The content varies with the critical language offered. The Spoken Language , Part 1, by Eleanor Harz Jorden with Mari Noda. Yale University Press, 1987. The second semester extends through 9A Core Conversation 6. Detailed Description of Conduct of Course Native speakers trained as drill instructors check and improve students' mastery of the dialogues, assist with the development of correct pronunciation, organize drills to involve the students in manipulation of the structural and lexical elements of the given lesson, and encourage more creative language manipulation through personalized conversation on a variety of cultural topics.
Students can ask questions or make statements involving learned material.
There will be some spontaneity, but speech will continue to consist primarily of learned utterances. As regards listening skills, students will be able to understand short, learned utterances and some sentence-length utterances, particularly where context strongly supports understanding and speech is clearly audible. There is no practice in reading or writing. In the case of Japanese, e.g., all characters have been romanized. FORL 200 students will acquire some basic social, economic, or political knowledge about issues of current importance in the target cultures and be able to discuss these issues on an elementary level.