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Earl W. Stevick,  Adapting and Writing Language Lessons… (1971)

“ I would also like to express my gratitude to the deans of neglected-language teaching in this country, Bee and Bill Welmers, who over the years have not only pointed the way, but have also cleared much of it with their own hands.
Three Directors of Language Training for the United States Peace Corps have contributed to this project: Allan M. Kulakow by introducing me to International Volunteer Training; John M. Francis by asking the right questions
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Earl W. Stevick,  Adapting and Writing Language Lessons… (1971)

“ In 1969, I drafted for the Peace Corps a set of five fascicles on developing materials for language learning. Revisions of some parts of these have entered into Chapters 2, 6, 7 and 8 of this report. The drafts were discussed and tested rather widely during that year: in a workshop for language coordinators from the districts of Micronesia, held in February under the direction of David Burns ”
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Earl W. Stevick,  Adapting and Writing Language Lessons… (1971)

“ Anita Politano, language teacher and trainer of teachers in Hilo, Hawaii;
Kenneth L. Rehg, former language specialist for the Peace Corps in Ponape and currently a graduate student at the University of Hawaii, who made many comments over a long period of time;
J. Richard Reid, Chairman of the Department of Romance Languages at Clark University, both as a language teacher and as a trainer of teachers;
John M. Thiuri, one of the best language instructors I have seen or heard of, who teaches Swahili at the Foreign Service Institute
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