This programed text for learning to read Thai was originally designed for students having a grounding in Thai phonology and some facility with the language, but it has been made useful for students without this background by the inclusion of a summary of Thai phonology and the use of romanization. The text is organized according to the three…

This document reports the origins and development of the DISTAR system of instruction. DISTAR is a set of programed instructional materials for teaching reading, language, and arithmetic basic concepts and skills that children need for success in school. The report describes (1) the key ideas of the personnel involved in creating the system, (2)…

This three-volume course is intended to provide a foundation in the grammar of classical Chinese on which the student who plans to specialize in classical studies can build, and to give the student of modern Chinese sufficient knowledge of literary Chinese for his purposes. It is assumed that the student can already pronounce Chinese words, use a…

Reports on work on texts in teaching German to foreigners, suggesting that the recognition of semantic equivalences in different portions of a text, not necessarily synonymic, may be useful in teaching foreigners to read more effectively. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

This self-instructional course is designed to help students in attaining a high degree of competence in French pronunciation and a basic knowledge of how French sounds correspond to the writing system. The material is divided into ten chapters. Each chapter has three parts. Part One is the presentation of a short dialogue for memorization. It…

This reader was designed for use in the Foreign Service Institute's basic course in Dari (Kabuli or Afghan Persian). It consists of sample newspaper articles in Dari, each followed by an English-Dari vocabulary list. (PMP)

This report on a week-long seminar on Instructional Materials for English Language Teaching, attended by 250 delegates from 20 countries and territories, contains the various speeches and papers presented as well as lists of the seminar planners, organizers, and participants. Included are the summary and proceedings of each of ten workshop…

Designed for use in a bilingual program, this basic French reader centers around a trip to Canada. It contains reading selections, two short poems, the words and music of a song entitled "La cigale et la fourmi," and several oral and written exercises. (PMP)

This preprimer has been developed by the Northern Arizona Supplementary Education Center in response to a renewed interest on the part of the Navaho people in learning to read their own language. A brief description of Navaho vowels, vowel length, tones, and consonants, prefaces the Navaho material. All the letters of the Navaho alphabet are…

Designed for use in a bilingual program, this elementary reader is the story of early French settlers in Acadia, the region now known as Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The French text is illustrated with color drawings. (PMP)

This article consists of instructional materials and ideas for use in French language classes, chiefly in the areas of vocabulary and language usage. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

The preparation of a programmed intermediate French reader is described. An evaluation of the reader and a discussion of this evaluation are presented. (PMP)

One aspect of Chinese reading materials, that they tap only passive skills, is discussed; and a proposal is offered for varying a beginning reading Chinese text by using controlled composition, an exercise in which students must rewrite a passage in the target language to emphasize certain structures and vocabulary. (Author/RM)

In order to learn to read successfully in a foreign language, students must first have well-developed auditory and visual skills. Students can be made to recognize the importance of attention to detail by means of frequent copying exercises. Translation must be avoided if real reading skills are to develop. The teacher should insist that the…