The discussion centers around the amount and kind of participation that should be asked of a student taking reading and oral comprehension tests. For each test there are four levels of participation; zero, limited, extended, and complete. The test designer should create a situation which will encourage the subject to give maximum expression,…

Each of the four units in this volume of basic Russian curriculum materials developed by the Defense Language Institute is arranged in seven sections. They include: (1) structural features, (2) basic text-reading and narration, (3) grammar-homework, (4) oral exercises, (5) reading and translation, (6) conversation-pronunciation exercises, oral…

This volume is one of a series in an intensive audiolingual course in Russian designed for Air Force students. The course, consisting of 133 lessons in 26 volumes and taught in 37 weeks, seeks to train native English language speakers to a level 3 proficiency in comprehension and a level 2 proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing. Tapes are…

This volume is one of a series in an intensive audiolingual course in Russian designed for Air Force students. The course, consisting of 133 lessons in 26 volumes and taught in 37 weeks, seeks to train native English language speakers to a level 3 proficiency in comprehension and a level 2 proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing. Tapes are…

This volume is one of a series in an intensive audiolingual course in Russian designed for Air Force students. The course, consisting of 133 lessons in 26 volumes and taught in 37 weeks, seeks to train native English language speakers to a level 3 proficiency in comprehension and a level 2 proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing. Tapes are…

This volume is one of a series in an intensive audiolingual course in Russian designed for Air Force Students. The course, consisting of 133 lessons in 26 volumes and taught in 37 weeks, seeks to train native English language speakers to a level 3 proficiency in comprehension and a level 2 proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing. Tapes are…

This introductory, conversational course in French is intended primarily for students planning a brief stay in France. The principal objective of the course is to help the student develop a sufficient vocabulary needed while passing through customs, securing transportation, requesting rooms, ordering food, or visiting places of interest. Broad…

This manual contains eight Spanish lessons intended for classroom use in small, heterogeneous groups of no more than six children for a daily period of approximately 20 minutes. Lessons may be adapted for use in kindergarten, first, or second grade. Emphasis is placed on question-asking utterances to encourage information-seeking skills and to…

This course, designed to be used with sixth-grade children who have followed the "MLA Guides in Spanish" beginning with the Grade Three Guide, emphasizes the development of reading skills. Eleven units are included in the text, each centered about mastery of a basic dialogue and related reading exercises. Linguistic concepts are developed through…

This course, intended for intermediate students of English-as-a-second-language, seeks to identify the needs of students in the areas of comprehension, speech, reading, and writing for the purpose of being able to individually counsel students in Quinmester Programs. Performance objectives are prescribed, including study of fundamentals of county,…

Basic audiolingual skills are the focus of this course and teacher's guide. Performance objectives are prescribed to help the student improve his speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Course content focuses on everyday activities in the social life of a teenager and emphasizes student mastery of the following grammatical structures:…

This course is designed for advanced students to enable them to express themselves in writing with native proficiency comparable to North American students of similar educational levels by providing activities specifically geared to the elimination of interfering features of language in the mother tongue. Students learn to produce outlines,…

Contents of this Spanish text of instructional materials focus on a city in Spain, a city in South America, and a hypothetical visit to a railroad station. Students learn about the imperfect tense, reflexive pronouns, and several other grammatical concepts. Exercises and readings related to the stories "La Despedida" and "Recuerdos Juveniles" are…

Written primarily for the non-Russian speaking student, this course is designed to demonstrate how simple and interesting Russian studies can be. Performance objectives are presented in two categories: language and culture. After the statement of each language objective, letters indicate the language skills to which the objective is directed. The…

This introductory conversational course in Spanish is intended primarily for use in the classroom. The student is to learn some general differences between Argentina and the United States and how to better describe his friends. The common verbs "tener,""venir,""ir,""dar," and those that change "e" are presented. Additional uses of "ser" and…