Responses to questionnaires sent only to schools known to have language laboratories show that as of 1958, 240 colleges and universities and 64 secondary schools in the U.S. have such laboratories. Of 40 foreign languages, French, Spanish, German, and Russian are taught most frequently. Laboratory organization plans vary; they include classrooms,…

This is a self-teaching textbook for learning Hindustani, based on the principle of exposure to the target language and practice. It is part of a series originally prepared for the Armed Forces and now offered to the public. The emphasis is on speaking rather than on reading or writing. The text is designed to be used with a native speaker of…

This is one of a series of self-teaching textbooks initially prepared for the Armed Forces and now offered to the public. The emphasis is on speaking rather than on reading or writing. Book 1 is divided into two main sections, each consisting of five lessons and a review section. Each lesson deals with some aspect of daily life, and each is…

This is one of a series of self-teaching textbooks initially prepared for the Armed Forces and now offered to the public. Book 1 is divided into two main parts, each consisting of five learning units and one review unit. Each unit centers around a particular topic and is divided into the following sections: basic sentences, with hints on…

This is one of a series of self-teaching textbooks initially prepared for the Armed Forces and now offered to the public. The text is designed to be used with a native speaker of Danish or with the accompanying recordings. The textbook is divided into two major sections, each consisting of five learning units and one unit for review. Each unit is…

The article discusses the history, role, and use of teaching machines and how they can be employed effectively in foreign language instruction. The selection of programed materials, prior study preparations, and the expected conditioned verbal responses arising from machine use are briefly discussed. The advantages of teaching machines are seen as…

This is one of a series of self-teaching textbooks initially prepared for the Armed Forces and now offered to the public. The text is designed to be used with a native speaker of Danish or with the accompanying recordings. The textbook is divided into three major sections, each consisting of five learning units and one unit for review. Each unit…

This text, developed by the Foreign Service Institute for an intensive, programed language course in Spanish, is accompanied by an "Instructor's Manual" and tape recordings. The Instructor's Manual contains those portions of the course which have been recorded by which do not appear in printed form in the student's basic text. This volume,…

This manual accompanies a programmatic text designed for a level-2 Spanish course developed and implemented at the Foreign Service Institute. It contains those portions of the course which have been recorded on tape but which do not appear in printed form in the student's basic text. For the companion documents see ED 022 397, ED 022 399, and FL…

One of the major problems of secondary school second language teachers in British Columbia is providing work that a student can do individually, leaving the teacher free for other students. It is rare that individual work includes oral-aural practice. A teaching method is presented that allows individualized instruction without sacrificing…