenc

e A

Mat

eria

ls in

clud

e te

ache

r gu

ides

, tex

ts, i

nteg

rate

dpr

ogra

ms,

aud

io-v

isua

l aid

s,an

d su

pple

men

tary

boo

ks. S

ome

crite

ria

to k

eep

in m

ind

whe

n ch

oosi

nga

basi

cpr

ogra

m a

re th

e fo

llow

ing:

(1)

Mat

eria

ls p

rese

nted

sho

uld

be s

uita

ble

to th

eag

e an

d in

tere

sts

of th

eru

pils

. Mat

eria

ls s

houl

d m

ake

use

ofco

mm

on f

orm

s of

com

mun

icat

ion

such

as

dial

ogue

s, s

tori

es, d

ram

atiz

atio

ns, q

uest

ions

and

answ

ers,

and

appr

opri

ate

smal

l tal

k.

(2)

The

sub

ject

mat

ter

shou

ld b

e su

ch th

at th

e ch

ildre

nca

n us

e it

in c

on-

vers

atio

ns a

mon

g th

emse

lves

. All

wor

ds a

nd s

ente

nces

sho

uld

be p

art

of c

onne

cted

dis

cour

se a

nd r

elat

ed to

a r

eal l

ife

situ

atio

n.(3

) T

he q

uant

ity o

f m

ater

ial s

houl

d be

lim

ited

to a

llow

suf

fici

ent t

ime

toes

-ta

blis

h go

od la

ngua

ge h

abits

. The

re s

houl

d be

sys

tem

atic

recu

rren

ce o

fba

sic

sent

ence

pat

tern

s an

d vo

cabu

lary

. Mas

tery

of

basi

c la

ngua

ge is

mor

e im

port

ant t

han

the

amou

nt o

f m

ater

ial c

over

ed.

(4)

The

re s

houl

d be

no

over

sim

plif

icat

ion

of th

e la

ngua

ge to

avo

id id

iom

atic

expr

essi

ons,

irre

gula

r ve

rbs,

and

oth

er c

ompl

icat

ions

. Use

of

both

the

fam

iliar

and

for

mal

for

ms

of a

ddre

ss s

houl

d be

incl

uded

sin

ce th

e ch

ildof

com

para

ble

age

in th

e fo

reig

n cu

lture

em

ploy

s bo

th. F

urth

erm

ore,

ach

ild a

cqui

res

the

intr

icac

ies

ofa

lang

uage

far

mor

e re

adily

than

the

adol

esce

nt a

nd th

e ad

ult.

(5)

The

gui

de s

houl

d co

ntai

n so

ngs,

rhy

mes

, gam

es, a

nd c

ultu

ral i

nfor

ma-

tion.

It s

houl

d su

gges

t sou

rces

fro

m w

hich

sup

plem

enta

ry m

ater

ials

may

be o

btai

ned.

Man

y ne

w m

ater

ials

are

bec

omin

g av

aila

ble

for

fore

ign

lang

uage

teac

hing

inth

e el

emen

tary

sch

ool.

All

mat

eria

ls m

ust b

e ca

refu

lly e

valu

ated

. Tea

cher

s w

illfi

nd a

dditi

onal

mat

eria

ls li

sted

in th

e M

oder

n L

angu

age

Ass

ocia

tion'

s Se

lect

ive

Lis

t of

Mat

eria

ls.

LE

VE

L I

I --

I Se

quen

ce A

The

Jun

ior

IRO

Sch

ool C

hild

As

A 'L

angu

age

Lea

rner

The

juni

or h

igh

scho

ol c

hild

is in

the

initi

al s

tage

s of

the

tran

sitio

n pe

riod

be-

twee

n ch

ildho

od a

nd a

dulth

ood.

He

is to

rn b

etw

een

a de

sire

to r

etai

n ch

ild-

hood

sec

urity

and

obt

ain

adul

t sta

tus.

The

se y

oung

ster

s fe

ar th

e di

sapp

rova

lof

thei

r pe

ers

and

yet t

hey

need

adu

lt sa

nctio

nas

wel

l. T

hey

are

beco

min

g in

-cr

easi

ngly

aw

are

of s

ex d

iffe

renc

es a

nd b

oys

are

quic

k to

rej

ect m

ost t

hing

sw

hich

they

reg

ard

as b

elon

ging

to th

e gi

rls'

wor

ld. Y

et, p

arad

oxic

ally

, gir

lsar

ebe

ginn

ing

to a

' -ac

t the

m. G

irls

are

oft

en m

uch

mor

e bo

ld th

an b

oys

in in

dica

t-in

g in

tere

st in

the

oppo

site

sex

. Phy

sica

lly a

nd in

telle

ctua

lly g

irls

will

pro

babl

ybe

mor

e m

atur

e th

an b

oys.

The

juni

or h

igh

scho

ol c

hild

is m

ore

anal

ytic

al th

an h

is e

lem

enta

ry s

choo

lbr

othe

rs a

nd s

iste

rs in

lang

uage

lear

ning

and

gen

eral

atti

tude

. Gen

eral

izat

ions

,i.e

., ru

les,

are

mor

e to

his

liki

ng. H

e is

bet

ter

able

to d

eal i

n ab

stra

ct c

once

pts

and

incr

easi

ngly

abl

e to

em

ploy

sym

bols

.B

ecau

se h

is b

ackg

roun

d of

exp

erie

nce

is in

crea

sing

, the

chi

ld o

f ag

es 1

2-14

year

s is

a m

ore

effi

cien

t lea

rner

than

ear

lier

and

mor

e lik

ely

to p

rofi

t fro

m in

-te

nsiv

e tr

aini

ng. H

e is

mor

e sk

illfu

l at s

olvi

ng a

rith

met

ical

pro

blem

s, q

uick

er in

iden

tifyi

ng c

olor

s an

d ha

s a

bette

r un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e co

ncep

t of

time.

His

mem

ory

span

is lo

nger

.T

he ju

nior

hig

h ch

ild h

as a

gre

at c

urio

sity

whi

ch h

e w

ants

to s

atis

fy im

-m

edia

tely

. The

re is

a n

eed

for

cons

ider

able

var

iety

in h

is c

lass

room

wor

k.

Obj

ectiv

es o

f th

e Ju

nior

Hig

h Pr

ogra

m, L

evel

II

7 an

d 8,

Lev

el H

I9

The

juni

or h

igh

scho

ol p

rogr

am, g

rade

s 7-

9, w

ill o

rdin

arily

allo

w th

eyo

ung-

ster

to c

ompl

ete

inte

rmed

iate

leve

ls I

I an

d II

I in

the

long

seq

uenc

e. I

t will

bui

ldon

for

eign

lang

uage

lear

ning

s br

ough

t fro

m th

e el

emen

tary

sch

ool a

nd p

repa

reth

e ch

ild f

or a

dvan

ced

wor

k in

the

seni

or h

igh

scho

ol. T

he p

rogr

am m

ust t

ake

into

con

side

ratio

n th

e fa

ct th

at th

e in

com

ing

7th

grad

er h

as a

lrea

dy s

pent

thre

e

33

year

s le

arni

ng b

y m

eans

of

situ

atio

nal d

ialo

gues

and

can

alr

eady

rea

d an

dw

rite

to a

lim

ited

degr

ee.

Obj

ectiv

es f

or L

evel

s II

and

III

fol

low

:

Gen

eral

Obj

ectiv

es1.

Cre

ate

an in

tere

st in

lang

uage

and

lang

uage

lear

ning

2. D

evel

op a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of h

ow la

ngua

ge, a

ny la

ngua

ge, i

s le

arne

d3.

Dev

elop

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

natu

re o

f la

ngua

ge a

nd h

ow it

wor

ks4.

Dev

elop

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

life

of th

e ea

rly

adol

esce

nt in

the

fore

ign

coun

try

with

spe

cial

em

phas

is o

n al

ertin

g th

e le

arne

r to

cro

ss-c

ultu

ral

diff

eren

ces

Spec

ific

Lin

guis

tic O

bjec

tives

1. A

ural

und

erst

andi

ngde

velo

p th

e ab

ility

to g

et th

e se

nse

of w

hat a

ned

ucat

ed n

ativ

e sa

ys w

hen

he is

enu

ncia

ting

care

fully

and

spe

akin

g si

mpl

yon

a g

ener

al s

ubje

ct.

2. S

peak

ing

deve

lop

the

abili

ty to

talk

on

prep

ared

topi

cs, e

.g.,

for

clas

s-ro

om s

ituat

ions

, with

out o

bvio

us f

alte

ring

and

to u

se th

e co

mm

on e

x-pr

essi

ons

need

ed f

or g

ettin

g ar

ound

in th

e fo

reig

n co

untr

y, s

peak

ing

with

nativ

e or

nea

r na

tive

pron

unci

atio

n an

d in

tona

tion.

3. R

eadi

ngde

velo

p th

e ab

ility

to r

ead

with

out t

rans

latio

n, f

ictio

n in

-te

nded

for

chi

ldre

n of

his

age

in th

e fo

reig

n co

untr

y an

d no

n-fi

ctio

n of

the

leve

l com

mon

ly f

ound

in e

lem

enta

ry s

choo

l tex

ts o

f th

e fo

reig

nco

untr

y.4.

Wri

ting

deve

lop

the

abili

ty to

wri

te c

orre

ctly

sim

ple

repo

rts,

fri

endl

yle

tters

, ski

ts, f

or e

xam

ple,

dea

ling

with

ass

igne

d re

adin

g an

d da

ily li

fe.

Con

tent

of

Lev

el I

I in

Seq

uenc

e A

(T

he N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

As

note

d ea

rlie

r, if

the

nine

yea

r se

quen

ce o

f fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge s

tudy

is g

oing

to b

e a

succ

essf

ul p

rogr

am, i

t mus

t be

a ca

refu

lly d

evel

oped

con

tinuu

m p

rovi

d-in

g fo

r a

sequ

entia

l mas

tery

of

all l

angu

age

skill

s. B

etw

een

the

elem

enta

rysc

hool

and

juni

or h

igh

scho

ol th

e gr

eate

st o

bsta

cle

to s

moo

th a

rtic

ulat

ion

is th

ela

ck o

f m

ater

ials

esp

ecia

lly c

onst

ruct

ed to

pro

vide

for

suc

h a

sequ

entia

l dev

el-

opm

ent f

rom

gra

des

4-9.

Mat

eria

ls a

re o

nly

now

bec

omin

g av

aila

ble

whi

chw

ill b

ridg

e th

e ga

p w

hich

cur

rent

ly e

xit s

bet

wee

n le

arni

ng m

ater

ials

pre

pare

dfo

r el

emen

tary

sch

ool u

se a

nd th

ose

prep

ared

for

use

in th

e ju

nior

hig

h sc

hool

.

Rev

iew

A c

aref

ul r

evie

w o

f pr

evio

usly

lear

ned

mat

eria

l is

impo

rtan

t for

the

lan-

guag

e le

arne

r at

the

begi

nnin

g of

any

sch

ool y

ear.

Suc

h a

revi

ew is

par

ticul

arly

cruc

ial a

t the

beg

inni

ng o

f L

evel

II

in S

eque

nce

A. A

t thi

s po

int t

he y

oung

ster

sar

e ju

st b

egin

ning

the

juni

or h

igh

scho

ol, a

rad

ical

ly d

iffe

rent

kin

d of

exp

eri-

ence

sin

ce m

ost o

f th

em h

ave

had

thei

r pr

evio

us f

orm

al e

duca

tion

in s

elf-

con-

tain

ed c

lass

room

s. T

hey

will

hav

e fo

rgot

ten

som

e la

ngua

ge o

ver

the

sum

mer

and

may

bel

ieve

they

kno

w le

ss th

an th

ey a

ctua

lly d

o kn

ow. T

opic

al u

nits

cov

ered

by

vari

ous

clas

ses

in th

k.!e

men

tary

for

eign

lang

uage

pro

gram

may

hav

eva

ried

, lea

ding

to d

iffe

renc

es in

voc

abul

ary

and

stru

ctur

e le

arni

ng. F

or v

ario

usre

ason

s le

arni

ng m

ay h

ave

been

bet

ter

in s

ome

case

s th

an o

ther

s.W

hen

the

mat

eria

ls u

sed

in th

e el

emen

tary

sch

ool d

o no

t art

icul

ate

dire

ctly

with

a ju

nior

hig

h sc

hool

for

eign

lang

uage

ser

ies,

juni

or h

igh

teac

hers

wou

lddo

wel

l to

star

t fro

m th

e be

ginn

ing

of o

ne o

f th

e w

idel

y us

ed a

udio

-lin

gual

sys-

tem

s pr

oduc

ed f

or s

econ

dary

sch

ools

, usi

ng e

arly

uni

ts f

or r

evie

w a

nd r

ein-

forc

emen

t of

skill

s al

read

y le

arne

d in

the

elem

enta

ry f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge s

eque

nce.

Bas

ic C

onte

ntL

evel

II

Con

vers

atio

ns a

nd s

kits

whi

ch d

eal w

ith s

ubje

ct m

atte

r of

inte

rest

to 1

1-13

year

old

s w

ill p

rovi

de th

e ve

hicl

e fo

r a

subs

tant

ial p

art o

f th

e la

ngua

gepr

actic

ein

Lev

el I

I. S

ome

topi

cs a

ppro

pria

te f

or 7

th a

nd 8

th g

rade

use

are

the

follo

win

g:1.

Hob

bies

2. S

port

s3.

Hom

e L

ife

4. S

choo

l Lif

e5.

Rec

reat

ion

6. A

dven

ture

(ju

ngle

, spa

ce, m

yste

ry)

7. A

nim

als

8. H

umor

9. H

eroe

sC

onve

rsat

ions

and

ski

ts w

ill b

e pr

actic

ed in

sub

stan

tially

the

sam

e w

ay a

sdi

alog

ues

in L

evel

I. H

owev

er, t

each

ers

shou

ld b

e al

ert t

o th

e fa

ct th

at y

oung

-st

ers

in th

e lo

ng s

eque

nce

will

hav

e al

read

y pr

actic

ed m

imic

ry-m

emor

izat

ion

for

thre

e ye

ars

in th

e el

emen

tary

sch

ool.

Stud

ents

may

qui

ckly

bec

ome

bore

dif

they

bel

ieve

that

they

are

get

ting

just

mor

e of

the

sam

e ki

nd o

f tr

aini

ng th

eyha

d in

gra

des

4, 5

, and

6. A

n in

crea

sing

am

ount

of

new

mat

eria

l will

be

pre-

sent

ed th

roug

h re

adin

g in

Lev

el I

I an

d w

ill b

e dr

illed

less

inte

nsiv

ely

than

for

-m

erly

. Stu

dent

s in

Lev

el I

I w

ill b

enef

it fr

om r

eadi

ng th

e fo

llow

ing:

1. S

impl

e no

n-fi

ctio

n de

alin

g w

ith g

eogr

aphy

, clim

ate,

popu

latio

n, p

rodu

cts,

mus

ic, a

rt, c

usto

ms,

and

his

tory

.2.

Sim

ple

biog

raph

y an

d hi

stor

ical

ane

cdot

es.

3. S

impl

e pl

ays,

eas

y sh

ort-

shor

t sto

ricc

,ge

nds,

poe

try,

and

lette

rs.

Lis

teni

ng, s

peak

ing,

and

rea

ding

act

iviti

es w

ill a

ll be

des

igne

d to

fos

ter

in-

crea

sing

inde

pend

ence

on

the

part

of

ae le

arne

r. H

e w

ill b

e en

cour

aged

to u

seco

ntex

t clu

es in

und

erst

andi

ng s

poke

n an

dw

ritte

n la

ngua

ge a

nd to

use

ana

logy

in b

uild

ing

utte

ranc

es th

at v

ary

som

ewha

t fro

m m

odel

s he

has

mem

oriz

edea

rlie

r. A

ll ac

tiviti

es w

ill s

tres

s vo

cabu

lary

dev

elop

_aen

t to

a gr

eate

r de

gree

than

in L

evel

I.

Use

of

Eng

lish

It is

impo

rtan

t tha

t the

stu

dent

kno

ws

the

mea

ning

of

the

cont

ent s

tudi

ed.

How

ever

, the

use

of

tran

slat

ion

to g

et a

t the

mea

ning

of

narr

ativ

e pr

ose

is n

otre

com

men

ded

in L

evel

II

and

the

teac

her

may

oft

en s

ettle

for

som

e va

guen

ess

in u

nder

stan

ding

in o

rder

to f

oste

r th

inki

ng in

the

lang

uage

. Nor

mal

eve

ryda

ycl

assr

oom

act

iviti

es, r

oll t

akin

g, c

olle

ctin

g pa

pers

, ope

ning

win

dow

s, f

or e

x-am

ple,

sho

uld

be c

ondu

cted

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge. E

nglis

h eq

uiva

_ent

s m

aypr

ofita

bly

be u

sed

to g

ive

lexi

cal m

eani

ng to

bas

ic s

ente

nces

in d

ialo

gues

, to

sum

mar

ize

cont

ent o

f na

rrat

ives

to b

e re

ad, t

o ex

plai

n gr

amm

ar a

nd to

dri

llgr

amm

ar in

tran

slat

ion

type

pat

tern

dri

lls. S

ee C

hapt

er V

.

Lis

teni

ng I

n L

evel

II

(The

Nin

e Y

ear

Prog

ram

)L

evel

II

liste

ning

act

iviti

es w

ill c

ontin

ue to

pro

vide

mod

els

for

a su

bsta

ntia

l

34

amou

nt o

f m

imic

ry-m

emor

izat

ion

as o

n L

evel

I. S

tude

nts

will

hav

e an

in-

crea

sed

resp

onsi

bilit

y, in

add

ition

, for

pro

vidi

ng p

ract

ice

inun

ders

tand

ing

thro

ugh

cont

ext c

lues

. Unf

amili

ar v

ocab

ular

y, id

iom

s or

str

uctu

res

will

be

in-

trod

uced

in ju

dici

ous

amou

nts

as s

tude

nts

are

wea

ned

from

exc

essi

vede

pend

-en

ce o

n ov

erle

amed

bas

ic s

ente

nces

and

guid

ed to

war

d un

ders

tand

ing

the

rich

vari

ety

of u

ttera

nces

pos

sibl

e in

com

mon

dis

cour

se a

nd o

ral n

arra

tive.

Typ

esof

list

enin

g ex

erci

se w

ill in

clud

e th

e fo

llow

ing:

1. B

asic

dia

logu

e m

ater

ial t

ape

reco

rded

by

nativ

e sp

eake

rs2.

Rec

ombi

natio

ns o

f di

alog

ue m

ater

ial i

n di

alog

ue o

r na

rrat

ive

form

and

pres

ente

d by

the

teac

her

or ta

pe r

ecor

ding

s fo

r co

mpr

ehen

sion

prac

tice

3. R

athe

r ea

sy, s

hort

dra

mat

izat

ions

, sto

ries

, leg

ends

, poe

ms,

and

son

gsth

atar

e ba

sic

to a

uni

t of

stud

y or

that

pro

vide

supp

lem

enta

ry a

ctiv

ities

for

aun

it of

stu

dy4.

Occ

asio

nal e

asy

film

s

All

r ..a

ch li

sten

ing

activ

ities

sho

uld

have

a p

urpo

se r

eadi

lydi

scer

nibl

e to

the

stud

ent.

With

bas

ic d

ialo

gue

mat

eria

l, lis

teni

ng a

ctiv

ities

sho

uld

bequ

ickl

yfo

llow

ed b

y m

imic

ry-m

emor

izat

ion

or q

uest

ion-

answ

er p

ract

ice.

With

rec

om-

bina

tions

or

othe

r m

ater

ial r

ecor

ded

for

liste

ning

pra

ctic

e, s

tude

nts

shou

ld b

ehe

ld r

espo

nsib

le f

or c

onte

nt th

roug

h or

al o

r w

ritte

n di

scus

sion

. Ans

wer

ing

ques

tions

, giv

ing

sum

mar

ies,

ret

ellin

g in

one

's o

wn

wor

ds o

r ch

angi

ng to

an-

othe

ri.e

., di

alog

ue to

nar

rativ

e or

nar

rativ

e to

dia

logu

e, a

re s

ome

way

sto

fol

low

up

a lis

teni

ng a

ctiv

ity a

nd c

heck

on

pupi

l com

preh

ensi

on.

Spea

king

In

Lev

el I

I (T

he N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

As

a re

sult

of th

eir

elem

enta

ry f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge e

xper

ienc

e st

uden

tssh

ould

have

est

ablis

hed

good

com

man

d of

the

soun

d an

d m

elod

y sy

stem

of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

. How

ever

, ear

ly w

eeks

of

the

seco

nd le

vel 7

vill

have

to b

e sp

ent i

nre

view

of

mat

eria

l cov

ered

in L

evel

I. W

hen

all e

lem

enta

ry p

upils

hav

ele

arne

dth

e sa

me

mat

eria

l, th

e ju

nior

hig

h sc

hool

teac

her

can

use

the

elem

enta

ry m

a-te

rial

s as

a b

asis

for

the

revi

ew. T

his

will

be

part

icul

arly

suc

cess

ful i

f th

e 7t

hgr

ade

has

as a

bas

ic p

rogr

am m

ater

ials

whi

ch a

re w

ritte

n to

bui

ld p

reci

sely

on

the

elem

enta

ry f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng.

As

indi

cate

d ea

rlie

r, w

here

mat

eria

ls in

ele

men

tary

sch

ool a

nd ju

nior

hig

hsc

hool

are

not

so

care

fully

coo

rdin

ated

, rev

iew

and

rei

nfor

cem

ent o

f ph

onol

-og

y, in

tona

tion,

sim

ple

gram

mar

, and

syn

tax

can

be p

rovi

ded

by e

arly

cha

pter

sof

a b

egin

ning

aud

io-l

ingu

al te

xt. M

assi

ve d

osag

es o

f m

imic

ry-m

emor

izat

ion

prac

tice

shou

ld b

e un

nece

ssar

y. E

arly

mat

eria

l sho

uld

ordi

nari

ly b

e co

vere

dqu

ickl

y.R

evie

w d

ialo

gues

in e

ither

cas

e w

ill s

erve

the

purp

ose

of "

retu

ning

" th

e st

u-de

nts'

ear

s an

d vo

cal a

ppar

atus

to p

ronu

ncia

tion,

pitc

h, a

nd s

tres

s of

the

sec-

ond

lang

uage

.A

fter

the

revi

ew p

erio

d, th

e te

ache

r sh

ould

con

tinue

to d

evot

e tim

e to

pra

c-tic

ing

pron

unci

atio

n. S

uch

atte

ntio

n is

nec

essa

ry to

pro

vide

rei

nfor

cem

ent a

ndpr

even

t det

erio

ratio

n of

this

ski

ll. M

imic

ry-m

emor

izat

ion

will

con

tinue

to b

eus

ed f

or p

ract

icin

g lo

nger

utte

ranc

es a

nd n

ew to

pics

whi

ch w

ill c

hara

cter

ize

situ

atio

nal d

ialo

gues

in L

evel

H.

Subs

titut

ion

and

tran

sfor

mat

ion

drill

s w

ill b

e us

ed o

ften

to m

ake

man

ipul

a-tio

n of

str

uctu

re a

utom

atic

. Con

flic

t poi

nts,

i.e.

, are

as o

f le

arni

ng th

at a

re d

if-

ficu

lt be

caus

e of

dif

fere

nces

in E

nglis

h an

d th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge, w

ill b

e pa

r-tic

ular

ly s

tres

sed.

I

Incr

easi

ng f

reed

om w

ill b

e al

low

ed th

e le

arne

r to

spe

ak o

ut o

f th

e na

rrow

conf

ines

of

the

basi

c se

nten

ces

he le

arne

d in

Lev

el I

. Tea

cher

and

stu

dent

-led

ques

tion-

answ

er d

rill

will

dea

l with

mat

eria

l hea

rd a

nd r

ead.

Suc

h ac

tivity

giv

esst

uden

ts p

ract

ice

in r

ephr

asin

g el

emen

ts o

f a

ques

tion

to m

ake

a re

ply.

Stu

dent

sw

ill b

e di

rect

ed to

bui

ld r

ecom

bina

tion

dial

ogue

s or

rep

orts

acc

ordi

ng to

out

-lin

es g

iven

them

in E

nglis

h or

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

. Exa

mpl

e re

com

bina

tion

assi

gnm

ent:

Tel

l a f

rien

d ab

out a

lette

r yo

u go

t fro

m a

Ger

man

pen

pal

. Rel

ate

wha

t he

told

you

abo

ut h

is f

amily

. Giv

e th

e fa

ther

's p

rofe

ssio

n an

d da

ily a

ctiv

ities

of

mot

her

and

olde

r br

othe

r.

Stud

ents

may

be

assi

gned

the

prep

arin

g of

"or

igin

al"

skits

re-

usin

g ut

ter-

ance

s le

arne

d in

bas

ic d

ialo

gues

or

base

d on

an

anec

dote

. For

exa

mpl

e, s

tu-

dent

s m

ight

dra

mat

ize

a B

aron

Miin

chha

usen

adv

entu

re.

A f

inal

pos

sibl

e ac

tivity

is th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

an

oral

rep

ort c

aref

ully

mod

-el

ed o

n a

prev

ious

ly s

tudi

ed n

arra

tive.

In

this

tyre

of

repo

rt m

inim

al c

hang

esin

the

text

mak

e it

poss

ible

for

all

stud

ents

to g

ive

pers

onal

pre

sent

atio

ns.

Exa

mpl

e of

mod

el te

xt f

or o

ral r

epor

t:M

y fa

ther

is 5

3 ye

ars

old

and

my

mot

her

45. M

y fa

ther

was

bor

n in

Dul

uth

and

my

mot

her

in M

oorh

ead.

My

fath

er is

a b

rick

laye

r. M

y m

othe

r w

asfo

rmer

ly a

sec

reta

ry.

..

Rea

ding

In

Lev

el 1

1 (T

he N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

Dur

ing

Lev

el I

mos

t stu

dent

s w

ill h

ave

done

ver

y lit

tle r

eadi

ng. R

eadi

ng a

c-tiv

ities

will

hav

e be

en li

mite

d m

ainl

y to

rea

ding

of

dial

ogue

s pr

evio

usly

pra

c-tic

ed e

xten

sive

ly in

ora

l-au

ral d

rills

and

som

e re

com

bina

tion

dial

ogue

s an

dna

rrat

ives

. On

Lev

el I

I in

the

long

seq

uenc

e th

e st

uden

t mus

t lea

rn to

rea

d an

dun

ders

tand

voc

abul

ary

and

stru

ctur

es w

hich

hav

e no

t bec

ome

a pa

rt o

f hi

ssp

eech

rep

erto

ire.

He

mus

t lea

rn to

rea

d sw

iftly

and

ext

ensi

vely

sim

ple

stir

ies,

essa

ys, a

nd o

ther

wri

tings

.In

the

begi

nnin

g w

hen

the

read

ing

aim

beg

ins

to r

ecei

ve a

larg

e sh

are

of th

ele

arne

r's ti

me,

he

will

be

hand

icap

ped

by h

is la

ck o

f vo

cabu

lary

, his

inab

ility

to u

se c

onte

xt c

lues

unc

onsc

ious

ly a

nd a

mon

ocul

tura

l bac

kgro

und

whi

chm

ay m

ake

it di

ffic

ult f

or h

im to

und

erst

and

mat

eria

l wri

tten

by f

orei

gn a

utho

rsor

abo

ut th

e fo

reig

n co

untr

y.B

ecau

se o

f th

ese

diff

icul

ties

ther

e w

ill b

e a

tem

ptat

ion

to s

ettle

for

tran

sla-

tion

of m

ater

ial r

ead

in o

rder

to c

heck

com

preh

ensi

on. S

uch

a te

mpt

atio

n sh

ould

be r

esis

ted

as s

houl

d an

y te

nden

cy to

ass

ign

voca

bula

ry li

sts

for

lear

ning

. Ac-

tiviti

es w

hich

are

teac

her

rew

arde

d sh

ould

be

thos

e w

hich

invo

lve

usin

g th

efo

reig

n la

ngua

ge r

eadi

ng te

xt f

or a

pur

pose

suc

h as

dis

cuss

ion

in th

e fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge.

Tea

cher

gui

danc

e w

ill b

e ne

cess

ary

to h

elp

the

stud

ent m

ake

cons

ciou

s us

eof

gra

mm

ar c

lues

, bac

kgro

und

know

ledg

e of

a s

ubje

ct a

nd k

now

ledg

e of

like

lyna

tura

l beh

avio

r, h

uman

and

oth

erw

ise,

in g

uess

ing

at m

eani

ng o

f un

know

nco

nstit

uent

s in

a s

ente

nce

or p

arag

raph

.In

Lev

el I

I st

uden

ts w

ill c

ontin

ue to

rea

d m

uch

mat

eria

l whi

ch is

pre

sent

edfi

rst f

or a

udio

-lin

gual

pra

ctic

e. T

hey

will

als

o re

ceiv

e pr

actic

e in

rea

ding

dia

-lo

gue

mat

eria

l in

new

for

ms,

for

exa

mpl

e, r

ecom

bine

d in

to n

ew d

ialo

gues

or

narr

ativ

es. S

ome

mat

eria

l will

be

lear

ned

initi

ally

in n

arra

tive

form

. Usu

ally

such

nar

rativ

es w

ill b

e fi

rst p

rese

nted

by

the

teac

her

or a

tape

rec

ordi

ng f

orlis

teni

ng d

rill

and

then

for

mim

icry

-rea

ding

pra

ctic

e by

the

clas

s.

35

The

abo

ve m

ater

ial r

epre

sent

s w

hat i

s of

ten

calle

d a

basa

l rea

ding

pro

gram

beca

use

stud

ents

wor

k at

it to

geth

er. A

lrea

dy in

Lev

el I

I th

ere

will

be

som

est

uden

ts w

ho c

an p

rofi

tabl

y be

gin

read

ing

sim

ple

grad

ed m

ater

ials

out

side

the

basa

l pro

gram

. Suc

h ex

tens

ive

read

ing

shou

ld b

e en

cour

aged

but

the

stud

ent

shou

ld b

e al

low

ed to

rea

d a

num

ber

of te

xts

at a

ny o

ne le

vel o

f di

ffic

ulty

bef

ore

he is

pus

hed

ahea

d to

a n

ew a

nd m

ore

diff

icul

t lev

el. S

uch

exte

nsiv

e re

adin

gre

pres

ents

one

exc

elle

nt w

ay to

pro

vide

for

indi

vidu

al d

iffe

renc

es in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

cla

ssro

om. Wri

ting

In L

evel

II

(The

Nin

e Y

ear

Prog

ram

)A

lthou

gh r

eadi

ng a

nd w

ritin

g, i.

e., c

opyi

ng, m

ay h

ave

been

intr

oduc

ed s

i-m

ulta

neou

sly

in L

evel

I, t

he f

act t

hat w

ritin

g ha

s re

ceiv

ed le

ss p

ract

ice

than

any

of th

e ot

her

skill

s w

ill m

ean

that

it h

as la

gged

beh

ind

liste

ning

, spe

akin

g, a

ndre

adin

g. W

ritin

g ac

tiviti

es w

ill in

crea

se c

onsi

dera

bly

in th

e se

cond

leve

l, bu

tth

ey w

ill r

emai

n at

a lo

wer

leve

l tha

n ot

her

activ

ities

. Wri

ting

assi

gnm

ents

mus

t not

ask

stu

dent

s to

exp

ress

idea

s th

ey a

re n

ot a

ble

to e

xpre

ss o

rally

.St

uden

ts in

Lev

el I

I sh

ould

in th

e be

ginn

ing

have

the

bene

fit o

f re

view

wri

t-in

g pr

actic

e ju

st a

s th

ey r

evie

w o

ther

ski

lls. S

uch

revi

ew s

houl

d in

volv

e co

pyin

gat

hom

e m

ater

ial r

evie

wed

at l

east

onc

e an

d se

vera

l tim

es if

nec

essa

ry. S

hort

daily

dic

tatio

n pr

actic

e sh

ould

che

ck o

n ab

ility

of

stud

ents

to w

rite

pas

sage

sw

ithou

t ref

eren

ce to

the

text

book

. Usi

ng r

ecom

bina

tion

dial

ogue

s an

d na

rra-

tives

for

dic

tatio

n ex

erci

se w

ill p

rovi

de v

arie

ty th

at w

ill n

ot o

verl

y ta

x th

ele

arne

r.A

fter

the

revi

ew p

erio

d st

uden

ts w

ill b

egin

to le

arn

incr

easi

ng a

mou

nts

ofne

w a

nd m

ore

diff

icul

t mat

eria

l. O

ccas

iona

l cop

ying

ass

ignm

ents

will

con

tinue

to b

e ne

cess

ary.

How

ever

, man

y ot

her

kind

s of

wri

ting

activ

ities

will

be

nece

s-sa

ry to

pro

vide

var

iety

and

opp

ortu

nity

for

incr

easi

ng in

depe

nden

ce o

f ex

pres

-si

on. S

ome

sugg

este

d w

ritin

g ac

tiviti

es a

re th

e fo

llow

ing:

1. C

ontin

ued

occa

sion

al c

opyi

ng a

nd d

icta

tion

prac

tice

2. R

eorg

aniz

atio

n of

jum

bled

sen

tenc

es to

for

m m

eani

ngfu

l utte

ranc

es(h

ouse

, aft

er, J

ane,

sch

ool,

our,

wen

t, to

)3.

Mod

ifyi

ng a

sen

tenc

e to

pra

ctic

e m

akin

g ch

ange

s in

gra

mm

ar a

na s

ynta

x-ch

angi

ng te

nse,

sin

gula

r to

plu

ral,

inve

rtin

g w

ord

orde

r, f

or e

xam

ple

Not

e: M

any

oral

sub

stitu

tion

and

tran

sfor

mat

ion

drill

s le

nd th

emse

lves

tow

ritte

n pr

actic

e.4.

Wri

ting

an a

ssig

nmen

t alr

eady

giv

en in

an

oral

rep

ort

a. P

ract

ice

in c

hang

ing

poin

t of

view

: for

exa

mpl

e, c

hang

ing

a di

alog

ue to

the

repo

rt o

f th

e in

cide

nt b

y a

thir

d pe

rson

.b.

Com

plet

ion

of a

par

agra

ph to

fol

low

a s

uppl

ied

topi

c se

nten

ce, i

.e.,

Tod

ay I

wen

t to

the

beac

h.c.

Wri

ting

a co

ntro

lled

(dir

ecte

d) c

ompo

sitio

n ou

tline

d in

Eng

lish

or th

efo

reig

n la

ngua

ge f

or th

e st

uden

t. Se

e ex

ampl

es a

bove

: rec

ombi

natio

nsp

eaki

ng a

ssig

nmen

t and

sam

ple

mod

el te

xt f

or o

ral r

epor

t.5.

Ans

wer

ing

ques

tions

that

fol

low

a d

ialo

gue

or n

arra

tive

in th

e te

xtbo

ok.

Nor

mal

ly th

e qu

estio

ns s

houl

d be

ans

wer

ed o

rally

fir

st in

cla

ss.

Gra

mm

ar I

n L

evel

II

(The

Nin

e Y

ear

Prog

ram

)E

ven

in th

e el

emen

tary

for

eign

lang

uage

pro

gram

stu

dent

s ar

e ex

pose

d to

the

gram

mar

of

lang

uage

thro

ugh

basi

c se

nten

ces

and

occa

sion

al p

atte

rn d

rills

used

to s

tren

gthe

n ab

ility

to m

anip

ulat

e ba

sic

patte

rns.

In

Lev

el I

I gr

amm

ar

shou

ld b

e st

udie

d m

ore

syst

emat

ical

lyan

d fo

rmal

ly. P

atte

rn d

rills

will

be

used

mor

e ex

tens

ivel

y an

dst

uden

ts w

ill b

ecom

e ac

quai

nted

with

rule

s of

gra

mm

ar.

Muc

h ha

s be

en s

aid

abou

t whe

ther

stud

ents

sho

uld

crea

te th

eir

own

rule

s or

bepr

ovid

ed w

ith th

e ru

les

in th

e te

xt o

rby

the

teac

her.

Act

ually

ther

e is

evid

ence

to in

dica

te th

at s

tude

nts

lear

n a

give

n la

ngua

ge e

qual

ly w

ell b

yei

ther

met

hod.

How

ever

, one

may

spe

cula

te th

at s

tude

nts

who

lear

n by

the

'6-.

11;s

cove

ry m

etho

d"m

ight

bec

ome

mor

e pe

rcep

tive

lear

ners

and

be b

ette

r ab

le to

lear

n a

thir

dla

n-

guag

e w

hen

and

if th

issh

ould

bec

ome

nece

ssar

y. I

n an

y ca

se g

ram

mar

know

l-

edge

is a

rel

evan

t par

t of

the

cultu

re a

ndsh

ould

be

lear

ned.

It s

houl

d no

tbe

over

stre

ssed

for

its

own

sake

at t

his

leve

l. G

ener

aliz

atio

ns a

bout

str

uctu

re,

i.e.,

gram

mar

rul

es, s

houl

d be

avai

labl

e fo

r re

fere

nce

in th

e st

uden

t tex

tan

dte

ache

rs s

houl

d be

sur

e th

at s

tude

nts

are

fam

iliar

with

the

loca

tion

and

use

of

the

refe

renc

e. T

each

ers

and

pupi

lssh

ould

dis

cuss

bri

efly

the

patte

rns

of s

truc

-tu

re c

hang

e as

suc

h pa

ttern

sbe

com

e cl

ear

in b

asic

dia

logu

es a

nd p

atte

rndr

ills.

Cul

ture

In

Lev

el I

I (T

he N

ine

Yea

rPro

gram

)

In L

evel

II

the

stud

ent s

houl

dha

ve s

ome

expe

rien

ces

whi

ch a

rety

pica

l for

the

youn

g ad

oles

cent

in th

e fo

reig

nla

nd. M

ater

ial a

t the

sec

ond

leve

l sho

uld

draw

the

stud

ent's

atte

ntio

n to

cros

s-cu

ltura

l con

tras

ts in

ozd

er to

aler

t stu

dent

s

to s

peci

fic

cultu

ral d

iffe

renc

esan

d to

mak

e th

em m

ore

likel

y to

disc

over

add

i-tio

nal d

iffe

renc

es o

n th

eir

own.

Act

iviti

es s

peci

fica

lly d

esitI

ncd

toac

hiev

e cu

l-

tura

l obj

ectiv

es a

re th

e fo

llow

ing:

1. S

tudy

ing

dial

ogue

s an

dna

rrat

ives

that

dea

l with

dai

ly li

fein

the

fore

ign

land

. See

sug

gest

ed to

pics

und

erB

asic

Con

tent

., L

evel

IL

2. L

earn

ing

song

s an

d ga

mes

appr

opri

ate

to y

oung

ster

s of

this

age

,12-

13.

3. R

eadi

ng s

ome

sim

plif

ied

fict

ion

sim

ilar

to th

at r

ead

by y

oung

adol

esce

nts

in th

e fo

reig

n la

nd.

4. S

tudy

ing

the

geog

raph

y of

the

fore

ign

coun

try.

5. R

eadi

ng b

iogr

aphi

cal

sket

ches

abo

ut s

ome

grea

t per

sons

in h

isto

ry a

ndth

e ar

ts.

6. V

iew

ing

slid

es, f

ilmst

rips

,fi

lms,

and

pic

ture

s of

all

kind

s th

atsh

ow th

een

viro

nmen

t whi

ch s

urro

unds

nat

ive

spea

kers

of

the

lang

uage

bei

ngst

udie

d.L

evel

III

Sequ

ence

A

Gen

eral

Con

tent

for

Lev

el I

II(T

he N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

In g

ener

al o

ne m

ay s

ayth

at L

evel

III

mus

t be

conc

erne

d w

ith r

evie

w a

nd e

x-

tens

ion

of le

arni

ngs

inlis

teni

ng, s

peak

ing,

rea

ding

,an

d w

ritin

g. T

he le

vel s

houl

d

be c

hara

cter

ized

by

anin

crea

sing

syn

thes

is o

f th

e fo

ursk

ills

and

prov

ide

for

thei

r co

ncur

rent

pra

ctic

e.T

he f

ocus

on

read

ing

will

incr

ease

, but

mat

eria

l rea

d

shou

ld a

lso

be d

iscu

ssed

in o

ral a

nd w

ritte

n w

ork

and

som

epr

ovis

ion

shou

ld

be m

ade

for

unit-

rela

ted

liste

ning

act

iviti

es.

Perc

enta

ge o

f T

ime

Dev

oted

toV

ario

us S

kills

Lev

el I

II

Lis

teni

ngI

Spea

king

Rea

ding

Wri

ting

25%

25%

35%

15%

Uni

ts o

f st

udy

shou

ld b

e se

lect

edw

hich

will

app

eal t

o st

uden

t of

this

age

leve

l; an

d w

hen

poss

ible

, the

,uni

ts s

houl

d re

late

to o

ther

sub

ject

sbe

ing

stud

ied.

In a

dditi

on te

ache

rs s

houl

dco

nsid

er in

divi

dual

stu

dent

inte

rest

s an

d pr

ovid

eop

port

uniti

es f

or s

tude

nts

to u

seth

eir

lang

uage

ski

ll an

din

itiat

ive

on in

de-

pend

ent a

nd g

roup

pro

ject

s. C

lass

room

activ

ities

con

tinue

to b

e va

ried

not

only

from

day

to d

ay b

ut d

urin

g th

ecl

ass

peri

od. T

each

ers

ough

t to

avoi

d th

e te

mpt

a-

tion

to s

pend

the

who

le h

our

on o

neac

tivity

in o

rder

to "

core

r"it

exce

pt o

n

occa

sion

s w

hen

the

activ

ity w

ill e

xcite

high

inte

rest

in a

ll st

uden

ts.

At t

he b

egin

ning

of

the

scho

ol y

ear

teac

hers

and

pup

ils to

geth

ersh

ould

exam

ine

the

Lev

el I

II b

asic

text

and

note

the

kind

s of

mat

eria

l cov

ered

. Stu

-

dent

s sh

ould

kno

w h

ow th

is y

ear

will

dif

fer

from

pre

viou

s ye

ars

and

why

. The

y

shou

ld b

e to

ld th

e re

adin

gm

ater

ials

will

be

unsi

mpl

ifie

d.St

uden

ts o

ught

to

know

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f re

adin

gdi

ffer

ent k

inds

of

text

mat

eria

lan

d of

win

gdi

ffer

ent r

eadi

ng te

chni

ques

. Tim

esh

ould

be

spen

t in

show

ing

stud

ents

how

to

use

cont

ext c

lues

and

to c

ope

with

dif

fere

nt w

ritin

gst

yles

. Stu

dent

s al

so n

eed

to

unde

rsta

nd th

e co

ntin

r:-I

g im

port

ance

of im

prov

ing

oral

ski

lls a

ndbe

com

ing

bette

r w

rite

rs.

Abo

ve a

ll, L

evel

III

fos

ters

incr

easi

ng s

tude

nt in

depe

nden

cein

lang

uage

use

.

Car

eful

pla

nnin

g in

sure

s th

at s

tep

by s

tep

stud

ents

are

gui

ded

tofl

exib

ility

in

liste

ning

and

rea

ding

ski

lls. I

n th

e co

urse

of th

e ye

ar o

ppor

tuni

ties

are

prov

ided

for

incr

easi

ngly

uns

truc

ture

d or

alan

d w

ritte

n pr

actic

e.

Uni

t Top

ics

Suita

ble

topi

cs f

or u

se in

Lev

el I

II a

re m

any.

No

unit

shou

ld c

onta

in a

nex

haus

tive

trea

tmen

t of

the

subj

ect.

The

subj

ect s

houl

d be

inte

rest

ing

to a

four

-te

en-y

ear-

old,

and

may

be

rela

ted

to o

ther

cou

rse

wor

k of

the

nint

h gr

ade

stu-

dent

. Som

e su

gges

tions

for

gen

eral

are

as a

relis

ted

belo

w. U

nits

sho

uld

deal

with

som

e lim

ited

topi

c w

ithin

the

broa

dsu

bjec

t are

a.

Sugg

este

d A

reas

for

Stu

dy1.

His

tory

Col

umbu

s D

isco

vers

Am

eric

a2.

Spo

rts

Socc

er3.

Etiq

uette

Eat

ing

Out

4. S

cien

ceA

tom

ic E

nerg

y5.

Pol

itics

Ele

ctin

g a

Pres

iden

t (or

Cha

ncel

lor)

6. E

duca

tion

Hig

h Sc

hool

in G

erm

any

7. F

ashi

onC

loth

ing,

The

n an

d N

ow8.

Con

serv

atio

nH

ydro

-ele

ctri

c Pr

ojec

ts9.

Ent

erta

inm

ent

Enj

oyin

g T

elev

isio

n an

d M

ovie

s10

. Fam

ous

Pers

ons

in V

ario

usFi

elds

--

Art

, lite

ratu

re, p

oliti

cs,

educ

atio

n,

scie

nce,

for

exa

mpl

e11

. Mod

ern

Lite

ratu

reA

Sel

ecte

d M

oder

n Pl

ay12

. Mus

ic, P

opul

ar a

nd C

lass

ical

,Fo

lkso

ngs

13. C

ompa

rativ

e G

ram

mar

Som

e W

ays

that

Eng

lish

Dif

fers

from

the

Tar

get L

angu

age

App

ropr

iate

Mat

eria

ls

By

the

time

the

stud

entr

each

es L

evel

III

a w

ealth

of

mat

eria

lis

avai

labl

e fo

r

stud

y. S

ome

new

lear

ning

sys

tem

sco

ntai

n sp

lend

id s

elec

tions

of

diff

eren

tki

nds

of m

ater

ials

. In

the

case

of o

ther

s th

e te

ache

r w

ill h

ave

tosu

pple

men

t fro

mva

riou

s so

urce

s in

ord

er to

prov

ide

the

vari

ety

nece

ssar

y to

enc

oura

geen

thus

i-

astic

lear

ning

. App

ropr

iate

sou

rces

of m

ater

ials

for

stu

dy a

re th

e fo

llow

ing:

1. C

onte

mpo

rary

Lite

ratu

re:

Dra

ma,

jour

nalis

tic w

ritin

g, s

hort

stor

ies,

text

-

36

r

jl

I -7 Nr)

book

sel

ectio

ns c

over

ing

vari

ous

subj

ects

, adv

ertis

emen

ts,

com

ics,

joke

s,

cart

oons

, poe

try,

and

mys

tery

stor

ies.

2. G

ram

mar

Boo

ks3.

Mus

ic B

ooks

and

Rec

ordi

ngs:

Con

tem

pora

ry, f

olk,

ope

ratic

4. F

orei

y L

angu

age

Film

s5.

Rec

orde

d R

adio

Pro

gram

s6.

Var

ious

Ref

eren

ce B

ooks

:Fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge e

ncyc

lope

dias

,at

lase

s an

ddi

ctio

nari

es, f

or e

xam

ple

Lev

el 1

11 L

iste

ning

Act

iviti

es (

The

Nin

e Y

ear

Prog

ram

)L

iste

ning

act

iviti

es d

urin

g L

evel

III

shou

ld f

eatu

re a

var

iety

of

voic

es s

peak

-

ing

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

at t

heno

rmal

rat

e in

a v

arie

ty o

f ljt

uatio

ns.

Mal

e an

dfe

mal

e vo

ices

of

vari

ous

ages

spea

king

with

som

e di

alec

t dif

fere

nces

are

ap-

prop

riat

e. T

hrou

ghou

t the

yea

rin

crea

sing

ly d

iffi

cult

mat

eria

l sho

uld

be in

tro-

duce

d.R

ecor

ding

s of

pla

ys, p

arts

of

oper

as,f

ilms,

lect

ures

, poe

ms,

son

gs, a

nd c

on-

tem

pora

ry n

arra

tives

are

suita

ble

cont

ent.

Oft

en th

ism

ater

ial w

ill a

lso

best

udie

d in

pri

nted

for

m. S

ome

of th

em

ater

ial m

ay p

rofi

tabl

y be

mem

oriz

edan

d

reci

ted

or d

ram

atiz

ed. M

uch

stud

ent

liste

ning

pra

ctic

e, o

f co

urse

, will

com

efr

om h

eari

ng f

ello

w p

upils

in v

ario

ussp

eaki

ng a

ctiv

ities

or

from

teac

her

pres

-en

tatio

n. H

owev

er, i

t con

tinue

s to

be

high

ly im

port

ant f

or s

tude

nts

tohe

ar

man

y au

then

tic n

ativ

evo

ices

.A

ll lis

teni

ng a

ctiv

ities

sho

uld

have

a p

urpo

se o

bvio

us to

the

stud

ent.

Usu

ally

it w

ill b

e ga

ther

ing

info

rmat

ion

abou

t the

gen

eral

topi

c be

ing

stud

ied.

Oc-

casi

onal

ly th

e pu

rpos

e m

ay b

een

tert

ainm

ent.

In a

ny c

ase,

it is

ver

yim

port

ant

that

the

stud

ent h

ave

a sp

ecif

icas

sign

men

t as

he li

sten

s an

d th

at h

ebe

hel

d re

-sp

onsi

ble

for

that

ass

ignm

ent.

The

stud

ent m

ay b

e to

ld to

take

not

es o

nth

e

mat

eria

l. H

e m

ay b

e gi

ven

aqu

estio

n or

que

stio

ns to

ans

wer

, i.e

.,W

hat d

o w

ele

arn

abou

t Rus

sian

foo

ds f

rom

this

pro

gram

? U

sual

ly c

lass

dis

cuss

ion

of th

em

ater

ial s

houl

d fo

llow

its

pres

enta

tion.

Som

etim

es it

will

be

nece

ssar

y to

pre

pare

stud

ents

for

list

enin

g, a

nd v

iew

ing

in th

e ca

se o

f a

film

. Thi

s m

ay m

ean

prov

idin

g th

e m

eani

ng o

f th

e ne

w e

xpre

s-si

ons;

it m

ay m

ean

givi

ng th

est

uden

t an

idea

of

the

cont

ents

.T

he a

mou

nt o

fpr

e-lis

teni

ng o

rien

tatio

n w

ill d

epen

d on

the

diff

icul

ty o

f th

e m

ater

ial.

Cer

tain

lym

ater

ial s

elec

ted

shou

ld n

ot b

e ov

erly

diff

icul

t, no

r sh

ould

it e

xpec

t too

muc

hof

the

stud

ent c

ultu

rally

. For

exam

ple,

stu

dent

bac

kgro

und,

not

teac

her

inte

r-

est,

shou

ld d

eter

min

ew

hen

stud

ents

are

rea

dy to

lear

n ab

outo

pere

tta, f

orei

gngo

vern

men

t, or

the

hist

ory

ofla

ngua

ge. O

f co

urse

, ski

llful

teac

hing

may

whe

tst

uden

t int

eres

t in

a to

pic

that

ate

ache

r be

lieve

s is

impo

rtan

t.

Lev

el f

fi S

peak

ing

Act

iviti

es (

The

Nin

e Y

ear

Prog

ram

)

In th

e th

ird

leve

l the

for

eign

lang

uage

cla

ss s

houl

d be

con

duct

eden

tirel

y in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

. Ora

lac

tiviti

es o

f va

riou

s ki

nds

will

gro

wna

tura

lly o

ut o

flis

teni

ng a

nd r

eadi

ng a

ssig

nmen

ts.

Con

side

rabl

e at

tent

ion

mus

t con

tinue

tobe

pai

d to

mai

ntai

ning

pro

nunc

ia-

tion

and

into

natio

n sk

ills

asst

uden

ts le

arn

in L

evel

III

. A n

umbe

r of

activ

ities

will

mak

e it

poss

ible

tom

aint

ain

and

perh

aps

impr

ove

such

kill

s.St

uden

tsm

ust c

ontin

ue to

hea

r a

num

ber

of g

ood

mod

els

for

imita

tion.

Thi

s m

eans

that

port

ions

of

narr

ativ

e m

ater

ial u

nder

stud

y sh

ould

be

used

for

cho

ral a

ndin

di-

vidu

al m

imic

ry-r

eadi

ng in

clas

sroo

m a

nd la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

. Sec

ondl

y, s

ome

37

dial

ogue

mat

eria

l sho

uld

be p

arto

f th

ird

leve

l lea

rnin

g.T

his

is b

est

prac

ticed

by m

imic

ry-m

emor

izat

ion

tech

niqu

es a

s in

ear

lier

leve

ls. F

inal

ly, m

any

mod

-

em p

lays

are

appr

opri

ate

for

stud

y at

this

leve

l par

ticul

arly

whe

ndr

amat

ic r

e-

cord

ings

of

the

text

are

avai

labl

e fo

r lis

teni

ngre

petit

ion

prac

tice.

Suc

hpl

ays

or p

arts

of

them

may

be p

erfo

rmed

by

stud

ent g

roup

sfo

r th

eir

clas

smat

es,

for

fore

ign

lang

uage

stu

dent

s at

oth

erle

vels

, and

for

non

-stu

dent

grou

ps s

uch

as

the

PTA

.C

erta

in o

ther

spe

akin

g ac

tiviti

esof

pre

viou

s le

vels

will

be c

ontin

ued.

Que

s-

tion-

answ

er p

ract

ice

deal

ing

with

con

tent

of te

xt m

ater

ial h

elps

stud

ents

to r

e-

tain

new

info

rmat

ion

as w

ell a

sle

arn

new

voc

abul

ary,

idio

ms,

and

str

uctu

re.

Que

stio

ns m

ay b

e po

sed

by th

ete

ache

r or

stu

dent

s in

the

clas

sroo

m, o

r on

tape

in th

e la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

.Whe

n st

uden

ts th

emse

lves

are

to a

sk th

e qu

estio

ns,

they

can

pre

pare

the

ques

tions

outs

ide

of c

lass

.T

he d

irec

ted

dial

ogue

so

usef

ul in

Lev

els

I an

dII

con

tinue

s to

hav

e a

pine

in L

evel

III

act

iviti

es. I

tw

ill p

rovi

de a

noth

er w

ay to

revi

ew m

ater

ial f

ound

in

read

ing

and

to h

elp

stud

ents

begi

n to

use

suc

h m

ater

ial

oral

ly. B

esid

es s

ome

of

the

kind

s of

dir

ecte

d di

alog

ues

outli

ned

for

the

firs

t tw

ole

vels

, a s

emi-

dire

cted

dial

ogue

is u

sefu

l for

enco

urag

ing

som

e cr

eativ

ityin

dia

logu

e bu

ildin

g.In

ase

mi-

dire

cted

dia

logu

e th

e st

uden

ts a

repr

ovid

ed w

ith th

e fi

rst p

art

of e

ach

ut-

tera

nce

upon

whi

chth

ey b

uild

to m

ake

part

s of

the

conv

ersa

tion.

Sam

ple

Sem

i-D

irec

ted

Dia

logu

eSt

uden

t A: (

Intr

oduc

es to

pic)

I w

as in

tere

sted

to r

ead

this

mor

ning

that

..

.

Stud

ent B

: (A

gree

s a.

,1 a

dds

apo

int)

I f

ound

it in

tere

stin

g,to

o. I

t als

o sa

id

that

..

.St

uden

t C: (

Ask

s fo

r m

ore

info

rmat

ion)

Who

? .

..

Wha

t?.

..

Whe

n?

..

.W

hy?

..

.

Spea

ker

A: A

nsw

ers

Spea

ker

C: A

sks

anot

herq

uest

ion

Spea

ker

B: (

Ans

wer

s) I

bel

ieve

that

.T

he a

bove

pat

tern

and

othe

r si

mila

r fo

rmat

s m

ay b

eus

ed to

talk

abo

ut m

any

diff

eren

t sub

ject

s.P-

al R

epor

tsIn

divi

dual

ora

l rep

orts

rel

ated

toto

pics

und

er s

tudy

are

exc

elle

ntfo

r ad

ding

inte

rest

to u

nits

. By

Lev

el I

IIst

uden

ts s

houl

d be

abl

e to

mak

e sh

ort r

epor

ts o

n

inde

pend

ent r

eadi

ng a

nd li

sten

ing

activ

ities

. To

be m

ost e

ffec

tive

such

ass

ign-

men

ts s

houl

d ap

pear

toev

olve

nat

ural

ly o

ut o

fcl

ass

disc

ussi

on. I

ndiv

idua

lre

port

s w

ill a

ppea

r im

port

ant t

oal

l whe

n th

ey a

re a

ssig

ned

tocl

ear

up a

que

s-

tion

aske

d by

a m

embe

r of

the

clas

s or

the

teac

her,

or

whe

n th

ey a

dd in

tere

stin

gad

ditio

nal i

nfor

mat

ion

to th

atpr

ovid

ed b

y th

e ba

sic

set o

f le

arni

ngm

ater

ials

.

Obv

ious

ly s

peci

al r

epor

ts a

re a

nex

celle

nt w

ay o

f pr

ovid

ing

for

indi

vidu

al a

bil-

ities

and

inte

rest

s of

stu

dent

s.So

me

appr

opri

ate

topi

cs a

resu

gges

ted

belo

w.

1. A

n Im

port

ant M

anin

His

tory

2. M

y H

ero

3. A

n In

tere

stin

g Pe

rson

4. A

Boo

k I

Hav

e R

ead

5. A

n In

tere

stin

g Pl

ay I

Hav

eSe

en6.

My

Futu

re C

aree

rO

ther

indi

vidu

alin

-fro

nt-o

f-th

e-cl

ass

pres

enta

tions

that

can

be

mad

e ar

e:te

lling

a jo

ke, e

xpla

inin

g a

wor

d,tr

ying

to s

ell a

pro

duct

or

ase

rvic

e, d

escr

ibin

g

an in

cide

nt o

r a

thin

g,te

lling

a s

tory

, pre

sent

ing

a ne

wsc

ast

and

givi

ng a

"ho

w

to d

o it"

dem

onst

ratio

n.C

lass

Dis

enio

nB

egin

ning

and

mai

ntai

ning

ast

imul

atin

g di

scus

sion

in th

ecl

assr

oom

is a

n ar

t.

To

be r

eally

suc

cess

ful i

t sho

uld

invo

lve

all s

tude

nts

and

not r

equi

reco

nsta

nt

ques

tions

and

com

men

ts b

y th

ete

ache

r. S

tude

nts

in L

evel

III

may

not f

eel a

s

free

to jo

in in

a d

iscu

ssio

n as

they

wou

ld in

oth

er c

lass

es in

whi

ch E

nglis

h is

the

mea

ns o

f co

mm

unic

atio

n.A

dvan

ce s

truc

turi

ng o

f th

edi

scus

sion

can

hel

p to

in-

sure

that

it w

ill g

osm

ooth

ly. S

tude

nts

shou

ld b

eal

erte

d be

fore

hand

to th

e co

n-tr

ibut

ions

that

mem

bers

of

the

grou

p ca

nm

ake

to b

egin

a d

iscu

ssio

n an

dke

ep

it m

ovin

g. T

he f

ollo

win

g ou

tline

sugg

ests

a p

atte

rn f

or g

roup

disc

ussi

on:

1. A

n id

ea o

r to

pic

is in

trod

uced

2. A

gree

men

t with

the

idea

is e

xpre

ssed

3. D

isag

reem

ent i

s ex

pres

sed

4. A

dditi

onal

info

rmat

ion

is a

sked

for

5. A

dditi

onal

info

rmat

ion

is p

rovi

ded

6. T

he id

ea is

illu

stra

ted

thro

ugh

an a

necd

ote

from

pers

onal

exp

erie

nce

7. A

new

per

son

is d

raw

nin

to th

e di

scus

sion

by

aqu

estio

n8.

The

sub

ject

is c

hang

ed to

are

late

d to

pic

Bes

ides

ale

rtin

g st

uden

ts to

the

mec

hani

cs o

f di

scus

sion

s,th

e te

ache

r w

ill

have

to in

sure

that

the

topi

cits

elf

will

stim

ulat

e st

uden

tth

ough

t. oo

met

imes

topi

cs m

ay b

e se

lect

ed w

hich

are

exci

ting

grea

t cur

rent

stu

dent

inte

rest

. A p

op-

ular

teen

-age

idol

, a p

oliti

cal

cam

paig

n, lo

wer

ing

the

votin

g ag

e, a

scho

ol p

rob-

lem

or

issu

e, o

r ra

isin

gth

e m

inim

um a

ge f

orob

tain

ing

a dr

iver

's li

cens

e ca

nus

ually

be

depe

nded

on

toex

cite

spi

rite

d di

scus

sion

.O

ften

the

teac

her

will

find

it p

ossi

ble

to b

ase

disc

ussi

on o

n to

pics

fou

nd in

read

ing

assi

gnm

ents

. For

exam

ple,

rea

ding

abo

utm

edie

val c

ities

mig

ht d

evel

opin

to a

dis

cuss

ion

abou

tho

w th

e to

wn

wal

l bec

ame

anan

achr

onis

m. T

he la

tter

then

mig

ht le

ad in

to a

disc

ussi

on c

once

rnin

g th

e im

plic

atio

nsof

nuc

lear

ene

rgy

for

mod

ern

war

fare

.

Gro

up P

rese

ntat

ions

In L

evel

s I

and

II s

tude

nts

are

ofte

n as

ked

to m

emor

ize

dial

ogue

s fo

r pr

es-

enta

tion

befo

re th

e cl

ass.

In

Lev

elII

I st

uden

ts s

houl

d co

ntin

ue to

perf

orm

be-

fore

the

clas

s. H

owev

er,

mem

oriz

atio

n of

a d

ialo

gue

from

the

text

will

be

less

com

mon

.St

uden

ts w

ill o

ften

eag

erly

spe

nd m

any

hour

s pr

epar

ing

mat

eria

l for

eve

n-

tual

cla

ss p

rese

ntat

ion.

The

yes

peci

ally

like

wri

ting

and

pres

entin

g sa

tires

or

paro

dies

of

radi

o an

d te

levi

sion

pro

gram

s.Pr

esen

ting

a co

mne

rcia

l, pr

ofes

-si

onal

lect

ure,

mag

ic a

ct, a

qui

z pr

ogra

m,

a sp

orts

cast

or

ane

wsc

ast a

re ty

pes

of a

ctiv

ity th

ey m

ay e

njoy

from

tim

e to

tim

e. O

rigi

nal

skits

may

be

dial

ogue

vers

ions

of

mat

eria

l fou

nd in

read

ing

P.ss

ignm

ents

. Whe

nth

e cl

ass

read

s a

play

the

teac

her

mig

ht d

eter

min

ew

heth

er o

r no

t som

e po

rtio

nsof

the

play

sho

uld

be

perf

orm

ed b

y cl

ass

mem

bers

.N

orm

ally

suc

h pe

rfor

man

ces

wou

ld n

ot r

equi

rem

emor

izat

ion

of p

arts

of

the

play

. Mem

oriz

atio

nT

houg

h di

alog

ue m

emor

izat

ion

will

be

less

com

mon

inL

evel

III

than

inpr

evio

us le

vels

, mem

oriz

atio

n of

port

ions

of

vari

ous

wri

tten

mat

eria

ls c

ontin

ues

to b

e an

eff

ectiv

e le

arni

ngac

tivity

. Mem

oriz

atio

n of

dial

ogue

s an

d po

rtio

ns o

f

grea

t pla

ys, p

oem

s, s

ongs

,an

d na

rrat

ive

text

will

cont

inue

to g

ive

stud

ents

ma-

38

teri

al u

pon

whi

ch th

ey c

anbu

ild s

peak

ing

skill

s. A

sof

ten

as p

ossi

ble,

mem

o-

riza

tion

shou

ld h

ave

a m

ore

obvi

ous

purp

ose

than

the

stud

ents

bei

ng a

ble

to r

e-

cite

fro

m m

emor

y fo

rth

e te

ache

r or

the

clas

s.M

emor

izin

g so

ngs

for

grou

p

sing

ing

is u

sual

ly p

urpo

seen

ough

to ju

stif

y th

e ef

fort

.Bei

ng a

ble

to q

uote

wha

t

a gr

eat w

rite

rha

s sa

id a

bout

a s

ubje

ct is

one

of th

e m

arks

of

aned

ucat

ed m

an.

Lev

el I

II R

eadi

ng A

ctiv

ities

The

Nin

e Y

ear

Prog

ram

)

In L

evel

III

rea

ding

activ

ities

sho

uld

plac

e an

emph

asis

on

com

preh

ensi

on

rath

er th

an s

tyle

and

lite

rary

anal

ysis

. Stu

dent

s at

this

leve

l nee

d pr

actic

ein

read

ing

for

diff

eren

t pur

pose

s,i.e

., ge

nera

l ide

a, d

etai

ls, o

rsk

imm

ing

to f

ind

a sp

ecif

ic p

iece

of in

form

atio

n. T

hey

need

pra

ctic

e in

rea

ding

exte

nsiv

ely

as

wel

l as

inte

nsiv

ely.

The

yne

ed to

rea

d m

any

diff

eren

t kin

ds o

f te

xts.

Dur

ing

Lev

el I

II th

ey s

houl

d ha

veco

ntac

ts w

ith e

ssay

s, p

oem

s,hi

stor

ical

text

, sho

rt

stor

ies,

new

spap

ers,

mag

azin

es,

dram

a, s

hort

nov

els.

Sele

ctio

ns c

hose

n sh

ould

tend

to b

e sh

ort o

r at

leas

tsh

ort f

or th

eir

type

, and

they

sho

uld

by th

eir

styl

e

and

subj

ect m

atte

r ap

peal

toyo

uth

of th

e ag

e th

at w

ill u

seth

em. W

rite

rs w

ho

use

long

and

com

plic

ated

sen

tenc

es a

ndw

hose

wri

ting

is h

ighl

yst

yliz

ed s

houl

d

be a

void

ed.

As

men

tione

d ea

rlie

r th

ele

arne

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

bene

fit f

rom

occ

asio

nal

prac

tice

in c

hora

l rea

ding

afte

r th

e te

ache

r or

a ta

ped

voic

e. I

ndiv

idua

ls s

houl

d

also

be

calle

d up

on to

read

ora

lly f

rom

tim

e to

time

from

mat

eria

ls u

nder

stud

y. S

uch

prac

tice

will

hel

pde

velo

p na

tura

l int

onat

ion,

pron

unci

atio

n, s

peed

,

and

plea

sing

cad

ence

, and

read

ing

in th

ough

t uni

ts.

Eve

n th

ough

ext

rem

e ca

reis

take

n to

pro

vide

agr

adua

l inc

reas

e in

dif

ficu

lty

of r

eadi

ng m

ater

ials

, stu

dent

sw

ill c

onst

antly

run

up

agai

nst w

ords

and

phr

ases

that

they

do

not u

nder

stan

d.In

gen

eral

teac

hers

and

stud

ents

sho

uld

try

to

avoi

d tu

rnin

g to

Eng

lish

form

eani

ng. G

loss

arie

s an

dfo

reig

n la

ngua

ge d

ictio

n-

arie

s w

ill h

elp

the

stud

ent

lear

n ne

w e

xpre

ssio

ns a

ndre

info

rce

old

lear

ning

s.

Tea

chin

g st

uden

ts to

use

con

text

clue

s, f

orei

gn la

ngua

gede

fini

tions

, and

to r

ec-

ogni

ze w

ord

fam

ilies

will

help

stu

dent

s to

bec

ome

incr

easi

ngly

inde

pend

ent.

Syno

nym

s an

d an

tony

ms

for

new

wor

ds c

an o

ften

be

prov

ided

tocl

arif

y m

ean-

ing

in p

refe

renc

e to

giv

ing

equi

vale

nts

in E

nglis

h.T

each

ers

can

ofte

n an

ticip

ate

that

rea

ding

sel

ectio

ns w

ill p

rese

ntdi

ffic

ultie

s

for

stud

ents

. In

such

cas

esth

e te

ache

r ca

n pr

ovid

epr

e-re

adin

g or

ient

atio

n

abou

t set

ting,

cha

ract

ers,

plot

, and

aut

hor

to p

repa

reth

e cl

ass.

Whe

n ne

cess

ary

part

icul

arly

dif

ficu

lt el

emen

tsof

gra

mm

ar, i

diom

s, o

run

usua

l voc

abul

ary

can

be s

tudi

ed b

efor

e th

e re

adin

gis

und

erta

ken.

Con

side

rabl

e pr

actic

e in

sig

htre

adin

g of

unf

amili

ar m

ater

ials

will

be

bene

-

fici

al to

lear

ners

and

hel

pde

term

ine

thei

r pr

ogre

ss in

read

ing

skill

s. S

tude

nts

shou

ld b

e he

ld r

espo

nsib

lefo

r di

spla

ying

thei

r un

ders

tand

ing

of a

t lea

st th

ege

nera

l ide

as o

f th

e m

ater

ial.

Of

cour

se, r

eadi

ng m

atte

rch

osen

mus

t mak

ere

ason

able

dem

ands

on

the

lear

ner.

Indi

vidu

al o

ut-o

f-cl

ass

read

ing

shou

ld in

crea

se in

Lev

el I

II.

Som

etim

es s

uch

read

ing

will

be

done

as

an e

xtra

assi

gnm

ent i

n or

der

to f

ind

out

addi

tiona

l fac

ts

abou

t the

sub

ject

und

erst

udy.

In

addi

tion,

teac

hers

shou

ld e

ncou

rage

out

side

read

ing

base

d on

spe

cial

inte

rest

s. B

oth

fict

ion

and

non-

fict

ion

in th

e fo

reig

n

lang

uage

sho

uld

be a

vaila

ble

in th

e cl

assr

oom

or

libra

ry f

orth

e pu

rpos

e of

ap-

peal

ing

to in

divi

dual

inte

rest

san

d ab

ilitie

s. T

he id

eal

fore

ign

lang

uage

cla

ss-

room

will

hav

ebo

okca

ses

fille

d w

ith b

ooks

in E

nglis

h an

d th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge

as w

ell a

sfo

reig

n la

ngua

ge n

ewsp

aper

s an

dpe

riod

ical

s in

rac

ks.

!!!

Cg g

C r C C C A t C

Lev

el il

l Wri

ting

Act

iviti

es (

The

Nin

e Y

ear

Prog

ram

)O

n L

evel

III

far

less

tim

e th

an p

revi

ousl

y sh

ould

be

devo

ted

to s

impl

e co

py-

ing

of s

ectio

ns o

f ne

w m

ater

ials

. Occ

asio

nal c

opyi

ng m

ay b

e do

ne a

s a

part

of

a re

adin

g as

sign

men

t in

whi

ch s

tude

nts

are

told

to lo

cate

sen

tenc

es w

hich

prov

e a

poin

t, i.e

., ill

ustr

ate

an a

spec

t of

char

acte

r or

indi

cate

the

mai

n po

ints

of a

n ar

gum

ent.

Loc

atin

g an

d co

pyin

g to

pic

sent

ence

s m

ay te

ach

stud

ents

how

to s

umm

ariz

e th

e m

ain

thou

ghts

of

an e

ntir

e es

say.

The

se s

ente

nces

may

als

obe

com

e m

ain

poin

ts in

an

outli

ne.

Dic

tatio

nW

ritin

g di

ctat

ion

cont

inue

s to

hav

e va

lue

sinc

e it

fixe

s st

uden

t atte

ntio

n on

prec

ise

spel

ling,

cap

italiz

atio

n, a

nd p

unct

uatio

n of

new

mat

eria

l lea

rned

. Stu

-de

nts

shou

ld o

rdin

arily

be

advi

sed

abou

t a f

orth

com

ing

dict

atio

n te

st s

o th

atth

ey m

ay p

repa

re f

or it

. Dur

ing

Lev

el I

II a

mod

ifie

d di

ctat

ion

prov

ides

a c

re-

ativ

e ex

erci

se f

or th

e le

arne

r. T

he m

odif

ied

dict

atio

n m

ay b

e on

e of

two

type

s:1.

The

teac

her

dict

ates

a d

ialo

gue

or n

arra

tive

omitt

ing

cert

ain

elem

ents

,fo

r ex

ampl

e, w

ords

and

phr

ases

. Stu

dent

s go

bac

k an

d ad

d ap

prop

riat

em

ater

ial.

2. T

he te

ache

r di

ctat

es o

ne-h

alf

of a

dia

logu

e or

nar

rativ

e. S

tude

nts

then

add

enou

gh o

rigi

nal m

ater

ial t

o co

mpl

ete

the

exer

cise

.

Wri

ting

answ

ers

to q

uest

ions

on

the

read

ing,

as

men

tione

d in

Lev

el I

I, is

ofte

n an

exc

elle

nt m

etho

d of

pro

vidi

ng th

e st

uden

t with

som

e op

port

unity

tofr

ame

answ

ers

eith

er b

y us

ing

the

exac

t wor

ding

of

the

text

or

by u

sing

a c

on-

side

rabl

e pa

rt o

f th

e qu

estio

n pl

us a

wor

d or

phr

ase

from

the

text

. In

the

cot s

eof

this

act

ivity

the

stud

ent g

ets

cons

ider

able

pra

ctic

e in

cha

ngin

g in

terr

ogat

ive

sent

ence

s to

dec

lara

tive

ones

.D

rill

type

wri

ting

activ

ities

for

Lev

el I

II a

re th

e fo

llow

ing:

1. R

ewri

ting

jum

bled

sen

tenc

es. F

or e

xam

ple:

Tow

n to

Joh

n dr

ivin

g is

.(J

ohn

is d

rivi

ng to

tow

n)2.

Wri

ting

stru

ctur

e dr

ills

or tr

ansl

atio

n dr

ills.

See

Cha

pter

V.

3. R

ewri

ting

sent

ence

s or

par

agra

phs

in a

dif

fere

nt p

erso

n or

tens

e.4.

Com

bini

ng s

ente

nces

, sim

ple

to c

ompo

und

or c

ompl

ex.

5. W

ritin

g si

mpl

e se

nten

ces

from

a c

ompo

und

or c

ompl

ex s

ente

nce.

A s

impl

e w

ritte

n ex

erci

se is

one

in w

hich

bla

nks

are

left

in p

rint

ed s

um-

mar

ies

or r

ecom

bina

tions

of

mat

eria

l pre

viou

sly

stud

ied.

Stu

dent

s fi

ll in

the

blan

ks P

ith a

ppro

pria

te w

ords

or

phra

ses.

A m

ore

adva

nced

type

of

com

posi

tion

activ

ity p

rovi

des

the

stud

ent w

ith a

topi

c se

nten

ce w

hich

he

is to

dev

elop

into

a w

ritte

n pa

ragr

aph.

Som

etim

es h

em

ay b

e gi

ven

a tit

le a

nd to

ld to

wri

te a

topi

c se

nten

ce f

or it

. Nex

t he

wri

tes

thre

e se

nten

ces

to d

evel

op th

e to

pic

and

fina

lly a

dds

a co

nclu

ding

sen

tenc

e.O

ne ty

pe o

f gu

ided

com

posi

tion

has

seve

ral s

teps

. Fir

st th

e st

uden

t wri

tes

an-

swer

s to

que

stio

ns o

n a

dial

ogue

. Nex

t, he

com

bine

s an

d ex

pand

s th

e an

swer

sto

wri

te a

nar

rativ

e.A

s th

e st

uden

t bec

omes

mor

e sk

illfu

l in

para

grap

h w

ritin

g he

may

be

re-

quir

ed to

wri

te o

n to

pics

of

the

follo

win

g ty

pe:

1. T

ellin

g an

inci

dent

bas

ed o

n a

pers

onal

exp

erie

nce

2. R

epor

ting

on a

sch

ool e

vent

3. E

xpre

ssin

g an

opi

nion

or

pref

eren

ce o

n a

spec

ific

topi

c

39

Man

y te

ache

rs f

ind

that

they

are

abl

e to

insp

ire

stud

ent

wri

ting

thro

ugh

pic-

ture

s de

pict

ing

som

e ac

tion

or th

ing.

