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An Intensive Method of Language Teaching
Author(s) -
Solecki Jan J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1971.tb02043.x
Subject(s) - grammar , drama , academic year , slavic languages , russian federation , ap french language , psychology , linguistics , pedagogy , mathematics education , language education , sociology , history , classics , visual arts , art , philosophy , regional science
ABSTRACT In the summers of 1969 and 1970, the Department of Slavonic Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, carried out an experimental Russian Language program at basic and intermediate levels (each carrying six units of credit). Students remained in the program premises from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The program constituted a combination of grammar and oral approach—with a daily issue to students of exercise material. No recourse was made to formal memory drills. Students were made to speak Russian from the first day. Daily news in Russian, song sessions, and visits to Russian ships in port and to a local Russian community center were additional opportunities for learning and speaking the language. In 1971 the program is to be extended to include a Workshop in Russian Drama.