Foreign Language Education in Elementary Schools: Revitalizing and Maintaining a Workable Program.

Autor/in	Finney, Rachel Elaine
Titel	Foreign Language Education in Elementary Schools: Revitalizing and Maintaining a Workable Program.
Quelle	(1996), (82 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Stellungnahme; Articulation (Education); Audiolingual Methods; Curriculum Development; Educational History; Educational Needs; Elementary Education; FLES; Grammar Translation Method; Higher Education; Immersion Programs; Language Acquisition; Language Enrollment; Program Development; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Programs; Second Languages; Suggestopedia; Teacher Education; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Elementarunterricht; Grammatik-Übersetzungsmethode; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Immersionsprogramm; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Programmplanung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Second language; Zweitsprache; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	A discussion of foreign languages in elementary schools (FLES) includes both historical and current overviews of FLES in the United States and makes recommendations for development of FLES programs. The historical review looks at program design and methods during the 1950s and 1960s and the successes and failures of program types and approaches. Examination of present conditions looks at the variety of teaching methodologies used and their outcomes, with some attention given to the way children acquire their first language and its implications for second language learning. Advantages and disadvantages of various methods (grammar-translation, audio-lingual, cognitive-code, direct, Natural Approach, Input Hypothesis, Suggestopedia, Total Physical Response) are explored. It is concluded that salient needs include: community and administrative program support; expansion of immersion programs; expansion of languages offered; teacher training; development of technology use; better articulation across grade levels; and additional research. Contains 33 references. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC