Inexpensive Use of the Videodisc for Proficiency: An Attempt to Link Technology and Teachers
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https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v4i1.67-80Keywords:
inexpensive videodisc, proficiency-oriented syllabus, traditional classroom, individualized instruction, videodisc player, remote control unitAbstract
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.References
ACTFL Provisional Proficiency Guidelines, 1982. New York: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 1982.
DeBloois, Michael L. 1982. Principles for Designing Interactive Videodisc Instruction Materials, in Michael L. DeBloois, ed., Videodisc/Microcomputer Courseware Design. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications.
Long, Donna Reseigh. 1986. A Case for Case Studies. Foreign Language Annuals 19, No 3:225-9.
Omaggio, Alice C. 1984. The Proficiency-Oriented Classroom, in Theodore V. Higgs, ed., Teaching Proficiency, the Organizing Principle. Lincolnwood, Illinois: National Textbook Company.
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2013-01-14
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Sutherland, R. (2013). Inexpensive Use of the Videodisc for Proficiency: An Attempt to Link Technology and Teachers. CALICO Journal, 4(1), 67-80. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v4i1.67-80
