| Inafaa kuchagua mtu gani kuwa (mwenyekiti)? | What kind of person should be chosen to be (chairman)? |
Answers to this question will elicit words and phrases of a generally 'adjectival' nature.
This news item thus fulfills the second desideratum (p. 195) by serving as a suitable basis for lexical exploration. The content of these materials may be related to the student's extralinguistic interests in at least three areas:
(1) A Foreign Service Officer is concerned to show common courtesy to all people with whom he deals. One aspect of courtesy is getting people's names right. The following exercises provide experience in remembering and handling names:
(a) Students quiz one another on what position is occupied by each person mentioned in the article, competing to see who can be first to get all six pieces of information right.
(b) As above, except that the students give personal names to match position titles.
(c) Simulated social function. Students practice introducing themselves, or one another, mentioning both name and position. The instructor should of course pay attention to linguistic correctness, but should also coach them in non-linguistic matters such as when, how, and how long to shake hands.
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