INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS SURVEY FINAL REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03198A000100020007-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2002
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• Content Type: REPORT

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Section IV. Study A Iaan ua a Trainixa School
Enrollment and Physical Environment
1, With the large increase in the LTS
enrollments for FY 1967.68., the
practice of one-to-one student-
teacher ratios must be discontinued
if the School is to handle the in-
creased enrollments without staff
inc:reasea, No fin,11-time classes
should start that are less than
five students
Action to Date
Established new pattern
for handling classes using
not less than four students
for common languages,
three students for
I/common. 11
C / LTS comment on Action to Date:
The revised recommendation was applied to the extent
possible, but spotty compliance with the policy and,
lately, po?tponernent of CT training has made this goal
unattainable for the time bein
To be implemented for
March, July and November only. CTlss,
C / LTS comment on Action to Date.
The final CT schedule required six startings per year rathe
than three., Schedules were published in OTR Bulletin
including 2 dates only for beginning part-time classes.
System had begun to show some results when 1G report
' forced cpa.an es iaa. CT scheduileo
3. If LTS re:-.ains in its present
quarters the building should be
redesigned for school use,
especially the ventilation system,
Work has been done on
the interior of the building
and the air conditioning
system
C/LTS comment on Action to Date:
Work has been done slowly on interior of building. We can
see Sao improvers ent in air conditioning system.
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If LTS is to be moved to new
quarters, consideration should
be given to including special
"futures" teaching equipment
facilities. _ to consult with
building designers in these
matters
Action to Date
C/LTS comment on Action to Date:
Comment is essentially correct.
Teaching Methods
5, some form of teacher training for
new WAE personnel be mandatory.
In process.
C/LTS comment on Action to Date:
The major difficulty here is shortage of supervisory personnel.
We have interviewed a linguist from FSI who is interested in
making a change and who is interested and experienced in
teacher training.
6, special seminars be developed for In process,
current staff professional growth
requiring one-two hours of staff
release time a month.
C/LTS comment on Action to Date:
such meetings as are here recommended have been held only
irregularly until now, but we hope to regularize them as time
oes on.,
7. All language courses be required In process,
to develop complete detailed
course objectives and detailed
outlines n This should be given
highest priority and completed
no later than end of CY 1966
C/LTS comment on Action to Date:
Modified to include five priority languages, Action completed
on those by January 67e Work in progress on other courses,
No firm completion date can be given at this times
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Recommendations
Action to Date
8? Commercially available PAI foreign In process.
language courses be applied
mmediately in Spanish, French and
German in a sustained experimental
tests
C/LTS comment on Action to Date:
Essentially correct as stated.
9. A. small 3-5 person cadre be trained Trained three personnel.
n PAI development techniques.
C/LTS comment on Action to Date:
Four personnel have been trained to date rather than three.
10, All foreign language programs Accepted.
developed for LTS be concept
units of 200 frames length and
-not full PAI (8 to 10 thousand
rame,~ courses, Cost $1, 500
per instructional hour.
C /LTS comment on Action to Date :
Cost has proven to be rather more than indicated; the three
Vietnamese units currently in the works are costing $43, 000.
11 o Contracts should be given in FY
1967 for the development of PAI
courses in Spanish, French,
German, Mandarin and Viet.
Vietnamese only
contracted with
Still in process.
C/LTS comment on Action to Date:
Underway. See Memo for the Record, dated
24 July 1967, Subject: Status of Work on Contract with
12, Bid specifications for above PAl
courses to be written by 30
November 1966, with request for
proposal no later than 31 December
1966.
C/LTS comment on Action to Date;
Correct as stated.
Completed
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Recommendations Action to Date
13, All future off-the-shelf PAI lan- Agreed.
guage courses should be tested
outside LTS before being subjected
to student use.
C/LTS comment on Acton to Date:
I'm still not sure what this means and how it works, Presumably,,
if we fired a program which looks promising we can contract with
someone to test its effectiveness before we use it.
14. Where feasible, LTS ~OTR) should
work with other government
agencies to jointly support PAY
foreign language course development.
Thus far, other agencies have expressed only polite interest in
our py ect .If something comes of it,, they may et be interested.
C/LTS comment on Action to Date:
CAI
lair A. detailed study will be
conducted by Mon the potential
of CAI to OTR needs. This is
part of the present contract.
Covered in this report.
C/LTS comment on Action to Date:
have not seen this portion of the report.
Current Teaching
16, A list of all films available for Completed.
language teaching should be
developed by the LTS Chief of
Support no later than 31 December
19660
C/LTS comment on Action to Date:
Correct.
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Recommendations Action to Date
17, A complete review of existing No action,
language laboratory facilities
should be conducted by the LTS
Chief of Support in conjunction
with_ no later than 31
December 19660
VCr/LTS comment on Action to Date: We have not seen. - in the Language School. since April0
In processo
25X1A
18~, Each LTS language department
should be abreast of all new
commercial materials
publishers,
C/LA'S comment on Action to Date:
My original understanding with -wasp that he would take
care of this personally with major publishers0 We are preparing
a list of publishers and letters have been, or in some cases,
will be sent asking for examination co'~,~a~.~..~,~m~,
19. _to develop a study on the Completedo
value and cost of television to ?TRO
C/LTS comment on Action to Date:
I have not seen this part of the report
20, A general one-day orientation course In process 0
to languages should be developed and
include a "how-to-listen" unit? This
unit to be either the "Effective
Listening" course available or a new
course.
C/LTScomment on Action to Date: zu
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