Students with low language aptitude have been found to have poor powers of auditory discrimination. To date, programed language instruction has relied on audio confirmation of oral response. A study was conducted to determine the value of adding visual confirmation to the audio model. A total of 170 experimental and 140 control students in second…

A study of a first-year French course using programed instruction at the University of Kentucky is described. Attention is directed to the performance of average and below-average students in the class. An outline of the learning situation notes the use of inexperienced graduate assistants as teachers, the "Basic French" text, minimal…