t4 ik (;r -int of 71(,.(,2 P, II's O'l f (";it(-IOry of exi,,--Ilfiitt@l'C Afliotnt i@ia I invest itliitocls f(,(.s ................. $ 2 s s i-;; t a,,, t. 5 .p7 r,@, i-ic I tt inj --mom". 1) y . ........ 6 6 5 2 Secret, I ............... 301.47 .......... C ons I! I L S ....... ........ Cl ltition with tile t w,) leichitty 2 irclitd-ii-g @,pare I ant iarts, 5 ,@@tict m;iintenance costs ......... ......... .... ii,i99.53 Statioiiery ........ @O.O. 2 89. ,iq P-rintitig and 'relro@jiuct i-o;i Ot-A. 17 Photopr3phic st.@I)plies a!td 1 i?2.63 Telephone, telegraph, s!tipl)ino ........2. 103.95 Tapc- recordiri(i eqiiiprkic-nt an@i t)85. 16 S'lati-stical analysis anj comc@ij@l-g 0 ......... 41.50 Travel ...... ...... 10215.85 24'.60 ,)pace rental anti overhead ....... Ace6untiiig error (pro,,)erly to ',P- counte(! witi@ one of tlie tybove categori,@ .. ................2 1.00 (;r@)rti '@ital ......... $ 2r). 1-t-2.62 Receivel in i.wo grants 25,172.62 .,tnce 6 0.00 D,. Ser)tember 19, 1960 I-le.,Porandtnn to Subject:- Teaclii.ng l@L-icl)ine Project A final accoti-riting aiid re,,-,)ort will bi fort-hoomirg on tla" projt,@ot wben it is coir@,oleted. In the meantine, I)i-.IIMwa-YifOrn;3 us when he is & need of a payiricnt an(-l that is for-,iarded to hii4. The status on this pi@oject is as foLLoi;s: Total rec2eived:' $22,e,?16.02. Jurib, 1959 5,679.62 Fel-)ru,in.r 1960 5,000.00 tkuetist 196o -5i-QO- 0 -O 0 Pal,-@nce in the accotpit to dite $ 37,037-00 I certify th,4@t tl-,ds is a true statem(--,Yit of the status of this project. I'kt Arrj@l 9., 1959 *maw c 0 EL t 7(, o2 W,@ L-vx,, tc) ,,@io coo-, ""taw v ba -,)Ii-,),-l@@d '(@o in 'tilie; 2 b-2 co@,111 ju@;' ify p4iilt-ici:@)@-@ti,ri- iii thic-@ th;-- 2 Lir@d tbfi@t -tior, iii of h.-lyl iri I t ,id u@ Li, ro tbr@t d t t2o in thi., I not "1,3tify i 1-o t"4,L o c@-- 2 17-1 do 0 o-z.,.@toryo tb,-@ ft@@c-iliti.es O' o:C cif ,,, tc.,ctclliili5e t 0 b it r;, to I)-,) C)r L959 I-ic. .1-(! to b,.D thxt @,le J.1 of 8 oi, fl- @l 4 -.ry- Zo c@). o-li R B C B I P T Receipt is Yiereby ae-knovled&,ed of the following: Tieacurer's che ),1-53 in,tb@o f'@'ftCA)nt 0 -k 17 166 f $22,716 7 on ttie D%3,,abla! to ]Date.- .......... (@*i en Fj I I td rn) CONF!DE,\@T!AL FUNDS ?OSTING VOUCiiER I",?@-UCHER NO. 7- 1 2 2 DATC 2-6 UCHER NO. 7- i2 4. 39 68, 711 2 DE:SCRIPTION-ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS 13- 33 3 47 - 5 2 1 59- 6 7 STA, TION 40- 4 2 4 5- 46 OEL I G. LLIT, LEDGER 2 DUC 7 1 8 0 26, 33 C( EXPEND P CF. NO. 4 '7 DATE T )DE AY R 2 5 ACCT. N 0 . ........ PER . .......... c!A3 l@:11.AL AMOUNT -2WC7.- CODE LEDGER 62-67 --- PROP ADVANCE DESCRIPTION-ADVANCE ACCOUNTS 1 3- 27 .P. UIR ..... L 0 2 YR ACCT. NO. C.K... N.O. OBJECT CREDIT 3 IFY cm P N 0 . X REF. NO. CLASS 2 "D2.' I I I I I I I I I I i t I I I I I EXPLANATION OF ENTRY ITOTAL$ 2 :)A-, E EPARLD BY DATE REVIEWED BY PAYMENT OR CREDI-I 2 CERTIFIED FOR PI, DATE SIGNATURE OF ;ERTiFYiNG OirFir.Eit 2 /@7 FORM 2- 58 606USE PREVIOUS EDIT:ONS. 9 10-42) 31 It.4ctrcti 1959 tieu@iou'ar-@,dtim dated 9? bee@, ap, 71,5. ti2ll l@roject 1,.avo lieen rss/VASB 19 1959 @4 fi fi ii,@l F C) Su 4",A. D40. 1 2. @lle tr-2@ Actiii- L4 C,--.'Leer by ?I @,lzty 19,59. ivvoice. is ),11"icls)ited 2 bo- O'bli..-ated for thic; -oroji@et, t'tle t ',A 1-il QiWt!o 'A. f Z S C e@ T-,RS/FA@'iB 6 I mr4w -22, C)ificc.,r f-)r t@-o aa ali-@oult of awet bt-A 2 t ir, 'I@iill L-.Ia ciiii @,tee, fc...r project, @tie files be 1, it r i 3 Uri-, Zi Acldrez@;c@- TSS/FA@13B TSS I GI) T S S C D (19 N-1p,@y 195c,) INVOICR. For S@-rviec@a $?.Z, 716. 62 ................................................ .......... Ci-2--'IITIFICATIONS (1) It ir, t'ti@kt tl,,i,- is lixvoico @ill -,plilyizig to Subproject No. 9;., of x:,;:@rfor@iiiance is sitisfactor@,r, tt,.it services ire beirg in ,,tero2i-d,-,nce i-iiuttial 'that -I (letailed Cf t't-l@3 recci,,t@- is o@-x file iti TSS/Cj-), tlii!, bill is ju,@,tt and correct ari@-I tl-%t I)ayt-,i-ieiit thereof 1-ips not y2ct ber-.r. t@,ctitig Ciiief, TSSiCheii,@ical Divisioi r) t 0: cer'uifiec4 ttiit this irivoice to S,:tbi>roject No. 94 of i-;as d,-tly al.-prc.,vc.,3, ap-d ttiit the liroject is L@eir@- ca,,xried cut ilk of 13 Ar-ril l@-53 froi-ti tb-e I)k'l to t@lic J)DIA, ttie of -,u@thority i-i subseque-.it irex-nor0anrj,-i. C,(@l to ai.-,-r v to Z TSS/CD (31 r c,i 19 59) kil 30 lbroli 1959 ICI@'Oft-k@l-iD'JM FOR: THE RECORD SUBJECT @IKULTRA, Subproject blo. 92 It The purpose Of this project io to e-xplore the usefulness of rtiechailizatio-,i in foreign language training. It w-1.),,l involve the pro6-ra,,T,zLing of language waterial for most effective learn- liig and will incli,.de the testing of such an approach on hi:mum subjects. 2 This work is imdertaken in response to a requireiiir--.iit established by the VLfice of Training. 2. Dr. a psychologist ard lin O- has subizi t-d the attac'neo. propo,,ial en4i budget to the 2 covering the-. necessary research. 3- The Sceiety's interest in iiiteritaticinal conatunication and intercultural phero@inena generally,,- -.n(I its si,.pport of other projects 2 indivietv-als %nd ins'itutions should provide cover involvin@-, for its participatio-,i in stich a project. 4. FiLn(ling and supei-v qioii of this project be heiid.led by 2 in the regular manner. Accoviiting for ttip- funds ex-penkie,,l will be according to the pro<:ediires previouqly established fo re tive o grants - - 9 to tinwitting Any9 unused funcla remaiiii.rig at the conclusion of the project will be return,-A to the A6cncy. Travel funds will. be )DRWR 2 - account-ecl for Jn a r,.,anner consisterit with tY est&b'liohed practice 5. The totil cost of tie- project wil). be $22,7i6.62. CIL,@,ge3 2 should be nad-e a,-,aiiir@t Allotrieiit 9-2502-75-902. -m-is app-roved by the Agency for access to To,,o 6. Dr S--cret material. Chief 2 TSS/Cla,;-nical Division API)RO@7,I) FC)'.R OBT,)-GA7iI 0"l OF "L4 'ns. ee 0 Date: t7 Distribution: Oiirin,,-l7 on,Ly. PROPOSAL Jrterest in the teaching of r@riodern foreign languages 1).atk increased enormously in the last decade. Among recent indic--tions of this surge of interest have been the provisions of the National Defense Edueition Act of 1958 for iicreased support 2of fr,,:cign langtiage teaching and regearch, and the recoi-i-ti-iicridation@; of the "Co-ia.,r,.t report" (The ,k7,,nerican Hich School Today, by James B. Conant) to the effect that talented high school students should study four years of a foreign Iz-ng-,iage. 2 In seeking to make a co-@itribu-tion to the field of rnoderti foreign language teaching, the -vvriter's previous research efforts have been directed toward improving ttit selection of trainees and toward nxeasuriiig the success of training. 1.@,'ven with the best possible methods of selecting trainees trid measuring thei2r achievement, however, the quality of the traininar given to the students is the xnost iix-iportant factor in the ultimate success of language training programs, whether in schools and colleges or in governrnenttl agencies. Cotisiderable interest has latel@, been evinced in the possibility of 2 supplementing forcion lan@,,uage instruction by means of purely automatic "teacb-ina n-.x;kcl-tipes" .vhicl)k would provide optirnally "progri.n-inied" iristrkic- tion. A-h.-- central features of such maciiiiies would be : (a) arrangements for 2 the seqlxe-rttial presentation of the n)ateria.1 to be learned, broken dowli into relatively small units ',and graded in difficulty; (b) provision for appropriate responses to be m,-.de, by the subject; (c) prog.