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Harvey, John E. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
An innovative foreign language methodology, " Read-and-Speak," was tried in a year-long pilot section of beginning French. The method involves: (1) massive easy readings assigned from the outset; (2) speaking the foreign language from the start; (3) delaying formal grammar instruction until April, when an entire introductory text is…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, College Students