Based on a project involving selected teachers from various vocational service areas, this teaching guide presents the 12 most frequently used strategies of teaching used in the modular approach as determined by those in the project. The brief individual description of each strategy includes notes on its strengths and weaknesses, instructions or…

Evolving from a general commitment to the goals of cultural pluralism and bicultural education, this portfolio of 24 full color and halftone photographs aims to reinforce those curricular objectives which emphasize a respect for the value and individuality of different cultures and groups, affirm the right of an individual to maintain a bicultural…

This guide presents techniques to enable teachers to produce dittos that generate student interest. One major technique for creating different dittos is variation of format or layout; another way to create appealing dittos is to use color to emphasize a new spelling, grammar, or vocabulary point. Crossword puzzles, word searches, and anagrams (not…

Intended to facilitate the implementation of the activities suggested in the corresponding teacher's guide, this revised supplement and ditto packet contains visual aids and originals from which ditto masters may be made for duplicating multiple copies. The teacher's guide gives the timetable for when these materials are to be used. The…

Support materials for unit 10 of the bilingual language arts strand developed for grade three include two small pupil books and visuals and ditto masters for use with instructional and assessment activities described in the unit's teacher's guide. The instructional aids for kits 37-40 are designed to help the teacher present reading, language…

This paper investigates the discourse structure of the practical demonstration, particularly the effect produced by the presence of a visual display. The Practical Demonstration (PD), as used in technical education, differs from the lecture in having a visual display; the speaker carries out an operation as he explains it. This affects the…

Developed by the Spanish Curricula Development Center, this ditto packet and supplement to the second unit of the fine arts curriculum written in Spanish for grade one contains visual aids designed to help the teacher carry out activities included in the teacher's guide corresponding to this unit. Kits five through eight, each intended to cover…

The revised supplementary teaching materials and the ditto packet are to be used with the third unit of the bilingual social science program developed for grade one. Designed to help the teacher carry out learning activities, the instructional aids center around the theme of the child and the school, broadening concepts of the classroom and family…

A practical solution to many of the communication obstacles found in international markets can be found in the development and widespread adoption of a standardized system of international graphic symbols. Any plan to develop and implement a truly acceptable and universal system of graphic symbols will have to overcome many obstacles that past…

Some general planning information for Latin language courses includes tips on (1) coverage in the textbook; (2) supplementing the textbook; and (3) combined or multi-level classes, which includes independent study, special interest courses, rotating levels and split-period approaches. Some specific considerations are given for the text "First Year…

This resource guide for teachers of Italian and their students provides the following: (1) a list of awards and scholarships available to students of Italian and/or Italian American students, and the institutions through which the awards and scholarships are available; (2) a list of the sources for 16mm films available both at no cost and for a…

Travel slides, which many teachers have from their own travels, can provide material for excellent language lessons of high interest, even at beginning levels. Slides of Africa were used to develop five teaching units easily adapted to several language levels. Each unit included questions and information about the slides with related reading and…

A broad range of data and data sources useful in educational planning are identified along with some of the problems in collecting and using that data, and several systematic approaches for analyzing groups of community data are described. The place of a community profile as a data-collection, information-generating process in a comprehensive…

This publication is a guide to the use of television in language instruction, in particular for Grade 7 French instruction in Ontario. Basic methodology is reviewed, followed by a description of how television instruction can be individualized through the use of a video-recorder. Student television productions are also discussed. A sample…

This volume of visual aids is designed to accompany volumes 1 and 2 of the Asian Project series for the teaching of English as a second language to adults. The drill pictures presented here are coordinated with the dialogues and exercises in each lesson. They are in black and white and 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size. (PP)