Stu

dent

s ar

e to

ld to

wri

te a

sto

ry o

r di

a-lo

gue

desc

ribi

ng w

hat t

hey

see.

Rew

ritin

g a

prev

ious

ly r

ead

stor

yfr

om m

emor

yis

ano

ther

met

hod

of p

rovi

ding

sem

i-gu

ided

com

posi

tion

prac

tice.

Gra

ding

Com

posi

tions

In g

radi

ng a

wri

tten

exer

cise

a n

umbe

r of

fac

tors

mus

tbe

take

n in

toac

coun

t. T

each

ers

shou

ld c

onsi

der

the

follo

win

g:1.

Tot

al o

utpu

t-.

lum

ber

of w

ords

2. R

ange

and

div

ersi

ty o

f vo

cabu

lary

3. A

ccur

acy

in s

pelli

ng, c

apita

lizat

ion,

and

pun

ctua

tion

4. C

orre

ctne

ss o

f la

ngua

ge u

sage

5. Q

ualit

y in

sen

tenc

e st

ruct

ure,

i.e.

, var

iety

in ty

pe a

nd le

ngth

Lev

el I

ll L

ette

r W

ritin

g (T

he N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

An

activ

ity w

hich

exc

ites

extr

eme

inte

rest

on

the

part

of m

any

stud

ents

is w

ritin

g le

tters

to s

tude

nts

of th

e sa

me

age

in a

fore

ign

coun

try.

By

Lev

elII

I w

ith c

aref

ul g

uida

nce

frc

:n th

e te

ache

r m

ost s

tude

nts

coul

d be

gin

wri

ting

indi

vidu

al le

tters

. Tea

cher

s ca

n he

lp s

tude

nts

by in

itial

lypr

ovid

ing

mod

elle

tters

whi

ch c

an b

e ea

sily

mod

ifie

d to

fit

each

indi

vidu

al.

Let

ter

exch

ange

sw

ill u

sual

ly g

et o

ff to

a b

ette

r st

art i

f te

ache

rs v

olun

teer

tore

view

rou

ghco

pies

of

thei

r st

uden

ts' l

ette

rs. S

tude

nts

shou

ld b

e en

cour

aged

tobr

ing

tocl

ass

lette

rs w

hich

they

get

fro

m o

vers

eas

in o

rder

that

all

stud

ents

may

bene

fit.

Som

e te

ache

rs p

refe

r to

set

up

lette

r ex

chan

ges

betw

een

thei

r ow

n cl

ass

and

a cl

ass

in a

for

eign

cou

ntry

. In

this

cas

e al

l stu

dent

s ca

nsh

are

in w

ritin

gan

d re

ceiv

ing

the

lette

rs. O

nce

begu

n th

e ex

chan

ge c

an g

row

into

an

ex-

chan

ge o

f ta

pe r

ecor

ding

s, s

crap

book

s, a

nd o

ther

cla

ss p

roje

cts.

Iave

ls I

V, V

, VI

Sequ

ence

AG

rade

s 10

, 11,

12

The

Sen

ior

Hig

h Sc

hool

Stu

dent

as

a L

angu

age

Lea

rner

(N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

The

sen

ior

high

sch

ool s

tude

nt is

incr

easi

ngly

des

irou

s of

gain

ing

inde

-pe

nden

ce f

rom

adu

lt su

perv

isio

n an

d co

ncer

ned

abou

t mai

ntai

ning

or

achi

ev-

ing

stat

us in

pee

r gr

oups

. He

may

act

ually

be

relu

ctan

t to

begi

n le

arni

ngto

spe

ak a

for

eign

lang

uage

for

fea

r of

sou

ndin

g qu

eer

toot

hers

. He

is in

-cr

easi

ngly

inte

rest

ed in

abs

trac

t tho

ught

and

sol

ving

pro

blem

s. A

s a

cons

e-qu

ence

, if

he is

just

beg

inni

ng a

for

eign

lang

uage

, he

may

wan

t to

tran

slat

ean

d kn

ow th

e "r

ules

" of

the

lang

uage

. He

is n

o lo

nger

eag

er to

mem

oriz

em

ater

ial a

nd h

as lo

st s

ome

of h

is a

bilit

y to

imita

te n

ew s

ound

s.In

sen

ior

high

sch

ool s

tude

nts

beco

me

inte

rest

ed in

colle

ge, c

aree

rs, a

ndid

entif

ying

des

irab

le c

hara

cter

istic

s fo

r a

mar

riag

e pa

rtne

r. T

hese

you

ngad

ults

mat

urin

g in

thei

r ab

ility

to r

easo

n an

d bu

ildin

g pe

rson

alph

iloso

phie

s an

dat

titud

es to

war

d lif

e ar

e m

ore

fully

aw

are

than

eve

r be

fore

of

the

soci

al,

econ

omic

, and

pol

itica

l iss

ues

of th

e da

y. T

hey

are

inte

rest

ed in

thei

r pr

esen

tcu

lture

and

tech

nolo

gy a

nd p

robl

ems

conc

erni

ng th

eir

com

mun

ity, n

atio

n,an

d w

orld

. At t

he s

ame

time

the

seni

or h

igh

scho

ol s

tude

nt is

incr

easi

ngly

awar

e of

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f le

sson

s of

the

past

for

solv

ing

prob

lem

s of

the

pres

ent.

He

is g

ener

ally

ope

n m

inde

d an

d w

elco

mes

new

lear

ning

exp

erie

nces

.T

he s

enio

r hi

gh s

choo

l stu

dent

is r

eady

to e

njoy

hea

ring

, rea

ding

, dis

cuss

-in

g, a

nd w

ritin

g ab

out m

atur

e to

pics

. The

topi

cs o

f in

tere

st to

him

will

pro

-

vide

exc

elle

nt v

ehic

les

for

stre

ngth

enin

g co

mm

unic

atio

nssk

ills

at th

e sa

me

time

that

they

hel

p hi

m to

bette

r de

al w

ith th

e pr

oble

ms

of li

fe.

Sinc

e co

mpe

tenc

y in

afo

reig

n la

ngua

ge is

par

t of

alib

eral

edu

catio

n,

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

pro

gram

in th

e se

nior

hig

h sc

hool

shou

ld c

orre

late

with

othe

r su

bjec

ts in

the

stud

ent's

sche

dule

. The

stu

dent

now

use

sth

e fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge f

or lo

catin

g in

form

atio

nab

out m

atte

rs o

f im

port

ance

tohi

m a

sw

ell a

s fo

r pr

ovid

ing

a ke

y to

wor

thw

hile

use

of

leis

ure

time

for

read

ing

or tr

avel

.

Obj

ectiv

es f

or th

e Se

nior

Hig

h Sc

hool

Lev

els

IV, V

, VI

(The

Nin

e Y

earP

rogr

am)

The

Sen

ior

Hig

h Sc

hool

pro

gram

in th

e ni

ne y

ear

sequ

ence

will

nor

mal

ly

allo

w th

e st

uden

t to

fini

shad

vanc

ed le

vels

, IV

, V, a

nd V

Iin

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

. It w

ill s

tres

s ac

cultu

ratio

nth

roug

h ex

posu

re to

ele

men

tsof

the

for-

eign

cul

ture

typi

cally

a p

art o

f an

olde

r te

en-a

ger's

exp

erie

nce

in th

e fo

reig

nla

nd. O

bjec

tives

for

Lev

els

IVth

roug

h V

I fo

llow

:

Gen

eral

Obj

ectiv

es1.

Dev

elop

an

unde

rta

ndin

g of

the

natu

re o

fla

ngua

geits

cha

ngin

gch

arac

ter,

how

it r

ofie

cts

cultu

re2.

Con

tinue

to f

oste

r an

inte

rest

in la

ngua

ge a

nd la

ngua

gele

arni

ng

3. D

evel

op a

n ap

prec

iatio

nof

the

role

that

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

can

pla

y

in a

chie

ving

the

gene

ralg

oals

of

educ

atio

n, d

evel

opin

gsa

labl

e sk

ills,

pro

-

mot

ing

wor

thw

hile

use

of

leis

ure

time

4. D

evel

op a

true

cros

s-cu

ltura

l ins

ight

bec

ause

of

long

exp

osur

e to

the

fore

ign

cultu

re

Spec

ific

Lin

guis

tic O

bjec

tives

1. D

evel

op th

e ab

ility

toco

mm

unic

ate

in a

fas

hion

appr

opri

ate

for

the

youn

g

adul

t in

the

fore

ign

soci

ety

onto

pics

of

gene

ral i

nter

est

from

his

ow

n an

d

the

fore

ign

coun

try.

2. D

evel

op s

kill

inre

adin

g fo

r di

ffer

ent p

urpo

ses

the

man

y ki

nds

of m

a-te

rial

s ty

pica

lly r

ead

by a

n av

erag

est

uden

t of

his

age

inth

e fo

reig

n

cultu

re3.

Dev

elop

insi

ghts

into

adu

lt lif

e in

the

fore

ign

coun

try

with

spec

ial

emph

asis

on

aler

ting

the

lear

ner

to c

ross

-cul

tura

ldi

ffer

ence

s be

twee

n

the

fore

ign

cultu

re a

nd h

is o

wn

4. D

evel

op a

n ab

ility

totr

ansl

ate

with

a f

eelin

gfo

r co

rrec

t int

erpr

eta-

tion

from

one

lang

uage

toth

e ot

her

mat

eria

l with

inth

e sc

ope

of h

is

know

ledg

e an

d ex

peri

ence

5. B

egin

adv

ance

d w

ork

in c

onve

rsat

ion,

syn

tax,

com

posi

tion,

and

mat

ure

liter

atur

e on

the

basi

s of

aso

und

fund

amen

tal k

now

lelg

eof

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

and

cul

ture

Bas

ic C

onte

nt L

evel

IV

(T

heN

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

Gra

de10

Whe

n ch

oosi

ng c

onte

ntfo

r L

evel

IV

one

mus

tke

ep in

min

d th

at th

ela

n-

guag

e le

arne

r in

the

nine

yea

r se

quen

ce is

a15

-yea

r-ol

d, n

ot a

col

lege

stud

ent.

His

bac

kgro

und

may

mak

e hi

m a

s ye

tuna

ppre

ciat

ive

of r

eally

gre

atw

orks

of

liter

atur

e ev

en if

he

can

read

them

. His

inte

rest

sw

ill te

nd to

cen

ter

arou

nd

the

follo

win

g ar

eas:

1. S

choo

l Lif

e2.

Spo

rts

40

3. H

igh

adve

ntur

e,es

peci

ally

for

the

boys

4. T

rave

l5.

Hum

or6.

Rom

ance

, esp

ecia

lly f

orth

e gi

rls

7. F

amily

life

, esp

ecia

llyfo

r th

e gi

rls

8. S

cien

ce, e

spec

ially

for

the

boys

Con

tent

for

Lev

el I

V s

houl

dbe

cho

sen

for

itsap

peal

to th

e 15

-yea

r-ol

d

child

as

wel

l as

for

itsed

ucat

iona

l val

ue. I

t is

poss

ible

als

o in

Gra

de10

to

rela

te m

any

activ

ities

toot

her

cour

ses

that

stu

dent

s ar

est

udyi

ng. S

uita

ble

cont

ent i

nclu

des

the

follo

win

g:

1. C

onte

mpo

rary

lite

ratu

rere

ad b

oth

in a

nd o

utof

cla

ss

2. C

urre

nt e

vent

s3.

His

tory

, som

e pa

ralle

lun

its to

coi

ncid

e w

ithth

e w

orld

his

tory

cou

rse

4. S

cien

ce, p

artic

ular

lyim

port

ant b

iolo

gist

s an

d so

me

of th

e co

ncep

ts w

hich

they

dis

cove

red

5. T

rave

l, in

clud

ing

som

esi

tuat

iona

l dia

logu

es,

read

ings

, and

film

s ab

out

vari

ous

area

s in

the

fore

ign

coun

try

6. T

he f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge,i

ts s

ourc

e an

d de

velo

pmen

t7.

The

for

eign

her

itage

grea

t sch

olar

s, a

rtis

ts,

wri

ters

, com

pose

rs, a

nd

mon

umen

tsFo

reig

n la

ngua

ge te

ache

rsw

ho w

ish

to te

ach

units

rela

ted

to th

ose

taug

ht

by c

olle

ague

s in

oth

erde

part

men

ts s

houl

d in

vest

igat

ew

hat u

nits

will

be

taug

ht

to 1

0th

grad

e st

uden

tspa

rtic

ular

ly b

y te

ache

rs in

the

lang

uage

art

s an

d so

cial

stud

ies.

Som

e pa

rtic

ular

lypr

omis

ing

units

for

the

10th

grad

e ar

e su

gges

ted

in A

Gui

de f

or I

nstr

uctio

nin

the

Lan

guag

e A

rts5

Adv

entu

res

Far

and

Nea

rR

adio

and

Tel

evis

ion

App

reci

atio

nFa

mily

and

Hom

eR

eadi

ng M

agaz

ines

for

Ple

asur

ean

d Pr

ofit

The

Pow

er o

f L

angu

age

Tea

m P

lay

and

Indi

vidu

ality

Exc

elle

nt s

ugge

stio

ns f

orde

velo

ping

thes

e un

its a

lso

appe

arin

this

gui

de

for

Eng

lish

teac

hers

.For

eign

lang

uage

teac

hers

cou

ld u

sem

uch

of th

is m

ater

ial

in d

evel

opin

g co

rres

pond

ing

units

of

inst

ruct

ion.

Mat

eria

ls to

be

used

in L

evel

IV w

ill n

ot v

ary

grea

tlyin

kin

d fr

om th

ose

used

in L

evel

III

. The

y w

ill,

how

ever

, be

som

ewha

t mor

edi

ffic

ult b

oth

in

the

idea

s th

ey p

rese

nt a

ndin

the

lang

uage

they

use

.Su

itabl

e m

ater

ials

in-

clud

e: 1. R

ecor

ding

s of

radi

o pr

ogra

ms,

new

scas

ts,

play

s, p

oetr

y, m

usic

, and

narr

ativ

es2.

Film

stri

ps, s

lides

, and

soun

d fi

lms

3. P

lays

, nov

els,

sho

rtst

orie

s, p

oem

s, n

ewsp

aper

san

d m

agaz

ines

It s

houl

d be

rem

embe

red

that

indi

vidu

al d

iffe

renc

esin

abi

lity

and

inte

rest

amon

g st

uden

tsw

ill r

equi

re th

at te

ache

rsin

divi

dual

ize

assi

gnm

ents

as

muc

h

as is

pos

sibl

e.T

each

ers

shou

ld in

form

them

selv

es r

egar

ding

stu

dent

inte

rest

s

`A G

uide

for

Ins

truc

tion

inth

e L

angu

age

Art

s. G

rade

s7-

12. C

urri

culu

m B

ulle

tinN

o. 1

8, S

tate

Dep

artm

ent o

fEdu

catio

n, S

t. Pa

ul. 1

956.

pp.

219-

285.

and

capi

taliz

e on

thos

e in

tere

sts

to s

timul

ate

lear

ning

. Inf

orm

atio

n ab

out s

tu-

dent

inte

rest

s ca

n be

gat

here

d th

roug

h qu

estio

nnai

res

and

clas

s di

scus

sion

s. A

tno

tim

e sh

ould

teac

hers

fal

l int

o th

e ha

bit o

f ha

ving

all

stud

ents

rea

d ol

d fa

vor-

ites

from

thei

r co

llege

day

s. S

uch

stor

ies

ofte

n ha

ve li

ttle

appe

al f

or la

rge

num

-be

rs o

f st

uden

ts in

a g

iven

cla

ssro

om. Rev

iew

The

beg

inni

ng o

f se

nior

hig

h sc

hool

, Lev

el I

V, i

s an

impo

rtan

t pla

ce f

orsy

stem

atic

rev

iew

bef

ore

proc

eedi

ng to

ent

irel

y ne

w m

ater

ial.

In L

evel

IV

stud

ents

with

var

ying

bac

kgro

unds

will

be

com

ing

toge

ther

for

the

firs

t tim

ein

the

unfa

mili

ar s

enio

r hi

gh s

choo

l set

ting.

The

se s

tude

nts

will

gai

n co

nfid

ence

from

wor

king

with

ele

tren

ts o

f la

ngua

ge w

hich

do

not o

vert

ax th

eir

lingu

istic

abili

ty. G

ener

ally

one

can

say

that

a s

timul

atin

g re

ader

, no

mor

e di

ffic

ult

than

the

last

wor

k re

ad in

Lev

el I

II, c

an b

e us

ed f

or r

eadi

ng, d

iscu

ssio

n,an

d w

ritin

g pr

actic

e. S

uch

initi

al s

tudy

can

be

very

hel

pful

in a

idin

g th

ete

ache

r to

dis

cove

r ar

eas

need

ing

rem

edia

l pra

ctic

e an

d to

det

erm

ine

ap-

prox

imat

e ab

ilitie

s in

the

four

ski

lls. M

ass

mim

icry

or

spec

ial p

ronu

ncia

tion

prac

tice,

into

natio

n pr

actic

e, p

atte

rn p

ract

ice,

and

wri

ting

drill

s of

var

ious

kind

s m

ay b

e ne

cess

ary

to p

repa

re s

tude

nts

befo

re la

unch

ing

into

the

real

Lev

el I

V c

ours

e w

ork.

Dur

ing

the

revi

ew p

erio

d, h

owev

er, s

tude

nts

with

mor

e ad

equa

te c

omm

and

of th

e la

ngua

ge s

houl

d no

t hav

e to

mar

k tim

e w

hile

othe

rs tr

y to

cat

ch u

p. T

hey

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

wor

thw

hile

uni

t rel

ated

list

enin

g,sp

eaki

ng, r

eadi

ng, a

nd w

ritin

g as

sign

men

ts.

Perc

enta

ge o

f T

ime

Dev

oted

to V

ario

us S

kills

Lev

el I

V

Lis

teni

ng20

%Sp

eaki

ng20

%R

eadi

ng40

%1 1

Wri

ting

20%

Lis

teni

ng A

ctiv

ities

for

Lev

el I

V (

The

Nin

e Y

ear.

Pro

wam

)B

y L

evel

IV

spe

cifi

c lis

teni

ng a

ctiv

ities

take

a m

uch

smal

ler

port

ion

ofst

udy

time

than

for

mer

ly. L

iste

ning

act

iviti

es a

re n

o lo

nger

cho

sen

prim

arily

to g

ive

stud

ents

pra

ctic

e in

und

erst

andi

ng o

ral l

angu

age,

but

bec

ause

the

activ

ity w

ill c

ontr

ibut

e so

me

valu

able

info

rmat

ion

to th

e un

it un

der

stud

y.St

uden

ts g

et d

aily

list

enin

g pr

actic

e in

the

cour

se o

f m

onito

ring

stu

dent

and

teac

her

disc

ussi

ons

and

pres

enta

tions

dur

ing

norm

al c

lass

pro

cedu

res.

How

ever

, tea

cher

s sh

ould

mak

e it

a ru

le to

pla

n so

me

spec

ific

list

enin

g ac

tivi-

ties

as a

par

t of

ever

y un

it. R

ecor

ding

s of

lite

rary

rea

ding

s, m

usic

, pla

ys,

radi

o pr

ogra

ms,

new

scas

ts, a

nd f

ilms

can

usua

lly b

e fo

und

whi

ch p

erta

in to

aun

it of

stu

dy. R

ecor

ding

s of

lite

rary

mat

eria

ls a

re n

ow r

eadi

ly o

btai

nabl

e fr

omA

mer

ican

rep

rese

ntat

ives

of

fore

ign

com

pani

es. E

nter

pris

ing

indi

vidu

als

ofte

nfi

nd it

pos

sibl

e to

tape

rec

ord

Voi

ce o

f A

mer

ica

or f

orei

gn r

adio

tran

smis

-si

ons.

Whe

n su

ch p

rogr

ams

are

not e

asily

obt

aina

ble,

syn

thet

ic n

ewsc

asts

may

be

reco

rded

fro

m f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge n

ewsp

aper

sto

ries

by

the

teac

her

orso

me

loca

l for

eign

lang

uage

spe

aker

. Stu

dent

s ca

n be

nefi

t fro

m li

sten

ing

toso

me

lect

ures

, tap

ed o

r liv

e, w

hen

the

lect

ures

rel

ate

to u

nit l

earn

ing

activ

ities

.

Spea

king

Act

iviti

es f

or L

evel

IV

(T

he N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

In L

evel

IV

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

cla

ss w

ill b

e co

nduc

ted

entir

ely

in th

efo

reig

n la

ngua

ge. I

n ad

ditio

n. th

e cl

ass

will

mor

e an

d m

ore

stre

ss p

upil

to41

pupi

l dis

cuss

ion

as th

e te

ache

r tr

ies

to p

lay

a le

ss o

bvio

us r

ole

in m

anag

ing

clas

s af

fair

s. S

uita

ble

spea

king

act

iviti

es f

or L

evel

IV

fol

low

:1.

Cla

ss a

nd s

mal

l gro

ups

may

dis

cuss

ind;

vidu

al in

tere

sts,

con

tem

pora

ryto

pics

and

mat

eria

l hea

rd, r

ead,

or

view

ed. D

iscu

ssio

ns o

f lit

erat

ure

shou

ld p

erta

in to

plo

t, ch

arac

ters

, situ

atio

ns, a

nd le

vels

of

mea

ning

liter

al, s

ymbo

lic, p

hilo

soph

icap

prop

riat

e to

the

age

of th

e st

uden

t2.

Stu

dent

s m

ay p

rese

nt p

repa

red

and

impr

ompt

u sp

eech

es a

bout

aut

hors

,no

vels

, pla

ys, p

erso

nal t

opic

s, c

urre

nt e

vent

s, a

nd c

ultu

ral t

opic

s3.

Pro

nunc

iatio

n, in

tona

tion,

and

phr

asin

g pr

actic

e w

ill b

e in

trod

uced

as

need

ed4.

Por

tions

of

play

s m

ay b

e pr

esen

ted

by c

lass

gro

ups

5. O

ral r

eadi

ngs

of p

rose

and

poe

try

may

be

pres

ente

d to

the

clas

s

Rea

ding

In

Lev

el I

V (

The

Nin

e Y

ear

Prog

ram

)It

mus

t be

pres

umed

that

stu

dent

s in

Lev

el I

V w

ill b

e co

ncer

ned

with

lear

ning

task

s no

rmal

ly a

ssig

ned

to m

atur

e re

ader

s. L

earn

ing

to r

ead

wel

lis

, of

cour

se, a

long

term

task

and

som

e at

tent

ion

will

be

dire

cted

to d

e-ve

lopi

ng r

eadi

ng s

kills

cha

ract

eris

tic o

f th

e go

od m

atur

e re

ader

. Inc

reas

ing

atte

ntio

n m

ust b

e pa

id to

rea

ding

spe

ed to

a p

oint

con

sist

ent w

ith g

ood

com

preh

ensi

on a

nd le

arni

ng to

rea

d fo

r in

fere

nce

and

deta

il. F

urth

erm

ore,

stud

ents

will

hav

e to

con

tinue

to g

ain

expe

rien

ce r

eadi

ng a

wid

e va

riet

y of

mat

eria

ls f

or m

any

diile

rent

pur

pose

s. S

ome

prac

tice

in e

ach

of th

e fo

llow

ing

kind

s of

rea

ding

sho

uld

be in

clud

ed in

the

read

ing

prog

ram

: ski

mm

ing,

read

ing

for

the

gene

ral s

igni

fica

nce

of a

pas

sage

, org

aniz

ing

wha

t is

read

,re

adin

g to

fol

low

dir

ectio

ns, r

eadi

ng to

pre

dict

out

com

es, f

orm

ing

sens

ory

impr

essi

ons

from

wha

t is

read

, not

ing

deta

ils a

nd r

eadi

ng c

ritic

ally

. Muc

h of

the

read

ing

in L

evel

IV

sho

uld

be d

one

inde

pend

ently

out

side

of

clas

s.A

ll st

uden

ts s

houl

d be

enc

oura

ged

to s

elec

t boo

ks in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

from

the

scho

ol o

r pu

blic

libr

ary

for

indi

vidu

al r

eadi

ng. R

efer

ence

boo

ks in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

sho

uld

be u

sed

to lo

cate

info

rmat

ion

need

ed f

or u

nits

of s

tudy

. Pre

fera

bly

mos

t for

eign

lang

uage

boo

ks o

ther

than

bas

ic te

xts

used

by L

evel

IV

stu

dent

s sh

ould

be

loca

ted

in th

e sc

hool

libr

ary.

Stu

dent

s sh

ould

be e

ncou

rage

d to

use

libr

ary

faci

litie

s fo

r pr

epar

ing

fore

ign

lang

uage

ass

ign-

men

ts.

Whe

neve

r po

ssib

le li

tera

ture

ass

ignm

ents

sho

uld

be m

ade

with

a v

iew

topr

ovid

ing

insi

ghts

into

the

fore

ign

cultu

re. C

odes

of

etiq

uette

, cus

tom

s of

fam

ily li

fe, s

uch

as m

arri

age,

bir

th, d

eath

, edu

catio

n, a

nd p

rofe

ssio

ns a

reso

me

area

s th

at m

ay b

e be

tter

unde

rsto

od th

roug

h re

adin

g an

d di

scus

sion

..

Wri

ting

Act

iviti

es I

n L

evel

IV

(T

he N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

Man

y L

evel

III

wri

ting

activ

ities

will

be

equa

lly u

sefu

l in

Lev

el I

V. S

ome

dict

atio

n pr

actic

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

be

usef

ul in

lear

ning

to w

rite

new

mat

eria

l.A

nsw

erin

g qu

estio

ns r

egar

ding

sub

ject

mat

ter

shou

ld a

lso

be c

ontin

ued

inL

evel

IV

. How

ever

, que

stio

ns s

houl

d be

ask

ed s

o th

at s

tude

nts

will

oft

en n

otbe

abl

e to

sim

ply

reph

rase

the

ques

tion

to p

rovi

de th

e m

ajor

par

t of

the

answ

er. N

eith

er s

houl

d th

ey a

lway

s be

abl

e to

ans

wer

by

copy

ing

a st

ate-

men

t fro

m th

e te

xt. M

ore

and

mor

e qu

estio

ns s

houl

d re

quir

e st

uden

t int

er-

pret

atio

n of

the

read

ing.

Ans

wer

s sh

ould

rep

rese

nt th

ough

tful

stu

dent

com

-m

ent r

athe

r th

an s

impl

y pa

rrot

ing

sent

ence

s fr

om te

xtbo

oks.

Oth

er w

ritin

gac

tiviti

es a

re:

1. W

ritin

gco

mpo

sitio

ns a

nd r

esum

esde

alin

g w

ith f

ihr

read

ings

, and

reco

rded

mat

eria

ls2.

Tak

ing

note

sin

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

on

clas

sdi

scus

sion

s, r

epor

ts,

and

lect

ures

3. W

ritin

gex

erci

ses

to r

einf

orce

lear

ning

of

basi

cla

ngua

ge s

truc

ture

s

and

to p

ract

ice

stru

ctur

es th

at a

ppea

ron

ly in

wri

ting

with

occ

asio

nal

use

of f

orei

gnla

ngua

ge r

efer

ence

gra

mm

ars

and

dict

iona

ries

Wri

ting

exer

cise

s as

wel

l as

othe

r ac

tiviti

essh

ould

be

gear

ed to

indi

vidu

al

diff

eren

ces

in b

ackg

roun

dan

d ab

ility

.

Dev

elop

ing

A U

nit o

fFor

eign

Lan

guag

eIn

stru

ctio

n

The

term

"U

nit

of I

nstr

uctio

n"ha

s se

vera

lm

eani

ngs.

As

used

earl

ier

in

this

gui

de it

oft

enre

ferr

ed to

not

hing

mor

eth

an a

cha

pter

in a

text

book

,

that

is, a

gra

mm

arun

it, o

r a

basi

cdi

alog

ue p

lus

cert

ain

activ

ities

, suc

h as

patte

rn d

rills

,dia

logu

e ad

apta

tions

,and

rec

ombi

natio

nna

rrat

ives

.

For

mor

e m

atur

ele

arne

rs w

ho h

ave

acqu

ired

bas

ic s

kills

in la

ngua

gew

heth

er

thei

r na

tive

lang

uage

or

a se

cond

one

,a

unit

is m

ore

com

plic

ated

. Pro

perl

y

conc

eive

d it

isde

velo

ped

arou

nd a

ques

tion

or a

pro

blem

that

is m

eani

ngfu

l,

even

exc

iting

for

the

lear

ner.

It m

ay p

rovi

defo

r le

arni

ng in

seve

ral s

ubje

ct-

mat

ter

area

s,th

at is

, lan

guag

ean

d so

cial

stu

dies

or

scie

nce,

and

sho

uld

incl

ude

a va

riet

yof

lear

ning

activ

ities

and

mat

eria

ls.A

sug

gest

edou

tline

fol

low

s.

A G

ood

Uni

t ofI

nstr

uctio

nA

. Bet

ting

orO

rien

tatio

n1.

Are

lear

ning

mat

eria

ls a

t the

pro

per

lingu

istic

dif

ficu

lty le

vel

avai

l-

able

for

the

stud

ents

?2.

Are

the

lear

ners

inte

rest

edin

the

prop

osed

topi

c or

can

they

be

inte

rest

ed in

it?

3. C

an th

eyo

uthf

ul le

arne

run

ders

tand

the

com

plex

ities

of

the

topi

c?

4. W

hat l

ingu

istic

and

gene

ral

expe

rien

ces

mus

t he

have

had

to e

ngag

e

in s

tudy

of

the

unit

topi

c?5.

Wha

t com

mon

expe

rien

ces,

ling

uist

ican

d ot

herw

ise,

mus

tthe

teac

her

prov

ide

as a

prer

equi

site

to w

ork

onth

e un

it of

stu

dy?

B. T

he O

bjec

tives

1. T

o fu

rthe

rth

e st

uden

t's a

bilit

yto

do

inde

pend

ent l

earn

ing

inth

e

fore

ign

lang

uage

2. T

o st

imul

ate

the

stud

ent's

des

ire

to le

arn

thro

ugh

read

ing

in th

e

fore

ign

lang

uage

,view

ing

film

s an

d ot

her

sim

ilar

activ

ities

3. T

o ga

insi

gnif

ican

t kno

wle

dge,

cultu

ral o

r so

cial

,fr

om th

e un

it

activ

ities

4. T

o pa

rtic

ipat

ein

the

form

ulat

ion

and

acce

ptan

ce o

fobj

ectiv

es

The

Int

rodu

ctio

nan

d A

ppro

ach

1. D

oes

the

unit

grow

out o

f an

imm

edia

te, v

ital,

real

, and

sign

ific

ant

inte

rest

and

ther

efor

eta

p th

e en

thus

iasm

of th

e gr

oup?

2. I

s th

ein

trod

uctio

n a

join

t-co

oper

ativ

e ac

tivity

of

the

teac

her

and

stud

ents

?3.

Do

the

intr

oduc

tion

and

appr

oach

ser

ve to

rev

eal

indi

vidu

al in

ter-

ests

and

back

grou

nds

that

may

be c

ultiv

ated

insp

ecia

l ind

epen

dent

and

grou

p pr

ojec

ts,

for

exam

ple,

ora

lan

d w

ritte

n re

port

s,cr

eativ

e

wri

ting?

42

4. D

o th

e in

trod

uctio

nan

d ap

proa

ch v

erve

tore

veal

indi

vidu

al n

eeds

for

spec

ial h

elp

and

atte

ntio

nin

und

erst

andi

ng th

ela

ngua

ge a

nd c

on-

cept

s pe

culia

r to

the

topi

c?5.

Doe

s th

ein

trod

uctio

n pr

ovid

e th

est

uden

t with

aco

mpr

ehen

sive

over

view

of

the

unit

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

obje

ctiv

es?

6. D

oes

the

intr

oduc

tion

guid

e th

e st

uden

t to

the

appr

opri

ate

fore

ign

lang

uage

stu

dy m

ater

ials

as

wel

l as

acqu

aint

him

with

pro

per

tech

-

niqu

es f

or u

sing

the

mat

eria

ls?

D. T

he L

earn

ing

Act

iviti

es1.

Is

ther

e a

vari

ety

of le

arni

ng a

ctiv

ities

prov

ided

to m

eet

indi

vidu

al

and

grou

p in

tere

sts

and

need

s, th

at is

,ac

tiviti

es th

at c

all f

orob

-

serv

atio

n, li

sten

ing,

read

ing,

gat

heri

ngin

form

atio

n, o

rgan

izin

g,cr

iti-

cal r

efle

ctio

n,ge

nera

lizin

g, a

pplic

atio

n,cr

eativ

e ex

pres

sion

, coo

p-

erat

ive

actio

n, a

nd s

ocia

lpar

ticip

atio

n?2.

Are

ther

edi

ffer

entia

ted

activ

ities

for

pupi

ls o

f di

ffer

ent

leve

ls o

f

abili

ty a

nd m

atur

ity?

3. A

re th

ere

com

mon

activ

ities

to a

ssur

e m

aste

ryof

a "

kern

el"

cont

ent

of c

once

pts

and

lang

uage

?4.

Are

ther

e di

agno

stic

activ

ities

to c

heck

qua

lity

of le

arni

ng a

nd r

eme-

dial

act

iviti

es to

cor

rect

mis

unde

rsta

ndin

gs o

f co

nten

t as

wel

l as

mis

use

of la

ngua

ge?

5. A

re th

ere

activ

ities

desi

gned

to im

prov

ew

ork

and

stud

yha

bits

?

6. A

re th

ere

activ

ities

prov

ided

to in

sure

that

eve

rypu

pil m

ay e

x-

peri

ence

suc

cess

?7.

Are

ther

e ac

tiviti

espr

ovid

ed s

o th

at s

tude

nts

will

bec

ome

mor

e re

-

spon

sibl

e an

d se

lf-d

irec

tive

in u

sing

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

to in

crea

se

thei

r ow

n kn

owle

dge?

8. A

re th

ere

plan

ned-

in-a

dvan

ce a

ctiv

ities

whi

ch a

re a

dapt

able

toin

-

divi

dual

nee

ds a

nd in

tere

sts

asth

e un

it de

velo

ps?

9. D

o st

uden

ts h

ave

anop

port

unity

to s

ugge

st a

nd e

ngag

ein

for

eign

lang

uage

act

iviti

es n

otin

clud

ed in

the

orig

inal

pla

n?

10. H

ave

suff

icie

ntst

uden

t stu

dy a

ids,

sou

rce

mat

eria

ls, a

nd r

efer

ence

s

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

gebe

en m

ade

avai

labl

e?11

. Doe

s th

e te

ache

rha

ve n

eces

sary

ref

eren

ces

and

reso

urce

mat

eria

ls

for

his

own

use?

E. T

he E

valu

atio

nof

Ind

ivid

ual G

row

th1.

Are

all

obje

ctiv

es,l

ingu

istic

and

idea

tiona

l,ev

alua

ted?

2. D

o st

uden

ts e

ngag

ein

sel

f-ev

alua

tion?

F. G

ener

al F

eatu

res

of U

nit P

lann

ing

and

Con

stru

ctio

n

1. I

s th

e un

it a

unif

ied

who

le d

esig

ned

to f

urth

er f

orei

gnla

ngua

ge

com

mun

icat

ion

skill

sth

roug

h m

eani

ngfu

lcon

tent

?

2. A

re a

ctiv

ities

of th

e un

it in

agre

emen

t with

sou

ndpr

inci

ples

of

lear

ning

?3.

Are

the

activ

ities

rea

listic

and

do th

ey e

mbo

dylif

elik

e us

e of

lan-

guag

e?4.

Is

the

leng

thof

the

unit

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e ex

tent

,va

riet

y, a

nd

com

plex

ity o

f th

ele

arni

ng a

ctiv

ities

esse

ntia

l to

the

real

izat

ion

of

the

obje

ctiv

es?

5. I

s th

e un

itco

rrel

ated

with

oth

erfo

reig

n la

ngua

ge le

arni

ngun

its a

nd

lear

ning

in o

ther

sub

ject

area

s?

C.

Con

tent

for

Lev

el V

and

Lev

el V

I (T

he N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

Lev

el V

and

Lev

el V

I fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge le

arne

rs h

ave

a ri

ch b

ackg

roun

dof

for

mal

and

info

rmal

lear

ning

whi

ch th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge te

ache

rsm

ayut

ilize

in b

uild

ing

units

of

inst

ruct

ion.

Mor

e an

dm

ore

of th

ese

stud

ents

will

be a

ble

to a

ppre

ciat

e th

e co

ntri

butio

ns o

f th

e pa

st in

art a

nd li

tera

ture

as

wel

l as

unde

rsta

nd p

ast h

isto

rica

l eve

nts

whi

ch s

hape

dou

r pr

esen

t wor

ld.

At t

he s

ame

time,

of

cour

se, t

hey

reta

inan

inte

nse

inte

rest

in c

onte

mpo

rary

civi

lizat

ion.

In L

evel

V a

nd V

I th

e ac

cent

sho

uld

be o

n lit

erat

ure

and

civi

lizat

ion.

Som

e em

phas

is s

houl

d be

pla

ced

on li

tera

ry s

tyle

, set

ting,

and

cha

ract

er d

e-ve

lopm

ent.

Bio

grap

hica

l dat

a ab

out t

he a

utho

r an

d hi

s pl

ace

in th

e lit

erar

ysc

ene

shou

ld b

e so

ught

out

and

dis

cuss

ed. S

tude

nts

shou

ld a

ttem

pt to

pla

cew

orks

in th

eir

hist

oric

al c

onte

xt b

y st

udy

of s

ocia

l and

cul

tura

l bac

kgro

unds

.T

each

ers

shou

ld s

eek

to le

ad s

tude

nts

to c

ross

cul

tura

l und

erst

andi

ngs

thro

ugh

liter

atur

e.L

earn

in. g

s w

ill c

ome

from

rea

ding

s an

d fr

om o

ther

sour

ces

as s

tude

nts

inve

stig

ate

such

are

as a

s ar

t, sc

ienc

e, m

usic

, geo

grap

hy, e

cono

mic

geo

grap

hy,

cust

oms,

and

his

tory

.C

ontr

ibut

ions

of

the

fore

ign

cultu

re to

Am

eric

a ar

e no

ted

as w

ell a

s A

mer

i-ca

n co

ntri

butio

ns to

the

fore

ign

coun

try.

Als

o im

port

ant t

o no

te a

re th

efo

reig

n cu

lture

's c

ontr

ibut

ions

in p

hysi

cs, u

sual

ly L

evel

V, a

nd in

che

mis

try,

usua

lly L

evel

VI,

as

wel

l as

nota

ble

achi

evem

ents

in m

athe

mat

ics.

Tea

cher

s sh

ould

be

espe

cial

ly a

lert

to p

rovi

de o

ppor

tuni

ties

for

stud

ents

to e

ngag

e in

spe

cial

inte

rest

pro

ject

s. S

tude

nts

mus

t lea

rn th

at th

eyca

nsa

tisfy

som

e of

thei

r ne

eds

for

info

rmat

ion

thro

ugh

fore

ign

lang

uage

ma-

teri

als.

The

16-

17-y

ear-

old

in E

nglis

h cl

asse

s w

ill b

egin

to r

ead

inte

nsiv

ely

ifno

tex

tens

ivel

y in

som

e w

orks

of

earl

ier

eras

. As

a re

sult

of h

is s

ocia

l stu

dies

he

will

gai

n a

back

grou

nd in

wor

ld h

isto

ry. H

e is

like

ly to

be

lear

ning

phy

sics

,ta

king

a c

ours

e in

spe

ech

and/

ora

num

ber

of b

usin

ess

subj

ects

. He

may

be

sing

ing

in th

e ch

oir

or p

layi

ng in

the

high

sch

ool b

and.

The

for

eign

lang

uage

pro

gram

s, in

deed

the

who

le e

duca

tiona

lpr

ogra

m w

illbe

nefi

t whe

n fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge le

arni

ngs

com

plem

ent l

earn

ings

inot

her

subj

ect

area

s. P

ossi

ble

cont

ent f

or L

evel

V s

tudy

incl

udes

the

follo

win

g:1.

Cur

rent

Eve

nts

2. C

onte

mpo

rary

Soc

ial a

nd P

oliti

cal P

robl

ems

3. M

ajor

Lite

rary

Wor

ks4.

His

tory

, or

som

e el

emen

ts o

f hi

stor

y, s

tudi

ed th

roug

h th

e fo

reig

n la

n-gu

age

5. F

orei

gn C

ontr

ibut

ions

in M

usic

and

Art

6. F

orei

gn C

ontr

ibut

ions

in S

cien

ce a

nd M

athe

mat

ics

7. I

ndep

ende

nt R

eadi

ngs

in F

ictio

n an

d N

on-f

ictio

nA

num

ber

of u

nits

sug

gest

ed in

oth

er M

inne

sota

sub

ject

-mat

ter

guid

essh

ould

be

exam

ined

by

fore

ign

lang

uage

teac

hers

who

wis

h to

rel

ate

fore

ign

lang

uage

cla

ss c

onte

nt to

oth

er s

tude

nt s

tudi

es. S

uch

units

are

the

follo

win

g:So

cial

Stu

dies

6Im

pact

of

Oth

er N

atio

ns o

n th

e U

nite

d St

ates

The

Pre

ssur

e of

Pop

ulat

ion

Upo

n R

esou

rces

e Se

e M

inne

sota

Sta

te G

uide

s fo

r L

angu

age

Art

s an

d So

cial

Stu

dies

.

I

43

Lan

guag

e A

rts6

Enj

oyin

g H

umor

The

Sea

rch

for

the

Goo

d L

ife

The

Rol

e of

the

Pres

sT

he L

evel

VI

stud

ent,

now

17-

18ye

ars

of a

ge, w

ill b

e st

udyi

ng w

orld

liter

atur

e an

d/or

Eng

lish

liter

atur

e,ch

emis

try,

mat

hem

atic

s, a

nd s

ocia

lst

udie

s. H

e m

ay b

e le

arni

..6 o

usin

ess

skill

s.In

add

ition

he

may

be

in e

xtra

-cur

-ri

cula

r ac

tiviti

es a

nd/o

r be

em

ploy

edpa

rt ti

me

Suita

ble

cont

ent i

nclu

des

the

follo

win

g:1.

Ele

men

ts o

f Fo

rmal

Gra

mm

ar in

the

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

e2.

Und

erst

andi

ng L

itera

ture

inte

nsiv

e st

udy

of m

ajor

lite

rary

wor

ks3.

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rent

Eve

nts

4. C

onte

mpo

rary

Pro

blem

s5.

Bus

ines

s an

d So

cial

Cor

resp

onde

nce

6. T

he W

orld

of

Wor

k7.

Ind

epen

dent

Rea

ding

of

Fict

ion

8. I

ndep

ende

nt R

esea

rch

Tea

cher

s m

ay a

lso

exam

ine

guid

es in

oth

er s

ubje

ctar

eas

for

unit

subj

ects

with

whi

ch th

ey m

ay c

orre

late

thei

r w

ork.

Som

e su

ch u

nits

arc

the

follo

win

g:L

angu

age

Art

s?T

he D

ram

aM

otio

n Pi

ctur

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nder

stan

ding

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ld a

t Wor

kIn

flue

nce

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nvir

onm

ent

on P

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houg

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veal

ed in

nov

els

by a

utho

rs o

f va

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s na

tiona

litie

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loso

phy

Wha

t Sha

ll I

Rea

d?So

cial

Stu

dies

?U

nder

stan

ding

Our

selv

es a

nd O

ther

sas

Ind

ivid

uals

Lea

rnin

g to

Liv

e Su

cces

sful

lyas

a M

embe

r of

a F

amily

in th

e U

nite

dSt

ates

Bei

ng a

n E

ffec

tive

Citi

zen

in O

ur D

emoc

racy

Liv

ing

in a

n In

dust

rial

ized

Soc

iety

Am

eric

a, L

and

of M

any

Peop

les

Prob

lem

s in

Man

's S

earc

h fo

r Pe

ace

A w

ide

rang

e of

mat

eria

ls w

ill b

ene

cess

ary

to p

rovi

de v

arie

ty a

nd d

epth

to th

e L

evel

V a

nd V

I pr

ogra

ms.

Suc

h m

ater

ials

are:

Cla

ss s

ets

of n

ovel

s, s

hort

sto

ry c

olle

ctio

ns, a

nd a

ntho

logi

esFo

reig

n la

ngua

ge g

ram

mar

boo

ksFo

reig

n la

ngua

ge n

ewsp

aper

s an

d m

agaz

ines

Fore

ign

lang

uage

his

tory

text

sFe

atur

e fi

lms

and

shor

t film

s in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

Fore

ign

lang

uage

ref

eren

ce b

ooks

, suc

has

dic

tiona

ries

, atla

ses,

and

at

ency

clop

edia

Fore

ign

lang

uage

rec

ordi

ngs

refl

ectin

g re

gion

al d

iale

ctdi

ffer

ence

s an

d di

f-fe

renc

es in

sty

le a

ppro

pria

te to

var

ious

spe

ech

situ

atio

ns

7 Ib

id.

The

abo

ve m

ater

ials

sho

uld

be s

elec

ted

from

thos

e su

gges

ted

in th

e M

oder

nL

angu

age

Ass

ocia

tion'

s Se

lect

ed L

ist o

fM

ater

ials

and

the

year

ly b

ulle

tin o

fth

e A

dvan

ced

Plac

emen

t Pro

gram

. Tex

ts a

ndre

fere

nces

in th

e fo

reig

n la

n-gu

age

can

be c

hose

nfr

om a

mon

g th

ose

used

in s

choo

ls o

f th

e fo

reig

n la

nd.

Act

iviti

esM

any

activ

ities

sui

tabl

e fo

r L

evel

s V

and

VI

have

bee

nsu

gges

ted

earl

ier

for

Lev

els.

III

and

IV

. Som

e pa

rtic

ular

ly s

uita

ble

activ

ities

are

:

1. L

iste

ning

to r

ecor

ding

s an

d vi

ewin

g fi

lms

onw

hich

a v

arie

ty o

f re

-gi

onal

dia

lect

s ap

pear

2. L

iste

ning

to r

ecor

ding

s an

d re

view

ing

film

sw

hich

pre

sent

spe

ech

ap-

prop

riat

e to

dif

fere

nt s

ituat

ions

and

whi

ch d

emon

stra

te b

oth

sexe

sus

ing

lang

uage

cha

ract

eris

tical

ly3.

Mak

ing

indi

vidu

al a

nd g

roup

rep

orts

. Gro

up d

iscu

ssio

ns.

Gro

up w

ork

shou

ld b

e co

nduc

ive

to in

crea

sing

stu

dent

initi

ativ

e an

d gr

oup

plan

ning

.E

xam

ples

: a r

epor

z on

a n

ovel

, poe

m, p

lay,

or

mov

ie; a

dis

cuss

ion

onth

e lif

e an

d ph

iloso

phy

of a

wri

ter,

a c

r.' 4

eal d

escr

iptio

n of

aw

ork

of

44

art,

an e

xam

ple

of a

rtis

tic s

tyle

, an

eval

uatio

nof

the

wor

k of

a c

om-

pose

r4.

Pra

ctic

e in

usi

ng s

peec

h ap

prop

riat

e to

dif

fere

ntsi

tuat

ions

5. L

earn

ing

to m

ake

soph

istic

ated

use

of

scho

ol a

ndco

mm

unity

libr

arie

sfo

r sa

tisfy

ing

clas

s as

sign

men

ts6.

Rea

ding

man

y ki

nds

of m

ater

ials

with

spe

cial

atte

ntio

n to

his

tori

cal,

soci

olog

ical

, and

pol

itica

l bac

kgro

und

and

to w

ritin

g st

yle

7. W

ritin

g va

riou

s ki

nds

of le

tters

, soc

ial a

nd b

usin

ess

3. W

ritin

g su

mm

arie

s of

lite

rary

wor

ks, f

ilms,

and

rec

ordi

ngs

9. W

ritin

g cr

itiqu

es, i

nter

pret

atio

ns, a

nd e

valu

atio

ns o

flit

erat

ure,

art

, and

mus

ic s

tudi

ed10

. Wri

ting

rese

arch

pap

ers

on s

ubje

cts

of th

e st

uden

t's c

hoic

e11

. Wri

ting

of o

rigi

nal s

tude

nt p

oem

s an

d sh

ort s

tori

es12

. Pay

ing

atte

ntio

n in

ora

l and

wri

tten

prod

uctio

n to

sty

le; n

u? a

ces

ofla

ngua

ge, a

s w

ell a

s ex

pres

sion

of

thou

ght

13. F

or a

t lea

st s

ome

stud

ents

pra

ctic

e in

ora

l and

wri

tten

tran

slat

ion

into

Eng

lish

from

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

and

vic

e ve

rsa

with

atte

ntio

n to

ac-

cura

te r

ende

ring

of

styl

e

C C ,it

C) r r

TH

E S

IX Y

EA

R P

RO

GR

AM

Sequ

ence

B (

The

Six

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

for

Gra

des

7-12

In th

e co

urse

of

the

six

year

s of

Seq

uenc

e B

the

stud

ent h

as a

cum

ulat

ive

and

prog

ress

ive

lear

ning

exp

erie

nce

that

can

pro

vide

him

with

goo

d lis

teni

ng,

spea

king

, rea

ding

, and

wri

ting

skill

s. H

e al

so h

as a

n op

port

unity

to g

ain

ago

od u

nder

stan

ding

of

the

fore

ign

cultu

re. F

urth

erm

ore,

if h

e w

ishe

s, th

est

uden

t may

beg

in th

e st

udy

of a

sec

ond

fore

ign

lang

uage

in th

e se

nior

high

sch

ool a

s he

con

tinue

s to

per

fect

his

com

man

d of

the

firs

t for

eign

lang

uage

.St

uden

ts w

ho b

egin

the

six-

year

seq

uenc

e sh

ould

und

er n

orm

al c

ircu

m-

stan

ces

cont

inue

in o

ne la

ngua

ge th

roug

h gr

ade

12. T

hey

shou

ld b

e to

ldin

the

begi

nnin

g !h

at la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng is

a lo

ng p

roce

ss a

nd th

ey m

ay h

ave

to b

e re

min

ded

from

tim

e to

tim

e th

at it

req

uire

s ye

ars

of e

ffor

t.A

s in

the

nine

-yea

r pr

ogra

m, p

rovi

sion

mus

t be

mad

e fo

r a

care

fully

de-

sign

ed s

eque

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t of

fore

ign

lang

uage

ski

lls. T

his

sequ

entia

l de-

velo

pmen

t will

gen

eral

ly b

e be

st a

ccom

plis

hed

by th

e ad

optio

n of

a b

asic

inte

grat

ed c

omm

ey.c

ial c

ours

e pl

us s

uppl

emen

tary

mat

eria

ls.

The

Jun

ior

Hig

h Sc

hool

Chi

ld A

s A

Lan

guag

e L

earn

erSe

e Se

quen

ce A

Lev

el I

I fo

r a

desc

ript

ion

of th

e ch

arac

teri

stic

s of

the

juni

orhi

gh s

choo

l chi

ld.

Obj

ectiv

es o

f th

e Ju

nior

11.

:,h P

rogr

am (

The

Six

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

Alo

ng w

ith th

e ov

er-a

ll ob

ject

ives

of

the

six

year

seq

uenc

e, th

e ju

nior

hig

hsc

hool

for

eign

lang

uage

pro

gram

has

mor

e lim

ited

goal

s w

hich

mus

t be

defi

ned.

Gen

eral

Obj

ectiv

es1.

Dev

elop

pos

itive

atti

tude

s to

war

d fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng a

nd to

war

dpe

ople

who

spe

ak f

orei

gn la

ngua

ges

2. D

evel

op a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of h

ow a

lang

uage

is le

arne

d3.

Dev

elop

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

natu

re o

f la

ngua

ge4.

Dev

elop

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

life

of th

e ea

rly

adol

esce

nt in

the

fore

ign

coun

try

with

spe

cial

em

phas

is o

n al

ertin

g th

e le

arne

r to

cro

ss-

cultu

ral d

iffe

renc

es

Spec

ific

Lin

guis

tic O

bjec

tives

1. A

ural

und

erst

andi

ngD

evel

op th

e ab

ility

to u

nder

stan

d w

hat a

n ed

u-ca

ted

nativ

e sa

ys w

hen

he is

enu

ncia

ting

care

fully

and

usi

ng s

truc

ture

s an

dvo

cabu

lary

that

the

stud

ent h

as le

arne

d in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

cla

ss2.

Spe

akin

gD

evel

op th

e ab

ility

to ta

lk o

n si

mpl

e pr

epar

ed to

pics

, for

exam

ple,

cla

ssro

om s

ituat

ions

with

out o

bvio

us f

alte

ring

and

to u

se th

eco

mm

on e

very

day

expr

essi

ons

nece

ssar

y fo

r ev

eryd

ay li

fe in

the

fore

ign

coun

try,

spe

akin

g w

ith g

ood

pron

unci

atio

n an

d in

tona

tion

3. R

eadi

ngD

evel

op th

e ab

ility

to r

ead

with

out t

rans

latio

n, f

ictio

n an

d

45

SEQ

UE

NC

E B

non-

fict

ion

chos

en to

app

eal t

o th

e ju

nior

hig

h sc

hool

chi

ld a

nd e

s-pe

cial

ly g

rade

d fo

r th

e be

ginn

ing

lear

ner

4. W

ritin

gD

evel

op th

e ab

ility

to w

rite

cor

rect

ly, s

impl

e co

ntro

lled

com

-po

sitio

ns s

uch

as r

epor

ts, f

rien

dly

lette

rs, a

nd s

kits

, dea

ling

with

topi

csst

udie

d in

cla

ss, e

spec

ially

thos

e ha

ving

to d

o w

ith d

aily

life

Con

tent

of

Lev

el I

, Seq

uenc

e B

(T

he S

ix Y

ear

Prog

ram

)G

rade

s 7-

8M

ater

ial c

hose

n as

the

subj

ect m

atte

r fo

r ju

nior

hig

h sc

hool

for

eign

lan-

guag

e le

arni

ng m

ust f

irst

of

all b

e in

tere

stin

g to

the

lear

ner.

It i

s a

trui

smth

at n

o ap

prec

iabl

e le

arni

ng w

ill r

esul

t if

the

lear

ner

does

not

wan

t to

lear

n. S

uita

ble

subj

ects

for

uni

ts o

f w

ork

in th

e ju

nior

hig

h sc

hool

are

the

fol-

low

ing:

1. S

choo

l Lif

ein

cide

nts

deal

ing

with

lear

ning

act

iviti

es, c

lass

room

man

-ag

emen

t, ho

usek

eepi

ng c

hore

s, a

nd s

choo

l con

nect

ed o

ut-o

f-cl

ass

activ

i-tie

s2.

Fam

ily L

ife

eatin

g m

eals

, per

form

ing

chor

es, l

iste

ning

to r

ecor

ds, a

ndw

atch

ing

tele

visi

on3.

Com

mun

ity L

ife

usin

g pu

blic

tran

spor

tatio

n, s

hopp

ing,

lear

ning

abo

utth

e ad

ult w

orld

at w

ork,

ask

ing

dire

ctio

ns4.

Rec

reat

ion

goin

g to

or

givi

ng p

artie

s, v

acat

ioni

ng, t

rave

ling,

enj

oyin

gse

ason

al r

ecre

atio

n, c

eleb

ratin

g ho

liday

s, v

isiti

ng a

rt g

alle

ries

and

mu-

seum

s, g

oing

to th

e m

ovie

s, e

njoy

ing

hobb

ies

and

gam

es5.

Spo

rts

part

icip

atin

g in

spo

rts

and

enjo

ying

them

as

a sp

ecta

tor

6. I

ndiv

idua

l act

iviti

esge

tty lg

up,

dre

ssin

g, p

ract

icin

g go

od p

erso

nal h

y-gi

ene

7. A

dven

ture

disc

ussi

ng ta

ll ta

les,

sto

ries

of

expl

orat

ion,

mys

tery

sto

ries

,an

d ex

ploi

ts o

f he

roic

fig

ures

8. R

eadi

ngre

adin

g an

d di

scus

sing

fab

les,

ani

mal

ane

cdot

es, b

iogr

aphy

,hi

stor

y, a

nd h

umor

ous

anec

dote

s an

d st

orie

s

Dia

logu

esD

ialo

gues

bas

ed o

n ev

eryd

ay s

ituat

ions

typi

cal f

or th

e yo

ungs

ter

of 1

2-13

year

s, p

rovi

de a

ppro

pria

te m

ater

ial f

or le

arni

ng a

udio

-lin

gual

ski

lls th

roug

hm

imic

ry-m

emor

izat

ion

and

vari

atio

n T

hey

also

are

sui

tabl

e fo

r be

ginn

ing

read

ing

and

wri

ting

prac

tice

whe

n th

ese

latte

r sk

ills

are

intr

oduc

ed.

Dia

logu

es in

Lev

el I

sho

uld

be r

elat

ivel

y sh

ort.

Indi

vidu

al u

ttera

nces

sho

uld

prob

ably

not

run

ove

r si

x to

eig

ht s

ylla

bles

and

dia

logu

es s

houl

d pr

obab

ly n

otbe

for

;-r

than

eig

ht to

ten

lines

in le

ngth

.C

ompo

nent

par

ts o

f di

alog

ue m

ater

ial f

or a

typi

cal u

nit w

ill b

e:

1. T

he b

asic

dia

logu

e or

bas

ic s

ente

nces

for

mim

icry

-mem

oriz

atio

n

2. T

he d

ialo

gue

adap

tatio

n or

var

iatio

n w

hich

mak

es m

inor

cha

nges

in th

eba

sic

dial

ogue

to m

ake

it fi

t dif

fere

nt s

ituat

ions

3. T

he d

irec

ted

dial

ogue

s w

hich

ena

ble

the

teac

her

to e

licit

utte

ranc

esle

arne

d fr

om b

asic

dia

logu

es4.

Res

pons

e dr

ills

whi

ch p

rovi

de a

stim

ulus

sta

tem

ent o

r qu

estio

n ca

lling

for

a gi

ven

resp

onse

5. R

ecom

bina

tion

dial

ogue

s w

hich

re-

use

utte

ranc

es in

new

com

bina

tions

tofo

rm n

nw d

ialo

gues

6. P

atte

rn d

rills

for

pra

ctic

ing

subs

titut

ion

and

vari

atio

n w

ithin

bas

ic s

en-

tenc

esSe

e L

evel

I, S

eque

nce

A, D

rills

, for

exa

mpl

es o

f th

e ab

ove.

Tec

hniq

ues

for

Tea

chin

g D

ialo

gues

See

"Tec

hniq

ues

for

Tea

chin

g D

ialo

gues

," L

evel

I, S

eque

nce

A, "

Lon

ger

Dia

logu

es."

Oth

er M

atez

ials

The

juni

or h

igh

scho

ol c

hild

like

the

child

in e

lem

enta

ry s

choo

l can

bene

fit f

rom

occ

asio

nal e

xpos

ure

to n

arra

tives

and

des

crip

tions

. See

"N

ar-

rativ

es a

nd D

escr

iptio

ns,"

Lev

el I

, Seq

uenc

e A

, for

sug

gest

ions

. In

addi

tion

see

"Son

gs, R

hym

es, a

nd G

ames

," f

or a

dis

cuss

ion

of th

ero

le th

ey c

anpl

ay in

lang

uage

lear

ning

. How

ever

, the

par

ticul

ar s

ubje

ct m

atte

r of

the

narr

ativ

es a

nd d

escr

iptio

ns m

ust b

e su

itabl

e to

the

mat

urity

of

the

7th

grad

eras

opp

osed

to th

e 4t

h an

d 5t

h gr

ader

. Son

gs,

rhym

es, a

nd g

ames

will

be

thos

e ap

prop

riat

e to

the

twel

ve-y

ear-

old

rath

er th

an th

e ni

ne-y

ear-

old

child

.Id

eally

thos

e ch

osen

will

be

the

ones

enj

oyed

by

youn

gste

rs o

f a

sim

ilar

age

in th

e fo

reig

n co

untr

y.St

ruct

ure

In S

eque

nce

B, t

he L

evel

I p

rogr

am w

ill p

rovi

de c

onsi

dera

ble

oppo

rtun

ityfo

r dr

illin

g el

emen

ts o

f la

ngua

ge s

truc

ture

. Dia

logu

e ad

apta

tions

, dir

ecte

ddi

alog

ues,

res

pons

e dr

ill a

nd r

ecom

bina

tion

dial

ogue

s w

ilR a

ll be

use

d to

giv

eth

e st

uden

t pra

ctic

e in

var

iatio

n of

lang

uage

pat

tern

s. X

n ad

ditio

n, s

ubst

itu-

tion

and

tran

sfor

mat

ion

drill

s w

ill b

e us

ed to

fur

ther

foc

us o

n pa

rtic

ular

lear

ning

dif

ficu

lties

. Pat

tern

dri

lls a

re b

est u

sed

for

only

sho

rt p

erio

ds o

f th

ecl

ass

hour

, fiv

e to

ten

min

utes

. The

y ar

e ef

fect

ivel

y us

ed to

dri

ll a

new

str

uc-

ture

or

to r

emed

y fa

ulty

stu

dent

lear

ning

whe

n it

reve

als

itsel

fin

ora

l and

wri

tten

prod

uctio

n. S

tude

nt a

ttent

ion

will

lag

and

lear

ning

will

not

ord

inar

ilyoc

cur

if s

tude

nts

are

allo

wed

to b

ecom

ehy

pnot

ized

by

the

over

long

cha

ntin

gof

sub

stitu

tion

and

tran

sfor

mat

ion

drill

s.Ju

nior

hig

h sc

hool

stu

dent

s ca

n al

so b

enef

it by

eng

agin

g in

sho

rt, f

ive

tote

n m

inut

e cl

ass

disc

ussi

ons

of th

e gr

amm

ar th

ey h

ave

been

pra

ctic

ing

inva

riou

s dr

ills.

Gen

eral

ly s

tude

nts

can

be le

d to

mak

e th

eir

own

gene

raliz

atio

nsab

out a

spec

ts o

f gr

amm

ar. W

hen

disc

ussi

ng g

ram

mar

, tea

cher

s sh

ould

dis

-tin

guis

h be

twee

n or

al a

f cl

wri

tten

gram

mar

. Gra

mm

ar d

iscu

ssio

ns d

ealin

gw

ith s

poke

n la

ngua

ge s

houl

d de

al w

ith th

e re

al p

heno

men

a of

ora

l com

-m

unic

atio

n.R

eadi

ngL

ike

his

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l bro

ther

s an

d si

ster

s th

e ju

nior

hig

h sc

hool

pup

ilpr

obab

ly s

houl

d ha

ve a

n in

itial

per

iod

of p

urel

y au

dio-

lingu

al in

stru

ctio

n.D

urin

g th

is p

erio

d pu

pils

will

con

cent

rate

on

liste

ning

to n

ativ

e an

d ne

ar46

nativ

e sp

eake

rs a

nd a

ttem

pt to

imita

te p

ronu

ncia

tion

and

into

natio

n. O

rtho

g-ra

phy

of th

e ne

w la

ngua

ge w

ill n

ot b

e in

trod

uced

as

pupi

ls d

irec

t eve

ryat

tent

ion

to c

orre

ct r

epro

duct

ion

of n

ew s

ound

s an

d co

mbi

natio

ns o

f so

unds

.N

o de

fini

te ti

me

can

be s

et f

or th

e in

trod

uctio

n of

rea

ding

. Gen

eral

ly, i

t can

be s

aid

that

rea

ding

may

be

intr

oduc

ed w

hen

seei

ng th

e w

ritte

n la

ngua

ge w

illno

t ser

ious

ly d

istu

rb g

ood

habi

ts o

f pr

onun

ciat

ion,

phr

asin

g, a

nd s

tres

sing

.O

bvio

usly

then

the

orth

ogra

phy

for

lang

uage

s w

ith w

ritte

n sy

mbo

ls e

ntir

ely

diff

eren

t fro

m E

nglis

h m

ay b

e in

trod

uced

rel

ativ

ely

soon

aft

er th

e se

cond

lang

uage

lear

ning

beg

ins.

Suc

h an

ort

hogr

aphy

will

not

con

fuse

the

stud

ent

by d

eman

ding

sou

nds

diff

eren

t fro

m th

e on

es th

e st

uden

t hab

itual

ly u

ses

with

sym

bols

. The

tim

e la

g m

ay b

e sh

orte

r fo

r Sp

anis

h th

an F

renc

h be

caus

eth

e Sp

anis

h sp

ellin

g is

less

con

fusi

ng f

or th

e st

uden

t. In

the

fina

l ana

lysi

sth

e te

ache

r he

rsel

f m

ust d

ecid

e w

hen

her

stud

ents

can

beg

in to

rea

d w

ithou

tse

riou

sly

impa

irin

g or

al s

kills

.W

hen

read

ing

begi

ns, s

ome

drop

in o

ral a

ccur

acy

may

be

expe

cted

. To

min

imiz

e th

e de

teri

orat

ion

of s

peak

ing

skill

stu

dent

s w

ill b

egin

to r

ead

ma-

teri

al th

ey h

ave

alre

ady

prac

ticed

ora

lly, a

nd s

uch

read

ing

will

be

rein

forc

edby

cho

ral r

eadi

ng a

fter

the

teac

her

or a

tape

d vo

ice.

See

Rea

ding

, Lev

el I

, Seq

uenc

e A

, for

add

ition

al s

ugge

stio

ns r

egar

ding

teac

h-in

g te

chni

ques

.W

ritin

gC

opyi

ng o

f a

dial

ogue

and

oth

er u

nit m

ater

ial m

ay b

egin

imm

edia

tely

aft

erth

e st

uden

t lea

rns

to r

ead

the

text

. The

chi

ld s

houl

d be

exp

ecte

d to

wri

te o

nly

mat

eria

l whi

ch h

e ca

n re

ad. B

esid

es c

opyi

ng, t

he b

egin

ning

stu

dent

may

be

as-

sign

ed o

ther

sim

ple

wri

ting

task

s. T

hey

incl

ude

filli

ng in

a m

issi

ng w

ord

orph

rase

in a

sen

tenc

e, w

orki

ng c

ross

wor

d pn

zile

s, u

nscr

ambl

ing

jum

bled

utte

r-an

ces,

labe

ling

map

s, c

hart

s, s

how

case

s, a

nd b

ulle

tin b

oard

dis

play

s.A

fter

pra

ctic

e in

cop

ying

, stu

dent

s m

ay b

e as

ked

to w

rite

the

dial

ogue

ma-

teri

al f

rom

dic

tatio

n. T

he te

ache

r w

ill w

ant t

o in

sist

upo

n ac

cura

cy in

cap

i-ta

lizat

ion,

pun

ctua

tion,

spe

lling

, and

par

agra

phin

g du

ring

the

copy

ing-

dict

a-tio

n pe

riod

in o

rder

to f

ix h

abits

whi

ch w

ill c

arry

ove

r in

to th

e fr

eer

wri

ting

activ

ities

of

late

r le

vels

.L

evel

I s

tude

nts

may

als

o be

ass

igne

d sh

ort d

escr

iptio

ns a

nd n

arra

tives

.Su

ch to

pics

as

"My

Hou

se,"

"M

y Fa

mily

," "

My

Day

," o

r "A

n E

xcur

sion

toth

e B

each

," a

re s

uita

ble.

In

Lev

el I

suc

h as

sign

men

ts s

houl

d be

car

eful

lym

odel

ed a

fter

a r

eadi

ng a

ssig

nmen

t alr

eady

stu

died

and

will

usu

ally

fol

low

oral

pre

sent

atio

n of

the

desc

ript

ion

or n

arra

tive.

Cul

ture

In L

evel

I th

e fi

rst o

bjec

tive

is le

arni

ng a

lim

ited

amou

nt o

f th

e fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge. T

his

task

alo

ne is

a s

izab

le o

ne w

ithou

t tak

ing

cons

ider

able

tim

efo

r le

arni

ng a

bout

the

fore

ign

cultu

re. N

orm

ally

a s

yste

mat

ized

trea

tmen

t of

cultu

ral c

ontr

asts

bet

wee

n th

e st

uden

t's o

wn

cultu

re a

nd th

e fo

reig

n cu

lture

shou

ld w

ait u

ntil

at le

ast L

evel

II.

Dur

ing

Lev

el I

the

stud

ent w

ill b

e ap

plyi

ngth

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge to

fam

iliar

situ

atio

ns in

his

eve

ryda

y lif

e.H

owev

er, e

ven

in L

evel

I s

ome

time

may

be

devo

ted

to d

evel

opin

g an

und

er-

stan

ding

that

man

kind

has

dev

elop

ed d

iffe

rent

way

s of

livi

ng a

nd c

omm

unic

at-

ing.

Occ

asio

nal f

ilms

in E

nglis

h m

ay b

e us

ed to

beg

in a

cqua

intin

g th

e st

uden

tw

ith c

hara

cter

istic

s of

the

fore

ign

coun

try.

Rea

ding

boo

ks in

Eng

lish

whi

chha

ve th

eir

setti

ngs

in th

e fo

reig

n la

nd w

ill s

erve

the

sam

e pu

rpos

e. O

cca-

j

sion

al r

eadi

ng a

nd d

iscu

ssio

n of

the

infl

uenc

es o

f th

e fo

reig

n cu

lture

on

Am

eri-

can

soci

ety

thro

ugh

such

thin

gs a

sho

liday

s, c

usto

ms,

and

con

trib

utio

ns o

ffa

mou

s pe

ople

will

pro

ve b

enef

icia

l as

wel

l.Fu

rthe

r ap

prec

iatio

n of

the

fore

ign

cultu

re is

dev

elop

edth

roug

h le

arni

ng in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

, aut

hent

ic s

ayin

gs, i

diom

s, r

hym

es,

prov

erbs

, gam

es,

and

song

s, th

at a

re e

njoy

ed b

y ch

ildre

n of

aco

mpa

rabl

e ag

e in

the

fore

ign

coun

try.

Hom

ewor

kU

nlik

e m

ost y

oung

ster

s in

Lev

el I

, Seq

uenc

e A

,ju

nior

hig

h sc

hool

stu

-de

nts

in S

eque

nce

B c

an n

orm

ally

be

assi

gned

som

eho

me

stud

y ac

tiviti

es.

Hom

e st

udy

reco

rds,

wor

kboo

ks, a

nd te

ache

r-m

ade

read

ing

and

wri

ting

as-

sign

men

ts c

an c

ontr

ibut

e to

lang

uage

lear

ning

at t

he s

ame

time

that

they

teac

h re

spon

sibi

lity

for

inde

pend

ent l

earn

ing.

Con

tent

of

Lev

el I

I, S

eque

nce

B (

The

Six

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

Gra

de 9

The

bro

ad to

pica

l uni

ts w

hich

wer

e su

gges

ted

for

Lev

el I

are

gen

eral

lysa

tisfa

ctor

y fo

r L

evel

II.

How

ever

, the

em

phas

is w

illbe

gin

to b

e on

mor

ere

adin

g as

stu

dent

s in

crea

sing

ly u

se r

eadi

ng a

ssig

nmen

ts a

s a

star

ting

poin

tfo

r or

al a

nd w

ritte

n w

ork.

The

y w

ill c

ontin

ue,

how

ever

, to

liste

n to

tape

and

teac

her-

pres

ente

d m

ater

ial a

s a

sour

ce f

orsu

ch a

ctiv

ities

as

wel

l. Si

mpl

efi

lms

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge s

houl

d be

use

d as

oft

en a

sth

ey w

ill c

ontr

ibut

e to

achi

evin

g th

e ob

ject

ives

of

the

cour

se.

Mat

eria

l hea

rd, v

iew

ed, a

nd r

ead

will

dea

l inc

reas

ingl

yw

ith a

spec

ts o

f th

efo

reig

n cu

lture

, con

stan

tly c

ontr

astin

g it

with

the

stud

ent's

ow

n w

ay o

f lif

e.M

ater

ial c

hose

n m

ust a

ppea

l to

the

youn

gste

rs. I

t sho

uld

deal

with

con

tem

-po

rary

life

and

avo

id th

e qu

aint

.It s

houl

d de

al w

ith a

spec

ts o

f th

e lif

e of

for

-ei

gn y

oung

ster

s of

the

sam

e ag

e as

our

9th

gra

ders

,th

at is

, 14

year

s.St

uden

ts in

Lev

el I

I w

ill b

enef

it fr

om r

eadi

ng a

nddi

scus

sing

the

fol-

low

ing:

1. S

impl

e no

n-fi

ctio

n de

alin

g w

ith g

eogr

aphy

,cl

imat

e, p

opul

atio

n, p

rod-

ucts

, mus

ic, a

rt, c

usto

ms,

and

his

tory

2. S

impl

e bi

ogra

phy

and

hist

oric

al a

necd

otes

3. D

ialo

gues

, sim

ple

play

s, ta

les,

lege

nds,

poe

try,

and

frie

ndly

lette

rs

Lis

teni

ng, s

peak

ing,

and

rea

ding

act

iviti

es w

ill a

ll be

chos

en to

fos

ter

in-

crea

sing

inde

pend

ence

on

the

part

of

the

lear

ner.

He

will

be e

ncou

rage

d to

use

cont

ext c

lues

in u

nder

stan

ding

spo

ken

and

wri

tten

lang

uage

and

to u

se a

nalo

gyin

bui

ldin

g ut

tera

nces

that

var

y so

mew

hat f

rom

the

mod

el h

e ha

sm

emor

ized

earl

ier.

All

activ

ities

will

str

ess

voca

bula

ry d

evel

opm

ent t

o a

grea

ter

degr

eeth

an in

Lev

el I

.U

se o

f E

nglis

hSe

e L

evel

II,

Seq

uenc

e A

Lis

t& 4

, Spe

akin

g, R

eadi

ng, a

nd W

ritin

g in

Lev

el I

I, S

eque

nce

B(T

he S

ix Y

ear

Prog

ram

)Se

e L

evel

II,

Seq

uenc

e A

for

a d

iscu

ssio

nof

act

iviti

es in

the

four

ski

lls.

Gra

mm

ar I

n L

evel

II

(The

Six

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

In L

evel

I, S

eque

nce

B, s

tude

nts

will

hav

eus

ed m

ater

ials

esp

ecia

lly w

rit-

ten

to d

eal s

yste

mat

ical

ly w

ith p

robl

ems

of la

ngua

ge s

truc

ture

. The

y w

ill h

ave

mad

e so

me

gene

raliz

atio

ns a

bout

how

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

wor

ks in

con

tras

t

47

to E

nglis

h. L

evel

II

mat

eria

ls w

ill c

ontin

ue to

be

stru

ctur

ally

ori

ente

d an

dst

uden

ts s

houl

d be

enc

oura

ged

to m

ake

up r

ules

of

gram

mar

base

d on

thei

rob

serv

atio

ns o

f th

e gr

amm

ar s

yste

m. A

few

min

utes

at t

he e

nd o

f a

clas

spe

riod

sho

uld

suff

ice

for

stud

ents

and

teac

hers

to d

iscu

ss th

ew

orki

ngs

ofla

ngua

ge a

s de

mon

stra

ted

in a

day

's d

rills

. Suc

h br

ief

gram

mar

ses

sion

ssh

ould

be h

eld

for

wha

t the

y w

ill c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

stud

ent's

con

trol

of

the

lang

uage

.T

hey

shou

ld n

ever

str

etch

into

leng

thy

disc

ussi

ons

of g

ram

mar

for

its

own

sake

. How

ever

, tex

t mat

eria

ls o

r te

ache

r-pr

epar

ed m

ater

ials

sho

uld

cont

ain

gene

raliz

atio

ns a

bout

str

uctu

re a

nd s

tude

nts

ough

t to

know

how

to f

ind

and

use

thei

r ru

les

whe

n th

ey n

eed

to. S

ee "

Gra

mm

ar in

Lev

el I

I, T

he N

ine

Yea

rSe

quen

ce,"

for

add

ition

al d

iscu

ssio

n.

