FOUR TYPES OF VISUAL AIDS ARE DISCUSSED--(1) FILMS, (2) FILMSTRIPS, (3) SLIDES WITH OR WITHOUT NARRATIVE TAPES OR DISCS, AND (4) TAPES AND DISCS WITHOUT VISUAL MATERIALS. LESSONS USING VISUAL AIDS SHOULD BE PLANNED AS CAREFULLY AS ANY OTHER LESSON. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ACQUIRE THE ATTITUDE THAT THEY ARE BEING ENTERTAINED. FOREIGN LANGUAGE MATERIAL…

This document reports on a workshop held to develop the curriculum for a foreign language appreciation program. The first chapter discusses the general educational concerns in preparing a FLA curriculum: course content, the student, and the foreign language teacher. Cultural appreciation is the dominant theme and the rationale for the FLA program.…

The guide focuses on a rationale for exploratory foreign language courses in middle or junior high school, and on the goals and objectives for such courses. An exploratory course may serve a number of purposes regardless of whether or not a pupil elects a foreign language at a later time. These purposes include: (1) acquainting pupils with a…