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ERIC Number: EJ153738
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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The Point System: An Approach to Individualization in Advanced Language Courses
Boring, Phyllis Z.
Foreign Language Annals, 10, 1, 91-94, Feb 77
A point system was introduced in two advanced courses in Spanish in order to provide more individualized instruction. Students who were weak in written or spoken Spanish at the beginning of the semester could compensate by doing extra work; more advanced students could contract to do more sophisticated projects. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, College Language Programs, Grade Equivalent Scores, Grading, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods
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