The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
FOREIGN BORN NOW
 TAUGHT THRIFT
Course in Standardization h.
 cIudes Study of Saving.

Thrift Is now one of the subjects being taught to thousands of foreign born workers who are attending Amer icanization classes throughout the United States in factories, shops, churches and night schools.
 As a majority of the attendants at these classes speak but little or no English, the study of language con- stitutes one of the principal subjects
 taught in these classes, a half hour drill being held at each session The Roberts method of language teaching is used, and a mixed class, ~peaking
 different languages and wholly unac-
 quainted with English, is enabled to make rapid progress, pupils in some
 cases being able after only a dozen lessons to master simple sentences.
 The Roberts method was devised by Dr. Peter Roberts, for the National Y.
 NJ. c. A, and is published by that or
 ganization. The lessons are short,
 consisting of about twenty simple sen-
 tences on everyday matters. and a
 class is taught by repeating one sen tence at time after the teacher, who
 illustrates 1t with motions and Ob-
 jects.
 ''I look at my watch" says the teach
 CT, who takes out his own watch. The
 class repeats this in chorus, then indi-
 vidually. The next sentence deals with numbers and the telling of time. All sentences are linked together, and each teaches at least one new word 4 fho aF +ho lesson it is shown to the class in print ed form on a chart.
 Teachers in thls work are almost entirely volunteers. Americans from offices and factories, usually in the plant itself, are enlisted for the work, and after two or three drills in the Roberts method, are able to teach sue cessfully, without previous experience. It has been found that business and money matters, embodied in these les sons, are of the greatest practical use to foreign-born people, and among the subjects they wish to learn first for convenience and protection. So many of the lessons in the Roberts method hinge upon such transactions as de- posting money, buying money orders, pricing merchandise, buying railroad tickets, postage stamps and the like. Other lessons deal with payday and the calculation of wages, the drawing of money from the paymaster, and the i keeping of home expenses
 At the request of the Treasury De- partment, Dr. Roberts has written a special thrift lesson dealing with War Savings Stamps, which is now in the hands of Americanization secretaries of the Y. NJ. c. all over the country. This lesson is an excellent illustration of the method by which thousands of foreign-born workers are now learning English, and it is as follows: War Savings Stamps. Has-John has some money. Puts-He puts it in a stocking. Says-Jim says: "It Is not safe" Answers-John answers: SsNo? I ! will see"
 Looks-He looks for his money. Is Stolen-The money is stolen. Saves-John saves more money. Asks-He asks: How can I keep
 my money?"
 Says-Jim says: "See this, John" Shows-Jim shows him a book of War Savings Stamps.
 Says-John says: "Where did you get it2"
 Buys-John buys some War Savings
 Stamps.
 Puts-He puts them in book Says-John says: This is safe and good"
 Buys-John buys more stamps. Says-He says: America is safe and so is my moDey."
  Join the Nations wide thrift cam ! raign. Buy Thrift and War Savings i Stamps.
 Look ahead! What you will be te-
 morrow depends on what you save to- day. Buy War Savings Stamps. You never have to start a bank
 account but once. When War Savings
 Stamps mature they form c fine nucleus for . bank account,