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REPORT RESUMES ED 010 724 FL 000 015 NEW YORK CITY FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. SPANISH, LEVELS 1-5. BY- BASSECHES, MAURICE AND OTHERS NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, BROOKLYN, N.Y. REPORT NUMBER CURRICULUM BULL- 1965 -66- SERIES NO-2BTE JAN 66 EDRS PRICE MF-$0.45 HC-$10.96 274P. DESCRIPTORS- *CURRICULUM GUIDES, *LANGUAGE GUIDES, *LANGUAGE LEARNING LEVELS, *SECONDARY SCHOOLS, *SPANISH, ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAMS, AUDIOLINGUAL METHODS, AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, LANGUAGE LABORATORY USE, LANGUAGE SKILLS, PATTERN DRILLS (LANGUAGE), TEACHING TECHNIQUES, BROOKLYN A PROGRAM OF CURRICULUM REVISION, INITIATED IN 1962, HAS RESULTED IN A CURRICULUM GUIDE WHICH DELINEATES THE AIMS, TECHNIQUES, CONTENT, AND SCOPE OF SPANISH INSTRUCTION AT EACH LEVEL OF A FIVE-LEVEL SEQUENCE IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS' OF NEW YORK CITY'. A MODIFIED AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS STRESSED AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES ARE SUGGESTED FOR THE TEACHING OF LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING, AND WRITING SKILLS, AND FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CULTURE TOPICS. CHECKLISTS OF MINIMAL VOCABULARY ITEMS AND GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES ARE GIVEN FOR EACH LEVEL. OTHER SUBJECTS DETAILED ARE THE TAPE RECORDER, THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY, TESTING, AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM, PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, TEAM TEACHING, AND THE EVALUATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. THIS GUIDE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PUBLICATION SALES OFFICE, 110 LIVINGSTON ST., BROOKLYN: NEW YORK 11201. (AM) ti U.S. DEPARTMENT Of HEALTH, EDUCATION& WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCEDEXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR OROAMZATION ORIGINATINGIT. POINTS Of VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTOFFICIAL OFFICE Of EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. New York City Foreign LanguageProgram for SecondarySchools SPAMS11 Levels 1-5 BOARD OF EDUCATION OFTHE CITY OF NEWYORK FL coo.5 [airiltOlit-rvarrionorb. AMilliOrilliliailli+.libliiIIIIIVNIIi. BOARD OF EDUCATION m President LLOYD K. GARRISON Vice-President ALFRED A. GIARDINO Members JOSEPH G. BARKAN AARON BROWN THOMAS C. BURKE MORRIS IUSHEWITZ JOHN H. LOTZ CLARENCE SENIOR MRS. ROSE SHAPIRO Superintendent of Schools BERNARD E. DONOVAN Executive Deputy Superintendent of Schools JOHN B. KING Deputy Superintendents of Schools FREDERICK W. HILL Business Affairs THEODORE H. LANG Personnel JOSEPH O. LORETAN Instruction and Curriculum vi. Executive Director, School Buildings EUGENE E. HULT Copies of this publication may be purchased from: Board of Education of the City of New York, Publi- cations Sales Office, 110 Livingston Street, Brook- lyn, N.Y. 11201. Checks should be made payable to: Auditor, Board of Education. Price: $3.00 CURRICULUM BULLETIN 1965-66 SERIES NO. 2b New York City Foreign Language Program for Secondary Schools SPANISH Levels 1-5 BOARD OF EDUCATION CITY OF NEW YORK COMMITTEE ON STANDARDSFOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION Joseph 0. Loi.etan, Chairman William H, Bristow Martha R. Fink ler Maurice D. Hopkins Jacob Landers Helene M. Lloyd Richard M. Lubell Cormac K. Meagher Carmel la Nesi Shelley Umans Truda T. Well Frederick H. Williams Harry E. Wolfson J. Wayne Wrightstone "Pai MON TI IIEMOINETHIS MIMI MAW. OS WS (MUTES &Tri MAD ot.S fc:.3.11 lAztz tom e IA CAMS maw INES gi'Ailli1F.103 WM TIE ef:10! ENCA11011. 011311 111 MC MN It 1U$ Pfi 111411411 Of In MAIM OW COPYRIGHT 1908 By the Board of Education of the City or NewYork Application foc permission to reprintany section of this material should be made to the Superintendent of Schools, 110Livingston Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201. Reprint of any section of this materialshould carry the line, "Re- printed from (title of publication) bypermission of the Board of Education of the City of New York." e FOREWORD This publication is the outgrowth of a program of curriculum development, evaluation and revision initiated in 1962, as the New York City Foreign Language Revision. Program. In the course of the Revision Program, twenty-threeex- perimental bulletins appeared covering five levels of instruction in French and Spanish and four levels in German, He- brew, Italian, Latin and Russian. This materialwas used experimentally, evaluated and revised, and is now being printed in seven bulletins, one for each language. New York City Foreign Language Program for Secondary Schools: Spanish Levels I-V is intended to serve as a guide to teachers and supervisors in teaching the fundamental language skills, using audio-lingual techniques, and developing an understanding of the Spanish-speaking