Setting the Lesson: Teaching in a rural school means you often have students at several levels of foreign language during the same class period. The beginning students often do not get the full attention needed to be successful in learning the basic phrases, sentences and structure.

Beginning students need

• constant interaction
• quicker feedback
• the freedom to make mistakes without penalty

Objective: Create adaptable programs using HTML, JAVA, and audio files that allow the students to work at their own paces and provide immediate feedback.

Beginning students will

• hear the basic sentences and phrases
• type out the words they hear
• Allows the students to visualize what they hear and to better comprehend the written word.
• classroom expressions
• first phrases
• use CLOZE to paraphrase a short reading passage
• Demonstrates that the students understand what is being read rather than just repeat back meaningless phrases
• use mulitple choice to show how one sentence or phrase leads to the next
• Demonstrates students' ability to analyze and synthesize how one thought leads to the next