Describes a newly-created center for intensive instruction in French located at the Chateau-Manoir de Fauguernon, Normandy, France. (RL) *e Modern Languages

PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, A TEACHING METHOD WHICH INCORPORATES (1) A DETAILED SPECIFICATION OF TERMINAL BEHAVIOR, (2) A CAREFUL SEQUENCING OF THE MATERIAL INTO GRADED STEPS, AND (3) THE REINFORCEMENT OF STUDENT RESPONSE, WORKS MORE FAVORABLY IN CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA THAN IN OTHERS. CARROLL AND SKINNER BELIEVE THAT SUCCESS IN PROGRAMED…

AUPELF is the Association des universites partiellement au entierement de langue francaise. (RL)

Describes a French diction and oral communication course conducted at Franklin and Marshall College. Originally envisioned as a "necessary evil" to train students to write and deliver seminar papers, the course unexpectedly appealed to students as a practical experience while developing increased student interest in French language and literature.…

Describes organization of a one-semester oral/aural skills course which was oriented around the commercially available tape of 25-episode serialized suspense story. The appendix lists examples of support materials that were coordinated with the stories episodes to provide aural, oral, visual, and written reinforcement. (EJS)

Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of French, December 29, 1972, New York, New York. (DS)

This study investigates the hypothesis that various attitudes of the learner influence his learning rate regardless of the amount of time spent at the task. (Author/FB)