MOZAMBIQUE INSTITUTE 3. 9 OCTOBER 1964
matter being taught in the current courses.
The approach the Mozambique Institute has taken in solving this
problem is to create an intensive tutoring system within the hostel.
The tutors work directly on the material given in class, coordinating
their teaching with that of the staff of the refugee school.  In
this way the tutors can help to fill in the background knowledge
necessary to an understanding of a subject without taking precious
time from the classroom.
Another function of the tutors in relation to the classroom
v/ork is to make sure that the student understands well the points
given in the classroom.  A majority of the Mozambican students are
having classes in spoken English for the first time, and in many
cases the lecture delivered is not fully comprehended.
Aside from the classroom tutoring, but related to it, are the
classes and private instruction to be held in English composition
and comprehension.  Two methods of instruction are being studied:
one, a well-tested "language lab", and the other a play-back tape
system.  One or both of these systems will be used.  Although the
lab equipment will not be immediately available, classes held by
the tutors will begin as soon as the hostel is occupied at the end
of this month.
In addition to the English language program, another series of
classes will be conducted on "How To Study".  These courses were begun "under the auspices of the Mozambique Institute, but could not
continue due to lack of facilities.  V/ith the opening cf the Mozambique Institute hostel, these important classes can continue.  The
emphasis is on note-taking, that is, getting the important points
from a lecture or discussion, outlining and simple library research.
Prom the short time the course was held earlier in the year, there
was a noted improvement in classroom performance, and the school
staff agreed that such a course of instruction is imperative.
The refugee school is hoping in the future to conduct classes
in commercial and administrative training.  When this special
course begins, we will set up a tutoring lab to accompany such instruction.
Somev/here in the schedule of the hostel must be fitted training in hygiene and rudimentary first aid.
The Mozambique Institute now has one resident full-time tutor
and one part-time tutor, and will probably add a third part-time
tutor to the staff by the end of October, as well as there already
being a tutor-administrator staff of tv/o.  In addition, as a result
of explorations during a recent visit to the United States, plans
are under way to obtain qualified teachers from Brazil who can
communicate with the students in their first European language,
Portuguese, as well as in English.  Within the next month and a
half, the Institute should know with certainty if these teachers
are available.
2.  Now that a large lecture room in the hostel is
available to us, it is our intention to organize programs of educational and cultural interest that v/ill broaden the students' knowledge of himself and his world.  It is hoped that the various information services and qualified persons from different organizations
in Dar es Salaam will consent to present such programs.  They might
include:
a)  lectures by University College staff on their
special topic of interest, for instance, "The
Place of History in Solving Today's Problems",
etc.