Earl W. Stevick

“ Tourism should attract not only Europeans, but people from allover Africa as well. Hotel employees should be given good clothing and living quarters.
The president of the association replied that not all hotels are guilty of discrimination against African employees. He also said that when Africans have time off from their jobs, they prefer farming to travelling. There was discussion of the practice of ordering some items from abroad. ”

“ Students practice introducing themselves, or one another, mentioning both name and position. The instructor should of course pay attention to linguistic correctness, but should also coach them in non-linguistic matters such as when, how, and how long to shake hands. ”

“ The content of these materials may be related to the student's extralinguistic interests in at least three areas:
(1) A Foreign Service Officer is concerned to show common courtesy to all people with whom he deals. One aspect of courtesy is getting people's names right. The following exercises provide experience in remembering and handling names:
(a) Students quiz one another on what position is occupied by each person mentioned in the article, competing to see who can be first to get all six pieces of information right. ”

“ All that remains is to find the article, cut it out, mount it, place it in a looseleaf binder, decide what lexical areas to explore, and devise ways of relating its content to the extralinguistic interests of the student. All of these steps except the last are highly mechanical.
It appears, therefore, that the four questions of Phase 2 (p.194f) can all be answered favorably with respect to the very pedestrian news item chosen. Items that are more interesting ought to be even easier to handle. ”

“ A representative of the Tanzanian Labor Office said that it is important to pllow entrepreneurs to run their businesses without interference, and that many employers had already initiated plans to train Africans for responsible posts, and had hired Africans at lower, middle and higher levels. ”

“ After 12 months of technical training, they will serve an additional 12 months in factories. The trades include mechanics, weld1ng, plumbing, electricity, and construction.
The special goal of this experiment is to establish standards of competence which will be useful to employers and workers alike. Anyone who does not meet these standards will be denied a certificate. ”