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A New College Language Course for Beginners
Author(s) -
Scherer George A. C.
Publication year - 1945
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1945.tb00306.x
Subject(s) - course (navigation) , mathematics education , plan (archaeology) , foreign language , work (physics) , computer science , psychology , medical education , engineering , medicine , geography , mechanical engineering , archaeology , aerospace engineering
Author's summary.— The speed at which a student acquires an active knowledge of a foreign language is determined largely by the number of weekly contact hours. Accordingly, the usual two‐year course could be condensed into an effective one‐year course at a great saving of total student learning hours, without increasing instructional costs excessively. This plan would make it possible for two‐year language students to take relatively advanced work in the second year. Majors would gain an extra college year for advanced studies in their field.