Cul

ture

In

Lev

el I

I (T

he S

ix Y

ear

Prog

ram

)Se

e C

ultu

re in

Lev

el I

I, T

he N

ine

Yea

r Se

quen

ce

Mat

eria

ls f

or S

eque

nce

BSe

e "I

nteg

rate

d M

ater

ials

for

the

Juni

or H

igh

Scho

ol,"

Seq

uenc

e A

LE

VE

LS

III,

TV

, VT

he S

enio

r H

igh

Scho

ol S

tude

nt, G

rade

s 10

, 11,

12

See

"The

Sen

ior

Hig

h Sc

hool

Stu

dent

as

a L

angu

age

Lea

rner

"Se

quen

ce A

Obj

ectiv

es f

or th

e Se

nior

Hig

h Sc

hool

Lev

els

(The

Six

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

The

sen

ior

high

sch

ool p

rogr

am in

the

six

year

seq

uenc

e w

ill n

orm

ally

allo

w th

e st

uden

t to

fini

sh in

term

edia

te a

nd a

dvan

ced

Lev

els

III,

IV

, and

V in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

. It w

ill s

tres

s la

ngua

ge tr

aini

ng a

nd a

ccul

tura

tion

thro

ugh

expo

sure

to e

lem

ents

of

the

fore

ign

cultu

re ty

pica

lly p

art o

f an

old

erte

en-a

ger's

exp

erie

nce

in th

e fo

reig

n la

nd.

Obj

ectiv

es f

or L

evel

s II

I, I

V, V

Gen

eral

Obj

ectiv

es1.

Dev

elop

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

natu

re o

f la

ngua

geits

chi

tgin

g ch

ar-

acte

r, h

ow it

ref

lect

s cu

lture

2. C

ontin

ue to

fos

ter

an in

tere

st in

lang

uage

and

lang

uage

lear

ning

3. D

evel

op s

ome

appr

ecia

tion

of th

e ro

le th

at th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge c

anpl

ay in

ach

ievi

ng th

e ge

nera

l goa

ls o

f ed

ucat

ion

deve

lopi

ng s

alea

ble

skill

s, p

rom

otin

g w

orth

whi

le u

se o

f le

isur

e tim

e, f

or e

xam

ple

4. D

evel

op c

onsi

dera

ble

cros

s-cu

ltura

l ins

ight

bec

ause

of

exte

nded

exp

osur

eto

the

fore

ign

cultu

re th

roug

h th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge

Spec

ific

Lin

guis

tic O

bjec

tives

1. D

evel

op th

e ab

ility

to c

omm

unic

ate

with

eas

e in

eve

ryda

y si

tuat

ions

that

are

typi

cal f

or th

e yo

ung

adul

t2.

Dev

elop

ski

ll in

rea

ding

for

dif

fere

nt p

urpo

ses

the

man

y ki

nds

of m

a-te

rial

s us

ually

rea

d by

the

aver

age

stud

ent o

f hi

s ag

e in

the

fore

ign

cultu

re3.

Dev

elop

insi

ghts

into

adu

lt lif

e in

the

fore

ign

coun

try

with

spe

cial

emph

asis

on

aler

ting

the

lear

ner

to c

ross

-cul

tura

l dif

fere

nces

bet

wee

nth

e fo

reig

n cu

lture

and

his

ow

n4.

Dev

elop

an

abili

ty to

tran

slat

e w

ith a

fee

ling

for

corr

ect i

nter

pret

atio

nfr

om o

ne la

ngua

ge to

the

othe

r, m

ater

ial w

ithin

the

scop

e of

his

kno

wle

dge

and

expe

rien

ce5.

Beg

in a

dvan

ced

wor

k in

con

vers

atio

n, s

ynta

x, c

ompo

sitio

n, a

nd m

atur

e

liter

atur

e on

the

basi

s of

a s

ound

fund

amen

tal k

now

ledg

e of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

and

cul

ture

Rev

iew

The

beg

inni

ng o

f se

nior

hig

h sc

hool

Lev

el I

II, i

s an

impo

rtan

t pla

ce f

orsy

stem

atic

rev

iew

bef

ore

proc

eedi

ng o

n th

een

tirel

y ne

w m

ater

ial i

n Se

quen

ceB

. In

Lev

el I

II s

tude

nts

with

vary

ing

back

grou

nds

will

be

com

ing

toge

ther

for

the

firs

t tim

e in

the

unfa

mili

arse

nior

hig

h sc

hool

set

ting.

The

stu

dent

sm

ay f

eel s

omew

hat

inse

cure

. It w

ill b

e th

e se

nior

hig

h sc

hool

teac

her's

initi

al ta

sk to

insp

ire

stud

ent c

onfi

denc

e an

d to

iden

tify

and

show

up

wea

k-ne

sses

that

may

exis

t in

vari

ous

stud

ent's

lang

uage

ski

lls.

The

sen

ior

high

scho

ol te

ache

r sh

ould

at n

o tim

e cr

itici

zest

uden

ts o

r th

eir

form

er te

ache

rsfo

r ap

pare

nt g

aps

in th

e st

uden

t'sba

ckgr

ound

. Cri

tical

com

men

ts o

f th

iski

nd c

an o

nly

frus

trat

e an

d di

scou

rage

the

stud

ents

. Whi

le it

is th

e ju

nior

high

sch

ool t

each

er's

res

pons

ibili

ty to

pre

pare

stud

ents

for

sen

ior

high

sch

ool

wor

k, th

e se

nior

hig

h sc

hool

teac

her

mus

tta

ke h

er s

tude

nts

whe

re th

ey a

rean

d m

ove

ahea

d w

ith th

em.

Gen

eral

Con

tent

for

Lev

el I

II (

The

Six

Yea

rPro

gram

)

See

Lev

el I

II, S

eque

nce

A, T

heN

ine

Yea

r Se

quen

ce, i

nclu

ding

sugg

este

d

"Uni

t Top

ics"

and

"A

ppro

pria

teM

ater

ials

."

Lev

el I

IIL

iste

ning

, Spe

akin

g, R

eadi

ng, a

nd W

ritin

gA

ctiv

ities

See

Lev

el I

II, S

eque

nce

A,

for

deta

iled

disc

ussi

on o

f ap

prop

riat

eac

tiviti

es

for

Lev

el I

II.

Gen

eral

Con

tent

for

Lev

el I

Y (

The

Six

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

The

Lev

el I

V s

tude

nt in

Seq

uenc

eB

is a

juni

or in

the

seni

orhi

gh s

choo

l.H

is in

tere

sts

and

back

grou

nd a

redi

rect

ing

him

tow

ard

adul

t tel

evis

ion,

mov

ies,

and

read

ings

in f

ictio

n an

dno

n-fi

ctio

n. H

e ha

s an

eve

rgro

win

gun

ders

tand

ing

of th

e w

orld

pre

sent

and

pas

t.W

hile

he

is u

sual

ly a

n en

thus

iast

icpa

rtic

ipan

tin

sch

ool a

ctiv

ities

this

stu

dent

is a

lrea

dy lo

okin

g be

yond

hig

hsc

hool

to c

ol-

lege

and

/or

a ca

reer

.A

s an

11t

h gr

ader

the

stud

entw

ill n

orm

ally

be

stud

ying

Am

eric

anlit

erat

ure,

Am

eric

an h

isto

ry, p

hysi

cs, a

ndm

athe

mat

ics.

He

may

in a

dditi

on, b

epl

ayin

g

in th

e sc

hool

ban

d or

orc

hest

ra,

part

icip

atin

g in

one

or

mor

e ot

her

extr

a-cu

rric

ular

act

iviti

es, o

r w

orki

ng a

t apa

rt-t

ime

job.

For

eign

lang

uage

leam

ings

will

be

mor

e m

eani

ngfu

l for

the

stud

ent i

f un

its o

f st

udy

are

plan

ned

tore

late

to s

tude

nts'

inte

rest

s an

dac

tiviti

es a

t thi

s le

vel.

Inte

rest

s m

aybe

sum

-

mar

ized

as

follo

ws:

1. S

choo

l and

col

lege

life

2. S

port

s3.

Mat

ure

adul

t adv

entu

re4.

Tra

vel

5. B

oy-g

irl r

elat

ions

hips

6. P

oliti

cs a

nd w

orld

aff

airs

7. S

ocia

l pro

blem

s8.

Sci

ence

Suita

ble

cont

ent i

nclu

des

the

follo

win

g:

1. C

onte

mpo

rary

lite

ratu

rere

ad b

oth

in a

nd o

ut o

f cl

ass

48

2. C

urre

nt e

vent

s3.

His

tory

som

e pa

ralle

l uni

ts th

atco

rrel

ate

with

Am

eric

an h

isto

ry c

ours

es4.

Sci

ence

part

icul

arly

impo

rtan

t phy

sici

sts

and

conc

epts

whi

ch th

eyfo

rmul

ated

5. T

rave

lin

clud

ing

som

e si

tuat

iona

l dia

logu

es, r

eadi

ngs,

and

film

s ab

out

som

e ar

eas

in th

e fo

reig

n co

untr

y6.

The

for

eign

lang

uage

sou

rce

and

deve

lopm

ent

7. T

he f

orei

gn h

erita

gegr

eat s

chol

ars,

art

ists

, wri

ters

, com

pose

rs, m

on-

umen

tsFo

reig

n la

ngua

ge te

ache

rs w

ho w

ish

to te

ach

units

rel

ated

to th

ose

taug

htby

col

leag

ues

in o

ther

dep

artm

ents

sho

uld

inve

stig

ate

wha

t uni

ts w

ill b

e ta

ught

by 1

1th

grad

e te

ache

rs, p

artic

ular

ly in

Eng

lish

and

soci

al s

tudi

es. S

ee M

in-

neso

ta S

tate

Dep

artm

ent o

f E

duca

tion

Gui

des

for

Lan

guag

e A

rts

and

Soci

alSt

udie

s fo

r su

gges

ted

11th

gra

de u

nits

. Lev

els

V a

nd V

I, S

eque

nce

A, o

f th

isgr

ade

lists

som

e tit

les

that

see

m p

artic

ular

lyap

prop

riat

e.

Mat

eria

lsM

ater

ials

to b

e us

ed in

Lev

el I

V w

ill n

ot v

ary

grea

tly in

kin

d fr

om th

ose

used

in L

evel

III

. The

y w

ill, h

owev

er,

be m

ore

diff

icul

t in

the

idea

s th

eypr

esen

t and

in th

e la

ngua

ge th

ey u

se.S

uita

ble

mat

eria

ls in

clud

e:

1. R

ecor

ding

s of

rad

io p

rogr

ams,

new

scas

ts,

play

s, p

oetr

y, m

usic

, and

nar

-ra

tives

2. F

ilmst

rips

, slid

es, a

nd s

ound

film

s3.

Pla

ys, n

ovel

s, s

hort

sto

ries

, poe

ms,

and

artic

les

from

new

spap

ers,

mag

a-zi

nes,

and

enc

yclo

pedi

as

Apt

.R.U

.t4

t

,

ti tr; r7

Indi

vidu

al d

iffe

renc

es in

stu

dent

abi

litie

s w

ill r

equi

re th

at te

ache

rs in

divi

du-

aliz

e as

sign

men

ts a

s m

uch

as p

ossi

ble.

Tea

cher

s m

ay in

form

them

selv

es r

e-ga

rdin

g st

uden

t int

eres

ts a

nd c

tmita

lize

on th

eir

inte

rest

s to

stim

ulat

e le

arni

ng.

Info

rmat

ion

abou

t stu

dent

int,.

cst

s ca

n be

gat

here

d th

roug

h qu

estio

nnai

res

or c

lass

dis

cuss

ions

.

Lis

teni

ng, S

peak

ing,

Rea

ding

, and

Wri

ting

Act

iviti

es f

or L

evel

IV

(The

Six

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m)

See

Lev

el I

V, S

eque

nce

A, t

he N

ine

Yea

r se

quen

ce f

or a

nex

tens

ive

disc

ussi

on o

f lis

teni

ng, s

peak

ing,

rea

ding

, and

wri

ting

activ

ities

.

Uni

ts o

f In

stru

ctio

nSe

e "D

evel

opin

g a

Uni

t of

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

e In

stru

ctio

n."

Ref

er to

Seq

uenc

e A

, Lev

el I

V.

Con

tent

for

Lev

el V

, Seq

uenc

e B

(T

he S

ix Y

ear

Prog

ram

)T

houg

h Se

quen

ce B

stu

dent

s w

ill n

ot u

sual

ly r

each

the

sam

ele

vel o

fle

arni

ng a

s th

ose

who

fin

ish

Sequ

ence

A, t

he c

onte

nt u

sed

at th

isle

vel i

s ve

rysi

mila

r. T

hat i

s, th

ere

is a

dif

fere

nce

in d

egre

e ra

ther

than

kin

d.T

here

fore

,th

e de

scri

ptio

n of

con

tent

for

Lev

els

V a

nd V

I in

Seq

uenc

eA

, The

Nin

eY

ear

Sequ

ence

, is

appr

opri

ate

for

Sequ

ence

B s

tude

nts

as w

ell.

TH

E F

OU

R Y

EA

R P

RO

GR

AM

SEQ

UE

NC

E C

In m

any

resp

ects

the

four

-yea

r-se

quen

ce is

sim

ilar

to th

e ni

ne y

ear

and

six

year

seq

uenc

es. T

here

can

, for

exa

mpl

e, b

e no

com

prom

ise

with

the

effo

rt to

deve

lop

all f

our

lang

uage

ski

lls. F

urth

erm

ore,

in g

ener

al, t

he a

ppro

pria

te te

ch-

niqu

es f

or le

vels

of

inst

ruct

ion

in s

eque

nces

A, B

, or

C w

ill b

e si

mila

r.H

owev

er, s

ome

diff

eren

ces

will

nec

essa

rily

exi

st f

or a

num

brr

of r

easo

ns.

In th

e fi

rst p

lace

the

age

of th

e be

ginn

er in

seq

uenc

e C

det

erm

ines

that

he

will

not w

ant t

o le

arn

from

the

sam

e m

ater

ials

as

the

youn

ger

child

. Whi

leth

e sa

me

gene

ral s

ubje

ct a

rea,

sch

ool l

ife,

may

be

appr

opri

ate

to L

evel

I in

any

sequ

ence

, spe

cifi

c di

alog

ue s

ituat

ions

and

rea

ding

s m

ust b

e ap

prop

riat

e to

the

inte

rest

s of

the

lear

ner

of a

giv

en a

ge.

Bes

ides

the

diff

eren

ce in

inte

rest

s du

e to

mat

urity

, one

mus

t men

tion

the

diff

eren

ce in

abi

lity

due

to m

atur

atio

n. T

he o

lder

chi

ld h

as h

ad a

muc

hri

cher

bac

kgro

und

of e

xper

ienc

e th

an th

e 4t

h or

7th

gra

der.

His

for

mal

and

info

rmal

edu

catio

n m

ake

him

abl

e to

und

erst

and

conc

epts

whi

ch w

ould

be

unin

telli

gibl

e to

the

youn

ger

child

.G

ener

ally

he

is a

bet

ter

stud

ent.

Tha

t is

to s

ay, t

he o

lder

stu

dent

will

hav

eac

quir

ed s

tudy

ski

lls w

hich

ena

ble

him

to d

o m

uch

lear

ning

with

out c

onst

ant

teac

her

dire

ctio

n. H

e w

ill e

xpec

t hom

e st

udy

assi

gnm

ents

and

can

usu

ally

be

expe

cted

to c

ompl

ete

them

if h

e ju

dges

that

the

assi

gnm

ents

are

rea

sona

ble.

He

will

be

bette

r ab

le to

lear

n in

the

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry. H

is b

ackg

roun

d in

form

al g

ram

mar

whi

le s

ketc

hy, m

ay in

clud

e se

vera

l yea

rs o

f st

udy

in h

is E

nglis

hcl

asse

s. H

e m

ay b

e ge

tting

som

e tr

aini

ng in

gra

mm

ar a

s he

beg

ins

his

fore

ign

lang

uage

stu

dy. I

f he

has

alr

eady

bee

n st

udyi

ng a

sec

ond

lang

uage

, he

will

brin

g co

nsid

erab

le k

now

ledg

e of

for

eign

lang

uage

stu

dy te

chni

ques

to th

e st

udy

of th

e se

cond

for

eign

lang

uage

.B

ecau

se o

f th

e m

atur

ity o

f th

e Se

quen

ce C

stu

dent

, he

can

lear

n m

uch

mor

e in

a s

hort

er ti

me

than

beg

inni

ng a

nd in

term

edia

te s

tude

nts

in o

ther

se-

quen

ces.

He

can

form

gen

eral

izat

ions

and

app

ly th

em to

ora

l and

wri

tten

lang

uage

. How

ever

, he

need

s, ju

st a

s yo

unge

r st

uden

ts d

o, c

onsi

dera

ble

prac

-tic

e de

vote

d to

&lu

ll fo

rmat

ion

in th

e ar

eas

of p

ronu

ncia

tion,

into

natio

n,gr

amm

ar, a

nd s

ynta

x. K

now

ing

abou

t lan

guag

e is

hel

pful

to h

im, b

ut it

is n

ota

subs

titut

e fo

r co

nsta

nt in

tens

ive

prac

tice

in u

sing

lang

uage

.R

eadi

ng in

stru

ctio

n, w

hile

it s

houl

d no

t be

allo

wed

to in

terf

ere

with

de-

velo

pmen

t of

oral

ski

lls, m

ust b

egin

ear

ly in

Seq

uenc

e C

and

mus

t be

mor

ein

tens

ifie

d th

an in

Seq

uenc

e A

or

B. R

apid

dev

elop

men

t of

read

ing

skill

sis

impo

rtan

t bec

ause

of

the

Lev

el C

stu

dent

s ne

ed f

or m

atur

e m

ater

ial.

In a

d-di

tion,

one

can

not i

gnor

e th

e sh

ort t

ime

befo

re p

ossi

ble

use

of la

ngua

ge in

colle

ge a

nd u

nive

rsity

cou

rses

.B

ecau

se th

e Se

quen

ce C

stu

dent

is e

xpos

ed to

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

ove

r a

shor

ter

span

of

year

s th

an s

tude

nts

in s

eque

nces

A a

nd B

, he

will

not

get

the

expe

rien

ce o

f "g

row

ing

up"

in th

e fo

reig

n cu

lture

to th

e de

gree

that

oth

erst

uden

ts d

o. H

e ca

n an

d sh

ould

, how

ever

, "gr

ow u

p" in

the

four

-yea

r pr

o-

50

gram

to th

e ex

tent

that

this

is p

ossi

ble

in a

rel

ativ

ely

inte

nsiv

e co

urse

of

stud

yw

hich

beg

ins

whe

n th

e le

arne

r is

alr

eady

14

year

s ol

d. A

t eac

h le

vel t

hepr

ogra

m s

houl

d at

tem

pt to

trea

t som

e su

bjec

ts w

hich

wou

ld ty

pica

lly b

e of

inte

rest

to th

e yo

ungs

ter

of c

orre

spon

ding

age

in th

e fo

reig

n la

nd. O

bvio

usly

,th

e cu

ltura

l obj

ectiv

es w

ill b

e m

ore

limite

d th

an th

ose

in th

e ot

her

sequ

ence

s.

The

Stu

dent

In

Sequ

ence

C a

s A

Lan

guag

e L

earn

erSt

uden

ts b

egin

ning

for

eign

lang

uage

lear

ning

in g

rade

nin

e an

d co

ntin

uing

stud

y in

gra

des

10-1

2 ar

e be

st d

escr

ibed

in th

e se

ctio

n "T

he S

enio

r H

igh

Scho

ol S

tude

nt a

s a

Lan

guag

e L

earn

er."

How

ever

, tea

cher

s ar

e re

min

ded

that

man

y pr

oble

ms

of a

rtic

ulat

ion

have

ari

sen

in th

e pa

st w

hen

stud

ents

fro

mju

nior

hig

h sc

hool

pro

gram

s ha

ve b

een

enro

lled

in L

evel

II

high

sch

ool

clas

ses

with

old

er s

tude

nts

who

had

beg

un s

tudy

as

soph

omor

es o

r ju

nior

s.Pa

rt o

f th

is p

robl

em h

as a

rise

n be

caus

e it

was

ass

umed

that

the

nint

hgr

ader

cou

ld le

arn

exac

tly th

e sa

me

mat

eria

l in

the

sam

e w

ay a

s se

nior

high

sch

ool s

tude

nts.

As

a ge

nera

l rul

e, h

e is

less

mat

ure,

less

abl

e to

wor

k in

tens

ivel

y an

d ha

s di

ffer

ent i

nter

ests

. He

tend

s to

be

mor

e liv

ely

and

enth

usia

stic

. Tea

cher

s re

spon

sibl

e fo

r L

evel

I in

stru

ctio

n in

gra

de n

ine

will

not

e th

at m

uch

of th

e m

ater

ial u

nder

"T

he J

unio

r H

igh

Scho

ol S

tude

ntas

a L

angu

age

Lea

rner

" is

app

licab

le to

stu

dent

s in

thes

e cl

asse

s.

Obj

ecL

es o

f T

he F

our

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m S

eque

nce

CT

he f

our

year

seq

uenc

e of

for

eign

lang

uage

stu

dy p

rovi

des

an o

ppor

tuni

tyfo

r th

e le

arne

r to

dev

elop

a g

ood

com

man

d of

the

four

lang

uage

ski

lls.

Thi

s le

arni

ng c

an la

ter

be e

xten

ded

thro

ugh

colle

ge w

ork,

oth

er s

tudy

, or

fore

ign

trav

el a

nd f

orei

gn r

esid

ence

. Obj

ectiv

es a

re th

e fo

llow

ing:

Gen

eral

Obj

ectiv

es:

1. D

evel

op p

ositi

ve a

ttitu

des

tow

ard

fore

ign

lang

uage

lear

ning

and

tow

ard

peop

le w

ho s

peak

for

eign

lang

uage

s2.

Dev

elop

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

how

lang

uage

is le

arne

d3.

Dev

elop

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

natu

re o

f la

ngua

geits

cha

ngin

gch

arac

ter,

how

it r

efle

cts

cultu

re4.

Dev

elop

som

e ap

prec

iatio

n of

the

role

that

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

can

play

in a

chie

ving

the

gene

ral g

oals

of

educ

atio

n, d

evel

opin

g sa

leab

lesk

ills,

pro

mot

ing

wor

thw

hile

use

of

leis

ure

time

5. D

evel

op a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e lif

e of

the

adol

esce

nt a

nd a

dult

inth

e fo

reig

n co

untr

y w

ith s

peci

al e

mph

asis

on

aler

ting

the

lear

ner

tocr

oss-

cultu

ral d

iffe

renc

es

Spec

ific

Lin

guis

tic O

bjec

tives

:1.

Dev

elop

the

abili

ty to

und

erst

and

a na

tive

spea

ker

whe

n he

is s

peak

ing

at n

orm

al s

peed

on

a ge

nera

l top

ic

LS

,11

St

2. D

evel

op th

e ab

ility

to c

omm

unic

ate

with

a f

air

amou

nt o

f sk

ill in

eve

ry-

day

situ

atio

ns ty

pica

l for

the

youn

g ad

ult

3. D

evel

op s

kill

in r

eadi

ng f

or d

iffe

rent

pur

pose

s a

num

ber

of k

inds

of

mat

eria

ls ty

pica

lly r

ead

by th

e av

erag

e yo

uth

of h

is a

ge in

the

fore

ign

cultu

re4.

Beg

in a

dvan

ced

wor

k in

con

vers

atio

n, s

ynta

x, c

ompo

sitio

n, a

nd m

atur

elit

erat

ure

on th

e ba

sis

of s

ound

fun

dam

enta

l kno

wle

dge

of th

e la

ngua

gean

d cu

lture

5. B

egin

at a

n ad

vanc

ed le

vel t

o de

velo

p an

abi

lity

to tr

ansl

ate

with

afe

elin

g fo

r co

rrec

t int

erpr

etat

ion

from

one

lang

uage

to th

e ot

her

that

mat

eria

l whi

ch is

with

in th

e sc

ope

of o

ne's

kno

wle

dge

and

expe

rien

ce

Con

tent

of

Lev

el I

-II

Sequ

ence

C (

The

Fou

r Y

ear

Prog

ram

)G

rade

s 9-

10E

ach

sequ

ence

of

fore

ign

lang

uage

stu

dy m

ust b

e ca

refu

lly ta

ilore

d to

the

inte

rest

s an

d ta

lent

s of

the

age

grou

p fo

r w

hich

it is

inte

nded

. Thu

s,w

hile

the

gene

ral t

opic

s tr

eate

d in

uni

ts o

f Se

quen

ce C

do

not d

iffe

r gr

eatly

from

thos

e of

Seq

uenc

es A

and

B, t

he w

ay in

whi

ch th

ey a

re tr

eate

d w

illdi

ffer

. Sui

tabl

e to

pics

for

uni

ts o

f w

ork

in S

eque

nce

C a

re th

e fo

llow

ing:

1. S

choo

l Lif

ein

cide

nts

deal

ing

with

lear

ning

act

iviti

es, c

lass

room

man

-ag

emen

t, ho

usek

eepi

ng c

hore

s, a

nd s

choo

l con

nect

ed o

ut-o

f-cl

ass

ac-

tiviti

es2.

Fam

ily L

ife

eatin

g m

eals

, doi

ng h

ouse

hold

cho

res,

list

enin

g to

rec

ords

,an

d w

atch

ing

tele

visi

on3.

Com

mun

ity L

ife

usin

g pu

blic

tran

spor

tatio

n, s

hopp

ing,

lear

ning

abo

utth

e w

orld

at w

ork,

ask

ing

dire

ctio

ns4.

Rec

reat

ion

goin

g to

or

givi

ng p

artie

s, v

acat

ioni

ng, t

rave

ling,

enj

oyin

gse

ason

al r

ecre

atio

n, c

eleb

ratin

g ho

liday

s, v

isiti

ng a

rt g

alle

ries

and

mu-

seum

s, a

nd g

oing

to th

e m

ovie

s, e

njoy

ing

hobb

ies

and

gam

es5.

Spo

rts

part

icip

atin

g in

spo

rts

and

enjo

ying

them

as

a sp

ecta

tor

6. I

ndiv

idua

l act

iviti

esge

tting

up,

dre

ssin

g, p

ract

icin

g go

od p

erso

nal

hygi

ene

7. A

dven

ture

read

ing

and

disc

ussi

ng s

tori

es o

f ex

plor

atio

n, m

yste

ry s

tor-

ies,

tale

s of

intr

igue

, and

oth

er a

dven

ture

sto

ries

8. R

eadi

ngre

adin

g an

d di

scus

sing

sto

ries

whi

ch d

eal w

ith th

e pr

oble

ms

of y

oung

peo

ple

and

adul

ts

Dia

logu

es I

n L

evel

s I

and

IID

ialo

gues

bas

ed o

n ev

eryd

ay s

ituat

ions

com

mon

for

you

ngst

ers

of 1

4-15

year

s pr

ovid

e ap

prop

riat

e m

ater

ial f

or le

arni

ng a

udio

-lin

gual

skill

s th

roug

hm

imic

ry-m

emor

izat

ion

and

vari

atio

n. D

ialo

gue

text

is a

lso

suita

ble

for

begi

n-ni

ng r

eadi

ng a

nd w

ritin

g pr

actic

e w

hen

stud

ents

beg

in to

rea

d an

d w

rite

.C

ompo

nent

par

ts o

f a

typi

cal u

nit w

ill b

e:

1. T

he b

asic

dia

logu

e or

bas

ic s

ente

nce

for

mim

icry

-mem

oriz

atio

n2.

Ada

ptat

ions

or

vari

atio

ns w

hich

mak

e m

inor

cha

nges

in th

e ba

sic

dia-

logu

e to

mak

e it

fit d

iffe

rent

situ

atio

ns3.

Dir

ecte

d di

alog

ues

whi

ch e

nabl

e th

e te

ache

r or

stu

dent

lead

ers

to e

licit

utte

ranc

es le

arne

d fr

om b

asic

dia

logu

es4.

Res

pons

e dr

ills

whi

ch p

rovi

de a

stim

ulus

sta

tem

ent o

r qu

estio

n ca

lling

51

for

a gi

ven

resp

c-,s

e. Q

uest

ions

may

rel

ate

to th

e ba

sic

dial

ogue

or

toth

e lif

e of

stu

dent

s in

the

clas

sroo

m5.

Rec

ombi

natio

n di

alog

ues

whi

ch r

e-us

e ut

tera

nce.

- in

new

com

bina

tions

to f

orm

new

dia

logu

es6.

Pat

tern

dri

lls f

or p

ract

icin

g su

bstit

utio

n an

d :n

atio

n w

ith b

asic

sen

tenc

es7.

Nar

rativ

e re

-com

bina

tions

of

dial

ogue

mat

eria

ls to

giv

e st

uden

ts p

ract

ice

in r

eadi

ng n

arra

tive

styl

e

Sam

ple

basi

c di

alog

ueR

ober

t: H

i, B

ill!

Whe

re a

re y

ou g

oing

?W

illia

m: H

i, B

ob. I

hav

e to

go

to th

e st

ore

for

a lo

af o

f br

ead.

Rob

ert:

Goo

d. I

hav

e to

go

to th

e st

ore,

too.

Will

iam

: Say

, who

's th

at c

ute

girl

. I n

ever

saw

her

bef

ore.

Rob

ert:

Tha

t's S

andr

a Jo

hnso

n. S

he ju

st m

oved

in. W

ould

you

like

tom

eet h

er?

Will

iam

: You

bet

I w

ould

.R

ober

t: H

i, Sa

ndy.

Thi

s is

Bill

Sw

anso

n. H

e liv

es in

the

next

blo

ck.

Sand

ra: H

i, B

ill. I

see

you

hav

e a

good

Iri

sh n

ame

like

min

e.W

illia

m: Y

es, I

hav

e. W

e're

goi

ng to

the

stor

e. A

re y

ou w

alki

ng th

at w

ay?

Sand

ra: Y

es, I

hav

e to

go

to th

e st

ore,

too.

Will

iam

: Gre

at!

Let

's a

ll go

toge

ther

.

Sam

ple

Dia

logu

e A

dapt

atio

n or

Var

iatio

nD

ougl

as: H

i, Pe

te!

Whe

re a

re y

ou g

oing

?Pe

ter:

Hi,

Dou

g. I

hav

e to

rid

e up

to th

e st

atio

n. M

y tir

es n

eed

air.

Do

you

wan

t to

ride

alo

ng?

Dou

glas

: No,

I c

an't.

We'

re g

oing

to e

at lu

nch

in a

few

min

utes

.M

rs. A

nder

son:

Dou

g! L

unch

ire

ady.

Oh,

hel

lo, P

eter

. How

are

you

?Pe

ter:

I'm

fin

e, M

rs. A

nder

son.

Are

you

fee

ling

bette

r?M

rs. A

nder

son:

Yes

, I a

m. T

hank

you

, Pet

er.

Pete

r: T

hat's

goo

d. W

ell,

I'd b

ette

r go

now

. Goo

dbye

, Mrs

. And

erso

n.So

long

, Dou

g.M

rs. A

nder

son:

Goo

dbye

, Pet

er.

Dou

glas

: So

long

.

Sam

ple

Dir

ecte

d D

ialo

gue

Tea

cher

: Tho

mas

, gre

et J

ohn

and

ask

how

he

is.

Pupi

l I: H

i, Jo

hn. H

ow a

re y

ou?

Pupi

l II:

Hi,

Bill

. I'm

fin

e. H

ow a

re y

ou?

Pupi

l I: I

'm f

ine,

too,

than

ks.

Tea

cher

: Joh

n, a

sk M

ary

whe

re s

he's

goi

ng.

Pupi

l II:

Mar

y, w

here

are

you

goi

ng?

Pupi

l III

: I h

ave

to g

o to

the

offi

ce.

Sam

ple

Res

pons

e D

rill

Tea

cher

: Hel

lo, J

ohn.

Whe

re a

re y

ou g

oing

?Pu

pil I

: I'm

goi

ng to

the

libra

ry.

Tea

cher

: Mad

e, a

re y

ou g

oing

to th

e lib

rary

?Pu

pil I

I: N

o, I

'm g

oing

to th

e of

fice

.T

each

er: W

here

is B

ill g

oing

?Pu

pil I

I: H

e's

goin

g ho

me.

Sam

ple

Rec

ombi

natio

n D

ialo

gue

Pupi

l I: H

ello

, Del

ores

. Whe

re a

re y

ou g

oing

?Pu

pil I

I: H

i, Su

e. I

'm g

oing

to th

e be

auty

par

lor.

I h

ave

a tw

o o'

cloc

kap

poin

tmen

t.Pu

pil I

: I'll

wal

k al

ong.

I'm

goi

ng to

the

bake

ry.

Pupi

l II:

Who

's th

at c

ute

boy

acro

ss th

e st

reet

?Pu

pil I

: Tha

t's G

eorg

e N

elso

n. H

e's

a ne

w b

oy in

the

neig

hbor

hood

,Pu

pil I

I: I

'd li

ke to

mee

t him

.Pu

pil I

:in

trod

uce

you

som

etim

e. W

e do

n't h

ave

time

now

.

Patte

rn D

rills

See

the

sect

ion

on "

Dri

lls"

for

exam

ples

of

patte

rn d

rills

.

Rec

ombi

natio

n N

arra

tive

Bill

is le

avin

g th

e ho

use

on h

is w

ay to

the

stor

e w

hen

his

frie

nd B

ob c

omes

by. B

ob h

as to

go

to th

e st

ore,

too,

and

so

they

set

out

toge

ther

. The

y go

only

a f

ew s

teps

whe

n B

ob n

otic

es a

pre

tty b

lend

gir

l sitt

ing

onth

e st

eps

of a

hou

se a

cros

s th

e st

reet

. Bill

wav

es to

her

, sm

iles,

and

say

she

llo,

but w

hen

Pnb

says

he

wou

ld li

ke to

mee

t the

gir

l, B

ill te

lls h

im th

ey d

ono

t hav

e tim

e an

d hu

rrie

s hi

m a

way

. Bot

h B

ob a

nd th

egi

rl w

onde

r w

hy B

illis

in s

uch

a hu

rry.

Tec

hniq

ues

for

Tea

chin

g D

ialo

gues

The

bas

ic d

ialo

gues

are

intr

oduc

ed b

y th

e te

ache

r sp

eaki

ng a

tnor

mal

spe

edus

ing

norm

al li

nkin

g an

d in

tona

tion,

or

by p

layi

ng a

tape

reco

rdin

g of

nat

ive

spea

kers

pre

sent

ing

the

dial

ogue

. Mea

ning

may

be

esta

blis

hed

thro

ugh

ac-

tions

, ges

ture

s, f

acia

l exp

ress

ions

, pic

ture

s, a

nd r

eal o

bjec

ts.

If E

nglis

h is

used

for

cla

rifi

catio

n, th

e E

nglis

h "e

quiv

alen

ts"

for

the

basi

c se

nten

ces

shou

ld n

ot b

e lit

eral

tran

slat

ions

but

nat

ural

Eng

lish

utte

ranc

es w

hich

wou

ld b

eus

ed in

a s

imila

r si

tuat

ion.

Whe

n th

e en

tire

clas

s ha

s pr

actic

ed r

epea

ting

the

dial

ogue

sen

tenc

esaf

ter

the

teac

her

mod

el, s

mal

ler

and

smal

ler

grou

ps w

ithin

the

clas

s ar

eca

lled

upon

for

repe

titio

n; a

nd f

inal

ly in

divi

dual

res

pons

es a

re c

alle

d fo

r.N

ext,

dial

ogue

s ar

e pr

actic

ed w

ith th

e te

ache

r ta

king

one

role

whi

le th

ew

hole

cla

ss ta

kes

the

othe

r. A

gain

, gra

dual

ly th

e si

ze o

f th

e gr

oup

is r

educ

edun

til o

ne s

tude

nt h

as th

e ro

le o

ppos

ite th

e te

ache

r. W

hen

the

indi

vidu

als

can

resp

ond

accu

rate

ly a

nd c

onfi

dent

ly b

oth

in c

horu

s an

din

divi

dual

ly, t

he p

arts

shou

ld b

e re

vers

ed s

o th

at th

e st

uden

ts le

arn

all d

ialo

gue

utte

ranc

es.

Eve

ntua

lly,

stud

ents

can

take

bot

h ro

les

with

out t

he te

ache

r. A

fter

a d

ialo

gue

is le

arne

d, it

is r

epea

tedl

y dr

amat

ized

by

diff

eren

t mem

bers

of

the

clas

s. D

ram

atiz

atio

n pr

o-vi

des

vari

ety

in c

lass

act

iviti

es a

nd in

volv

es th

e le

arne

r ph

ysic

ally

as

wel

l as

men

tally

, thu

s st

reng

then

ing

the

asso

ciat

ion

betw

een

mea

ning

and

lang

uage

.Fr

eque

ntly

, with

long

er u

ttera

nces

the

teac

her

will

hav

e to

mak

e a

poin

tof

bre

akin

g th

em d

own

into

ele

men

ts w

hich

stu

dent

s ca

n re

prod

uce.

Ord

i-na

rily

, utte

ranc

es s

houl

d be

bro

ken

dow

n in

to m

eani

ngfu

l phr

ases

abo

ut s

ixsy

llabi

es in

leng

th. T

hese

sho

rter

phr

ases

are

mod

eled

by

the

teac

her

and

repe

ated

by

the

lear

ners

beg

inni

ng w

ith th

e la

st p

hras

e of

the

utte

ranc

e an

dad

ding

add

ition

al p

rece

ding

ele

men

ts u

ntil

the

utte

ranc

e is

com

plet

e. W

hile

mos

t rep

etiti

on w

ill b

e ch

oral

in n

atur

e, o

ccas

iona

llyin

divi

dual

rep

etiti

onsh

ould

als

o be

cal

led

for.

Sam

ple

Utte

ranc

e B

uild

up:

52

Tea

cher

: I h

ave

a ca

t, bu

t I d

on't

have

a d

og.

Tea

cher

:I

don'

t hav

e a

dog.

Pupi

ls:

I do

n't h

ave

a do

g.T

each

er:

but I

don

't ha

ve a

dog

.Pu

pils

:bu

t I d

on't

have

a d

og.

Tea

cher

: I h

ave

a ca

t, bu

t I d

on't

have

a d

eg.

Pupi

ls: I

hav

e a

cat b

ut I

don

't ha

ve a

dog

.O

nce

a di

alog

ue h

as b

een

over

lear

ned

them

shou

ld b

e fr

eque

nt r

e-en

try

of th

e ut

tera

nces

into

new

mat

eria

l to

mak

e th

e ut

tera

nces

mea

ning

ful.

Lea

rnin

g m

ater

ials

cho

sen

shou

ld p

rovi

de f

or s

uch

re-e

ntry

in la

ter

units

.G

ames

, son

gs, o

r si

mpl

e na

rrat

ives

sho

uld

be c

hose

nfo

r cl

ass

activ

ities

whe

nth

ey o

ffer

an

oppo

rtun

ity to

use

fam

iliar

lang

uage

in n

ew w

ays.

Nar

rativ

es a

nd D

escr

iptio

nsN

arra

tives

and

des

crip

tions

can

pro

vide

list

enin

gan

d sp

eaki

ng p

ract

ice

whi

ch is

val

uabl

e fo

r th

e le

arne

r. A

nar

rativ

e is

a s

tory

rela

ting

a pr

ogre

s-si

on o

f ev

ents

. An

exam

ple

of a

sim

ple

narr

ativ

e is

the

follo

win

g ac

coun

t of

daily

-ou

tine.

Sam

ple

Nar

rativ

e:I

get u

p at

eig

ht o

'clo

ck.

I w

ash

my

hand

s an

d fa

ce a

nd c

omb

my

hair

.I

eat b

reak

fast

.I

go to

sch

ool.

Such

nar

rativ

es c

an f

irst

be

pres

ente

d by

tape

,fi

lmst

rip,

film

, or

tele

visi

onor

by

the

teac

her

with

the

help

of a

set

of

pict

ures

.In

Lev

el I

, sim

ple

stor

ies

from

the

fore

ign

coun

try

may

soo

nbe

rel

ated

by th

e te

ache

r or

a ta

ped

voic

e. S

uch

stor

ies

shou

ld b

e ch

osen

acc

ordi

ngto

wha

t the

y w

ill c

ontr

ibut

e to

lang

uage

lear

ning

and

kno

wle

dge

of th

e fo

r-ei

gn c

ultu

re a

s w

ell a

s th

e st

orie

s' a

ppea

l to

the

lear

ner.

The

gra

dual

intr

oduc

-tio

n of

nar

rativ

es a

lso

has

the

virt

ue o

fpre

pari

ng th

e st

uden

t for

the

lang

uage

of n

arra

tive

pros

e as

opp

osed

to th

e la

ngua

ge o

fspe

ech.

Whi

le s

uch

stor

ytel

ling

shou

ld n

ot b

e ov

erdo

ne,

it ca

n pr

ovid

e a

wel

com

ech

ange

of

pace

in c

lass

act

iviti

es. A

def

inite

assi

gnm

ent s

houl

d ac

com

pany

such

a li

sten

ing

activ

ity. T

hat i

s, s

tude

nts

shou

ldbe

cal

led

on to

ans

wer

ques

tions

abo

ut th

e st

ory

oral

ly o

r in

wri

ting.

Stu

dent

s m

aybe

cha

rged

with

prep

arin

g qu

estio

ns to

ask

eac

h ot

her

abou

t the

sto

ry.

The

y m

ay w

rite

a s

um-

mar

y of

the

stog

y in

the

firs

t mon

ths

in E

nglis

h an

d la

ter

on in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

.A

des

crip

tion

enum

erat

es th

e qu

aliti

es o

fso

met

hing

. An

obje

ct s

uch

as a

pers

on, a

hou

se, o

r th

ecl

assr

oom

pro

vide

s an

opp

ortu

nity

for

des

crip

tion.

Sam

ple

desc

ript

ion:

My

hous

e is

a b

igho

use

in th

e ci

ty.

It is

new

and

whi

te.

It h

as a

bro

wn

roof

and

larg

e w

indo

ws.

Initi

ally

, lik

e na

rrat

ives

, des

crip

tions

may

be

pres

ente

dth

roug

h a

tape

pro

gram

,fi

lm, t

elev

isio

n, a

nd b

y th

e cl

assr

oom

teac

her.

Eve

ntua

lly th

e st

uden

ts m

ay b

eas

k:4

to p

rese

nt th

eir

own

desc

ript

ions

of p

ictu

res

and

obje

cts

they

bri

ng to

scho

ol.

C t C

A

E Cr

F

Song

s, R

hym

es, a

nd G

ames

Song

s, r

hym

es, a

nd g

ames

may

be

taug

ht to

1;:o

vide

hig

hly

mot

ivat

ed r

e-en

try

of v

ocab

ular

y an

d st

ruct

ure.

The

mel

ody

and

rhyt

hm o

f so

ngs

help

es-

tabl

ish

good

pro

nunc

iatio

n an

d in

tona

tion.

Rhy

mes

and

sim

ple

poem

s ar

eal

so u

sed

for

this

pur

pose

. Nin

th g

rade

rs w

ill p

artic

ular

ly e

njoy

son

gs th

atre

quir

e so

me

phys

ical

act

ivity

suc

h as

han

d cl

appi

ng. G

ames

pro

vide

a c

hang

eof

pac

e fo

r pr

actic

e of

new

exp

ress

ions

and

for

rev

iew

. Gam

es c

hose

nm

ust a

ctua

lly p

rovi

de o

ppor

tuni

ty f

or w

orth

whi

le la

ngua

ge u

se r

athe

r th

ande

man

ding

onl

y ph

ysic

al a

ctiv

ity. U

nles

s th

e ga

me

is p

lann

ed a

s an

ex-

tend

ed le

arni

ng a

ctiv

ity, i

t sho

uld

intr

oduc

e lit

tle n

ew v

ocab

ular

y an

d no

new

str

uctu

res.

Stru

ctur

eIn

Seq

uenc

e C

the

Lev

el I

and

II

prog

ram

will

pro

vide

con

side

rabl

e op

por-

tuni

ty f

or d

rilli

ng e

lem

ents

of

lang

uage

str

uctu

re. D

ialo

gues

, dia

logu

e ad

ap-

tatio

ns, d

irec

ted

dial

ogue

s, r

espo

nse

drill

s, a

nd r

e-co

mbi

natio

n di

alog

ues

are

all u

sed

to g

ive

the

stud

ent p

ract

ice

in v

aria

tion

of la

ngua

ge p

atte

rns.

In

addi

tion,

sub

stitu

tion

and

tran

sfor

mat

ion

drill

s w

ill b

e us

ed to

foc

us s

peci

-fi

cally

on

aspe

cts

of s

truc

ture

whi

ch a

re e

spec

ially

dif

ficu

lt fo

r th

e A

mer

ican

lear

ning

the

part

icul

ar f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge. P

atte

rn d

rills

are

bes

t use

d fo

r re

l-at

ivel

y sh

ort p

erio

ds, 5

-15

min

utes

, of

the

clas

s ho

ur. T

hey

are

used

to d

rill

a ne

w s

truc

ture

or

to r

emed

y fa

ulty

stu

dent

lear

ning

whe

n it

reve

als

itsel

fin

ora

l and

wri

tten

activ

ities

. Tea

cher

s sh

ould

wat

ch f

or e

vide

nce

of f

lagg

ing

inte

rest

dur

ing

patte

rn p

ract

ice

and

chan

ge to

oth

er a

ctiv

ities

whe

n th

e dr

ills

are

no lo

nger

pro

duci

ng th

e de

sire

d re

sults

.St

uden

ts in

Seq

uenc

e C

will

als

o be

nefi

t fro

m s

lnrt

cla

ss d

iscu

ssio

ns o

f th

egr

amm

ar th

at th

ey h

ave

been

pra

ctic

ing

in th

e va

rL,u

s nn

it ac

tiviti

es. O

ften

stud

ents

can

be

led

to m

ake

thei

r ow

n ge

nera

lizat

ions

abo

ut a

spec

ts o

f gr

am-

mar

. Whe

n di

scus

sing

gra

mm

ar, t

each

ers

shou

ld c

aref

ully

dis

tingu

ish

betw

een

oral

and

wri

tten

gram

mar

. Gra

mm

ar d

iscu

ssio

ns d

ealin

g w

ith s

poke

n la

ngua

gesh

ould

dea

l with

the

real

phe

nom

ena

of o

ral c

omm

unic

atio

n.

Voc

abul

ary

Intr

oduc

tion

of le

xica

l ite

ms

will

be

care

fully

lim

ited

in L

evel

I a

s st

uden

tsde

vote

mos

t of

thei

r at

tent

ion

to p

hono

logy

, mor

phol

ogy,

and

syn

tax.

Ins

tead

of le

arni

ng m

any

new

wor

ds e

very

day

, stu

dent

s w

ill le

arn

a lim

ited

num

ber

but w

ill p

ract

ice

them

inte

nsiv

ely

in li

sten

ing,

spe

akin

g, r

eadi

ng, a

nd w

ritin

gdr

ills.

Rea

ding

Con

side

rabl

e re

cent

con

trov

ersy

has

cen

tere

d ar

ound

the

ques

tion

of w

heth

eran

ext

ende

d au

dio-

lingu

al p

erio

dsh

ould

pre

cede

the

intr

oduc

tion

of r

eadi

ngan

d w

ritin

g. O

ne th

ing

seem

s su

re, t

he p

rofe

ssio

n is

gen

eral

ly a

gree

d th

at s

ome

pre-

read

ing

is a

dvis

able

and

that

for

a c

onsi

dera

ble

part

of

Lev

e' I

muc

h of

the

basi

c m

ater

ial s

houl

d be

intr

oduc

ed b

y lis

teni

ng a

nd r

epea

ting

rath

er th

anre

adin

g. P

upils

sho

uld

be a

ble

to c

once

ntra

te o

n lis

teni

ng to

nat

ive

and

near

nativ

e sp

eake

rs a

nd r

epro

duci

ng th

e ne

w s

ound

s an

d co

mbi

natio

ns o

f so

unds

.N

o de

fini

te ti

me

can

be s

et f

or th

e in

trod

uctio

n of

rea

ding

to s

tude

nts.

Gen

-er

ally

one

may

say

that

rea

ding

sho

uld

be in

trod

uced

whe

n se

eing

the

wri

tten

lang

uage

will

not

ser

ious

ly d

istu

rb le

arni

ng a

nd m

aint

aini

ng a

ccep

tabl

e ha

bits

of p

ronu

ncia

tion,

phr

asin

g, a

nd s

tres

sing

. As

note

d in

oth

er s

eque

nces

, the

53

orth

ogra

phy

for

lang

uage

s us

ing

wri

tten

sym

bols

ent

irel

y di

ffer

ent

from

Eng

-lis

h m

ay b

e in

trod

uced

rel

ativ

ely

soon

aft

er th

e se

cond

lang

uage

lear

ning

be-

gins

. Suc

h or

thog

raph

y w

ill n

ot c

onfu

se th

e st

uden

t by

prov

idin

ghi

m w

itha

fam

iliar

sym

bol a

nd d

eman

ding

sou

nds

diff

eren

t fro

m th

e on

es th

at h

eha

bitu

ally

use

s w

ith th

e sy

mbo

l. T

he ti

me

lag

may

be

shor

ter

for

Span

ish

than

for

Fre

nch

beca

use

tilt S

pani

sh s

pelli

ng is

less

con

fusi

ng f

orth

e st

uden

ts.

In th

e fi

nal a

naly

sis

the

teac

her

hers

elf

mus

t dec

ide

whe

n he

r st

uden

ts c

anbe

-gi

n to

rea

d w

ithou

t ser

ious

ly im

pair

ing

oral

ski

lls.

Whe

n re

adin

g be

gins

, som

e dr

op in

ora

l acc

urac

y m

ay b

e ex

pect

ed.

To

min

imiz

e th

e de

teri

orat

ion

of s

peak

ing

skill

, stu

dent

s w

ill b

egin

to r

ead

mat

eria

lth

at th

ey h

ave

alre

ady

prac

ticed

ora

lly. S

uch

oral

rea

ding

will

be

rein

forc

edby

cho

ral r

eadi

ng a

fter

the

teac

her

or a

tape

d vo

ice.

One

tech

niqu

e in

be-

ginn

ing

less

ons

is to

wri

te a

dia

logu

e on

the

chal

kboa

rd. T

he te

ache

r th

enre

ads

an u

ttera

nce

afte

r w

hich

the

clas

s re

ads

the

utte

ranc

es in

cho

rus.

Aft

erth

e en

tire

dial

ogue

has

bee

n re

ad, t

he s

tude

nts

are

then

ask

ed to

rea

d w

ords

,ph

rase

s, a

nd s

ente

nces

whi

ch th

e te

ache

r se

lect

s ou

t of

thei

r no

rmal

ord

er in

the

dial

ogue

. Aft

er m

ass

mim

icry

pra

ctic

e, in

divi

dual

s ar

e ca

lled

upon

to r

ead

utte

ranc

es a

nd in

divi

dual

wor

ds. T

he te

ache

r w

ill h

ave

to c

heck

car

eful

ly to

be s

ure

that

stu

dent

s ar

e re

adin

g ra

ther

than

quo

ting

the

dial

ogue

mat

eria

lfr

om m

emor

y. S

ome

stud

ents

may

fin

d it

easi

er to

try

to g

uess

at u

ttera

nces

rath

er th

an lo

okin

g cl

osel

y at

the

wri

tten

sym

bols

. Suc

h st

uden

ts n

eed

to b

ehe

lped

to s

ee th

e im

port

ance

of

lear

ning

to r

ead

the

new

lang

uage

wel

l. T

hete

ache

r m

ay h

ave

to w

ork

patie

ntly

but

fir

mly

to in

sure

that

thes

e st

uden

tsdo

lear

n to

rea

d.W

ritin

gB

egin

ning

wri

ting

shou

ld f

irst

of

all m

ean

care

fully

cop

ying

dia

logu

e m

a-te

rial

that

has

bee

n he

ard,

spo

ken,

and

rea

d. S

uch

copy

ing

shou

ld b

egin

al-

mos

t sim

ulta

neou

sly

with

lear

ning

to r

ead,

for

cop

ying

for

ces

the

stud

ent t

oob

serv

e ea

ch w

ord

care

fully

in o

rder

to r

epro

duce

it. O

ther

sim

ple

wri

ting

ac-

tiviti

es in

clud

e fi

lling

in a

mis

sing

wor

d or

phi

use

in a

sen

tenc

e, w

orki

ng c

ross

-w

ord

puzz

les,

uns

cram

blin

g se

nten

ces,

and

wri

ting

from

dic

tatio

n. W

hen

stu-

dent

s ta

ke a

dic

tatio

n te

st, t

he te

ache

r sh

ould

insi

st o

n ac

cura

cy in

spe

lling

,pu

nctu

atio

n, c

apita

lizat

ion,

and

par

agra

phin

g. W

ithou

t suc

h in

sist

ence

som

est

uden

ts m

ay th

ink

that

man

y "i

dios

yncr

acie

s" o

f fo

reig

n or

thog

raph

y ar

e no

tim

port

ant e

noug

h to

lear

n.L

evel

I s

tude

nts

may

be

assi

gned

sho

rt d

escr

iptio

ns a

nd n

arra

tives

. Suc

hto

pics

as

"My

Hou

se,"

"M

y Fa

mily

," "

My

Day

," o

r "A

n E

xcur

sion

to th

eB

each

," a

re s

uita

ble.

In

Lev

el I

suc

h as

sign

men

ts s

houl

d be

car

eful

ly m

odel

edaf

ter

a di

alog

ue o

r na

rrat

ive

pass

age

alre

ady

stud

ied.

Stud

ents

may

als

o be

ask

ed to

wri

te a

nsw

ers

to q

uest

ions

abo

ut d

ialo

gues

and

narr

ativ

es o

r co

rrec

t fal

se s

tate

men

ts a

bout

text

con

tent

. Oft

en th

e cl

ass

shou

ld g

o th

roug

h th

e as

sign

men

t ora

lly b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

wri

te.

Cul

ture

See

"Cul

ture

"Se

quen

ce B

Out

-of-

Cla

ss A

ssig

nmen

ts I

n L

evel

I, G

rade

9St

uden

ts in

Seq

uenc

e C

are

mat

ure

enou

gh to

ben

efit

from

con

side

rabl

e in

-de

pend

ent s

tudy

. Fir

st, h

owev

er, t

hey

need

to b

e m

ade

acqu

aint

ed w

ith p

rope

rte

chni

ques

of

lang

uage

lear

ning

. Onc

e th

ey h

ave

lear

ned

the

tech

niqu

es, t

hest

uden

ts c

an g

ener

ally

be

depe

nded

on

to c

ompl

ete

lear

ning

ass

ignm

ents

out

-

side

of

scho

ol h

ours

. Out

-of-

clas

s as

sign

men

ts, o

f co

urse

, sho

uld

mak

e a

real

cont

ribu

tion

to le

arni

ng f

or s

tude

nts

like

teac

hers

hav

e m

uch

to d

o. T

each

ers

shou

ld r

esis

t any

tend

ency

to a

ssig

n bu

sy w

ork.

The

fol

low

ing

activ

ities

are

appr

opri

ate

for

Lev

el I

:1.

In

the

begi

nnin

g w

eeks

of

the

scho

ol y

ear,

bef

ore

stud

ents

lear

n to

rea

dan

d w

rite

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge th

ey m

ay r

ead

fict

ion

and

non-

fict

ion

in E

nglis

h ab

out t

he f

orei

gn c

ount

ry.

2. L

iste

ning

and

spe

akin

g pr

actic

e m

ay b

e do

ne in

depe

nden

tly in

the

lan-

guag

e la

bora

tory

rat

her

than

dur

ing

clas

s pe

riod

s w

hen

scho

ol s

ched

ules

perm

it.3.

Mim

icry

-mem

oriz

atio

n ca

n be

pra

ctic

ed w

ith h

omes

tudy

rec

ords

and

tape

reco

rdin

gs, p

refe

rabl

y w

ith th

ose

whi

ch a

ccom

pany

the

text

. How

ever

,ot

her

reco

rds

may

coo

rdin

ate

clos

ely

with

cla

ssw

ork

and

also

be

appr

o-pr

iate

for

hom

e us

e.4.

Lis

teni

ng c

an b

e pr

actic

ed w

ith r

ecor

ds a

nd ta

pes

whe

n re

cord

ings

re-

com

bine

utte

ranc

es a

lrea

dy le

arne

d in

to n

ew d

ialo

gues

and

nar

rativ

es.

Sim

ple

reco

rded

sto

ries

may

be

assi

gned

for

hom

e st

udy.

5. C

opyi

ng p

ortio

ns o

f un

it m

ater

ials

and

oth

er w

ritin

g as

sign

men

ts s

ug-

gest

ed a

bove

can

be

com

plet

ed a

s ho

me

wor

k.

Lev

el I

I, S

eque

nce

C (

The

Fou

r Y

ear

Prog

ram

)W

hile

rev

iew

is im

port

ant a

t the

beg

inni

ng o

f ea

ch le

vel,

Lev

el I

I in

Seq

uenc

eC

will

be

cruc

ial.

Stud

ents

will

then

be

star

ting

thei

r se

nior

hig

h sc

hool

yea

rs.

Des

pite

the

best

eff

orts

of

teac

hers

to a

rtic

ulat

e th

eir

prog

ram

s, s

tude

nts

will

inev

itabl

y co

me

to L

evel

II

with

som

e di

ffer

ence

s in

bac

kgro

und

and

may

hav

eto

bec

ome

accu

stom

ed to

a n

ew te

ache

r as

wel

l as

a ne

w s

choo

l.T

he L

evel

II

teac

her

will

do

wel

l to

disc

uss

the

Lev

el I

I pr

ogra

m w

ith s

tu-

dent

s in

the

firs

t day

s of

cla

ss e

xpla

inin

g ho

w it

will

dif

fer

from

Lev

el I

. At t

hesa

me

time

she

shou

ld r

evie

w L

evel

I w

ork

whi

ch w

ill b

e pa

rtic

ular

ly im

port

ant

to s

ucce

ss in

Lev

el I

I. T

he r

evie

w p

erio

d sh

ould

con

tain

all

of th

e va

riou

ski

nds

of L

evel

I a

ctiv

ities

in o

rder

that

rev

iew

incl

ude

prac

tice

in a

ll of

the

four

skill

s. W

hile

stu

dent

s ar

e ga

inin

g co

nfid

ence

and

est

ablis

hing

a c

omm

on b

ase

for

Lev

el I

I w

ork,

the

teac

her

will

be

lear

ning

to k

now

eac

h st

uden

t bet

ter

asan

indi

vidu

al. T

he te

ache

r w

ill th

en b

e ab

le to

eff

ectiv

ely

deal

with

the

need

sof

eac

h le

arne

r in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

pro

gram

.Fo

r th

e m

ost p

art t

he L

evel

II

prog

ram

in S

eque

nce

C w

ill r

esem

ble

the

pro-

gram

in L

evel

II

of S

eque

nce

B. T

he m

ain

diff

eren

ce to

be

kf.p

t in

min

dis

that

stud

ents

in S

eque

nce

C w

ill b

e on

e ye

ar o

lder

. The

y w

ill b

e so

mew

hat m

ore

mat

ure

and

thei

r sc

hool

and

out

-of-

scho

ol a

ctiv

ities

will

be

prov

idin

g th

emw

ith a

dif

fere

nt b

ackg

roun

d of

exp

erie

nces

.

Con

tent

of

Lev

el I

I, S

eque

nce

C (

The

Fou

r Y

ear

Prog

ram

)Se

e di

scus

sion

und

er "

Con

tent

of

Lev

el I

I, S

eque

nce

A, T

he S

ix Y

ear

Pro-

gram

.U

se o

f E

nglis

hSe

e L

evel

II,

Seq

uenc

e A

.

Lis

teni

ng, S

peak

ing,

Rea

ding

, and

Wri

ting

In L

evel

II,

Seq

uenc

e B

(The

Fou

r Y

ear

Prog

ram

)Se

e L

evel

II,

Seq

uenc

e A

for

a d

iscu

ssio

n of

Lev

el I

I ac

tiviti

es in

the

four

skill

s.54

Gra

mm

ar I

n L

evel

11

Ref

er to

"G

ram

mar

in L

evel

II,

The

Six

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m."

Cul

ture

In

Lev

el I

ISe

e "C

ultu

re in

Lev

el I

I, T

he N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogam

."

Lev

el I

II (

The

Fou

r Y

ear

Prog

ram

)R

efer

to "

Lev

el I

II, S

eque

nce

A, T

he N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m,"

incl

udin

g su

g-ge

sted

"U

nit,

Top

ics,

" "A

ppro

pria

te M

ater

ials

," a

nd "

Lis

teni

ng,

Spea

king

,R

eadi

ng, a

nd W

ritin

g A

ctiv

ities

."L

evel

IV

The

Lev

el I

V s

tude

nt in

Seq

uenc

e C

is a

12t

h gr

ader

inth

e se

nior

hig

hsc

hool

. He

is li

kely

to b

e ac

tive

in s

choo

l aff

airs

, but

at t

he s

ame

time

he is

in-

crea

sing

ly c

once

rned

with

life

bey

ond

high

sch

ool,

with

sta

rtin

gco

llege

, or

getti

ng w

ork.

Int

eres

ted

in a

dult

tele

visi

on, m

ovie

s, a

ndre

adin

g, th

e hi

ghsc

hool

sen

ior

is c

once

rned

abo

ut p

oliti

cal a

ffai

rs, l

ocal

, nat

iona

l, an

din

tern

a-tio

nal.

As

a 12

th g

rade

r, th

e st

uden

t will

nor

mal

ly b

e st

udyi

ngw

orld

lite

ratu

re,

wor

ld p

robl

ems,

che

mis

try,

and

mat

hem

atic

s be

side

s hi

s fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge. H

em

ay in

add

ition

be

enga

ged

in o

ne o

r m

ore

extr

a-cu

rric

ular

act

iviti

es o

r ha

vepa

rt-t

ime

empl

cym

ent.

Uni

ts o

f in

stru

ctio

n in

for

eign

lang

uage

will

he

mos

tsu

cces

sful

for

the

stud

ent i

f th

ey a

re r

elat

ed to

stu

dent

s' a

ctiv

ities

and

inte

rest

s.In

tere

sts

of th

e ol

der

stud

ent i

n se

nior

hig

h sc

hool

incl

ude

the

follo

win

g:1.

Sch

ool a

nd c

olle

ge li

fe2.

The

wor

king

wor

ld3.

Spo

rts

4. M

atur

e ad

ult a

dven

ture

5. T

rave

l6.

Adu

lt ro

man

ce7.

Soc

ial p

robl

ems

8. P

oliti

cs a

nd w

orld

aff

airs

9. S

cien

ceSu

itabl

e co

nten

t for

Lev

el I

V in

clud

es th

e fo

llow

ing:

1. C

onte

mpo

rary

and

occ

asio

nal p

iece

s of

cla

ssic

al li

tera

ture

2. C

urre

nt e

vent

s3.

Cer

tain

hig

h po

ints

in th

e hi

stor

y of

the

fore

ign

coun

try

4. R

eadi

ngs

whi

ch p

rovi

de s

ome

indi

catio

n of

sci

entif

ic a

chie

vem

ents

of th

ena

tiona

ls o

f th

e fo

reig

n la

nd5.

Tra

vel,

incl

udin

g so

me

situ

atio

nal d

ialo

gues

app

ropr

iate

for

trav

elpl

usre

adin

gs a

nd f

ilms

abou

t som

e ar

eas

in th

e fo

reig

n co

untr

y6.

The

for

eign

lang

uage

, its

sou

rce

and

deve

lopm

ent

7. T

he f

orei

gn h

erita

gegr

eat s

chol

ars,

art

ists

, wri

ters

, com

pose

rs, a

ndm

onum

ents

Fore

ign

lang

uage

pro

gram

s w

ill b

enef

it in

Lev

el I

V w

hene

ver

teac

hers

can

rela

te th

eir

inst

ruct

ion

to o

ther

lear

ning

s in

the

scho

ol c

urri

culu

m. S

tude

nts

shou

ld b

e en

cour

aged

to r

efer

to le

arni

ngs

from

oth

er c

lass

es in

cla

ss d

iscu

s-si

ons.

Whe

neve

r po

ssib

le s

tude

nts

shou

ld g

et c

redi

t in

othe

r cl

asse

s fc

rfo

reig

nla

ngua

ge r

eadi

ngs

whi

ch r

elat

e to

wor

k do

ne in

thos

e cl

asse

s. S

tude

nts

shou

ldbe

enc

oura

ged

to u

nder

take

spe

cial

inte

rest

pro

ject

s in

volv

ing

rese

arch

in f

or-

......

,,....

.,....

3 )

no n L' a

eign

lang

uage

mat

eria

ls. I

n sh

ort,

stud

ents

sho

uld

be le

arni

ng th

at th

e fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge c

an b

e a

tool

for

gai

ning

info

rmat

ion

they

nee

d an

d w

ant t

o kn

ow.

Mat

eria

lsM

ater

ials

in L

evel

IV

will

not

var

y gr

eatly

in k

ind

from

thos

e us

ed in

Lev

elII

I. T

hey

will

, how

ever

, be

mor

e di

ffic

ult i

n th

e id

eas

they

pre

sent

and

in th

ela

ngua

ge th

ey u

se. S

uita

ble

mat

eria

ls in

clud

e:1.

Rec

ordi

ngs

of r

adio

pro

gram

s, n

ewsc

asts

, pla

ys, p

oetr

y, m

usic

, and

nar

-ra

tives

2. F

ilmst

rips

, slid

es, a

nd s

ound

film

s

55

3. N

ovel

s, p

lays

, sho

rt s

tori

es, a

nd p

oem

s, a

s w

ell a

s ar

ticle

s fr

om n

ews-

pape

rs, m

agaz

ines

, and

enc

yclo

pedi

as

Lis

teni

ng, S

peak

ing,

Rea

ding

, Wri

ting

Act

iviti

es f

or L

evel

IV

(The

Fou

r Y

ear

Prog

ram

)R

efer

to "

Lev

el I

V, S

eque

nce

A, T

he N

ine

Yea

r Pr

ogra

m"

for

a di

scus

-si

on o

f L

evel

IV

act

iviti

es f

or im

prov

ing

the

four

ski

lls.

Uni

ts o

f In

stru

ctio

nSe

e "D

evel

opin

g a

Uni

t of

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

e In

stru

ctio

n."

Cha

pter

V

DR

ILL

S FO

R C

LA

SSR

OO

M A

ND

LA

BO

RA

TO

RY

The

aud

io-l

ingu

al a

ppro

ach

to la

ngua

gele

arni

ng r

equi

res

mat

eria

ls o

f a

type

not f

ound

in tr

aditi

onal

text

book

s.Su

ch m

ater

ials

mus

t be

base

d on

the

lan-

guag

e sp

oken

by

the

educ

ated

per

son

rath

er th

an th

e lit

erar

yla

ngua

ge. E

ffec

-tiv

e us

e of

thes

e m

ater

ials

req

uire

sda

ily d

rill

sess

ions

des

igne

d to

prov

ide

satu

ratio

n pr

actic

e pa

rtic

ular

ly o

n co

nflic

tpoi

nts;

that

is, a

reas

of

lear

ning

dif

-fi

culty

for

the

non-

nativ

e. D

rill

exer

cise

ssh

ould

at f

irst

be

cond

ucte

d in

the

clas

sroo

m b

y th

e te

ache

r. H

owev

er, a

fter

bein

g in

trod

uced

by

the

teac

her

drill

sar

e th

en r

einf

orce

d by

the

tape

rec

orde

d m

ater

ials

. Tap

edr

ills

prov

ide

the

mod

el f

or p

ronu

ncia

tion,

into

natio

n, a

nd la

ngua

gest

ruct

ure

and

perm

it pr

ac-

tice

in la

ngua

ge m

anip

ulat

ion.

Man

y ex

celle

nt a

udio

-lin

gual

mat

eria

ls a

re n

owav

aila

ble

from

com

mer

-ci

al s

ourc

es. T

each

ers

shou

ld e

xam

ine

thes

e ne

w la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng s

yste

ms

and

sele

ct a

n ap

prop

riat

e co

urse

sui

ted

to th

ein

divi

dual

sch

ool s

ituat

ion.

How

ever

,ev

en th

e te

ache

r us

ing

atr

aditi

onal

text

can

wri

te a

nd r

ecor

dau

dio-

lingu

al

drill

s fa

.: us

e w

ith e

lect

ro-m

echa

nica

leq

uipm

ent.

For

teac

hers

usi

ng th

e m

od-

em c

ours

e m

ater

ials

it m

ay b

e ad

visa

ble

to d

evel

op a

dditi

onal

reco

rded

ma-

teri

als

for

mor

e va

riet

y in

the

drill

exe

rcis

esan

d fo

r th

e co

rrec

tion

of le

arni

ngpr

oble

ms

whi

ch a

rise

in th

e cl

ass.

Cri

teri

a fo

r E

valu

atin

gW

heth

er th

e te

ache

r is

con

tem

plat

ing

purc

hase

of

pre-

reco

rded

mat

eria

lsor

pre

pari

ng h

is o

wn

reeo

rdin

gs th

ere

are

cert

ain

crite

ria

to b

eob

serv

ed.

Tec

hnic

al C

onsi

dera

tions

1. V

oice

(s)

used

sho

uld

be n

ativ

e or

nea

r na

tive

and,

if p

ossi

ble,

of

the

sam

e ag

e gr

oup

2. R

ate

of s

peec

h sh

ould

appr

oxim

ate

that

of

norm

al n

ativ

espe

ech

3. P

ronu

ncia

tion,

enu

ncia

tion,

and

into

natio

n sh

ould

be

natu

ral

4. V

oice

(s)

shou

ld b

epl

easi

ng to

the

ear

5. T

ape

voic

e(s)

sho

uld

be li

vely

and

ent

husi

astic

6. S

ound

sho

uld

be u

ndis

tort

ed.T

he ta

pe s

houl

d m

ake

soun

d di

scri

min

atio

nea

sy f

or n

on-n

ativ

ele

arne

rs7.

Vol

ume

leve

l sho

uld

be e

ven

8. A

ny p

ause

s on

the

tape

shou

ld b

e lo

ng e

noug

h to

per

mit

stud

ent r

espo

nse

but n

ot s

o lo

ng a

s to

slo

wth

e pa

ce o

f th

e dr

ill. R

epea

ting

time

for

the

stud

ent v

arie

s fr

om th

ree

seco

nds

plus

one

rep

etiti

on in

the

repe

titio

nty

pe d

rill

to th

ree

seco

nds

plus

two

repe

titio

ns in

the

subs

titut

ion

and

tran

sfor

mat

ion

type

dri

lls. R

epet

ition

s ar

egi

ven

in th

e no

rmal

rat

e of

spee

ch9.

Rep

etiti

on d

rills

mus

t be

shor

t; ut

tera

nces

for

the

begi

nnin

g st

uden

tsh

ould

be

with

in th

e se

ven

to te

nsy

llabl

e lim

it in

the

case

of

fam

iliar

mat

eria

l, fe

wer

syl

labl

es f

or u

nfam

iliar

mat

eria

l57

10. D

irec

tions

to s

tude

nts

shou

ld b

e cl

ear,

brie

f, a

nd in

clud

e a

sam

ple

with

the

corr

ect r

espo

nse

11. E

xerc

ises

sho

uld,

if p

ossi

ble,

con

tain

ava

riet

y of

voi

ces

to h

elp

avoi

dm

onot

ony

and

prov

ide

a va

riat

ion

ofex

peri

ence

s12

. Onl

y on

e pr

oble

m a

t a ti

me

shou

ld b

epr

esen

ted

in a

dri

ll ex

erci

se. A

prac

tice

exer

cise

con

tain

ing

seve

ral p

robl

ems

is a

res

ting

exer

cise

13. B

asic

ally

dri

lls s

houl

d be

a) T

hree

pha

se:

MO

DE

L 'U

TT

ER

AN

CE

STU

DE

NT

RE

SPO

NSE

CO

RR

EC

TR

ESP

ON

SEO

Rb)

Fou

r ph

ase:

MO

DE

L U

TT

ER

AN

CE

STU

DE

NT

RE

SPO

NC

OR

RE

CT

RE

SPO

NSE

STU

DE

NT

RE

PET

ITIO

N14

. Dri

lls s

houl

d em

phas

ize

the

phon

emic

and

stru

ctur

al c

ontr

asts

bet

wee

nna

tive

and

targ

et la

ngua

ge15

. Tap

ed e

xerc

ises

sho

uld

prov

ide

a ju

dici

ous

amou

ntof

var

iatio

n, to

avo

idm

onot

ony

16. D

rills

and

pat

tern

pra

ctic

es s

houl

d be

clo

sely

corr

elat

ed w

ith th

e sp

ecif

iccl

assr

oom

act

ivity

.17

. Tap

ed d

rills

sho

uld

be u

sefu

l and

cha

lleng

ing

toth

e le

arne

r

Typ

es o

f T

aped

Dri

llsT

he f

ollo

win

g dr

ills

are

of v

ario

us ty

pes

desi

gned

to g

ive

the

stud

ent p

rac-

tice

in th

e la

ngua

ge s

kills

. Alth

ough

tape

ddr

ills

are

part

icul

arly

use

ful i

nst

reng

then

ing

the

audi

o-lin

gual

ski

lls th

ey d

o pl

ay a

par

tin

dev

elop

ing

the

read

ing

and

wri

ting

skill

s as

wel

l. M

any

of th

e dr

ills

adap

t the

mse

lves

for

test

-in

g pu

rpos

es e

ven

thou

gh th

ey a

re d

esig

ned

forp

ract

ice.

Rep

etiti

on D

rill

The

rep

etiti

on d

rill

teac

hes

corr

ectp

ronu

ncia

tion

and

into

natio

n by

pro

vid-

ing

a m

odel

for

stu

dent

imita

tion.

Thi

s ty

pe o

f dr

ill is

als

o us

ed f

or o

verl

earn

-in

g an

d m

emor

izin

g th

e lin

guis

tic p

atte

rns

and

voca

bula

ry o

f th

e ta

rget

lan-

guag

e. N

ew m

ater

ials

, new

patte

rns,

and

new

voc

abul

ary

are

intr

oduc

ed b

yth

e re

petit

ion

drill

. Sin

ce la

ngua

ge is

acqu

ired

thro

ugh

soun

d an

d rh

ythm

the

utte

ranc

es m

ust b

e br

ief

to b

ere

tain

ed b

y th

e ea

r.

Exa

mpl

esT

hree

Pha

se D

rill

Mod

el:

Why

don

't yo

u co

me

to m

y pa

rty?

Res

pons

e:W

hy d

on't

you

com

eto

my

part

y?W

hy d

on't

you

com

eto

my

part

y?

Cor

rect

Res

pons

e :

Why

don

't yo

u co

me

to m

y pa

rty?

