Discusses the progress being made in introducing programed instruction and various instructional media to the Arab world. (LS)

The results of the work described here were taken as evidence of the feasibility of developing effective totally self-instructional materials for spoken language training. The author is Director of the Psycholinguistics Program at the Center for Applied Linguistics. This article comprises Supplement 24 to "The Linguistic Reporter. (FWB)

The National Council of Associations for International Studies, composed of 11 regional associations encompassing over 400 U.S. colleges and universities, has published this revised edition (see ED 010 402 for first edition) for two reasons: (1) the self-instructional approach to language teaching represents a significant breakthrough in the…

TO REALIZE THE FULL POTENTIAL OF DIAL ACCESS INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS (DAIRS), GREATER AMOUNTS OF CREATIVE PROGRAMED MATERIAL MUST BE PRODUCED AND MADE READILY AVAILABLE TO TEACHERS SO THAT CLASSROOM TIME MAY BE USED MORE CONSTRUCTIVELY, AND TEACHERS MUST CHANGE FROM TEACHER-ORIENTED TO PUPIL-DIRECTED LEARNING ACTIVITIES SO THAT DAIRS CAN…

The theme of this conference, "New Directions in Foreign Language Teaching," is introduced by Theodore Buebener and is expanded in the five papers comprising this volume. The papers included are "New Directions in the Teaching of Foreign Languages--An Evaluation" by Peter M. Boyd-Bowman, "An Appraisal of Audio-Lingualism in Historical Perspective"…

Completely automated and operated by student feedback, this program teaches and tests foreign language recognition and retention, gives repeated audiolingual practice on model structures, and allows the student to tailor the program to his individual needs. The program is recorded on four tape tracks (track 1 for the most correct answer, etc.).…