Word: orall
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...language courses is almost entirely on grammar and reading, with little or no concern for speaking. Since eighty per cent or more of the students taking these courses take no more than necessary to pass their language requirement, the imbalance between grammar and reading on the one hand, and oral proficiency on the other, seems unwarranted. The student who has taken only enough language courses to satisfy the requirement or pass the examination exempting one from having to take more language courses is far less likely to read a book in German or French than to have occasion to speak...
...language department would probably raise two objections to my suggestion that there be a more even balance between reading and speaking. One, that classes are too large to allow proper oral training. If this is so, then I say cut down the size of the classes and get more teachers. These teachers should be of the caliber proposed in your editorial...
...economics and politics in American life; Carl Kaysen, assistant professor of Economics, for studies of British policy and experience in industrial organization; Harold P. Levene, lecture on Applied Science, for studies on wave propagation; Francis P. Magoun, Jr. '16, professor of English, for studies in the technique of Finnish oral poetry...
...Today's oral arguments end some three and a half months of preparation by both sides in a preliminary battle over the indictments...
...efforts so far have been informal, and the members of the Social Relation department who have been active in the Kamin drive are waiting for developments in Federal Court before making a more defined campaign. Both defense and government lawyers have presented briefs on the indictment. Oral arguments on them will be held Monday...