Abstract:

This article illustrates an inexpensive use of videodisc technology in the foreign language classroom for proficiency and provides information on foreign language discs. It gives directions for combining disc materials with a given text to produce a proficiency-oriented syllabus. It also shows a simple technique for individualizing videodisc instruction. It concludes with case studies of students who learned German via individualized instruction  mediated by videodisc materials.

Author: Richard Sutherland