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R FS VHF DOCVMF.NT AL 001 537 ED 024 023 An Intermediate-Advanced Level Laotian Refresher Course. English Language Services, Inc., Washington, D.C. Spons Agency-Defense Language Institute, Washington, D.C. Pub Date 61 Note-1,717p.: 8vols. EDRS Price MF-$6.25 HC-$85:95 *Language Cultural Context, *Instructional Materials, Skills, Descriptors- Advanced Programs, Audiolingual Romanization, Writing Instruction, Lao, Military Training, Phonology, Refresher Courses, Identifiers- *Laotian students who have materials have been prepared for These instructional of one year or more or have completed an introductory college-level Laotian course in The "Refresher" materials contained had an "intensive" course of several months. intermediate-advanced materials Book I are intended to prepare the student for the volumes is designed to be used in an in Books II and III. Each of these two-part military also in two parts, contains a specialized aural-oral approach. Book IV, I (Part One), which oriented, the material presented in Book corpus. Linguistically in phonemic transcription deals with the sound system and phonology drills, appears only. (AMM) Other materials are presented in Lao script as well as in Lao script. LEV EL AN INTERMEDiATE-ADVANCED LAOTIAN C\i REFRESHER COURSE Book I PART ONE 1 with Pre-Recorded Tapes 1-15 U.S. .1)EPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCAIION ,THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIWATING IT. STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REP'RESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION 1POSITION OR POLICY. 537 001 AL AN INTERMEDIATEADVANCED LEVEL COURSE LAOTIAN REFRESHER PART ONE Book 1 with Pre-Recorded Tapes 1 - 15 English Language Services, Inc. 919 Eighteenth Street, N.W. Washington 6, D.C. -, AL 001 537 -41+ Copyright, 1961, by Inc. English Language Services, REPRODUCE THIS "PERMISSION TO HAS BEEN GRANTED COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL hfayti- BY v ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING TO ERIC AND OFFICE OF WITH THE U.S. UNDER AGREEMENTS REPRODUCTION OUTSIDE EDUCATION. FURTHER OF REOUIRES PERMISSION THE ERIC SYSTEM OWNER." THE COPYRIGHT States permission to the United The Publisher has granted materials reproduction and use of these text Army for the installations. United States Army and pre-recorded tapes at P have been prepared of this course All pre-recorded tapes recorders, so language-instruction tape dual-track for use on where required. record his voice on tape that the student can also be used ) instructional materials may However, these unmodified dual-track recorders or on with single-track tape student can effectively, in that the almost as tape recorders f where required. actually record, always repeat, if not ii i 4 ) ,^* PREFACE Level Lao Re- Book I of "An Intermediate-Advanced lessons in the text material and fresher Course" consists of 30 approximately twenty minutes dura- 30 pre-recorded tapes of These 30 lessons and tapes are tion to accompany the text. lessons and 9 units containing 3 further divided into a total of "Sound System and The exception is Unit 1, tapes per unit. comprised of 6 lessons and tapes. Phonology Drills," which is following is made up of the Unit 1 A typical lesson of instructional materials: ) I. Phonology Drills II. Summary Text OIN the sounds of Laotian in pyrami- The Phonolo3y Drills present script, in phonetic transcrip- dally built up exercises in Lao this contextual English translations. As tion, as well as with in all practicing the sounds of Lao is merely an exercise in the meanings of indi- their possible phonetic environments, out of context. vidual words and phrases may appear lesson in Unit 1, the "Summary The second part of each heard in the preceding Text," presents all the basic utterances Phonology Drills . Book contain three lessons The remaining 8 units of the follows, using Unit 2 as example each which are subdivided as those lessons throughout the Book [bracketed numbers indicate lesson]: that correspond to the sample DO, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 281 Lesson 7: I. Narrative II. Memorization Drill III. Questions and Answers i v [11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29] Lesson 8: I. Dialog for Listening Dialog for Fluency 11. III. Dialog for Listening (again) Dialog for Participation IV. V. Substitution Drills [12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30] Lesson 9. Grammar Notes and Drills You.will find detailed instructions f-- "'ese exercises lessons in LI at the beginning of.each of the all Lao English equivalents are provided in the text for materials throughout the Book. These are not necessarily lit- eral translations in every instance, but, in the case of dialogs and narratives, are contextual equivalents. The Grammar .Notes and Drills do not attempt to present all of Lao grammar. Rather, they have been selected with an problems of intermediate-advanced level eye to the recurrent students. The drills are provided to give you the opportunity difficulty to practice the somewhat complex forms that cause for learners of Laotian at all levels. The teaching techniques used on tape are the result of the application of modern linguistic theory to larguage !learn- ing. The dialogs and drills have been designed to give the stu dent maximum utilization of the materials provided. The student participates in using these materials in various ways, until he gains active control over the forms presented. Organization of the Course as a Whole Book I with its accompanying tapes is the first Book of four Books and 140 pre-recorded a Laotian course consisting of vi have been prepared for instructional materials tapes. These successfully completed who have either those language students Laotian course of one year or introductory college-level an of several months. have had an "intensive" course more or contained on the "Refresher" materials Mastery of the intermediate- the student for the 30 tapes of Book I prepares and III. Each of the tapes of Books II advanced materials on pre-recorded tapes. accompanied by 30 those Books is pre-recorded tapes contains a Book IV with its 50 Tests and completes the series. specialized military corpus detailed throughout the course. More to be found on tape are be found in the Pre- Ill, and IV will descriptions of Books II, volumes. faces of those three Acknowledgments of the Chris- Roffe, of the Laos Mission Rev. G. Edward Laos, author of the Alliance at Vientiane, tian and Missionary "Spoken Lao", and of Learned Societies American Council Laos, served jointly as Somphan of Vientiane, Mr. Samboun the Laotian Rev. Roffe created Project Heads of the course. Drills as well accompanying Phonology Sound System with the throughout Book I. In his remaining drills appearing as the Roffe also prepared Head for Book I, Rev. capacity as Project drills. and their accompanying all grammar notes dialog selections the narrative and Mr. Somphan created in the materials appearing also responsible for of Book I, and is his capacity as Project In addition, in Books II, III, and IV. the native Laotian supervised the work of Head, Mr. Somphan the course. speakers throughout Composition for served as Chief of Alfred R. Lueders Book I. of participated in the preparation The following persons Book I: Wil van Oostwaard Bampen Chitpanya Simone D. Whittemore Elise 'N. Hamilton Helga L. Wood Pedro Morata K.V. Sibsithi vii ! All pre-recorded tapes were prepared in the studios of 4 English Language Services, Inc., by Frank Scholten, assisted by Paul Lohr. ,Ou H. JEFFREY BINDA, Director Foreign Languages Division English Language Services, Inc. 919 Eighteenth Street, N.W. Washington 6, D.C. June, 1962 c 4 I _.. TABLE OF CONTENTS # Page Tape No. No. SanciSistem and Phonology Drills Unit 1: Aspirated and Un-Aspirated Consonants Lessol 1: 1 1 I. Phonology Drills 14 II. 25 Summary Text Voiced and Voiceless Consonants; Lesson 2: 2 Nasals 27 I. 37 Phonology Drills ) II. 46 Summary Text Vowels 47 Lesson 3: 3 I. Phonology Drills 63 II. 75 Summary Text Vowel Clusters Lesson 4: 4 I. 77 Phonology Drills U. Summary Text 85 Non-Contrasting Pitch Tone Lesson 5: 5 I. Phonology Dri I Is 87 IL Summary Text 97 1 ix