Four

Pha

se D

rill

Mod

el:

Why

don

't yo

u co

me

to m

y pa

rty?

Cor

rect

Res

pons

e:

Why

don

't yo

u co

me

to m

y pa

rty?

Res

pons

e:

Why

don

't yo

u co

me

to m

y pa

rty?

Why

don

't yo

u co

me

to m

y pa

rty?

Res

pons

e:

Why

don

't yo

u co

me

to m

y pa

rty?

Thr

ee P

hase

Bac

kwar

d B

uild

-up

Dri

ll

mod

e:

Why

don

't yo

u br

ing

Mar

y al

ong

to m

y pa

rty

tom

orro

w n

ight

?W

hy d

on't

you

brin

gM

ary

alon

g to

my

part

yto

mor

row

nig

ht?

tom

orro

w n

ight

?

Cor

rect

Res

pons

e:

tom

orro

w n

ight

?

M:

to m

y pa

rty

CR

:

to m

y pa

rty

M:

to m

y pa

rty

tom

orro

wni

ght?

CR

:

to m

y pa

rty

tom

orro

wni

ght?

Res

pons

e:

tom

orro

w n

ight

?to

mor

row

nig

ht?

to m

y pi

xty

to m

y pa

rty

to m

y pa

rty

tom

orro

w n

ight

?to

my

part

y T

omor

row

nig

ht?

58

M:

alon

g

CR

:

alon

g

M:

alon

g to

my

part

yto

mor

row

nig

ht?

CR

: alon

g to

my

part

yto

mor

row

nig

ht?

brin

g M

ary

CR

:

brin

g M

ary

brin

g M

ary

alon

gto

my

part

y to

mor

row

nig

ht?

CR

:br

ing

Mar

y al

ong

to m

y pa

rty

tom

orro

w n

ight

?

M: W

hy d

on't

you

CR

: Why

don

't yo

u

Why

don

't yo

u br

ing

Mar

y al

ong

to m

y pa

rty

tom

orro

w n

ight

?

alon

gal

ong

alon

g to

my

part

yto

mor

row

nig

ht?

alon

g to

my

part

yto

mor

row

nig

ht?

brin

g M

ary

brin

g M

ary

brin

g M

ary

alon

gto

my

part

y to

mor

row

nig

ht?

brin

g M

ary

alon

gto

my

part

y to

mor

row

nig

ht?

Why

don

't yo

uW

hy d

on't

you

Why

don

't yo

u br

ing

Mar

y al

ong

to m

y pa

rty

tom

orro

w n

ight

?W

hy d

on't

you

brin

gM

ary

alon

g to

my

part

yto

mor

row

nig

ht?

rm n

CR

: Why

don

't yo

u br

ing

Mar

y al

ong

to m

y pa

rty

tom

orro

w n

ight

?

The

pat

tern

dri

ll de

velo

ps th

e le

arne

r'sor

al c

omm

and

of th

e st

ruct

ures

of

the

lang

uage

. A g

ood

patte

rn d

rill

utili

zes

the

spok

en la

ngua

ge to

foc

us a

tten-

tion

on o

ne s

truc

ture

at a

tim

e, g

ivin

g th

est

uden

t ext

ensi

ve p

ract

ice

by u

sing

the

stru

ctur

e in

a c

aref

ully

con

trol

led

cont

ext.

The

pat

tern

s to

be

drill

ed in

a p

atte

rndr

ill a

re p

rese

nted

fir

st to

the

lear

ner

in a

rep

etiti

on d

rill.

The

pat

tern

dri

ll th

en te

sts

his

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

stru

c-tu

res

by a

skin

g hi

m to

mak

eap

prop

riat

e ch

ange

s ac

cord

ing

to th

e cu

e.

Tra

nsfo

rmat

ion

and

Rep

lace

men

t (Su

bstit

utio

n)T

he m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t dri

lls a

re b

asic

ally

the

tran

sfor

mat

ion

and

repl

acem

ent

or s

ubst

itutio

n dr

ills.

Mos

t dri

lls a

re a

com

bina

tion

or e

xten

sion

of b

oth.

In

the

repl

acem

ent o

r su

bstit

utio

n dr

ill o

new

ord

or s

truc

tura

l ite

m is

sub

stitu

ted

in th

e ut

tera

nce.

In

the

tran

sfor

mat

ion

drill

one

wor

d or

str

uctu

ral i

tem

isch

ange

d, o

ften

nec

essi

tatin

g a

chan

ge in

wor

d or

der.

Rep

lace

men

t (su

bstit

utio

n) :

Tra

nsfo

rmat

ion:

Nou

n ;z

tPr

onou

n

Susi

e bo

ught

a r

ecor

d.Su

sie

boug

ht it

.

Nou

n ;z

t Nou

nI

wan

t a s

andw

ich.

I w

ant a

coo

kie.

Pers

on-n

umbe

4-_-

>Pe

rson

-num

ber

I go

to s

choo

l.T

hey

go to

sch

ool.

You

go

to s

choo

l.

We

go to

sch

ool.

Ver

bV

erb

I se

e th

e bi

rd.

I he

ar th

e bi

rd.

Sing

ular

rzt

Plu

ral

Susi

e bo

ught

a r

ecor

d.Su

sie

boug

ht r

ecor

ds.

Gen

der

Gen

der

I kn

ow th

is a

ctor

.I

know

this

act

ress

.(r

are

in E

nglis

h)

Aff

irm

ativ

e ±

Neg

ativ

e

Igo

to s

choo

l.I

don'

t go

to s

choo

l.

Aff

irm

ativ

e ;=

t Int

erro

gativ

e

I go

to s

choo

l.D

o Ig

o to

sch

ool?

Ten

se ;z

t Ten

se

She

likes

can

dy.

She

liked

can

dy.

171

In a

ll of

the

follo

win

g dr

ills

the

num

ber

of u

ttera

nces

sho

uld

be in

crea

sed

to s

even

ore

ight

of

each

type

.

EN

GL

ISH

FRE

NC

HG

ER

MA

N

RE

PLA

CE

ME

NT

DR

ILL

Rep

lace

the

obje

ct w

ith a

pro

noun

:

SPA

NIS

H

I ha

ve b

ooks

.J'

ai d

es li

vres

.Ic

h ha

be d

ie B

iiche

r.T

engo

los

libro

s.

I ha

ve th

em.

J'en

ai.

Ich

habe

sie.

Los

teng

o.

Mar

y w

rote

the

lette

r.M

arie

a e

crit

une

lettr

e.M

arie

sch

rieb

den

13-

ief.

Mar

ia e

scri

hio

la c

aita

.

Mar

y w

rote

it.M

arie

1 'a

ecr

it.M

arie

sch

rieb

ihn.

Mar

ia la

esc

ribi

o.

PRO

GR

ESS

IVE

RE

PLA

CT

-1E

NT

DR

ILL

Subs

titut

e al

tern

atel

y ob

ject

and

sub

ject

acco

rdin

g to

the

cue:

John

bou

ght a

car

.Je

an a

ach

ete

une

voitu

re.

Han

s ka

ufte

ein

Aut

o.Ju

an c

ompr

o un

aut

omov

il.

bicy

cle

bicy

clet

teFa

hrra

dbi

cicl

eta

John

bou

ght a

bic

ycle

.Je

an a

ach

ete

une

bicy

clet

te.

Han

s ka

ufte

ein

Fah

rrad

.Ju

an c

ompr

o un

a bi

cicl

eta.

mot

her

mam

andi

e M

utte

rm

ama

Mot

her

boug

ht a

bic

ycle

.M

aman

a a

chet

e un

e bi

cycl

ette

.D

ie M

utte

r ka

ufte

ein

Fah

rrad

.M

amd

com

pro

uua

bici

clet

a.

radi

ora

dio

Rad

iora

dio

Mot

her

boug

ht a

rad

io.

Mam

an a

ach

ete

une

radi

o.D

ie M

utte

r ka

ufte

ein

Rad

io.

Mam

a co

mpr

o un

rad

io.

my

frie

ndm

on a

mi

mei

n Fr

eund

mi a

mig

o

My

frie

nd b

ough

t a r

adio

.M

on a

mi a

ach

ete

une

radi

o.M

ein

Freu

nd k

auft

e ei

n R

adio

.M

i am

igo

com

pro

un r

adio

.

59

EN

GL

ISH

Subs

titut

e th

e cu

e w

ord

with

Mar

y gi

ves

the

book

s to

Joh

n.

FRE

NC

H

a pr

onou

n:M

arie

don

ne le

s liv

res

a Je

an.

John

Jean

Mar

y gi

ves

the

book

s to

him

.M

arie

lui d

onne

les

livre

s.

book

sliv

res

Mar

y gi

ves

__ge

m to

him

.M

arie

les

lui d

onne

.

Mar

yM

arie

She

give

s th

em to

him

.E

lk le

s lu

i don

ne.

TR

AN

SFO

RM

AT

ION

DR

ILL

I go

to s

choo

l.

heH

e go

es to

sch

ool.

You

dri

ve a

car

.

she

She

driv

es a

car

.

Je v

ais

a 1

Icol

e.

II v

a a

1 'e

cole

.

Vou

s co

ndzd

sez

is v

oitu

re.

elle

Elle

con

duit

la v

oitu

re.

Mak

e ne

gativ

e st

atem

ents

out

of

the

follo

win

g:

John

run

s fa

st.

Jean

cou

rt v

ite.

John

doe

sn't

run

fast

.

John

rea

d? w

ell.

John

doe

sn't

read

wel

l.

RE

STA

TE

ME

NT

AN

DD

IRE

CT

ED

RE

SPO

NSE

DR

ILL

S

GE

RM

AN

Mar

ie g

ibt H

ans

die

Biic

her.

Han

sM

arie

gib

t ihm

die

Buc

her.

Eile

her

Mar

ie g

ibt s

ie ih

m.

Mar

ieSi

e gi

bt s

ie ih

m.

Ich

gehe

zur

Sch

ule.

erE

r ge

ht z

ur S

chul

e.

Ihr

fiih

rt A

uto.

sie

Sie

fiih

rt A

uto.

Han

s lii

uft s

chne

ll.

Jean

ne

cour

t pas

vite

.H

ans

lauf

t nic

ht s

chne

ll.

Jean

lit b

ien.

Jean

ne

lit p

as b

ien.

Han

s lie

st g

ut.

Han

s lie

st n

icht

gut

.

Res

tate

men

t and

dir

ecte

d re

spon

sedr

ills

prov

ide

the

lear

ner

with

a p

atte

rned

utte

ranc

e w

hich

he

uses

to r

e-en

terv

ocab

ular

y an

d st

ruct

ures

in d

iffe

rent

way

sby

add

ress

ing

a co

mm

and,

aqu

estio

n, o

r a

stat

emen

t to

som

eone

els

e ac

cord

-in

g to

the

cue.

It i

s an

impo

rtan

t ste

pfr

om c

ontr

ohed

var

iatio

n to

the

free

se-

lect

ion

of u

ttera

nces

at t

he a

dvan

ced

leve

ls o

f la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng.

CU

ED

RE

SPO

NSE

DR

ILL

Mar

y sp

eaks

fas

t.

And

the

stud

ents

?T

he s

tude

nts

spea

k fa

st, t

oo.

Whe

re a

re y

ou g

oing

on

your

vaca

tion?

to th

e be

ach

I'm g

oing

to th

e be

ach

on m

yva

catio

n.

Mar

ie p

arle

vite

.

Et l

es e

tudi

ants

?L

es e

tudi

ants

par

lent

vite

aus

si.

Oh

vas-

tu p

enda

nt le

s va

canc

es?

a la

pla

geJe

vai

s a

la p

lage

pen

dant

les

vaca

nces

.

Que

stio

ns r

equi

ring

yes

and

no

answ

ers

John

is a

lway

s la

te, i

sn't

he?

lean

est

touj

ours

en

reta

rd,

n'es

t-ce

pas

?

60

Mar

ie s

pric

ht s

chne

ll.

Und

die

Stu

dent

en?

Die

Stu

dent

en s

prec

hen

auch

sch

nell.

Woh

in f

ahrs

t du

in d

en F

erie

n?

an d

en S

tran

dIc

h fa

hre

in d

en F

erie

n an

den

Str

and.

SPA

NIS

H

Mar

ia d

a lo

s lib

ros

a Ju

an.

Juan

Mar

ia le

da

los

libro

s.

libro

sM

aria

se

les

da.

Mar

iaE

lla s

e lo

s da

.

Voy

a la

esc

uela

.

El v

a a

la e

scue

la.

Uds

. man

efan

un

auto

mO

vil.

ella

Ella

man

eja

un a

utom

ovil.

Juan

cor

re d

e pr

isa.

Juan

no

corr

e de

pri

sa.

Juan

lee

bien

.

Juan

no

lee

bien

.

Mar

ia h

abla

de

pris

a.

o-Y

los

estu

dian

tes?

Los

est

udia

ntes

tam

bien

hab

lan

de p

risa

.

&k

dond

e va

s a

pasa

r la

s va

caci

ones

?

a la

pla

yaV

oy a

la p

ia, a

.

Han

s ko

rnm

t im

mer

zu

spat

, nic

ht w

ahr?

Juan

sie

mpr

e lle

ga ta

rde,

ave

rdad

?

EN

GL

ISH

Yes

, Joh

n's

alw

ays

late

.

Jean

doe

sn't

play

wel

l, do

es s

he?

No,

she

doe

sn't.

Dir

ecte

d C

omm

and

Tel

l Mar

y no

t to

forg

et h

er h

omew

oi k

.

Mar

y, d

on't

forg

et y

our

hom

ewor

k.

Dir

ecte

d St

atem

ent

Tel

l Mar

y th

at y

ou're

goi

ngdo

wnt

own

tom

orro

w.

Mar

y, I

'm g

oing

dow

ntow

n to

mor

row

.

Dir

ecte

d Q

uest

ion

Ask

Rob

ert w

heth

er h

e w

ants

to c

ome

alon

g.

Rob

ert,

do y

ou w

ant t

o co

me

alon

g?

Cho

ice

Que

stio

nW

ould

you

like

Fre

nch

frie

s or

ric

e?

I'd li

ke F

renc

h fr

ies.

or I'd li

ke r

ice.

FRE

NC

HO

ui, J

ean

est t

oujo

urs

en r

etar

d.

Jean

ne n

e jo

ue p

as b

ien,

n'e

st c

e pa

s.

Non

, elle

ne

j:.e

pas

bien

.

Dite

s a

Mar

ie d

e ne

pas

oubl

ier

devo

ics!

Mar

ie, n

'oub

lie p

as te

n de

voir

s!

Dite

s a

Mar

ie q

ue v

ous

alle

zen

vile

dem

ain!

Mar

ie, j

e va

is e

n vi

le d

emai

n.

Dem

ande

z a

Rob

ert s

'il v

eut

veni

r av

ec n

ous!

Rob

ert,

veux

-tu

veni

r av

ec n

ous?

Pref

erez

-vou

s de

s fr

ites

ou d

ii ri

z?

Je p

refe

res

de d

es f

rite

s.or Je

pre

fere

du

riz.

GE

RM

AN

Ja, H

ans

kom

mt i

mm

er z

u sp

at.

Joha

nna

spie

lt ni

cht g

ut, n

icht

wat

er?

Nei

n, s

ie s

piel

t nic

ht g

ut.

Sage

n Si

e M

arie

, sie

sol

iih

re A

ufga

ben

nich

t ver

gess

en!

Mar

ie, v

ergi

ss d

eine

Auf

gabe

n ni

cht!

Sage

n Si

e M

arie

, das

s Si

em

orge

n in

die

Sta

dt g

ehen

!

Mar

ie, m

orge

n ge

h ic

h in

die

Sta

dt.

Frag

en S

ie R

ober

t, ob

er

mitk

omm

en w

ill!

Rob

ert,

will

st d

u m

itkom

men

?

Mac

hten

Sie

geb

acke

neK

arto

ffel

n od

er R

eis?

Ich

moc

hte

geba

cken

eK

arto

ffel

n.or

Ich

moc

hte

Rei

s.

EX

PAN

SIO

NA

n ex

pans

ion

drill

aid

s th

e le

arne

r in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f Sp

rach

gefi

ihl f

or th

ear

rang

emen

t of

stru

ctur

al e

lem

ents

with

in a

n ut

tera

nce

or a

sen

tenc

e, s

ince

the

sequ

ence

and

pla

cem

ent

of it

ems

such

as

adve

rbs,

adv

erbi

al p

hras

es, a

nd m

odi-

fier

s us

ually

pre

sent

dif

ficu

lties

for

the

lang

uage

stu

dent

.

DR

ILL

S

He

told

me.

not y

etH

e ha

sn't

told

me

yet.

Hav

e yo

u se

en th

e su

nset

?

beau

tiful

Hav

e yo

u se

en th

e be

autif

ul s

unse

t?

He

play

s te

nnis

.

wel

lH

e pl

ays

tenn

is w

ell.

Ii m

e le

dit.

ne p

as .

.. e

ncor

e11

ne

me

l'a p

as e

ncor

e di

t.

Ave

z-vo

us v

u le

cou

cher

de

sole

il?

beau

Ave

z-vo

us v

u le

bea

u co

uche

r de

sol

eil?

Il jo

ue a

u te

nnis

.

bien

Il jo

ue b

ien

au te

nnis

.

61

Er

hat e

s m

ir g

esag

t.

noch

nic

htE

r ha

t es

mir

noc

h ni

cht g

esag

t.

Hab

en S

ie d

en S

onne

nunt

erga

ng g

eseh

en?

herr

lich

Hab

en S

ie d

en h

errl

iche

nSo

nnen

unte

rgan

g ge

sehe

n?

Er

spie

lt T

enni

s.

gut

Er

spie

lt gu

t Ten

nis.

SPA

NIS

H

SC, J

uan

siem

pre

llega

tard

e.

Juan

ita n

o to

ca m

uy b

ien,

ave

rdad

?

No,

no

toca

muy

bie

n.

iDig

ale

a M

aria

que

no

olvi

de s

us d

eber

es!

Mar

ia, '

no o

lvid

es tu

s de

bere

s!

iDig

ale

a M

aria

que

mai

lana

Ud.

va a

l cen

tro!

Mar

ia, m

afia

na v

oy a

l cen

tro.

iPre

gunt

ele

a R

ober

to s

i qui

ere

veni

r co

n no

sotr

os!

Rob

erto

, aqu

iere

s ve

nir

con

noso

tros

9

IQui

ere

Ud.

pap

as f

rita

s o

arro

z?

Qui

ero

papa

s fr

itas.

or Qui

ero

arro

z.

Me

lo h

a di

cho.

toda

via

noN

o m

e lo

ha

dich

o to

davi

a.

vist

o L

rd. l

a pu

esta

del

sol

?

herm

oso

vist

o U

d, la

her

mos

a pu

esta

del s

ol?

El j

uega

al t

enis

.

bien

El j

uega

bie

n al

tens

.

EN

GL

ISH

FRE

NC

HG

ER

MA

NSP

AN

ISH

I'm d

rivi

ng d

avai

tow

n.Je

vai

s en

vill

e.lc

h fa

hre

in d

ie S

tadt

.V

oy a

la c

iuda

d.

with

the

Bui

ckda

ns la

Ren

ault

-- m

it de

mV

olks

wag

enen

el S

eat

I'm d

rivi

ng d

ownt

own

with

Je v

ais

en v

ile d

ans

laIc

h fa

hre

mit

dem

Vol

ksw

agen

Voy

a la

ciu

dad

en e

l Sea

r.

the

Bui

ck.

Ren

ault.

in d

ie S

tadt

.

this

mor

ning

ce m

atin

heut

e m

orge

nho

y po

r la

mai

tana

Pm d

rivi

ng d

ownt

own

with

Ce

mat

in, j

e va

is e

n vi

lleIc

h fa

hre

heut

e m

orge

n m

itV

oy a

la c

iuda

d en

el S

eat h

oy

the

Bui

ck th

is m

orni

ng.

dans

la R

enau

lt.de

m V

olks

wag

en in

die

Sta

dt.

por

la m

aiia

na.

CO

NT

RA

CT

ION

A c

ontr

actio

n dr

ill r

educ

es th

e si

zeof

an

utte

ranc

e w

hen

the

ante

cede

nts

are

stat

ed b

efor

ehan

d or

are

cle

arly

und

erst

ood.

In s

ome

lang

uage

s co

ntra

ctio

nsm

ust b

e us

ed in

spe

cial

cas

esw

hile

in o

ther

s th

is is

opt

iona

l. Fo

rex

ampl

e, "

Ich

habe

zw

ei M

ark

fiir

das

Bac

h be

zahl

t.""I

ch h

ave

zwei

Mar

k da

fiir

bez

ahlt.

"J'a

i pay

e de

ux f

ranc

s po

ur le

livr

e."

"J'e

n ai

pay

e de

ux f

ranc

s."

DR

ILL

S

Tel

l him

that

the

play

is to

mor

row

.D

ites-

lui q

u'on

don

nera

la p

iece

dem

ain!

Sag

ihm

, day

s da

s St

iick

mor

gen

gesp

ielt

wir

d!

Tel

l it t

c, h

im.

Dite

s-le

-lui

!Sa

g es

ihm

'

I'm d

rivi

ng to

the

coun

try

tom

orro

w.

I'm d

rivi

ng th

ere.

INT

EG

RA

TIO

N D

RIL

LS

Je v

ais

a la

cam

pagn

e de

mai

n.Ic

h fa

hre

mor

gen

aufs

Lan

d.

J'y

vais

dem

ain.

Ich

fahr

e m

orge

n do

rthi

n.

The

inte

grat

ion

drill

com

bine

s tw

o ut

tera

nces

ors

tate

men

ts e

ither

coo

rdin

atin

gth

em o

r su

bord

inat

ing

one

to th

e ot

her.

In th

e di

ffer

ent l

angu

ages

inte

grat

ion

drill

s ar

e es

peci

ally

use

ful b

ecau

se th

eyde

al w

ith c

ruci

al p

robl

ems

such

as

the

use

of th

e su

bjun

ctiv

e,in

dire

ct d

isco

urse

, con

ditio

ns c

ontr

ary

tofa

ct, a

nd w

ord

orde

r.

1Dig

ale

que

la p

ieza

se

pres

enta

ra m

aiia

na!

iDig

asel

o!

Voy

al c

ampo

man

na.

Mar

iana

voy

In th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

the

drill

s it

isof

par

ticul

ar im

port

ance

that

the

sequ

ence

of s

ubor

dina

te c

laus

es a

nd m

ain

clau

ses

be v

arie

d:

SUB

OR

DIN

AT

E C

LA

USE

MA

IN C

LA

USE

MA

IN C

LA

USE

SUB

OR

DIN

AT

E C

LA

USE

MA

IN C

LA

USE

SUB

OR

DIN

AT

E C

LA

USE

CO

NT

INU

AT

ION

OF

MA

IN C

LA

USE

Coo

rdin

atin

g C

onju

nctio

nH

e is

hap

py a

bout

the

war

m11

se

rejo

uit d

u be

au te

mps

.E

r fr

eut s

ich

fibe

r da

s sc

hone

Se a

legr

a de

que

hag

a bu

en ti

empo

.

wea

ther

.11

aim

e na

ger.

Wet

ter.

He

likes

to s

wim

.E

r sc

hwim

mt g

em.

Qui

ere

nada

r.

beca

use

-czar

dean

porq

ue

He

is h

appy

abo

ut th

e w

arm

wea

ther

bec

ause

he

likes

to s

wim

.11

se

rejo

uit d

u be

au te

mps

,ca

r it

aim

e ha

ger.

Er

freu

t sic

h fi

ber

das

sche

me

Wet

ter,

den

n er

sch

wim

mt g

em.

Se a

legr

a de

que

hag

a bu

en ti

empo

porq

ue q

uier

e na

dar.

Subo

rdin

atin

g C

onju

nctio

nN

oun

clau

se

I kn

ow it

. Mar

y go

es to

scho

ol.

Je le

sai

l. M

arie

vs

it re

sole

.Ic

h w

eiss

es.

Mar

ie g

eht

zur

Schu

le.

Lo

se. M

aria

va

a la

esc

uela

.

62

EN

GL

ISH

that

I kn

ow th

at M

ary

goes

tosc

hool

.

Rel

ativ

e cl

ause

Mrs

. Whi

te is

ric

h.Sh

e tr

avel

s fr

eque

ntly

.

Mrs

. Whi

te, w

ho is

ric

h,tr

avel

s fr

eque

ntly

.

Adv

erbi

al c

laus

e

John

is la

te.

He

mis

sed

the

bus.

beca

use

John

is la

te b

ecau

se h

em

isse

d th

e bu

s.

TR

AN

SLA

TIO

N D

RIL

LS

Mod

el:

I ha

ve to

look

for

my

penc

il.

pen

book

-- n

oteb

ook

dog

car

Mod

el:

(The

cue

for

the

Eng

lish

expr

ess.

siun

wou

ld b

egi

ven

in J

iena

tive

lang

uage

of th

e le

arne

r)

It p

ays

to r

ead.

wor

k(T

he c

ue f

orth

e E

nglis

hex

pres

sion

wou

ld b

est

udy

give

n in

the

get u

p ea

rly

nativ

e la

n-gu

age

of th

esa

ve m

oney

lear

ner)

FRE

NC

H

que

Je s

ais

que

Mar

ie v

a a

Mol

e.

Mad

ame

Leb

lanc

est

ric

he.

Elle

voy

age

souv

ent.

Mad

ame

Leb

lanc

, qui

est

rich

e, v

oyag

e so

uven

t.

Jean

est

en

reta

rd.

II a

man

qué

l'aut

obus

.

parc

e qu

eJe

an e

st e

n re

tard

par

cequ

e ii

a m

anqu

é 1

'aut

obus

.

GE

RM

AN

dass

Ich

wei

ss, d

ass

Mar

ie z

urSc

hule

geh

t.

Frau

Wei

ss is

t rei

ch.

Sie

reis

t oft

.

Frau

Wei

ss, d

ie r

eich

ist,

reis

t oft

.

Han

s ko

mm

t zu

snat

.E

r ha

t den

Bus

ver

pass

t.

wel

lH

ans

kom

mt z

u sp

at, w

ell

er d

en B

us v

erpa

sst h

at.

Tra

nsla

tion

drill

s ar

e us

ed to

teac

h co

nstr

uctio

ns th

at d

evia

te c

onsi

dera

bly

inth

e ta

rget

lang

uage

fro

m th

e co

rres

pond

ing

nativ

e co

nstr

uctio

ns o

r id

iom

s.T

he ta

pe v

oice

or

the

teac

her

prov

ides

the

targ

et la

ngua

ge p

atte

rn w

hich

the

stud

ent r

epea

ts, t

hen

cont

inue

s w

ith a

ser

ies

of E

nglis

h cu

es r

epre

sent

ing

slig

htva

riat

ions

of

the

mod

el. T

rans

latio

n dr

ills

shou

ld b

e us

ed s

pari

ngly

sin

ce th

eyw

ork

agai

nst t

he o

bjec

tive

of le

arni

ng to

thin

k in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

.

II f

aut q

ue je

che

rche

mon

cray

on.

II f

aut j

e ch

erch

e m

a pl

ume.

II f

aut q

ue je

che

rche

mon

livre

.n

faut

que

je c

herc

he m

onca

shie

r.II

fau

t que

je c

herc

he m

onch

ien.

Il f

aut q

ue je

che

rche

ma

voitu

re.

II v

aut l

a pe

ine

de li

re.

II v

aut l

a pe

ine

detr

avai

ller.

II v

aut l

a pe

ine

d'et

udie

r.11

vau

t la

pein

e de

se

leve

rde

bon

ne h

eure

.Il

vau

t la

pein

e d'

4par

gner

de l'

arge

nt.

63

Ich

mus

s m

eine

n B

leis

tift

such

en.

Ich

mus

s m

eine

Fed

er s

uche

n.Ic

h m

uss

mei

n B

uch

such

en.

Ich

mus

s m

ein

Hef

t suc

hen.

Ich

mus

s m

eine

n H

und

such

en.

Ich

mus

s m

eine

n W

agen

suc

hen.

Es

lohn

t sic

h zu

lese

n.

Es

lohn

t sic

h zu

arb

eite

n.

Es

lohn

z si

ch z

u st

udie

ren.

Es

lohn

t sic

h fr

ith a

ufzu

steh

en.

Es

lohn

t sic

h G

eld

zu s

pare

n.

SPA

NIS

H

que

Se q

ue M

aria

va

a la

esc

uela

.

La

Seiio

ra B

lanc

a es

ric

a.E

lla v

iaja

muc

ho.

La

Seif

ora

Bla

nca,

que

es

rica

,vi

aja

muc

ho.

Juan

lleg

a ta

rde.

El p

erdi

6 e

auto

bus.

porq

ueJu

an ll

ega

tard

e po

rque

per

did

el a

utob

ils.

Ten

go q

ue b

usca

r m

i lap

iz.

Ten

go q

ue b

usca

r m

i plu

ma.

Ten

go q

ue b

usca

r m

i lib

ro.

Ten

go q

ue b

usca

r m

r cu

adem

o.

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go q

ue b

usca

r m

i per

ro.

Ten

go q

ue b

usca

r m

i car

ro.

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e la

pen

a le

er.

Val

e la

pen

a tr

abaj

ar.

Val

e la

pen

a cs

tudi

ar.

Val

e la

pen

a le

vant

arse

tem

pran

o.V

ale

Ile

pena

aho

rrar

din

ero.

rr

Mai

ntai

ning

Ora

l Ski

llsA

t the

beg

inni

ng s

tage

s of

rea

ding

it is

impo

rtan

t tha

t the

stu

dent

hea

r th

atw

hich

he

read

s. E

ither

the

teac

her

does

this

with

the

stud

ents

in th

e cl

assr

oom

or th

e ta

pe p

lays

the

part

of th

e te

ache

r in

the

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry a

sth

e st

u-de

nt s

ilent

ly r

eads

the

wri

tten

mat

eria

l. B

y m

eans

of th

e ex

plos

ion

tech

niqu

ew

here

the

mat

eria

l is

brok

en d

own

into

sho

rt u

ttera

nces

and

appr

opri

ate

phra

ses

the

teac

her

prov

ides

the

stud

ent w

ith th

eop

port

unity

to m

aint

ain

an a

ccur

ate

and

corr

ect p

atte

rn o

f st

ress

and

mel

ody.

Hea

ring

ora

lly w

hat h

e is

rea

ding

aids

the

lear

ner

in c

ompr

ehen

ding

the

wri

tten

text

. Som

e te

ache

rs d

evel

opta

pes

on a

ll m

ater

ials

rea

d in

cla

ss.

Tap

ed r

eadi

ng e

xerc

ises

can

be

of g

reat

assi

stan

ce to

the

teac

her

in p

ro-

vidi

ng r

eadi

ng p

ract

ice.

Onc

e th

ese

are

mad

eth

e te

ache

r ca

n de

vote

mor

e tim

eto

indi

vidu

al s

tude

nt le

arni

ng p

robl

ems.

A g

ood

shar

e of

the

read

ing

mat

eria

ls a

tal

mos

t any

leve

l sho

uld

cont

ain

dial

ogue

and

con

vers

atio

n. I

n th

e ta

ping

of

thes

e m

ater

ials

spe

cial

con

side

ra-

tion

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

to d

ram

atiz

atio

n;th

at is

, whe

n a

num

ber

of p

erso

ns a

rein

volv

ed in

the

conv

ersa

tions

and

dia

logu

esth

e ro

les

on th

e ta

pe s

houl

d, if

pos

-si

ble,

be

of th

e sa

me

sex

and

age

as th

ose

port

raye

d in

the

read

ing

sele

ctio

n.T

he s

tude

nts

oral

acc

urac

y an

d fl

uenc

y is

help

ed c

onsi

dera

bly

in im

itatin

g an

dpe

rhap

s ev

en m

emor

izin

g su

ch s

cene

s. I

nla

bora

tori

es w

here

stu

dent

s ca

n be

hook

ed u

p w

ith e

ach

othe

r an

d m

onito

red,

read

ing

such

sce

nes

alou

d pr

esen

tsa

chal

leng

ing

oral

act

ivity

for

the

stud

ent.

Dri

lls f

or W

ritin

gW

ritin

g in

the

begi

nnin

g sh

ould

esta

blis

h ac

cura

te h

abits

of

spel

ling,

cap

i-ta

lizat

ion,

and

pun

ctua

tion.

Stu

dent

s sh

ould

not

be a

sked

to w

rite

mat

eria

l the

yha

ve n

ot le

arne

d au

dio-

lingu

ally

. The

follo

win

g su

gges

tions

sho

uld

pro-

vide

the

teac

her

with

fur

ther

idea

s fo

rm

akin

g ta

ped

wri

ting

drill

s.A

stu

dent

list

ens

to a

sho

rt u

ttera

nce

read

twic

e by

the

teac

her

or th

e ta

ped

voic

e, th

en w

rite

s it.

Aft

er h

e ha

sco

mpl

eted

the

exer

cise

he

chec

ks it

aga

inst

a m

imeo

grap

hed

copy

of th

e ut

tera

nces

.A

t a m

ore

adva

nced

leve

l the

stu

dent

liste

ns to

an

entir

e pa

ragr

aph

or s

elec

-tio

n re

ad b

y th

e te

ache

r or

the

tape

dvo

ice.

The

voi

ce o

r th

e te

ache

r th

en b

e-gi

ns a

gain

by

read

ing

each

sen

tenc

etw

ice,

pau

sing

to a

llow

the

stud

ents

tow

rite

. Lon

g se

nten

ces

are

brok

enin

to s

mal

ler

m.m

ning

ful u

nits

whe

n ne

ces-

sary

. Fin

ally

the

entir

e pa

ragr

aph

or r

eadi

ng s

elec

tion

is r

erea

dw

hile

the

stu-

dent

list

ens

and

mak

es f

urth

er c

orre

ctio

ns.T

hen

he is

giv

en a

mim

eogr

aphe

dco

py o

f th

e te

xt a

gain

stw

hich

he

chec

ks h

is p

aper

.A

stu

dent

can

aim

be

supp

lied

with

a w

ritte

n te

xt in

whi

ch a

n oc

casi

onal

wor

d is

mis

sing

. He

fills

in th

e w

ords

as

requ

ired

acc

ordi

ng to

the

tape

d or

alte

xt. T

he o

mitt

ed w

ords

illus

trat

e a

poin

t of

spel

ling

or s

truc

ture

.T

aped

voi

ce: T

he w

oman

, who

m th

ech

ildre

n lo

ved

dear

ly, n

ever

cam

e ba

ck.

Wri

tten

text

to b

e fi

lled

in: T

heth

e ch

ildre

n lo

ved

dear

ly,

neve

r ca

me

back

.M

any

of th

e st

ruct

ure

drill

s as

wel

l as

the

repe

titio

n dr

ills

desc

ribe

d in

this

sect

ion

and

the

eval

uatio

n te

chni

ques

desc

ribe

d in

Cha

pter

Six

can

be

conv

erte

din

to w

ritin

g dr

ills.

Car

e m

ust b

e ta

ken,

how

ever

, to

prov

ide

stud

ents

with

long

erpa

uses

for

thei

r w

ritte

n re

spon

ses.

Tap

ed w

ritin

g dr

ills

have

the

adva

ntag

e of

not c

ater

ing

to th

e re

ques

tsof

the

stud

ents

for

innu

mer

able

rep

etiti

ons.

Proc

edur

es f

or M

akin

g A

Goo

d T

ape

Tea

cher

s w

ho m

ake

thei

r ow

ndr

ills

shou

ld e

xpec

t to

devo

te c

onsi

dera

ble

64

time

to th

e ac

tivity

. How

ever

, whe

nca

refu

lly d

one

the

resu

lts w

ill b

e hi

ghly

rew

ardi

ng. T

he te

ache

r sh

ould

obs

erve

the

follo

win

gpr

oced

ures

:1.

If

poss

ible

, rec

ord

in a

sou

ndpr

oof

room

or

boot

h. C

hoos

e a

quie

t are

aaw

ay f

rom

rin

ging

bel

ls,t

raff

ic, a

nd lo

ud n

oise

s. T

urn

off

fans

and

air

con-

ditio

ners

. Flu

ores

cent

ligh

ting

can

also

cau

setr

oubl

e. M

ake

sure

that

the

reco

rdin

g he

ads

on th

e ta

pe r

ecor

der

are

clea

nan

d de

mag

netiz

ed2.

To

avoi

d m

otor

vib

ratio

ns a

ffec

ting

prog

ram

qual

ity, s

uspe

nd th

e m

icro

-ph

one

or p

lace

it o

n a

seco

nd ta

ble

at s

ome

dist

ance

from

the

tape

rec

orde

r3.

The

mic

roph

one

shou

ld b

e pl

aced

at l

east

four

fee

t fro

m th

e ne

ares

t wal

lun

less

the

wal

l is

soun

dpro

ofed

, Thi

spo

sitio

n re

duce

s th

e po

ssib

ility

of

soun

d w

aves

bou

ncin

g fr

om w

all t

o m

icro

phon

e4.

If

poss

ible

, use

a p

rofe

ssio

nal q

ualit

ym

icro

phon

e. T

he o

ne s

uppl

ied

with

the

reco

rder

is u

sual

ly n

ot g

ood

enou

gh5.

Pla

ce th

e m

icro

phon

e cl

ose

to y

ourm

outh

with

in tw

o to

fou

r in

ches

, alit

tle to

one

sid

e. S

peak

pas

t the

mic

roph

one

rath

er th

an d

irec

tly in

to it

.T

his

will

red

uce

the

"puf

f" in

plo

sive

s su

ch a

s"p

" an

d hi

ssin

g si

bila

nts

6. M

ake

sure

that

you

r re

cord

ing

indi

cato

rpr

ovid

es a

goo

d re

cord

ing

leve

l,no

t too

hig

h an

d no

t too

low

and

adj

ustt

he to

ne to

the

voic

e le

vel

7. W

ork

pref

erab

ly w

ith a

tape

rec

orde

rth

at h

as a

pau

se b

utto

n. T

his

will

help

you

fee

l at e

ase

beca

use

you

know

that

you

can

sto

p an

d st

art t

he ta

peat

you

r di

scre

tion

8. H

ave

a gl

ass

of w

ater

rea

dy to

lubr

icat

e yo

urvo

ice

9. R

ecor

d fr

om a

wri

tten

scri

pt. R

ehea

rse

the

scri

ptbe

fore

rec

ordi

ng10

. Pla

ce th

e sc

ript

on

a re

adin

g st

and.

Thi

spo

sitio

n al

low

s re

adin

g of

the

scri

pt a

nd s

peak

ing

with

out l

ower

ing

and

rais

ing

the

head

11. T

urn

scri

pt p

ages

qui

etly

12. R

ecor

d a

few

line

s of

the

mat

eria

l and

pla

yba

ck f

or e

valu

atio

n be

fore

mak

ing

your

com

plet

e m

aste

r re

cord

ing

13. E

ach

exer

cise

sho

uld

begi

n by

iden

tifyr

,_its

elf

by n

ame

or th

e bo

ok it

ac-

com

pani

es a

nd c

hapt

ers,

if a

ny. T

he k

ind

ofdr

ill, t

hat i

s, r

epet

ition

, and

subs

titut

ion,

for

exa

mpl

e, s

houl

d al

so b

e gi

ven,

follo

wed

by

inst

ruct

ions

to th

e st

uden

tE

xplo

ded

Dri

ll T

echn

ique

Thi

s te

chni

que

is u

sed

to p

repa

re, d

uplic

ate,

or

edit

reco

rded

mat

eria

ls f

orte

achi

ng p

urpo

ses.

It c

onsi

sts

prim

arily

of

inse

rtin

g pa

uses

into

rec

orde

dm

ater

ial.

Proc

edur

e:1.

The

ori

gina

l pro

gram

, if

aph

onog

raph

rec

ordi

ng o

r a

radi

o pr

ogra

m, m

ust

firs

t be

reco

rded

on

tape

2. T

he ta

pe is

pla

ced

on a

tape

rec

orde

rw

ith a

n in

stan

tane

ous

star

ting

and

stop

ping

fac

ility

, a p

ause

but

ton

3. T

he o

utpu

t of

the

reco

rder

with

the

mas

ter

prog

ram

is c

onne

cted

to th

e in

-pu

t of

the

rece

ivin

g re

cord

er b

y m

eans

of a

pat

ch c

ord

4. B

oth

mac

hine

s ar

e st

arte

dsi

mul

tane

ousl

y; th

e m

aste

r re

cord

er is

set

on

"pla

y" a

nd th

e re

ceiv

ing

reco

rder

is s

et o

n"r

ecor

d"5.

The

con

trol

on

the

mas

ter

reco

rder

shou

ld b

e se

t bet

wee

n "b

alan

ced

tone

"an

d "t

rebl

e" a

nd o

n th

e re

ceiv

ing

reco

rder

on

"tre

ble"

6. B

y m

onito

ring

the

mas

ter

prog

ram

and

man

ipul

atin

g th

e in

stan

tane

ous

stop

-st

art s

witc

h th

e te

ache

r co

ntro

lsth

e ph

rase

s an

d pa

uses

as

the

rece

ivin

g re

-co

rder

rec

ords

11

7. T

imin

g an

d co

rrec

t phr

asin

g is

of

utm

osti

mpo

rtan

ce. T

he te

ache

r m

ay h

ave

to li

sten

to th

e ta

pe in

its

entir

ety

in o

rder

toju

dge

appr

opri

ate

spac

ing

8. T

he f

idel

ity o

f th

e re

cord

ing

is m

uch

hige

r on

tape

s re

cord

ed w

ith 7

1/2

ips

than

with

33A

ips.

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le 3

3/4

ips

will

usua

lly s

uffi

ce f

or s

poke

n pr

ogra

ms,

song

s an

d m

usic

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uld

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cord

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pe

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ch ta

pe)

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pe s

plic

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e. b

ulk

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rovi

des

for

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eras

ure

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sed

tape

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a m

atte

r of

seco

nds)

f. a

lliga

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peat

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wea

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sulti

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brea

ks, t

apes

sho

uld

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lead

-ins

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eade

r ta

pe c

an b

e us

ed to

pro

tect

the

ends

of th

e ta

pe a

gain

st r

epea

ted

dam

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low

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cord

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righ

t up

toth

e en

dof

the

tape

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tape

lead

-ins

spl

ice

two

to th

ree

feet

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lead

er ta

pe to

each

end

of th

e m

agne

tic ta

pe u

sing

ast

anda

rd d

iago

nal s

plic

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eade

r ta

pesh

ould

prov

ide

spac

e fo

r w

ritin

g a

desc

ript

ion

of th

e ta

pe w

ith p

en J

r pe

ncil.

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pro

b-le

m o

f pl

acin

g th

e ta

pe in

the

wro

ngbo

x is

thus

avo

ided

and

both

end

s ca

nbe

iden

tifie

d w

ith a

cod

e nu

mbe

r or

title

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ng d

iffe

rent

col

ored

lead

er ta

peat

the

begi

nnin

g an

d th

e en

dof

the

tape

is h

elpf

ul.

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y te

ache

rs in

sert

lead

er ta

pebe

twee

n se

lect

ions

for

iden

tific

atio

n.T

he

sele

ctio

ns a

re e

asie

r to

fin

d si

nce

the

lead

er ta

pe c

ontr

asts

with

the

dark

mag

-ne

tic ta

pe. T

imin

g ta

pe is

als

oav

aila

ble

to h

elp

set u

p ta

pes

requ

irin

g pr

ecis

e

timin

g or

cue

ing

betw

een

sele

ctio

ns.

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ver

y im

port

ant t

o ha

ve ta

pe,

reel

, and

box

car

eful

ly la

bele

d. T

he ta

pebo

x sh

ould

be

labe

led

on it

sed

ges.

A c

ard

inde

x fi

le b

ased

on

the

abov

e la

bel-

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proc

edur

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n co

mpl

ete

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pro

cess

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he la

gua

ge d

epar

tmen

tsh

ould

,,ree

on

a sp

ecif

ic m

etho

dof

labe

ling

and

cata

logi

ng it

sta

pes.

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ck d

escr

ibes

reat

det

ail a

n ef

fect

ive

met

hod

of d

oing

this

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sto

ring

tape

s th

e fo

llow

ing

cons

ider

atio

ns s

houl

d be

obs

erve

d:St

orin

g of

unb

oxed

ree

ls o

f ta

pe s

houl

dbe

avo

ided

. The

box

pro

tect

sth

e

tape

fro

m d

ust a

nd p

hysi

cal d

amag

e.2T

Aft

er u

sing

a ta

pe it

sho

uld

bere

wou

nd b

efor

e pu

tting

itin

to th

e bo

x.fa

pes

shou

ld b

e st

ored

on

shel

ves

"on

edge

" or

fla

t, pr

efer

ably

"on

edge

,"

ei I

ce th

e w

eigh

t of

the

stac

king

may

war

pth

e pl

astic

ree

ls.

Whe

re th

ere

are

wid

e va

riat

ions

in h

umid

ity, t

ape

stor

age

in s

eale

d co

n-ta

iner

s is

rec

omm

ende

d. T

he u

se o

fdr

ying

or

hum

idif

ying

age

nts

is n

otre

com

men

ded

beca

use

of th

e di

ffic

ulty

inco

ntro

lling

the

resu

lts.

5) A

vold

ext

rem

es o

f te

mpe

ratu

re.

If ta

pes

are

subj

ecte

d to

ext

rem

esof

tem

-pe

ratu

res,

suc

h as

in s

hipm

ent,

allo

w 1

6 to

24

hour

s fo

r th

em to

retu

rn to

room

tem

pera

ture

bef

ore

usin

g.6)

Occ

asio

nal u

se o

f th

e ta

pem

inim

izes

sto

rage

dam

age.

Pla

ying

the

tape

on

a m

achi

ne r

elea

ses

stra

ins

and

adhe

sion

s.7)

Exc

essi

ve te

nsio

n in

rew

indi

ng ta

pe f

or s

tora

ge s

houl

dbe

avo

ided

. The

tape

may

bec

ome

stre

tche

d or

perm

anen

tly d

isto

rted

if w

ound

too

tight

ly.

8) T

he c

lean

ing

of ta

pe is

not

nec

essa

ryin

nor

mal

ope

ratio

n. I

f du

stis

ex-

cess

ive,

the

tape

may

be

clea

ned

by w

ipin

g it

with

a d

ry, c

lean

,lin

t fre

e

clot

h w

hile

rew

indi

ng.

9) I

f th

e ta

pe h

as b

een

stor

ed s

ixm

onth

s or

long

er, i

t is

a go

od id

ea to

rew

ind

it on

ce b

efor

e us

ing

it. I

f it

is to

be

stor

ed f

ive

year

s or

long

er, t

he ta

pesh

ould

be

plac

ed in

a s

eale

d co

ntai

ner.

Tap

e Q

ualit

yW

hile

ther

e ar

e m

any

diff

eren

tbra

nds

of ta

pe a

vaila

ble

ther

e ar

ees

sent

ially

only

two

type

s: a

ceta

te a

nd"u

nbre

akab

le"

tape

. In

dete

rmin

ing

wha

t kin

d of

tape

to b

uy th

e te

ache

rsho

uld

cons

ider

the

follo

win

g fa

ctor

s:

AC

ET

AT

EU

NB

RE

AK

AB

LE

Posi

tive

1. M

ore

econ

omic

al

2. B

reak

s cl

ean

3. D

oes

not s

tret

chth

e qu

ality

of

the

prog

ram

rem

ains

the

sam

e

Neg

ativ

e1.

Will

not

take

the

abus

e ot

her

tape

s w

ill ta

ke

2. N

eeds

mor

e ca

refu

l han

dlin

g3.

Is

susc

eptib

le to

hea

t and

hum

idity

1. D

oes

not b

reak

und

er n

orm

alco

nditi

ons

2. W

ill n

ot n

eed

exce

ssiv

e ca

rein

han

dlin

g3.

Hum

idity

and

hea

t fac

tors

will

not a

ffec

t the

tape

1. W

ill s

tret

ch w

hen

abus

edfa

stre

win

ding

and

sud

den

stop

sm

ight

hur

t it a

nd it

s fi

delit

y2.

Mor

e ex

pens

ive

Stac

k, E

dwar

d M

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Oxf

ord

Uni

vers

ity P

ress

, 196

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p. 7

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llsB

rook

s, N

elso

n. L

angu

age

and

Lan

guag

e L

earn

ing,

2nd

ed.

Har

cour

t, 19

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Cha

pter

XI.

Hol

ton,

Jam

es, e

t al.

Soun

d L

angu

age

Tea

chin

g: T

he S

tate

of

the

Art

. New

Yor

k: U

nive

rsity

Pub

lishe

rs, 1

961.

Iodi

ce, D

on. G

uide

lines

to L

angu

age

Tea

chin

g in

Cla

ssro

om a

nd L

abor

a-to

ry. W

ashi

ngto

n, D

.C.:

Ele

ctro

nic

Tea

chin

g L

abor

ator

ies,

196

1.K

ufre

r, H

erbe

rt L

. The

Gra

mm

atic

al S

truc

ture

s of

Eng

lish

and

Ger

man

.U

. of

Chi

cago

Pre

ss, 1

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o, R

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t. L

angu

age

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chin

g, A

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ert.

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guis

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erna

nd L

. Lan

guag

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abor

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earn

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, Vir

gini

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u-di

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isua

l Pub

licat

ions

, Box

535

1, 1

960.

Mod

em L

angu

age

Ass

ocia

tion

of A

mer

ica.

ML

A S

elec

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Lis

t of

Mat

eri-

als-

. New

Yor

k: M

LA

For

eign

Lan

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ogra

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oulto

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illia

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nds

of E

nglis

h an

d G

erm

an. U

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cago

Pres

s, 1

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Polit

zer,

Rob

ert L

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chin

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ench

: An

Intr

oduc

tion

to A

pplie

d L

ingu

is-

tics.

Gin

n, 1

960.

Polit

zer,

Rob

ert,

and

Stau

bnch

, C. N

. Tea

chin

g Sp

anis

h: A

Lin

guis

tic O

rien

-ta

tion.

Bcs

ton:

Gin

n, 1

961.

Stac

k, E

dwar

d M

. The

Lan

guag

e L

abor

ator

y an

d M

oder

n L

angu

age

Tea

ch-

ing.

New

Yor

k: O

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d U

. Pre

ss, 1

960.

m ) I I I I I

Cha

pter

VI

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Ove

rall

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

ePr

ogra

m E

valu

atio

n

Eva

luat

ion

of a

tota

l edu

catio

nal p

rogr

amco

nsid

ers

the

amou

nt a

ndqu

ality

of e

ffor

t exp

ende

d on

a p

rogr

aman

d th

e ob

serv

able

res

ults

in te

rms

of s

tude

nt

lear

ning

. Spe

cifi

cally

, the

follo

win

g qu

estio

ns m

ay b

eas

ked

rega

rdin

g a

scho

ol's

for

eign

lang

uage

pro

gram

.A

dmin

istr

ativ

e C

onsi

dera

tions

1. I

s th

e sc

hool

sch

edul

efl

exib

le e

noug

h so

that

stu

dent

s m

ayen

roll

in f

or-

eign

lang

uage

cla

sses

with

out

sacr

ific

ing

othe

r w

orth

whi

leed

ucat

iona

l ex-

peri

ence

s?2.

Doe

s th

e sc

hool

pro

vide

afo

reig

n la

ngua

ge s

eque

nce

long

enou

gh s

o th

at

stud

ents

may

dev

elop

a r

ealp

rofi

cien

cy in

the

lang

uage

?3.

Has

pro

visi

on b

een

mad

efo

r co

ntin

uity

of

inst

ruct

ion

from

its

begi

nnin

g

thro

ugh

grad

e 12

?4.

Hav

e pr

oced

ures

bee

nes

tabl

ishe

d to

art

icul

ate

the

inst

ruct

iona

l pro

gram

betw

een

leve

ls in

any

giv

ensc

hool

and

/or

betw

een

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l,

juni

or h

igh

scho

ol, a

nd s

enio

rhi

gh s

choo

l whe

n pr

ogra

ms

exis

t at l

ower

leve

ls?

5. H

ave

adeq

uate

pro

visi

ons

been

mad

e to

coo

rdin

ate

the

prog

ram

with

in

a bu

ildin

g an

dw

ithin

the

scho

ol d

istr

ict?

6. I

s th

e pr

epar

atio

nof

the

teac

hing

sta

ffad

equa

te to

mee

t the

stat

ed

obje

ctiv

es?

7. D

oes

03 s

choo

l sys

tem

prom

ote

part

icip

atio

nin

in-s

ervi

ce tr

aini

ng,

nigh

t

cour

ses,

sum

mer

inst

itute

s, a

nd tr

avel

abr

oad?

8. A

re te

ache

rs c

ompe

nsat

edfo

r en

gagi

ng in

suc

h fu

rthe

rac

tivity

?

9. I

s th

e st

aff

utili

zatio

nap

prop

riat

e an

d ef

fect

ive?

10. I

s ad

equa

te s

uper

visi

onpr

ovid

ed f

or th

e pr

ogra

m?

11. I

s th

e co

mm

unity

invo

lved

in p

lann

ing

and

deve

lopi

ng th

e pr

ogra

m?

12. A

re f

orei

gn la

ngua

geex

peri

ence

s av

aila

bl..

for

allc

hild

ren?

13. H

as s

uffi

cien

t spa

ce,

mat

eria

ls a

nd e

qt. 2

inen

t - ta

pere

cord

ers,

rec

ord

play

ers,

slid

es, f

orei

gnla

ngua

ge p

erio

dica

ls, b

ooks

,re

alia

, and

tape

re-

cord

ings

- b

een

prov

ided

for

teac

hers

to c

reat

e a

vari

ed a

nd s

timul

atin

g

prog

ram

and

tode

al w

ith in

divi

dual

diff

eren

ces?

Inst

ruct

iona

l Con

side

ratio

ns

1. H

ave

the

obje

ctiv

esof

the

prog

ram

bee

ncl

earl

y de

fine

d?

2. A

re th

e in

stru

ctio

nal

met

hods

use

d su

itabl

e fo

rle

arni

ng a

ll fo

reig

n la

n-

guag

e sk

ills?

3. I

s th

ere

emph

asis

on

lang

uage

as

com

mun

icat

ion?

4. I

s th

e st

uden

tta

ught

spo

ken

lang

uage

appr

opri

ate

for

conv

ersa

tiona

l use

as w

ell a

slite

rary

lang

uage

?5.

Are

ther

eop

port

uniti

es to

com

pare

the

nativ

e w

ith th

e fo

reig

n cu

lture

?67

6. H

as th

e co

urse

bee

npl

anne

d in

suf

fici

ent

deta

il to

pro

vide

appr

opri

ate

guid

elin

es?

7. H

as th

e pr

ogra

mbe

en p

lann

ed in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

eto

tal c

urri

culu

m?

8. A

re m

ater

ials

use

din

inst

ruct

ion

appr

opri

ate

to th

e ab

ility

,m

atur

ity, a

nd

inte

rest

s of

the

lear

ner? E

valu

ativ

e C

onsi

dera

tions

1. D

o ev

alua

tion

activ

ities

mea

sure

com

man

d of

a la

ngua

gein

situ

atio

ns

appr

oxim

atin

g th

ose

in li

fe?

2. A

re a

ll fo

ur s

kills

eval

uate

d?3.

Is

ther

e ev

ide:

ice

of s

tude

nt p

rogr

essi

n al

l ski

lls?

4. H

ave

the

inst

ruct

iona

l mat

eria

ls a

ndeq

uipm

ent u

sed

prov

edef

fici

ent a

nd

adeq

uate

?5.

Is

stan

dard

ized

test

ing

used

?6.

Is

the

mat

eria

llea

rned

enj

oyed

and

use

dw

idel

y in

and

out

ofs

choo

l?

7. I

s th

ere

incr

ease

t."A

tere

st in

for

eign

peop

les

and

cultu

res?

8. I

s th

ere

evid

ence

of in

crea

sed

inte

rnat

iona

l und

erst

andi

ng a

ssh

own

by

activ

ities

suc

h as

:a.

Use

ofs

uppl

emen

tary

mat

eria

ls -

book

s, f

ilms?

b. C

onta

ct w

ith s

peak

erso

f th

e la

ngua

ge?

c. T

rips

?d.

Civ

ic a

ctiv

ities

?e.

For

eign

lang

uage

cam

ps?

f. P

en p

als,

tape

pal

s?9.

At t

he a

dvan

ced

leve

ls in

the

long

er s

eque

nces

is u

se m

ade

of m

oder

n

liter

ary

mat

eria

ls in

tere

stin

gto

stu

dent

s at

that

part

icul

ar a

ge le

vel?

10. I

s th

ere

part

icip

atio

nin

spe

cial

for

eign

lang

uage

and

rel

ated

activ

ities

in

scho

ol a

nd c

omm

unity

?11

. How

wel

l do

teac

hers

use

test

ing

and

othe

r fo

rms

of e

valu

atio

nin

ana

-

lyzi

ng th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

ofth

eir

teac

hing

?

Prog

nost

ic o

r A

ptitu

deT

estin

g

Prog

nosi

s, o

r th

e pr

edic

tion

of s

ucce

ss in

lear

ning

am

oder

n la

ngua

ge, i

s th

e

subj

ect o

f co

nsid

erab

lere

sear

ch a

mon

g m

oder

nla

ngua

ge e

duca

tors

. Atte

mpt

s

have

bee

n m

ade

to u

seva

riou

s m

eans

of

prog

nost

icat

ing

succ

ess

and

sele

ctin

g

stud

ents

who

are

cap

able

of le

arni

ng m

oder

nla

ngua

ges.

Som

e cr

iteri

a w

ere

the

requ

irem

ent o

f a

"B"

or b

ette

r av

erag

e, a

nIQ

of

100

or a

bove

in a

nin

-

telli

genc

e te

st, o

r hi

gh s

core

s on

aptit

ude

test

s.D

unke

l and

Pill

et f

ound

that

10

to 2

0 pe

rcen

tof

the

child

ren

"who

show

norm

al o

r su

peri

or a

bilit

yin

mos

t sch

ool s

ubje

cts

appe

arto

hav

e a

dist

inct

lack

of

abili

ty in

fore

ign

lang

uage

s."

Car

roll'

s un

publ

ishe

d st

udie

ssh

ow th

at

cert

ain

pred

ictiv

e te

sts

wer

eva

lid e

ven

amon

g ch

ildre

nw

ho h

ad a

lrea

dy b

een

sele

cted

for

hig

h in

telli

genc

e. R

esul

ts o

fth

e M

odem

Lan

guag

e A

ptitu

de T

est

indi

cate

that

this

pro

gnos

tic te

st w

as s

uper

ior

toin

telli

genc

e te

sts

in p

redi

ctiv

epo

wer

. In

othe

r w

ords

, the

IQ

has

prov

ed to

be

of q

uest

iona

ble

valu

e in

pre

dict

-in

g su

cces

s in

mod

em la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng.A

s ye

t, no

trul

y va

lid p

rogn

ostic

inst

ru-

men

ts h

ave

been

dev

ised

. The

bes

tpr

edic

tor

in th

e pr

ogno

sis

of a

chie

vem

ent

in m

odem

lang

uag'

stu

dy is

stil

l asa

mpl

e of

act

ual w

ork

in a

lang

uage

cla

ssov

er a

per

iod

of ti

me.

The

bes

tap

titud

e te

st o

n th

e m

arke

t tod

ay is

the

Car

roll-

Sapo

n M

oder

n L

angu

age

Apt

itude

Tes

t, M

LA

T, o

btai

nabl

e fr

om th

e Ps

ycho

-lo

gica

l Cor

pora

tion,

304

Eas

t 45t

h St

reet

,New

Yor

k 17

.A

poi

nt w

orth

y of

con

side

ratio

nis

that

lang

uage

stu

dy h

as s

omet

hing

toof

fer

to n

earl

y ev

ery

child

. A c

hild

'sac

hiev

emen

t in

flue

ncy

and

accu

ltura

tion

will

var

y in

deg

ree

with

his

nat

ive

inte

llige

nce,

his

inte

rest

, and

his

abi

lity

tohe

ar a

nd im

itate

sou

nds.

Chi

ldre

n w

hose

soun

d pe

rcep

tion

may

be

low

may

not b

e ab

le to

lear

n to

spe

ak w

ell,

but t

hey

can

lear

n to

rea

d in

the

lang

uage

.T

his

adds

som

ethi

ng o

f va

lue

to th

eir

broa

ded

ucat

iona

l exp

erie

nce

in g

ivin

gth

em s

ome

know

ledg

e of

ano

ther

peo

ple,

thei

r co

untr

y,th

eir

way

of

life,

thei

rcu

lture

, and

thei

r lit

erat

ure.

Ach

ieve

men

t Tes

ting

and

Eva

luat

ion

Tes

ting

is a

per

iodi

c sa

mpl

ing

of a

stu

dent

'sac

cum

ulat

ed k

now

ledg

e an

dsk

ills;

eva

luat

ion

invo

lves

the

stud

ent's

pro

gres

sin

all

area

s of

lear

ning

, bot

hob

ject

ive

and

subj

ectiv

e. M

ost s

choo

l sys

tem

sre

quir

e so

me

form

of

mar

king

or g

radi

ng, w

hich

ess

entia

llyis

an

eval

uatio

n of

the

stud

ent's

cap

abili

ties

and

achi

evem

ents

. Lan

guag

e le

arni

ng s

houl

d be

eva

luat

ed a

tal

l lev

els,

incl

udin

gth

e el

emen

tary

sch

ool,

in th

e sa

me

man

ner

as o

ther

subj

ects

in th

e cu

rric

ulum

.E

valu

atin

g st

ress

es th

e po

sitio

n of

the

mod

ern

lang

uage

pro

gram

as

anin

te-

gral

par

t of

gene

ral e

duca

tion.

The

eva

luat

ive

proc

ess

is u

sefu

l

1. T

o th

e st

uden

t for

eva

luat

ing

his

own

prog

ress

and

prov

idin

g fo

r hi

sm

otiv

atio

n2.

To

the

teac

her

in d

eter

mbi

ng th

e st

reng

ths

and

wea

knes

ses

of th

e la

n-gu

age

teac

hing

pro

cess

3. T

o th

e te

ache

r in

det

erm

inin

g st

reng

ths

and

wea

knes

ses

of th

e la

ngua

gele

arni

ng p

roce

ss4.

To

the

teac

her

in c

ompa

ring

the

achi

evem

ent o

f hi

s st

uden

ts o

nte

sts

with

natio

nal,

stan

dard

ized

nor

ms

5. I

n ar

ticul

atin

g th

e m

oder

n la

ngua

ge s

eque

nces

6. I

n ad

din.

4 ne

w s

eque

nces

7. T

o su

peri

nten

dent

s, p

rinc

ipal

s, a

nd s

choo

l boa

rds

inte

rest

ed in

the

mod

-em

lang

uage

pro

gram

8. F

or s

tude

nts

chan

ging

sch

ools

dur

ing

thei

r la

ngua

ge s

tudy

Prog

ress

in m

odem

lang

uage

ski

lls is

obs

erve

d th

roug

h an

anal

ysis

of

achi

evem

ent t

est r

esul

ts a

nd th

roug

h in

form

atio

n ga

ther

ed in

form

ally

. Pro

g-re

ss in

cul

tura

l und

erst

andi

ng a

s op

pose

d to

cultu

ral i

nfor

mat

ion

is v

ery

diff

i-cu

lt to

eva

luat

e ex

cept

thro

ugh

long

ran

ge f

ollo

w u

p of

indi

vidu

al s

tude

nt a

c-tiv

ities

and

obs

erva

tions

of

thei

r be

havi

or. A

chie

vem

ent t

est r

esul

tsin

dica

tein

divi

dual

pro

gres

s in

list

enin

g, s

peak

ing,

rea

ding

, wri

ting,

and

the

atta

inm

ent

of c

ultu

ral i

nfor

mat

ion.

Pro

gres

s m

ay b

e ex

amin

ed in

term

s of

the

indi

vidu

alst

uden

t, cl

assr

oom

, gra

de le

vel,

scho

ol, o

r di

stri

ct. U

neve

n pr

ogre

ss in

skill

s

68

may

der

ive

from

inad

equa

tete

chni

ques

or

mat

eria

ls, f

rom

dif

fere

nces

in s

tu-

dent

abi

lity,

or

from

var

iatio

ns in

teac

her

effe

ctiv

enes

s.A

s in

all

curr

icul

um a

reas

, mod

ern

lang

uage

s ar

ein

nee

d of

a c

ontin

uous

eval

uatio

n pr

ogra

m, s

o th

at th

e gr

eate

st a

mou

nt o

f pr

ogre

ss m

aybe

rea

lized

by th

e in

divi

dual

stu

dent

and

so

that

opt

imum

teac

hing

effe

ctiv

enes

s m

ay b

eob

tain

ed b

y th

e in

divi

dual

inst

ruct

or.

Info

rmal

Tes

ting

In C

lass

room

and

Lab

orat

ory

Eva

luat

ion

of p

upil

prog

ress

is a

n on

goin

g pr

oces

sw

hich

doe

s no

t alw

ays

requ

ire

the

use

of le

ngth

y fo

rmal

test

s. D

aily

obse

rvat

ion

of s

tude

nts'

ora

lw

ork

and

exam

inat

ion

of w

ritte

n w

ork

prov

idf.

.yth

e te

ache

r w

ith in

form

atio

nth

at c

an b

e hi

ghly

val

uabl

e in

indi

catin

g th

e di

rect

ion

futu

re in

stru

ctio

n sh

ould

take

. Suc

h ev

alua

tion

shou

ld b

e sy

stem

atic

.T

he te

ache

r m

ay s

elec

t sev

eral

poin

ts o

f pr

onun

ciat

ion

and

gram

mar

for

eva

luat

ion

each

day

and

gra

de a

sm

any

stud

ents

as

he is

abl

e on

thes

e po

ints

by

mon

itori

ng in

divi

dual

s du

ring

indi

vidu

al a

nd g

roup

rep

etiti

ons.

A s

imila

r pr

oces

s m

ay b

e us

ed in

the

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry. F

rom

the

con-

sole

the

teac

her

can

mon

itor

quic

kly

a si

zeab

lenu

mbe

r of

stu

dent

s gr

adin

gth

eir

oral

wor

k as

he

liste

ns. D

Eily

eva

luat

ion

of th

is ty

pein

cla

ssro

om a

ndla

bora

tory

pro

vide

s th

e te

ache

r w

ith a

con

stan

t rec

ord

indi

catin

g w

heth

er a

llst

uden

ts h

ave

been

rec

eivi

ng e

qual

atte

ntio

n in

ree

tatio

nac

tiviti

es.

Stac

k su

gges

ts a

fur

ther

info

rmal

type

of

labo

rato

ryev

alua

tion:

"If

a la

bo-

rato

ry p

erio

d is

beg

un w

ith th

e te

stin

g po

rtio

ns o

fth

e ta

pes

used

in th

e pr

e-ce

ding

labo

rato

ry s

essi

on, t

he m

onito

r w

ill o

btai

n gr

ades

sign

ific

ant o

f th

e de

-gr

ee o

f le

arni

ng ta

king

pla

ce.

Gra

des

shou

ld n

ot b

e as

sign

ed o

n th

e fi

rst t

ime

thro

ugh

a ne

w ta

pe. L

ikew

ise,

it m

ay b

e un

fair

to g

ive

ast

uden

t a g

rade

at

a po

int i

n a

tape

whe

reth

ere

is a

cha

nge

in p

atte

rn. T

he c

umul

ativ

e gr

ades

for

labo

rato

ry w

ork

over

a s

emes

ter

prov

ide

a re

liabl

egu

ide

to th

e st

uden

t'sau

ral c

ompr

ehen

sion

and

abi

lity

to s

peak

the

lang

uage

.T

hey

coul

d be

use

din

lieu

of

a sp

ecia

l aur

al-o

ral e

xam

inat

ion

in c

ompu

ting

this

par

t of

a st

uden

t'sfi

nal g

rade

." 9

Man

y sh

ort t

ests

of

diff

eren

t typ

es c

an b

e gi

ven

daily

; the

ypr

ovid

e a

stro

ngm

otiv

atin

g fa

ctor

, and

ser

ve to

sha

rpen

the

stud

ent's

ale

rtne

ss a

nd to

stim

u-la

te h

is in

tere

st. T

hey

have

psy

chol

ogic

al v

alue

in th

at th

ey m

ake

the

stud

ent

use

at o

nce

wha

t he

has

lear

ned,

rein

forc

ing

corr

ect u

sage

by

imm

edia

te c

or-

rect

ion.

'3ei

ng s

hort

, the

sm

all d

aily

test

giv

es th

e sl

owle

arne

r a

chan

ce to

acco

mpl

ish

a ta

sk th

at m

ay b

e to

o m

uch

for

him

on

a lo

nger

test

. Suc

h te

sts

shou

ld b

e fr

om f

ive

to te

n m

inut

es in

leng

th a

nd s

houl

d be

cons

ider

ed a

s di

ag-

nost

ic o

r le

arni

ng te

sts

rath

er th

an s

ervi

ng a

s a

basi

s fo

r gr

adin

g.

Prin

cipl

es f

or th

e C

onst

ruct

ion

of A

chie

vem

ent T

ests

Som

e of

the

new

mat

eria

ls f

or m

oder

nla

ngua

ge c

ours

es c

ome

com

plet

ew

ith u

nit t

ests

. How

ever

, tea

cber

s w

ill c

ontin

ue to

con

stru

ct a

size

able

num

-be

r of

thei

r ow

n te

sts.

Whe

ther

one

1.:

eval

uatin

g a

read

y-m

ade

test

or

build

ing

his

own,

the

fol-

low

ing

prin

cipl

es s

houl

d be

use

ful.

1. T

ests

sho

uld

dete

rmin

e w

hat t

he s

tude

nt k

now

s, n

otw

hat t

he te

ache

rkn

ows.

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TL

New

slet

ter:

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MM

UN

ICA

TE

.

t I!4

44

cj

t)

2. A

test

mus

t pro

vide

a le

afin

g ex

peri

ence

by

show

ing

the

stud

ent w

hat

is e

xpec

ted

of h

im a

nd b

y al

low

ing

him

to a

pply

wha

t he

has

lear

ned.

3. A

ll fo

ur s

kills

. sho

uld

be te

sted

.4.

The

item

s sh

ould

rep

rese

nt m

ater

ial l

earn

ed in

clas

s an

d th

e di

stri

butio

nsh

ould

cor

resp

ond

to th

e im

port

ance

of

the

skill

mea

sure

d.5.

The

test

sho

uld

ask

for

resp

onse

s in

nor

mal

lang

uage

beha

vior

.6.

The

test

wri

ter

shou

ldan

alyz

eth

esk

ills

inth

eex

pect

edla

n-gu

age

beha

vior

and

test

them

sep

arat

ely

as w

ell a

sco

llect

ivel

y.7.

Idi

oms,

voc

abul

ary,

str

uctu

res,

and

cul

tura

l ite

ms

shou

ld b

e te

sted

inco

ntex

t and

sho

uld

not a

ppea

r as

list

s of

fac

ts o

r :ti

les.

8. I

ncor

rect

for

ms

shou

ld n

ot b

e pr

esen

ted

to s

tude

nts.

9. T

est i

tem

s sh

ould

be

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge a

ndas

k fo

r pe

rfor

man

ces

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge. T

rans

latio

n sh

ould

be

requ

este

d on

ly a

tad

vanc

edle

vels

, tha

t is,

4th

, 5th

, 6th

yea

r, a

nd th

en e

ntir

ely

asev

iden

ce o

f th

e st

u-de

nt's

abi

lity

to r

ende

r ac

cura

tely

in E

nglis

h, te

chni

cal

artic

les,

for

eign

corr

espo

nden

ce, d

irec

tions

, or

liter

ary

mat

eria

l.10

. All

dire

ctio

ns s

houl

d be

sho

rt a

nd c

lear

. At t

heel

emen

tary

sta

ge d

irec

-tio

ns in

Eng

lish

are

pref

erab

le. U

sual

ly a

sam

ple

item

and

its

answ

erar

e ne

cess

ary.

Whe

n sa

mpl

eite

ms

are

not s

uppl

ied,

the

type

of

ques

tion

mus

t be

fam

iliar

to th

e st

uden

t.11

. Whe

n su

bjec

tive

eval

uatio

n is

nec

essa

ry a

qua

lity

scal

e sh

ould

be

used

.A

qua

lity

scal

e is

a s

erie

s of

res

pons

es v

aryi

ng in

wor

th f

rom

bes

t to

wor

st, e

ach

bear

ing

an e

valu

atio

n ta

gar

rive

d at

by

cons

ensu

s.T

he te

stin

g pr

oced

ures

list

ed b

elow

hav

e be

en d

evel

oped

inac

cord

ance

with

the

abov

e pr

inci

ples

. The

y ca

n be

adj

uste

d to

bot

h th

epr

e-re

adin

g an

d re

ad-

ing

phas

es a

nd a

dapt

ed to

all

leve

ls o

f la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng.

Tes

ting

Lis

teni

ng S

kills

With

the

incr

ease

d em

phas

is o

n th

e sp

oken

lang

uage

, new

tech

niqu

es f

orte

stin

g th

e lis

teni

ng c

ompr

ehen

sion

ski

ll ha

ve b

ecom

em

anda

tory

. Lis

teni

ngite

ms

are

used

to te

st g

ener

al c

ompr

ehen

sion

, com

mon

expr

essi

ons,

spe

cifi

cvo

cabu

lary

, pho

nolo

gy, m

orph

olog

y, a

nd s

ynta

x.

Proc

edur

es1.

The

stu

dent

s ha

ve a

ser

ies

of th

ree

orfo

ur p

ictu

res

in th

eir

book

lets

. The

teac

her

or th

e vo

ice

on th

e ta

pe r

eads

a s

tate

men

t in

the

targ

et la

ngua

ge.

The

stu

dent

s m

ark

the

pict

ure

whi

ch b

est a

gree

swith

the

stat

emen

t.2.

The

teac

her

or v

oice

on

the

tape

ask

s th

est

uden

ts to

per

form

cer

tain

task

sin

thei

r te

st b

ookl

ets,

suc

h as

giv

e th

e an

swer

tosi

mpl

e ar

ithm

etic

pro

b-le

ms,

dra

w a

cat

, put

eye

s in

the

outli

nes

of a

face

, dra

w a

squ

are,

aci

rcle

, or

part

s of

a d

raw

ing.

3. T

he te

ache

r or

voi

ce o

n th

e ta

pe m

akes

a s

tate

men

t.T

he s

tude

nts

mar

kw

heth

er it

is tr

ue o

r fa

lse.

4. T

he te

ache

r or

voi

ce o

n th

e ta

pegi

ves

an in

com

plet

e st

atem

ent.

The

mea

n-in

g of

the

stat

emen

t will

be

com

plet

ed c

orre

ctly

by o

ne o

f th

ree

sugg

este

dw

ords

or

expr

essi

ons

in th

e ta

rget

lang

uage

.5.

The

teac

her

or v

oice

on

the

tape

will

giv

e a

shor

t def

initi

on o

f a

pers

on,

obje

ct, o

r id

ea w

ithou

t act

ually

nam

ing

it. T

hree

ans

wer

sin

the

targ

et la

n-gu

age

will

be

give

n. O

ne o

fth

ese

will

be

sele

cted

by

the

stud

ents

as

the

corr

ect a

nsw

er.

69

6. V

oice

num

ber

one

on th

e ta

pe a

sks

aqu

estio

n. V

oice

num

ber

two

give

s

thre

e an

swer

s. T

he s

tude

nts

mar

k th

e nu

mbe

rof

the

corr

ect a

nsw

er.

