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Teaching without Grammar: Title XII Experience at the University of Delaware
Author(s) -
DiLaura S. J.
Publication year - 1983
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.1944-9720.1983.tb01673.x
Subject(s) - syllabus , grammar , set (abstract data type) , aside , mathematics education , work (physics) , term (time) , higher education , pedagogy , computer science , sociology , psychology , engineering , political science , linguistics , programming language , mechanical engineering , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , law
Speaking proficiency became an urgent goal for scientific personnel at the University of Delaware preparing themselves to engage in various projects of technology transfer with countries of Latin America. Funds from the University's Title XII program were set aside to establish the needed instruction in the target language. The course of instruction employed the principles of the Stategic Interaction (SI) approach. Rather than follow a syllabus of sequence structures, this approach is built around the use of “scenarios” which require students to work through communication problems. The success of the course indicates that SI methods may be especially well‐suited for all short‐term courses aimed toward training professionals to gain working knowledge in specific fields.