of the following sides comma apostrophe 39 colon semicolon quotes u201c u201c parenthesis this invention in preferred form consists of eight basic steps for learning a foreign language learning a second language and for accelerating the language learning process with students who are speech impaired dyslexic or autistic and to students of exceptional ability only some of these steps are needed for native speakers who need to learn syntactic analysis and for native speakers having special needs 1 new vocabulary and linguistic items are introduced through a dialogue this is in audible form teacher tape cd video multimedia the students look at a picture depicting the passage dialogue as they listen the listening pieces are authentic language and are used to later generate authentic language from the students 2 the students 39 listening comprehension is checked through a series of activities the listening piece may be played again and it is recommended that the students repeat after listening for pronunciation and intonation practice students may role play the dialogues 3 the students listen to and sing songs with the new linguistic items being presented as they look at a picture depicting the song students sing with gestures which carry meaning gestures are used as much as possible throughout the lesson the teacher may refer back.