WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040147-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 147
• Publication Date: March 18, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Chief, Language and Area School
FROM : Deputy for Language Training
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEI
None to report.
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
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DATE: 18 March 1959
1. Final examinations were given 13 March to students of
Hungarian Basic Reading II. Six of the seven which began the course
took the examination (one having gone overseas). Hungarian Reading
Workshop will begin 7 April and will continue for fifteen weeks.
2. An inventory of the tape holdings at LAS has been begun by
Ornstein. Questionnaires are being distributed to determine the
present status of our stocks in all languages taught here, with a
view to discarding unsatisfactory tapes, producing new ones, and
acquiring desirable tapes commercially if feasible.
3.travelled to New York on Tuesday to find books for
use in the rman Intermediate Full-Time course. He was able to
find many useful and inexpensive items which will contribute to the
content of the course.
4. The Spanish Basic PT class spent two days at
through 10 March - at the end of their 20 week course
helped make the stay successful for a group or our
students. The stu dents were unanimous in their praise of the exercise.
5. One of the VLTP instructors in Chinese, of FE
Division has arranged to have Chinese flash cards mimeographed for the
use of the students in his VLTP class. Each flash card consists of a
Chinese character or radical on one side and on the other side the
romanization, correct pronunciation and English equivalent. It is
considered one of the very best training aids for learning Chinese
characters. On an experimental basis a few cards were run off by the
OTR Reproduction office on heavier weight paper. The results were so
good that we now intend to run off 40 sets of 240 flash cards for the
use of the regular daytime program as well as all the VLTP classes.
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The total cost will be $24.00 as compared to the $280.00 the cards
would have cost if purchased commercially.
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