-ai-xi,@-x-ting of the sequencing of the presentation as a functi2on of whether the subject's responses are ck)r- rect or n-:)t; and (d) a i-iiaxiriial etegree of linl,@age between the inachi.tie ar..d the learner. Because of these features, it is believed tl--,Ftt learning might progress raore rapidly and accurately with the n-tachine than under the usual 2 conditions of learning. It is hoped further that properly designed machines can surpass i,.i efficiency such relatively simple devices as the tape recorder. Ar, suggested by Porter's review (2), the idea of automatic tea6hifig rn,tchit-ies is by no Y-neans new. Some years ago, Pressey, Ft 01-iio State 2 University, developed an instrument for automatic "self-testing." During World War 11, the Special Devices Center of the Navy Department exploited a number of self-teaciiing inechanisms. An article by B. F. Skinner of I-larvard University (3) was probably largely responsible for the present inte6rest in teaching machines. Skinner viewed the problernfrom a some- what novel angle, i. e. , in terms of (a) breaking Uie behavior to be learned 2 les of reinforcement, into Einall ul-lit,'3, (b) applying cippropriate scheiu ay that the availability of cor- and (c) utilizing "proii)pts" in such a w cement was enhanced. Skinner ond other@-, rect response-, for reinfor have developed and used teaching Yriachines with considereble succe$s in coniection with the teaching of phyaics, psy,,.hology, arithmetic,, voc2abu'Lar n@nd spelling. Yi. Very little h,-is been done with the teaching of foreign languages by i-n.-.cliines with the autoniatic featlires of those used in the siudt;-s just nieritioned, partly because the -ontent being ta-aght2 could be pro- sented solely by visual display. Ttiere is a publist,.ed account by Ferster and Sapon (1) of teaching a foreign language (Geri-nan) b a very simple device cortstrtlr,-ted in accord.-xt)ce with Skinner's principles, but these invest2ic_rators sougit only to tef,,ch a knowlede"e of the written laviguage, l'or foreign langiiage teaching, correlited visual aii-i auditory displays would obviously be desirable. It Is true, OIL, course, that various kinds of arrp-ng--merits involving sir,.gle-chatinel or du-al-clian-kiel tape recordings 'nave been e-niployed extensively iri so-called "langualve laboratories" coii- nected with foreir!@n 1,-Anguage courses, but these nischities do not have the progrz,.n-ityied and r.TLitornatic features which are.central2 to the Skinner-type teaching rjnacl-tine. It is the intent of this proposed research to e).plore the possibilities of developing ,t practical and efficient tekching machirae for various aspects of fore ,r. language itistrttctio@.'I, to investigate w2hat ph,4tses of ii-Lstructi.oii are best suited to teaching by machines, aiid to discover principles for the liprogrsuiroinct" of xyiaterial for iliost effective leariiin 9. Mal, References: 2 1. Perster, C. B., .ttid Sapon, S.M. The te 0 erroan by an automatic teaching device. Harvard Educational Review, 1958, 28, 2 2. Poiter, Douglas, A criti-cal review of a portion of the literature on teachitig devices. flarvird Educational Review, 1957. 27, 1,26-147, 1 3. Skinner, D.P. The science of le,,xrning and the art of teaching. flarvard L'dticational P@eview, 1954, 24, 86-97. Saleries anci Consulting Fees; PrinciP 'ti or ............ $3,000-00 ai Ilives -gat' Research Assi.stant secretai-y ar-d Clerks ........ $5,216.62 2 F,,xl3p-riiiental Silbjlcts Sarvi.ce3 and SITPPlies ................. @ll"foo.oo TrF,vel ................................ $1,000.00 y,erit xnl 0,.rerhoaa ..................... $ 600.00 Total $'e2,7i6.62