This short course in conversational German is designed to teach a student to speak simply for his own pleasure. Through games and songs, short dialogues, and basic phrases and sentences, the student learns to tell time, to count, and to ask and answer various questions about the weather, school, family, friends, and special interests. Basic…

The lessons in this workbook are intended to supplement existing taped materials in the French Basic Course. Emphasis is placed on creative activities, realistic situations, and authentic speech variations. The materials can be used for self-study purposes as well as in a language laboratory under the guidance of an instructor. The units in this…

The curriculum was designed to provide a systematic way of instructing apprentices preparing for various trades in the area of communications skills needed on and off the job. The core curriculum is developed in eight learning modules which are self-contained instructional packages: (1) effective verbal communications--understanding and being…

This text provides 14 units of instructional materials for a multimedia course in contemporary, standard French as it is spoken in the emerging nations of West and Central Africa. Patterned directly after the series "Voix et Images de France," this course is intended for beginning students or as supplementary material for cross-cultural study in…

The contents of this course center on teenage activities. The structures presented are the "-a" verbs, "tener,""ser," and agreement of adjectives. Development of reading skills, sequential thinking, and testing of comprehension are emphasized. Performance objectives are prescribed for culture study, reading, speaking,…

The world is seen as a cultural source from which students may draw materials for discussion in this conversational Spanish course. Performance objectives are prescribed which require reading and discussion of short stories, fables, and legends. Use of movies, filmstrips, and written reports is also suggested. A bibliography of materials is…

The lessons in this teacher's guide are intended to supplement existing taped materials in the French Basic Course. Emphasis is placed on creative activities, realistic situations, and authentic speech variations. The materials can be used for self-study purposes as well as in a language lab under the guidance of an instructor. The seven units in…

This book is divided into three conceptual areas: a general presentation of listening behavior and its place in the communication process, the major social and psychological processes involved in the selection and cognition of aurally received data, and remedial measures for both the speaker and the auditor. "Listening behavior: an overview"…

This basic Greek text contains 12 lessons, each consisting of a culturally-oriented dialogue, a vocabulary list, pattern drills and oral exercises, a short narrative, and a grammar explanation. The text is designed for use with a set of correlated tapes in an intensive program of about 100 to 120 hours. The listening and speaking skills are…

This course is intended for students who have had some experience in the formal study of Spanish. Performance objectives emphasize development of listening, speaking, and reading skills. Conversation is directed to everyday teenage interests: school, friends, soccer, and clothes. Grammar exercises treating "ser" and "estar"…

Students in this course are expected to expand their aural-oral skills through practice with listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises. Performance objectives specify minimum competence to be attained in each of these areas. Structural exercises, including substitution and expansion drills, encompasses the contractions of "a"…

Designed to enable students of Spanish to communicate better with others, learning opportunities and performance objectives are provided which focus on the development of basic conversational skills. Students are given practice that will improve their ability to listen, interpret, and give oral information, directions and explanations, and…

Intended for students seeking to improve basic conversational skills in Spanish, this text provides for practice in following and giving directions orally, reading, and pronouncing "troublesome" words. Emphasis is placed on the development of listening skills, analysis of pseudo-prefixes and capital letters in a given paragraph, recognition of…

Performance objectives focusing on the development of introductory skills in comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing are presented in this text of instructional materials. Lessons center about the use of short dialogues based on everyday, teenage experiences. Special emphasis is placed on vocabulary expansion, present tense of selected…

This course is intended for third- or fourth-year Spanish students seeking to review the essentials of Spanish grammar and to increase their vocabulary. It is specifically intended for those planning to take the College Board Achievement Test in Spanish. Performance objectives are prescribed for culture study, speaking, reading, and writing…