A part of the adult basic education (ABE) teaching/learning management system called CUBE (Continuity and Unity in Basic Education), this manual consists of a series of tests and guides for use in teaching English and vocabulary skills to ABE students. Among the tests provided in the manual are the Mott 1600 and Mott 1900 pretests and posttests,…

The predrafted Oregon Individual Short-Term Plan/Records on oral language (grades 1-3), covering skills such as sound discrimination, listening comprehension, critical listening, basic language patterns, oral expression, and vocabulary development, were designed for migrant children who attend a school for only 2 to 6 weeks. Migrant education…

Along with the short story book "A donde Vamos", this supplement and ditto packet for the Spanish strand of unit nine for third graders presents story illustrations, maps, songs, and written exercises. All of the visual aids are designed to help the teacher successfully carry out the activities included in the teachers' guide to kits…

This manual is intended primarily for university students who are preparing to teach English as a foreign language, although it is considered useful for inservice teachers also. Language, linguistics, approaches to foreign language instruction, program types and effective teaching methods are discussed in the introduction. Subsequent chapters deal…

The language of Spanish correspondence possesses particular characteristics that lie somewhere between the everyday conversational style and the more formal literary style. This minicourse contains three lessons intended to enable the student to learn the letter-writing style and to write letters in Spanish. It is also intended to encourage and…

Book four, part two, of an intermediate-advanced level German refresher course for college students is presented. The volume consists of 25 lessons of text material and 50 prerecorded tapes. A typical lesson with its two accompanying tapes is made up of interrogation, military terminology drill, and a comprehension test. The materials of the first…

This module on safety is the first of six (CE 028 296-301) in the auto mechanics course of a bilingual skills training program. (A Vocabulary Development Workbook is available as CE 028 294.) The course is designed to furnish theoretical and laboratory experience. Module objectives are for students to develop trade-related Spanish/English…

This module on ignition systems is the second of six (CE 028 296-301) in the auto mechanics course of a bilingual skills training program. (A Vocabulary Development Workbook is available as CE 028 294.) The course is designed to furnish theoretical and laboratory experience. Module objectives are for students to develop trade-related…

This module on the automotive electrical system is the fourth of six (CE 028 296-301) in the auto mechanics course of a bilingual skills training program (A Vocabulary Development Workbook is available as CE 028 294.) The course is designed to furnish theoretical and laboratory experience. Module objectives are for students to develop…

Volume 4 of the Basic Course in French contains 10 lessons, one for each day of the fifth and sixth weeks of the intermediate phase. Every fifth lesson is a review lesson. The objective of the intermediate phase is to enable the student to distinguish and use the most essential structures of French. The approach is audio-lingual and…

IN PROJECT I, A FREE ASSOCIATION TECHNIQUE WAS USED TO ANALYZE CHILDREN'S VOCABULARIES IN TERMS OF DERIVATIONS OF WORDS USED, THE RELATION OF WORD DERIVATIONS TO THE CHILD'S LANGUAGE LEARNING, AND THE EFFECTS OF DERIVATIONAL STRUCTURE ON COGNITION. IT WAS FOUND THAT "FREE" ASSOCIATIONS TEND TO OCCUR WITHIN "SETS" DEFINED BY WORD SOURCES. PROJECT…

Descriptions of suggested teaching procedures are given for each item in the "Reading Skills" sequence of the "Junior High School English Course of Study" (Los Angeles City Schools publication X-66). This information includes suggested diagnostic procedures such as standardized tests, observation of pupils, oral reading surveys, and silent reading…

Project COULD (Career Orientation Utilizing Language Development) was developed as a means of building skills, knowledges, and attitudes on elementary children's previously acquired backgrounds. Children learn to speak the grammar and vocabulary characteristic of the language heard most frequently at home and in the immediate environment. A series…

A two-part curriculum bulletin pays tribute to the life and works of Dante Alighieri during the 700th annivarsary of his birth. Part One includes his biography, a discussion of his minor works, a summary of "The Divine Comedy", Dante's impact on other lands, and Dantean thought. Suggestions for teaching a resource unit for elementary and…

This course is designed to meet the needs of any student, either concurrently or previously enrolled in third- or fourth-year French, who desires to review the essentials of French grammar and to increase his vocabulary. It is, however, specifically planned for those who want to take the College Board Achievement Test in French. For that reason,…