HowtousethiscourseTheteacher'snotesThenoteswhichaccompanyeachteachingunitshouldbetreatedassuggestions.Theteachermaydepartfromtheschemethatislaiddownifhewishesto,orhemayomitanyexercisewhichdoesnotseemtosuithispurpose.However,theintentionbehindthenotesistoenabletheteachertodrillthepatternsthatareintroduced.Theexerciseswithineachlessonare,wherepossible,gradedinorderofincreasingdifficulty.Thismeansthatifthereisinsufficienttime,thefinalexercisesmaybeomittedwithoutseriouslyhamperingthestudents'progress.Eachteachingunitprovidesenoughmaterialfortwohours'work.Iftheteachercanonlydevoteforty-fiveminutestoeachpartoftheunit,hemayeditthedrillstosuitthetimeathisdisposal.AllinstructionsandcommentslikeListen,Sitdown,Sayitagain,Alltogether,etc.whichanyteachermightusewhileconductingalessonshouldbegiveninEnglish.Intheearlystages,themeaningoftheseexpressionsmaybeconveyedthroughgestureandmime.Suchpatternsmustberegardedasextraneoustothecourse,unlesstheyareformallyintroduced.Forthepurposeofthiscourse,itisnotassumedthatastudentisfamiliarwithapatternuntilheisactuallymadetouseit.ThatiswhymanyoftheinstructionscommonlyusedintheclassroomarenotgiveninthepatternandvocabularylistswhichprecedeeachlessonintheTeacher'sBook.Alltheinformationinthenotesisgivenunderheadingsandeachitemwillnowbeconsidered.Contentandbasicaims—generalremarksTheinformationgivenunderthesetwoheadingssummarizesbrieflywhatWillbetaughtintermsofpatternsandcontentwords.Thissummaryispurelyfortheteacher'sinformation.ListeningcomprehensionDetailedinstructionsaregivenatthebeginningofthecourse,whicharegraduallyreducedasteachersgetusedtotheprocedure.ThereareninerecommendedstepsforpresentingeachtextwhichwilltrainstudentstounderstandspokenEnglish.Thestepsareasfollows:1Introducethestory2Understandthesituation3Listeningobjective4Playthetapeorreadthetext5Answerthequestion7Playthetapeorreadthetextagain8Repetition9ReadingaloudEveryoneofthesestepsmustbeverybrief.Let'sseehowthisworksinpractice:1IntroducethestoryTheteacherintroducesthetextwithaf...
