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Experienced language teachers will recognize their ancient and trusty friend the action chain, disguised here as a Cummings device. The subject matter is appropriate for almost any group, although the questions themselves are seldom asked outside of a language classroom. The questions would have been a bit long for absolute beginners, but this was No. 68 in a series of Cummings devices.

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See pages 320-321.

This is an excellent example of a Cummings device set out in standard microwave format. The list of key words in the left—hand column of M-l makes that section of the lesson into a simple substitution drill. C-1 and C-2 could have been combined, by putting the noun into parentheses. As a good C—phase should, C-3 takes the user beyond mere mechanical combination of what was in the M-phase.