7. V

oice

num

ber

one

on th

e ta

pegi

ves

an a

nsw

er. V

oice

num

ber

two

give

sth

ree

ques

tions

. The

stu

dent

s m

ark

the

num

ber

of th

e qu

estio

nw

hich

wou

ld e

licit

the

answ

er g

iven

by

voic

enu

mbe

r on

e.8.

A s

hort

dia

logu

e is

giv

en o

n th

e ta

pe.

Thi

s is

fol

low

ed b

y th

ree

orfo

uror

al s

tate

men

ts a

bout

the

dial

ogue

whi

ch a

re tr

ue u

rfal

se.

9. T

he s

tude

nts

are

pres

ente

d w

ith a

pict

ure

whi

ch e

ither

tells

a s

tory

or

de-

scri

bes

a si

tuat

ion.

The

voi

ce o

n th

e ta

pe o

rth

e te

ache

r de

scri

bes

thre

esi

tuat

ions

or

tells

thre

e sh

ort s

tori

es. O

neof

thes

e co

rres

pond

s w

ithth

e

pict

ure.

The

stu

dent

s ch

oose

the

num

ber

of th

e co

rrec

t aur

al d

escr

iptio

nof

the

pict

ure.

10. T

he s

tude

nts

are

told

a s

tory

con

tain

ing

anu

mbe

r of

spe

cifi

cs. T

hey

are

aske

d to

ret

ell t

he s

tory

in th

eir

own

wor

dsin

Eng

lish

at th

e el

emen

tary

stag

e an

d la

ter

in th

e ta

rget

lang

uage

.11

. The

&In

dent

s lo

ok a

t a p

ictu

re. T

hey

then

hea

r a

stat

emen

t abo

ut th

epi

c-tu

re a

nd in

dica

te o

n th

eir

answ

er s

heet

whe

ther

the

stat

emen

t is

true

or

fals

e.12

. The

stu

dent

s se

e a

pict

ure

and

then

hear

thre

e st

atem

ents

(A

, B, C

) ab

out

the

pict

ure.

The

y de

cide

whi

ch s

tate

men

tis

true

and

mar

k its

lette

r on

thei

r an

swer

she

et. T

he s

tude

nt s

ees

a pi

ctur

eof

a p

an. H

e he

ars:

A)

It's

a pa

n, B

) It

's a

pen

, C)

It's

a p

in.

13. T

he v

oice

on

tape

mak

es a

sta

tem

ent

and

seve

ral r

ejoi

nder

s. T

he s

tude

nts

sele

ct th

e m

ost l

ogic

al r

ejoi

nder

and

wri

teits

lette

r on

thei

r an

swer

she

ets.

I'm h

ungr

y A

) L

et's

go

to a

res

taur

ant.

B)

Her

e is

a g

lass

of

wat

er.

C)

I ca

n't e

at a

noth

er th

ing.

14. A

sho

rt ta

ped

conv

ersa

tion

is p

ayed

for

the

stud

ents

. The

y th

en in

dica

tew

here

it p

roba

bly

took

pla

ce o

r w

hois

spe

akin

g. L

ocat

ions

or

pers

ons

may

be

sugg

este

d in

a li

st.

15. S

tude

nts

liste

n to

a d

ialo

gue

orna

rrat

ive.

The

y th

en li

sten

to o

r re

ad a

num

ber

of s

tate

men

ts a

bout

the

pass

age

and

indi

cate

whe

ther

eac

h st

ate-

men

t is

true

or

fals

e.16

. Stu

dent

s he

ar a

sen

tenc

e re

ad a

loud

whi

ch is

sim

ilar

to J

ae o

f fo

ur w

rit-

ten

sent

ence

s an

d se

lect

the

sent

ence

they

thin

k th

ey h

eard

rea

d. T

his

item

test

s th

e re

cogn

ition

of

soun

dsy

mbo

l - w

ritte

n sy

mbo

l cor

res-

pond

ence

.

Tes

ting

Spea

king

Ski

llsT

he te

stin

g of

spe

akin

g is

dif

ficu

lt si

nce

resu

lts m

ust b

e ba

sed

on s

ubje

ctiv

eap

prai

sal.

Scor

ing

is m

ade

mor

e ob

ject

ive

by ta

ping

res

pons

es, a

nd b

y es

tab-

lishi

ng c

rite

ria

for

scor

ing

prio

r to

test

ing.

The

use

of

a ta

pe r

ecor

der

perm

itsev

alua

tion

by m

ore

than

one

sco

rer

and

allo

ws

scor

ers

to e

valu

ate

one

item

for

mor

e th

an o

ne a

spec

t of

the

spea

king

skill

. Stu

dent

s' r

espo

nses

may

be

eval

uate

d by

mea

ns o

f a

ratin

g sc

ale

from

one

tofi

ve o

n th

e ba

sis

of f

ive

cate

gori

es:

1. f

luen

cy2.

pro

nunc

iatio

n an

d in

tona

tion

3. c

orre

ctne

ss -

ord

er a

nd s

truc

ture

4. c

onve

ying

the

idea

5. u

se o

f vo

cabu

lary

For

inst

ance

, in

num

ber

four

conv

eyin

g th

e id

eath

e ra

ting

scal

e w

ould

be:

5 po

ints

: Stu

dent

con

veys

the

idea

com

plet

ely

and

corr

ectly

Or

Stud

ent c

onve

ys th

e id

ea c

ompl

etel

y an

d co

rrec

tly, b

ut e

labo

rate

san

d in

so

doin

g m

akes

som

e er

rors

whi

ch in

terf

ere

little

with

the

un-

ders

tand

ing

of th

e ut

tera

nce

Stud

ent c

onve

ys th

e si

mpl

e id

ea w

ith o

ne o

r m

ore

erro

rs in

pro

-nu

ncia

tion,

str

uctu

re, a

nd v

ocab

ular

y, b

ut th

ese

erro

rs a

re s

uch

asno

t to

inte

rfer

e w

ith th

e un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e id

eaSt

uden

t con

veys

som

e or

par

tial m

eani

ngSt

uden

t con

veys

ver

y lit

tle m

eani

ngor St

uden

t mak

es e

rror

s w

hich

obs

cure

som

e of

the

mea

ning

Stud

ent s

ays

noth

ing

or Stud

ent c

onve

ys w

rong

mea

ning

ent

irel

y

If a

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry w

ith r

ecor

ding

fac

ilitie

s is

not

avai

labl

e fo

r te

stin

gth

e sp

eaki

ng s

kill,

the

clas

sroo

m te

ache

r w

ill p

roba

bly

have

to u

se o

ne o

f th

efo

llow

ing

proc

edur

es f

or te

stin

g on

e st

uden

t at a

tim

e.

1. T

he te

ache

r re

cord

s m

aste

r te

st o

n ta

pe a

nd p

lace

sit

on r

ecor

der

prov

ided

with

hea

dpho

nes.

A s

econ

d re

cord

er w

ith m

icro

phon

e is

use

dby

the

stu-

dent

to r

ecor

d hi

s re

spon

ses.

He

sets

mac

hine

num

ber

two

onre

cord

and

mac

hine

num

ber

one

on p

lay.

With

ear

phon

es o

n he

pic

ks u

pth

e m

icro

-ph

one

and

resp

onds

to te

st it

ems.

Whe

n fi

nish

ed h

e st

ops

tape

mac

hine

two

and

rew

inds

tape

on

mac

hine

one

for

the

next

stu

dent

.T

o sa

ve ta

pe o

nm

achi

ne tw

o an

d te

ache

r co

rrec

tion

time,

the

stud

ent m

ay s

top

mac

hine

with

pau

se b

utto

n as

he

liste

ns to

eac

h ne

w it

em2.

For

ele

men

tary

and

juni

or h

igh

scho

ol s

tude

nts,

the

teac

her

will

hav

e to

perf

orm

rec

orde

r op

erat

ions

him

self

. In

this

cas

e, th

e re

cord

ers

shou

ld b

elo

cate

d aw

ay f

rom

the

clas

s an

d th

e te

st it

ems

broa

dcas

tth

roug

h th

e re

-co

rder

spe

aker

rat

her

than

thro

ugh

head

phon

es3.

The

teac

her

can

pres

ent t

he te

st it

ems

him

self

. In

this

cas

e,on

ly o

ne r

e-co

rder

will

be

need

ed to

rec

ord

stud

ent r

espo

nses

. The

teac

her

mus

t mak

esu

re th

at p

rese

ntat

ion

is u

nifJ

rrn

for

alls

tude

nts

4. A

noth

er m

etho

d el

imin

ates

the

need

for

rec

ordi

ng.

The

teac

her

wri

tes

abou

t fou

r te

st it

ems

for

each

stu

dent

. The

test

is a

dmin

iste

red

to o

nest

u-de

nt a

t a ti

me

whi

le th

e ot

hers

in th

e cl

ass

liste

n. A

size

able

num

ber

ofite

ms

of s

imila

r di

ffic

ulty

is n

eede

d in

this

cas

e

4 po

ints

:

3 po

ints

:2

poin

ts:

1 po

int:

Proc

edur

es1.

The

stu

dent

list

ens

to a

n ut

tera

nce

and

then

rep

eats

it w

ith p

rope

r pr

o-nu

ncia

tion

and

into

natio

n2.

The

teac

her

or th

e vo

ice

on th

e ta

peas

ks a

ser

ies

of q

uest

ions

abo

ut a

pict

ure

to w

hich

the

stud

ent r

ecor

ds h

is a

nsw

er3.

The

stu

dent

rec

ords

on

tape

one

or

two

sent

ence

sde

scri

bing

a p

ictu

re4.

The

stu

dent

rec

ords

on

tape

ans

wer

s tc

ase

ries

of

ques

tions

ask

ed b

y th

ete

ache

r or

the

voic

e on

the

tape

70

5. S

ame

as n

umbe

r fo

ur b

ut a

cue

is p

rovi

ded:

Why

are

you

goi

ng d

ownt

own?

Cue

: go

shop

ping

I'm g

oing

sho

ppin

g.6.

The

teac

her

or th

e vo

ice

on th

e ta

pe, i

n E

nglis

h or

in th

e ta

rget

lang

uage

,as

ks th

e st

uden

t to

give

a c

erta

in c

omm

and

or to

ask

a q

uest

ion

7. T

he s

tude

nt c

hang

es a

que

stio

n to

a s

tate

men

t or

vice

ver

sa:

John

is g

oing

toda

y.Is

Joh

n go

ing

toda

y?8.

A s

erie

s of

thre

e or

fou

r pi

ctur

es te

lling

a s

impl

e st

ory

issh

own

to th

est

uden

t who

rec

ords

his

ver

sion

of

the

stor

y9.

The

stu

dent

is g

iven

a s

hort

pas

sage

to r

ead.

Aft

er a

quic

k pr

evie

w h

ere

cord

s it

for

late

r ev

alua

tion

by th

e te

ache

r10

. A s

tate

men

t is

give

n. T

he s

tude

nt is

told

to r

epea

t the

sta

tem

ent,

prov

id-

ing

a sy

nony

m o

r an

ant

onym

for

an

indi

cate

d w

ord

11. T

he s

tude

nt is

told

to p

rovi

de a

sui

tabl

e re

join

der

for

each

of

a se

ries

of u

ttera

nces

:Sh

e's

fift

een.

She

does

n't a

ct li

ke it

12. A

stu

dent

is to

ld to

exp

and

an u

ttera

nce

by in

sert

ing

a gi

ven

wor

d or

phra

sew

ith th

e ne

cess

ary

chan

ges:

He

sing

s.H

e se

es th

e sq

uirr

el.

Cue

: bea

utif

ulC

ue: t

wo

He

sing

s be

autif

ully

.H

e se

es tw

o sq

uirr

els.

13. T

he s

tude

nt is

inst

ruct

ed to

cha

nge

an u

ttera

nce

or p

assa

gein

one

of

the

follo

win

g w

ays:

1) te

nse

2) n

ouns

to p

rono

uns

3) p

ositi

ve to

neg

ativ

e

4) s

ingu

lar

to p

lura

l5)

per

son

6) d

irec

t to

indi

rect

dis

cour

se, f

orex

ampl

e14

. The

stu

dent

is d

irec

ted

to c

ombi

ne tw

o se

nten

ces

into

a s

ingl

e se

nten

ce:

1) e

xpre

ssin

g a

cont

rary

to f

act s

ituat

ion,

or

2) u

sing

a s

peci

fied

con

junc

tion,

or

3) m

akin

g on

e se

nten

ce a

rel

ativ

e cl

ause

15. T

he s

tude

nt is

pro

vide

d w

ith a

n "a

ctio

n pi

ctur

e."

He

is to

ld to

des

crib

ew

hat i

s ta

king

pla

ce o

r gi

ve a

n im

agin

ary

conv

ersa

tion

16. A

stu

dent

is g

iven

a s

ituat

ion

in E

nglis

h bu

t lat

er in

the

targ

et la

ngua

ge. H

eis

dir

ecte

d to

pro

vide

app

ropr

iate

dia

logu

e:Y

ou m

eet a

fri

end

on th

e st

reet

. Gre

et h

im a

nd a

sk h

ow h

eis

.H

e an

swer

s he

's f

ine

and

asks

how

you

are

. You

tell

him

fine

too

and

ask,

whe

re h

e's

goin

g.H

e sa

ys h

e's

goin

g to

lunc

h an

d as

ksyo

u to

com

e al

ong.

You

say

fin

e, y

ou'd

like

to.

17. T

he s

tude

nt z

ither

list

ens

to o

r re

ads

a sh

ort p

assa

gean

d th

en g

ives

itfr

om m

emor

y. W

ord

cues

can

be

prov

ided

.

Tes

ting

Rea

ding

Ski

llsT

he s

tude

nt's

kno

wle

dge

of th

e lis

teni

ng, s

peak

ing,

read

ing,

and

wri

ting

skill

s w

ill d

eter

min

e th

e te

chni

ques

that

can

bes

t be

used

inte

stin

g re

adin

g.So

me

of th

e te

chni

ques

sug

gest

ed b

elow

for

rea

ding

invo

lve

othe

r sk

ills,

Als

o so

me

of th

e pr

oced

ures

use

d in

test

ing

the

liste

ning

ski

ll, c

an w

ith m

odif

i-

catio

ns b

e us

ed to

test

the

read

ing

skill

. The

item

s w

hich

test

the

unde

rsta

nd-

ing

of th

e re

adin

g pa

ssag

e or

utte

ranc

e m

ust u

se th

evo

cabu

lary

and

str

uc-

ture

s w

ith w

hich

the

stud

ent i

s al

read

y fa

mili

ar.

Thi

s ch

alle

nges

the

test

erin

the

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l whe

rech

ildre

n ha

ve o

nly

aru

dim

enta

ry c

omm

and

ofth

e

read

ing

skill

s.

Proc

edur

es1.

The

stu

dent

rea

ds o

rrec

ords

the

phra

ses

or u

ttera

nces

flas

hed

on a

scr

een

or f

ound

in a

test

book

let.

(A te

st f

or th

e re

cogn

ition

of g

raph

ic s

ymbo

ls.)

2. T

he s

tude

nts

hear

a s

ente

nce

read

alo

ud f

rom

fou

rsi

mila

r w

ritte

n se

n-

tenc

es a

nd s

elec

t the

one

whi

ch th

ey th

ink

they

hea

rdre

ad.

(A te

st f

or th

e re

cogn

ition

of s

ound

sym

bol-

wri

tten

sym

bol c

orre

spon

-

denc

e.)

3. A

stu

dent

is p

rese

nted

with

a p

ictu

re. I

n hi

s te

stbo

okle

t will

be:

a. A

ser

ies

ofth

ree

or f

our

sent

ence

s on

eof

whi

ch c

orre

ctly

dep

icts

the

situ

atio

n in

the

pict

ure

b. A

n in

com

plet

e se

nten

cefo

llow

ed b

y th

ree

or f

ourc

hoic

es, o

ne o

f w

hich

corr

ectly

com

plet

es th

e se

nten

ce4.

A s

tude

nt is

pre

sent

edw

ith tw

o or

mor

e pi

ctur

es. I

nhi

s te

st b

ookl

et is

an

utte

ranc

e or

a s

tate

men

tco

ntai

ning

a s

truc

ture

pro

blem

.T

he s

tude

nt

choo

ses

the

pict

ure

that

best

fits

the

utte

ranc

e. T

hepi

ctur

es m

ust b

e dr

awn

so th

at th

epi

ctur

e re

pres

entin

g th

e co

rrec

t ans

wer

diff

ers

by a

min

imal

dis

-

tinct

ive

feat

ure,

71

Thr

ee p

ictu

res

A. T

he b

oy h

its th

e gi

rl.

5. A

stu

dent

is p

rese

nted

with

ase

ries

of

four

or

mor

e pi

ctur

es, u

sual

ly te

lling

a st

ory.

In

his

test

book

let a

re a

ser

ies

of s

tate

men

ts to

be

arra

nged

cor

-re

ctly

acc

ordi

ng to

the

sequ

ence

of

the

pict

ures

.6.

A s

tory

or

read

ing

sele

ctio

n is

fol

low

ed b

ya.

A n

umbe

r of

true

and

fals

e st

atem

ents

fro

m w

hich

the

stud

ent c

heck

sth

e co

rrec

t sta

tem

ents

b. A

num

ber

of m

ultip

le c

hoic

e st

atem

ents

fro

m w

hich

the

stud

ent

chec

ks th

e co

rrec

t ite

ms

c. A

sta

tem

ent o

r se

ries

of

stat

emen

tsba

sed

on th

e re

adin

g se

lect

ion.

The

stud

ent c

heck

s th

ose

whi

ch c

an b

e co

rrec

tly in

ferr

ed f

rom

the

pass

-ag

ed.

A n

umbe

r of

que

stio

ns b

ased

on

the

cont

ent.

The

stu

dent

is to

ans

wer

them

with

com

plet

e se

nten

ces

oral

ly o

r in

wri

ting.

Thi

s is

an

inte

-gr

ated

test

item

whi

ch n

ot o

nly

test

s re

adin

gbu

t als

o th

e or

al o

r w

ritin

gsk

ills

7. A

def

initi

on o

r de

scri

ptio

n of

a p

erso

n,pl

ace,

thin

g, s

ituat

ion,

or

con-

cept

is g

iven

. Eac

h of

thes

e is

fol

low

edby

a n

umbe

r of

cho

ices

fro

m w

hich

the

stud

ent s

elec

ts th

e ite

m d

efin

ed o

r de

scri

bed.

8. A

wri

tten

stat

emen

t is

follo

wed

by

thre

e or

four

cho

ices

als

o in

the

targ

etla

ngua

ge, o

ne o

f w

hich

is th

e eq

uiva

lent

of

the

unde

rlin

ed w

ord

or p

hras

ein

the

stat

emen

t. T

he s

tude

nt s

elec

ts th

e co

rrec

tequ

ival

ent.

The

cho

ices

can

be g

iven

in E

nglis

h.9.

A w

ritte

n st

atem

ent i

n E

nglis

h is

fol

low

edby

thre

e or

fou

r w

ritte

n st

ate-

men

ts in

the

targ

et la

ngua

ge, o

ne o

f w

hich

is th

e eq

uiva

lent

of

the

Eng

lish

stat

emen

t.T

estin

g W

ritin

g Sk

ills

Whe

n te

stin

g th

e w

ritin

g sk

ill th

e te

ache

rev

alua

tes

a st

uden

t's a

bilit

y to

tran

sfer

sou

nd in

to w

ritte

n sy

mbo

ls, t

o sp

ell,

to m

anip

ulat

e th

e m

orph

olog

i-ca

l and

syn

tact

ical

asp

ects

of

the

lang

uage

as

wel

l as

the

voca

bula

ry. T

hequ

estio

n or

the

stim

ulus

at t

he e

lem

enta

ryle

vel s

houl

d be

car

eful

ly f

orm

u-la

ted

in o

rder

to e

licit

the

requ

ired

cont

rolle

d re

spon

se. A

t the

inte

rmed

iate

and

adva

nced

leve

ls it

ems

shou

ld c

all

for

free

r re

spon

ses.

An

eval

uatio

n of

wri

ting

in th

e el

emen

tary

sch

ool w

ill b

eru

dim

enta

ry if

the

skill

has

bee

n de

-ve

lope

d at

all.

Proc

edur

es1.

The

stu

dent

cop

ies

sim

ple

utte

ranc

esw

ith a

ttent

ion

also

pai

d to

pun

ctua

tion

and

diac

ritic

al m

arks

use

d in

the

lang

uage

.2.

A d

ialo

gue

or te

xt w

ithou

t any

punc

tuat

ion,

cap

italiz

atio

n, o

r pa

ragr

aph-

ing,

is g

iven

. The

stu

dent

rew

rite

sth

e te

xt w

ith c

orre

ct c

apita

lizat

ion,

pun

c-tu

atio

n, a

nd p

arag

raph

ing.

3. T

he s

tude

nt c

opie

s an

utte

ranc

ein

whi

ch h

e is

req

uest

ed to

mak

e a

di-

rect

ed o

r fr

ee c

hang

e of

an

item

.D

irec

ted:

I s

aw th

e ch

ild p

layi

ng.

Cue

: tw

oR

espo

nse:

I s

aw th

e tw

o ch

ildre

n pl

ayin

g.

Free

:I

saw

the

child

pla

ying

.I

saw

the

cat p

layi

ng.

72

Adv

ance

d fr

ee r

espo

nse:

I sa

w th

e gl

ub d

ubbi

ng.

(chi

ld p

layi

ng, o

r (T

wo

nons

ense

wor

ds w

hich

cat r

unni

ng, o

rte

st s

tude

nt's

gra

sp o

fdo

g ch

asin

g.)

stru

ctur

al m

eani

ng.)

4. T

he s

tude

nt c

ompl

etes

a s

tate

men

t in

acco

rdan

cew

ith th

e m

eani

ng s

ug-

gest

ed b

y a

pict

ure.

John

is e

atin

g.C

ue: p

ictu

re o

f an

app

leJo

hn is

eat

ing

an a

pple

.5.

An

utte

ranc

e or

sta

tem

ent i

s fl

ashe

d on

a s

cree

n.T

he s

tude

nt w

rite

s it

afte

rth

e vi

sual

imag

e ha

s be

en ta

ken

away

.6.

The

stu

dent

wri

tes

Ans

wer

s to

que

stio

ns

Wha

t's y

our

nam

e?M

y na

me

is A

nna

Hill

.

rejo

inde

rs to

giv

en u

ttera

nces

He'

s m

y fa

vori

te m

ovie

act

or.

rejo

inde

r: I

can

't st

and

him

.or

res

tate

men

ts o

f w

ritte

n st

atem

ents

Invi

te h

im to

spe

nd th

e w

eek

end

with

you

.W

ritte

n re

spon

se: H

ow w

ould

you

like

to s

pend

the

wee

kend

with

me?

or If a

t all

poss

ible

, com

e an

d sp

end

the

wee

kend

with

me.

7. T

he s

tude

nt m

ay b

e as

ked

to c

arry

out

one

of

the

follo

win

g:a.

Cha

nge

a st

ory

from

one

per

son

toan

othe

r, f

rom

one

tens

e to

ano

ther

,or

adj

ust t

he s

tory

to a

per

sona

lsitu

atio

nb.

Cha

nge

the

form

of

a st

ory

from

a d

ialo

gue

to a

narr

ativ

e or

vic

eve

rsa

c. W

rite

a s

ente

nce

usin

g th

e sa

me

stru

ctur

al p

atte

rn o

f th

e m

odel

sen

-te

nce

but u

sing

a d

iffe

rent

voc

abul

ary

Mod

el: T

he p

erso

n w

hom

he

saw

was

Joh

n.R

espo

nse:

The

hat

whi

ch h

e di

slik

ed w

ss im

port

ed8.

The

stu

dent

is p

rovi

ded

with

a p

assa

ge w

hich

has

a n

umbe

rof

wor

ds m

iss-

ing.

The

stu

dent

is to

rec

ogni

ze w

hich

wor

ds a

re to

be

adde

d an

d w

rite

them

in th

e pr

oper

bla

nks.

Tho

ugh

the

laun

drom

at is

a r

athe

r re

cent

fam

e is

inte

rnat

iona

l.a

grou

pA

fric

an s

tude

nts

arri

ved

Min

neap

olis

rec

ently

of th

eth

ings

they

wan

ted

was

suc

h an

.A

ccor

ding

to th

efo

reig

nus

ed th

em.

Not

e: I

f de

sire

d, a

glo

ssar

y of

term

s m

ay b

epr

ovid

ed, f

irst

lette

r cu

esgi

ven

or k

ind

of w

ord

spec

ifie

d, n

oun,

pro

noun

,for

exa

mpl

e.9.

The

stu

dent

is p

rovi

ded

with

wor

d cu

es.

Usi

ng th

em h

e w

rite

s a

sent

ence

,pa

ragr

aph,

or

dial

ogue

.C

ue: m

eans

, kno

w, d

o, I

, not

, wha

t, it.

Res

pons

e: I

do

not k

now

wha

t it m

eans

.10

. The

stu

dent

list

ens

twic

e to

a s

hort

pas

sage

of f

amili

ar s

ituat

iona

l and

Vt r ' :

3

4

lingu

istic

mat

eria

l. Se

vera

l que

stio

ns f

ollo

w a

nd th

e st

uden

t wri

tes

his

an-

swer

s. T

his

item

als

o te

sts

liste

ning

com

preh

ensi

on.

11. T

he s

tude

nt w

rite

s a

dire

cted

com

posi

tion

from

an

outli

ne in

Eng

lish

orin

the

targ

et la

ngua

ge.

"Wri

te a

lette

r to

you

r fr

iend

Bill

. Ask

him

how

he

isfe

elin

g. T

ell h

imth

at y

ou a

re g

oing

to s

pend

you

r su

mm

er in

Wyo

min

g.A

sk h

im if

he

has

ever

vis

ited

Lar

amie

, and

so

on."

12. T

he s

tude

nt s

umm

ariz

es a

sto

ry o

r pa

ragr

aph

byut

ilizi

ng th

e ex

pres

sion

sof

the

part

icul

ar p

assa

ge. A

t the

adv

ance

d le

vel t

he s

tude

nt m

ay u

sehi

sow

n w

ords

and

exp

ress

ions

.13

. Stu

dent

s ar

e gi

ven

a pi

ctur

e or

a s

erie

s of

pic

ture

s fo

rde

scri

ptio

n or

cre

a-tio

n of

a s

tory

..

14. T

he s

tude

nts

are

inst

ruct

ed to

rec

reat

e a

stor

y re

ad a

loud

by th

e te

ache

ror

a v

oice

on

tape

.T

estin

g C

ultu

ral I

nfor

mat

ion

Stud

ying

the

cultu

re o

f a

natio

n in

term

s of

its o

utst

andi

ng c

ontr

ibut

ions

toth

e ar

ts, c

raft

s, li

tera

ture

, soc

ial i

nstit

utio

ns,

and

scie

nce

is a

n im

port

ant o

bjec

-tiv

e in

the

stud

y of

a m

odem

lang

uage

. Suc

hkn

owle

dge

can

be te

sted

with

-ou

t muc

h di

ffic

ulty

in v

ario

us w

ays.

The

old

coo

pera

tive

mod

em la

ngua

ge te

sts

in th

e va

riou

s la

ngua

ges

devo

te a

n en

tire

sect

ion

tosu

ch c

ultu

ral i

nfor

mat

ion

and

know

ledg

e. T

hese

test

s ca

n be

obt

aine

dfr

om E

duca

tiona

l Tes

ting

Serv

ices

,Pr

ince

ton,

New

Jer

sey.

The

re is

ano

ther

impo

rtan

t asp

ect o

f cu

lture

whi

ch is

ess

entia

l in

atta

inin

ga

genu

ine

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

anot

her

peop

le. T

hat a

spec

t of

cultu

re w

hich

als

ode

eply

con

cern

s th

e an

thro

polo

gist

is th

e st

ruct

ural

sys

tem

of p

atte

rned

be-

havi

or, t

he w

ay o

f lif

e of

a p

eopl

e ra

ther

than

the

refi

nem

ent o

f a

peop

le. T

his

phas

e of

cul

ture

has

not

bee

n su

ffic

ient

ly s

tres

sed

inte

achi

ng a

nd h

as n

ot e

ven

been

touc

hed

in te

stin

g.T

he f

ollo

win

g ar

e so

me

sam

ples

whi

ch a

teac

her

coul

d us

e as

an

ince

ntiv

eto

dev

elop

his

ow

n te

sts

if h

e ha

s a

good

know

ledg

e of

the

patte

rns

of b

e-ha

vior

in th

e fo

reig

n cu

lture

as

wel

l as

his

own.

The

se it

ems

can

be c

on-

stru

cted

in E

nglis

h or

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge.

1. T

he b

righ

t ray

s of

the

sun

glis

ten

onth

e sn

ow a

nd f

ilter

thro

ugh

the

huge

win

dow

s. I

n th

e ce

nter

of

the

grea

t hal

lin

the

Kre

mlin

sta

nds

a hu

ge f

irtr

ee b

eaut

iful

ly d

ecor

ated

with

orn

amen

tsan

d sw

eets

of

all k

inds

. Hun

-dr

eds

of c

hild

ren

dres

sed

in th

eir

holid

ayfi

nery

for

m a

hug

e ci

rcle

and

sin

gan

d da

nce

arou

nd th

e tr

ee. T

he r

oom

is p

iled

high

with

gif

t pac

kage

s w

hich

o'ly

Gra

ndfa

ther

Fro

st w

ill s

hare

with

the

child

ren

duri

ng th

e co

urse

of

the

cele

brat

ion.

The

tim

e of

this

cel

ebra

tion

is:

1) J

anua

ry 1

2) D

ecem

ber

253)

Jan

uary

64)

Nov

embe

r 7

5) F

ebru

ary

2N

umbe

r 1

is th

e co

rrec

t ans

wer

.

2. Y

ou a

re in

a s

mal

l vill

age

25m

iles

outs

ide

of a

larg

e in

dust

rial

city

inG

erm

any.

Whi

ch o

f th

ese

situ

atio

ns a

reno

rmal

occ

urre

nces

with

out s

peci

alm

eani

ng?

73

You

vis

it a

fam

ily a

nd f

ind

the

follo

win

g in

cide

nts

taki

ngpl

ace

betw

een

6 an

d 8:

30 o

n a

Mon

day

mor

ning

:1)

One

mem

ber

of th

e fa

mily

cat

ches

the

scho

ol b

us to

go

toth

e W

is-

sent

scha

ftlic

he M

ittel

schu

le in

the

city

.2)

One

mem

ber

take

s th

e bu

s to

go

to th

e la

rge

auto

mob

ile f

acto

ry o

ut-

side

the

city

.3)

One

mem

ber

gets

into

the

fam

ily V

olks

wag

en to

go

to th

eci

ty to

do s

ome

shop

ping

.4)

One

mem

ber

of th

e fa

mily

milk

s th

e co

w a

nd ta

kes

care

of

the

farm

chor

es.

5) O

ne m

embe

r is

stil

l eat

ing

a br

eakf

ast o

f or

ange

juic

e, to

ast,

ham

and

eggs

, and

cof

fee.

Num

bers

2, 3

, and

4 a

re n

orm

al o

ccur

renc

es.

3. U

nive

rsity

stu

dent

s ar

e si

tting

in th

e la

rge

hall

liste

ning

to a

lect

ure

bein

ggi

ven

by a

pro

fess

or. T

hey

are

stam

ping

thei

r fe

et1)

To

show

dis

agre

emen

t2)

To

show

ent

husi

astic

app

rova

l3)

To

-;po

w im

patie

nce

beca

use

the

prof

esso

r is

lect

urin

g ov

ertim

e4)

To

show

dis

com

fort

bec

ause

the

clas

sroo

m is

col

d5)

Bec

ause

it is

the

cust

om to

do

this

at t

he e

nd o

f a

lect

ure

Num

ber

2 is

the

best

pos

sibl

e an

swer

.

4. Y

ou a

re in

a c

afe

in S

pain

and

you

wis

h to

cal

l the

wai

ter

to in

dica

te th

atyo

u ha

ve c

hang

ed y

our

min

d an

d yo

uw

ish

to o

rder

som

ethi

ng e

lse.

You

wou

ld1)

Cla

p yo

ur h

ands

abo

ve y

our

head

2) S

nap

your

rin

gers

3) T

ry to

cat

ch th

e w

aite

r's e

ye4)

Sta

nd u

pT

he c

orre

ct a

nsw

er is

1.

Adv

ance

d Pl

acem

ent

In th

e la

st d

ecad

e th

e qu

estio

n of

Adv

ance

d Pl

acem

ent h

as r

epea

tedl

y ar

isen

as s

econ

dary

sch

ools

hav

e re

vise

d ce

rtai

ncu

rric

ula

with

the

inte

nt o

f m

ore

adeq

uate

ly p

repa

ring

the

stud

ents

for

thei

r fu

ture

wor

k in

col

lege

. The

col-

lege

s in

turn

, eag

er to

cap

italiz

e on

the

addi

tiona

l pre

para

tion

on th

e pa

rtof

thei

r en

teri

ng s

tude

nts,

hav

e ut

ilize

d te

sts

know

n as

Adv

ance

d Pl

acem

ent T

ests

,w

hich

mea

sure

the

stud

ent's

bac

kgro

und

and

know

ledg

e in

ord

er to

pla

ce h

imin

adv

ance

d co

urse

s an

d th

us a

void

the

repe

titio

n of

sec

onda

ry s

choo

l tra

inin

g.St

rong

sec

onda

ry s

choo

ls h

ave

been

will

ing

and

able

to p

repa

re th

eir

stud

ents

so s

ucce

ssfu

lly th

at m

any

can

ente

rse

cond

or

thir

d ye

ar c

olle

ge c

ours

es in

thei

rfr

eshm

an y

ear.

The

Col

lege

Ent

ranc

e E

xam

inat

ion

Boa

rd o

n A

dvan

ced

Plac

emen

t sup

plie

sex

amin

atio

ns to

inte

rest

ed s

tude

nts

at s

peci

fied

tim

es. T

he r

esul

ts, a

long

with

the

exam

inat

ions

them

selv

es a

nd th

e st

uden

ts' a

nsw

ers,

are

then

dis

trib

uted

to th

e co

llege

s an

d un

iver

sitie

s at

the

indi

vidu

al s

tude

nt m

ight

indi

cate

. The

coop

erat

ing

scho

ols

will

'hen

adm

it th

e st

uden

t to

an a

dvan

ced

cour

se, d

e-pe

ndin

g on

the

info

rmat

ion

gain

ed f

rom

the

exam

inat

ion

and

the

answ

ers.

The

plac

emen

t of

the

stud

ent i

n th

e co

llege

pro

gram

rem

ains

the

prer

ogat

ive

ofth

e in

divi

dual

col

lege

. Col

lege

s ha

ve d

evel

oped

two

diff

eren

t pra

ctic

es: e

ither

adva

nced

pla

cem

ent w

ith o

r w

ithou

t cre

dit.

Bot

h sy

stem

s af

ford

the

inco

m-

ing

stud

ent w

ith a

n ad

vant

age

and

good

stu

dent

s sh

ould

be

enco

urag

ed to

par

-tic

ipat

e in

the

prog

ram

. Man

y co

llege

s do

not

belo

ng to

the

Adv

ance

d Pl

ace-

men

t Pro

gram

and

adm

inis

ter

thei

r ow

n pl

acem

ent e

xam

inat

ions

.O

ther

seq

uate

one

yea

r of

sec

onda

ry s

choo

llan

guag

e st

udy

with

one

sem

este

r of

col

-le

ge a

nd p

lace

the

stud

ent i

n th

e co

rres

pond

ing

cour

sew

ithou

t any

for

mal

test

ing

prog

ram

.T

he A

dvan

ced

Plac

emen

t Pro

gram

had

incr

ease

d co

nsid

erab

ly in

the

past

few

yea

rs a

nd u

ndou

bted

ly it

ssi

gnif

ican

ce w

ill c

ontin

ue to

gro

w a

s m

ore

seco

ndar

y sc

hool

s re

vise

and

impr

ove

thei

rcu

rric

ula.

Adv

ance

d Pl

acem

ent i

sa

mea

ns o

f he

lpin

gth

e st

uden

t ben

efit

mor

e fr

om h

is c

olle

geed

ucat

ion

bygr

antin

g hi

m r

ecog

nitio

n fo

r hi

s ef

fort

and

suc

cess

in h

is s

econ

dary

sch

ool c

a-re

er.

A w

ord

of c

autio

n ne

eds

to b

e sa

idw

ith r

egar

d to

this

pro

gram

. With

out

a w

ell-

qual

ifie

d, n

ear

nativ

e la

ngua

ge te

ache

r th

e A

dvan

ced

Plac

emen

t Pro

-gr

am c

an v

itiat

e th

e pr

ogre

ssof

the

stud

ent w

ho h

as b

een

trai

ned

in th

e au

-di

o-lin

gual

app

roac

h by

hav

ing

the

cour

se tu

rnou

t to

be a

ser

ies

of le

ctur

esin

Eng

lish

on th

e lit

erar

y hi

stor

y of

the

fore

ign

coun

try

acco

mpa

nied

by

stu-

dent

s la

bori

ousl

y de

codi

ng s

elec

tions

from

the

grea

t mas

terp

iece

s. T

he P

ro-

gram

sho

uld

not b

een

tere

d up

on u

nles

s th

e st

uden

ts h

ave

had

a go

od f

our

year

s of

inte

nsiv

eau

dio-

lingu

al tr

aini

ng in

the

lang

uage

as

it is

spok

en to

day.

Sugg

este

d R

eadi

ngs

Bro

oks,

Nel

son.

Lan

guag

e an

dL

angu

age

Lea

rnin

g: T

heor

y an

dPr

actic

e. H

ar-

cour

t,1964.

Cha

pter

XV

Eva

luat

ive

Cri

teri

a. W

ashi

ngto

n,D

. C.:

Nat

iona

l Stu

dy o

f Se

cond

ary

Scho

ol

Eva

luat

ion,

196

0.E

valu

ativ

e C

rite

ria

for

Juni

orH

igh

Scho

ols.

Was

hing

ton,

D. C

.:N

atio

nal

Stud

y of

Sec

onda

ry S

choo

lEva

luat

ion,

196

0.

74

Lad

o, R

ober

t. L

angu

age

Tes

ting.

McG

raw

,1964.

ML

A C

oope

rativ

e Fo

reig

n L

angu

age

Tes

ts.

Prin

ceto

n, N

ew J

erse

y: E

duca

-tio

nal T

estin

g Se

rvic

e,1964.

Ava

ilabl

e in

Fre

nch,

Ger

man

, Ita

lian,

Rus

sian

,Sp

anis

h. T

here

are

two

leve

ls a

nd tw

o fo

rms

atea

ch le

vel.

Lad

e, R

ober

t. L

angu

age

Tea

chin

g, A

Scie

ntif

ic A

ppro

ach.

McG

raw

,1964.

Cha

pter

XV

I.

*it

1.11

11.1

0nom

iwi-

4--

4

se,

-41

I

Cha

pter

VII

TH

E F

OR

EIG

N L

AN

GU

AG

E C

LA

SSR

OO

M, T

HE

FO

RE

IGN

LA

NG

UA

GE

LA

BO

RA

TO

RY

, AN

D T

HE

EL

EC

TR

ON

IC C

LA

SSR

OO

M

Alo

ng w

ith th

e ch

ange

s in

the

obje

ctiv

es a

nd te

chni

ques

bein

g us

ed in

for

-ei

gn la

ngua

ge in

stru

ctio

n, f

acili

ties

for

mod

em f

orei

gnla

ngua

ge c

lass

es m

ust

also

cha

nge.

The

trad

ition

al c

lass

room

des

igne

d fo

r re

adin

gan

d w

ritin

g pr

ac-

tice

mus

t be

mod

ifie

d to

allo

w f

or th

e us

e of

ele

ctro

mec

hani

eal

equi

pmen

t.A

s ad

junc

ts to

the

clas

sroo

m, m

any

scho

ols

are

addi

ng la

ngua

ge la

bora

tori

es,

room

s w

ith e

xten

sive

inst

alla

tions

of

equi

pmen

t for

lang

uage

list

enin

g an

dsp

eaki

ng p

ract

ice.

Som

e sc

hool

s ar

ete

mpt

ing

to c

ombi

ne th

e cl

assr

oom

and

the

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry in

a c

onve

rtib

le in

stal

latio

n us

ually

refe

rred

to a

s th

eel

ectr

onic

cla

ssro

om. T

hese

fac

ilitie

s ar

e im

port

ant t

ools

inpr

ovid

ing

the

teac

her

and

the

stud

ent w

ith th

e be

st p

ossi

ble

envi

ronm

ent f

or le

arni

ng th

e fo

r-ei

gn la

ngua

ge.

Muc

h tim

e m

ust b

e de

vote

d to

pla

nnin

g th

ese

new

fac

ilitie

sif

eac

h hi

ghsc

hool

you

th is

to o

btai

n th

roug

h th

eir

use

the

max

imum

ben

efit

in le

arni

ngth

e ne

w la

ngua

ge. L

ogic

al s

teps

in p

lann

ing

incl

ude

the

follo

win

g:1.

The

goa

ls f

or e

ach

year

of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

stu

dyan

d pl

ans

for

achi

evin

g th

ese

goal

s m

ust b

e de

term

ined

. Cur

rent

lyit

is g

ener

ally

fel

tth

at p

upils

will

use

the

labo

rato

ry m

ost i

n be

ginn

ing

year

sw

hen

deve

lop-

ing

audi

o-lin

gual

ski

lls, a

nd le

ss la

ter

whe

n re

adin

g an

dw

ritin

g re

-qu

ire

larg

er a

mou

nts

of ti

me.

1° A

s m

ater

ials

are

dev

elop

edan

d te

ache

rsbe

com

e m

ore

fam

iliar

with

labo

rato

ry te

chni

ques

, aco

ntin

ued

exte

nsiv

eus

e of

the

labo

rato

ry c

an b

e ob

serv

edat

mor

e ad

vanc

ed le

vels

of

inst

ruc-

tion.

Fac

ilitie

s pr

ovid

ed f

or te

ache

rs s

houl

d be

fle

xibl

een

ough

to b

ead

apta

ble

to th

e di

ffer

ent i

ndiv

idua

ls w

ho w

ill u

se th

em.

2. T

each

ers

mus

t dec

ide

whi

ch le

arni

ng a

ctiv

ities

can

best

be

done

in th

ecl

assr

oom

and

whi

ch a

re m

ore

adva

ntag

eous

for

the

labo

rato

ry. C

aref

ulin

tegr

atio

n be

twee

n th

e cl

assr

oom

and

the

labo

rato

ry m

ust b

e ke

pt in

min

d.3.

The

bes

t pla

nnin

g of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

clas

sroo

m a

nd th

e fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

will

res

ult f

rom

team

wor

k.T

he te

am s

houl

d in

clud

efo

reig

n la

ngua

ge te

ache

rs o

n th

e st

aff,

sch

ool

adm

inis

trat

ors,

con

sulta

nts

in f

orei

gn la

ngua

ges

in lo

cal c

olle

ges

and

the

Stat

eD

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

-ca

tion.

The

team

sho

uld

seek

the

prof

essi

onal

advi

ce o

f ar

chite

cts,

eng

i-

"Hay

es m

akes

the

follo

win

g st

atem

ent i

n L

angu

age

Lab

orat

ory

Faci

litie

s, o

npa

ges

21-2

2. "

The

spe

cial

pupi

l-te

ache

r ra

ppor

t nec

essa

ry in

the

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l,th

e sh

orte

r at

tent

ion

span

of

youn

gch

ildre

n, a

nd th

e sp

ecia

l adm

inis

trat

ive

prob

-le

ms

at th

is le

vel t

end

to m

ilita

te a

gain

stth

e us

e of

ful

l-sc

ale

lang

uage

labo

rato

ries

belo

w g

rade

sev

en .

..

Con

tinue

d re

sear

ch a

nd e

xper

imen

tatio

n on

the

use

of s

uch

equi

pmen

t in

the

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l sho

uld

been

cour

aged

, how

ever

, sin

ce c

oncr

ete

evid

ence

of

the

way

in w

hich

its

effe

ctiv

enes

sdi

ffer

s fo

r di

ffer

ent a

ge g

roup

s is

alm

ost

who

lly la

ckin

g."

75

neer

s, e

lect

roni

c te

chni

cian

s, a

ndm

anuf

actu

rers

' rep

rese

ntat

ives

and

shou

ld e

mpl

oy a

con

sulta

nt to

hel

p pl

an a

nd d

o th

e fi

nal

chec

king

of

elec

tron

ic e

quip

men

t. T

he f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge c

onsu

ltant

of

the

Stat

e D

e-pa

rtm

ent s

houl

d be

con

tact

ed f

or a

list

ing

of a

vaila

ble

cons

ulta

nts.

For

info

rmat

ion

aboa

t mod

ern

fore

ign

lang

uage

fac

ilitie

s w

rite

to th

eD

irec

-to

r of

the

Scho

ol P

lant

Con

stru

ctio

n se

ctio

n of

the

Dep

artm

ent.

4. T

he te

am s

houl

d vi

sit f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge c

lass

room

s an

d la

bora

tori

esin

othe

r sc

hool

sys

tem

s. T

he m

embe

rs s

houl

d ob

serv

e th

ese

faci

litie

sin

oper

atio

n an

d be

ale

rt to

any

new

impr

ovem

ent t

hat w

ill s

erve

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

teac

her

and

impr

ove

the

oppo

rtun

ities

for

lear

ning

.5.

Fin

al p

lans

and

spe

cifi

catio

ns s

houl

d m

eet t

he te

am's

req

uire

men

tsfo

rel

ectr

onic

fac

ilitie

s w

hich

will

bes

t acc

ompl

ish

educ

atio

nal o

bjec

tives

inte

achi

ng f

orei

gn la

ngua

ges.

Fin

al p

lans

sho

uld

follo

w th

e in

stru

ctio

nsan

d gu

idel

ines

in th

e C

ounc

il of

Chi

ef S

tate

Sch

ool O

ffic

ers'

,Pu

rcha

seG

uide

for

Pro

gram

s in

Sci

ence

, Mat

hem

atic

s, M

oder

n Fo

reig

n L

an-

guag

es, p

p. 2

6-28

,163

-287

11, a

nd in

the

Supp

lem

ent t

o Pu

rcha

se G

uide

for

Prog

ram

s in

Sci

ence

, Mat

hem

atic

s, M

oder

n Fo

reig

n L

angu

ages

.12

The

For

eign

Lan

guag

e C

lass

room

In f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge in

stru

ctio

n, th

e cl

assr

oom

and

the

labo

rato

ry f

orm

an

effe

ctiv

e co

mbi

natio

n of

tool

s fo

r le

arni

ng. T

he c

lass

room

is th

e fa

cilit

y in

whi

ch th

e te

ache

r in

trod

uces

new

mat

eria

l for

late

r pr

actic

e in

the

labo

rato

ry.

Eff

ectiv

e la

bora

tory

stu

dy r

esul

ts f

rom

pre

limin

ary

drill

ing

in th

e cl

assr

oom

.G

ener

ally

, aft

er la

bora

tory

dri

ll th

e cl

assr

oom

pro

vide

s re

al o

ppor

tuni

ty f

orpr

actic

e of

the

lang

uage

as

true

com

mun

icat

ion

betw

een

teac

her

and

pupi

lsan

d am

ong

pupi

ls. L

angu

age

is c

ombi

ned

with

oth

er b

ehav

iora

l pat

tern

s, g

es-

ture

s, f

or e

xam

ple,

whi

ch f

orm

the

tota

l com

mun

icat

ion

proc

ess.

Thu

s, th

ecl

assr

oom

pro

vide

s a

lifel

ike

test

ing

grou

nd f

or u

se o

f th

e sp

oken

lang

uage

.T

he la

ngua

ge c

lass

room

is u

sed

for

wor

k in

rea

ding

and

wri

ting

in th

e fo

r-ei

gn la

ngua

ge. I

t mus

t pro

vide

fac

ilitie

s fo

r la

rge

and

smal

l gro

up w

ork.

In

shor

t, it

mus

t be

a fl

exib

le f

acili

ty f

or p

erfe

ctin

g th

e lis

teni

ng, s

peak

ing,

rea

d-in

g, a

nd w

ritin

g sk

ills.

Sugg

este

d Sp

ecif

icat

ions

for

the

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

e C

lass

room

Cha

nges

in s

econ

dary

sch

ool c

lass

room

s ha

ve r

esul

ted

from

cha

ngin

g m

eth-

ods

of in

stru

ctio

n an

d ch

angi

ng ty

pes

of c

lass

room

act

iviti

es. N

owhe

re is

this

mor

e tr

ue th

an in

the

case

of

the

teac

hing

of

mod

ern

fore

ign

lang

uage

s.T

he p

hilo

soph

y of

teac

hing

mod

em f

orei

gn la

ngua

ges

has

chan

ged

com

plet

ely

Gin

n an

d C

o., 1

959

"Gin

n an

d C

o., 1

961

in th

e la

st tw

ode

cade

s. T

oday

the

audi

o-lin

gual

met

hod

with

its

emph

asis

on

liste

n, s

peak

, rea

d, w

rite

,in

that

ord

er, i

s w

inni

ng g

row

ing

acce

ptan

ceby

teac

hers

of

fore

ign

lang

uage

san

d sc

hool

adm

inis

trat

ors.

Spec

ial f

eatu

res

are

need

ed f

orth

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge c

lass

room

to m

eett

hese

new

dem

ands

.T

he f

irst

con

cern

will

be

the

size

of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

cla

ss-

room

. The

det

erm

inin

gfa

ctor

s ar

e L

s fo

llow

s:1.

How

man

y st

uden

ts a

rego

ing

to o

ccup

y th

is c

lass

room

in a

ny s

ingl

ecl

ass

peri

od?

Wha

t will

be

the

larg

est n

umbe

r du

ring

any

one

cla

ss p

e-ri

od?

If o

ne a

ssum

es th

at n

o cl

ass

will

exce

ed 3

0 st

uden

ts in

num

ber

and

that

30

squa

re f

eet p

er p

upil

isal

low

ed, t

he c

lass

room

will

hav

e to

mea

-su

re a

ppro

xim

atel

y 90

0 sq

uare

feet

.It

mus

t be

kept

in m

ind

that

the

num

ber

of s

tude

nts

who

will

occ

upy

the

room

at o

ne ti

me

and

the

activ

ities

they

are

to p

erfo

rm a

reba

sic

in p

lan-

ning

the

size

of

the

clas

sroo

m.

2. L

arge

gro

up te

achi

ng is

apo

ssib

ility

that

mus

t be

cons

ider

edin

mak

ing

plan

s fo

r th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

gecl

assr

oom

. Ent

husi

asm

for

exp

erim

enta

-tio

n on

the

part

of

the

auth

oriti

esan

d th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge te

ache

rs m

ayop

en p

ossi

bilit

ies

for

the

use

of la

rge

clas

sroo

ms

all p

urpo

se r

oom

s,lit

tle th

eate

rs, o

r au

dito

rium

sas

for

eign

lang

uage

clas

sre-

-)m

s. T

he f

or-

eign

lang

uage

labo

rato

rysu

pple

men

ts th

e la

rge

clas

sroo

m f

orad

ditio

nal

indi

vidu

al w

ork.

3. E

ach

clas

sroo

m s

houl

d ha

veth

e pr

oper

aco

ustic

al tr

eatm

ent.

The

cei

ling

of th

e ro

om s

houl

d be

acou

stic

ally

trea

ted.

Par

alle

l bla

nkw

alls

sho

uld

be tr

eate

d on

one

wal

l or

tiles

may

be

inst

alle

d on

the

top

port

ion

of

seve

ral w

alls

.4.

Eac

h cl

assr

oom

sho

uld

be s

uppl

ied

with

a lo

ud-s

peak

erof

hig

h qu

ality

resp

onse

, 36-

14,0

00 c

ps.;

cros

sove

rat

2,0

00 c

ps.,

capa

city

, 25

wat

ts,i

m-

peda

nce

16 o

hms.

The

spe

aker

shou

ld b

e ce

ntra

lly m

ount

ed o

nth

e fr

ont

wal

l sev

en f

eet f

rom

the

floo

rbu

t cle

ar o

f th

e w

all s

cree

n. I

tsh

ould

be p

ossi

ble

to p

lay

tne

tape

rec

orde

r,th

e re

cord

pla

yer,

or

to li

sten

toth

e so

und

trac

k of

a f

ilm th

roug

hth

e sp

eake

r w

hen

desi

red.

5. T

he li

ghtin

g sh

ould

be

inca

ndes

cent

or

stat

ic r

esis

tors

sho

uld

be in

stal

led

on f

luor

esce

ntlig

hts.

Ade

quat

e el

ectr

ical

out

lets

shou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed. A

dequ

ate

elec

tric

alou

t-le

ts a

re d

efin

ed a

s si

x ou

tlets

:loca

ted

as f

ollo

ws

two

at th

e fr

ont o

fth

e ro

om; f

our

addi

iona

lou

tlets

loca

ted

in s

uch

a w

ay th

at tw

o ar

edi

stri

bute

d on

eac

h si

de, e

quid

ista

ntfr

ont a

nd b

ack,

plu

gmol

d at

the

rear

of th

e ro

om w

ith te

n ou

tlets

min

imum

. All

outle

ts s

houl

d be

36

inch

esab

ove

the

floo

r.6.

The

cha

lkbc

zrd

sho

uld

beap

prox

imat

ely

20 li

neal

fee

t, 42

inch

eshi

gh

on th

e fr

ont

wal

l. C

onsi

dera

tion

shou

ld b

egi

ven

to h

avin

g ad

ditio

nal

chal

kboa

rd o

n on

e si

de o

f th

e ro

om.

A ta

ckbo

ard

that

isap

prox

imat

ely

20 li

neal

fee

t, 42

inch

eshi

gh s

houl

dbe

pro

vide

d on

one

sid

e an

d/or

the

rear

of

the

room

.A

dis

play

are

a th

at c

onsi

sts

of a

com

bina

tion

map

rai

l and

tack

stri

p at

the

top

rail

of th

e ch

alk

and

tack

boar

ds s

houl

d be

pro

vide

d.7.

At t

he r

ear

of th

e fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge c

lass

room

at t

he p

rope

r he

ight

, ast

uden

t wor

k co

unte

r sh

ould

be p

rovi

ded.

The

cou

nter

sho

uld

be n

otle

ss

than

20

feet

long

and

thre

efe

et w

ide.

Ten

hea

dpho

nes

shou

ld b

e pr

o-vi

ded

at th

is lo

catio

n. T

he te

nst

uden

t pos

ition

s m

ust b

e co

nnec

ted

to

76

the

prog

ram

sou

rce

at th

e te

ache

r'sde

sk. W

irin

g be

twee

n th

e pr

ogra

mso

urce

and

the

stud

ent

posi

tion

may

run

via

a f

lat f

loor

mol

dco

ndui

t or

alon

g a

side

wal

l. E

ach

stud

ent p

ositi

onsh

ould

hav

e a

head

phon

e ja

ckan

d a

volu

me

cont

rol.

An

alte

rnat

e st

uden

t wor

k co

unte

ris

als

o av

aila

ble.

Ins

tead

of

each

po-

sitio

n ha

ving

sim

ply

a he

adph

one

jack

and

volu

me

cont

rol,

each

stu

dent

posi

tion

coul

d ha

ve a

sta

ndar

d ha

lf-t

rack

tape

reco

rder

with

hea

dpho

nes.

Thi

s al

tern

ate

plan

allo

ws

each

stu

dent

tom

ake

his

own

copy

of

the

teac

her's

less

on m

ater

ial o

n ta

pe a

nd to

proc

eed

with

his

stu

dy o

f it

athi

s ow

n ra

te o

f le

arni

ng.

The

For

eign

Lan

guag

e L

abor

ator

yA

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry is

an

inst

alla

tion

of e

leoA

rom

echa

nica

l equ

ipm

ent

prov

idin

g th

e st

uden

t with

tape

topr

actic

e th

e au

dio-

lingu

al a

spec

ts o

f th

ela

ngua

ge ju

st a

s a

conv

entio

nal l

angu

age

text

book

giv

es th

e st

uden

t pra

ctic

e in

read

ing

and

wri

ting.

The

bas

ic p

rinc

iple

sup

port

ing

the

use

of a

fore

ign

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry a

reim

port

ant i

n un

ders

tand

ing

its v

alue

info

reig

n la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng. T

hey

are

asfo

llow

s:1.

A la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

can

supp

lem

ent a

nd im

plem

ent t

he w

ork

done

inth

e cl

assr

oom

, but

it c

anno

t rep

lace

the

teac

her.

In

fact

, the

pre

senc

e of

that

teac

her

as m

onito

r in

the

labo

rato

ryha

s a

dem

onst

rabl

y be

nefi

cial

effe

ct o

n le

arni

ng.

2. M

ater

ials

use

d in

the

labo

rato

ry m

ust

be w

ell-

prep

ared

and

org

aniz

ed,

and

mus

t be

utili

zed

in c

lose

cor

rela

tion

with

cla

ss w

ork.

3. P

ract

ice

in s

peak

ing

and

liste

ning

rein

forc

e an

d ar

e re

info

rced

by

read

-in

g an

d w

ritin

g, th

us u

tiliz

ing

all p

ossi

ble

aven

ues

of le

arni

ng.

4. L

abor

ator

y re

cord

ings

can

pro

vide

ava

riet

y of

nat

ive

voic

es a

s m

odel

sfo

r pr

onun

ciat

ion

and

into

natio

n.Fu

rthe

rmor

e, th

ey o

ffer

the

poss

ibili

-ty

of

repr

esen

ting

regi

onal

var

iatio

nsin

nat

ive

spee

ch p

atte

rns.

5. R

ecor

ding

s m

ade

at n

orm

al s

peed

of s

peak

ing

can

be li

sten

ed to

man

ytim

es, t

hus

elim

inat

ing

the

tem

ptat

ion

of s

low

ing

dow

n th

e pa

ce a

nddi

stor

ting

the

artic

ulat

ion,

pro

nunc

iatio

n, a

ndin

tona

tion

of th

e ut

ter-

ance

s.6.

Tap

e pr

ogra

ms

can

prov

ide

auth

entic

, con

sist

ent,

untir

ing

mod

els

ofsp

eech

for

imita

tion

and

drill

.7.

The

use

of

head

phon

es a

nd b

ooth

sgi

ves

the

stud

ent a

sen

se o

f is

olat

ion

and

an in

timat

e co

ntac

t with

the

lang

uage

and

an

equa

l cla

rity

of

soun

dis

ass

ured

all

stud

ents

.8.

The

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry h

elps

ast

uden

t ove

rcom

e hi

s ne

rvou

snes

s an

dse

lf-c

onsc

ious

ness

in o

ral e

xpre

ssio

n by

allo

win

ghi

m to

mak

e hi

s in

itial

erro

rs in

pri

vate

.9.

A la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

pro

vide

s an

oppo

rtun

ity f

or a

ll st

uden

ts to

dri

llin

divi

dual

ly a

nd s

imul

tane

ousl

y th

ereb

y he

lpin

gth

em to

ach

ieve

ora

lco

mpe

tenc

e.10

. The

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry a

llow

sfo

r in

divi

dual

dif

fere

nces

as

it ca

n ac

-co

mm

odat

e si

mul

tane

ousl

y st

uden

ts in

nee

dof

spe

cial

rem

e-lia

l dri

ll,gr

oups

wor

king

on

the

regu

lar

daily

ass

ignm

ents

, and

adv

ance

d st

u-de

nts

wor

king

for

enr

ichm

ent o

r w

ithac

cele

rate

d m

ater

ials

.11

. In

the

labo

rato

ry th

e fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge te

ache

r is

abl

e to

foc

us h

is a

t-

tent

ion

on th

e in

divi

dual

stu

dent

's p

erfo

rman

ce w

ithou

t hav

ing

to in

-te

rrup

t the

wor

k of

the

grou

p.12

. Lab

orat

ory

wor

k pe

rmits

the

stud

ent t

o co

rrec

t his

res

pons

e im

med

i-at

ely

by c

ompa

ring

it w

ith th

at o

f th

e m

aste

r vo

ice.

It a

lso

faci

litat

esco

rrec

tion

by th

e te

ache

r w

h )

can

liste

n to

the

stud

ent r

ecor

ding

.13

. The

labo

rato

ry f

acili

tate

s tl.

e te

stin

g of

list

enin

g co

mpr

ehen

sion

and

the

spea

king

ski

ll.14

. Tea

cher

s ar

e pr

ovid

ed w

ith a

n op

port

unity

to im

prov

e th

eir

own

pro-

fici

ency

in u

nder

stan

ding

and

spe

akin

g th

e la

ngua

ge.

15. T

he 't

each

er c

an u

se th

e tim

e fo

rmer

ly u

sed

in r

outin

e cl

ass

drill

s to

conc

entr

ate

on im

agin

ativ

e an

d fl

exib

le la

ngua

ge p

ract

ice

duri

ng th

ele

sson

s co

nduc

ted

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge c

lass

room

.16

. In

orde

r fo

r th

e la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

to b

ecom

e an

inte

gral

par

t of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

lear

ning

pro

cess

, aut

hori

ties

in th

e fi

eld

now

reco

m-

men

d th

at a

min

imum

of

two

clas

s ho

urs

a w

eek

be s

pent

in th

e la

bora

-to

ry w

ith m

onito

ring

by

the

inst

ruct

or.

Tec

hnic

al A

spec

ts o

f th

e Fo

reig

n L

angu

age

Lab

orat

ory

Kin

ds o

f Y

. ang

uage

Lab

orat

orie

s. A

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry g

ener

ally

con

-s'

" -

t3 o

f a

room

occ

upie

d by

stu

dent

boo

ths

or s

talls

. The

boo

ths

are

wir

edto

a c

entr

al c

ontr

ol c

onso

le w

hich

dis

trib

utes

pro

gram

s fo

r pu

pil a

udio

ling

ual

stud

y. W

ithin

this

bas

ic c

once

pt th

ere

are,

how

ever

, a n

umbe

r of

dif

fere

ntty

pes

of la

ngua

ge la

bora

tori

es w

hich

ser

ve d

iffe

rent

pur

pose

s:a.

In

the

audi

o-pa

ssiv

e la

bora

tory

the

stud

ent s

impl

y lis

tens

to m

ater

ials

reco

rded

by

the

teac

her

or b

y a

nativ

e sp

eake

r. I

f th

e st

uden

t res

pond

sdu

ring

pau

ses

on th

e ta

pe, h

e ne

ither

hea

rs h

inrx

h: th

roug

h he

adph

ones

nor

reco

rds

his

resp

onse

s. I

n L

angu

age

Lab

orat

ory

Faci

litie

s, A

lfre

d S.

Hay

es 1

3 ha

s id

entif

ied

syst

ems

of th

is ty

pe a

s th

ose

empl

oyin

g1)

a ta

pe r

ecor

der

or p

hono

grap

h w

ith a

bui

lt-in

loud

spe

aker

2) a

tape

rec

orde

r or

pho

nogr

aph

with

an

exte

rnal

am

plif

ier

and

a hi

ghqu

ality

spe

aker

, or

spea

kers

, ins

talle

d in

or

on w

alls

or

the

ceili

ngof

the

room

3) a

tape

rec

orde

r(s)

, or

tape

pla

yer(

s), o

r a

phon

ogra

ph, w

ith in

di-

divi

dual

hea

dpho

nes

b. T

he n

ext b

asic

type

of

labo

rato

ry is

an

audi

o-ac

tive

labo

rato

ry. }

yore

the

stud

ent h

ears

him

self

ele

ctro

nica

lly a

s he

res

pond

s to

the

stim

uli o

nth

e m

aste

r ta

pe. T

his

syst

em c

onsi

sts

of th

e fo

llow

ing

equi

pmen

t: pr

o-gr

am s

ourc

es, h

eadp

hone

s fo

r gr

oup

prac

tice,

and

mic

roph

ones

and

ampl

ific

atio

n to

mak

e th

e sy

stem

aud

io-a

ctiv

e.c.

The

re is

a th

ird

basi

c ty

pe o

f la

bora

tory

inst

alla

tion

calle

d th

e au

dio-

activ

e co

mpa

rativ

e sy

stem

. Thi

s sy

stem

is th

e sa

me

as th

e au

dio-

activ

e3n

e de

scri

bed

abov

e w

ith th

e ad

ditio

n of

sep

arat

e re

cord

ing

faci

lites

such

as

a ta

pe d

eck

for

indi

vidu

al s

tude

nts.

Bot

h th

e au

dio-

activ

e an

d th

e au

dio-

activ

e-co

mpa

rativ

e la

bora

tori

es m

ayha

ve f

acili

ties

for

inte

rcom

mun

icat

ion

betw

een

teac

her

and

pupi

l, pu

pil a

ndpu

pil,

and

mon

itori

ng d

evic

es f

rom

the

prog

ram

cen

ter.

Lab

orat

orie

s m

ay b

e us

ed f

or e

ither

gro

up o

r in

divi

dual

stu

dy. I

n a

grou

p-

"U.S

. Dep

t. of

Hea

lth, E

duca

tion,

and

Wel

fare

, 196

3. H

ayes

' tex

t als

o lis

ts th

epr

inci

ple

func

tions

of

each

type

of

labo

rato

ry, a

long

with

thei

r ad

vant

ages

and

limita

tions

.

77

stud

y la

bora

tory

all

stud

ents

list

en a

t the

sam

e tim

e to

a r

ecor

ding

ori

gina

ting

from

a r

emot

e so

urce

, a c

onso

le. T

he in

divi

dual

-stu

dy la

bora

tory

is o

ne in

whi

ch e

ach

stud

ent p

ositi

on is

equ

ippe

d w

ith r

ecor

ding

and

/or

play

back

equ

ip-

men

t and

eac

h st

uden

t has

a c

opy

of th

e te

ache

r's m

aste

r ta

pe w

hich

he

can

stop

, sta

rt, a

nd r

ewin

d as

he

wis

hes.

Suc

h an

indi

vidu

al-s

tudy

labo

rato

ry m

ayal

so b

e us

ed f

or g

roup

stu

dy.

The

aud

io. a

ctiv

e in

divi

dual

-stu

dy la

bora

tory

with

fac

ilitie

s fo

r re

cord

ing

is u

sual

ly th

e m

ost d

esir

able

. Suc

h a

labo

rato

ry b

est t

akes

into

con

side

ratio

nin

divi

dual

dif

fere

nces

am

ong

pupi

ls, p

erm

its in

divi

dual

test

ing,

and

allo

ws

for

flex

ible

use

. How

ever

, it i

s al

so th

e m

ost d

iffi

cult

to m

aint

ain

and

oper

ate.

Serv

ice

cost

s w

ill in

evita

bly

be h

ighe

r.2.

Phy

sica

l fac

ilitie

s. T

he s

ize

of th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

isan

im-

port

ant c

onsi

dera

tion.

The

fac

ilitie

s of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry s

houl

dbe

larg

e en

ough

to a

ccom

mod

ate

the

num

ber

of s

tude

nts

in th

e la

rger

cla

ss,

addi

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s ne

eded

in r

eser

ve f

or o

ccas

iona

lus

e fo

r in

divi

dual

stu

dyor

mak

eup,

plu

s re

serv

e un

its f

or u

se w

hen

brea

kdow

ns o

ccur

. A m

inim

um o

f30

squ

are

feet

of

labo

rato

ry s

pace

per

pup

il sh

ould

be

allo

wed

. If

the

larg

est

clas

s ha

s 30

pup

ils, t

he s

choo

l sho

uld

,asi

der

inst

allin

g 33

to 3

5 po

sitio

ns.

The

equ

ipm

ent i

n th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

will

con

sist

of

the

teac

her

cons

ole,

the

stud

ent b

ooth

s, th

e el

ectr

omec

hani

cal e

quip

men

t for

the

stud

ent

posi

tions

, and

oth

er g

ener

al e

lect

rom

echa

nica

l equ

ipm

ent l

ike

a re

cord

pla

yer,

a po

rtab

le ta

pe r

ecor

der,

and

a lo

ud s

peak

er.1

4O

ther

rec

omm

enda

tions

that

are

oft

en in

clud

ed in

the

spec

ific

atio

ns f

orfo

reig

n la

ngua

ge la

bora

tori

es a

re:

a. O

ffic

e sp

ace

and

wor

k ar

ea, a

bout

10

feet

by

10 f

eet,

shou

ld b

e av

aila

ble

imm

edia

tely

adj

acen

t to

and

conn

ecte

d w

ith th

e la

bora

tory

. A w

indo

wfr

om th

e of

fice

per

mitt

ing

visu

al s

uper

visi

on o

f th

e la

bora

tory

is a

d-vi

sabl

e. T

he w

ork

area

sho

uld

be e

quip

ped

for

such

thin

gs a

s ed

iting

and

dupl

icat

ing

tape

s, li

sten

ing

to s

tude

nt r

ecor

ding

s, p

revi

ewin

g vi

sual

mat

eria

ls, l

iste

ning

to p

re-r

ecor

ded

mat

eria

ls, a

nd s

tori

ng ta

pes.

b. T

o in

sure

goo

d re

cord

ings

, a r

ecor

ding

roo

m, a

bout

10

feet

by

10 f

eet

shou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed. I

t sho

uld

be e

quip

ped

with

dou

ble

door

s or

a R

iver

-ba

nk ty

pe d

oor,

aco

ustic

al tr

eatm

ent o

n ce

iling

and

wal

ls, i

ncan

desc

ent

light

s, a

nd a

sile

nt h

eatin

g an

d ve

ntila

tion

syst

em.

c. I

f po

ssib

le, a

pro

ject

ion

room

cen

tere

d be

hind

the

rear

of

the

labo

rato

rysh

ould

be

prov

ided

for

pro

ject

ion

of v

isua

l mat

eria

ls u

pon

a sc

reen

infr

ont o

f th

e ro

om. O

ther

wis

e, it

sho

uld

be p

ossi

ble

to u

se a

udio

-vis

ual

equi

pmen

t fro

m th

e re

ar o

f th

e la

bora

tory

. Sug

gest

ed e

quip

men

t in-

clud

es a

n op

aque

pro

ject

or, a

n ov

erhe

ad p

roje

ctor

, and

a p

erm

anen

tly-

mou

nted

wal

l scr

een,

a s

lide

and

film

stri

p pr

ojec

tor,

a m

otio

n pi

ctur

epr

ojec

tor.

Mai

nten

ance

of

the

Lab

orat

ory

Serv

icin

g an

d m

aint

aini

ng th

e la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

ate

impo

rtan

t to

the

suc-

cess

ful o

pera

tion

of th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

. Thr

ee ty

pes

of m

aint

e-na

nce

are

requ

ired

: (a)

reg

ular

pre

vent

ativ

e m

aint

enan

ce, (

b) a

sem

i-ye

arly

chec

kup

and

over

haul

, ant

i (c)

em

erge

ncy

and

rout

ine

serv

icin

g.

"See

sug

gest

ed s

peci

fica

tions

for

this

equ

ipm

ent l

iste

d in

For

eign

Lan

guag

e Fa

cili-

ties

in H

igh

Scho

ol. R

epor

t of

FL R

esea

rch

Com

mis

sion

, iss

ued

by th

e M

inne

sota

Scho

ol F

acili

ties

Cou

ncil.

Jer

mai

ne A

rend

t and

Wm

. Sca

nlan

, eds

. 196

2.

Reg

ular

Pre

vent

ativ

e M

aint

enan

cePr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce a

ctua

lly in

volv

es s

impl

e w

eekl

y m

aint

enan

ce b

ya

labo

rato

ry d

irec

tor

or o

ther

qua

lifie

d pe

rson

. Thi

s ca

re h

elps

insu

re h

igh

qual

ity S

Jund

and

mec

hani

cal o

pera

tion

in th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

.W

eekl

y m

aint

enan

ce in

clud

es th

e fo

llow

ing:

Cle

anin

g of

rec

ordi

ng p

lay-

back

hea

ds, i

dler

s, a

nd c

apst

ans.

Rub

bing

alc

ohol

is th

e sa

fest

and

leas

tex

pens

ive

clea

ning

flu

id to

use

. Q-t

ips

are

pref

erab

le b

ecau

se o

f th

eir

ease

of h

andl

ing

Dem

agne

tizat

ion

of r

ecor

ding

pla

ybac

k he

ads,

. A s

tand

ard

head

dem

agne

tizer

sho

uld

be u

sed.

The

bar

e m

etal

tips

of

the

dem

agne

tizer

bho

uld

be c

over

ed w

ith e

lect

rica

l tap

e to

pre

vent

the

tips

from

scr

atch

ing

the

re-

cord

ing

play

back

hea

ds.

Setti

ng a

nd ti

ghte

ning

of

the

scre

ws

of a

ll sw

itche

s.C

heck

ing

and

adju

stin

g br

ake

tens

ion

on th

e ta

pe d

ecks

.C

heck

ing

and

adju

stin

g pr

essu

re p

ads

that

hol

d ta

pe a

gain

st th

e he

ads.

Sem

i-Y

earl

y O

verh

aul

A c

heck

up a

nd o

verh

aul b

y a

qual

ifie

d te

chni

cian

is r

ecom

men

ded

twic

ea

year

. Suc

h an

ove

rhau

l sho

uld

inth

e re

plac

emen

t of

wea

k tu

bes

ortr

ansi

stor

s, th

e ad

just

men

t of

brak

e an

d ne

lt te

nsio

ns, a

nd th

e al

ignm

ent o

f th

ere

cord

ing

and

play

back

hea

ds. S

omet

imes

the

labo

rato

ry d

irec

tor

and

othe

rsw

ho h

ave

had

expe

rien

ce in

labo

rato

ry m

aint

enan

ce m

ay b

e ab

le to

han

dle

thes

eop

erat

ions

.

Em

erge

ncy

and

Rou

tine

Serv

icin

gPa

rtic

ular

ly d

urin

g th

e fi

rst f

ew m

onth

s, th

e la

bora

tory

may

dev

elop

mal

-fu

nctio

ns a

nd n

eed

adju

stm

ents

. A tr

oubl

e sh

eet s

houl

d be

mai

ntai

ned

for

logg

ing

such

dif

ficu

lties

. Usu

ally

mou

nted

on

a cl

ipbo

ard

at th

e co

nsol

e, th

etr

oubl

e sh

eet s

houl

d co

ntai

n a

com

plet

e re

cord

of

oper

atio

nal t

roub

les

for

read

y re

fere

nce

by s

ervi

ce p

erso

nnel

. Som

etim

es a

ppar

ent m

alfu

nctio

ns o

ccur

beca

use

teac

hers

and

pup

ils u

sing

the

labo

rato

ry f

ail t

o op

erat

e th

e eq

uipm

ent

corr

ectly

. The

pro

blem

can

oft

en b

e co

rrec

ted

by a

djus

ting

earp

hone

, tur

ning

the

appr

opri

ate

switc

h, o

r ad

just

ing

the

volu

me,

for

exa

mpl

e.

Serv

ice

Pers

onne

lSo

met

imes

the

labo

rato

ry d

irec

tor

or o

ther

s on

the

staf

f w

ho h

ave

had

ex-

peri

ence

in la

bora

tory

or

elec

tron

ic m

aint

enan

ce m

ay b

e ab

le to

han

dle

thes

eop

erat

ions

. How

ever

, no

teac

her

shou

ld b

e ex

pect

ed to

per

form

mai

nten

ance

task

s in

add

ition

to f

ull-

tine

teac

hing

. if

no f

acul

ty m

embe

r is

qua

lifie

d cr

can

be r

elea

sed

for

mai

nten

ance

task

s, it

is w

ise

to n

egot

iate

a s

ervi

ce c

on-

trac

t with

the

inst

allin

g fi

rm o

r a

repu

tabl

e lo

cal e

lect

roni

cs f

irm

to in

sure

prom

pt e

mer

genc

y an

d ro

utin

e se

rvic

e.

