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Roberts, David Harrill – 1976
This paper presents a "natural" method of second language learning which stresses contact with native speakers and de-emphasizes textbook learning. The method described here is that used by Baptist missions in eastern Africa to teach Bemba, but is transferrable to any language. Some of the main principles of the method are: (1) language…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bantu Languages, Bemba, Church Programs