Time permitting, cultural material is presented. Correction of exercises is often done as a group in the classroom, using student answers as models. On tests, students are to display mastery of grammatical points by completing exercises and answering questions similar or identical to those done in class and as homework. The FiA program represents a departure from traditional approaches in that it places greater responsibility on the student. This encouragement of learner autonomy does not, however, completely abandon the student to cope with acquisition in isolation.
Constant guidance is given at every stage.
Since contextual situations are presented before grammar, students are confronted with the language as they would be in real life. Grammatical points are introduced indirectly at first during the video segment through examples and repetition. When, following this preliminary phase, grammar notions appear in the workbook accompanied by brief explanations, students should be able to grasp them more readily because they will have already been exposed to examples of usage a number of times. The focus on individual lab work permits students to concentrate on their own weaknesses and frees up class time. Exercises are designed to allow students to correct most of their own work, leaving class time for more stimulating and challenging activites.