This guide delineates the scope and sequence of Spanish instruction in both junior and senior high schools indicating instructional goals in terms of behavioral objectives. Following a review of the Bloomington, Minnesota, school of philosophy and a discussion of the design of the foreign language behavioral objectives in the guide, the manual…

This book of reading is a compilation of periodical articles, most of which have been published in the last five years. Part 1 contains three articles which relate to the process of reading. Part 2 discusses reading readiness development at home and at school. Two articles discuss aspects of the home environment which best help prepare children to…

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a concentrated program of listening experiences administered via tape recorded materials to Texas third graders over a 30 week period. Additionally, the study sought: (1) to determine and compare the reading achievement of the experimental group using the listening program and the…

This course is intended for students who have had some experience in the formal study of Spanish. Performance objectives emphasize development of listening, speaking, and reading skills. Conversation is directed to everyday teenage interests: school, friends, soccer, and clothes. Grammar exercises treating "ser" and "estar"…

Students in this course are expected to expand their aural-oral skills through practice with listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises. Performance objectives specify minimum competence to be attained in each of these areas. Structural exercises, including substitution and expansion drills, encompasses the contractions of "a"…

The two primary performance objectives of this course in Spanish are to: (1) develop research skills which are directed toward locating useful facts and information about people, and (2) utilize previously learned grammatical concepts and skills to facilitate research and use of the library. Several literary works in Spanish are included in the…

Intended for students seeking to improve basic conversational skills in Spanish, this text provides for practice in following and giving directions orally, reading, and pronouncing "troublesome" words. Emphasis is placed on the development of listening skills, analysis of pseudo-prefixes and capital letters in a given paragraph, recognition of…

Performance objectives focusing on the development of introductory skills in comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing are presented in this text of instructional materials. Lessons center about the use of short dialogues based on everyday, teenage experiences. Special emphasis is placed on vocabulary expansion, present tense of selected…

This course is intended for third- or fourth-year Spanish students seeking to review the essentials of Spanish grammar and to increase their vocabulary. It is specifically intended for those planning to take the College Board Achievement Test in Spanish. Performance objectives are prescribed for culture study, speaking, reading, and writing…

Fifty-nine performance objectives concerning the art of writing letters are presented in this Spanish instructional guide. Prescribed activities include oral presentation of historical topics, reading of selected letters and discussion and reading of short biographical data, punctuation exercises, review of grammar, and use of synonyms. (RL)

This series of three articles focuses on basic language skills involved in second language learning. The first deals with the importance of pronunciation. The author argues that proper pronunciation and intonation cannot be achieved without recognizing the value of repetition drills and correct speech models. The second article considers modern…

A framework for a college introductory French literature class suggests suitable texts, methods, and activities, with emphasis on communication. In "Problems in Language and Style," students' reading, writing, and speaking skills are developed through the thorough and methodological reading of texts, novels, and plays. (CB)

Techniques and class activities for French instruction are presented, including a press conference simulation, a game using noun families, a college-level contemporary fiction curriculum, and speed-reading techniques for beginning students. (MSE)

When selecting audiotapes for use in foreign language classrooms, teachers should consider factors affecting listening activities, including: second language vocabulary level of students; amount of information students must retain; rate of speech; subject matter and factual knowledge level of students; and grammatical knowledge of students. (CB)

Outlines diverse strategies (contextual clues, palindromes, figurative language/idioms, etc.) for increasing vocabulary skills of gifted readers in the lower primary grades, using children's literature to supplement good tradebooks. (NKA)