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Rh APPENDIX Q TO CHAPTER 6 CUMMINGS DEVICES IN A DO-IT-YOURSELF KIT (KIKUYU) (with Carolyn Jackson and John Thiuri)

The worksheets which make up this appendix were designed for people who find themselves in a situation where they must learn a new language on their own, and who have, or can make for themselves, pictures of life being lived in the language. The worksheets are of three kinds. The simplest deals with formulas and isolated useful phrases: greetings, 'thank you,' 'that is to say,' etc. The second kind of worksheet, which in effect produces Cummings devices, centers on questions based on pictures. The third type uses an action chain. In each type, the sequence of activities is (1) exploring, (2) establishing, (3) sorting, except that 'sorting' is not applied to the formulas.

The shorthand symbols in the 'establishing' sections of the worksheets are:

A - answer C - correction E - English F - foreign language, complete utterance f - "", fraction of complete utterance G - gesture n - number of utterances chosen for learning