Introduction and Overview a. The Contact Approach ... 1 b. Exploring Downtown Vancouver Contact Unit ... 4 c. Flowchart for Downtown Vancouver Activities ... 8 Diagnosing the Students' Language Ability ... 10 Activity I - Mystery Trips around Downtown Vancouver ... 12 Activity II - Identifying and Locating Major Landmarks in Downtown Vancouver ... 17 Supplementary Activities (Teaching Component) Activity A - Following Directions on a Maze Grid ... 24 Activity B - Following Directions on a Downtown Vancouver Maze Grid ... 27 Activity C - How Well Can You Understand the English Speaker's Direction Signals? (Simplified version) ... 34 Activity D - How Well Can You Understand the English Speaker's Direction Signals? (Complex version) ... 41 The Contact Tasks The Nature of the Contact Tasks ... 54 Suggested Mystery Trips ... 59 Developing your own contact tasks ... 86 Final Preparatory Activities ... 90 Mini Contact Assignments ... 93 Bus Information ... 95 Operation of the Tape Recorder ... 97 The Feedback Sessions ... 98 Appendix ... 109 The Language Master ... 123 Bibliography ... 123
