Foreign Language for Smarties

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By John Walters on Friday, November 28, 2003.
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John Rassias is a professor at Dartmouth and a renowned teacher of language teachers. The Rassias Method is aimed at engaging the students and getting them to talk as much as possible. John Rassias talks about his method, the importance of learning a foreign language, and what's wrong with traditional foreign language courses. He also teaches John a little Greek!
Rebroadcast from May 2002.

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