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# Broad goals and performance objectives[1]

These minimum goals will be achieved with 70% accuracy by a majority of the class unless otherwise specified:

1. Listening The learner at the end of this course, according to his level of maturity and achievement will:

   L-1

     discriminate between stressed and unstressed vowels by indicating whether the first vowel of an orally presented word is stressed or unstressed

   L-2

     distinguish between orally presented questions and statements, based upon inflection at the end of a sentence, by marking the proper column on an answer sheet with 80% accuracy.

   L-3

     determine gender and number of person or persons addressed in an orally presented dialog, and indicate the appropriate gender.

   L-4

     demonstrate comprehension of spoken Russian by indicating which of two orally presented answers to each orally presented question is correct.

2. Speaking According to his levels of maturity and achievement and in a manner acceptable to the teacher, the student will:

   S-1

     pronounce Russian words sampling stressed and unstressed vowels after hearing the model. Hearing any average length sentence on content taught, the learner will imitate with 90% accuracy in the time allotted.

   S-2

     speak with acceptable Russian pronunciation, intonation, juncture and stress in a free response situation using previously learned Russian content or recombinations thereof.

   S-3

     perform necessary changes in form and order as regards the following oral drills ( person-number, substitution, replacement etc. ):

     - -a, person-number agreement of first and second conjugation verbs in contrast.

     - -b. plural of nouns

     - -c. long-form adjectives

     - -d. adjective-noun agreement

     - -e. reflexive verb usage

     - -f. the accusative case of nouns and adjectives

     - -g possessive adjectives in the accusative case

     - -h. personal pronouns in the accusative case.

   S-4

     answer questions about his usual activities or material studied. Hearing five questions, the learn will answer orally three.

   S-5

     ask questions about his usual activities or material studied. Hearing five statements, the learner will ask an appropriate question to produce at least three of the statements.

3. Reading According to his level of maturity and achievement, the student will:

   R-1

     read aloud from a printed list of familiar Russian words sampling stressed and unstressed vowels with special attention given to correct pronunciation of the vowels. Accuracy level - 80%.

   R-2

     read (orally) familiar material in sentence form with pronunciation, meaningful intonation, stress and juncture judged to be acceptable to a native speaker in 80% of sentences attempted.

   R-3a

     demonstrate direct reading comprehension in Russian of material already mastered audio-lingually by selecting the correct printed answers to printed questions on a short printed selection.

   R-3b

     prove his skill of reading especially written materials that introduce new vocabulary and grammar progressively. Given a paragraph of such content, the student will answer in either language seven of ten comprehension questions.

4. Writing According to his level of maturity and achievement, the student will:

   W-1

     copy correctly in Cyrillic script from Cyrillic print any previously audio-lingually mastered material.

   W-2

     write in Cyrillic script from dictation of familiar idiomatic expressions and "dialogs" mastered audiolingually.

   W-3

     - -a write exercises requiring minimal structural changes. Given any ten sentences with one change only in each, the learner will write seven correctly.

     - -b rewrite printed sentences in Cyrillic script changing the subject from singular to plural, and making all additional necessary changes.

     - -c write short complete sentences in answer to printed or oral questions.

5. Culture According to his level of maturity and achievement, the student will:

   C-1

     show comprehension of cultural differences on topics discussed in this quin.

     - a- Given ten statements on education, the student will indicate if the statement applies to Russia, the USA, or both by marking R,U, or В beside each statement.

     - b- Given "Air Travel," "Space Exploration," and "The Soviet School Day," as topics for a report, the student will choose one and make a ten minute presentation to the class.

   C-2

     report upon current events which support the practicality of studying the target language.

   C-3

     sing-along with folk music records and make observations about their influence on serious Russian music.

6. Attitudes The learner

   A-1

     is aware of various reasons for studying a foreign language as evidenced in participation in discussion groups, research projects and making of art.

   A-2

     wishes to continue studying a foreign language as evidenced by responses on an attitudinal questionnaire.

   A-3

     seeks additional knowledge, joins a language club, or corresponds with a pen pal.

[1] These objectives are presented in five skills groups: listening (L), speaking (S), reading (R), writing (W), culture (C), and a sixth group called attitudes (A) The letter-numbers used here will have corresponding letter-numbers in the evaluation section for this course to help relate objectives to evaluation sample..

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