peoples, their culture and their civilization. The bulletins for French, Italian, German, Russian, Latin and Hebrew will be available within the school years 1966- 66 and 1966-67. JOSEPH O. LORETAN Deputy Superintendent Instruction and Curriculum January, 1966 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Purposes and Uses of This Bulletin 2 Levels and Grades 4 Aims of Foreign Language Instruction 5 Port One: The Levels of Foreign Language Instruction LEVELS I and II Aims for Level I Aims for Level II 8 Guiding Principles, Levels I and II 9 Developing the Language Skills, Levels I and II 10 Ear Training 11 Speaking 12 Reading 13 Writing 17 Patterns for Drill 21 Constructing and Using Pattern Drills 21 Suggested Dialogre and Drills, Level I 24 Textbook Adaptation 30 Use of the Tape Recorder 31 Homework 32 The Teaching of Culture 35 Content and Scope, Level I 39 Grammatical Structures 39 Topical Vocabulary Lists 42 Idiomatic Expressions 49 Alphabetical Checklist, Level. I Vocabulary 50 Culture Topics 55 Content and Scope, Level II 60 Grammatical Structures 60 Topical Vocabulary Lists 63 Idiomatic Expressions 69 Alphabetical Checklist, Level II Vocabulary 70 Culture Topics 75 LEVEL III Articulation 79 Aims 85 Guiding Principles 86 Developing the Language Skills 88 Auditory Comprehension 88 Suggested Procecture for: An Auditory Comprehension Lesson 90 Oral Production 92 Reading 98 Suggested Procedure for: An Intensive Reading Lesson 100 An Extensive Reading Lesson 102 Suggested Lesson Plan: Intensive Reading 105 Writing 109 Content and Scope 116 Grammatical Structures 116 Vocabulary Range 118 Idiomatic Expressions 122 Culture Topics 124 LEVEL IV Motivational Activities 130 Aims 135 Guiding Principles 136 Developing the Language Skills 138 Auditory Comprehension 138 Oral Production 140 Reading 142 Form fox Supplementary Reading Report 144 Writing 143 Suggested Procedure for: Teaching Composition 147 Content and Scope 148 Grammatical Structures 148 Vocabulary and Idiomatic Expressions 150 Culture Topics 151 LEVEL V Integration of Knowledge and Skills 154 Aims 155 Guiding Principles. 156 Developing the Language Skills 157 Auditory Comprehension 157 Oral Production 158 Reading 163 The Novel and the Short Story 166 Poetry 171 Drama 172 Essay 175 Writing 175 Content and Scope 178 Grammatical Structures 178 Vocabulary and Idiomatic Expressions 180 Reading 184 Writing 185 Culture Topics 186 Part Two: Textbooks and Audio-VisualResources Textbooks 192 Some Criteria for Selection 192 Audio-Visual Resources 195 The Language Laboratory 207 Part Three: Testing and Evaluation Testing 224 Testing the Four Skills 225 Oral Aelty Rating Scale 229 New York State Regents Examinations 231 MLA Cooperative Foreign LanguageTests 233 College Entrance Board Examinations 234 Evaluating the Foreign LanguageProgram 236 Teaching Conditions 236 Organization 238 The Teacher 239 The Students 240 The Quality of Instruction 240 Part Four: ExpandingHorizons in ForeignLanguages The Advanced PlacementProgram 244 Team Teaching 246 Programmed Instruction 247 BIBLIOGRAPHY 251 General 251 Language and Linguistics 251 Language Teaching 252 Curriculum Materials 253 Tests and Testing 253 Language Laboratory andAudio-Visual Materials 264 Programmed Instruction 255 Team Teaching 255 Sources 256 Periodicals 257 Spanish 257 Language, Linguistics and;Methodology 257 Curriculum Materials 258 Literature (Spain) 258 Literature (Latin America) 259 Culture (Spain) 259 Culture (Latin America) 260 Periodicals 260 far ACIWOWLEDGMENTS The foreign languagerevision program of which tlis publication is a resultwas initiated in 1962 as a cooperative venture involving the Division of HighSchools, (Maurice D. Hopkins, Acting Associate Superintendent),the Division of Junior High Schools, (MarthaR. Fink ler, Acting Associate Superintendent,), the Division ofCurriculum Development, (Jacob IL Shack, Acting AssociateSuperintendent), and the Bureau of Foreign Languages(Theodore Huebener, Director). At various stages in itsdevelopment theprogram has benefited from the guidance andcounsel of Joseph 0. Loretan, Deputy Superintendent of Schoolsfor Instruction and Cur- riculum. Production was carried out underthe supervision of Emilio L. Gaerra, Acting Directorof Foreign Languages;William H. Bristow, Assistant Superintendent,and David A. Abramson, Assistant Director, Bureau ofCurriculum Research. TheCo- ordinator and Editor of theproject was Maxim Newmark, Chairman, Foreign Languages,Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School. The AssistantCoordinator and Editorwas Lillian M. Gillers, Bureau ofCurriculum Research. A program of thistype enlists the cooperation ofhundreds of teachers in makingsuggestions and in trying out,review-, ing and evaluating materials.Many staff members &voted all or a substantial block oftheir time tosome phase of the production program. The listswhich follow reflecttheir con- tributions: -Ini,211114.1[7.11.0fteM2-A16,...-wreCalJie.aala.,.. THE SYLLABUS

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