IF AN EFFORT WERE MADE TO HAVE STUDENTS CONTINUALLY HEAR AND PRODUCE THE LANGUAGE BEING STUDIED IN A FAIRLY REALISTIC WAY FROM THE BEGINNING, THEY WOULD BE MORE MOTIVATED TO LEARN AND WOULD MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM THE CLASSROOM TO PRACTICAL SITUATIONS AND MORE ADVANCED STUDY MORE EASILY. THE TRADITIONAL KINDS OF STRUCTURE DRILLS INCORPORATED IN…

The use of audio media in foreign language teaching is presented. Drills in intonation, differentiation, and dialogue are described, with the aid of examples for use in an EFL class. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The present volumes comprise the first three of a forthcoming six-volume series in a comprehensive course in English as a second or foreign language for students of high school or college age. Materials are graded in content and selected for their "natural and conversational" form. Each Volume contains 20 units based on the following format: a…

The author reviews some recent theories, experiments, and observations in psychology and psycholinguistics which challenge the basic assumptions of the audio-lingual method of foreign language teaching: Language learning is habit formation, requiring analogy rather than analysis; meaning can be learned only in the matrix of allusions to the…

This basic course in Brazilian Portuguese consists of 75 lessons in six volumes. Volume I is in two parts, with the dialogs, questions and exercises presented in Portuguese in the first part, and the intonation patterns and English translations presented in the second. The general format follows the Defense Language Institute format, employing…

This book contains two reading selections: "Science and Human Life" by Bertrand Russell and "The Unwritten Rules of American Politics" by Hugh Stevenson Tigner. Each selection is presented first in a moderately simplified version to provide a basis for a limited number of phonetic and syntactic problems, with questions on content, then in its…

This book presents 20 lessons in Hindi-Urdu conversation intended for a systematic learner of the language in the latter part of the first year or the second year of study. Throughout the book, there is an emphasis on intonation. The conversations are close to natural conversations, although they are not recorded from real situations. Each…

The 40 lessons in these two volumes and the accompanying tape recordings are designed to teach standard spoken Thai to Foreign Service Officers and other American Government personnel. After completing the "Programed Introduction to Thai Phonology," the student should be able to read the phonemic transcription in which all Thai material is…

This text contains 11 lessons based on an adaptation of the 1964 essay "Automation: Road to Lifetime Jobs" by A.H. Raskin and 14 lessons based on an adaptation of John Fischer's 1948 essay "Unwritten Rules of American Politics." The format of the book and the lessons is the same as that of the other volumes of "The Audio-Lingual Literary Series."…

THIS GUIDEBOOK WAS DEVELOPED TO ASSIST THE TEACHERS OF NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING YOUNGSTERS WITH THE INSTRUCTION OF ENGLISH. THE 1ST PART OF THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO 5 SECTIONS, COVERING INTONATION, PITCH, STRESS, JUNCTURE, AND THE 3 ESSENTIALS OF PRONUNCIATION. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE SECTION IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE 1ST PART. THE SECOND PORTION OF…

This text, an intensive course in oral American English, is intended especially for those foreign students attending American universities who may read well and have a good grasp of grammar but still need more oral practice. Each of the 20 lessons, designed for the classroom, contains a short dialog centered around everyday situations which…

ALL ORAL LANGUAGE DRILLS MAY BE SEPARATED INTO TWO TYPES--(1) MIM-MEM OR MIMICRY MEMORIZATION DRILLS OR (2) PATTERN PRACTICE DRILLS. THESE TWO LARGER CATEGORIES CAN BE SUB-DIVIDED INTO A NUMBER OF OTHER TYPES, SUCH AS TRANSFORMATION AND SUBSTITUTION DRILLS. THE USE OF ANY PARTICULAR TYPE DEPENDS ON THE PURPOSE TO WHICH THE DRILL IS PUT. IN ANY…