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Word: hoclcett (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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...Hoclcett on Paper. When Hockett got back to Washington he and Fang were assigned to produce a book which would do the job they had done on the pioneering voyage. Spoken Chinese is one of the Army's 23 basic language manuals.* It teaches 750 words and Hockett thinks they can be learned in a month by drilling with the book and listening to the records. The disks give an English word or phrase, then the Chinese equivalent, then are silent so the student can imitate the Chinese, then reiterate the Chinese. The set of 25 records covers most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Chinese Quick | 3/6/1944 | See Source »

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