The situations in the dialogues are designed to have as much cultural significance as possible. Structure drills follow an organized plan. Narrative selections and new cultural materials are introduced. Writing is introduced in the form of copied materials with frequent dictation exercises of selections already familiar to the student. Questions and answers are written following short reading selections.
Students also write workbook exercises, which reinforce vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Some short paragraph writing is done. A program of dialogues and drills, first presented orally, is continued throughout the year. The situations in the dialogues are designed to have as much cultural significance as possible. Structure drills follow an organized plan. Writing is introduced in the form of copied materials with frequent dictation exercises of selections already familiar to the student.