Curriculum for pupils of twelve to fifteen years : (advanced division).

Date:
1931
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Credit: Curriculum for pupils of twelve to fifteen years : (advanced division). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Some teachers might choose to use a certain amount for class “reading.” This is not recommended, although a poem may occasionally be read to the class by the teacher to illustrate some special point or to introduce variety. | Class-room.—It is essential that a foreign language be taught in a room allocated for this specific purpose, in order (1) that the necessary “‘atmosphere” be created and main- tained by means of maps, pictures, post-cards, posters, books, and, where possible, a gramophone or wireless; and (2) to prevent the waste of time incurred when the material has to be moved from one room to another: a lesson frequently loses most of its value by material not being at hand when required. The room chosen should have sufficient floor-space for dramatic work of a simple kind, and must be distant from the noisy parts of the school if pronunciation is to be adequately taught. Ample blackboard space, necessary everywhere, is especially so here. Illustrative Material.—Illustrative material is essential for a subject where little help outside of the class-room can be expected towards one of the most valuable results of the study—namely, some appreciation of a foreign nation’s customs and point of view. The following list is offered suggestively, with the proviso that some at least of the items should be supplied. A gramophone is of particular value in districts where the foreigner is seldom met with. 1. Coloured pictures with printed text. 2. Railway posters (these can be obtained generally at small cost by direct application to the railways concerned).