We describe a prototype Computer Aided Instruction system for teaching Russian, which has been operational at Harvard University (Sept. 1970 to Sept. 1971), and at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (Sept. 1971 until present, depending on funds). The course allows the student to work his way through, choosing his own learning path, and the system provides "audit trails"; it gathers and analyzes data for basic study in the acquisition of a second language by individual students. Although the course stresses the Russian morphological system, the construction of the computer program is applicable to other languages and language teaching specialities.
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