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Valley Stream (Long Island) school children watch an 8mm sound lesson of "PARLONS FRANCAIS." Each course consists of 60 lessons, two of which are presented weekly. The dynamic language instructor on film is Mme. Anne Slack, who has been teaching French by the audiolingual method since 1953.
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An Audiovisual Approach to Teaching Foreign Languages in the Elementary Grades
by Stephen }. Feit
Audiovisual Consultant
Union Free School District Thirty
Valley Stream, New York
LODERN technology has created many problems in education today. With the ease of transportation and almost effortless world-wide communication, all nations and people have come closer together. This interplay of cultures and languages has forced educators to reexamine the concept of educating today's child for tomorrow's world.
But, with limited time and resources, how are we to teach all children all things? Can we provide learning experiences in every phase of life in all parts of the world? And where are we to find the properly equipped, competently trained instructors for such a task?
In the Valley Stream (District 30, Long Island) elementary schools, we concluded that we must make a start in this monumental project of preparing young children for a better understanding of the world community
What better way than to introduce them to a foreign culture and laguage before they have formed stereotyped opinions of other people in other lands? We therefore planned to offer an enrichment course of instruction in a foreign language.
In our initial study of the problem, we faced the problems of limited funds and lack of trained personnel. How could we, then, introduce foreign language
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Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — November, 1962