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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, May 5. 1959
Anderson Urges Language Study in High Schools
Study of a foreign language should begin as early as possible in a child's school life, preferably in the first grade, according to Kenneth E. Anderson, dean of the School of Education.
"Children learn other languages as they learn their own, by means of four consecutive steps," the dean went on. "Those are, in order, hearing, speaking, reading and writing. The sooner these are started, therefore, the better for the student's early development in language fluency," he said in an interview.
A year ago, KU introduced a program of major emphasis in the teaching of foreign language for students preparing to teach in the elementary grades.
The dean added that neither he nor other educators recommend that every child be required to learn a
foreign language. In fact, advanced study should be reserved for the academically talented.
The present practice of offering only one or two foreign languages in public schools should be abandoned, he said. Three or four modern languages, including the possibilities of Russian, Chinese and Arabic should be considered. These should be offered before, not after, the classical Greek and Latin, he believes, since expericence has shown that the classics are mastered more readily when offered against a background of modern languages.
Dean Anderson, who was director of the University High School at the University of Minnesota before coming to KU 11 years ago, emphasizes the necessity of having able and enthusiastic foreign language teachers whose interest in their field is contagious. Students in the University High School completed as much as four years in two languages, for top performance, the dean noted, and many completed four years in one language. However not all students were enrolled in foreign languages, since the course was not compulsory.
Students who have high verbal ability are the best candidates for foreign language study. The dean concluded:
"Perhaps of greatest importance is a return to an intellectual climate in both public schools and colleges, where foreign languages can assume their important place in the educational process."
An open-air theater in Berlin, Germany, called the Waldbuehne seats 25,000 and is one of the largest in the world.
Official Bulletin
Ph.D. German Reading Exam, 9-1 am., May 9, 314 Fraser. Books for prepared part of exam must be turned in at 306 Fraser by Wednesday noon. No books accepted later. Only candidates approved by Graduate School are eligible.
TODAY
Statewide Activities, 7:30 p.m., Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union, year-end meeting for all executive board members, chairmen and hometown correspondents.
Society for the Advancement of Man-
agement, 7:30 p.m., Kansas Union, Bob Remley general manager of Myer and
Hennessy Inc. "Case Problems of a Small Business."
Centron Motion Picture Corp. staged reading of "The Long Shadow." 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre. KU students 50c with LD., regular tickets $1.
TOMORROW
Lutheran Gamma Delta, led by Pastor B. Brantley; baptized in Danforth Batchfield, from $30 to $49.
Int-Varsity Christian Fellowship
fellowship from St. Joseph at Dianorth
Church, speaker and prayer
Episcopal Morning Prayer. 8:45 p.m.
and Holy Communion, 7 a.m. with breakfast.
8:30 p.m.
Newman Club  Mass, 6:30 a.m., St.
John's Church, 11th & Kentucky.
Assemble unancia su ultima reunión durante la fecha de Mayo. Notese el cambio de tiempo. Se lleva 7:30 de la tarde en la sala C del Laboratorio de despedida: 1. Escenas de la Programa de despedida: 1. Escenas de la
vida Española por la clase del Professor
Naval. 2 Ejercicios. 4 Refrescos.
1. Vida Española por la clase del Profesor
Naval. 2 Ejercicios. 4 Refrescos.
1. Vida Española por la clase del Profesor
Naval. 2 Ejercicios. 4 Refrescos.
Newman Club Executive Committee
Newman Park, St Lawrence Catholic
Student Center
THURSDAY
THURSDAY
University Women's Club luncheon, 1
p.m.; Program and Business Meeting; 2
p.m.; Kansas Room. Union.
A recent ordinance provides for a $10 fine for supermarket owners in Kenilworth, N. J., whose shopping carts are found abandoned in the streets.