An attempt to demonstrate the erroneousness of the principle that language teaching materials must be based on a detailed analysis of various parameters of texts of the target language, such as frequency, usefulness, basicness, or productiveness of lexical or structural items. (Author/FWB)

This instructor's manual accompanies the student text, "Italian (Programmed), Volume 1," which covers virtually the entire sound system of the Italian language and introduces the basic grammatical categories (gender, number, unit noun markers, person, and tense). The manual contains the instructions on how to use the materials and the following…

Identifies the characteristics of effective handouts. Examples of handouts currently in use are included. (PP)

This is a students' programmed text for Level Alpha of a humanistic approach to the instruction of Classical Greek and Greek culture in secondary schools. The goals of the program are to help students become aware of: (1) the impact of Hellenic civilization on contemporary society, including the impact of the Greek language on English; (2) the…

Two study modes from the paradigm of research into group-study variables are considered in the present investigation. It was hypothesized that the achievement of subjects studying language materials with a high proportion of familiar matter (practice and revision programs) will be greater in a condition of group-study with interaction, and…

This first volume of the Portuguese Programmatic Course of the Foreign Service Institute is designed to introduce the student to spoken Brazilian Portuguese and contains 25 units. A large part of every unit is programmed. The text is designed for use with special prerecorded tapes and is accompanied by an instructor's manual containing the script…

The 40 lessons in these two volumes and the accompanying tape recordings are designed to teach standard spoken Thai to Foreign Service Officers and other American Government personnel. After completing the "Programed Introduction to Thai Phonology," the student should be able to read the phonemic transcription in which all Thai material is…

This programed workbook contains 46 exercises designed to aid the student in the mastery of basic syntactic and vocabulary elements presented in the Defense Language Institute's Spanish Basic Course (1966 edition). The lessons in the workbook correspond to five texts used in the course. As an appendix to the workbook, there is an index of…

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 VOLUME IS DESIGNED TO GIVE THE READER A BRIEF PICTURE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AND STYLE OF FINNISH WRITERS AND POETS OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES. EACH OF THE REPRESENTATIVE SELECTIONS FROM THE 18 PROSE WRITERS AND THE 14 POETS INCLUDED IN THIS COMPILATION IS PRECEDED BY A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND DESCRIPTION OF THE AUTHOR'S CONTRIBUTION…

THE WOLOF LANGUAGE AS SPOKEN IN DAKAR, SENEGAL, IS PRESENTED TO THE BEGINNING STUDENT IN THIS TEXT THROUGH DIALOGS, EXERCISES, GRAMMAR EXPLANATIONS, AND CULTURAL NOTES. AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION GIVES A THOROUGH PRESENTATION OF WOLOF PHONOLOGY AND EXPLAINS THE PHONEMIC TRANSCRIPTION USED. IN EACH OF THE FIVE LESSONS WHICH FOLLOW, A DIALOG INTRODUCES…