The

Ele

ctro

nic

Cla

ssro

omM

any

scho

ols

wis

h to

hav

e so

me

of th

e ad

vant

ages

of

the

lang

uage

labo

ra-

tory

, but

fee

l tha

t the

fac

ility

mus

t be

cont

aine

d in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

cla

ss-

room

. Oth

ers

feel

that

ther

e is

gre

at m

erit

in h

avin

g el

ectr

onic

s eq

uipm

ent a

l-w

ays

acce

ssib

le s

o th

at s

ome

tape

dri

lls m

ay b

e us

ed d

urin

g ev

ery

clas

s ho

ur.

Thi

s de

sire

to c

ombi

ne th

e ad

vant

ages

of

both

cla

ssro

om a

nd la

ngua

ge la

bora

-to

ry h

as s

timul

ated

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f th

e so

-cal

led

"ele

ctro

nic

clas

sroo

m,"

a cl

assr

oom

whi

ch m

ay b

e re

adily

con

vert

ed in

to a

labo

rato

ry-l

ike

clas

sroo

m.

In th

e el

ectr

onic

cla

ssro

om, e

ach

stud

ent p

ositi

on, d

esk

or ta

ble,

is w

ired

78

for

elec

tron

ic c

ompo

nent

s. Y

et in

mos

t oth

er r

espe

cts,

the

elec

tron

ic c

lass

room

is n

ot r

adic

ally

dif

fere

nt f

rom

any

oth

er f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge c

lass

room

.T

he e

lect

roni

c cl

assr

oom

may

bas

ical

ly b

e an

aud

io-p

assi

ve, a

n au

dio-

ac-

tive,

or

an a

udio

-act

ive

com

para

tive.

See

Tec

hnic

al A

spec

ts o

f th

e Fo

reig

nL

angu

age

Lab

orat

ory,

Kin

ds o

f L

abor

ator

ies,

fou

nd e

arlie

r in

this

sec

tion.

For

prac

tical

rea

sons

it is

usu

ally

, how

ever

, aud

io-p

assi

ve o

r au

dio-

activ

e.T

he f

urni

ture

of

the

elec

tron

ic c

lass

room

var

ies.

Man

y sc

hool

s m

ake

noat

tem

pt to

cre

ate

indi

vidu

al is

olat

ion

othe

r th

an th

at p

rovi

ded

by h

eadp

hone

s.In

this

cas

e, c

onve

ntio

nal s

tude

nt d

esks

or

tabl

es m

ay b

e w

ired

.So

met

imes

pup

il po

sitio

ns a

re e

quip

ped

with

con

vert

ible

boo

th e

quip

men

t.T

his

equi

pmen

t fea

ture

s fo

ldin

g pa

rtiti

ons

whi

ch c

reat

e so

me

stud

ent i

sola

tion

whe

n ra

ised

. Whe

n lo

wer

ed, s

uch

part

ition

s ge

nera

lly c

over

the

elec

tron

iceq

uipm

ent f

or c

onve

ntio

nal c

lass

room

act

iviti

es.

Whe

n pa

rtia

l ins

talla

tions

of

elec

tro

- m

echa

nica

l equ

ipm

ent a

re m

ade

in th

ela

ngua

ge c

lass

room

, the

y m

ay b

e in

stal

led

in c

onve

ntio

nal l

angu

age

labo

rato

rybo

oths

at t

he r

ear

or s

ides

of

the

room

. Use

of

boot

hs h

elps

to e

limin

ate

dist

ract

ions

bet

wee

n pu

pils

wor

king

at e

lect

roni

c po

sitio

ns a

nd th

ose

enga

ged

in o

ther

act

iviti

es. A

ll pu

pil f

urni

ture

whi

ch is

wir

ed s

houl

d be

per

man

ently

secu

red

to th

e fl

oor

to p

reve

nt b

reak

age

of w

irin

g.O

ther

des

irab

le f

eatu

res

of th

e el

ectr

onic

cla

ssro

om w

ill b

e fo

und

in th

isse

ctio

n un

der

The

For

eign

Lan

guag

e C

lass

room

and

The

For

eign

Lan

guag

eL

abor

ator

y. A

mot

ion

pict

ure

proj

ecto

r, o

paqu

e pr

ojec

tor,

ove

rhea

d pr

ojec

-to

r, s

lide

and

film

stri

p pr

ojec

tors

are

des

irab

le a

uxili

ary

equi

pmen

t.A

sm

all r

oom

, abo

ut 7

5 sq

uare

fee

t, at

the

rear

of

the

elec

tron

ic c

lass

room

is h

ighl

y de

sira

ble.

Thi

s ro

om c

an s

erve

for

sto

rage

of

equi

pmen

t and

ma-

teri

als.

In

addi

tion,

suc

h a

room

sho

uld

prov

ide

wor

k an

d re

ek, _

ling

spac

e,an

d se

rve

as a

pro

ject

ion

room

for

vis

ual a

ids.

The

equ

ipm

ent f

or th

e el

ec-

tron

ic c

lass

room

sho

uld

be m

aint

aine

d ju

st a

s th

at o

f th

e la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

.

Stud

ent B

ehav

ior

Dis

cipl

ine

prob

lem

s in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry o

r th

e el

ectr

onic

cla

ss-

room

res

ult f

rom

var

ied

caus

es: (

1) A

lack

of

defi

nitiv

e in

stru

ctio

ns c

once

rn-

ing

the

oper

atio

n of

the

equi

pmen

t, (2

) om

issi

on o

f sp

ecif

ic r

ules

con

cern

ing

the

gene

ral b

ehav

ior

in th

e la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

, (3)

the

use

of c

oord

inat

edm

ater

ial w

hich

is e

ither

uni

nter

estin

g, to

o di

ffic

ult,

or n

on-c

halle

ngin

g.T

he d

isci

plin

e pr

oble

ms

resu

lt in

des

truc

tion

of e

quip

men

t, in

atte

ntio

n, a

nddi

stur

banc

e of

oth

ers

in th

e la

bora

tory

or

clas

sroo

m.

Cer

tain

pro

cedu

res

have

pro

ved

effe

ctiv

e in

elim

inat

ing

or r

educ

ing

disc

iplin

epr

oble

ms

in th

e la

ngua

ge la

bora

tory

.1.

Stu

dent

s sh

ould

und

erst

and

why

they

are

usi

ng la

bora

tory

fac

ilitie

s. B

e-fo

re th

e la

bora

tory

is u

sed

for

lang

uage

inst

ruct

ion,

an

orie

ntat

ion

ses-

sion

sho

uld

be d

evot

ed to

exp

lain

ing

the

purp

ose

of la

bora

tory

ses

sion

s.2.

Stu

eent

s sh

ould

be

assi

gned

a p

erm

anen

t pos

ition

in th

e la

bora

tory

. The

ym

ust b

e he

ld r

espo

nsib

le f

or e

qr'p

men

t at t

heir

pos

ition

s. A

ny d

amag

em

ust b

e re

port

ed im

med

iate

ly to

the

pers

on in

cha

rge.

3. S

tude

nts

shou

ld b

e ca

refu

lly in

stru

cted

in c

orre

ct p

roce

dure

s fo

r op

er-

atio

n an

d ca

re o

f eq

uipm

ent.

4. W

ork

mat

eria

ls s

uch

as ta

pes

and

wor

kshe

ets

shou

ld b

e di

stri

bute

dor

chec

ked

out b

y m

onito

rs o

r th

e te

ache

r in

cha

rge.

Stu

dent

s sh

ould

not

take

mat

eria

ls f

rom

the

cabi

nets

.

Li

L

5. S

tude

nts

shou

ld u

nder

stan

dth

at th

e la

bora

tory

is a

wor

k ro

om, w

here

soci

aliz

ing

is n

ot p

erm

itted

. Stu

dent

ssh

ould

be

expe

cted

to w

ork

onla

bo-

rato

ry h

omew

ork

whi

le in

the

labo

rato

ry.

6. T

ime

mus

t be

allo

tted

for

end-

of-t

he-h

our

hous

ekee

ping

task

s. T

apes

mus

t be

retu

rned

toca

bine

ts, e

quip

men

t tur

ned

off,

head

phon

es h

ung

up,

for

exam

ple.

7. T

he te

ache

r sh

ould

have

a c

omm

andi

ngpo

sitio

n fr

om th

e co

nsol

efo

r

labo

rato

ry a

dmin

istr

atio

n. S

ome

scho

ols

have

inst

alle

d an

anti-

pilf

erin

g

mir

ror

sim

ilar

to th

ose

used

in s

uper

mar

kets

and

reta

il st

ores

. Oth

ers

pref

er g

lass

fro

nts

in th

ebo

oths

per

mitt

ing

the

teac

her

bette

r co

ntro

l of

the

clas

s.

79

Cha

pter

VII

I

PRO

GR

AM

ED

LE

AR

NIN

G A

ND

TE

AC

HIN

G M

AC

HIN

ES

Lea

rnin

g W

ith P

rogr

amed

Mat

eria

lsM

any

educ

ator

s ar

e be

com

ing

incr

easi

ngly

exci

ted

abou

t pos

sibi

ties

for

lear

ning

thro

ugh

so-c

alle

d pr

ogra

med

mat

eria

ls. S

omet

imes

use

d w

ith a

pre

s-en

tatio

n de

vice

cal

led

a te

achi

ng m

achi

ne,

prog

ram

ed m

ater

ials

org

aniz

e a

body

of

lear

ning

in s

mal

l uni

ts o

r st

eps.

Def

inin

g le

arni

ng a

s ch

ange

in b

e-ha

vior

, tie

aut

hor

of th

e pr

ogra

m a

ttem

pts

toca

refu

lly c

ontr

ol o

r sh

ape

the

lear

ner's

pro

gres

s un

til a

new

des

ired

beha

vior

term

ed te

rmin

al b

ehav

ior

is

achi

eved

. Com

mon

ly th

e st

uden

t is

calle

d on

topr

actic

e us

ing

the

new

kno

wl-

edge

at l

east

onc

e fo

r ea

ch u

nit o

r st

ep;

thus

the

stud

ent i

s re

quir

ed to

be

cont

inuo

usly

act

ive

in th

e le

arni

ng p

roce

ss.

As

the

stud

ent p

rogr

esse

s st

epby

step

in th

e le

arni

ng ta

sk, h

epr

ocee

ds o

nly

at a

rat

e co

nsis

tent

with

his

dem

-on

stra

ted

unde

rsta

ndin

g. H

e do

es ',

rot m

ove

onto

mor

e di

ffic

ult m

ater

ial

until

he h

as c

ompl

etel

y m

aste

red

all s

teps

need

ed f

or u

nder

stan

ding

and

appl

ica-

tion.

Fin

ally

, at e

ach

step

in th

e le

arni

ng p

roce

ss,h

e is

giv

en im

med

iate

kno

wl-

edge

abo

ut th

e co

rrec

tnes

s of

his

res

pons

esto

que

stio

ns a

nd p

robl

ems.

His

corr

ect r

espo

nses

are

con

firm

edan

d hi

s m

ista

kes

are

corr

ecte

d.T

he p

rogr

amed

less

on h

as a

sits

obj

ectiv

e te

achi

ng a

bod

y of

mat

eria

l with

little

or

no o

utsi

de h

elp.

Whi

leei

ther

a c

onve

ntio

nal t

extb

ook

orpr

ogra

med

cour

se m

ay b

e us

edfo

r se

lf-i

nstr

uctio

n, th

e pr

ogra

med

mat

eria

ls a

re g

ener

ally

supe

rior

bec

ause

they

app

lypr

inci

ples

of

lear

ning

in s

truc

turi

ngth

e co

urse

.

Tw

o su

ch p

rinc

iple

s, a

ctiv

epa

rtic

ipat

ion

by th

e st

uden

t and

imm

edia

te c

on-

firm

atio

n w

ere

men

tione

d ab

ove.

Furt

herm

ore,

a p

rogr

amed

seq

uenc

eis

sup

erio

r to

ord

inar

y co

urse

mat

eri-

als

in a

noth

er w

ay, i

t is,

or

shou

ld b

e, tr

ied

out a

gain

and

aga

in o

nth

e ki

nd o

fle

arne

r fo

r w

hom

it is

inte

nded

.If

the

lear

ner

fails

to le

arn,

the

prog

ram

,no

t

the

lear

ner,

is a

t fau

lt an

dre

visi

ons

are

mad

e in

fau

lty it

ems.

Poss

ible

Use

s of

Pro

gram

ed L

earn

ing

In m

ost c

ases

, pro

gram

edm

ater

ials

hav

e be

en w

ritte

n to

pro

vide

basi

c in

-

stru

ctio

n fo

r a

com

plet

e co

urse

.In

this

cas

e, th

e co

urse

ispr

imar

ily s

elf-

in-

stru

ctio

nal w

ith th

e te

ache

rpr

ovid

ing

such

sup

plem

enta

ry a

ctiv

ities

as

he

wis

hes.

Som

etim

es th

e ba

sic

inst

ruct

ion

may

be

prov

ided

by

anot

her

med

ium

such

as

tele

visi

on o

r th

ecl

assr

oom

teac

her

with

pro

gram

edm

ater

ials

pro

vid-

ing

corr

elat

ed f

ollo

w-u

pac

tiviti

es. A

thir

d po

tent

ial u

se f

orpr

ogra

med

ma-

teri

als

13 a

s re

med

ial

inst

ruct

ion.

In

this

inst

ance

, a s

tude

ntw

ho h

as b

een

abse

nt f

rom

sch

ool o

r w

ho h

asfa

llen

behi

nd th

e cl

ass

for

som

e ot

her

reas

on,

can

easi

ly r

evie

wm

ater

ial w

hich

he

has

not l

earn

ed.

Prog

ram

ed in

stru

ctio

n is

also

bei

ng r

egar

ded

asha

ving

pot

entia

l for

pro

vidi

ngen

rich

men

t for

rap

idle

arne

rs. S

uch

stud

ents

mig

ht o

btai

n br

oade

r ex

peri

ence

sin

one

for

eign

lan-

guag

e or

eve

nst

udyi

ng tw

o la

ngua

ges

conc

urre

ntly

, one

pro

gram

ed a

nd o

neno

t, or

bot

h pr

ogra

r-;(

1.

81

For

stud

ents

who

sud

denl

y le

arn

they

are

goin

g to

a f

orei

gn c

ount

ryw

ithin

wee

ks o

r m

onth

s, p

rogr

amed

mat

eria

ls m

ayof

fer

an o

ppor

tuni

ty to

deve

lop

cons

ider

able

lang

uage

ski

ll ev

en th

ough

no

teac

her

in th

e sc

hool

kno

ws

the

Self

-Ins

truc

tiona

l Mat

eria

ls f

or F

orei

gnL

angu

age

Lea

rn:L

ig

Aut

o-in

stru

ctio

nal l

earn

ing

mat

eria

ls a

re n

owbe

ing

wri

tten

for

fore

ign

lan-

guag

e st

udy.

Lik

e m

ore

conv

entio

nal l

earn

ing

mat

eria

ls,

prog

ram

ed m

ater

ials

vary

con

side

rabl

y in

the

obje

ctiv

es o

r te

rmin

albe

havi

or th

ey s

eek

to a

chie

ve.

A n

umbe

r of

them

see

k to

pro

vide

the

equi

vale

nt o

f a

full

year

'sin

stru

ctio

n

and

som

e of

thes

e ar

e ba

sed

on th

epr

inci

ples

of

audi

o-lin

gual

inst

ruct

ion.

Inth

ese

latte

r pr

ogra

ms,

mas

tery

of

the

soun

dsy

stem

of

the

targ

et la

ngua

ge p

re-

cede

s th

e te

achi

ng o

f re

adin

g an

dw

ritin

g, a

nd s

tudy

of

all g

ram

mar

isgu

ided

by li

ngui

stic

pri

ncip

les.

Cur

rent

pro

gram

sfo

r fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge s

tudy

com

mon

-ly

mak

e us

e of

tape

rec

ordi

ngs

and

an a

ccom

pany

ing

prog

ram

ed te

xt.

The

so-c

alle

d te

achi

ng m

achi

ne is

a ta

pere

cord

er o

r a

tape

dec

k in

ala

ngua

ge

labo

rato

ry b

ooth

.T

he n

atur

e of

pro

gram

ed le

arni

ngis

per

haps

bes

t und

erst

ood

byex

amin

-

ing

a sa

mpl

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge p

rogr

am.

Not

e th

at th

e ob

ject

ives

in th

esh

ort

prog

ram

bel

ow a

re v

ery

prec

ise

and

that

the

prog

ram

er, o

rau

thor

, ind

i-ca

tes

that

th.:

prog

ram

has

unde

rgon

e co

nsid

erab

le te

stin

g an

d re

visi

on.

Initi

al F

ram

es f

or a

Pro

gram

ed U

nit o

fA

udio

-Lin

gual

Ger

man

The

fol

low

ing

fram

es a

re th

ebe

ginn

ing

of a

uni

t of

prog

ram

edin

stru

ctio

nde

sign

ed to

teac

h th

e co

ncep

t of

gend

er to

Am

eric

an s

tude

nts

ofG

erm

an.

Sinc

e m

ost n

ouns

in E

nglis

h do

not

pos

sess

gend

er, t

he A

mer

ican

stu

dent

oft

enre

gard

s ge

nder

sys

tem

s in

oth

erla

ngua

ges

as u

nim

port

ant a

nd c

onse

quen

tlydo

es n

ot le

arn

them

. How

ever

, in

Ger

man

and

man

y ot

her

lang

uage

s a

grea

t

part

of

the

gram

mar

sys

tem

isba

sed

on g

ende

r. W

hen

the

stud

ent

wis

hes

tosp

eak

or w

rite

lang

uage

, he

mus

t kno

w o

rha

ve r

eady

acc

ess

to th

e co

rrec

t gen

-de

r fo

r no

uns

he w

ishe

s to

use

.W

hen

wri

ting,

a d

ictio

nary

will

suff

ice

as a

sour

ce. H

owev

er, w

hen

one

wis

hes

to s

peak

Ger

man

, the

nou

n an

dits

art

icle

mus

t be

an in

sepa

rabl

e un

itin

the

min

d of

the

read

er to

be

pulle

d ou

tan

dsl

ippe

d in

to a

sen

tenc

e pa

ttern

whe

n ne

eded

.T

hus,

this

uni

t is

wri

tten

with

the

idea

that

the

stud

ent's

atte

ntio

n sh

ould

be

fixe

d on

gen

der

and

that

he

shou

ldle

arn

all n

ouns

with

thei

r ar

ticle

s if

thes

ew

ords

are

to b

e pa

rt o

f hi

s co

nver

satio

nalr

eper

toir

e.T

he w

ork

with

fra

mes

dep

ends

on

a ta

pem

achi

ne to

car

ry th

e bu

lk o

f th

ein

stru

ctio

n si

nce

the

cour

se is

mea

nt to

str

ess

audi

o-lin

gual

ski

lls. R

eadi

ngan

d w

ritin

g ar

e se

cond

ary

and

inde

ed a

re in

trod

uced

onl

y to

fur

ther

fix

the

stud

ent's

atte

ntio

n on

the

artic

le-n

oun

rela

tions

hip.

The

twen

ty-s

ix f

ram

es in

clud

ed h

ere

have

bee

n te

sted

on

five

sub

ject

s an

dth

e pr

ogra

m h

as u

nder

gone

con

side

rabl

e re

visi

on a

s a

resu

lt.T

he m

ater

ial w

hich

wou

ld o

rdin

arily

hav

e be

en o

n ta

pe is

incl

uded

in th

epr

inte

d fr

ames

. The

stu

dent

res

pons

es a

re a

lso

incl

uded

. The

lette

r "1

' ind

i-ca

tes

that

the

mat

eria

l sho

uld

be o

n ta

pe. T

he le

tter

"S"

sign

ifie

s a

stud

ent r

e-sp

onse

. The

sym

bol "

*" in

dica

tes

that

the

stud

ent i

s to

list

en to

a ta

pe p

assa

ge.

The

stu

dent

is to

rea

d do

wn

the

page

act

ivat

ing

his

tape

rec

orde

r w

hen

in-

dica

ted.

He

is to

res

pond

ora

lly o

r in

wri

ting

for

each

ste

p or

fra

me

and

chec

khi

s an

swer

s on

the

tape

or

in th

e ri

ght-

hand

col

umn

belo

w s

pace

for

his

wri

tten

answ

er. I

t may

be

help

ful f

or h

im to

mas

k th

e an

swer

s w

ith a

noth

er s

heet

of b

lank

pap

er u

ntil

he a

ccus

tom

s hi

mse

lf to

thin

king

it c

ut r

athe

r th

an s

impl

yre

adin

g th

e an

swer

.1.

In

your

pre

viou

s st

udy

you

may

have

not

iced

that

Ger

man

see

ms

toha

ve d

iffe

rent

wor

ds f

or th

e E

ng-

lish

wor

d "t

he."

"T

he"

is c

alle

d a

defi

nite

art

icle

. Ger

man

has

a n

um-

ber

ofar

ticle

s fo

r th

e si

n-gl

e E

nglis

h de

fini

te a

rtic

le "

the.

"

2. L

iste

n to

the

thre

e se

nten

ces

onta

pe a

nd d

eter

min

e ho

w m

any

dif-

fere

nt d

efin

ite a

rtic

les

are

used

.*T

Der

Fre

und

is h

ier

T D

ie B

iblio

thek

ist h

ie:

T D

as H

eft i

st h

ier

The

re w

ere

thre

e di

ffer

ent w

ords

for

"the

."

3. L

iste

n to

the

tape

sen

tenc

e an

d re

-pe

at a

fter

the

mod

el v

oice

.*T

Der

Fre

und

ist h

ier

S D

er F

reun

d is

t hie

rIn

this

sen

tenc

e, th

e w

ord

for

"the

"is

der

. Thu

s, th

e G

erm

an d

efin

itear

ticle

is

4. N

ow li

sten

to th

e m

odel

voi

ce a

ndre

peat

the

utte

ranc

e.*

T D

er F

reun

d is

t gut

S D

er F

reun

d is

t gut

In th

e se

nten

ce w

hich

you

rep

eate

d,th

e de

fini

te a

rtic

le f

or th

e no

un is

defi

nite

thre

e

der

der

82

5. O

ne m

ight

gue

ss f

rom

the

prec

ed-

ing

that

a c

lass

of

Ger

man

nou

nsca

n be

cal

led

rw

ords

.

6. N

ot a

ll G

erm

an n

ouns

are

"de

r"w

ords

, how

ever

. Lis

ten

to th

e ta

pean

d se

e if

you

can

hea

r an

othe

rde

fini

tear

ticle

. Rep

eat a

fter

the

mod

el v

oice

.*T

Freu

ndin

ist h

ier

S D

ie F

reun

din

ist h

ier

Wou

ld y

ou s

ay th

at th

is d

efin

ite a

r-tic

le w

ould

rhy

me

bette

r w

ith E

ng-

lish

"see

" or

"by

e"?

7. L

iste

n to

the

mod

el s

ente

nce

and

repe

at.*

T D

ie F

reun

din

ist h

ier

S D

ie F

reun

din

ist h

ier

The

Ger

man

s pr

int t

his

defi

nite

art

i-cl

e "d

ie."

The

refo

re "

der"

and

"e"

are

Ger

-m

an w

ords

for

"th

e."

8. R

epea

t aft

er th

e m

odel

voi

ce.*

T D

ie F

reun

din

S D

ie F

reun

din

Tho

ugh

we

may

say

that

die

rhy

mes

with

Eng

lish

"see

", it

sou

nds

shor

t-er

/long

er th

an th

e E

nglis

h w

ord.

9. R

epea

t eac

h se

nten

ce tw

ice

afte

rth

e m

odel

voi

ce.*

T D

er F

reun

d is

t hie

rS

Der

Fre

und

ist h

ier

S D

er F

reun

d is

t hie

rT

Die

Fre

undi

n is

t hie

rS

Die

Fre

undi

n is

t hie

rS

Die

Fre

undi

n is

t hie

rT

he s

ente

nce

usin

g th

e "d

ie"

wor

dw

as th

e (f

irst

, sec

ond)

.

10. R

epea

t eac

h se

nten

ce a

fter

the

mod

el v

oice

.*

der

see

die

shor

ter

seco

nd

I

T D

er F

reun

d is

t hie

rS

Der

Fre

und

ist h

ier

T D

ie F

reun

din

ist h

ier

S D

ie F

reun

din

ist h

ier

The

sen

tenc

e us

ing

the

"der

" w

ord

was

the

(fir

st, s

econ

d) .

11. T

he n

ouns

and

artic

les

bein

gle

arne

d ar

e pr

inte

d be

low

.Pl

ayth

e ta

pe a

nd r

ead

the

wor

dsal

oud

afte

r th

e m

odel

voi

ce.*

Der

Fre

und

Die

Fre

undi

nN

ow c

opy

the

wor

ds

12. N

ow p

lay

the

tape

, rep

eat

the

wor

ds a

fter

the

mod

el a

nd n

ote

whi

ch n

oun

and

artic

le g

oto

geth

-er

. * T D

er F

reun

dT

Die

Fre

undi

nD

raw

a li

ne f

rom

the

artic

le to

the

noun

with

whi

ch it

belo

ngs

die

Freu

din

der

Freu

nd

13. L

iste

n to

the

mod

el s

ente

nce.

The

nno

te th

at th

e ta

pe v

oice

prov

ides

ane

w n

oun

and

artic

le. W

hat d

oes

the

seco

nd s

peak

er d

o w

ithth

em?*

T D

er F

reun

d is

t hie

rT

Die

Fre

undi

nT

Die

Fre

undi

n is

t Ede

rT

he s

econ

d sp

eake

r re

plac

esth

e"d

er"

wor

d in

the

sent

ence

with

aw

ord.

14. T

his

time

you

repl

ace

the

"der

"w

ord

with

the

"die

" w

ord

sup-

plie

d. R

epea

t the

"di

e" w

ord

and

com

plet

e th

e se

nten

ce. C

heck

you

r

firs

t

Der

Fre

und

Die

Fre

undi

n

der

Freu

nd

die

Freu

ndin

die

83

resp

onse

with

the

answ

ergi

ven

onth

e ta

pe a

fter

the

paus

e.*

T D

er F

reun

din

ist h

ier

T D

ie F

reun

din

S D

ie F

reun

din

ist h

ier

T D

ie F

reun

din

ist h

ier

The

two

defi

nite

art

icle

s us

ed in

the

tape

d se

nten

ces

are

and

15. Y

ou m

ay h

ave

foun

d th

atth

epa

use

on th

e ta

pe w

as n

otlo

ngen

ough

for

you

to r

espo

nd. I

f yo

udi

d no

t hav

e tim

e to

fin

ish

your

resp

onse

, you

will

hav

e to

spea

kfa

ster

/slo

wer

16. T

he ta

pe v

oice

will

now

ask

aqu

estio

n. R

epea

t the

que

stio

n af

-te

r th

e vo

ice,

then

list

en f

orth

ean

swer

and

rep

eat i

t.*T

1st

der

Fre

und

hier

?S

1st d

er F

reun

d hi

er?

T N

ein

die

Freu

din

ist h

ier.

S N

ein

die

Freu

ndin

ist h

ier.

Alo

ng w

ithth

ech

ange

fro

mFr

eund

to F

reun

din

was

a c

hang

efr

om d

er to

17. T

he ta

pevo

ice

will

ask

you

whe

ther

you

r (b

oy)

frie

nd is

her

e.R

eply

no

but y

our

(gir

l) f

rien

d is

.C

heck

your

resp

onse

agai

nst

the

tape

.*T

1st

der

Fre

und

hier

?S

Nei

n, a

ber

die

Freu

ndin

ishi

er.

T N

ein,

abe

r di

e Fr

eund

in is

thi

er.

You

sho

uld

have

cha

nged

der

toto

acc

ompa

ny th

e ch

ange

in n

ouns

.

18. T

he ta

pe v

oice

will

now

ask

you

der,

die

fast

er

die die

whe

ther

you

r (g

irl)

fri

end

is h

ere.

Rep

ly th

at s

he is

n't b

ut y

our

(boy

)fr

iend

is. T

hen

chec

k yo

ur a

nsw

erw

ith th

e ta

ped

repl

y gi

ven

afte

rth

e pa

use.

*T

1st

Freu

ndin

hie

r?S

Nei

n, a

ber

der

Freu

nd is

thi

er.

T N

ein,

abe

r de

r Fr

eund

ist

hier

.Y

ou s

houl

d ch

ange

die

Fre

undi

nto

Freu

nd.

19. L

iste

n to

the

tape

and

rep

eat t

hese

nten

ces.

*T

Wo

ist d

er F

reun

d?S

Wo

ist d

er F

reun

d?T

Wo

ist d

ie B

iblio

thek

?S

Wo

ist d

ie B

iblio

thek

?T

Wo

ist d

as B

uch?

S W

o is

t das

Buc

h?T

he th

ird

clas

s of

nou

ns m

ay b

ete

rmed

"da

s" w

ords

. The

oth

er tw

oar

ean

d

20. R

epea

t aft

er th

e ta

pe.*

T W

o is

t der

Fre

und?

S W

o is

t der

Fre

und?

T W

o is

t die

Fre

undi

n?S

Wo

ist d

ie F

reun

din?

T W

o is

t das

Buc

h?S

Wo

ist d

as B

uch?

The

fir

st tw

o no

uns

are

der

Freu

nd,

die

Freu

ndin

. The

thir

d no

un is

s B

uch

21. R

epea

t aft

er th

e ta

pe. T

hen

subs

ti-tu

te th

e "d

as"

wor

d w

hich

you

will

hea

r. C

heck

you

r an

swer

with

the

tape

.*T

Wo

ist d

iel;'

reim

din?

S W

o is

t die

Fre

undi

n?T

Wo

ist d

as B

uch?

S W

o is

t das

Buc

h?D

raw

a li

ne f

rom

the

noun

to it

sar

ticle

.

der

der,

die

das

$4

das

Freu

ndin

die

Buc

h

22. R

epea

t the

fir

st s

ente

nce

afte

r th

em

odel

voi

ce. T

hen

use

the

new

noun

s su

pplie

d in

the

sent

ence

.C

heck

you

r re

spon

se w

ith th

eta

pe.*

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er F

reun

d is

t hie

r.S

Der

Fre

und

ist h

ier.

T D

ie F

reun

din

S D

ie F

reun

din

ist h

ier.

T D

as B

uch

S D

as B

uch

ist h

ier.

T D

er F

reun

dS

Der

Fre

und

ist h

ier.

Dra

w a

line

fro

m th

e ar

ticle

to it

sco

rres

pond

ing

noun

die

Buc

h Fr

eund

Fre

undi

nda

sde

r

23. R

epea

t the

fir

st s

ente

nce

afte

r th

em

odel

voi

ce. T

hen

use

the

new

noun

s su

pplie

d in

the

sent

ence

.C

heck

you

r re

spon

se w

ith th

et a

pe.*

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er F

reun

d is

t hie

r.S

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Fre

und

ist h

ier.

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eund

inS

Die

Fre

undi

n is

t hie

r.T

Die

Fre

undi

n is

t hie

r.T

Buc

hS

Das

Buc

h is

t hie

r.T

Das

Buc

h is

t hie

r.T

Freu

ndS

Der

Fre

und

ist h

ier.

T D

er F

reun

d is

t hie

r.G

erm

an n

ouns

can

be

said

to f

all

in th

ree

clas

ses.

The

y ar

e ,

and

wor

ds.

24. R

epea

t aft

er th

e ta

pe a

nd n

otic

ew

hich

cla

ss o

f no

uns

are

used

.*

das

Freu

ndin

die

Buc

h

die

Buc

hFr

eund

Freu

ndin

der

der,

die

, das

T D

er F

reun

d is

t da

drub

en.

S D

er F

reun

d is

t da

drub

en.

T D

er T

isch

ist d

a dr

uben

.S

Der

Tis

ch is

t da

drub

en.

T D

er N

acht

isch

ist d

a dr

uben

.S

Der

Nac

htis

ch is

t da

drub

en.

All

noun

s us

ed in

the

tape

sen

-te

nces

wer

ew

ords

25. R

epea

t aft

er th

e ta

pe a

nd d

ecid

ew

hich

cla

ss o

f no

uns

are

used

.*T

Wo

ist d

er N

acht

isch

?S

Wo

ist d

er N

acht

isch

?T

Wo

ist d

er T

isch

?S

Wo

ist d

er T

isch

?T

Wo

ist d

er F

reun

d?S

Wo

ist d

er F

reun

d?A

ll no

uns

used

in th

e ta

pe s

en-

tenc

e w

ere

wor

ds.

26. L

iste

n to

the

firs

t sen

tenc

e an

d re

-pe

at it

. The

n us

e ea

ch o

f th

e ne

wno

uns

supp

lied

in th

e se

nten

ce.

Che

ck y

our

answ

er w

ith th

e ta

pe.*

T W

o is

t der

Fre

und?

S W

o is

t der

Fre

und?

Tde

r T

isch

?S

Wo

ist d

er T

isch

?T

Wo

ist d

er T

isch

?T

der

Nac

htis

ch?

S W

o is

t der

Nac

htis

ch?

T W

o is

t der

Nac

htis

ch?

Alth

ough

all

the

abov

e w

ords

are

der

wor

ds, w

e kn

ow o

ther

nou

nsw

hich

are

not

. The

se a

re c

alle

dan

dw

ords

.

der

der

die,

das

Rol

e of

the

Tea

cher

Con

side

rabl

e di

scus

sion

has

rev

olve

d ar

ound

the

role

of

the

teac

her

whe

nse

lf-i

nstr

uctio

nal m

ater

ials

and

dev

ices

car

ry m

uch

of th

e in

stru

ctio

nal b

urde

n.O

bvio

usly

, if

prog

ram

ing

has

been

suc

cess

ful,

the

teac

her

will

not

hav

e to

expl

ain

the

text

con

stan

tly o

r en

gage

in q

uest

ion-

answ

er r

ecita

tion

activ

ities

so

com

mon

in c

lass

room

s to

day.

How

ever

,th

e te

ache

r w

ill h

ave

to s

elec

t pro

per

prog

ram

s to

acc

ompl

ish

lear

ning

obje

ctiv

es ju

st a

s he

sel

ects

a te

xtbo

ok to

day.

Seco

ndly

, he

mus

t sel

ect p

rope

r su

pple

men

tary

lear

ning

act

iviti

es th

at w

ill c

orn-

85

plem

ent t

he s

elf-

inst

ruct

iona

l mat

eria

ls. H

ew

ill h

ave

time

to d

evel

opSo

cial

and

expr

essi

ve s

kills

.U

nder

nor

mal

cir

cum

stan

ces,

pro

gram

edle

arni

ng m

ater

ials

sho

uld

not

carr

y th

e en

tire

inst

ruct

iona

llo

ad. T

here

are

man

y va

ried

expe

rien

ces

whi

ch

form

a p

art o

f a

good

edu

catio

nal p

rogr

am.

Prog

ram

s w

ill n

ever

conc

eiva

bly

repl

ace

grou

p le

arni

ng, d

iscu

ssio

ns, r

eadi

nggo

od b

ooks

and

art

icle

s,w

ritin

gre

port

s, o

ral p

rese

ntat

ion

of s

kits

and

repo

rts,

and

mak

ing

fiel

dtr

ips.

Stu

dent

s,fu

rthe

rmor

e, r

ecei

ve th

e gr

eate

st b

enef

itfr

om s

elf-

inst

ruct

iona

l mat

eria

lsif

they

hav

e so

me

prep

arat

ion

or o

rien

tatio

nfo

r se

lf-s

tudy

act

iviti

es. A

fter

aun

itof

wor

k, th

ey s

houl

d en

gage

in s

ome

activ

ity r

equi

ring

them

to a

pply

wha

tth

ey h

ave

lear

ned.

Suc

h fo

llow

-up

may

be in

divi

dual

and

/or

grou

ple

arn-

ing

with

the

teac

her,

oth

er c

onve

rsat

ion

and

liste

ning

pra

ctic

es, v

iew

ing

a fi

lm,

read

ing

a ca

refu

lly s

truc

ture

d st

ory,

or

wri

ting

aca

refu

lly s

truc

ture

d co

mpo

-si

tion.

It i

s pa

rtic

ular

ly im

port

ant t

o re

mem

ber

that

no

mat

ter

how

eff

ectiv

epr

ogra

med

lear

ning

may

be,

the

stud

ent m

usth

ave

an o

ppor

tuni

ty to

use

lan-

guag

e fo

r m

eani

ngfu

l com

mun

icat

ion

with

his

teac

her

and

his

fello

wst

uden

ts.

Muc

h te

ache

r ex

peri

men

tatio

n w

ill b

e ne

cess

ary

toes

tabl

ish

the

prop

er b

lend

of v

ario

us te

achi

ng a

ids

and

met

hods

rang

ing

from

larg

e gr

oup

inst

ruct

ion

thro

ugh

tele

visi

on o

r fi

lms,

to in

divi

dual

stu

dyw

ith p

rogr

amed

mat

eria

ls.

Sele

ctin

g Pr

ogra

med

Mat

eria

lsSi

nce

prog

ram

ed m

ater

ials

for

for

eign

lang

uage

stu

dy a

re r

elat

ivel

y ne

w a

ndex

tend

ed s

eque

nces

are

not

yet

ava

ilabl

e,sc

hool

s ar

e ad

vise

d to

con

side

r th

emon

ly f

or e

xper

imen

tal u

se. E

ven

whe

n pr

ogra

ms

beco

me

mor

e ge

nera

lly a

vail-

able

in e

xten

ded

sequ

ence

s, s

choo

l sys

tem

sw

ill b

e ad

vise

d to

eng

age

in e

x-pe

rim

enta

tion

prio

r to

larg

e sc

ale

adop

tion.

How

ever

, for

exp

erie

nced

teac

hers

who

wis

h to

try

out t

hese

new

mat

eria

ls n

ow,

the

follo

win

g gu

idel

ines

for

the

sele

ctio

n an

d us

e of

pro

gram

ed m

ater

ials

are

prov

ided

. It i

s no

t eno

ugh

tore

ad a

dver

tisin

g br

ochu

res

desc

ribi

ngth

e pr

ogra

ms.

Exp

erie

nced

teac

hers

mus

tst

udy

the

mat

eria

ls to

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

or

nott

hey

are

desi

rabl

e.1.

Pro

gram

s m

ust m

eet t

hepr

edet

erm

ined

goa

ls o

f th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

gede

part

men

t2.

Voc

abul

ary,

info

rmat

ion,

and

pred

eter

min

ed s

kills

mus

t be

appr

opri

ate

for

the

inte

nded

lear

ners

3. S

tyle

and

deg

ree

of d

iffi

culty

mus

t be

appr

opri

ate

for

the

grou

p4.

Ste

ps o

f th

e pr

ogra

m m

ust p

rovi

defo

r a

care

ful,

logi

cal p

rogr

essi

on o

fsu

bjec

t mat

ter

5. I

nfor

mat

ion

as to

how

the

prog

ram

has

been

test

ed a

nd w

hat r

evis

ions

have

bee

n m

ade

mus

t be

avai

labl

e6.

Dat

a sh

ould

be

avai

labl

e ab

out w

hat

stud

ents

act

ually

lear

n fr

om th

epr

ogra

m a

nd w

hat d

egre

e of

rete

ntio

n ha

s be

en a

chie

ved.

Inf

orm

atio

nre

gard

ing

the

cond

ition

s un

der

whi

ch th

isda

ta w

as o

btai

ned

is a

lso

nece

ssar

y7.

Tea

cher

s w

ho p

lan

to u

se th

em

ater

ials

sho

uld

acqu

aint

them

selv

es w

ithso

me

of th

e lit

erat

ure

in th

efi

eld

and

if p

ossi

ble

atte

nd a

wor

ksho

p or

colle

ge c

ours

e on

pro

gram

ed le

arni

ngA

dmin

istr

ativ

e pr

ovis

ions

mus

t be

mad

e fo

r st

uden

tspr

ogre

ssin

g at

dif

fer-

ent r

ates

thro

ugh

the

prog

ram

Sugg

este

d R

eadi

ngs

Hay

es, A

lfre

d S.

"A

New

Loo

k at

Lea

rnin

g."

Cur

rent

Iss

ues

in L

angu

age

(111

1MC

APA

RII

MM

TM

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IRM

Ilar

m,1

=1/

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chin

g, R

epor

ts o

f th

eW

orki

ng C

omm

ittee

, 196

2 N

orth

east

Con

fere

nce

onT

each

ing

of F

orei

gn L

angu

ages

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orto

n, F

. Ran

d. "

The

Lan

guag

eL

abor

ator

y as

a T

each

ing

Mac

hine

." I

n-te

rnat

iona

l Jou

rnal

of

Am

eric

anL

ingu

istic

s, X

XV

I, (

Oct

ober

, 196

0) .

Skin

ner,

Bur

rhus

F. "

The

Sci

ence

of L

earn

ing

and

the

Art

of

Tea

chin

g."

Tea

chin

g M

achi

nes

and

Prog

ram

ed L

earn

ing.

86

"Spe

cial

Pro

blem

s in

Pro

gram

min

gL

angu

age

Inst

ruct

ion

for

Tea

chin

gM

a-ch

ines

." I

nter

natio

nal J

ourn

al o

fA

mer

ican

Lin

guis

tics,

XX

VI,

(O

ctob

er,

1960

).U

nive

rsity

of

Mic

higa

n Pu

blic

atio

ns o

fthe

Lan

guag

e L

abor

ator

y.V

aidm

an, A

lber

t. "H

ow D

o W

e B

reak

the

Loc

kste

p."

Aud

io-V

isua

l Ins

truc

-tio

n.

Cha

pter

IX

FOR

EIG

N L

AN

GU

AG

E I

NST

RU

CT

ION

BY

ED

UC

AT

ION

AL

TE

LE

VIS

ION

Edu

catio

nal t

elev

isio

n, b

orn

afte

r W

orld

War

II, h

as n

ever

thel

ess

alre

ady

assu

med

an

impo

rtan

t pla

ce in

the

educ

atio

nal p

rogr

ams

of m

any

scho

ol s

ys-

tem

s. A

wid

e ra

nge

of s

ubje

cts

has

been

taug

ht to

lear

ners

inel

emen

tary

scho

ol, j

unio

r an

d se

nior

hig

h sc

hool

, and

colle

ge. T

elev

isio

n is

mak

ing

pos-

sibl

e an

exp

losi

ve e

xpan

sion

in e

lem

enta

ryfo

reig

n la

ngua

ge s

tudy

, and

nu-

mer

ous

educ

atio

nal

tele

visi

on f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge c

ours

es h

ave

beco

me

firm

lyes

tabl

ishe

d in

the

elem

enta

ry g

rade

s. I

n m

any

inst

ance

s, e

duca

tiona

l tel

evis

ion

prov

ides

the

mai

n m

ediu

m o

f in

stru

ctio

n in

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

cou

rses

.

Adv

anta

ges

of U

sing

Edu

catio

nal T

elev

isio

n to

Tea

k*C

hild

ren

The

ele

men

tary

chi

ld le

nds

him

self

ver

yw

ell t

o in

stru

atio

n by

tele

visi

on.

Chi

ldre

n in

the

elem

enta

ry g

rade

s va

lue

TV

hig

hly.

The

y lis

ten

tote

levi

sion

prog

ram

s se

ekin

g fa

ntas

y, e

scap

e,ex

cite

men

t, an

d re

crea

tion.

Whi

le th

eydo

not u

sual

ly w

atch

tele

visi

onw

ith th

e in

tent

to b

e ta

ught

or

to p

utfo

rth

effo

rt,

they

are

acc

usto

med

to e

njoy

ing,

conc

entr

atin

g on

, and

lear

ning

fro

mte

le-

visi

on. I

t is,

ther

efor

e, th

e go

al o

fed

ucat

iona

l tel

evis

ion

stat

ions

to d

evel

oppr

ogra

ms

that

app

eal t

oth

e in

tere

st o

f ch

ildre

n an

d at

the

sam

etin

:.e

prov

ide

a le

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

e.W

hen

teac

hing

is d

one

by a

ski

llful

inst

ruct

or, e

duca

-tio

nal t

elev

isio

n m

ay a

chie

ve a

n un

usua

lim

med

iacy

with

the

child

vie

wer

. Thi

sis

, of

cour

se, h

ighl

y de

sira

ble

forl

earn

ing.

Adv

anta

ges

of U

sing

Edu

catio

nal T

elev

isio

n to

Tea

ch F

orei

gn L

angu

ages

Edu

catio

nal t

elev

isio

n pr

ovid

es o

ther

inst

ruct

iona

l adv

anta

ges.

The

edu

ca-

tiona

l tel

evis

ion

less

ons

are

usua

lly m

ore

care

fully

pla

nned

than

the

conv

en-

tiona

l cla

ssro

om le

sson

s. B

ecau

seof

the

care

ful p

lann

ing,

mor

e co

nten

t can

be c

over

ed in

a c

lass

ses

sion

. One

or

mor

eof

the

gift

ed T

V te

ache

rs c

anre

ach

a la

rge

num

ber

ofst

uden

ts e

ach

of w

hom

is s

uppl

ied

with

a f

ront

sea

t vie

w.

Gre

ater

pos

sibi

litie

s fo

r pr

ogra

mva

riet

y ex

ist b

ecau

se o

f th

e m

any

reso

urce

sav

aila

ble

to th

e te

levi

sion

teac

her.

Tel

evis

ion

can

prov

ide

life-

like

dram

atiz

a-tio

ns a

nd s

kits

that

are

oft

en d

iffi

cult

topr

oduc

e in

the

clas

sroo

m. F

urth

er-

mor

e, th

e le

sson

s ca

nbe

vis

ualiz

ed m

ore

conc

rete

lybe

caus

e of

the

teac

her's

acce

ss to

and

use

of

ala

rge

num

ber

of r

ealia

and

vis

uala

ids.

Use

of

such

ma-

teri

als

incr

ease

s th

e po

ssib

ility

of

achi

evin

g th

e cu

ltura

l obj

ectiv

e of

afo

reig

nla

ngua

ge c

ours

e. I

n a

sens

e T

V c

antr

ansp

ort t

he le

arne

r to

the

fore

ign

land

,

and

thus

red

uce

the

need

for

tran

slat

ion

to e

stab

lish

mea

ning

.Thi

s ac

cultu

ra-

tion

may

for

ce th

e st

uden

t to

thin

k in

the

targ

et la

ngua

ge. C

ompl

ex o

rsi

mpl

ele

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

es m

ay b

e pr

esen

ted

in te

leca

sts.

Edu

catio

nal t

elev

isio

n ca

nde

velo

p un

ders

tand

ings

and

idea

s or

teac

h fa

cts.

Edu

catio

nal t

elev

isio

n al

so p

rovi

des

for

effe

ctiv

e us

e of

tim

e an

d sp

ace.

Roo

ms

do n

ot h

ave

to b

eda

rken

ed, t

hus

the

stud

ents

are

fre

e to

wri

te. T

hem

achi

ne is

sile

nt, i

n co

ntra

st to

afi

lm p

roje

ctor

or

a sl

ide

proj

ecto

r. T

hequ

ality

of th

e so

und

is u

sual

ly b

ette

rtha

n th

at o

f a

film

.87

Edu

catio

nal t

elev

isio

n ca

n be

used

as

a m

ediu

m o

fin

stru

ctio

n re

gard

less

of

the

chro

nolo

gica

l or

men

tal a

geof

the

child

. Ind

eed,

obse

rver

s ha

ve n

oted

that

child

ren

of lo

wer

apt

itude

see

mpa

rtic

ular

ly to

ben

efit

from

educ

atio

nal t

ele-

visi

on in

stru

ctio

n as

com

pare

d to

conv

entio

nal c

lass

room

inst

ruct

ion.

Edu

ca-

tiona

l tel

evis

ion

usua

lly r

equi

res

the

stud

ent t

o ac

cept

mor

ere

spon

sibi

lity

for

his

own

lear

ning

. At t

he s

ame

time

that

pup

ils a

rele

arni

ng f

rom

tele

cast

s,

clas

sroo

m te

ache

rs m

ay b

eim

prov

ing

thei

r ow

n kn

owle

dge

of s

ubje

ct m

atte

r

or b

enef

iting

from

obs

ervi

ng te

chni

ques

used

by

the

educ

atio

nal

tele

visi

on

teac

her.

One

of

the

rem

arka

ble

aspe

cts

of e

duca

tiona

lte

levi

sion

is th

e cl

ose

rapp

ort w

hich

can

be

esta

blis

hed

betw

een

TV

teac

her

and

pupi

l. T

heta

lent

ed

tele

visi

on te

ache

r ca

n de

velo

pte

achi

ng te

chni

ques

whi

chen

able

him

to e

stab

-

lish

an a

lmos

t per

sona

lre

latio

nshi

p w

ith th

e st

uden

t.R

apt a

ttent

ion

and

en-

thus

iasm

cha

ract

eriz

e cl

asse

sta

ught

by

man

y ex

celle

nted

ucat

iona

l tel

evis

ion

offe

ring

s.

The

Eff

ectiv

enes

s of

Edu

catio

nalT

elev

isio

n In

stru

ctio

n

Muc

h ca

n be

sai

d ab

out t

heef

fect

iven

ess

of e

duca

tiona

ltel

evis

ion

inst

ruct

ion.

Tel

evis

ion

teac

hing

has

oft

enpr

oved

to b

e as

eff

ectiv

e as

regu

lar

inst

ruct

ion

whe

n a

clas

sroo

m te

ache

rw

orks

with

the

tele

cast

.C

hild

ren

at a

ll le

vels

can

lear

n fr

om e

duca

tiona

lte

levi

sion

inst

ruct

ion,

and

som

etim

es le

arni

ng is

sig

ni-

fica

ntly

mor

e th

an th

at in

the

conv

entio

nal c

lass

room

.T

he r

ate

of f

orge

tting

is a

bout

the

sam

e as

that

of r

egul

ar in

stru

ctio

n.

Prob

lem

s an

d D

isad

vant

ages

of

Edu

catio

nal T

elev

isio

n In

stru

ctio

n

Tea

chin

g fo

reig

n la

ngua

gesb

y te

levi

sion

als

o pr

esen

tspr

oble

ms

and

has

som

e

disa

dvan

tage

s. T

he m

ost i

mpo

rtan

tw

eakn

esse

s of

edu

catio

nal

tele

visi

on a

re

its in

abili

ty to

ada

pt to

indi

vidu

al d

iffe

renc

es a

nd th

edi

srup

tion

of th

e no

rmal

resp

onse

rel

atio

nshi

pbe

twee

n th

e st

uden

t and

teac

her

that

is s

o in

here

ntin

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f la

ngua

gesk

ill. T

he T

V te

ache

r ca

nnot

know

50,

000

chil-

dren

per

sona

lly; h

e ca

nnot

give

per

sona

l atte

ntio

n to

the

stud

ents

; he

cann

otad

just

the

pace

of

the

less

on to

wha

t is

happ

enin

g in

the

clas

sroo

m; h

e ca

nnot

mai

ntai

n di

scip

line;

and

he c

anno

t enc

oura

ge th

esh

y st

uden

t or

rest

rain

the

bois

tero

us o

ne.

Var

ianc

e in

the

qual

ity a

ndty

pe o

f in

stru

ctio

n,or

gani

zatio

n, a

nd c

onte

nt

of th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

geed

ucat

iona

l tel

evis

ion

cour

ses

also

can

be

a pr

oble

m.

To

a la

rge

exte

nt th

e su

cces

sof

for

eign

lang

uage

cou

rses

is d

epen

dent

upo

n

thes

e ve

ry e

lem

ents

. Edu

catio

nal

tele

visi

on p

rogr

ams

do n

otal

way

s br

ing

the

mos

t qua

lifie

d te

ache

rin

to th

e cl

assr

oom

, and

neith

er is

the

orga

niza

tion

ofth

e co

urse

or

its c

onte

nt a

lway

sth

e be

st th

at is

ava

ilabl

e.Sc

hedu

ling

is a

n im

port

ant a

spec

tof

usi

ng a

ny e

duca

tiona

lte

levi

sion

pro

-

gram

s in

the

clas

sroo

m. A

bove

all,

the

less

ons

mus

t be

sche

dule

d at

desi

r-

able

tim

es a

nd v

iew

ed in

desi

rabl

e lo

catio

ns to

avo

idin

terr

uptio

ns. U

sing

a

film

is s

omet

imes

mor

e co

nven

ient

as

film

s ar

em

uch

easi

er to

sch

edul

e in

toth

e sc

hool

pro

gram

.A

cous

tical

pro

blem

s an

d m

echa

nica

l fai

lure

s so

met

imes

cau

sedi

ffic

ultie

s in

view

ing

and

hear

ing

the

tele

cast

s. H

owev

er, a

mor

e co

mm

onsc

hool

pro

blem

is th

e Ja

ck o

f en

ough

tele

visi

on s

ets

so th

at o

verl

y la

rge

grou

ps m

ustw

atch

ate

leca

st a

t one

tim

e. T

he c

onfu

sion

and

tens

ion

that

res

ult f

rom

thes

e pr

ob-

lem

s ca

n ad

vers

ely

affe

ct th

e ed

ucat

iona

l tel

evis

ion

fore

ign

lang

uage

pro

gram

.

Sele

ctin

g A

n E

duca

tiona

l Tel

evis

ion

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

e Pr

ogra

mT

he s

elec

tion

of a

n ed

ucat

iona

l tel

evis

ion

fore

ign

lang

uage

pro

gram

or

pro-

gram

s fo

rth

e sc

hool

sys

tem

invo

lves

man

y co

nsid

erat

ions

. The

adm

inis

trat

ors

shou

ld b

e aw

are

of th

e ad

vant

ages

and

dis

adva

ntag

esof

edu

catio

nal t

elev

isio

nfo

reig

n la

ngua

ge in

stru

ctio

n. I

n ad

ditio

n, p

re-r

ecor

ded

and/

or p

roje

cted

tele

-vi

sion

pro

gram

s m

ust b

e st

udie

d ca

refu

lly in

ord

er to

dete

rmin

e th

eir

prob

able

effe

ctiv

enes

s. N

ote:

The

TV

teac

her

mus

t be

an o

utst

andi

ngte

ache

r. S

he m

ust

pres

ent a

n ex

celle

ntim

itativ

e m

odel

of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

and

she

mus

t be

wel

l-ac

quai

nted

and

trai

ned

in th

e au

dio-

lingu

al a

ppro

ach.

She

mus

t als

o be

espe

cial

ly a

lert

to le

aren

c, d

iffi

culti

esth

at c

hild

ren

will

hav

e w

ith th

e ne

w la

n-gu

age

end

plan

in a

dvan

ce to

cop

e w

ith th

e m

ajor

ity o

f th

ese

diff

icul

ties.

Fur

-th

erm

ore,

she

mus

t hav

e to

a c

onsi

dera

ble

degr

eeth

e ab

ility

to m

ake

child

ren

wan

t to

lear

n.T

he o

rgan

izat

ion

and

cont

ent o

f th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

gesh

ould

be

exam

ined

thor

ough

ly. A

n ed

ucat

iona

ltel

evis

ion

fore

ign

lang

uage

pro

gram

mus

t be

a w

ell-

plan

ned

prog

ram

that

is c

aref

ully

ada

pted

to e

ach

of th

e gr

ades

it is

inte

nded

to te

ach.

Thi

s ta

sk o

f ev

alua

ting

the

prog

ram

is n

ot e

asy

as m

ost o

f el

emen

tary

scho

ol f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge p

rogr

ams

cont

ain

orig

inal

mat

eria

l,m

uch

of w

hich

has

not b

een

prov

en to

be

adap

ted

toea

ch g

rade

. Old

for

eign

lang

uage

text

sm

ay n

otbe

use

d to

est

ablis

h st

anda

rds

for

com

pari

son

sinc

e th

e au

dio-

lingu

alm

etho

d do

es n

ot a

dher

e to

the

met

hods

and

tech

niqu

esof

the

trad

ition

al g

ram

-m

ar-o

rien

ted

text

book

s. F

orei

gn la

ngua

ge s

peci

alis

tsw

ho a

re k

now

ledg

eabl

ein

aud

io-l

ingu

al m

etho

ds a

nd te

chni

ques

shou

ld e

xam

ine

the

prog

ram

.T

he te

ache

rs' g

uide

s an

d di

rect

ed f

ollo

w-u

ple

sson

s sh

ould

be

exam

ined

tofi

nd o

ut if

they

info

rm a

nd d

irec

tth

e cl

assr

oom

teac

her

who

wor

ks w

ithth

e

educ

atio

nal t

elev

isio

n fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge p

rogr

ams,

in a

cle

arly

def

ined

man

ner.

If w

orkb

ooks

are

par

t of

the

HIV

pro

gram

, tea

cher

s' e

ditio

ns s

houl

d be

sup

-pl

ied,

alo

ng w

ith a

dequ

ate

inst

ruct

ions

on

whe

n an

d ho

w th

e w

orkb

ooks

are

to b

e us

ed in

the

clas

sroo

m.W

hen

tape

s ac

com

pany

the

prog

ram

s th

eysh

ould

pres

ent c

lear

and

acc

urat

ere

prod

uctio

ns o

f th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge.

It is

als

oim

port

ant f

or th

ese

tape

s to

func

tion

as in

tegr

al s

egm

ents

of

the

entir

e ed

uca-

tiona

l tel

evis

ion

cour

se.

Som

e ed

ucat

iona

l tel

evis

ion

fore

ign

lang

uage

pro

gram

sha

ve c

onst

ruct

edte

sts

to a

ccom

pany

the

prog

ram

.V

alid

and

rel

iabl

e te

sts

will

hel

p th

e sc

h "o

Isy

stem

s ev

alua

teth

eir

own

prog

ram

s. A

num

ber

of e

lem

enta

rysc

hool

edu

ca-

tiona

l tel

evis

ion

cour

ses

pres

ent f

orei

gn la

ngua

gete

leca

sts

two

or th

ree

times

a w

eek.

The

oth

er d

ays

of th

e w

eek

the

clas

sroo

m te

ache

r ei

ther

use

s ta

pes

or f

ollo

ws

step

-by-

step

dire

ctio

ns in

pre

sent

ing

a te

ache

r di

rect

ed f

ollo

w-u

ple

sson

.W

ell-

prep

ared

edu

catio

nal

tele

visi

on f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge c

ours

es w

ill h

ave

asu

ffic

ient

num

ber

of s

uppl

emen

tary

tape

pro

gram

sto

be

used

whe

neve

r th

eyar

e ne

eded

. With

unte

sted

cou

rses

ther

e sh

ould

be

prov

isio

nfo

r ne

cess

ary

re-

88

visi

on o

f sc

ript

s af

ter

initi

al u

ses.

Con

tinui

ty is

esse

ntia

l in

a w

ell-

plan

ned

prog

ram

.T

he p

oten

tial e

ffec

tiven

ess

of e

duca

tiona

l tel

evis

ion

is s

ever

ely

limite

d w

ith-

out t

he h

elp

of a

n iti

nera

nt o

r he

lpin

gte

ache

r to

wor

k di

rect

ly w

ith c

lass

room

teac

hers

. Thi

s fa

ct h

as b

een

disc

over

ed in

stu

dies

dire

cted

to e

valu

ate

TV

in-

stru

ctio

n al

one

vers

us T

V in

stru

ctio

n co

mbi

ned

with

dir

ecte

d fo

llow

-up.

Fur

-th

erm

ore,

fre

quen

t con

tact

bet

wee

nth

e T

V te

ache

r an

d th

e he

lpin

g te

ache

ror

teac

hers

will

hel

p m

ake

asu

cces

sful

pro

gram

.

How

to I

mpr

ove

Edu

catio

nal T

elev

isio

n Fo

reig

n L

angu

age

Inst

ruct

ion

Impr

ovin

g th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

geed

ucat

iona

l tel

evis

ion

inst

ruct

ion

has

been

a m

ajor

con

cern

of

scho

ol s

yste

ms

now

teac

hing

for

eign

lang

uage

via

tele

-vi

sion

. Man

y sc

hool

sys

tem

s as

sess

thei

r pr

ogra

m a

s th

ey g

oal

ong.

The

y st

udy

way

s to

impr

ove

it,an

d th

en p

lan

and

budg

et f

or it

s fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t.A

rea

s

that

are

oft

en in

clud

ed in

thei

rco

nsid

erat

ions

are

the

follo

win

g: (

1) a

rran

ge-

men

ts f

or th

e w

atch

ing

of th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

gete

leca

sts,

(2)

the

follo

w-u

ple

sson

s, (

3) th

e ro

le o

f th

e cl

assr

oom

teac

her,

(4)

the

role

of

the

foig

nla

n-

guag

e sp

ecia

list,

(5)

in-s

ervi

ce p

rogr

ams,

(6

suita

ble

cour

se c

onte

nt,

and

(7)

the

role

of

the

pare

nts.

The

Cla

ssro

omT

he b

est a

tmos

pher

e is

not

alw

ays

pres

entw

hen

the

child

ren

wat

ch th

e fo

r-ei

gn la

ngua

ge te

leca

sts.

Afe

w g

uide

lines

will

impr

ove

the

atm

osph

ere

and

the

atte

ntio

n of

the

stud

ents

. Fir

st o

f al

l, th

ede

sks

shou

ld b

e cl

ear,

unl

ess

the

TV

less

on r

equi

res

the

use

of p

aper

, pen

cils

, or

cray

ons.

The

chi

ldre

n sh

ould

be

seat

ed in

thre

e or

fou

r ro

ws

arra

nged

in a

sem

i-ci

rcle

. An

aisl

e sh

ould

div

ide

them

into

two

grou

ps. S

ince

sea

ting

child

ren

very

clo

se to

geth

er e

ncou

rage

sin

atte

ntio

n, th

is s

houl

d be

avo

ided

if p

ossi

ble.

Follo

w-U

p A

ctiv

ities

The

teac

her's

rol

e be

fore

, dur

ing,

and

aft

erth

e te

leca

st w

ill v

ary

acco

rdin

gto

her

abi

lity

to u

se th

e fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge.

If s

he is

cap

able

, she

sho

uld

prov

ide

a fe

w m

inut

es o

f w

arm

-up

befo

re th

e te

leca

st b

egin

s. T

his

coul

d be

a s

ong,

gam

e, o

r pa

ttern

drill

. Dur

ing

the

tele

cast

she

mus

t sho

whe

r in

tere

st in

the

prog

ram

by

payi

ngca

refu

l atte

ntio

n to

it. S

he m

ust d

eman

d pa

rtic

ipat

ion

and

atte

ntio

n on

the

part

of

the

pupi

ls. I

t is

help

ful t

oha

ve th

e te

ache

r w

alk

quie

tlyab

out t

he r

oom

, loo

king

and

list

enin

g to

chec

k on

stu

dent

par

ticip

atio

n. M

ean-

whi

le s

he c

an a

lso

be r

epea

ting

soft

ly a

long

with

the

child

ren.

Aft

er th

e te

le-

cast

a s

hort

fol

low

-up

to r

einf

orce

lear

ning

is d

esir

able

.

Fore

ign

lang

uage

inst

ruct

ion

with

out f

ollo

w-u

p le

sson

s by

the

clas

sroo

mte

ache

r pr

oduc

es in

adeq

uate

ach

ieve

men

t, es

peci

ally

in c

ompr

ehen

sion

and

the

spon

tane

ous

use

ofth

e la

ngua

ge. T

hus,

the

follo

w-u

p le

sson

to a

larg

e de

gree

dete

rmin

es th

e su

cces

s of

an

ET

V f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge p

rogr

am.

The

ava

il ab

le

fore

ign

lang

uage

ET

V p

rogr

ams

vary

as

to th

e co

nten

t of

the

follo

w-u

r le

s-so

ns. S

ome

prog

ram

s su

pply

tape

sor

rec

ords

for

the

teac

her

to p

lay,

whi

le

othe

rs p

rodu

ce s

tep-

by-s

tep

less

on p

lans

for

the

teac

her

to f

ollo

w in

cor

iduc

t-

ing

follo

w-u

p ac

tiviti

es,

The

latte

r te

chni

que

is m

ore

effe

ctiv

e if

the

teac

her

has

the

nece

ssar

y ba

ckgr

ound

in la

ngua

ge.

The

Rol

e of

the

Cla

ssro

om T

each

er

Que

stio

ns a

re f

requ

ently

aske

d re

gard

ing

the

role

of

the

clas

sroo

m te

ache

r

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)

in e

duca

tiona

l tel

evis

ion

whe

n it

is u

sed

to p

rovi

defo

reig

n la

ngua

ge in

stru

c-

tion.

Doe

s sh

e ha

ve a

nyro

le?

Can

non

-flu

entt

each

ers

be u

sed

succ

essf

ully

in

teac

hing

for

eign

lang

uage

sin

the

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l?W

hat i

s th

e ro

le o

f th

e

spec

ialis

t?T

o be

gin

with

, usi

ngth

e cl

assr

oom

teac

her

has

num

erou

sad

vant

ages

for

fore

ign

lang

uage

lear

ning

prov

ided

she

set

s up

a g

ood

lear

ning

atm

osph

ere

in h

er r

oom

. The

clas

sroo

m te

ache

r kn

ows

her

child

ren

and

she

know

sho

w

to te

ach.

She

can

prov

ide

life

and

enth

usia

smth

roug

h he

r at

titud

e an

dhe

r

part

icip

atio

n in

the

prog

ram

.If

she

is a

goo

dte

ache

r, s

he c

an a

dapt

toin

-

divi

dual

dif

fere

nces

whe

nsh

e us

es th

e ta

pe d

rills

and

in th

e di

rect

edfo

llow

-up

less

ons,

thus

sup

plem

entin

gth

e T

V le

sson

s.E

very

for

eign

lang

uage

clas

sroo

m te

ache

r m

ust

know

wha

t the

chi

ldre

n ar

e

expe

cted

to d

o. S

he m

ust,

ther

efor

e, b

e w

ell

acqu

aint

ed w

ith th

e pr

ogra

man

d

be c

onst

antly

info

rmed

abou

t cha

nges

, pro

blem

s,an

d re

sults

of

the

ET

Vfo

r-

eign

lang

uage

inst

ruct

ion.

She

does

not

hav

e to

be a

ling

uist

. As

she

is n

ot a

spec

ialis

t she

is n

ot a

sked

topr

oduc

e a

mod

el o

fth

e sp

oken

wor

d. H

owev

er,

fore

ign

lang

uage

teac

hing

by th

e cl

assr

oom

teac

her

does

req

uire

the

sam

e en

-

thus

iasm

that

she

em

ploy

sin

her

oth

er te

achi

ng.

The

cla

ssro

om te

ache

r ca

nus

ually

be

clas

sifi

ed a

s a

non-

flue

nt te

ache

r or

a m

oder

atel

yfl

uent

teac

her

of th

ela

ngua

ge. I

f sh

e is

non

flu

ent

it is

ass

umed

that

she

has

not

stu

died

the

targ

et la

ngua

ge. I

fsh

e is

con

side

red

mod

erat

ely

flue

nt th

en it

can

be

assu

med

that

she

has

som

ekn

owle

dge

of th

e la

ngua

ge,

perh

aps

two

or th

ree

year

sof

stud

y.R

esea

rch

has

indi

cate

dth

at e

ven

a m

oder

atel

yfl

uent

teac

her

has

adva

ntag

es

over

the

non-

flue

nt.

How

ever

, int

eres

t and

mot

ivat

ion

are

as s

igni

fica

nt a

sth

e

teac

her's

lang

uage

ski

llin

the

follo

w-u

pac

tivity

. Inf

orm

al r

atin

gsof

the

teac

her,

fol

low

-up

corr

elat

epo

sitiv

ely

with

the

perf

orm

ance

of th

e cl

ass.

The

non-

flue

nt a

nd m

oder

atel

yfl

uent

teac

hers

ope

rate

bette

r w

ith b

egin

ning

gro

ups

than

with

lear

ners

whc

,l_. R

yeha

d se

vera

l yea

rs o

fins

truc

tion.

At t

he s

ame

time

the

non-

flue

nt a

nd th

e m

oder

atel

yfl

uent

teac

her

can

lear

n

with

the

help

of

care

fully

pre

pare

dm

ater

ials

. Her

for

eign

lang

uage

teac

hing

abili

ty c

an im

prov

e an

dst

uden

t lea

rnin

g w

ithou

t asp

ecia

list i

s po

ssib

le. I

t is

impo

rtan

t, ho

wev

er, t

oke

ep in

min

d th

atte

ache

rs w

ho a

re n

ot s

peci

alis

ts g

en-

eral

ly p

rodu

ce s

omew

hatl

ower

ach

ieve

men

t.T

houg

h lo

wer

, thi

s ac

hiev

emen

t

is n

ever

thel

ess

sign

ific

ant,

even

whe

nco

mpa

red

to th

e sp

ecia

list's

resu

lts. T

he

mai

n ar

ea in

whi

chlo

wer

ach

ieve

men

t occ

urs

whe

n ch

ildre

n ar

e no

tta

ught

by s

peci

alis

ts is

in th

eira

bilit

y.to

mak

e or

al r

espo

nses

.

The

Spe

cial

ist F

orei

gnL

angu

age

Tea

cher

Gro

ups

of c

hild

ren

taug

ht b

y sp

ecia

lists

will

gen

eral

ly b

e su

peri

orin

all

cate

gori

es. T

here

is,

how

ever

, a s

igni

fica

ntsh

orta

ge o

f w

ell-

qual

ifie

dsp

ecia

l-

ists

to p

rodu

ce th

ese

desi

rabl

e re

sults

. It i

sad

visa

ble

for

a sc

hool

sys

tem

to

empl

oy th

e he

lp o

f at

leas

t one

spe

cial

ist

who

can

giv

e ch

ildre

noc

casi

onal

in-

tens

ive

prac

tice

and

help

the

regu

lar

clas

sroo

mte

ache

r. T

his

spec

ialis

t will

be

of s

peci

al v

alue

inhe

lpin

g pu

pils

to le

arn

corr

ect p

ronu

ncia

tion

asw

ell a

s

stre

ngth

enin

g ot

her

aspe

cts

of o

ral s

kills

,pa

rtic

ular

ly im

med

iacy

of

resp

onse

s,

and

the

appr

opri

aten

ess

of th

e re

spon

ses.

The

for

eign

lang

uage

spec

ialis

t can

be

utili

zed

toth

e gr

eate

st a

dvan

tage

if

she

is e

mpl

oyed

as

asu

perv

isor

, a d

emon

stra

tion

teac

her,

and

an

in-s

ervi

ce

pers

on. S

uch

asp

ecia

list c

an v

isit

clas

sroo

ms,

enco

urag

e cl

assr

oom

part

icip

a-89tio

n, s

ugge

st te

chni

ques

, and

cond

uct i

n-se

rvic

e m

eetin

gs.I

n so

me

case

s it

may

be p

ossi

ble

for

this

spe

cial

ist t

ore

plac

e en

tirel

y th

e te

levi

sed

teac

her

prev

iew

.

In-S

ervi

ce P

rogr

ams

In-s

ervi

ce p

rogr

ams

are

ofte

npr

ovid

ed f

or th

e cl

assr

oom

teac

her

to im

prov

e

her

com

man

d of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

. In

turn

the

teac

hers

who

atte

nd th

ese

clas

ses

are

bette

r ab

le to

pro

vide

an

adeq

uate

opp

ortu

nity

for

all

the

stud

ents

to le

arn

a se

cond

lang

uage

.T

hrou

gh in

-ser

vice

the

non-

flue

ntte

ache

r re

ceiv

es p

sych

olog

ical

supp

ort a

nd

reas

sura

nce

in h

erpo

sitio

n in

the

clas

sroo

m. T

hein

-ser

vice

cla

ss d

oes,

how

-

ever

, req

uire

her

activ

e pa

rtic

ipat

ion

if it

is to

be o

f va

lue

in th

ecl

assr

oom

.

Thu

s th

e te

ache

r's a

bilit

y to

use

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

in th

ecl

assr

oom

can

im-

prov

e an

d po

sitiv

ely

affe

ct h

er c

lass

's a

chie

vem

ent.

The

Rol

e of

the

Pare

nt

The

mos

t ine

ffec

tive

ET

Vfo

reig

n la

ngua

ge p

rogr

am is

the

one

in w

hich

ther

e is

no

prac

tice

in th

ecl

assr

oom

or

at h

ome.

The

wid

ely

used

ope

n-ci

rcui

t

TV

off

ers

a ne

w a

ndun

ique

opp

ortu

nity

for

the

pare

nts

to b

ecom

e di

rect

lyin

volv

ed a

nd to

coo

pera

te m

ore

effe

ctiv

ely

in th

eir

child

ren'

sed

ucat

ion.

Thi

s

pare

nt h

elp

at h

ome,

com

bine

d w

ith v

iew

ing

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

tele

cast

s an

d

ecle

ctic

cla

ssro

om te

ache

r-di

rect

edpr

actic

e pr

ovid

es f

or e

ven

mor

eef

fect

ive

lear

ning

of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

.

Adm

inis

trat

ive

Res

pons

ibili

ties

The

pol

min

istr

atio

n ha

s a

num

ber

of r

espo

nsib

ilitie

sif

the

ET

V f

orei

gn la

n-

guag

e pr

ogra

mis

to b

e a

succ

ess.

Man

yof

thes

e re

spon

sibi

litie

s m

ustb

e co

n-

side

red

befo

re s

elec

ting

apa

rtic

ular

pro

gram

. Cos

t is

anim

port

ant i

tem

to c

on-

side

r. T

he m

ore

child

ren

who

can

wat

ch th

e pr

ogra

m, t

helo

wer

the

cost

will

be.

Lig

htin

g an

d el

ectr

ical

fac

ilitie

s m

ust

be e

xam

ined

to s

ee if

chan

ges

mus

t be

mad

e be

fore

ET

V c

an b

eus

ed. S

eatin

g an

d sc

hedu

ling

prob

lem

s m

ust b

e

wor

ked

out.

No

mor

e th

an30

chi

ldre

n sh

ould

wat

ch o

nete

levi

sion

set

at a

time,

so

the

avai

labi

lity

ofte

levi

sion

set

s is

sig

nifi

cant

.C

aref

ul p

repa

ratio

ns a

re

nece

ssar

y to

insu

re s

ucce

ss.

Bec

ause

the

clas

sroo

mte

ache

r pl

ays

such

an

impo

rtan

t rol

e in

ass

urin

g th

e

succ

ess

of E

TV

,sch

ool a

dmin

istr

ator

s sh

ould

show

inte

rest

in h

er e

ffor

tsan

d

prov

ide

enco

urag

emen

t.In

-ser

vice

trai

ning

sho

uld

be s

uppl

ied

for

thos

ete

ache

rs w

ho n

eed

it. T

his

can

be in

the

form

of

in-s

ervi

ce c

lass

es, r

egul

ar

wor

ksho

ps, s

umm

er c

ours

es, o

rth

e gu

idan

ce o

f a

fore

ign

lang

uage

spe

cial

ist.

The

adm

inis

trat

ion

shou

ldbe

sur

e th

at th

e te

ache

rvi

ews

the

less

ons

and

pre-

view

s th

e co

min

g le

sson

s.

