The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

i'des & Tape in Language Teaching TINUED FROM PAGE 347 Kidition to the descriptive elements, numerous questions ised at such a level that a student observing the slide :it reasonably be expected to comprehend the question , in his own mind, formulate some kind of answer, example, slide two shows a group of Mexican laborers ing and packing lettuce in the field. Following is a Illation of the taping in Spanish to accompany the iKic: Here we see a group of men in the fields. This man on 1 ight is cutting the lettuce with a knife, isn't he? The on the left is packing the lettuce in a cardboard carton. you see that the man on the left is wearing a blue ? Both men are wearing hats and also rubber gloves." Side fourteen (see cut, page 347) shows the transporta ■ ;i of sugar beets along a moving belt from the collection It to a waiting freight car. The translation for the iiish taping of this slide follows: Finally we see the moving belt which carries the sugar rs from the tank to the freight car on the right. From they will carry the sugar beets to the plant where extract the sugar." lide eighteen (see cut, page 347) shows a young girl in a 1 of cotton, picking the crop by hand (contrasted with • nineteen showing machine picking). The taping for i slides goes hke this: "Another industry of the Imperial Valley is the growng and harvesting of cotton. Here we see a little girl who s picking the cotton by hand. Why is she carrying the big >ag? Would you like to pick cotton?" After the presentation, as foUowup I repeated the ques' ions asked in the narration and added a few others related o what the student had seen — as a check on retention of vocabulary and comprehension of the general content. Although a careful statistical survey will have to await further experimentation, I can say definitely that after a comprehension check following presentation to two groups )f Spanish 1, one group of Spanish 2, and a group of about forty adults in an evening conversational Spanish class, many students asserted that because of familiarity with he subject matter and because of the briefing with the vocabulary sheet, they were able to comprehend satisfactorily the meaning of words and expressions heard in the tape narration which otherwise would have puzzled them. An interesting development arising from my presentation to the adult class was this: several of the students sug' [jested that it might be profitable to project slides singly and use them as the basis for general conversation in Spanish about the subjects represented in each slide. I am convinced that any language teacher, with the aid f an inexpensive 35mm camera, a tape recorder, and trained student, can prepare his own series of slides keyed to the daily life of his students along with a nar rative which will be truly meaningful. The best part about this teaching method is that the students really enjoy it! COMING NEXT MONTH: A warmly human story about how films ond film readers ore used to teach Spanishspeaking children in southwestern United States. School Systems and Reading Clinics use the «^&-».»^ PROFESSIONAL: Based on experience in thousands of classrooms, and consultation with many important educators. With a Manual of Instructions so practical that teachers are immediately successful with the tachistoscope. ECONOMICAL: As many as 40 exposures on one Tachistoslide — lowest cost-perexposure, and the slides serve for years without deterioration. The projector meets various classroom needs. PRACTICAL: Teacher faces the class, watching the response of each student — while seeing each exposure on the slide table before it is flashed, always knowing what is being shown. Keystone representatives are thoroughly experienced in assisting educators to use the tachistoscope to best advantage. Keystone View Company, Meadville, Penna. Since 1892, Eroducers of Superior Visual Aids. Tachistoswpic "FIBERBIir^ CASES "THEY LAST INDEFINITELY" Equipped with steel corners, steel card holder and heavy web straps. Only original Fiberbilt Coses bear this TRADE MARK For 1 6mm Film — 400' to 2000' Reels "Your Assurance of Finest Quality" Sold By All Leading Dealers The Museum Filmstrip Club A new color filmstrip each montti Oct. through May. $25 for 8 color filmstrips with study guides. Authentic, curriculum-centered picture stories. MUSEUM EXTENSION SERVICE to Eoit 43rd St., N. Y. 17, N. Y. October, 1953 Advertisers welcome inquiries, just mention EDUCATIONAL SCREEN. 361