UNITS IN FIRST GRADE CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH ARE CORRELATED WITH THE REGULAR COURSE OF STUDY. CONSTANT REPETITION OF VOCABULARY PHRASES AND SENTENCES IS EMPHASIZED AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR THE FIRST GRADER LEARNING SPANISH BY "EAR." ALL VOCABULARY PRESENTED IS LINKED WITH KNOWN EXPERIENCES AND OBJECTS EITHER WITHIN THE CLASSROOM OR IN…

THE AIM IS TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN CONVERSATION FOR STUDENTS WITH A PREVIOUS BACKGROUND IN THE LANGUAGE. THE COURSE OF STUDY IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR BROAD UNITS - REVIEW OF PREVIOUS WORK (GRADES 1-6), HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND MATERIAL, A BRIEF HISTORY OF TEXAS IN SPANISH, AND FOLK TALES AND LEGENDS. ALTHOUGH GRAMMAR IS TAUGHT INCIDENTALLY,…

ENGLISH GRAMMAR WAS TAUGHT BY A PROGRAMED COURSE TO COLLEGE FRESHMEN WHO WERE DEFICIENT IN ENGLISH USAGE. SECTION ONE PRESENTED THE EMPIRICAL RESULTS, SECTION TWO, FURTHER IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH, AND SECTION THREE, THE PROGRAMED COURSE. THE EXPERIMENT COMPARED STUDENTS TAUGHT BY THE PROGRAMED COURSE (EXPERIMENTAL) AND THOSE…

FIVE CLASSES OF RESPONSE LATENCIES WERE CONSIDERED IN THE STUDY, WHICH EVOLVED FROM CRP 551 (ED 003 586). THEY WERE (1) READING, (2) ANSWERING, (3) SCORING AND TURNING TO THE NEXT FRAME OF MATERIAL, (4) READING PLUS ANSWERING, AND (5) TOTAL FRAME TIME (READING PLUS ANSWERING PLUS SCORING PLUS TURNING). THE SUBJECTS WERE 12 MALES AND 4 FEMALES…

THE EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO PUPIL PARTICIPATION AND THE BEGINNING OF INFORMAL WRITING AND READING. CHILDREN WITH TWO PREVIOUS YEARS OF ORAL SPANISH CAN BE TAUGHT TO READ THE WRITTEN SYMBOLS FROM AN ASSOCIATION OF THE WRITTEN WORD WITH THE ORAL WORD. A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF SPANISH VOWEL SOUNDS IS NECESSARY FOR THIS TRANSITION. ORAL RECOGNITION AND…