This curriculum bulletin is intended to serve as a guide to teachers and supervisors in teaching the fundamental Chinese language skills, in using audiolingual techniques, and in developing an understanding of China, its people and its civilization. Information and guidelines are presented for the following areas: (1) aims, content, and scope of…

This curriculum guide for German language instruction in secondary schools concentrates on methodology and materials which emphasize the development of audio-lingual skills and the acquisition of reading skills. Extensive sections on reading and culture are directed to specific grades and levels and provide recommendations. Teaching methodology,…

DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, THIS MANUAL PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. THE METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR FOUR- AND SIX-YEAR SEQUENTIAL PROGRAMS ARE OUTLINED IN CHARTS, WITH CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL FOUR SKILLS AT EACH GRADE LEVEL. A CHAPTER ON THE…

Guidelines for evaluating, establishing, and administrating classroom and laboratory language programs are offered in this report. Attention is focused on the language laboratory, with sections on its use, scheduling, materials and texts, preparation of audio materials, preparation of tests, supervision, discipline, and maintenance. Briefer…

The theme of this issue of ELT Documents is the use of the language laboratory in language learning. An article by A. Maley summarizes the conference on the use of the language laboratory for advanced learners, held in Paris, 2-4 Oct. 1974, from which two main perspectives emerged. One is critical of the structuralist audio-lingual assumptions…

This curriculum outline provides a set of minimum essentials, based on a modified audiolingual approach, for secondary school programs in Spanish. Following a brief discussion of the need for longer study sequences and updated instructional philosophy, the guide describes the basic objectives, contents, and suggested teaching procedures for each…

THE VARIETY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING SEQUENCES IN MINNESOTA HAS CAUSED A SERIOUS ARTICULATION PROBLEM--BETWEEN LEVELS WITHIN A GIVEN SEQUENCE, BETWEEN SEQUENCES, AND IN INTEGRATING DIFFERENT SEQUENCES AT THE MORE ADVANCED LEVELS. TO HELP ALLEVIATE THESE PROBLEMS THREE COURSES OF STUDY ARE SUGGESTED AND DESCRIBED IN THIS GUIDE. SEQUENCE A…

One of the main tenets of the audio-lingual theory which has dominated most of our thinking in foreign language teaching methodology for the last fifteen years is that students should never be put in the situation of having to say something for which they have not already learned the patterns. Is the language laboratory really useful, however, in…

DESIGNED TO UPDATE THE CONTEMPORARY LANGUAGE TEACHER'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE INNOVATIONS IN HIS FIELD, THIS BOOK INTRODUCES SOME OF THE ESSENTIAL MAJOR AREAS OF WHICH HE SHOULD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING TO APPROACH HIS WORK SCIENTIFICALLY. PART ONE, DEALING IN GENERAL TERMS WITH LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE LEARNING, SETS THE TONE OF THE BOOK WITH DISCUSSIONS OF…

THE OBJECTIVES, CONTENT, METHODS, AND SCOPE OF HEBREW INSTRUCTION FOR EACH LEVEL OF A 4-LEVEL SEQUENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE DELINEATED IN THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE, WHICH IS A REVISION OF EARLIER BULLETINS USED EXPERIMENTALLY IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1962. AN AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS ADVOCATED, AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES ARE SUGGESTED FOR TEACHING…