Arabic Individualized Instruction is a program for beginning and intermediate students and part of the University's attempt to improve foreign language instruction. Individualized instruction is based on the assumption that students learn at different rates for different reasons and by means of different strategies. Consequently, students are given the opportunity to work at their own pace and select their own learning strategies.
Individualized instruction is mastery based learning.
A third feature is the system of variable credit. The number of credits earned by a student is equivalent to the number of stages completed. Students in an individualized track are their own teachers. Although there is an instructor in the Center, his or her role is not one of teaching, but rather of providing oral practice, explanations, and conducting tests. Advantages of Individualized Instruction You work at your own pace not worrying about keeping tab of what others are doing.