Describes a technique for involving students in the selection of course materials and presentations in a beginning language course. (CK)

The study reported here compares the academic achievement of basic Spanish students in both self-paced and traditional courses, and notes the establishment of a program of individualized instruction. (CK)

A Spanish course is described in which reading ability was gained as a preliminary to a conventional first-year language course. Through passive learning, recognition of vocabulary and grammatical structure was achieved, and correct pronunciation and writing drills reinforced learning. Good results were obtained in the subsequent conventional…

Describes an inductive approach to teaching the general characteristics of a literary movement or period. Without prior discussion, students are asked to identify similarities among various art forms of a given period; this procedure stimulates further study, exploration, and disscussion of the subject. (EJS)