The

Pla

ce o

f E

TV

in th

eFo

reig

n L

angu

age

Prog

ram

in th

eSc

hool

Inst

ruct

iona

l tel

evis

ion

may

be th

e on

ly m

eans

of

supp

lyin

gfo

reig

n la

ngua

ge

inst

ruct

ion

in s

mal

l iso

late

dsc

hool

sys

tem

s. I

t may

be

an a

nsw

erw

here

, for

lack

of

a te

ache

r, a

for

eign

lang

uage

is n

ot ta

ught

at a

ll, o

rw

here

inte

rmed

;ate

and

adva

nced

cou

rses

can

not

be ju

stif

ied

beca

use

enro

llmen

ts a

re v

ery

smal

l.

In a

ny s

choo

l sys

tem

it m

ay b

e a

mea

ns o

fus

ing

an u

nusu

ally

gif

ted

inst

ruct

or

to te

ach

larg

e gr

oups

of s

tude

nts.

The

cos

tis

mod

erat

e or

gre

at,

depe

ndin

g

upon

the

type

of in

stal

latio

n de

sire

d,cl

osed

cir

cuit

or s

ets

usin

g on

lybr

oad-

cast

s fr

om c

omm

erci

al o

red

ucat

iona

l sta

tions

, but

its

prop

ortio

nal c

ost d

oes

dim

inis

h w

ith th

e gr

eate

rnu

mbe

r of

stu

dent

s de

pend

ing

upon

it fo

r in

stru

ctio

n.

Whe

n us

edpr

oper

ly, t

elev

isio

nfo

r ed

ucat

iona

lin

stru

ctio

n of

a f

orei

gnla

n-

guag

e ca

ngr

eatly

incr

ease

the

stud

ent's

fac

ility

in th

esk

ills.

ET

V F

orei

gn L

angu

age

Cou

rses

and

the

Juni

orH

igh

Scho

ol

ET

V f

orei

gnla

ngua

ge c

ours

es h

ave

not y

et c

omm

only

foun

d th

eir

way

into

the

juni

or h

igh

scho

ol c

urri

culu

m.

Dat

a is

not

as

yet

avai

labl

e to

pro

ve th

e

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

usi

ngT

V f

or f

orei

gnla

ngua

ge in

stru

ctio

n at

that

leve

l. B

efor

e

such

dat

a w

ill b

e of

valu

e, it

will

be

nece

ssar

yto

dev

elop

pro

gram

sth

at a

re

desi

gned

spe

cifi

cally

for

the

juni

or h

igh

scho

ol s

tude

nt.

ET

V F

orei

gn L

angu

age

Cou

rses

and

the

Seni

orH

igh

Scho

ol

With

the

incr

easi

ngnu

mbe

r of

hig

h sc

hool

stud

ents

inte

rest

ed in

fore

ign

lan-

guag

e co

urse

sth

e tim

e m

ay s

oon

arri

ve f

or s

ome

scho

oldi

stri

cts

whe

n th

e

supp

ly o

f st

uden

tsex

ceed

s th

e su

pply

of q

ualif

ied

fore

ign

lang

uage

inst

ruct

ors.

ET

V f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge c

ours

esm

ay th

enbe

com

e an

inte

gral

par

tof

the

high

scho

ol f

orei

gn la

ngua

gecu

rric

ulum

. The

re a

real

so p

ossi

bilit

ies

for

utili

zing

the

teac

hing

tech

niqu

esof

ET

V to

exp

and

the

cultu

ral k

now

ledg

eof

stu

dent

s

in f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge c

ours

es.It

may

be

help

ful t

oha

ve le

ctur

es o

n fo

reig

nla

n-

guag

e lit

erat

ure

pres

ente

d ov

er T

Vby

wel

l-in

form

edco

llege

inst

ruct

ors

offo

r-

eign

lang

uage

lite

ratu

re c

ours

es.

Such

an

offe

ring

mig

ht b

e pa

rtic

ular

lyhe

lp-

ful f

or p

rovi

ding

cultu

ral a

nd li

tera

ryin

sigh

ts to

the

adva

nced

stud

ent i

n tl.

?,

nine

yea

r se

quen

ce.

With

inte

r-co

ntin

enta

lT

V b

ecom

ing

part

of o

ur e

nvir

o,i-

men

t, th

ere

is a

lso

the

poss

ibili

ty o

fus

ing

fore

ign

tele

cast

s as

am

otiv

atin

g fa

c-

tor

to k

eep

inte

rest

in f

orei

gn la

ngua

ges

aliv

e am

ong

high

sch

ools

tude

nts.

ET

V F

orei

gn L

angu

age

Cou

rses

and

Col

lege

s

Man

y co

llege

for

eign

lang

uage

cou

rses

are

pres

ently

bei

ng ta

ught

by E

TV

.

Lec

ture

s ar

e pr

esen

ted.

by te

levi

sion

and

usua

lly f

ollo

wed

by

smal

l gro

up s

es-

sion

s an

d la

bora

tory

prac

tice.

Som

ere

sear

ch s

eem

s to

indi

cate

that

suc

h in

-

stru

ctio

n is

just

as

effe

ctiv

e as

cla

sses

taug

ht b

y m

ore

conv

entio

nal m

etho

ds

in th

e pa

st.

90

Futu

re P

ossi

bilit

ies

A n

ew a

nd y

etre

lativ

ely

unde

velo

ped

fiel

din

for

eign

lang

uage

lear

ning

is

that

of

prog

ram

edin

stru

ctio

n. T

he f

utur

e E

TV

pro

gram

sm

ay c

ombi

neT

V

tele

cast

s an

d la

bora

tory

prac

tice

with

pro

gram

edin

stru

ctio

n. A

s pr

ogra

med

inst

ruct

ion

can

adap

t mor

ere

adily

to in

divi

dual

diff

eren

ces

than

tele

visi

on

alon

e, th

e re

sulti

ngle

arni

ng m

ay ta

ke f

orei

gnla

ngua

ge in

stru

ctio

n on

e st

ep

clos

er to

its

goal

off

luen

cy in

the

four

bas

icsk

ills

for

each

stu

dent

.

All

the

pres

ent a

ndfu

ture

ET

V f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge c

ours

esw

ill h

ave

to m

ain-

tain

a h

igh

leve

l of

show

man

ship

or

the

med

ium

will

lose

out

and

its

effe

ct

on e

duca

tion

will

dec

line.

Sugg

este

d R

eadi

ngs

The

Adm

inis

trat

or's

hand

book

for

Par

lon

Fran

cais

. Bos

ton:

Hea

thde

Roc

hem

ont,

1962

.D

esig

n fo

r E

TV

, Pla

nnin

gfo

r Sc

hool

s w

ithT

elev

isio

n. E

duca

tiona

l Fac

ili-

ties

Lab

orat

orie

s, 4

77M

adis

on A

venu

e, N

ew Y

ork

22,1

960.

Edu

catio

nal T

elev

isio

n, T

heN

ext T

en Y

ears

. Ins

titut

efo

r C

omm

unic

atio

n

Res

earc

h, S

tanf

ord

U.,

1962

.R

eid,

J. R

icha

rd. "

An

Exp

lora

tory

Sur

vey

of F

orei

gnL

angu

age

Tea

chin

g

by T

elev

isio

n in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es."

Rep

orts

of

Surv

eys

and

Stud

ies

inth

e

Tea

chin

g of

Mod

ern

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

es. N

ew Y

ork:

Mod

ern

Lar

juag

e A

ssoc

i-

atio

n of

Am

eric

a, 1

961.

Schr

amm

, Wilb

ur, J

ack

Lyl

e, a

nd E

dwin

B. P

arke

r.T

elev

isio

n in

the

Liv

es

of O

ur C

hild

ren.

Stan

ford

U. P

ress

, 196

1.Sc

hram

m, W

ilbur

, Jac

k L

yle,

and

Ithi

el d

e So

la P

ool.

The

Peo

ple

Loo

k at

Edu

catio

nal T

elev

isio

n. S

tanf

ord

U. P

ress

, 196

3.Si

epm

ann,

Cha

rles

A. T

Van

d O

ur S

choo

l Cri

sis.

New

Yor

k: D

odd,

195

8.St

odda

rd, A

lexa

nder

J.

Scho

ols

for

Tom

orro

w: A

nE

duca

tor's

Blu

epri

nt.

Fund

for

the

Adv

ance

men

tof

Edu

catio

n, 6

55 M

adis

onA

ve.,

New

Yor

k 21

,

1957

.T

he U

ses

of T

elev

isio

n in

Ee.

acat

ion.

Nor

th C

entr

alA

ssoc

iatio

n, U

. of

Chi

-

cago

, 196

1.

iF

Cha

pter

X

TE

AC

HE

R Q

UA

LIF

ICA

TIO

NS

AN

DPR

EPA

RA

TIO

N

Cer

tific

atio

nB

y Se

ptem

ber,

196

5, a

ll fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge te

ache

rs w

ho a

re n

ewly

em

ploy

edin

the

stat

e of

Min

neso

ta p

ublic

scho

ols

shal

l mee

t one

of

the

follo

win

g se

ts

of r

equi

rem

ents

:1.

A te

ache

r ce

rtif

ied

to te

ach

inth

e sp

ecia

l fie

ld o

f m

odem

for

eign

lang

uage

s

in g

rade

s 1-

12a.

A B

ache

lor's

deg

ree

upon

the

com

plet

ion

of a

teac

her

educ

atio

n pr

ogra

mw

ith a

lang

uage

maj

or f

rom

an

accr

edite

d te

ache

r-pr

epar

ing

inst

itutio

nb.

Eig

htee

n se

mes

ter

cred

its in

educ

atio

n in

clud

ing

a m

etho

ds c

ours

e in

fore

ign

lang

uage

teac

hing

at b

oth

the

elem

enta

ry a

nd s

econ

dary

leve

lsan

d su

perv

ised

stu

dent

teac

hing

atb

oth

leve

lsc.

A r

atin

g of

GO

OD

or

SUPE

RIO

R b

y th

e la

ngua

gede

part

men

t of

the

teac

her

prep

arin

g in

stitu

tion

in f

ive

of th

e se

ven

com

pete

ncie

s de

fine

d in

the

Mod

ern

Lan

guag

e A

ssoc

iatio

n,"Q

ualif

icat

ions

for

Sec

onda

ry S

choo

lT

each

ers

of M

odem

For

eign

Lan

guag

es,"

and

at le

ast a

min

imal

rat

ing

in th

e re

mai

ning

two

com

pete

ncie

s.T

he f

ive

com

pete

ncie

s ar

e to

incl

ude

aura

l und

erst

andi

ng, s

peak

ing,

read

ing,

and

wri

ting

2. A

sec

onda

ry s

choo

l tea

cher

of a

mod

em f

orei

gn la

ngua

gea.

Tho

se w

ith a

maj

orin

the

lang

uage

(1)

A B

ache

lor's

deg

ree

upon

the

com

plet

ion

of a

teac

her

educ

a-tio

n pr

ogra

m w

ith a

lang

uage

maj

orfr

omac

cred

ited

teac

her-

prep

arin

g in

stitu

tion

(2)

Eig

htee

n se

mes

ter

cred

its in

educ

atio

n in

clud

ing

met

hods

and

su-

perv

ised

stu

dent

teac

hing

at t

he s

econ

dary

leve

l(3

) A

rat

ing

of G

OO

D o

r SU

PER

IOR

by th

e la

ngua

ge d

epar

tmen

t of

the

teac

her-

prep

arin

g in

stitu

tion

info

ur o

f th

e se

ven

com

pete

ncie

sde

fine

d in

the

ML

A "

Qua

lific

atio

ns f

orSe

cond

ary

Scho

ol T

each

ers

of M

odem

For

eign

Lan

guag

es,"

and

at

leas

t a m

inim

al r

atin

g in

the

rem

aini

ng th

ree

com

pete

ncie

s. T

hefo

ur c

ompe

tenc

ies

are

to in

-cl

ude

aura

l und

erst

andi

ng, s

peak

ing,

and

read

ing

b. T

hose

with

less

than

a m

ajor

inth

e m

odem

for

eign

lang

uage

(1)

A B

ache

lor's

deg

ree

upon

the

com

plet

ion

of a

teac

her

educ

a-tio

n pr

ogra

m f

rom

an

accr

edite

dte

ache

r-pr

epar

ing

inst

itutio

n w

ith

a m

inim

umof

20

sem

este

r cr

edits

in e

ach

fore

ign

lang

uage

tow

hich

he

is a

ssig

ned.

One

sem

este

rcr

edit

may

be

allo

wed

for

eac

hun

it of

hig

h sc

hool

LIn

guag

e,bu

t not

to e

xcee

d th

ree

(2)

Eig

htee

n se

mes

ter

cred

itsin

edu

catio

n in

clud

ing

a m

etho

ds c

ours

eaw

l/ or

sup

ervi

sed

stud

ent t

each

ing

of a

lang

uage

3. A

n el

emen

tary

sch

oolt

each

er o

f a

mod

em f

orei

gn la

ngua

gea.

A B

ache

lor's

degr

ee u

pon

the

com

plet

ion

of a

tea"

her

educ

atio

n91

prog

ram

fro

m a

n ac

cred

ited

teac

her

prep

arin

g in

stitu

tion

with

am

ini-

mum

of

20 s

emes

ter

cred

its in

eac

h la

ngua

ge to

whi

ch h

eis

ass

igne

d, O

nese

mes

ter

cred

it m

ay b

e al

low

ed f

orea

ch u

nit o

f hi

gh s

choo

l lan

guag

e,bu

t not

to e

xcee

d th

ree

b. T

hirt

y se

mes

ter

cred

its in

edu

catio

nin

clud

ing

a m

etho

ds c

ours

e in

the

teac

hing

of

fore

ign

lang

uage

s an

d su

perv

ised

stud

ent t

each

ing

at th

e el

e-m

enta

ry le

vel i

n th

e us

ual s

ubje

ct-m

atte

r ar

eas

c. A

rat

ing

of G

OO

D o

rSU

PER

IOR

by

the

lang

uage

dep

artm

ent

of th

ete

ache

r-pr

epar

ing

;nst

;tutio

n in

the

com

pete

ncy

of s

peak

ing

as d

efin

edin

the

ML

A "

Qua

lific

atio

ns f

or S

econ

dary

Scho

ol T

each

ers

of M

oder

nFo

reig

n L

angu

ages

."4.

A te

ache

r ce

rtif

ied

to s

uper

vise

fore

ign

lang

uage

inst

ruct

ion

in g

rade

s1-

12

a. A

Mas

ter's

deg

ree

with

am

ajor

in a

mod

em f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge o

r a

maj

orin

the

teac

hing

of

mod

ern

fore

ign

lang

uage

sfr

om a

n ac

cred

ited

teac

her-

prep

arin

g in

stitu

tion

b. E

ight

een

sem

este

r cr

edits

in e

duca

tion

incl

udin

g a

.met

hods

cou

rse

in f

or-

eign

lang

uage

teac

hing

at b

oth

the

elem

enta

ryan

d se

cond

ary

leve

ls a

ndsu

perv

ised

stu

dent

teac

hing

at b

oth

leve

lsc.

A r

atin

g of

GO

OD

or

SUPE

RIO

R b

y th

e la

ngua

ge d

epar

tmen

t of

the

teac

her-

prep

arin

g in

stitu

tion

i.si

x of

the

seve

n co

mpe

tenc

ies

defi

ned

inth

e M

LA

"Q

ualif

icat

ions

for

Sec

onda

ry S

choo

lTea

cher

s of

Mod

em F

or-

eign

Lan

guag

es,"

and

at l

east

a m

inim

al r

atin

gin

the

rem

aini

ng c

om-

pete

ncy.

The

six

com

pete

ncie

s ar

e to

incl

ude

aura

l und

erst

andi

ng,

spea

king

, rea

ding

, wri

ting,

and

pro

fess

iona

l pre

para

tion

d. A

t lea

st tw

o ye

ars

of s

ucce

ssfu

l tea

chin

gex

peri

ence

as

a te

ache

r of

mod

-em

for

eign

lang

uage

s in

eith

erth

e el

emen

tary

or

the

seco

ndar

y sc

hool

An

accr

edite

d te

ache

r-pr

epar

ing

inst

itutio

n m

ayre

com

men

d a

:nat

ive

spea

ker

of a

mod

em f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge f

orce

rtif

icat

ion

as a

teac

her

in c

ateg

ory

1, 2

, or

3 w

hen

he h

as m

et th

e fo

llow

ing

requ

irem

ents

:1.

An

educ

atio

n co

mpa

rabl

e to

that

of

aB

ache

lor

of A

rts

or S

cien

ce in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

s de

term

ined

by

the

teac

her-

prep

arin

gin

stitu

tion

2. A

sou

nd k

now

ledg

e of

the

stru

ctur

eof

Eng

lish

and

of th

e na

tive

lang

uage

as d

eter

min

ed b

yth

e te

ache

r-pr

epar

ing

inst

itutio

n3.

Eig

htee

n se

mes

ter

cred

its in

edu

catio

nin

clud

ing

a m

etho

ds c

ours

e in

the

teac

hing

of

fore

ign

lang

uage

s an

d su

perv

ised

prac

tice

teac

hing

in th

ela

ngua

ge4.

A r

atin

g of

GO

OD

or

SUPE

RIO

Rby

the

lang

uage

dep

artm

ent o

f th

ete

ache

r-pr

epar

ing

inst

itutio

n in

six

of

the

seve

n co

mp

-ten

cies

as

defi

ned

inth

e M

LA

"Q

ualif

icat

ions

for

Sec

onda

rySc

hool

Tea

cher

s of

Mod

ern

For-

eign

Lan

guag

es,"

and

at l

east

a m

inim

alra

ting

in th

e oi

le r

emai

ning

com

-pe

tenc

y

Qua

lific

atio

ns f

or S

econ

dary

Sch

ool T

each

ers

The

fol

low

ing

impo

rtan

tst

atem

ent,

appr

oved

for

publ

icat

ion

by th

e ex

ecu-

tive

boar

ds o

f L

ine

natio

nal a

nd n

ine

regi

onal

for

eign

lang

uage

ass

ocia

tions

was

pub

lishe

d in

Sept

embe

r, 1

955.

It s

ays,

in e

ffec

t,th

at th

e pr

ofes

sion

of

mod

-

em f

orei

gn la

ngua

gete

ache

rs w

ill n

o lo

nger

acc

ept r

espo

nsib

ility

for

resu

lts

obta

ined

in th

e cl

assr

oom

by

inst

ruct

ors

who

are

inad

equa

tely

pre

pare

d to

teac

h

lang

uage

s. B

y im

plic

atio

n it

depl

ores

the

curr

ent p

ract

ice

ofcc

rtif

ying

teac

hers

to te

ach

by n

otin

g cr

edits

and/

or le

tter

of r

ecom

men

datio

nin

stea

d of

by

test

ing

rele

vant

qua

lific

atio

ns.

Fore

ign

lang

uage

stu

dy in

Am

eric

aha

s lo

ng s

uf-

fere

d fr

om w

idel

y pu

blic

ized

failu

res

on th

e hi

gh s

cr,0

0' le

vel.

Now

, lan

guag

e

teac

hers

are

fix

ing

blam

e fo

rth

ose

failu

res.

Who

se r

espo

nsib

ility

is it

to s

eeth

at y

our

child

lear

ns F

renc

h fr

om s

omeo

new

ho c

an r

eally

spe

ak F

renc

h an

dw

ho k

now

s so

met

hing

abo

ut F

renc

hcu

lture

?It

isvi

tally

impo

rtan

t tha

t tea

cher

sof

mod

ern

fore

ign

lang

uage

sbe

adeq

uate

ly p

repa

red

for

a ta

skw

hich

mor

e an

d m

ore

Am

eric

ans

are

decl

arin

g

esse

ntia

l to

the

natio

nal w

elfa

re.

Tho

ugh

a m

ajor

ity o

f th

e la

ngua

gete

ache

rs

in th

e sc

hool

s ar

e w

ell t

rain

ed, m

any

have

bee

n po

orly

or

inad

equa

tely

pre

-pa

red,

oft

en th

roug

h no

fau

ltof

thei

r ow

n. T

here

fore

, thi

sst

atem

ent o

f w

hat

is c

onsi

dere

d m

inim

al, g

ood,

and

supe

rior

qua

lific

atio

ns o

f a

seco

ndar

y sc

hool

teac

her

of a

mod

ern

fore

ign

lang

uage

is p

rese

nted

.W

e re

gret

that

the

min

imum

here

sta

ted

cann

ot y

et in

clud

ere

al p

rofi

cien

cy

in th

e fo

reig

n to

ngue

or

mor

eth

an a

sup

erfi

cial

kno

wle

dge

ofth

e fo

reig

n cu

l-

ture

. It m

ust b

e cl

earl

yun

ders

tood

that

teac

hing

by

pers

ons

who

can

not m

eet

this

min

imal

sta

ndar

d w

ill n

otpr

oduc

e re

sults

whi

ch o

ur p

rofe

ssio

n ca

n en

-do

rse

as m

akin

g th

e di

stin

ctiv

eco

ntri

butio

n of

lang

uage

lear

ning

toA

mer

ican

life

in th

e se

cond

hal

f of

the

twen

tieth

cen

tury

.T

he lo

wes

t lev

el o

f pr

epar

atio

nis

not

rec

omm

ende

d. I

t is

here

stat

ed o

nly

as a

poi

nt o

fde

part

ure

whi

ch c

arri

esw

ith it

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r co

ntin

ued

stud

y an

d se

lf-i

mpr

ovem

ent,

thro

ugh

grad

uate

and

in-s

ervi

ce tr

aini

ng,

tow

ard

the

leve

ls o

f go

od a

nd s

uper

iorp

repa

ratio

n.T

hose

who

sub

scri

be to

this

sta

tem

ent h

ope

that

the

teac

her

of f

orei

gn la

n-

guag

es (

1) w

illha

ve th

e pe

rson

al q

ualit

ies

whi

ch m

ake

an e

ffec

tive

teac

her,

(2)

has

rece

ived

aw

ell-

bala

nced

edu

catio

n, in

clud

ing

akn

owle

dge

of A

mer

i-

can

cultu

re,

and

(3)

has

rece

ived

the

appr

opri

ate

trai

ning

in p

rofe

ssio

nal e

du-

catio

n, p

sych

olog

y, a

ndse

cond

ary

scho

ol m

etho

ds. I

t is

not o

ur p

urpo

seto

furt

her

defi

ne th

ese

crite

ria.

We

are

conc

erne

d he

rew

ith th

e sp

ecif

ic c

rite

ria

for

a te

ache

r of

mod

ern

fore

ign

lang

uage

s.

1 A

ural

Und

erst

andi

ng

Min

imal

: The

abi

lity

to g

etth

e se

nse

of w

hat a

n ed

ucat

edna

tive

says

whe

nhe

is e

nunc

atin

g ca

refu

llyan

d sp

eaki

ng s

impl

y on

a g

ener

al s

ubje

ct

Goo

d: T

he a

bilit

y to

unde

rsta

nd c

onve

rsat

ion

at a

vera

ge te

mpo

,le

ctur

es,

and

new

s br

oadc

asts

Supe

rior

: The

abi

lity

tofo

llow

clo

sely

and

with

eas

eal

l typ

es o

f st

anda

rdsp

eech

, suc

h as

rap

id o

r gr

oup

conv

ersa

tion,

pla

ys, a

nd m

ovie

s

Tzs

t: T

hese

abi

litie

s ca

nbe

test

ed b

y di

ctat

ion,

by

the

Lis

teni

ngC

ompr

e-he

nsio

n T

ests

of

the

Col

lege

Ent

ranc

,.. E

xam

inat

ion

Boa

rd, t

hus

far

deve

lope

d fo

r Fr

ench

, Ger

man

,and

LA

nish

, or

by s

imila

r te

sts

for

thes

e an

d ot

her

lang

uage

s,w

ith a

n ex

tens

ion

in r

ange

and

dif

ficu

ltyfo

r th

e su

peri

or le

vel

92

2 Sp

eaki

ng

Min

imal

: The

abi

lity

to ta

lk o

n pr

epar

edto

pics

with

out o

bvio

us f

alte

ring

; for

exam

ple,

cla

ssro

om s

ituat

ions

, and

to u

seth

e co

mm

on e

xpre

ssio

nsne

eded

for

get

ting

arou

nd in

the

fore

ign

coun

try,

spea

king

with

apr

onou

ncia

tion

read

ily u

nder

stan

dabl

e to

ana

tive

Goo

d: T

he a

bilit

y to

talk

with

a n

ativ

ew

ithou

t mak

ing

glar

ing

mis

take

s, a

ndw

ith a

com

man

d of

voc

abul

ary

and

synt

axsu

ffic

ient

to e

xpre

ss o

ne's

thou

ghts

in s

usta

ined

con

ver.

....ti

on. T

his

impl

ies

spee

ch a

t nor

mal

spee

d w

ith g

ood

pron

unci

atio

n an

d in

tona

tion

Supe

rior

: The

abi

lity

to a

ppro

xim

ate

nativ

esp

eech

in v

ocab

ular

y, in

tona

tion,

and

pron

unci

atio

n; f

or e

xam

ple,

the

abili

ty to

exc

hang

e id

eas

and

tobe

at e

ase

in s

ocia

l situ

atio

nsT

est:

For

the

pres

ent,

this

abi

lity

has

to b

e te

sted

by in

terv

iew

or

by a

re-

cord

ed s

et o

f qu

estio

ns w

ith a

bla

nk d

isc

orta

pe f

or r

ecor

ding

answ

ers

3 R

eadi

ng

Min

imal

: The

abL

ity to

gra

sp d

irec

tly, t

hat i

s,w

ithou

t tra

nsla

ting,

the

mea

n-in

g of

sim

ple,

non

-tec

hnic

al p

rose

, xce

ptfo

r an

occ

asio

nal w

ord

Goo

d: T

he a

bilit

y to

rea

d w

ith im

med

iate

com

preh

ensi

on p

rose

and

ver

seof

ave

rage

dif

ficu

lty a

nd m

atur

e co

nten

tSu

peri

or: T

he a

bilit

y to

rea

d, a

lmos

t as

easi

ly a

sin

Eng

lish,

mat

eria

l of

con-

side

rabl

e di

ffic

ulty

, suc

h as

ess

ays

and

liter

ary

cri*

icis

mT

est:

The

se a

bilit

ies

can

be te

sted

by

a gr

aded

seri

es o

f tim

ed r

eadi

ng p

ass-

age,

with

com

preh

ensi

onqu

estio

ns a

nd m

ultip

le-c

hoic

e of

fre

e-re

-sp

onse

ans

wer

s

Min

imal

:

Goo

d:

Supe

rior

:

Tes

t:

4 W

ritin

g

The

abi

lity

to w

rite

cor

rect

ly s

ente

nces

or

para

grap

hs, s

uch

as w

ould

be d

evel

oped

ora

lly f

or c

lass

room

situ

atio

ns,a

nd th

e ab

ility

to w

rite

a sh

ort,

sim

ple

lette

rT

he a

bilit

y to

wri

te a

sim

ple

"fre

e co

mpo

sitio

n"w

ith c

lari

ty a

nd c

or-

rect

ness

in v

ocab

ular

y, id

iom

, and

syn

tax

The

abi

lity

to w

rite

on

a va

riet

y of

sub

ject

s w

ithid

iom

atic

nat

ural

-ne

ss, e

ase

of e

xpre

ssio

n, a

nd s

ome

feel

ing

for

the

styl

e of

the

lang

uage

The

se a

bilit

ies

can

be te

sted

by

mul

tiple

-cho

ice

synt

axite

ms,

dic

ta-

tion,

tran

slat

ion

of E

nglis

h se

nten

ces

of p

arag

raph

s an

d a

cont

rolle

dle

tter

or f

ree

com

posi

tion

5 L

angu

age

Ana

lysi

s

Min

imal

: A w

orla

ag c

omm

and

of th

eso

und-

patte

rns

and

gram

mar

-pat

tern

s of

the

fore

ign

lang

uage

, and

a k

now

ledg

e of

its m

ain

diff

eren

ces

from

Eng

lish

Goo

d: A

bas

ic k

now

ledg

e of

the

hist

oric

alde

velo

pmen

t and

pre

sent

cha

r-ac

teri

stic

s of

the

lang

uage

, and

an

awar

enes

s of

the

diff

eren

ce b

e-tw

een

the

lang

uage

as

spok

en a

nd a

sw

ritte

nSu

peri

or: A

bilit

y to

app

ly k

now

ledg

eof

des

crip

tive,

com

para

tive,

and

his

tori

-ca

l lin

guis

tics

to th

e la

ngua

ge-t

each

ing

situ

atio

nT

est:

Such

info

rmat

ion

and

insi

ght c

an b

ete

sted

for

leve

ls 1

and

2 b

y m

ul-

tiple

-cho

ice

and

free

-res

pons

e ite

ms

on p

rono

unci

atio

n,in

tona

tion

I

patte

rns,

and

syn

tax;

for

leve

ls 2

and

3, it

ems

on p

hilo

logy

and

de-

scri

ptiv

e lin

guis

tics

6 C

ultu

reM

inim

al: A

n aw

aren

ess

of la

ngua

ge a

s an

esse

ntia

l ele

men

t am

ong

the

lear

ned

and

shar

ed e

,oer

ienc

es th

at c

ombi

ne to

form

a p

artic

ular

cul

ture

and

a ru

dim

enta

ry k

now

ledg

eof

the

geog

raph

y, h

isto

ry,

liter

atur

e, a

rt,

soci

al c

usto

ms,

and

con

tem

pora

ryci

viliz

atio

n of

the

fore

ign

peop

leG

ood:

Fir

stha

nd k

now

ledg

e of

som

elit

erar

y m

aste

rpie

ces,

and

und

erst

and-

ing

of th

e pr

inci

pal w

ays

in w

hich

the

fore

ign

cultu

re r

esem

bles

and

diff

ers

from

our

ow

n, a

nd p

osse

ssio

nof

an

orga

nize

d bo

dy o

f in

-fo

rmat

ion

on th

e fo

reig

n pe

ople

and

thei

rciv

iliza

tion

Supe

rior

: An

enlig

hten

ed u

nder

stan

ding

of th

e fo

reig

n pe

ople

and

thei

rcu

l-

ture

, ach

ieve

d th

roug

h pe

rson

alco

ntac

t, pr

efer

ably

by

trav

elan

dre

side

nce

abro

ad, t

hrou

gh s

tudy

of

syst

emat

ic d

escr

iptio

ns o

f th

efo

reig

n cu

lture

and

thro

ugh

stud

y of

liter

atur

e an

d th

e ar

tsT

est:

Such

info

rmat

ion

and

insi

ght c

anbe

test

ed b

y m

ultip

le-c

hoic

elit

er-

ary

and

cultu

ral

acqu

aint

ance

test

s fo

r le

vels

1 a

nd 2

; for

leve

l 3,

wet

en c

omm

ents

on

pass

ages

of

pros

e or

poet

ry th

at d

iscu

ss o

r re

-ve

al s

igni

fica

nt a

spec

ts o

f th

e fo

reig

n cu

lture

7 Pr

ofes

sion

al P

repa

ratio

nN

ote

the

fina

l par

agra

ph o

f th

e pr

efat

ory

stat

emen

tSo

me

know

ledg

e of

eff

ectiv

e m

etho

dsan

d te

chni

ques

of

lang

uage

teac

hing

The

abi

lity

to a

pply

kno

wle

dge

ofm

etho

ds a

nd te

chni

ques

to th

e te

achi

ng s

ituat

ion;

for

exam

ple,

aud

io-v

isua

l tec

hniq

ues,

and

to r

elat

e on

e's

teac

hing

of

the

lang

uage

to o

ther

are

as o

f th

e cu

r-ri

culu

mA

mas

tery

of

reco

gniz

ed te

achi

ngm

etho

ds a

nd th

e ab

ility

to e

xper

i-m

ent w

ith a

nd e

valu

ate

new

met

hods

and

tech

niqu

esSu

ch k

now

ledg

e an

d ab

ility

can

be

test

ed b

y m

ultip

le-c

hoic

e an

-sw

ers

to q

uest

ions

on

peda

gogy

and

lang

uage

-tea

chin

g m

etho

ds,

plus

wri

tten

com

men

t on

lang

uage

-tea

chin

gsi

tuat

ions

The

for

egoi

ng s

tate

men

t was

prep

ared

by

the

Stee

ring

Com

mitt

ee o

fth

e Fo

reig

n L

angu

age

Prog

ram

of th

e M

oder

n L

angu

age

Ass

ocia

tion

ofA

mer

ica,

!In

d w

as s

ubse

quen

tlyen

dors

ed f

or p

ublic

atio

n by

the

ML

AE

xecu

-

tive

Cou

ncil,

by

the

Mod

ern

Lan

guag

e C

omm

ittee

of

the

Seco

ndar

y E

duca

-tio

n B

oard

, by

the

Com

mitt

ee o

nth

e L

angu

age

Prog

ram

of

the

Am

eric

anC

ounc

il of

Lea

rned

Soc

ietie

s, a

ndby

the

exec

utiv

e bo

ards

or

coun

cils

of

fif-

teen

oth

er n

atio

nal o

r re

gion

alla

ngua

ge o

rgan

izat

ions

.15

ML

A F

orei

gn L

angu

age

Prof

icie

ncy

Tes

tsG

ener

al I

nfor

mat

ion.

The

Mod

ern

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

e A

ssoc

iatio

n w

ith th

eac

tive

colla

bora

tion

of th

e E

duca

tiona

lT

estin

g Se

rvic

e is

eng

aged

in th

e de

-ve

lopm

ent a

nd p

rodu

ctio

n of

prof

icie

ncy

test

s fo

r te

ache

rs a

nd a

dvan

ced

stu-

dent

s. T

he te

sts

cove

r se

ven

com

pete

ncie

slis

teni

ng c

ompr

ehen

sion

, spe

ak-

ing,

rea

ding

, wri

ting,

app

lied

lingu

istic

s, c

ultu

re-c

ivili

zatio

n, a

ndpr

ofes

sion

al

Min

imal

:

Goo

d:

Supe

rior

:

Tes

t:

The

Nat

iona

l Int

eres

t and

For

eign

Lan

guag

es.

Will

iam

Rile

y Pa

rker

, U.S

. Gov

-

,er

nmen

t Pri

ntin

g O

ffic

e, W

ashi

ngto

n,D

.C. J

anua

ry, 1

957.

pp.

129

-133

.93

prep

arat

ion.

The

y ar

e in

fiv

ela

ngua

ges

Fren

ch, G

erm

an,

Span

ish,

Ita

lian,

and

Rus

sian

. The

re a

re tw

ofo

rms

of e

ach

test

for

pre

-an

d po

st-t

estin

g pu

r-

pose

s. (

1) T

hey

wer

ede

velo

ped

unde

r th

e au

spic

esof

ND

EA

lang

uage

de-

velo

pmen

t pro

gram

. The

test

s ar

e no

wav

aila

ble

for

gene

ral u

sean

d ca

n be

purc

hase

d fr

om th

e E

duca

tion

and

Tes

ting

Serv

ice,

Pri

ncet

on,N

ew J

erse

y, (

2)

Nor

ms

have

bee

n es

tabl

ishe

dba

sed

on o

ver

100,

000

test

cas

esin

pre

- an

d po

st-

test

situ

atio

ns.

A c

ompl

ete

batte

ry o

f se

ven

test

s in

eith

er f

orm

A o

rfo

rm B

will

req

uire

just

und

er f

our

hour

s of

test

ing

time;

Lis

teni

ngC

ompr

ehen

sion

, 20

min

utes

;

Spea

king

, 15

min

utes

; Rea

ding

,40

min

utes

; Wri

ting,

45

min

utes

; App

lied

Lin

-

guis

tics,

40

min

utes

;C

ultu

re-C

ivili

zatio

n, 3

0 m

inut

es;

Prof

essi

onal

Pre

para

-

tion,

45

min

utes

.T

he S

peak

ing

test

is p

lann

ed to

allo

w f

or s

tude

nt r

ecep

tion

from

mas

ter

tape

s th

roug

h ea

rpho

nes

atin

divi

dual

rec

ordi

ng p

ositi

ons.

The

Lis

teni

ng te

st

can

also

be

rece

ived

thro

ugh

earp

hone

s at

indi

vidu

alpo

sitio

ns a

lthou

gh e

x-am

inee

res

pons

e is

with

pap

eran

d pe

ncil.

All

othe

r te

sts

are

adm

inis

tere

d as

penc

il an

d pa

per

test

s.A

mon

g th

e us

es c

onte

mpl

ated

are

plac

emen

t, di

agno

stic

, and

prof

icie

ncy

mea

sure

men

t in

grad

uate

pro

gram

san

d ve

ry p

roba

bly

inun

derg

radu

ate

maj

or

prog

ram

s at

adv

ance

dle

vels

. Ins

titut

ions

are

alre

ady

usin

g th

em in

con

nec-

tion

with

gra

duat

e la

ngua

gere

quir

emen

ts. S

ome

stat

e ce

rtif

ying

agen

cies

use

them

for

cer

tific

atio

nre

quir

emen

ts. T

he M

LA

For

eign

Lan

guag

e Pr

ogra

m R

e-

sear

ch C

ente

r, 4

Was

hing

ton

Plac

e, N

ew Y

ork

11, w

elco

mes

inqu

irie

s ab

out

the

test

s.Im

plem

enta

tion.

The

inst

itutio

nsof

hig

her

educ

atio

n ne

ed to

be c

once

rned

abcn

t the

insu

ffic

ient

sup

ply

of q

ualif

ied

lang

uage

teac

hers

bei

ng g

radu

ated

from

the

publ

ic e

lem

enta

ryan

d se

cond

ary

scho

ols

ofM

inne

sota

. The

nee

d fo

r

lang

uage

teac

hers

at a

ll le

vels

will

ris

e in

the

next

dec

ade

and

in o

rder

tom

eet t

he g

row

ing

desi

re f

or th

e lo

nger

seq

uenc

esin

lang

uage

lear

ning

, the

teac

her-

trai

ning

inst

itutio

ns m

ust

adap

t the

ir f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge p

rogr

ams

to

mee

t the

dem

and.

The

yw

ill n

eed

to r

econ

side

r th

e pr

ogra

mfo

r th

e pr

epar

a-

tion

of s

uper

ior

teac

hers

in th

em

oder

n la

ngua

ge f

ield

.T

he g

ener

al e

duca

tion

prog

ram

for

the

pros

pect

ive

mod

ern

lang

uage

teac

her

shou

ld b

e de

sign

ed to

give

him

mor

e po

wer

and

back

grou

nd in

the

geog

raph

y,

hist

ory,

cul

ture

, and

inst

itutio

nsof

the

coun

trie

s w

here

his

lang

uage

is s

poke

n.

He

will

als

o ne

ed to

have

com

pete

nce

in E

nglis

han

d kn

owle

dge

of it

s st

ruc-

ture

and

cul

ture

.Su

peri

or m

oder

n la

ngua

gete

ache

rs m

ust h

ave

a br

oad

lib-

eral

edu

catio

n, in

clud

ing

som

ein

sigh

ts in

to th

e fi

elds

of

lingu

istic

s, c

ultu

ral

anth

ropo

logy

, gen

eral

psy

chol

ogy,

as

wel

l as

educ

atio

nal a

ndso

cial

psy

chol

ogy.

The

mod

ern

lang

uage

teac

her

is e

xpec

ted

to h

ave

atta

ined

a h

igh

leve

l of

prof

icie

ncy

in a

ll ph

ases

of

the

lang

uage

: lis

teni

ng,

com

preh

ensi

on, s

peak

ing,

read

ing,

wri

ting,

lang

uage

anal

ysis

, and

cul

tura

l ana

lysi

s.H

e w

ill b

e be

st p

re-

pare

d w

hen

he h

as h

adth

e ad

vant

age

of a

cont

inui

ng la

ngua

ge e

xper

ienc

e

from

ele

men

tary

sch

ool

thro

ugh

colle

ge. H

e ha

s th

eri

ght t

o ex

pect

that

a s

ub-

stan

tial n

umbe

r of

his

col

lege

cou

rses

in la

ngua

ge, l

itera

ture

, and

cultu

re w

ill

be c

ondu

cted

in th

e fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge.

An

emm

ple

of a

pro

gram

whi

ch c

ould

pre

pare

aca

ndid

ate

adeq

uate

ly f

or

the

teac

hing

of

mod

ern

fore

ign

lang

uage

s is

the

follo

win

g, w

hich

cou

ld, o

f

cour

se, b

e ad

apte

d to

fit a

ny la

ngua

ge.

The

beg

inni

ng a

nd in

term

edia

tefo

reig

n la

ngua

ge c

ours

es in

colle

ge m

ust

vary

with

the

prev

ious

pre

para

tion

and

back

grou

nd o

f th

e st

uden

ts. I

n hi

ghsc

hool

s, s

tude

nts

will

hav

e ha

d gr

eate

r op

port

unity

to le

arn

or b

egin

lear

ning

one

of th

e co

mm

only

taug

ht la

ngua

ges.

Stu

dent

s m

ay h

ave

to o

btai

n in

itial

inst

ruct

ion

of o

ther

lang

ua,,:

s in

col

lege

. By

the

time

the

stud

ent h

as c

ompl

eted

the

inte

rmed

iate

cou

rse,

he

shou

ld h

ave

atta

ined

rea

sona

ble

com

pete

ncy

inth

e fo

ur a

reas

of

liste

ning

, spe

akin

g, r

eadi

ng, a

nd w

ritin

g. H

e w

ill th

en b

ere

ady

to p

ursu

e th

e sp

ecia

lized

pro

gram

lead

ing

to a

teac

hing

maj

or in

mod

ern

fore

ign

lang

uage

.C

ompo

sitio

n an

d co

nver

satio

n w

ould

eac

h be

exp

ande

d to

at l

east

one

se-

mes

ter

or tw

o qu

arte

rs o

f co

mpo

sitio

n an

d tw

o se

mes

ters

or

thre

e qu

arte

rsof

con

vers

atio

n. S

tres

s w

ould

be

plac

ed o

n de

velo

ping

lang

uage

usa

ge f

or r

eal

and

prac

tical

situ

atio

ns c

omm

ensu

rate

with

all

age

leve

ls o

f pu

blic

sch

ool

stud

ents

.T

he c

ours

e on

civ

iliza

tion

and

cultu

re w

ould

be

a sy

stem

atic

exa

min

atio

nof

the

cultu

ral f

orce

s w

hich

hav

e sh

aped

a c

ount

ry's

life

and

thou

ght a

s w

ell

as th

e in

flue

nces

exe

rted

upo

n A

mer

ican

life

and

thou

ght.

Thi

s co

urse

, con

-du

cted

in th

e la

ngua

ge, w

ould

be

of a

t lea

st o

ne f

ull y

ear's

dur

atio

n. A

s th

etit

le im

plie

s, a

ll as

pect

s of

a n

atio

n's

cultu

ral h

erita

ge w

ould

be

exam

ined

,w

hich

wou

ld a

lso

prov

ide

the

stud

ent w

ith a

sen

se o

f hi

stor

ical

per

spec

tive.

The

lite

ratu

re w

ould

con

sist

of

a on

e-ye

ar s

urve

y of

sig

nifi

cant

lite

rary

con

-tr

ibut

ions

. Sin

ce li

tera

ture

is a

ref

lect

ion

of c

ultu

re, a

n at

tem

pt w

ould

be

mad

eto

inte

rpre

t the

lite

rary

wor

ks a

s a

refl

ectio

n of

the

cultu

re. L

ess

atte

ntio

nw

ould

be

devo

ted

to a

naly

sis

of s

tyle

and

for

m a

s a

pure

ly e

sthe

tic e

xerc

ise.

An

impo

rtan

t add

ition

to th

e st

udy

of li

tera

ture

, esp

ecia

lly f

or f

utur

e la

ngua

gete

ache

rs, w

ould

be

the

stud

y of

way

s to

teac

h lit

erat

ure

as a

wor

k of

art

.T

wo

cour

ses,

one

in a

pplie

d lin

guis

tics

and

one

in th

e te

achi

ng o

f E

nglis

h as

a fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge, w

ould

com

plet

e th

e st

uden

t's f

orm

al b

ackg

roun

d as

a m

od-

em f

orei

gn la

ngua

ge te

ache

r. E

ach

of th

ese

two

subj

ects

wou

ld p

rovi

de th

est

uden

t with

bac

kgro

und

and

insi

ght i

nto

his

own

lang

uage

whi

ch is

man

da-

tory

for

the

succ

essf

ul te

achi

ng o

f an

othe

r la

ngua

ge. A

stu

dy o

f th

e te

achi

ngof

Eng

lish

as a

for

eign

lang

uage

wou

ld a

lso

prov

ide

som

e kn

owle

dge

of th

eco

nflic

t poi

nts

that

for

eign

ers

enco

unte

r w

hen

lear

ning

Eng

lish.

With

a g

ener

al p

rofe

ssio

nal b

ackg

roun

d an

d a

thor

ough

kno

wle

dge

of th

eta

rget

lang

uage

, the

pro

spec

tive

mod

em la

ngua

ge te

ache

r is

rea

dy f

or a

cou

rse

in th

e m

etho

ds o

f la

ngua

ge te

achi

ng a

nd s

uper

vise

d st

uden

t tea

chin

g. T

he c

lass

wor

k in

met

hods

and

mat

eria

ls s

houl

d de

al w

ith th

e pr

oble

ms

of m

oder

n la

n-

94

guag

e te

achi

ng f

rom

kin

derg

arte

n th

roug

h gr

ade

12. I

t sho

uld

pref

erab

ly b

eco

ncer

ned

with

the

maj

or la

ngua

ge w

hich

the

stud

ent i

s pr

epar

ing

to te

ach.

Spec

ific

ally

, the

wor

k in

this

are

a sh

ould

incl

ude:

1. A

n ex

amin

atio

n of

the

polic

y st

atem

ents

of

the

Mod

em L

angu

age

Ass

ocia

tion

2. A

n in

vevi

gatio

n of

the

new

con

cept

s in

the

psyc

holo

gy o

f la

ngua

gele

arni

ng3.

Tra

inin

g in

the

clas

sroo

m te

chni

ques

nee

ded

to a

chie

ve th

ese

obje

ctiv

es4.

Pra

ctic

e in

the

cons

truc

tion

of a

ppro

pria

te te

sts

and

eval

uativ

e cr

iteri

afo

r th

ese

obje

ctiv

es5.

Con

side

rabl

e tr

aini

ng in

the

use

of e

lect

roni

c eq

uipm

ent,

in m

achi

ne-

drill

tech

niqu

es a

s w

ell a

s tr

aini

ng in

the

sele

ctio

n, p

rodu

ctio

n an

d us

eof

vis

ual a

ids.

Som

e ac

quai

ntan

ce w

ith p

rogr

amed

lear

ning

, its

use

s an

dpo

tent

ial,

mus

t be

incl

uded

6. G

uida

nce

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

artic

ulat

ed p

rogr

ams

of m

oder

n la

n-gu

age

stud

y th

roug

hout

all

leve

ls o

f th

e cu

rric

ulum

7. E

xper

ienc

es w

ith r

eadi

ng m

ater

ials

on

the

vari

ous

leve

ls in

the

targ

etla

ngua

ge. P

rosp

ectiv

e te

ache

rs s

houl

d al

so b

e fa

mili

ar w

ith c

hild

ren'

slit

erat

ure

and

mag

azin

es w

ritte

n fo

r ad

oles

cent

s. A

fam

iliar

ity w

ith r

ead-

ing

mat

eria

ls f

or s

tude

nts

of a

ll ag

es is

nec

essa

ry s

o th

at th

e te

ache

r w

illbe

pre

pare

d to

teac

h an

y le

vel

8. O

ppor

tuni

ty, w

here

ver

poss

ible

, to

obse

rve

teac

hers

who

are

wor

king

with

aca

dem

ical

ly ta

lent

ed a

nd w

ith th

e sl

ower

lear

ning

stu

dent

s9.

Opp

ortu

nity

for

the

pros

pect

ive

teac

her

to d

emon

stra

te h

is te

achi

ngte

chni

que-

by

teac

hing

his

cla

ssm

ates

in th

e m

etho

ds c

ours

e10

. Gui

dam

supp

lem

entin

g re

gula

r cl

ass

wor

k w

ith e

xtra

-cur

ricu

lar

orco

- cu

rric

ular

act

iviti

es11

. Opp

ortu

nity

to e

xam

ine

and

eval

uate

rec

ent t

each

ing

mat

eria

ls.

The

pro

spec

tive

teac

her

mig

ht b

egin

his

pro

fess

iona

l pre

para

tion

in th

eso

phom

ore

year

by

follo

win

g an

org

aniz

ed p

rogr

am o

f vi

sitin

g an

d ob

serv

ing

sele

cted

for

eign

lang

uage

cla

sses

. Thi

s m

ust b

e su

ccee

ded

by a

car

eful

lysu

-pe

rvis

ed p

ract

ice

teac

hing

pro

gram

in th

e ju

nior

and

sen

ior

year

s. T

he o

bser

-va

tion

and

actu

al p

ract

ice

teac

hing

sho

uld

be d

one

at a

ll le

vels

of

lang

uage

lear

ning

. Adm

itted

ly, t

his

plan

wou

ld p

rese

nt d

iffi

culti

es in

sch

edul

ing,

but

invi

ew o

f th

e re

sults

, the

eff

ort w

ould

cer

tain

ly b

e ju

stif

ied.

L

n Le_

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APH

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Riv

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Wilg

a. T

he P

sych

olog

ist a

ndth

e Fo

reig

n-L

angu

age

Tea

cher

. U. o

fC

hi-

cago

, 196

4.W

aetje

n, W

alte

r B

. (ed

.) N

ewD

imen

sion

s in

Lea

rnin

g: A

Mul

ti-iD

scip

linar

yA

ppro

ach.

Was

hing

ton,

D.C

.:A

ssoc

iatio

n fo

r Su

perv

isio

n an

d C

urri

culu

mD

evel

opm

ent,

NE

A, 1

962.

Met

hods

BO

OK

SB

rook

s, N

elso

n. L

angu

age

Lea

rnin

g: T

heor

y an

d Pr

actic

e. 2

nd e

d.H

arco

urt,

1964

.95

Eri

ksso

n, M

argu

erite

, use

For

est,

and

Rut

hM

ulha

user

. For

eign

Lan

guag

es in

the

Ele

mer

tary

Sch

ool.

Pren

tice-

Hal

l, 19

64.

Fino

cchi

aro,

Mar

y. T

each

ing

Chi

ldre

n Fo

reig

nL

angu

ages

. McG

raw

, 196

4.G

age,

Will

iam

W. T

he S

ound

s of

Eng

lish

and

Rus

sian

. The

Gra

mm

atic

al S

truc

-tu

res

of E

nglis

h an

d R

ussi

an. U

. of

Chi

cago

, 196

4.H

uebe

ner,

The

odor

e. A

udio

-Vis

ual T

echn

ique

s in

Tea

chin

g Fo

reig

n L

angu

ages

.N

ew Y

ork

U P

ress

, 196

0.K

aulf

ers,

Wal

ter.

Mod

ern

Lan

guag

es f

or M

oder

nSc

hool

s. M

cGra

w, 1

942.

o.p

.K

ufne

r, H

erbe

rt L

. The

Gra

mm

atic

al S

truc

ture

sof

Eng

lish

and

Ger

man

. U.

of C

hica

go, 1

962.

Lad

o, R

ober

t. L

angu

age

Tea

chin

g: A

Sci

entif

icA

ppro

ach,

2nd

ed.

McG

raw

,19

64.

Lad

o, R

ober

t. L

ingu

istic

s A

cros

s C

ultu

res.

U.

of M

ichi

gan

Pres

s, 1

957.

Mou

lton,

Will

iam

G. T

he S

ound

s of

Eng

lish

and

Ger

man

. U. o

f C

hica

go, 1

962.

O'C

onne

r, P

atri

cia.

Mod

ern

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

esin

Hig

h Sc

hool

: Pre

-rea

ding

Inst

ruct

ion.

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

, Edu

catio

nan

d W

elfa

re B

ulle

tin, N

o.9

(0E

-270

00).

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hing

ton:

U.S

. Gov

ernm

ent

Prin

ting

Off

ice,

196

0.Po

litze

r, R

ober

t L. T

each

ing

Fren

ch: A

nIn

trod

uctio

n to

App

lied

Lin

guis

tics.

Bla

isde

ll, 1

960.

Polit

zer,

Rob

ert L

. and

C. N

. Sta

ubac

h. T

each

ing

Span

ish:

A L

ingu

istic

Ori

en-

tatio

n. B

lais

dell,

196

1.

FIL

MS

Aud

io-l

ingu

al T

echn

ique

s fo

r T

each

ing

Mod

ern

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

es. A

Ser

ies

of 8

film

s, e

ach

appr

oxim

atel

y 30

min

utes

in le

ngth

. Tw

o fi

lms

each

are

de-

vote

d to

Fre

nch,

Ger

man

, Spa

nish

, and

Rus

sian

. Film

one

sho

ws

a cl

ass

near

the

end

of th

e 8t

h m

onth

of

inst

ruct

ion,

par

t one

of f

ilm tw

o de

als

with

the

firs

t day

of

a be

ginn

ing

lang

uage

cla

ss a

nd p

art

two

with

the

drill

s an

d pa

ttern

prac

tices

teac

hers

use

in a

cla

ss. A

n in

stru

ctor

'sM

anua

l goe

s w

ith e

ach

lan-

guag

e se

ries

. Ava

ilabl

e fr

omM

LA

For

eign

Lan

guag

e R

esea

rch

Cen

ter,

4W

ash-

ingt

on P

lace

, New

Yor

k C

ity.

Prin

cipl

es a

nd M

etho

ds o

f T

each

ing

aSe

cond

Lan

guag

e. A

ser

ies

of f

ive

film

s:I.

The

Nat

ure

of L

angu

age

and

How

itis

Lea

rned

IL T

he S

ound

s of

Lan

guag

eII

I.T

he O

rgan

izat

ion

of L

angu

age

IV.

Wor

ds a

nd T

heir

Mea

ning

sV

. Mod

ern

Tec

hniq

ues

in L

angu

age

Tea

chin

gE

ach

film

is 3

2 m

inut

es in

leng

th.

The

ser

ies

was

pro

duce

d by

the

Mod

emL

annr

uage

Ass

ocia

tion

and

the

Cen

ter

for

App

lied

Lin

guis

tics

in c

oope

ratio

nw

ith T

each

ing

Film

Cus

todi

ans.

Dis

trib

uted

by

Tea

chin

g Fi

lm C

usto

dian

s,In

c., 2

5 W

est 4

3rd

Stre

et, N

ew Y

ork.

The

se f

ilms

are

spec

ific

ally

foc

used

on

the

subj

ect o

f la

ngua

ge te

achi

ng m

etho

d-ol

ogy.

The

y ar

e ac

com

pani

ed b

y an

Inst

ruct

or's

Man

ual a

vaila

ble

from

the

Cen

ter

for

App

lied

Lin

guis

tics,

175

5M

assa

chus

etts

Ave

nue

Nor

thw

est,

Was

h-in

gton

, D.C

.

The

Tw

o O

'Clo

ck C

l mss

. A20

-min

ute

film

mad

e in

an

unre

hear

sed

clas

sroo

mte

achi

ng s

ituat

ion

show

ing

teac

her

and

stud

ents

wor

king

on

units

16

and

17of

the

Hol

t-R

ineh

art-

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ston

Spa

nish

lang

uage

mat

eria

ls E

nten

der

y H

abla

r.It

sho

ws

the

audi

o lin

gual

app

roac

h an

dde

mon

stra

tes

the

use

of th

e ta

pe-r

e-co

rder

in th

e cl

assr

oom

. A g

uide

she

et c

onta

ins

ques

tions

fci

dis

cuss

ion.

Ob-

tain

able

fro

m H

olt,

Rin

ehar

t and

Win

ston

, Inc

., Fo

reig

nL

angu

age

Dep

art-

men

t, 38

3 M

adis

on A

venu

e, N

ew Y

ork

17,N

ew Y

ork.

Prog

ram

med

Lea

rnin

gH

ayes

, Alf

red

S. "

A N

ew L

ook

at L

earn

ing.

" C

urre

nt I

ssue

sin

Lan

guag

eT

each

ing,

Rep

orts

of

the

Wor

king

Com

mitt

ees,

196

2 N

orth

east

Con

fere

nce

on th

e T

each

ing

of F

orei

gn L

angu

ages

.A

vaila

ble

from

the

Am

eric

an C

lass

ical

Lea

gue,

Mia

mi U

nive

rsity

, Oxf

ord,

Ohi

o.L

ado,

Rob

ert.

Lan

guag

e T

each

ing,

A S

cien

tific

App

roac

h. M

cGra

w, 1

964,

Cha

pter

HI.

Mor

ton,

F. R

and.

"T

he T

each

ing

Mac

hine

and

the

Tea

chin

g of

Lan

guag

es; A

Rep

ort o

n T

omor

row

." P

ML

A, L

XX

V: 4

(pa

rt 2

) 1-

6,Se

ptem

ber,

196

0.Pr

ogra

mm

ing

of A

udio

-Lin

gual

Lan

guag

e Sk

ills

for

Self

-Ins

truc

tion

Pres

enta

-tio

n. P

ublic

atio

n of

the

Lan

guag

e L

abor

ator

y,Se

ries

of

Prep

rint

s an

d R

e-pr

ints

, VI,

Col

lege

of

Lite

ratu

re, S

cien

ce a

nd th

eA

rts,

Mic

higa

n, 1

962.

Skin

ner,

Bur

rhus

F. "

The

Sci

ence

of

Lea

rnin

gan

d th

e A

rt o

f T

each

ing.

"T

each

ing

Mac

hine

s an

d Pr

ogra

med

Lea

rnin

g: A

Sour

ce B

ook.

Was

hing

ton,

D.C

.: T

he N

atio

nal E

duca

tion

Ass

ocia

tion,

196

0.Sk

inne

r, B

urrh

us F

. "Sp

ecia

l Pro

blem

s in

Prog

ram

min

g L

angu

age

Inst

ruct

ion

for

Tea

chin

g M

achi

nes.

" In

tern

atio

nal J

ourn

al o

fAm

eric

an L

ingu

istic

s, X

XV

I,(O

ctob

er, 1

960)

.V

aldm

an, A

lber

t. "H

ow D

o W

e B

reak

the

Loc

kste

p."

Aud

io-V

isua

l Ins

truc

tior,

VII

-9, N

ovem

ber,

196

2.

Tea

cher

Edu

catio

nB

elya

yev,

B. V

. Psy

chol

ogy

of T

each

ing

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

es. T

rans

late

d fr

omth

e R

ussi

an. N

ew Y

ork:

Per

gam

on P

ress

,19

63.

Bir

kmai

er, E

mm

a. "

Mod

em A

ppro

ache

s in

the

Fiel

d of

Tra

inin

g L

angu

age

Tea

cher

s."

Inte

rnat

iona

l Con

fere

nce

on M

oder

nFo

reig

n L

angu

age

Tea

chin

g:Pa

pers

and

Rep

orts

of

Gro

ups

and

Com

mitt

ees,

Part

I. P

ublis

hed

by th

ePa

edog

ogis

che

Arb

eits

telle

and

Sek

r., P

aedo

gogi

sche

Cen

trum

, Ber

lin, S

ep-

tem

ber

1964

. pp.

163

-200

.B

rook

s, N

elso

n. L

angu

age

and

Lan

guag

e L

earn

ing:

The

ory

and

Prac

tice.

2nd

ed. H

arco

urt,

1964

. Cha

pter

XV

I.C

onan

t, Ja

mes

B. T

he E

duca

tion

ofA

mer

ican

Tea

cher

s. M

cGra

w, 1

963.

Mod

ern

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

es a

nd th

eA

cade

mic

ally

Tal

ente

d St

uden

t. W

ash-

ingt

on, D

.C.:

Nat

iona

l Edu

catio

n A

ssoc

iatio

n,19

60. A

ppen

dix

B, p

p. 3

1-39

.R

epor

ts o

f Su

rvey

s an

d St

udie

s in

the

Tea

chin

g of

Mod

ern

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

es.

"Lan

guag

e L

earn

ing

in A

mer

ican

Col

lege

san

d U

nive

rsiti

es: D

ata

on D

egre

es,

Maj

ors

and

Tea

chin

g Pr

actic

es,"

"T

each

ing

Edu

catio

n C

urri

cula

in th

e M

odem

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

es,"

"Fo

reig

n L

angu

age

Tea

chin

g in

Col

lege

: A S

et o

f R

ec-

omm

enda

tions

and

Som

e W

orkp

aper

s,"

"ASu

rvey

of

FLE

S Pr

actic

es."

New

Yor

k: T

he M

odem

Lan

guag

e A

ssoc

iatio

nof

Am

eric

a, 1

959-

1961

."S

tand

ards

for

Tea

cher

-Edu

catio

n Pr

ogra

ms

in M

odem

For

eign

Lan

guag

es."

PML

A, S

epte

mbe

r, 1

964.

Sugg

este

d R

eadi

ngB

rook

s, N

elso

n. L

angu

age

and

Lan

guag

e L

earn

ing:

The

ory

and

Prac

tice,

2nd

ed. H

arco

urt,

1964

. Cha

pter

XIV

.C

ounc

il of

Chi

ef S

tate

Sch

ool O

ffic

ers

and

othe

rs. P

urch

ase

Gui

de f

or P

ro-

gram

s in

Sci

ence

, Mat

hem

atic

s, M

oder

n Fo

reig

n L

angu

ages

.G

inn,

195

9.C

ounc

il of

Chi

ef S

tate

Sch

ool O

ffic

ers

and

othe

rs. S

uppl

emen

t to

Purc

hase

Gui

de f

or P

rogr

ams

in S

cien

ce, M

athe

mat

ics,

Mod

ern

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

es.

Gin

n, 1

961.

Hay

es, A

lfre

d S.

Lan

guag

e L

abor

ator

y Fa

cilit

ies.

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

,E

duca

tion,

and

Wel

fare

, Off

ice

of E

duca

tion.

Bul

letin

No.

37,

(0E

-210

24),

Was

lung

ton:

Uni

ted

Stat

es P

rint

ing

Off

ice,

196

3.H

olk.

n, J

ames

S. a

nd o

ther

s. S

ound

Lan

guag

e T

each

ing:

The

Sta

te o

f th

e A

rt.

New

Yor

k: U

nive

rsity

Pub

lishe

rs, 1

961.

o.p

.H

utch

inso

n, J

osep

h C

. Mod

ern

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

es in

Hig

h Sc

hool

: The

Lan

-gu

age

Lab

orat

ory.

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

,E

duca

tion

and

Wel

fare

, Off

ice

ofE

duca

tion.

Bul

letin

No.

23,

(0E

-270

13).

Was

hing

ton:

Uni

ted

Stat

es P

rint

ing

Off

ice,

196

1.Io

dice

, Don

R. G

uide

lines

to L

angu

age

Tea

chin

g in

Cla

ssro

om a

nd L

abor

ator

y.W

ashi

ngto

n: E

lect

roni

cs T

each

ing

Lab

orat

orie

s, T

each

ing

Res

earc

h an

d T

ech-

nolo

gy D

ivis

ion,

196

1.L

ado,

Rob

ert.

Lan

guag

e T

each

ing:

A S

cien

tific

App

roac

h. 2

nd e

d. M

cGra

w,

1964

. Cha

pter

III

.M

arty

, Fer

nand

L. L

angu

age

Lab

orat

ory

Lea

rnin

g. R

oano

ke, V

irgi

nia:

Aud

io-

Vis

ual P

ublic

atio

ns, B

ox 5

351,

196

0.M

orto

n, F

. Ran

d. T

he C

olle

ge L

angu

age

Lab

orat

ory:

Sel

ecte

d W

ork

Pape

rsPr

esen

ted

at th

e C

onfe

renc

e on

the

Col

lege

Lan

guag

e L

abor

ator

y. N

ovem

ber

1960

. Pub

licat

ions

of

the

Lan

guag

e L

abor

ator

y, U

. "f

Mic

higa

n, $

1.00

..

..

Proc

eedi

ngs

of th

e Fi

rst c

onfe

renc

e on

the

Rol

e of

the

Lan

guag

e L

abor

a-to

ry in

the

Seco

ndar

y Sc

hool

. Oct

ober

, 196

0, U

. of

Mic

higa

n..

..

The

Lan

guag

e L

abor

ator

y as

a T

each

ing

Mac

hine

, Vol

ume

I. P

ublic

a-tio

ns o

f th

e L

angu

age

Lab

orat

ory,

U. o

f M

ichi

gan,

196

1.N

ajam

, Edw

ard

W. (

ed.)

. Mat

eria

l and

Tec

hniq

ues

for

the

Lan

guag

e L

abor

-at

ory.

Rep

ort o

f th

e L

angu

age

Lab

orat

ory

Con

fere

nce,

Pur

due

Uni

vers

ity,

Mar

ch 2

3-25

, 196

1, I

nter

natio

nal J

ourn

al o

f A

mer

ican

Lin

guis

tics,

Vol

. 27,

Part

2, O

ctob

er, 1

961.

$4.

00. A

vaila

ble

from

the

Dir

ecto

r of

Pub

licat

ions

, In-

dian

a U

nive

rsity

Res

earc

h C

ente

r in

Ant

hrop

olog

y, F

olkl

ore

and

Lin

guis

tics

Publ

icat

ions

, Blo

omin

gton

, Ind

iana

.O

inas

, Fel

ix, J

. ed.

Lan

guag

e T

each

ing

Tod

ay. R

epor

t of

the

Lan

guag

e L

abor

a-to

ry C

onfe

renc

e, I

ndia

na U

nive

rsity

, Jan

uary

22-

23, 1

960.

$4.

00. A

vaila

ble

from

the

Dir

ecto

r of

Pub

licat

ions

, Ind

iana

Uni

vers

ity R

esea

rch

Cen

ter

in A

n-th

ropo

logy

, Fol

klor

e an

d L

ingu

istic

s Pu

blic

atio

ns, B

loom

ingt

on, I

ndia

na.

Stac

k, E

dwar

d M

. The

Lan

guag

e L

abor

ator

y an

d M

oder

n L

angu

age

Tea

chin

g.N

ew Y

ork:

Oxf

ord

U.,

1960

, $3.

95.

Inte

grat

ed M

ater

ials

for

the

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool

FRE

NC

HB

rook

s, R

ober

t, et

al.

Intr

oduc

ing

Fren

ch (

4th

grad

e) P

rem

ier

Cou

rs (

5th

grad

e), D

euxi

eme

Cou

rs (

6th

grad

e), T

rois

iem

e C

ourt

s (7

th g

rade

). N

ewY

ork:

Hol

t, R

ineh

art a

nd W

inst

on, 1

964.

LI

)

r4.

I

Incl

udes

pup

il te

xts,

teac

hes

guid

es, d

ispl

aycl

mrt

s, a

nd ta

pe r

ecor

ding

s.T

here

are

wor

kboo

ks f

or s

ome

leve

ls. A

bove

book

s ta

ke p

lace

of

Lev

el I

(L

eFr

anca

is, E

cout

er e

t Par

ke).

,:ef

,) J

unio

r H

igh

mat

eria

ls.

Eri

ksso

n, M

argu

erite

A.,

and

othe

rs.

Cou

rse

of S

tudy

for

the

Tea

chin

g of

Fren

ch in

dge

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool.

Yor

k, P

a.:

The

Yor

k C

ity S

choo

l Dis

tric

t,19

60. 6

1 p.

A th

ree

year

cou

rse

incl

udin

g so

ngs,

gam

es,

cultu

ral u

nits

and

test

s.G

uber

ina,

Pet

er, a

nd P

aul R

iven

c. B

onjo

urL

ine.

Phi

lade

lphi

a, P

a.: C

hilto

nB

ooks

, 196

3.A

beg

inni

ng p

rogr

am in

corp

orat

ing

text

s,fi

lmst

rips

and

tape

s fo

r gr

ades

4, 5

,6.

Des

igne

d to

lead

into

Voi

x et

Im

age

de F

ranc

e. (

See

Juni

or H

igh

mat

eria

ls).

Leb

lanc

, Ann

ette

. Nou

s So

mm

es A

mis

.B

osto

n: G

inn,

196

4. S

tude

nt te

xts,

teac

her's

man

ual,

reco

rds.

Mod

em L

angu

age

Ass

ocia

tion

ofA

mer

ica.

ML

A. T

each

er's

Gui

de:

Beg

inni

ng

Fren

ch in

Gra

de th

ree,

Rev

ised

.C

ontin

uing

Fre

nch

in G

rade

Fou

r,R

evis

ed.

Dar

ien,

Con

n.: E

duca

tiona

l Pub

lishi

ngC

orp.

, 195

5.M

ater

ials

on

obje

ctiv

es, t

each

ers'

inst

ruct

ions

, uni

ts, s

ongs

, gam

es, d

isc

reco

rd-

ings

. Uni

t app

roac

h w

ith s

ituat

iona

ldi

alog

ues.

Parl

on F

ranc

ais.

Bos

ton,

Mas

s.:

Hea

th d

e R

oche

mon

t Cor

p.(A

vaila

ble

oned

ucat

iona

l tel

evis

ion

or a

s a

film

ed c

ours

efo

r pu

rcha

se.)

Tel

evis

ed in

Min

neso

ta a

nd in

othe

r st

ates

. Mat

eria

ls in

clud

est

uden

t pra

ctic

e

disc

s, a

ctiv

ity b

ooks

, tea

cher

'sgu

ide.

Ray

mon

d, M

., an

d C

laud

e L

.B

ourc

ier.

Ele

men

tary

Fre

nch

Seri

es. B

osto

n,M

ass.

: Ally

n an

d B

acon

, Inc

., 19

60.

Boo

k 1,

Bon

jour

. Boo

k 2,

Ven

ezV

oir.

Boo

k 3,

Je

Sais

lire

. Boo

k 4,

Je

lis a

vec

joie

. Fir

st tw

o bo

oks

have

illus

trat

ions

only

. Boo

ks 3

and

4 in

trod

uce

read

ing.

GE

RM

AN

Bur

gdor

f, I

., an

d ot

hers

. Deu

tcsh

durc

h A

udio

-Vis

uelle

Met

hode

.Ph

ilade

lphi

a,

Pa.:

Chi

lton,

196

1.Fi

lmst

rips

, mag

netic

tape

s, ta

ke h

ome

reco

rds,

stu

dent

text

, tea

cher

's m

anua

l.E

llert

, Ern

est E

. and

Loi

s V

. Elle

rt.

A T

each

er's

Man

ual.

Die

Bru

cke

Ban

d I.

Die

Bri

icke

, Ban

d II

. End

e G

ut,

Alle

s G

ut. G

reel

ey, C

olor

ado:

Col

orad

oSt

ate

Col

lege

.Si

tuat

iona

l uni

ts f

or g

rade

s 3-

6. I

nclu

des

are

adin

g bo

ok, a

ctiv

ity b

ook,

test

s.E

very

day

Lif

e an

d L

angu

age

inG

erm

any,

Meq

uon,

Wis

c.: C

omm

unic

atio

nsM

edia

Ser

vice

, 196

1.Fi

lmst

rips

, tap

e re

cord

ings

, tea

cher

'sgu

idc.

Mod

em L

angu

age

Ass

ocia

tion

of A

mer

ica.

ML

A T

each

er's

Gui

de:

Beg

inni

ng

Ger

man

in G

rade

Thr

ee.D

arie

n, C

onn.

: Edu

catio

nal P

ublis

hing

Cor

p., 1

956.

Mat

eria

ls o

n ob

ject

ives

, tea

cher

'sin

stru

ctio

ns, u

nits

, gam

es, s

ongs

. Inc

lude

sen

ough

mat

eria

l for

two

year

s of

wor

k.O

ples

ch, H

edi,

Kom

m L

ach

and

Ler

ne, H

and

in H

and

durc

h K

inde

rlan

d,A

uf

Deu

tsch

, Bitt

e. R

obbi

nsda

le,

Min

n.: R

obbi

nsda

le P

ublic

Sch

ools

,In

depe

nden

t

Scho

ol D

istr

ict 2

81.

TV

less

ons

prov

ide

for

follo

w-u

p ac

tiviti

es in

cla

ssro

om. U

nit

orga

niza

tion

base

d on

dia

logu

es. T

each

ergu

ide,

stu

dent

boo

ks, t

ape

reco

rdin

gs.

Schl

imba

ch, A

lice.

Kin

der

Ler

nen

Deu

tsch

. Mun

ich:

Max

Hue

ber

Ver

lag,

1964

. Bas

ic te

xt, t

ape

reco

rdin

gs.

97

SPA

NIS

HB

abco

ck, E

dna

and

othe

rs. C

hild

ren

of th

e A

mer

icas

Ser

ies.

Gra

de 3

or

4.R

osita

y P

anch

ito, G

rade

5 o

r 6,

Los

viaj

erito

s ve

ntur

osas

, Gra

de6

or 7

, Pac

o

en P

eru,

Gra

de 7

or

8, M

igue

l en

Mex

ico.

San

Fran

cisc

o, C

alif

.: H

ari.

Wag

ner

Publ

ishi

ng C

o., 1

957-

58.

Incl

udes

text

s, d

iscs

, tea

cher

's m

anua

l,vo

cabu

lary

car

ds.

Bra

dy, A

gnes

Mar

ie. M

i Lib

ro d

eE

span

ol (

Gra

de 4

or

5). A

dela

nte

(Gra

de 5

or 6

). C

olum

bus,

Ohi

o: C

harl

es E

. Mer

rill

Boo

ks,

Inc.

, 196

2.B

rook

s, R

ober

t, et

al.

Intr

oduc

ing

Span

ish

(4th

gra

de);

Pri

mer

Cur

so (

5th

grad

e); S

egun

do C

urso

(6t

h gr

ade)

;T

erce

r C

urso

(7t

h gr

ade)

.N

ew Y

ork:

Hol

t, R

ineh

art a

nd W

inst

on, 1

964.

Incl

udes

pup

il te

xts,

teac

her's

gui

de,

disp

lay

char

ts a

nd ta

pe r

ecor

ding

s.T

here

are

wor

kboo

ks f

or s

ome

leve

ls. A

bove

boo

ks ta

ke p

lace

of

Lev

el I

(E

span

ol,

Ent

ende

r y

Hab

lar)

. (Se

e Ju

nior

Hig

h M

ater

ials

.)de

Pra

do, Y

vette

. Una

Ave

ntur

aE

span

ola.

Bos

ton:

Hea

th d

eR

oche

mon

t,

1963

. For

gra

des

4-8.

Incl

udes

film

s, r

ecor

ds, t

each

er's

gui

des,

test

s, p

upil

text

s. B

ased

on

apo

pula

rC

alif

orni

a ed

ucat

iona

l tel

evis

ion

prog

ram

.H

atha

way

, How

ard.

Ya

Hab

lam

osE

span

ol. S

t. Pa

ul, M

inne

sota

:M

inne

sota

Cou

ncil

for

Scho

ol T

elev

isio

n.K

TC

A-T

V.

Thi

s te

levi

sion

ser

ies

is s

een

onM

inne

sota

edu

catio

nal t

elev

isio

n. I

t is

desi

gned

for

grad

es 4

, 5, a

nd 6

. Sup

plem

enta

rym

ater

ials

incl

ude

teac

her's

gui

des,

activ

i-

ty b

ooks

, tex

ts a

nd ta

pere

cord

ings

.L

angf

ord,

Wal

ter,

Cha

rles

E. P

arne

llan

d M

. Ray

mon

d. B

ueno

s D

ias

(Bk.

I)

Ven

ga a

Ver

(B

k. I

I), Y

o Se

Lee

r(B

k. I

II),

Me

Gus

ta L

eer,

(B

k. I

V).

