Mastery-Based, Self-Paced Instruction in Foreign Languages at Ohio State University: A Report to the Profession on a Four Year Experiment in Individualized Instruction in Six Foreign Languages.

Twarog, Leon I.; Walters, E. Garrison

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Publication Date: 1981

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Mastery-Based, Self-Paced Instruction in Foreign Languages at Ohio State University: A Report to the Profession on a Four Year Experiment in Individualized Instruction in Six Foreign Languages.

Twarog, Leon I.; Walters, E. Garrison

Modern Language Journal, v65 n1 p1-23 Spr 1981

Describes development and implementation of system of individualized instruction at Ohio State University at elementary level in Arabic, French, German, Latin, Russian, and Spanish. Funded by National Endowment for the Humanities, the project involved three components--teacher-assisted, mastery-based, and self-paced instruction (TAMBSPI). Concludes method is a fail safe system if students are motivated. (BK)

Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Experimental Programs, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Program Descriptions, Teaching Methods

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