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CHAPTER 3 is better than:

the names of the people in the family 'with whom you are living, and how they are related to one another.

Even the latter is better than:

'Try to use this vocabulary (i.e. kinship terminology) outside of class.'

Occasions for use, then, should be both and. But they should also be and.

Excellent examples of such suggestions are to be found in the sections on, in Appendix R, pp.346- 364. Rehg (private correspondence) comments on some of these examples as follows:

An important aspect of Ponapean culture is the title system. Each adult, unless he is something of an outcast, is assigned a title, and is subsequently known by that title in all formal and many informal situations. However, most foreigners do not know these alternate 'names.' A student who has learned the relevant structures and vocabulary can be assigned a task of the following kind:

(a) Elicit the titles of the adult members of the family you are staying with. Record this information, and bring it back to your instructor.

(b)What are the literal meanings of these titles?

(c) within the Ponapean title system, how important are these titles?

Completion of these tasks accomplishes a number of objectives. Part (a) gives the trainee an opportunity to use the language that he has learned in a manner that is following an assignment that is. Part (b) provides him with the basis for countless hours of interesting discussion on a topic that fascinates most Ponapeans; therefore, the task is. Part (c) brings the student to grips with the power structure of the community. Foreigners seem to be very curious