In a self-directed language program, are the text and audio-visual materials the primary resources for learning?
A. Yes. The texts, with their accompanying A/V materials, have been specifically selected for this particular approach to language study. However, the tutorials are also very important. Students meet in small group sessions with a tutor who is an educated native-speaker of the language and who facilitates use of the language in culturally authentic, adult, conversational situations. Also, the program coordinator should be able to help students who are having problems related to the structure or functioning of the course. Q. Are grades for the course based on exam scores and class participation? A. Grades reflect students’ ability to use the language skills they have learned. The tutor is never the examiner, and plays no role at all in the final exam. The examiner is a language professional – probably a professor of the language – who has had wide experience evaluating the performance of students in this type of program. The section of this discussion pertaining to testing addresses the
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