DESIGNED TO ASSIST SPANISH TEACHERS USING AN AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH, THIS HANDBOOK DESCRIBES AND ILLUSTRATES TEACHING TECHNIQUES SUITABLE FOR FIRST-LEVEL CLASSES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND SUGGESTS PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH CLASSES. MAJOR SECTIONS DEAL WITH MANAGING THE PREREADING PHASE, TEACHING THE FOUR…

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…

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…

The two primary performance objectives of this course in Spanish are to: (1) develop research skills which are directed toward locating useful facts and information about people, and (2) utilize previously learned grammatical concepts and skills to facilitate research and use of the library. Several literary works in Spanish are included in the…

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…

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…

Fifty-nine performance objectives concerning the art of writing letters are presented in this Spanish instructional guide. Prescribed activities include oral presentation of historical topics, reading of selected letters and discussion and reading of short biographical data, punctuation exercises, review of grammar, and use of synonyms. (RL)

Suggestions are offered here for effecting a smooth transition in Spanish FLES classes from the audiolingual skills level to a level of reading competence which allows for proper pronunciation and both oral and silent reading comprehension. The discussion centers on creating reading readiness at the pre-reading level and considered such aspects as…

These Quinmester Program materials are intended for students developing the basic skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Performance Objectives are outlined and structural exercises treating "-e" and "-i" verbs,…

Basic audiolingual skills are the focus of this course and teacher's guide. Performance objectives are prescribed to help the student improve his speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Course content focuses on everyday activities in the social life of a teenager and emphasizes student mastery of the following grammatical structures:…

This course is designed for advanced students to enable them to express themselves in writing with native proficiency comparable to North American students of similar educational levels by providing activities specifically geared to the elimination of interfering features of language in the mother tongue. Students learn to produce outlines,…

Contents of this Spanish text of instructional materials focus on a city in Spain, a city in South America, and a hypothetical visit to a railroad station. Students learn about the imperfect tense, reflexive pronouns, and several other grammatical concepts. Exercises and readings related to the stories "La Despedida" and "Recuerdos Juveniles" are…