<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"><head xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" profile=""><title>Broad goals and performance objectives</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/></head><body><div class="preface"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="d0e103" shape="rect"/>Broad goals and performance objectives<a href="#ftn.d0e106" class="footnote" id="d0e106" shape="rect"><sup class="footnote">[1]</sup></a></h1></div></div></div><p>These minimum goals will be achieved with 70% accuracy by a majority of the class
unless otherwise specified:</p><p>
</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist"><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Listening</strong></span> The learner at the end of this
course, according to his level of maturity and achievement will:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">L-1</span></dt><dd><p>discriminate between stressed and unstressed vowels by
indicating whether the first vowel of an orally presented
word is stressed or unstressed</p></dd><dt><span class="term">L-2</span></dt><dd><p>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.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">L-3</span></dt><dd><p>determine gender and number of person or persons addressed
in an orally presented dialog, and indicate the appropriate
gender.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">L-4</span></dt><dd><p>demonstrate comprehension of spoken Russian by indicating
which of two orally presented answers to each orally
presented question is correct.</p></dd></dl></div></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Speaking</strong></span> According to his levels of
maturity and achievement and in a manner acceptable to the teacher, the
student will:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">S-1</span></dt><dd><p>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.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">S-2</span></dt><dd><p>speak with acceptable Russian pronunciation, intonation,
juncture and stress in a free response situation using
previously learned Russian content or recombinations
thereof.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">S-3</span></dt><dd><p>perform necessary changes in form and order as regards the
following oral drills ( person-number, substitution,
replacement etc. ):</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem"><p>-a, person-number agreement of first and
second conjugation verbs in contrast.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>-b. plural of nouns</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>-c. long-form adjectives</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>-d. adjective-noun agreement</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>-e. reflexive verb usage</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>-f. the accusative case of nouns and
adjectives</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>-g possessive adjectives in the accusative
case</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>-h. personal pronouns in the accusative
case.</p></li></ul></div><p>
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">S-4</span></dt><dd><p>answer questions about his usual activities or material
studied. Hearing five questions, the learn will answer
orally three.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">S-5</span></dt><dd><p>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.</p></dd></dl></div></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Reading</strong></span> According to his level of
maturity and achievement, the student will:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">R-1</span></dt><dd><p>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%.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">R-2</span></dt><dd><p>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.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">R-3a</span></dt><dd><p>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.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">R-3b</span></dt><dd><p>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.</p></dd></dl></div></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Writing</strong></span> According to his level of
maturity and achievement, the student will:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">W-1</span></dt><dd><p>copy correctly in Cyrillic script from Cyrillic print any
previously audio-lingually mastered material.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">W-2</span></dt><dd><p> write in Cyrillic script from dictation of familiar
idiomatic expressions and "dialogs" mastered
audiolingually.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">W-3</span></dt><dd><p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem"><p>-a write exercises requiring minimal
structural changes. Given any ten sentences with
one change only in each, the learner will write
seven correctly.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>-b rewrite printed sentences in Cyrillic
script changing the subject from singular to
plural, and making all additional necessary
changes.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>-c write short complete sentences in answer to
printed or oral questions.</p></li></ul></div><p>
</p></dd></dl></div></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Culture</strong></span> According to his level of
maturity and achievement, the student will:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">C-1</span></dt><dd><p>show comprehension of cultural differences on topics
discussed in this quin.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem"><p>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.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>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.</p></li></ul></div></dd><dt><span class="term">C-2</span></dt><dd><p>report upon current events which support the practicality
of studying the target language.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">C-3</span></dt><dd><p>sing-along with folk music records and make observations
about their influence on serious Russian music.</p></dd></dl></div></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Attitudes</strong></span> The learner</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">A-1</span></dt><dd><p> is aware of various reasons for studying a foreign
language as evidenced in participation in discussion groups,
research projects and making of art.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">A-2</span></dt><dd><p>wishes to continue studying a foreign language as
evidenced by responses on an attitudinal
questionnaire.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">A-3</span></dt><dd><p>seeks additional knowledge, joins a language club, or
corresponds with a pen pal.</p></dd></dl></div></li></ol></div><p>
</p><div class="footnotes"><br/><hr/><div id="ftn.d0e106" class="footnote"><p><a href="#d0e106" class="para" shape="rect"><sup class="para">[1] </sup></a> 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
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