Procedure
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In the Kirundi synopsis (Appendix O, pp. 284-309), they are enclosed in boxes.
A suggested procedure for constructing a learner's synopsis is the following:
- Write a connected essay on the structure of the language, with no examples. There are two reasons for omitting examples this step: (a) It is easier to be sure of the continuity of the exposition, and (b) the exposition will be less dependent on specific examples.
- Break this essay up at every point where examples ought to be inserted. Assign a number to each such section. These section numbers will be available for cross-referencing from lesson materials of various kinds. (A Swahili synopsis that has been brought to this stage is found in Appendix N, pp. 261-271.)
- Choose some one field of interest from which to draw a small amount of content vocabulary. One might in fact choose two or more such fields, and produce two or more parallel versions of the same synopsis, each within its own small vocabulary. (In the Swahili example on p.389, the principal topic is 'meetings, as reported in the press.')
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