Bos

ton:

Ally

n an

d B

acon

, Inc

.In

clud

es s

tude

nt te

xt, t

each

er's

editi

on. F

irst

two

book

s ha

ve p

ictu

res

only

.

Mod

em L

angu

age

Ass

ocia

tion

ofA

mer

ica.

ML

A T

each

er's

Gui

de:

Beg

inn-

ing

Span

ish

in G

rade

Thr

ee;

Con

tinui

ng S

pani

sh in

Gra

de F

our;

Con

tinui

ng

Span

ish

in G

rade

Fiv

e; C

ontin

uing

Span

ish

in G

rade

Six

. Dar

ien,

Con

n.:

Edu

-

catio

nal P

ublis

hing

Cor

p., 1

958-

4960

.G

uide

s fo

llow

a u

nit o

rgan

izat

ion

and

are

base

d on

situ

atio

nal

dial

ogue

s.

Song

s,su

gges

tions

reg

ardi

ng te

chni

ques

are

incl

uded

. Rec

ordi

ngs

for

liT%

La

Fam

ilia

Fern

ande

z. W

ilmet

te,

Illin

ois:

Enc

yclo

pedi

a B

ri-

tate

1.:a

film

s In

c.,

1963

.In

clud

es f

ilms,

film

stri

ps, t

each

er's

man

ual,

reco

rdin

gs, s

tude

nt te

xts.

Schm

itt, C

onra

d. L

et's

Spe

ak S

pan:

si>

1.St

. Lou

is, M

o.: M

cGra

w, 1

964.

For

grad

es 4

-6. I

nclu

des

pupi

l pic

ture

boo

k, te

ache

r's g

uide

,re

cord

s, p

ictu

res

and

test

s.Sc

ott,

Tir

sa S

cave

dra.

Som

as A

mig

os.B

osto

n: G

inn,

196

4.St

uden

t tex

ts, t

each

er's

man

ual,

and

reco

rds.

Tea

cher

Ref

eren

ces

Dun

kel,

Har

old

B. a

nd R

oger

A.

Dill

et. F

renc

h in

the

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool.

The

U. o

f C

hica

go P

ress

, 196

2.E

riks

son,

Mar

guer

ite, I

lse

Fore

stan

d R

uth

Mui

haus

er. F

orei

gn L

angu

ages

in

the

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool.

Eng

lew

ood

Clif

fs: P

rent

ice

Hal

l, 19

64.

Fino

cchi

aro,

Mar

y. T

each

ing

Chi

ldre

n Fo

reig

n L

angu

ages

. New

Yor

k:M

cGra

w, 1

964.

Kee

see,

Eliz

abet

h.M

oder

n Fo

reig

nL

angu

ages

in th

eE

lem

enta

ry S

choo

l:

Tea

chin

g T

echn

ique

s.W

ashi

ngto

n, D

.C.:

U.S

.D

epar

tmen

t of

Hea

lth,E

duca

-

tion

and

Wel

fare

,Off

ice

of E

duca

tion.

Bul

letin

No.

29,

OE

-270

07. 1

960.

Kee

see,

Eliz

abet

h.R

efer

ence

s on

For

eign

Lan

guag

es in

the

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool.

Was

hing

ton,

D.C

.:U

.S. D

epar

tmen

t of

Hea

lth, E

duca

tion

and

Wel

fare

, Off

ice

of E

duca

tion.

Bul

letin

OE

270

08B

.19

63.

Mod

em L

angu

age

Ass

ocia

tion

of A

mer

ica,

FLE

S Pa

cket

. New

Yor

k: M

LA

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

ePr

ogra

m R

esea

rch

Cen

ter,

4 W

ashi

ngto

nPl

ace

Eas

t, N

ew

Yor

k 3.

Mod

ern

Lan

guag

eA

ssoc

iatio

n of

Am

eric

a.M

LA

Sel

ectiv

e L

ist

of M

ater

ials

.

New

Yor

k: M

LA

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

ePr

ogra

m R

esea

rch

Cen

ter,

4 W

ashi

ngto

n

Plac

e E

ast,

New

Yor

k 3,

1962

(Rev

isio

ns p

lann

ed a

tint

erva

ls).

An

inva

luab

le

docu

men

t con

tain

ing

the

mos

t up-

to-d

ate

listin

g of

all

mat

eria

ls,i

nclu

ding

bas

ic

prog

ram

s, s

ongs

,ga

mes

, vis

uals

,fo

r ex

ampl

e.

Inte

grat

ed M

ater

ials

for

the

Seco

ndar

y Sc

hool

s

Fren

ch*

Gra

des

7-9

CO

te, D

omin

ique

,Sy

lvia

N. L

evy,

Pat

rici

aO

'Con

nor.

10-1

2L

e Fr

anca

is:

Scou

ter

et P

ar le

r. (

Lev

elI)

Lev

els

Le

Fran

cais

: Par

ler

et L

ire.

(L

evel

II)

Le

Fran

cais

: Lir

e,Pa

r le

r et

Ecr

ire.

(Lev

el I

II).

NE

- /Y

ork:

Hol

t,R

ineh

art a

nd W

inst

on,1

962-

1964

.

The

fir

st y

ear

text

use

ssi

tuat

iona

l dia

logu

esan

d is

sup

ple-

men

ted

by a

wor

kboo

k,ho

me

stud

y re

cord

san

d a

tape

pro

-

gram

. Lev

elII

and

III

text

sin

trod

uce

narr

ativ

e pr

ose,

com

posi

tion

and

fina

llyun

sim

plif

ied

sele

ctio

nsfr

om c

onte

m-

pora

ry li

tera

ture

.

Gra

des

7-9 10-1

2L

evel

sI-

IV

Gra

des

9-12

Lev

els

II-1

11

Eva

ns, J

ames

A.,

and

Mar

ie B

aldw

in. L

earn

ing

Fren

ch th

e

Mod

ern

Way

. New

Yor

k: M

cGra

w-H

ill,

1963

.

Thi

s fo

ur y

ear

cour

sein

clud

es s

tude

nt te

xts,

tape

s,fi

lms,

film

-

stri

ps, t

ests

, and

teac

her's

guid

e.

Path

esco

pe-B

erlit

z A

udio

-Vis

ual

Fren

ch L

angu

age

Seri

es.

New

Roc

helle

:Pa

thes

cope

, 196

1.E

ight

set

s of

fiv

ele

sson

s ea

ch f

orsu

pple

men

tary

use

with

a

basi

c co

urse

. Eac

h se

tha

s fi

ve c

olor

film

stri

ps f

ilmed

in

Fran

ce w

ith d

ialo

gues

reco

rded

on

tape

or

disc

by

nativ

e

spea

kers

.

Gra

des

7-9

Riv

enc,

P.,

P.G

uber

ina,

and

oth

ers.

Voi

x et

Im

ages

de

10-1

2Fr

ance

. Phi

lade

lphi

a:C

hilto

n C

o., 1

961.

Lev

elI

Thi

s is

a s

et o

fth

irty

-tw

o fi

lmst

rips

of

colo

r an

d bl

ack

and

whi

te d

raw

ings

with

tape

s re

cord

ed b

yna

tive

spea

kers

, tex

t-

book

s, a

nd a

teac

her's

man

ual.

Gra

des

7-9

Ros

selo

t, L

aVel

le.

le P

ark

Fran

cais

.C

hica

go: E

ncyc

lope

dia

10-1

2B

rita

nnic

a Fi

lms,

196

1.L

evel

sI-

HI

Thi

s th

ree

year

pro

gram

is m

ade

up o

f 12

0co

lore

d or

bla

ck

and

whi

te f

ilmle

sson

s, 1

20 ta

pere

cord

ings

, stu

dent

man

-

uals

, and

a te

ache

r'sm

anua

l.98G

rade

s 7-

9T

hom

pson

, Mar

y P.

,Sh

aron

Ent

wis

tle,

Mar

ilynn

Ray

and

10-1

2co

nsul

tant

s, A

-LM

Fren

ch: L

evel

s I

-IV

.New

Yor

k: H

arco

urt,

Lev

els

I-IV

Bra

ce a

nd W

orld

,19

61-1

964.

Lev

el I

mat

eria

l is

pres

ente

d in

bas

icdi

alog

ues

plus

sup

ple-

men

tary

dri

lls.

Lev

els

II-I

V p

rese

nt p

rose

of in

crea

sing

dif

-

ficu

lty. S

uppl

emen

ted

by p

ictu

re p

oste

rs,

prac

tice

reco

rds,

tape

s, a

nd te

ache

r'sm

anua

l.

Ger

man

*G

rade

s 7-

9B

urgd

orf,

and

oth

ers.

Deu

tsch

dur

chA

udio

-Vis

uelle

Met

h-

10-1

2od

e. P

hila

delp

hia:

Chi

lton

Co.

, 196

1.

Lev

elI

Film

stri

ps, r

ecor

ding

s, te

xts

and

teac

her's

man

ual m

ake

up

the

cour

se. T

apes

cont

ain

a di

alog

ue,

and

supp

lem

enta

ry

drill

s.

Gra

des

9-12

Lev

els

I-V

Gra

des

9-12

Lev

els

II-I

II

Gra

des

7-9 10-1

2L

evel

sI-

IV

Gra

des

9-12

Lev

els

I-IV

Mue

ller,

Hug

o J.

Deu

tsch

, Ers

tes

Buc

h(L

evel

I, I

I)D

euts

ch, Z

wei

tes

Buc

h(L

evel

III

, N)

Deu

tsch

, Dri

ttes

Buc

h(L

evel

IV

, V).

Milw

auke

e: B

ruce

Publ

ishi

ng C

o.,

1958

-196

2.Fi

rst b

ook

uses

dial

ogue

s su

ppor

ted

byor

al a

nd w

ritte

n dr

ills,

narr

ativ

es a

nd ta

pere

cord

ings

. Pic

ture

sai

d le

arni

ng d

ia-

logu

es. S

econ

d an

dth

ird

book

s co

ntai

nar

ticle

s an

d sh

ort s

e-

lect

ions

fro

m li

tera

ture

.

Path

esco

pe-B

erlit

z A

udio

-Vis

ual

Ger

man

Lan

guag

eSe

ries

.

New

Roc

helle

:Pa

thes

cope

, 196

1.Si

x se

ts o

f fi

vele

sson

s ea

ch f

orsu

pple

men

tary

use

with

a

basi

c co

urse

. Eac

h se

tha

s fi

ve c

olor

film

stri

psfi

lmed

in G

er-

man

y w

ithdi

alog

ues

reco

rded

on

tape

or

disc

by

nativ

e

spea

kers

.

Reh

der,

Hel

mut

, Urs

ula

Tho

mas

, Fre

eman

Tw

adde

ll, P

a-

tric

ia O

'Con

nor.

Deu

tsch

: Ver

steh

enun

d Sp

rech

en. (

Lev

elI)

Deu

tsch

: Spr

eche

nun

d L

esen

. (L

evel

U)

Deu

tsch

: Les

en u

ndD

enke

n. (

Lev

el I

II).

New

Yor

k: H

olt,

Rin

ehar

t and

Win

ston

,19

62.

The

fir

st y

ear

text

use

ssi

tuat

iona

l dia

logu

es a

ndis

sup

ple-

men

ted

by a

wor

kboo

k,ho

me

stud

y re

cord

san

d a

tape

pro

-

gram

. Lev

elII

and

III

text

sint

rodu

ce n

arra

tive

pros

e, c

om-

posi

tion

and

fina

llyun

sim

plif

ied

sele

ctio

ns f

rom

cont

empo

rary

liter

atur

e.

Schu

lz, D

ora,

and

Hei

nz G

ries

bach

.D

euts

che

Spra

chle

hre

fur

Aus

liind

er,

Ers

te S

tufe

and

Deu

tsch

e Sp

rach

lehr

efu

r

Aus

land

er, Z

wei

te S

tufe

.Mun

ich:

Max

Hue

ber

Ver

lag,

196

2.

The

mat

eria

l in

thes

e te

xts

shou

ldbe

pre

cede

d by

audi

o-

lingu

al w

ork

in th

e te

xtIc

h Sp

rech

e D

euts

ch b

yG

ries

bach

(Max

Hue

ber

Ver

lag)

.A

ll bo

oks

have

acco

mpa

nyin

g ta

pe

reco

rdin

gs, k

eys,

and

glos

sari

es.

S ci

Kee

see,

Eliz

abet

h.M

oder

n Fo

reig

n L

angu

ages

inth

e E

lem

enta

ry S

choo

l:T

each

ing

Tec

hniq

ues.

Was

hing

ton,

D.C

.: U

.S. D

epar

tmen

tof

Hea

lth, E

duca

-

tion

and

Wel

fare

,O

ffic

e of

Edu

catio

n. B

ulle

tin N

o.29

, 0E

-270

07. 1

960.

Kee

see,

Eliz

abet

h. R

efer

ence

s on

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

es in

the

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool.

Was

hing

ton,

D.C

.: U

.S.

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

, Edu

catio

n an

dW

elfa

re, O

ffic

e;

of E

duca

tion.

Bul

letin

OE

-270

08B

. 196

3.M

oder

n L

angu

age

Ass

ocia

tion

of A

mer

ica,

FL

ES

Pack

et.

New

Yor

k: M

LA

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

e Pr

ogra

mR

esea

rch

Cen

ter,

4 W

ashi

ngto

nPl

ace

Eas

t, N

ew

Yor

k 3.

Mod

em L

angu

age

Ass

ocia

tion

of A

mer

ica.

ML

A S

elec

tive

Lis

t of

Mat

eria

ls.

New

Yor

k: M

LA

For

eign

Lan

guag

e Pr

ogra

m R

esea

rch

Cen

ter,

4 W

ashi

ngto

n

Plac

e E

ast,

New

Yor

k 3,

1962

(R

evis

ions

pla

nned

at

inte

rval

s). A

n ir

'alu

able

docu

men

t con

tain

ing

the

mos

tup-

to-d

ate

listin

g of

all

mat

eria

ls,i

nclu

ding

bas

ic

prog

ram

s, s

ongs

, gam

es,

visu

als,

for

exa

mpl

e.

Inte

grat

ed M

ater

ials

for

the

Seco

ndar

y Sc

hool

s

Fren

ch*

Gra

des

7-9

Me,

Dom

iniq

ue, S

ylvi

a N

.L

evy,

Pat

rici

a O

'Con

nor.

10-1

2L

e Fr

anca

is: S

cout

er e

t Par

ler.

(L

evel

I)

Lev

els

I-II

IL

e Fr

anca

is: P

arle

r et

Lir

e.(L

evel

II)

Le

Fran

cais

: Lir

e, P

arle

r et

Ecr

ire.

(L

evel

III

) .

New

Yor

k: H

olt,

Rin

ehar

t and

Win

ston

, 196

2-19

64.

The

fir

st y

ear

text

use

ssi

tuat

iona

l dia

logu

es a

nd is

supp

le-

men

ted

by a

wor

kboo

k,ho

me

stud

y re

cord

s an

d a

tape

pro

-gr

am. L

evel

II

and

III

text

s in

trod

uce

narr

ativ

e pr

ose,

com

posi

tion

and

fina

lly u

nsim

plif

ied

sele

ctio

ns f

rom

con

tem

-po

rary

lite

ratu

re.

Gra

des

7-9

10-1

2L

evel

sI

-IV

Gra

des

9-12

Lev

els

11-I

II

Gra

des

7-9

10-1

2L

evel

I

Gra

des

7-9

10-1

2L

evel

sI-

Ill

Eva

ns, J

ames

A.,

and

Mar

ieB

aldw

in. L

earn

ing

Fren

chth

e

Mod

ern

Way

. New

Yor

k:M

cGra

w-H

ill, 1

963.

Thi

s fo

ur y

ear

cour

se in

clud

esst

uden

t tex

ts, t

apes

, film

s, f

ilm-

stri

ps, t

ests

, and

teac

her's

gui

de.

Path

esco

pe-B

erlit

z A

udio

-Vis

ual

Fren

ch L

angu

age

Seri

es.

New

Roc

helle

: Pat

hesc

ope,

1961

.E

ight

set

s of

fiv

e le

sson

s ea

chfo

r su

pple

men

tary

use

with

aba

sic

cour

se. E

ach

set

has

five

col

or f

ilmst

rips

film

ed in

Fran

ce w

ith d

ialo

gues

reco

rded

on

tape

or

disc

by n

ativ

e

spea

kers

.

Riv

enc,

P.,

P. G

uber

ina,

and

othe

rs. V

oix

et I

mag

esde

Fran

ce. P

hila

delp

hia:

Chi

lton

Co.

, 196

1.T

his

is a

set

of

thir

ty-t

wo

film

stri

ps o

f co

lor

and

blac

k an

dw

hite

dra

win

gs w

ith ta

pes

reco

rded

by

nativ

e sp

eake

rs, t

ext-

book

s, a

nd a

teac

her's

man

ual.

Ros

selo

t, L

aVel

le. J

e Pa

rkFr

anca

is. C

hica

go: E

ncyc

lope

dia

Bri

tann

ica

Film

s, 1

961.

Thi

s th

ree

year

pro

gram

ism

ade

up o

f 12

0 co

lore

d or

blac

k

and

whi

te f

ilm le

sson

s,12

0 ta

pe r

ecor

ding

s, s

tude

nt m

an-

uals

, and

a te

ache

r'sm

anua

l.98

.111

1111

1111

1111

1111

Gra

des

7-9

Tho

mps

on, M

ary

P., S

haro

nE

ntw

istle

, Mar

ilynn

Ray

and

10-1

2co

nsul

tant

s. A

-LM

Fre

nch:

Lev

els

I-IV

. New

Yor

k:H

arco

urt,

Lev

els

I-IV

Bra

ce a

nd W

orld

, 196

1-19

64.

Lev

el I

mat

eria

l is

pres

ente

din

bas

ic d

ialo

gues

plu

ssu

pple

-

men

tary

dri

lls. L

evel

sII

-IV

pre

sent

pro

se o

fin

crea

sing

dif

-fi

culty

. Sup

plem

ente

d by

pict

ure

post

ers,

pra

ctic

ere

cord

s,

tape

s, a

nd te

ache

r'sm

arm

al.

Ger

man

*G

rade

s 7-

9B

urgd

orf,

and

oth

ers.

Deu

tsch

durc

h A

udio

-Vis

uelle

Met

h-

10-1

2od

e. P

hila

delp

hia:

Chi

lton

Co.

, 196

1.L

evel

IFi

lmst

rips

, rec

ordi

ngs,

text

s an

dte

ache

r's m

anua

l mak

e up

the

cour

se. T

apes

con

tain

adi

alog

ue, a

nd s

uppl

emen

tary

drill

s.

Gra

des

9-12

Lev

els

I-V

Mue

ller,

Hug

o J.

Deu

tsch

, Ers

tes

Buc

h (L

evel

I,I

I)D

euts

ch, Z

wei

tes

Buc

h (L

evel

III,

IV

)D

euts

ch, D

ritte

s B

uch

(Lev

elIV

, V).

Milw

auke

e: B

ruce

Pub

lishi

ngC

o., 1

958-

1962

.Fi

rst b

ook

uses

dia

logu

essu

ppor

ted

by o

ral a

nd w

ritte

ndr

ills,

narr

ativ

es a

nd ta

pe r

ecor

ding

s.Pi

ctur

es a

id le

arni

ng d

ie -

logu

es. S

econ

d an

d th

ird

book

sco

ntai

n ar

ticle

s an

d sh

ort s

e-le

ctio

ns f

rom

lite

ratu

re.

Gra

des

9-12

Path

esco

pe-B

erlit

z A

udio

-Vis

ual

Ger

man

Lan

guag

e Se

ries

.

Lev

els

II-I

IIN

ew R

oche

lle: P

athe

scop

e,19

61.

Six

sets

of

five

less

ons

each

for

sup

plem

enta

ry u

sew

ith a

basi

c co

urse

. Eac

h se

t has

five

col

or f

ilmst

rips

film

edin

Ger

-

man

y w

ith d

ialo

gues

reco

rded

on

tape

or

disc

by n

ativ

esp

eake

rs.

Gra

des

7-9

Reh

der,

Hel

mut

, Urs

ula

Tho

mas

, Fre

eman

Tw

adde

ll,Pa

-

10-1

2tr

icia

O'C

onno

r.L

evel

sI-

IVD

euts

ch: V

erst

ehen

und

Spr

eche

n.(L

evel

I)

Deu

tsch

: Spr

eche

n an

d L

esse

n.(L

evel

II)

Deu

tsch

: Les

en u

nd D

enke

n.(L

evel

III

).N

ew Y

ork:

Hol

t, R

ineh

art a

ndW

inst

on, 1

962.

The

fir

st y

ear

text

use

ssi

tuat

iona

l dia

logu

es a

nd is

sup

ple-

men

ted

by a

wor

kboo

k, h

ome

stud

y re

cord

s an

d a

tape

pro

-gr

am. L

evel

II

and

III

text

s in

trod

uce

narr

ativ

e pr

ose,

com

-po

sitio

n an

d fi

nally

uns

impl

ifie

dse

iect

ions

fro

m c

onte

mpo

rary

liter

atur

e.

Gra

des

9-12

Schu

lz, D

ora,

and

Hei

nzG

ries

bach

. Deu

tsch

e Sp

rach

lehr

e

Lev

els

I-IV

fur

Aus

liind

er, E

rste

Stu

fean

d D

euts

che

Spra

chle

hre

fiir

Aus

liind

er, Z

wei

te S

tufe

. Mun

ich:

Max

Hue

ber

Ver

lag,

196

2.T

he m

ater

ial i

n th

ese

text

ssh

ould

be

prec

eded

by

audi

o-lin

gual

wor

k in

the

text

Ich

Spre

che

Deu

tsch

by

Gri

esba

chH

uebe

r V

erla

g). A

ll bo

oks

have

acco

mpa

nyin

g ta

pere

cord

ings

, key

s, a

nd g

loss

arie

s.

4411

1111

1111

1:11

j1

7-1

r; r- (7 ')

'0!

Gra

des

7-9

9-12

Lev

els

I-IV

Gra

des

7-9

10-1

2L

evel

sI-

IV

Gra

des

7-9

10-1

2L

evel

s

Tho

mps

on, M

ary

P., G

eorg

e W

inkl

eran

d co

nsul

tant

s.A

-LM

Ger

man

(L

evel

s I-

N).

New

Yor

k: H

arco

urt,

Bra

cean

d W

orld

, 196

1. L

evel

I m

ater

ial

is p

rese

nted

in b

asic

dia

-lo

gues

plu

s su

pple

men

tary

dri

lls.

Lev

els

II-I

V p

rese

nt p

rose

of in

crea

sing

dif

ficu

lty. S

uppl

emen

ted

by p

ictu

re p

oste

rs,

prac

tice

reco

rds,

tape

s, a

nd te

ache

r'sm

anua

l.

Span

ish*

Bre

nes,

Edi

n, e

t al.

Lea

rnin

gSp

anis

h th

e M

oder

n W

ay.

New

Yor

k: M

cGra

w-H

ill, 1

963.

Thi

s fo

ur y

ear

prog

ram

incl

udes

stud

ent t

exts

, tap

es, s

tude

ntpr

actic

e di

scs,

film

s, f

ilmst

rips

, tes

ts,a

nd te

ache

r's m

anua

l

La

Gro

ne, G

rego

ry G

.,A

ndre

a S.

McH

enry

, and

Pat

rici

aO

'Con

nor,

Esp

anol

. Ent

ende

r y

Hab

lar

(Lev

elI)

Esp

anol

: Hab

lar

y L

eer

(aw

e' I

I)E

span

ol: L

eer

y E

scri

bir

(Lev

elII

I).

New

Hol

t, R

ineh

art a

nd W

inst

on,

1962

-64.

The

fir

st y

ear

text

use

ssi

tuat

iona

l dia

logu

es a

nd is

sup

ple

men

ted

by a

wor

kboo

k, h

ome

stud

y re

cord

s an

d a

tape

pro

-gr

am. L

evel

II

and

III

text

s in

trod

uce

narr

ativ

e pr

ose,

com

-po

sitio

n an

d fi

nally

uns

impl

ifie

dse

lect

ions

fro

m c

onte

mpo

-ra

ry li

tera

ture

.

Gra

des

7-9

011e

r, J

ohn

W. E

l Esp

arto

' por

el M

undo

.

10-1

2W

ilmet

te, I

llino

is: E

ncyc

lope

dia

Bri

tann

ica

Film

s, 1

964.

Lev

els

I-II

IA

film

-tex

t ser

ies

curr

ently

unde

r de

velo

pmen

t.L

evel

I is

entit

led

La

Fam

ilia

Fern

ande

z. I

nclu

des

film

less

ons,

film

-

stri

ps, d

rill

tape

s, te

sts

and

test

tape

s, te

ache

r's m

anua

lan

d

stud

ent t

exts

.

Gra

des

9-12

Path

esco

pe-B

erlit

z A

udio

-Vis

ual

Span

ish

L..-

tngu

age

Seri

es.

Lev

els

New

Roc

helle

: Pat

hesc

ope,

1960

.H

as s

ix s

ets

of f

ive

less

ons

each

to s

uppl

emen

t a b

asic

cou

rse.

Eac

h se

t has

fiv

e fi

lmst

rips

inco

lor

film

ed in

Mex

ico

and

dia-

logu

es r

ecor

ded

by L

atin

Am

eric

an s

peak

ers.

Gra

des

7-9

Tho

mps

on, M

ary

P., A

lice

A.

Ara

na, E

lizab

eth

Nic

hola

sde

10-1

2Pa

din

and

cons

ulta

nts.

A-L

MSp

anis

h (L

evel

s I-

IV).

New

Lev

els

I-IV

Yor

k: H

arco

urt,

Bra

ce a

ndW

orld

, 196

1-19

64.

Lev

el I

mat

eria

l is

pres

ente

din

bas

ic d

ialo

gues

plu

ssu

pple

-

men

tary

dri

lls. L

evel

sII

-IV

pre

sent

pro

se o

fin

crea

sing

dif

-

ficu

lty. S

uppl

emen

ted

bypi

ctur

e po

ster

s, p

ract

ice

reco

rdin

gs,

tape

s.

*Als

o se

e fo

r al

l lan

guag

es:

Mod

em L

angu

age

Ass

ocia

tion

ofA

mer

ica.

ML

A S

elec

tive

Lis

t of

Mat

eria

ls.

New

Yor

k: M

LA

For

eign

Lan

guag

ePr

ogra

m R

esea

rch

Cen

ter,

4W

ashi

ng-

ton

Plac

e E

ast,

New

Yor

k 3.

1962

(or

late

st r

evis

ions

ther

eof)

.

I99

APP

EN

DIX

A

A S

ampl

e C

ultu

ral U

nit f

or A

dvan

ced

Fore

ign

Lan

guag

e L

earn

ing

Pari

e et

la P

rovi

nce

Intr

oduc

tion

One

of

the

fund

amen

talp

rece

pts

upon

whi

ch a

dvan

ced

lang

uage

lear

ning

is b

ased

lies

in th

e ab

ility

of

the

teac

her

"to

prov

ide

the

best

pos

sibl

e se

tting

for

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f sp

onta

neou

s co

mm

unic

atio

n in

the

lang

uage

."' T

hus

the

teac

her

mus

t mak

e su

re th

at th

e st

uden

t is

surr

ound

ed b

y "p

ictu

res,

mag

a-zi

nes,

new

s ite

ms,

film

s, m

usic

, son

gs, a

nd o

ther

aid

s to

und

erst

andi

ng th

e lif

ean

d w

ays

of th

ough

t of

the

peop

le w

ho s

peak

the

lang

uage

." 2

But

per

haps

mor

eim

port

ant t

han

just

pro

vidi

ng th

e cu

ltura

l con

text

s ne

cess

ary

to th

e ex

iste

nce

of a

par

ticul

ar la

ngua

ge, t

he te

ache

r sh

ould

act

ivel

y or

gani

ze th

ese

cont

exts

to r

einf

orce

the

use

of th

e la

ngua

ge in

dif

fere

nt s

ettin

gs. T

he s

truc

ture

s, v

o-ca

bula

ry, a

nd s

ynta

x of

the

lang

uage

bei

ng le

arne

d w

ill th

en b

e ac

tivel

y us

edin

vari

ous

kind

sof

situ

atio

ns.

The

teac

her,

thro

ugh

this

kind

ofap

proa

ch, s

tron

gly

enco

urag

es th

e fi

nal g

oal o

f la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng a

s a

mea

ns,

not a

n en

d. A

t adv

ance

d le

vels

, whi

le s

till p

olis

hing

lang

uage

ski

lls, t

he te

ache

ris

gui

ding

the

stud

ent t

hrou

gh o

rgan

ized

exp

erie

nces

so

that

he

will

be

able

to s

elec

t the

mos

t app

ropr

iate

lang

uage

for

the

diff

eren

t kin

ds o

f si

tuat

ions

inw

hich

he

mig

ht f

ind

him

self

.T

his

unit

calls

for

the

stud

ent p

osse

ssin

g a

know

ledg

e of

the

cultu

re in

whi

chth

e la

ngua

ge is

use

d. T

he te

rm c

ultu

re is

in n

o se

nse

used

to m

ean

arch

itec-

ture

, art

, lite

ratu

re, a

nd m

usic

alo

ne. T

hese

are

as p

rovi

de in

sigh

ts o

nly

into

cert

ain

mor

e fo

rmal

asp

ects

of

a pe

ople

's c

ultu

re. C

ultu

re is

mea

nt to

incl

ude

anth

ropo

logi

cal,

soci

olog

ical

, and

info

rmal

asp

ects

, as

wel

l as

the

mor

e in

form

alm

anif

esta

tions

of

hum

an li

ee.

Cer

tain

ly, i

t can

be

argu

ed th

at e

very

thin

g m

ando

es is

som

ehow

tied

up

in la

ngua

ge. T

here

fore

, it w

ould

be

unth

inka

ble

to in

-cl

ude

only

for

mal

evi

denc

e of

man

's e

xist

ence

in la

ngua

ge s

tudy

.In

form

atio

n ab

out t

his

cultu

re s

houl

d be

arr

ange

d in

an

orga

nize

d m

anne

rso

that

the

stud

ent c

an k

now

ingl

y ex

peri

ence

it. P

erha

psth

e be

st o

rgan

izat

ion

for

cultu

ral i

nfor

mat

ion

is f

ound

in th

e un

it fo

rmat

. It i

s en

tirel

y po

ssib

le th

ata

curr

icul

um o

f su

ch c

ultu

ral u

nits

cou

ld b

e co

nstr

ucte

dfo

- th

e fo

urth

, fif

th,

and

sixt

h le

vels

of

fore

ign

lang

uage

lear

ning

. The

se u

nits

wou

ld a

ttem

pt to

pres

ent a

cul

tura

l top

ic n

ot o

nly

from

the

view

poin

t of

belle

- le

ttres

, but

fro

mas

man

y ot

her

sour

ces

and

poin

ts o

f vi

ew a

s po

ssib

le,

thei

by

help

ing

stu-

dent

s to

und

erst

and

the

who

le o

f th

e pa

rtic

ular

cul

ture

.T

hus

it is

obv

ious

ly im

poss

ible

that

one

text

or

one

set o

f m

ater

ials

can

pro

-vi

de a

ll of

the

nece

ssar

y in

form

atio

n an

d so

urce

s. T

he te

ache

r is

rea

lly th

eke

y to

this

uni

t app

roac

h. P

e w

ill c

all u

pon

his

expe

rien

ce a

nd e

xten

sive

trai

n-

1 R

iver

s, W

ilga

M. T

he P

sych

olog

ist a

nd th

e Fo

reig

n L

angu

age

Tea

cher

, U. o

fC

hica

go P

ress

, 196

4. p

. 157

.2

Ibid

; p. 1

59.

101

ing

in la

ngua

ge a

nd c

ultu

re b

y us

ing

his

crea

tivity

tobu

ild e

ither

upo

n ex

ist-

ing

text

ual m

ater

ials

or

deve

lop

com

plet

ely

new

uni

tsof

wor

k. F

or e

xam

ple,

it m

ay b

e po

ssib

le to

use

a te

xt s

uch

as D

oste

rt,

Leo

n, L

e Fr

anca

is, c

ours

moy

en: c

ivili

satio

n, f

or s

uch

purp

oses

. In

this

text

eac

h on

e of

the

units

at-

tem

pts

to a

naly

ze a

cul

tura

l are

a, b

ut o

nly

very

brie

fly.

Som

e of

the

unit

title

s ar

e:

Edu

catio

nL

a st

ruct

ure

soci

ale

Pari

s et

la p

rovi

nce

Spor

ts e

t loi

sirs

Pare

nts,

ete

s-vo

us la

The

se to

pics

can

be

expa

nded

by

read

ings

fro

m jo

urna

ls,m

agaz

ines

, new

spa-

pers

, tec

hnic

al b

ooks

in a

nthr

opol

ogy,

geog

raph

y, e

cono

mic

s, s

ocio

logy

, for

ex-

ampl

e, a

nd b

elle

s le

ttres

: nov

els,

sho

rt s

tori

es, p

oetr

y,an

d ad

oles

cent

lite

ra-

ture

. In

addi

tions

mov

ing

pict

ures

, slid

es,

film

stri

ps, c

hart

s, m

aps,

moc

k-up

s,m

usic

, and

any

oth

er a

udio

-vis

ual m

ater

ials

may

be

used

tofa

cilit

ate

lear

ning

.R

eadi

ng is

not

the

only

lang

uage

act

ivity

that

sho

uld

beca

rrie

d on

. Man

yof

the

sele

ctio

ns u

sed

coul

d be

rec

orde

d or

if r

ecor

ds o

fth

em a

re a

vaila

ble

they

mig

ht b

e pu

rcha

sed

for

a pe

rman

ent c

olle

ctio

n. B

ecau

selis

teni

ng p

rac-

tice

is im

port

ant,

the

stud

ent s

houl

d ha

ve e

very

pos

sibl

eop

port

unity

to li

sten

to a

s m

any

voic

es a

s po

ssib

le. S

peak

ing

activ

ities

are

also

ext

rem

ely

impo

rtan

tat

this

leve

l. T

hey

shou

ld c

onsi

st o

f w

ell-

defi

ned

situ

atio

nal t

ype

circ

umst

ance

sw

here

the

stud

ent h

as to

dra

w o

n th

e m

ater

ial h

e ha

s he

ard

and

read

. Wri

ting

activ

ities

mus

t als

o no

t be

forg

otte

n. T

echn

ique

s of

des

crip

tion,

dia

logu

ew

rit-

ing,

and

lette

r w

ritin

g m

ight

ser

ve a

s ge

nera

l exa

mpl

es o

f th

eki

nds

of p

rob-

lem

s w

ith w

hich

stu

dent

s co

uld

be p

rovi

ded.

The

kin

d of

uni

t of

wor

k he

re p

ropo

sed

is n

ot ju

st a

sim

ple

reso

urce

unit,

but r

athe

r an

atte

mpt

to e

xpan

d a

roug

hly

sket

ched

are

a of

lang

uage

and

cul-

ture

for

adv

ance

d fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge le

arni

ng. T

his

reso

urce

-tea

chin

g un

it w

illhe

lp w

iden

the

stud

ents

lang

uage

lear

ning

, pro

vide

for

the

use

of la

ngua

gein

vary

ing

way

s an

d fo

r m

ore

indi

vidu

aliz

ed le

arni

ng a

nd te

achi

ng a

t the

ad-

vanc

ed le

vels

.T

he f

ollo

win

g sa

mpl

e un

it is

con

stru

cted

to c

orre

late

with

Cha

pter

VI

ofD

oste

rt's

Le

Fran

cais

, Cou

rs M

oyer

s C

ivili

satio

na

The

uni

t out

line

will

be

as f

ollo

ws:

Uni

t Titl

eU

nit O

bjec

tives

Mat

eria

ls B

iblio

grap

hy

'Bru

ce: M

ilwau

kee,

196

1

Sugg

estio

ns f

or U

se o

f th

e M

ater

ials

Eva

luat

ion

The

out

line,

con

tent

s, s

ugge

sted

teac

hing

mat

eria

ls a

nd te

chni

ques

are

by

no m

eans

def

initi

ve.

Thi

s un

it is

inte

nded

to b

e on

ly s

ugge

stiv

e of

the

lear

ning

poss

ibili

ties

cultu

ral u

nits

can

pro

vide

for

adv

ance

dfo

reig

n la

ngua

ge c

lass

esin

our

sec

onda

ry s

choo

ls.

CU

LT

UR

AL

UN

ITC

UL

TU

RA

L D

IFFE

RE

NC

ES

BE

TW

EE

N C

ITY

AN

DC

OU

NT

RY

IN

FRA

NC

E, O

R P

AR

IS E

T L

A P

RO

VIN

CE

A. O

bjec

tives

1. T

o he

lp s

tude

nts

unde

rsta

nd th

e in

form

alan

d th

e fo

rmal

asp

ects

of

Fren

ch li

fe.

2. T

o he

lp s

tude

nts

real

ize

the

sign

ific

ance

of P

aris

as

exem

plar

y of

an

impo

rtan

t met

ropo

litan

cen

ter,

impo

rtan

t not

onl

yfo

r ar

t, m

usic

, scu

lp-

ture

, and

lite

ratu

re, b

ut a

lso

for

polit

ics,

eco

nom

ics,

gov

ernm

ent,

law

,sp

orts

, mili

tary

life

, and

rel

igio

us li

fe. I

not

her

wor

ds, t

o he

lp s

tude

nts

real

ize

that

Par

is is

, in

a se

nse,

une

mic

roco

sms

de la

civ

ilisa

tion

fran

-ga

ise.

3. T

o he

lp s

tude

nts

real

ize

the

impo

rtan

ceof

the

prov

ince

s fo

r a

com

plet

eim

age

of F

ranc

e, in

clud

ing

not o

nly

prov

inci

al c

ontr

ibut

ions

to F

renc

hec

onom

y, a

gric

ultu

re,

polit

ics,

bus

ines

s, a

nd m

ore

info

rmal

asp

ects

ofits

cul

ture

, but

als

o co

ntri

butio

ns to

Fren

ch c

ultu

re o

f a

mor

e fo

rmal

natu

re.

4. T

o he

lp s

tude

nts

avoi

d m

akin

gge

nera

lizat

ions

abo

ut e

ither

the

Fren

chci

ty d

wel

ler

or th

e Fr

ench

pea

sant

that

wou

ld te

nd to

ste

reot

ype

them

.5.

To

help

stu

dent

s pe

rfec

t the

fou

r la

ngua

gesk

ills

by p

rovi

ding

them

with

orga

nize

d ta

sks

espe

cial

ly d

esig

ned

with

this

goa

l in

min

d.

B. M

ater

ials

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liogr

aphy

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col

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of e

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dif

fere

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spec

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Par

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3. L

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ture

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et V

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(A c

olle

ctio

n of

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rary

text

s co

ncer

ning

diff

eren

tpa

rts

of th

e co

untr

y)

Gen

drot

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t F. M

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tach

eA

uteu

rs f

ranc

ais,

Cla

sse

de 5

eL

ibra

irie

Hac

hette

: Par

is19

52: 3

77 p

p.Se

lect

ions

1. "

Cha

teau

x de

Loi

re,"

(po

eme)

, Ch.

Pegu

y, p

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2. "

Pass

age

lorr

aine

," M

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res,

p.

453.

"Su

r la

rou

te d

e l'I

le-G

rand

e,"

(pof

me)

,C

h. le

Gof

fic,

p. 5

34.

"L

a ch

anso

n du

ven

t," (

poem

e), F

.Fab

ie, p

. 61

5. "

Les

ber

gere

de

la m

onta

gne,

"Jo

seph

de

Pesq

uido

ux,

p. 6

5

Gen

drot

, F. e

t F. M

. Eus

tach

eA

uteu

rs F

ranc

ais,

Cla

sse

de 6

eL

ibra

irie

Hac

hette

: Par

is19

51; 5

78 p

p.Se

lect

ions

1. "

La

petit

e vi

le,"

(po

eme)

, Cou

ntes

s de

Noa

illes

, p. 1

662.

"U

ne v

ile d

e Pr

ovin

ce,"

H. d

e B

alza

c, p

.16

9

Stoc

k, D

ora

and

Mar

ie S

tock

Rec

ueil

de L

ectu

res

D. C

. Hea

th a

nd C

ompa

ny: B

osto

n19

50; 2

40 p

pSe

lect

ions

:"L

e se

cret

de

Mai

tre

Cor

nille

,"A

. Dau

det,

p. 5

9

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ncpa

in, M

. et C

. de

Lig

nac

De

Pass

y au

Per

e L

acha

ise

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rair

ie H

atie

r: P

aris

1962

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olle

ctio

n of

lite

rary

text

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alin

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ithdi

ffer

ent a

spec

ts o

f Pa

ris)

Fran

tel,

Max

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s a

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x M

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is19

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lect

ions

1. "

Les

em

barr

as d

e Pa

ris"

(poe

me)

,B

oile

au, p

. 154

2. "

Pari

s,"

A. F

ranc

e, p

. 158

3. "

Nui

t de

Pari

s,"

(poe

me)

, A.S

amai

n, p

. 162

4. F

ilms

La

Prov

ince

Pari

s

Fran

ce A

ctue

lle: L

e pa

ys e

t ses

habi

tant

s. 1

ree

l. A

udio

-V

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ensi

on S

ervi

ce, U

nive

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to th

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orke

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sher

men

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truc

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rden

ers

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all h

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mea

n-in

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the

stud

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ngua

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arm

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ily11

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els,

col

or.

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of

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film

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show

life

on

aty

pica

l Fre

nch

farm

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o de

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bette

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of r

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nce

toda

y. T

oill

ustr

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agri

cultu

re. T

osh

ow tr

ends

in F

renc

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ew

hich

par

alle

l tho

se in

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ted

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men

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m f

arm

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and

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peop

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dan

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reel

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the

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amily

rev

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man

yas

pect

s of

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nch

farm

life

sim

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to th

ose

in o

ur o

wn

coun

try.

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see

the

daily

act

iviti

es o

n th

e fa

rm a

nd th

evi

llage

hom

e lif

e uo

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the

farm

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pare

pro

blem

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m-

mun

ity.

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ngua

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1 re

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his

film

pro

vide

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acc

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din

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g in

trod

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st k

now

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dbe

st lo

ved

city

, giv

ing

a fe

elin

gof

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city

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the

peop

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how

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in it

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mon

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tour

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arra

tion

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ench

lang

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both

a m

ale

and

fem

ale

narr

ator

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s: T

he C

ity a

nd th

e Pe

ople

Eng

lish

lang

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.A

dia

logu

e be

twee

n a

visi

ting

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eric

anan

d a

Pari

sien

pio

vide

s th

e fr

amew

ork

for

a vi

sual

tour

of a

fam

ous

city

. We

see

how

a c

ombi

natio

nof

Fre

nch

cultu

re, i

ndus

tria

l pro

gres

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d ec

onom

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row

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as m

ade

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to a

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at c

apita

l.

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vign

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acqu

es d

ePa

ris,

Les

Alb

ums

de G

uide

s B

leus

Lib

rair

ie H

ache

tte: P

aris

1958

; 173

pp.

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efer

ence

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eria

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ris,

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ngai

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anca

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ans

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Mon

de, N

umer

o 3

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it-Se

ptem

bre

1961

, pp.

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rois

, And

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ris

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and

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han:

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51; 1

88 p

p.

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raux

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mes

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renc

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a Fr

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, Num

ero

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1962

, pp.

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gais

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: Par

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aris

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Que

sai

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esse

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nive

rsita

ires

de

Fran

ce: P

aris

1953

; 125

pp.

Wyl

ie, L

aure

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and

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and

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e en

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clus

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ough

ton

Mif

flin

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pany

: Bos

ton

1947

; 222

pp.

Sugg

estio

ns f

or th

e U

se o

f th

e M

ater

ials

Dev

elop

men

tal A

ctiv

ities

The

dev

elop

men

tal a

ctiv

ities

will

em

phas

ize

prim

arily

the

pass

ive

lang

uage

skill

s. T

his

does

not

mea

n th

at th

e ac

tive

lang

uage

ski

lls a

re to

be

igno

red.

Itm

eans

that

at t

his

poin

t the

y ar

e of

less

erim

port

ance

bec

ause

of

the

need

for

the

stud

ents

to g

athe

r in

form

atio

n. I

n th

e cu

lmin

atin

g ac

tiviti

es th

e st

ud n

tw

ill p

rim

arily

use

the

activ

e la

ngua

ge s

kills

of

spea

king

and

wri

ting.

Her

e th

epa

ssiv

e sk

ills

will

rec

eive

less

atte

ntio

n.1.

The

stu

dent

s w

ill b

e fi

rst i

ntro

duce

d to

the

them

e of

the

unit

by r

eadi

ngth

e se

lect

ion

entit

led

"Par

is e

t la

Prov

ince

" in

the

Dos

tert

text

. Thi

s te

xt, a

l-th

ough

ver

y su

perf

icia

l, at

tem

pts

to p

oint

out

the

cont

rast

s be

twee

n ur

ban

and

extr

a-ur

ban

life.

Bec

ause

this

text

is li

mite

d in

dep

th, s

tude

nts

will

rea

d th

efo

llow

ing

artic

les

to a

chie

ve a

mor

e co

mpl

ete

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

topi

c.B

lanc

: "N

ouve

au v

isag

e de

la c

ampa

gne

fran

cais

e"M

icha

ud: "

Pari

s, m

icro

cosm

e de

civ

ilisa

tion"

The

se te

xts

will

be

reco

rded

so

that

the

stud

ents

can

list

en to

them

eith

er b

e-fo

re r

eadi

ng, w

hile

rea

ding

, or

afte

r ha

ving

rea

d th

em. T

he te

ache

rw

ill a

lso

crea

te s

tudy

que

stio

ns in

Fre

nch

that

co

.,:en

trat

e on

the

com

pari

sons

and

cont

rast

s of

the

two

way

s of

life

. The

se q

uest

ions

will

be u

sed

as a

mea

ns to

stim

ulat

e cl

ass

disc

ussi

on a

bout

the

topi

c in

Fre

nch.

2. T

he s

econ

d m

eans

of

help

ing

stud

ents

und

erst

and

the

cont

rast

bet

wee

nci

ty a

nd c

ount

ry is

to p

rese

nt th

e to

pic

in v

isua

l for

m, e

ither

thro

ugh

film

sor

slid

es. E

ither

the

Gol

dsm

ithM

usic

Sho

p fi

lmst

rip

seri

es o

r th

e W

ayne

Sta

tesl

ides

are

sui

tabl

e fo

r th

is p

urpo

se. T

hese

mat

eria

ls p

rese

nt th

e vi

sual

imag

ean

d at

the

sam

e tim

e co

mm

ent u

pon

it Fr

om a

pre

pare

d te

xt w

hich

is r

ecor

ded

on ta

pe a

nd p

aper

for

fur

ther

stud

ent s

tudy

. Her

e to

o, s

tudy

hel

ps in

Fre

nch

are

com

pose

d by

the

teac

her

and

are

dire

cted

tow

ard

both

indi

vidu

al s

tudy

and

clas

s di

scus

sion

.3.

The

thir

d de

velo

pmen

tal 4

:vity

wou

ld b

e a

join

t cla

ss e

xam

inat

ion

ofth

e lit

erar

y te

xt o

n Pa

ris

in th

e ar

ticle

by

Mic

haud

, "Po

or a

bord

er P

aris

." T

hear

ticle

incl

udes

text

s by

Ana

tole

Fra

nce,

Pau

l Val

ery,

and

C. F

. Ram

uz. T

hete

ache

r w

ill b

rief

ly e

xpla

in w

ho th

ese

auth

ors

are

if th

e st

uden

ts a

re ig

nora

ntof

them

. He

will

als

o gu

ide

the

stud

ents

in a

sho

rt "

expl

icat

ion

de te

xte"

for

each

sel

ectio

n so

that

stu

dent

s w

ill h

ave

exam

ples

to f

ollo

w in

oth

er s

tage

sof

the

unit.

In o

rder

to b

ecom

e fa

mili

ar w

ith th

e "p

aysa

n fr

anca

is,"

his

env

iron

men

t,an

d w

hat p

eopl

e th

ink

of h

im, t

he te

ache

r w

ill e

xam

ine

with

the

stud

ents

,in

the

man

ner

desc

ribe

d ab

ove,

the

six

shor

t tex

ts th

at a

re f

ound

in th

e ar

ticle

by D

uple

x an

d M

endr

as, "

Vis

ages

du

pays

an f

rang

ais.

"T

hese

task

s w

ill g

ive

stud

ents

pra

ctic

e in

usi

ng a

t lea

st th

ree

skill

s: li

sten

ing,

spea

king

, and

rea

ding

.4.

As

a fi

nal a

ctiv

ity a

t thi

s st

age

of th

e un

it, th

e te

ache

r an

d st

uden

ts s

umup

the

diff

eren

ces

and

sim

ilari

ties

betw

een

the

city

and

the

coun

try.

Sta

te-

men

ts s

houl

d be

mad

e in

a c

oncr

ete

form

so

that

stu

dent

s w

ill b

e ab

le to

take

note

s fr

om th

is d

iscu

ssio

n. T

hey

will

then

be

aske

d to

pre

sent

thei

r no

tes

from

this

sec

tion

of th

e un

it as

an

orga

nise

d w

ritin

g ex

erci

se. T

his

activ

ity w

ill h

elp

the

stud

ents

org

aniz

e, d

iges

t, an

d sy

nthe

size

the

alre

ady

disc

usse

d m

ater

ials

.It

will

als

o pr

epar

e th

em f

or th

e m

ore

indi

vidu

al w

ork

they

will

be

doin

g la

ter.

Las

tly,

itw

ill g

ive

the

stud

ents

a s

omew

hat l

oose

ly c

ontr

olle

d w

ritin

gop

port

unity

.5.

The

teac

her

may

wan

t to

teac

h a

coup

le s

ongs

, one

fro

m th

e "P

aris

"gr

oup

and

the

othe

r fr

om th

e "P

rovi

nce"

gro

up a

s a

kind

of

brea

k fr

om s

ome

of th

e w

ork

sugg

este

d ab

ove.

And

it is

ass

umed

that

the

teac

her

has

mad

e an

atte

mpt

to s

urro

und

the

stud

ents

in c

lass

with

pic

ture

s, p

oste

rs, a

nd d

raw

ings

of b

oth

coun

try

and

city

life

. Bul

letin

boa

rds

and

pict

ures

hun

g on

the

wal

lsor

oth

er k

inds

of

disp

lays

hel

p se

rve

this

pur

pose

.

Cui

min

atin

g A

ctiv

ities

In th

is s

tage

of

the

unit

the

stud

ents

will

be

wor

king

on

thei

r ow

n an

d in

grou

ps f

or c

erta

in p

roje

cts.

The

se p

roje

cts

follo

w n

o sp

ecif

ic o

rder

, but

they

shou

ld r

efle

ct s

ome

of th

e w

ork

done

dur

ing

the

initi

atin

g ac

tiviti

es.

1. T

he c

lass

is d

ivid

ed in

to f

our

grou

ps. E

ach

grou

p is

giv

en a

n ar

ticle

tore

ad. T

hese

fou

r ar

ticle

s ar

e as

fol

low

s:H

anot

eau:

"D

ecid

emen

t les

Am

eric

ains

ont

, de

Pari

s, u

ne v

isio

nex

trav

agan

t"C

heva

lier:

"Pa

ris,

XX

Ie s

iècl

e"Fe

rre:

"L

a vi

e pr

ovin

cial

e"M

endr

as: "

Le

pays

an f

ranc

ais"

Aft

er th

e ar

ticle

s ha

ve b

een

thor

ough

ly r

ead,

the

stud

ents

in e

ach

grou

p ar

ere

ques

ted

to w

rite

toge

ther

a s

hort

ski

t for

pre

sent

atio

n. T

his

skit

repr

esen

tsso

me

aspe

ct o

f th

e re

adin

g th

at is

impo

rtiu

i or

outs

tand

ing.

The

teac

her

mak

essu

re th

at th

e la

ngua

ge u

sed

is a

ppro

pria

tean

d co

rrec

t bef

ore

the

skit

is p

re-

sent

ed to

the

zias

s.2.

Eac

h in

divi

dual

stu

dent

is g

iven

a li

tera

ry s

elec

tion

to r

ead.

Aft

er h

e ha

sre

ad th

is s

elec

tion,

he

prep

ares

, on

the

mod

el o

f th

e on

e in

the

initi

atin

g ac

ti-vi

ties,

a s

hort

"ex

plic

atio

n de

text

e" w

hich

he

will

als

o gi

ve o

rally

to h

is c

lass

-m

ates

. Thi

s "e

xplic

atio

n de

text

e" is

car

eful

ly c

heck

ed b

y th

e te

ache

r be

fore

the

stud

ent g

ives

it w

ithou

t not

es. T

he s

tude

nt is

aw

are

that

, in

its o

ral f

orm

as w

ell a

s in

its

wri

tten

form

,th

is e

xplic

atio

n ca

nnot

be

long

. Ora

lly it

is li

m-

ited

to f

ive

or s

even

min

utes

.W

hile

the

stud

ent g

ives

his

exp

licat

ion,

the

othe

r st

uden

ts a

re n

ot id

le. T

hey

mus

t lis

ten

care

fully

to f

ind

out h

ow th

is li

tera

ry s

elec

tion

fits

into

the

gene

ral

them

e. T

his

kind

of

ques

tion

will

be

aske

d in

the

shor

t dis

cuss

ion

that

fol

low

sea

ch e

xplic

atio

n.3.

The

teac

her

crea

tes

situ

atio

ns b

y dr

awin

g on

the

read

ings

in th

e in

i-

106

tiatin

g ac

tiviti

es o

r by

usi

ng s

ome

of th

e ot

her

sugg

este

d su

pple

men

tary

ma-

teri

als.

A c

oupl

e of

exa

mpl

es o

f th

is k

ind

of d

evic

e fo

llow

:"V

ous

&es

par

sier

.(ne

). V

ous

sort

ex d

u m

etro

au

Bou

leva

rd S

t.M

iche

l. U

n je

une

hom

me

de la

cam

pagn

c vo

us r

enco

ntre

. Il v

eut

alle

r au

Boi

s de

Bw

logn

e. V

ous

alle

z lu

i dir

e co

mm

ent i

t peu

t yar

rive

r."

or"V

ous

etes

pay

san(

ne].

Un

pari

sien

, un

de v

os p

aren

ts,

vien

t vou

s re

ndre

vis

ite. I

l aim

e le

vin

que

vou

s fa

ites.

Il v

eut s

avoi

rpo

urqu

oi le

yin

est

si i

mpo

rtan

t aux

pay

sans

. Vou

s al

lez

lui e

x-pl

ique

r po

urqu

oi."

The

teac

her

shou

ld c

reat

e a

wid

e se

lect

ion

of s

ituat

ions

so

that

the

stud

ents

have

som

e ch

oice

. Stu

dent

s ch

oose

thei

r to

pics

or

situ

atio

ns a

t lea

st tw

o da

ysin

adv

ance

of

the

pres

enta

tion.

The

y ar

e as

sign

ed to

wor

k in

gro

ups

of tw

o.St

uder

s k

no v

they

may

not

wri

te a

nyth

ing

in p

repa

ring

for

thei

r pr

esen

ta-

tion

and

mus

t the

refo

re d

o ca

refu

l ora

l pla

nnin

g.4.

Ano

ther

wor

thw

hile

gro

up a

ctiv

ity is

the

dram

atiz

atio

n of

a s

hort

sto

ry.

The

who

le c

lass

is d

ivid

ed in

to tw

o gr

oups

, one

gro

up c

hoos

ing

a st

ory

repr

e-se

ntin

g so

me

aspe

ct o

f Pa

ris

and

the

othe

r an

asp

ect o

f th

e co

untr

y. O

ne e

x-am

ple

that

is a

ppro

pria

te f

or th

e co

untr

y is

the

stor

y of

Alp

hons

e D

aude

t, en

-tit

led

"1..z

. sec

ret d

e M

aitr

e C

orni

lle."

The

stu

dent

s ad

apt t

he s

tory

for

pre

sen-

tatio

n. T

he m

emor

izat

ion

of th

e pa

rts

for

the

"pla

y" a

nd th

e ac

tual

per

form

-an

ce o

f it

give

s th

e st

uden

ts th

orou

gh p

ract

ice

spea

king

in a

cer

tain

con

text

.E

ven

thou

gh th

is c

onte

xt a

nd it

s la

ngua

ge a

re v

ery

care

fully

con

trol

led,

the

stud

ent i

s pr

ovid

ed w

ith a

n op

port

unity

to c

omm

unic

ate

in F

renc

h, th

ereb

yal

low

ing

him

to k

eep

his

liste

ning

and

spe

akin

g sk

ills

curr

ent.

Follo

win

g th

epe

rfor

man

ce o

f th

e sh

ort s

tory

, the

stu

dent

s w

ho p

laye

d ro

les

in th

e pl

ay a

sk,

in F

renc

h, q

uest

ions

of

the

othe

r cl

ass

mem

bers

abo

ut th

e ch

arac

ters

they

rep

rese

nted

.5.

For

thos

e st

uden

ts w

ho f

inis

h al

l the

uni

t req

uire

men

ts b

efor

e th

e et

hers

,th

e te

ache

r pr

ovid

es s

ome

long

er li

tera

ry s

elec

tions

. It i

s no

t nec

essa

ry f

or s

tu-

dent

s to

rea

d en

tire

nove

ls, b

ut th

ey c

an r

ead

the

Ext

raits

of

thes

e w

orks

. Stu

-de

ns c

ould

rea

d no

vels

by

Geo

rge

Sand

or

wor

ks b

y C

harl

es P

eguy

to g

etm

ore

dept

h in

the

liter

ary

man

ifes

tatio

ns o

f th

e "c

ount

ry."

Jul

es R

omai

ns is

a po

ssib

le c

hoic

e as

aut

hor

for

the

urba

n as

pect

s of

the

them

e. T

hese

aut

hors

are

by n

o m

eans

the

only

one

s th

at m

ight

be

sugg

este

d. T

he w

orks

cho

sen

byth

e st

uden

ts a

re g

iven

to th

em w

ithou

t any

def

inite

ass

ignm

ent.

Thi

s ph

ase

ofth

e un

it is

a c

ompl

etel

y op

en-e

nded

aff

air,

a k

ind

of e

xtra

ince

ntiv

e fo

r th

ose

stud

ents

who

are

esp

ecia

lly c

apab

le. B

ut o

nce

a st

uden

t has

sel

ecte

d a

wor

kof

this

kin

d, h

e m

ust r

ead

it co

mpl

etel

y. T

he te

ache

r w

ill s

ched

ule

a sh

ort,

info

rmal

inte

rvie

w to

dis

cuss

the

gene

ral n

atur

e of

the

wor

k w

hen

the

stud

ent

is r

eady

.6.

As

a fi

nal a

ctiv

ity, a

ll st

uden

ts a

re e

xpec

ted

to w

rite

a 2

50 w

ord

com

po-

sitio

n w

here

in th

ey a

ttem

pt to

poi

nt o

ut w

hat t

hey

feel

are

the

cont

rast

s an

dco

mpa

riso

ns b

ewee

n ci

ty a

nd c

ount

ry. T

hey

may

use

the

artic

le "

Pari

s" b

yA

ndre

Fer

re a

nd th

e bo

ok V

illag

e en

Vau

clus

e by

Wyl

ie, C

hapt

er I

,"P

eyra

ne e

t ses

env

iron

s" a

s ba

ckgr

ound

mat

eria

l. T

his

com

posi

tion

can

take

man

y fo

rms.

It m

ay b

e a

seri

ous

or h

umor

ous

essa

y, a

lette

r to

a f

rien

d or

rela

tive

sugg

estin

g co

mpa

riso

n an

d co

ntra

st o

f Fr

ench

city

and

cou

ntry

life

,a

desc

ript

ion,

or

any

othe

r re

ason

able

man

ifes

tatio

n of

com

posi

tion.

Thi

s ac

ti-vi

ty is

inte

nded

to b

ring

the

stud

ents

' exp

erie

nces

and

opi

nion

s of

this

uni

t to

a fi

nal,

form

al e

xpre

ssio

n.

Eva

luat

ion

Rea

ding

and

Lis

teni

ng1.

Con

stru

ct q

uizz

es to

che

ck th

e re

adin

g an

dlis

teni

ng o

f th

e tw

o ar

ticle

ssu

gges

ted

in d

evel

opm

enta

l act

ivity

#1

2. C

onst

ruct

qui

zzes

that

wou

ld te

st th

ein

form

atio

n im

part

ed in

dev

el-

opm

entE

R a

ctiv

ity #

2

Spea

king

and

Wri

ting

1. E

valu

ate

grou

p sk

its in

cul

min

atin

g ac

tivity

#12.

Eva

luat

e th

e sp

oken

for

m o

f th

e "e

xplic

atio

nde

text

e"3.

Eva

luat

e th

e si

tuat

iona

l pre

sent

atio

n4.

Eva

luat

e th

e w

ritte

n fo

rm o

f th

e gr

oup

skits

in c

ulm

inat

ing

activ

ity #

15.

Eva

luat

e th

e w

ritte

n fo

rm o

f th

e "e

xplic

atio

n de

text

e"6.

Eva

luat

e th

e fi

nal c

ompo

sitio

n Cul

ture

Con

stru

ct a

fin

al u

nit t

est i

n Fr

ench

, whi

ch w

ould

prob

e th

e st

uden

ts'

awar

enes

s of

the

cont

rast

bet

wee

n co

untr

yan

d ci

ty li

fe, t

he c

ontr

ibut

ions

of

both

to th

e to

tal o

f Fr

ench

cul

ture

and

con

cept

s,Fr

ench

city

dw

elle

r an

d Fr

ench

peas

ant.

107

FIN

AL

RE

MA

RK

S

Thi

s un

it is

an

atte

mpt

to b

reak

aw

ay f

rom

asi

ngle

app

roac

h to

adv

ance

dfo

reig

n la

ngua

ge le

,..rn

ing,

nam

ely,

rea

ding

of

liter

atur

e, b

ecau

se th

e un

it in

-cl

udes

use

of

all t

he la

ngua

ge s

kills

, bes

ides

offe

ring

man

y di

ffer

ent v

arie

ties

of r

eadi

ng m

ater

ials

, cul

tura

l and

info

rmat

iona

l, as

wel

l as

liter

ary.

Thi

s ki

ndof

uni

t app

roac

h go

es b

eyon

d th

e on

e ta

ken

byth

e A

dvan

ced

Plac

emen

t Pro

-gr

am b

ecau

se it

dea

ls w

ith c

ultu

ral

them

es, t

here

by o

peni

ng u

p to

stu

dent

ex-

peri

ence

man

y di

ffer

ent a

spec

ts o

f la

ngua

ge a

nd c

ultu

rew

ithin

the

sing

lefo

reig

n la

ngua

ge a

rea.

The

com

plex

ity o

f m

an's

exi

sten

cedi

ctat

es th

e st

udy

of m

ore

than

one

man

ifes

tatio

n of

this

exi

sten

ce. I

t is

for

this

rea

son

that

the

unit

appr

oach

to a

dvan

ced

fore

ign

lang

uage

stu

dy s

tand

s on

firm

gro

und.

The

re m

ay b

e m

any

poss

ible

way

s of

org

aniz

ing

and

usin

g th

e ab

ove

mat

e-ri

als.

In

wri

ting

such

a u

nit,

it is

obv

ious

that

man

y el

emen

ts h

ave

been

left

out.

It is

impo

ssib

le to

mak

e ex

trem

ely

expl

icit

sugg

estio

ns f

or e

ach

step

of

the

way

. No

excu

ses

are

mad

e fo

r th

ose

tech

niqu

es, p

roce

dure

s, o

r m

ater

ials

whi

ch h

ave

been

om

itted

. Eac

h in

divi

dual

teac

her

mus

tbe

crea

tive

enou

gh to

adap

t suc

h su

gges

tions

to h

is o

wn

pers

onal

ity,k

now

ledg

e, te

achi

ng p

ract

ices

,an

d to

the

avai

labl

e m

ater

ials

.

z

APP

EN

DIX

B

Exp

erie

nced

teac

hers

kno

w th

at s

tude

nts

need

tole

arn

not o

nly

to s

tudy

but

how

to s

tudy

. The

fol

low

ing

thin

gs f

or th

e fo

reig

nla

ngua

ge le

arne

r ca

n be

re-

prod

uced

and

dis

trib

uted

to s

tude

nts

inor

der

to h

elp

them

bec

ome

bette

rle

arne

rs. L

angu

age

teac

hers

will

pro

babl

yw

ish

to g

o ov

er th

ese

poin

ts c

are-

fully

with

thei

r ne

w s

tude

nts

and

revi

ewth

em w

ith o

ther

s in

the

firs

t wee

k of

a sc

hool

yea

r.

STU

DY

HIN

TS

FOR

LE

AR

NIN

G A

SEC

ON

D L

AN

GU

AG

E*

We

wan

t you

to le

arn

your

mod

ern

lang

uage

as

effi

cien

tly a

nd a

s th

orou

ghly

as p

ossi

ble.

Lea

rnin

g a

seco

nd la

ngua

ge is

not

dif

ficu

lt. I

t is

easy

if y

ou g

oab

out i

t the

rig

ht w

ay. B

ut y

ou m

ust b

ew

illin

g to

do

som

e st

eady

wor

k fo

r a

few

min

utes

eac

h da

y. W

e ar

e of

feri

ngth

e fo

llow

ing

stud

y hi

nts

to h

elp

you

mak

e th

is e

asy

wor

k an

d fu

n.A

lang

uage

is a

set

of

habi

ts. O

ur o

wn

lang

uage

is a

set

of

habi

ts w

hich

we

acqu

ired

and

mas

tere

d ab

out t

he a

ge o

ffiv

e or

six

. We

had

to li

sten

to o

ther

peop

le e

ver

sinc

e ou

r bi

rth

and

in o

rder

toco

mm

unic

ate

we

copi

ed o

r im

i-ta

ted

wha

t the

peo

ple

arou

nd u

s sa

id. Y

oune

ed to

do

the

sam

e w

ith th

is s

econ

dla

ngua

ge o

f yo

urs.

1. Y

ou m

ust L

earn

to L

iste

n an

d Im

itate

We

are

no b

ette

r th

an c

hild

ren

at th

is s

tage

of th

e ga

me.

In

fact

, it's

wor

se,

sinc

e ou

r ow

n la

ngua

ge h

abits

kee

p ge

tting

inth

e w

ay.

2. Y

ou M

ust M

emor

ize

To

lear

n th

is s

et o

f ne

w h

abits

you

mus

tpra

ctic

e, p

ract

ice,

pra

ctic

e un

tilal

l the

set

s of

new

hab

its b

ecom

eau

tom

atic

res

pons

es. I

t's a

s si

mpl

ean

d as

har

das

that

!3.

Stu

dy O

ut L

oud

You

dou

ble

your

eff

icie

ncy

whe

n yo

uad

d au

dito

ry m

emor

y to

vis

ual

mem

ory.

You

qua

drup

le y

our

effi

cien

cy w

hen

you

add

mot

or m

emor

y.Y

our

frie

nds

will

thin

k yo

u cr

azy

whe

n th

ey s

ee y

ou m

umbl

ing

to y

our-

self

but

don

't pa

y an

y at

tent

ion

to th

em.T

hey

don'

t kno

w a

ny b

ette

r.A

dapt

ed f

or h

igh

scho

ol u

se f

rom

STU

DY

HIN

TS

FOR

LA

NG

UA

GE

ST

U-

DE

N .4

S b

y W

illia

m G

. Mou

lton,

Prof

esso

r of

Lin

guis

tics

at C

orne

ll U

nive

rsity

.4.

Div

ide

You

r M

ater

ials

into

Smal

l Uni

ts f

or M

emor

izat

ion,

The

nSt

ring

The

m T

oget

her

Div

ide

your

stu

dy ti

me

into

sm

allu

nits

of

fift

een

min

utes

. Do

som

e ot

her

wor

k. T

hen

go b

ack

to a

noth

erfi

ftee

n m

inut

es o

f w

ork.

Do

your

mod

ern

lang

uage

stu

dy ju

st b

efor

e yo

u go

tobe

d. W

hen

you

are

dres

sing

in th

em

orni

ng tr

y to

rem

embe

r an

d to

rep

eatw

hat y

ou le

arne

d th

e ni

ght b

efor

e.Y

ou w

ill b

e su

rpri

sed

at th

ere

sults

.5.

Mak

e Fu

ll U

se o

f Y

ourC

lass

Hou

rSt

uden

ts a

re u

sual

ly c

lass

ifie

d as

dum

b or

sm

art i

n a

lang

uage

cla

ss b

y

* D

evel

oped

by

Uni

vers

ity o

fM

inne

sota

Hig

h Sc

hool

.10

9

the

way

they

mak

e us

e of

thei

r cl

ass

time.

Thi

l dum

b on

es s

it ba

ck a

nddr

eam

, the

sm

artie

s pa

ck 5

5 m

inut

es o

f pr

actic

etim

e in

to e

ach

clas

s ho

ur.

Whe

n so

meo

ne is

rec

iting

they

are

doi

ng it

rig

ht a

long

with

him

.

Not

e: T

his

not f

or p

opul

ar c

onsu

mpt

ion,

but

we

know

that

stu

dent

sw

ho d

o th

is a

nd a

re a

lway

s al

ert c

an g

etth

roug

h so

lely

on

the

basi

s of

wha

t the

y le

arne

d du

ring

cla

ss h

ours

.6.

You

Can

not C

ram

in a

For

eign

Lan

guag

e C

lass

Fore

ign

lang

uage

stu

dy is

ste

ady,

day

by

day

wor

k. Y

ou c

anno

t cra

m f

ora

swim

min

g te

st.

You

do

not l

earn

hab

its a

nd s

kills

that

way

. Lan

guag

ele

arni

ng is

a c

umul

ativ

e pr

oces

s; y

ou b

uild

an

top

of w

hat y

ou d

id th

eda

y be

fore

.7.

You

Nee

d to

Thi

nkB

ecau

se y

ou a

re m

ore

mat

ure

than

whe

n yo

u w

ere

ach

ild le

arni

ng y

our

own

lang

uage

, you

hav

eth

e ad

vant

age

ol b

eing

abl

e to

ana

lyze

the

ma-

teri

als

you

are

mem

oriz

ing.

You

will

dis

cove

r,fo

r ex

ampl

e, th

e w

ay y

our

seco

nd la

ngua

ge c

hang

es e

ndin

gs. Y

ou w

ill s

tart

mak

ing

your

ow

n ob

ser-

vatio

ns a

nd r

ules

acc

ordi

ngly

. Thi

s ca

'a s

peed

up

your

lear

ning

pro

cess

cons

ider

ably

. But

the

only

use

for

this

"st

ruct

ural

anal

ysis

" is

to h

elp

you

imita

te m

ore

succ

essf

ully

.8.

Gue

ss I

ntel

ligen

tly W

hen

you

are

Lea

rnin

g to

Rea

d th

e Fo

reig

n L

angu

age

If y

ou a

re e

ver

goin

g to

rea

dqu

ickl

y an

d fo

r co

nten

t, fi

gure

out

wha

t aw

ord

mus

t mea

n be

caus

e of

the

cont

ext

in w

hich

it is

use

d.9.

Rep

eate

d R

eadi

ng is

Nec

essa

ryIf

you

are

goi

ng to

rem

embe

r th

em

eani

ng o

f w

ords

you

will

obv

ious

lyha

ve to

rea

d th

em m

ore

than

onc

e.L

et's

sup

pose

you

hav

e si

x pa

ges

tore

ad. O

n ea

ch p

age

ther

e ar

e te

nw

ords

you

do

not k

now

. If

you

read

the

six

page

s on

ce a

nd lo

ok u

p ea

ch o

fth

e 60

wor

ds, y

ou p

roba

bly

will

not

rem

embe

r m

ore

than

ten

of th

em.I

nste

ad o

f th

at, l

ook

up o

nly

30 a

ndm

ake

inte

llige

nt g

uess

es f

or th

e re

mai

ning

30. W

ith th

e tim

e yo

u ha

ve s

aved

rere

ad th

e si

x pa

ges

at le

ast t

wo

mor

etim

es, p

refe

rabl

y at

inte

rval

s of

sev

-er

al h

ours

. Thi

s is

the

way

you

may

be a

ble

to r

emem

ber

as m

any

as 2

5w

ords

out

of

the

30 w

ords

you

look

ed u

pan

d yo

u w

ill a

lso

have

a p

retty

good

idea

of

the

mea

ning

of

the

30 w

hich

you

did

not l

ook

up.

Scor

e: 2

5 ce

rtai

n an

d 30

pro

babl

e.T

hat's

a lo

t bet

ter

than

onl

y 10

cer

tain

.10

. Nev

er L

ook

up a

Wor

d in

the

Dic

tiona

ry U

ntil

You

hav

e R

ead

the

Con

-te

xt in

Whi

ch I

t Occ

urs

Ass

ume

you

have

rea

d th

roug

h a

para

grap

h be

fore

get

ting

lost

. Now

go

back

and

rea

d al

ong

until

you

com

e to

the

firs

t wor

d yo

u ca

n't s

eem

togu

ess.

Und

erlin

e it.

Loo

k it

up. F

at a

pen

cil d

ot in

the

mar

gin

tosh

owth

at y

ou h

ave

look

ed it

up

once

.R

erea

d th

e ph

rase

in w

hich

the

wor

doc

curs

and

try

to f

ixits

mea

ning

. Go

thro

ugh

the

para

grap

h th

is w

ayan

dta

ckle

the

othe

r pa

ragr

aphs

in th

e sa

me

man

ner

until

you

hav

e re

ad h

alf

of th

e as

sign

men

t. T

ake

abr

eak.

Rer

ead

the

page

s yo

u ha

ve ju

st d

one.

The

n ta

ckle

the

last

hal

f or

the

assi

gnm

ent,

endi

ng u

p w

ith a

rer

eadi

ngag

ain.

Tro

uble

Spo

tsId

iom

s ca

use

trou

ble

beca

use

they

are

gro

ups

of w

ords

that

mea

n m

ore

than

"th

e su

m o

f th

eir

part

s."

Han

dle

them

as

you

do th

e si

ngle

wor

ds.

DO

NO

T W

AST

E T

IME

ON

PASS

AG

ES

YO

U D

O N

OT

UN

DE

R-

STA

ND

Put a

ver

ticle

line

in th

em

argi

n an

d go

on

read

ing.

Som

etim

es th

e pa

ssag

e

110

will

cle

ar u

p fo

r yo

u w

hen

you

rere

ad. I

f yo

u ca

nno

t get

this

mea

ning

then

, ask

you

r te

ache

r. H

e is

ther

e to

hel

p yo

u in

cas

eslik

e th

is.

If y

ou p

roce

ed in

the

abov

e m

anne

r, y

our

revi

ewin

g w

ill b

e m

uch

easi

er a

ndyo

ur n

uisa

nce

wor

ds, w

ords

whi

ch d

on't

seem

to s

tick,

will

sta

re a

t you

until

you

get t

hem

out

of

the

way

.Fo

reig

n la

ngua

ge s

tudy

boi

ls d

own

to a

con

stan

t pro

cess

of le

arni

ng, f

orge

t-tin

g a

bit,

rele

arni

ng, f

orge

tting

a li

ttle

less

,an

d th

en r

elea

rnin

g ag

ain

and

agai

n un

til th

e la

ngua

ge b

ecom

es a

hab

it. I

f yo

ule

arn

this

way

you

will

not

forg

et a

lang

uage

, eve

n if

you

don

't us

e it

for

aco

nsid

erab

le le

ngth

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