Paper delivered at the Biennial Conference of the New England Modern Language Teachers' Association in October 1971. (DS)

Text is in German.

Describes the development of teaching materials for the intermediate grades, consisting of six teaching units of various degrees of difficulty, and of four learning programs, each dealing with a particular feature of grammar. (IFS/WGA)

The term "syllabus" usually refers to an outline statement of what is to be taught and learned in a particular course. Among the several types of statements for language-teaching syllabuses are the grammatical, notional, and situational. These statements are not in themselves syllabuses but can be called pre-syllabuses. A grammatical…

This introductory course is based on the Yerwa (Maiduguri) dialect of Kanuri, a well-known dialect of the language spoken in Nigeria and Niger. The course, designed to be taught by native speakers of Kanuri, consists of 20 lessons, each of which contains a major dialogue on some aspect or facet of a Peace Corps volunteer's life in the…

This article explores the question of whether language teachers are capable of ascertaining student acquisition of grammatical rules when the lesson is taught orally. Oral fluency is seen as the foundation of the language process,and a distinction is made between productive and reproductive speech. Frequent use of examples illustrates linguistic…

This course in German prescribes broad goals and performance objectives for the development of cultural awareness, student attitudes, and listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. Students plan an imaginary shopping trip and visit to the city. Practice in asking directions and discussion of such German customs as a skiing trip and the…

This course in German prescribes broad goals and performance objectives for the development of cultural awareness, student attitudes, and listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. Students read about and discuss a castle built by Ludwig, the "Mad King of Bavaria," and become acquainted with Bonn, the capital of West Germany. The…

This course in German prescribes broad goals and performance objectives for the development of cultural awareness, student attitudes, and listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. Students gain an insight into life in postwar Germany through stories about this period of history. Structural items stressed, are relative pronouns and clauses,…

This first volume in a three-part series intended to follow the Quinmester course "Survive a Russian Party" prescribes broad goals and performance objectives for the development of listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills. Students practice conversational skills in Russian over the telephone, discuss everyday activities from…

This second volume of a three-part series intended to follow the Quinmester course "Survive a Russian Party" prescribes broad goals and performance objectives for the development of listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills. Cultural objectives and desirable student attitudes are suggested. Students take an imaginary flight to…

This third volume of a three-part series intended to follow the Quinmester course "Survive a Russian Party" prescribes broad goals and performance objectives for the development of listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills. Cultural objectives and desirable student attitudes are suggested. Grammatical study of the past tense and…

This introductory conversational course is intended for the student who would like to learn some Spanish but is uncertain about his desire to continue its formal study. The course content includes greetings, numbers 0-100, days of the week, months of the year, weather, time, and family, colors, games, dances and songs, and sufficient grammar to…

This course in German prescribes broad goals and performance objectives for the development of cultural awareness, student attitudes, and listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. The content of the course, based on Units 21 and 22 of "A-LM German: Level 2" and "Reading for Meaning," requires mastery of selected…

A comprehensive account of the origin and development of the basic contributions to the field of language instruction is thematically developed in this text. Major sections treat: (1) methodology, including the teaching of meaning, grammar, and pronunciation; (2) linguistic habit formation concerning speech, reading, and writing; (3) curriculum…