Reports on a pilot project which used an imaginary tour of an Italian city as the basis for conversation exercises. (AM)

Presents various techniques for incorporating social awareness into conversational and composition language courses. (AM)

Describes a method which uses popular French songs to stimulate discussion in a high school level conversational course. (AM)

Presents a language teaching method designed to increase communicative competence through an application of speech act theory and the use of dialogs and the source language. (AM)

Instructional objectives of the Dade County Public Schools Quinmester Program in German for use with "Lernen Wir Deutsch: Part 1" focus on the development of basic skills through the use of short dialogues and structured exercises. The contents of this guide focus on: (1) course description, (2) broad goals and performance objectives,…

Instructional objectives of the Dade County Public Schools Quinmester Program in German for use with "Lernen Wir Deutsch: Part 2" focus on development of basic skills through the use of short dialogues and structured exercises. The grammar of the course includes the study of nouns, pronouns, and verbs. Possessive determiners are…

Describes an experience in using videotape recordings as an aid to developing conversation skills in a university language class. (AM)

This introductory French course guide is intended to be used by classroom teachers in the primary grades. The course and materials are designed for teachers who may not have had any background in the foreign language; the tapescript of each lesson is therefore highly structured. They are intended as an experiential or enrichment component of the…

This introductory Spanish course guide is intended to be used by classroom teachers in the primary grades. The course and materials are designed for teachers who may not have had any background in the foreign language; the tapescript of each lesson is therefore highly structured. They are intended as an experiential or enrichment component of the…

This introductory German course guide is intended to be used by classroom teachers in the primary grades. The course and materials are designed for teachers who may not have had any background in the foreign language; the tapescript of each lesson is therefore highly structured. They are intended as an experiential or enrichment component of the…

This is a course in English-as-a-second-language designed to make students further understand cultural differences and to accept and adjust to environmental changes in conflict with their own culture without damage to their self-image or that of their culturally different parents in a pluralistic society. Students are to discuss, according to…

This handbook is a general introduction to the handbooks, methods, and materials used in Peace Corps language training classes. The first part of the handbook introduces the reader to the nature of language teaching and gives a general introduction to the handbooks. It also provides a more detailed description of the handbooks on (1) communication…

This series of 20 Spanish lesson plans is based on the audio motor unit, which is a strategy designed to develop listening comprehension and cultural understanding by means of the interplay of auditory, visual, and motor skills. A set of taped oral commands are first acted out by the teacher and then by the students. The units are meant to be used…

This short course in conversational German is designed to teach a student to speak simply for his own pleasure. Through games and songs, short dialogues, and basic phrases and sentences, the student learns to tell time, to count, and to ask and answer various questions about the weather, school, family, friends, and special interests. Basic…

This text of Russian instructional materials, intended primarily for students hoping to travel in the Soviet Union, develops practical conversational skills and cultural insights which facilitate interpersonal communication. To achieve the broad-based goal of developing comprehension, the text is intended as a relative outline rather than as a…