Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
University News

For the second successive year
a Summer Language Institute for
elementary and secondary school
teachers of French and Spanish
VIII be offered by the University
OF Delaware in cooperation with
the language DEVELOPMENT pro-
gram of the U. S. Office of Educa-
tion.
Scheduled from June % to Au-
gust IL, the institute is designed to
help elementary school teachers
incorporate the instruction of
French or Spanish into their school
programs, and provide secondary
school teachers with the oppor-
tun1ty to become more effective in
their teaching through intensive
audiolingual practice, including
the use of the university's modern
language laboratory. Also offered
will be experience in the latest
methods and techniques of foreign
Language teaching, and a civiliza-
t1on and culture program.
Courses offered during the sew
en-week program may be taken for
graduate credit Participants will
practice listening to and speaking
French or Spanish for two hours
daily, including one hour of prac-
tlce in the modern language labor
atory.
Each group will observe a DEM
onstration class daily and partici-
pate in methods and techniques
seminar. The students also will
have an opportunity to do some
supervised practice teaching. Two
hours daily will be devoted to OBJ
servation, methods and teaching.
An introduction to linguistics
will be provided with emphasis on
the teaching of French or Spanish
In the elementary or high school.
approximately one hour a day will
be devoted to this activity. An
equal amount of time will be de-
voted to a course in civilization
and culture, which will include
literature and other arts, as well
as sociological aspects of France
or Spain and Latin America.
A practical aspect of the Insti-
tute will be the opportunity for
participants studying the same
language to be housed together
and dine together in order to pro-
vide practice in hearing and speak
ing foreign language outside of
class. Native speakers will join
the groups to help keep the con-
yersatiOn going.
The university's regular sum-
mer program of recreation and
cultural activities will be avail
able to those attending the Insti-
tute. There will also be weekly
films in French and Spanish.
A total of SIS summer institutes
have been authorized by the Uni
ted States Office of Education UNI
der the provisions of the National
Defense Education Act. The Uni
yersity of Delaware will serve the
states of Delaware, Maryland, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia, and the District of
Columbia.
The University of Delaware In
stitute will be conducted by Dr.
Max S. Kirch, associate profess
sor of modern languages, assisted
by DR.. Edmund j. Cain, Jr., pro-
fessor of education and director of
student teaching at Delaware
Courses will be conducted by mem
bers of the regular university fac
ulty and invited specialists.
Governmental stipends for pub
lie school teachers and paid tut
tion fees for private school teach
ers, available upon application,
should be postmarked before
March l.
Brochures covering the Insti-
tute are being printed and will
soon be available from the univer-
sity upon request. Teachers who
participated in National Defense
Education Act Language Institute
in 1859 or 1860 are not eligible to
attend this summer.
Dr. Kirch said graduating SEN
iors from the university who will
receive their teaching certificates,
are eligible to apply. Two June,
1860, graduates attended last sum-
mer and have reported the expert
ence helped them in their first
teaching assignments in nearby
schools.