Designed as a tool for foreign language teachers attempting to keep updated on the constantly proliferating number of printed materials being produced for use in elementary and secondary school language classes, this catalog attempts to bring together in one collection a representative selection of foreign language texts, readers, workbooks, and…

A sound and slide show was produced at Parchment (Michigan) High School to show the community foreign language learning in their own school system. The program was designed to portray the nature of the local foreign language program and to increase support for and enrollment in the program. (Author/SW)

THIS WORKBOOK PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS FOR USE IN A COURSE IN HAUSA, A NIGERIAN LANGUAGE. THREE TYPES OF SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED--(1) PICTURES FOR USE WITH LESSON UNITS PLUS SUPPLEMENTARY VOCABULARY ITEMS, (2) A SERIES OF SAMPLE TESTS, AND (3) A SERIES OF EXPANSION DRILLS. INCLUDED, ALSO, ARE A FEW VOCABULARY LEARNING HINTS…

Performance objectives for the foreign language curriculum in Michigan schools are presented in draft form. Objectives are outlined for stages A (beginning) through D (advanced). The remainder of the volume deals with stage A. It provides a detailed description of the minimum behavioral objectives for basic language skills at the end of the…

THIS STUDY DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT DIFFERENTIAL BINAURAL STIMULATIONS CAN BE USED EFFECTIVELY TO IMPROVE PRONUNCIATION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE WHAT EFFECT HEARING SIMULTANEOUSLY THE TEACHER'S VOICE IN ONE EAR AND HIS OWN VOICE IN THE OTHER WOULD HAVE ON A STUDENT'S ABILITY TO COMPARE THE DIFFERENCES IN…

DURING THE FALL QUARTER OF 1965 AT KALAMAZOO COLLEGE, IN MICHIGAN, A FACULTY MEMBER AND A SENIOR STUDENT JOINTLY SHARED THE TEACHING OF TWO BEGINNING GERMAN COURSES WITH, IN EACH COURSE, SOPHOMORES AND SOME FRESHMEN FROM ALL ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS. THE STUDENT TEACHER, IN ADDITION TO HIGH SCHOOL AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDY, HAD SPENT A YEAR-AND-A-HALF…

THIS STUDY IMPROVED, EXTENDED, AND EVALUATED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE TEACHING OF FRENCH. PREVIOUS EFFORTS HAD EXPLORED POTENTIALS FOR AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, HAD DEVELOPED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR AN INTEGRATED AUDIOVISUAL LANGUAGE-TEACHING SYSTEM, AND HAD PRODUCED AN ILLUSTRATIVE FILM "LANGUAGE TEACHING IN CONTEXT." THE REVISED AND…

CONVERSATION EXERCISES AND PRONUNCIATION DRILLS ARE USED IN THIS TEXT FOR TEACHING HAUSA, A LANGUAGE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA. FOR CULTURAL READINGS IN THE HAUSA LANGUAGE, REFER TO ED 010 397. IN ADDITION, ED 010 398 AND ED 010 399 ARE SUPPLEMENTARY WORKBOOKS TO THE BASIC TEXTS. (LP)

CULTURAL READING MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED FOR COURSES IN INTERMEDIATE OR ADVANCED HAUSA, A LANGUAGE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA. REFER TO ED 010 396 FOR AN INTRODUCTORY TEXT IN SPOKEN HAUSA, AND TO ED 010 398 AND ED 010 399 FOR COURSE WORKBOOKS. (LP)

THIS WORKBOOK PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS FOR USE IN A COURSE IN HAUSA, A NIGERIAN LANGUAGE. EXERCISES EMPHASIZE CONVERSATION, PRONUNCIATION, AND VOCABULARY. THE BOOK ACCOMPANIES ED 010 397, A HAUSA TEXT OF CULTURAL READING MATERIALS. REFER TO ED 010 396 AND ED 010 398 FOR OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE SERIES. (JH)

THIS PUBLICATION REPRESENTS A 1-YEAR COURSE IN LITERARY ARABIC FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL. AN AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS TAKEN, EMPHASIZING, AT FIRST, ORAL COMMUNICATION AND CORRECT PRONUNCIATION, AND INTRODUCING ARABIC SCRIPT AFTER SPOKEN LANGUAGE ELEMENTS ARE MASTERED. (GD)

A PHONOLOGY OF BINI GRAMMAR (A LANGUAGE OF WESTERN NIGERIA) HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR A HIGHLY HETEROGENEOUS AUDIENCE. THE VOLUME IS AIMED AT (1) AREA SPECIALISTS INTERESTED IN LANGUAGE OR CULTURE STUDIES OF AFRICA, (2) ETHNOGRAPHERS FOCUSING ON THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE EDO-SPEAKING PEOPLES, (3) HISTORIANS WORKING ON THE BENIN PROJECT OF IBADAN…

IN THIS PUBLICATION, TWO CHAPTERS ARE PRESENTED ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF BINI GRAMMAR--(1) GRAMMATICAL PROCEDURES, WHICH INCLUDE GRAMMATICAL METHOD, GRAMMATICAL PROCESS, AND GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS, AND (2) FORMS, WHICH INCLUDE AFFIXES AND ROOTS. (SEE ED 003 870 FOR PART ONE OF BINI GRAMMAR, PHONOLOGY, AND ED 003 872 FOR PART THREE, LEXEMICS.) (JC)

A SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE, AND LARGELY SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED AND EVALUATED FOR FIVE ACADEMIC QUARTERS AT KALAMAZOO COLLEGE IN MICHIGAN. THE PROGRAM WAS CALLED THE "NEGLECTED LANGUAGE PROGRAM" (NLP) AND OFFERED INSTRUCTION IN MANDARIN CHINESE, JAPANESE, HINDI-URDU, PERSIAN, SWAHILI, AND BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE. ITS…

The purpose of this report is to fulfill the statutory requirement (Public Act 294, 1974) that the Michigan State Department of Education "make an annual report relative to bilingual instruction programs to the legislature and the governor." The report is designed to present the information necessary to understand the 1975-76 status of…