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Show Yanks Taught Language of Land Where They Are Stationed It is planned to supply every troop unit with a set of foreign language recordings upon leaving for a destination desti-nation where a foreign language is spoken. It is estimated that after six or seven hearings of the records and a short period of applied study of the references, the average soldier should have memorized sufficient phrases to provide him with aN adequate speaking vocabulary fur his needs. Dr. Henry Lee Smith, former instructor in-structor of English at Brown university. uni-versity. Providence, B. I., and director di-rector of the radio program, "Where Arc You From?" is in charge. He points out that although the procedure is based on scientific analysis of principles of phonetics and phoncmics, it is not inlciilcd as a basic conversational study of the foreign language. It was evolved only as an expedient lor quickly and easily instructing American troops. American troops embarking for b land where a foreign language is spoken will be taught an elementary speaking knowledge of that language through a new and simplified meth od of instruction featuring the use of phonograph records, it was an nounccd by the war department. The records are used in conjune tion with reference pamphlets con : taining instructions in pronunciatior j and a glossary containing furthei information on the language. |