Lessons from the ASTP of Language Teaching for Normal Times

with true-false statements. To those who pass with distinction, we give our congratulations, knowing that they can use their Spanish practically and-if they continue studying-they may some day reach the point where they will actually find pleasure in reading the language. But even over those who did rather poorly in the language classes we do not grieve. We believe that we have helped them gain an experience. We have shaken them out of their insular position. We have helped them see that there are other people, other ideas, other ways of saying things and looking at facts. Their attempts to learn to read a foreign language have not been wholly wasted

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