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ATale of Two Schools : Developing Sustainable Early Foreign Language Programs / Richard Donato, G. Richard Tucker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New Perspectives on Language and EducationPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781847693105
  • 9781847693112
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P53
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: A Tale of Two Schools -- 2. Program Development and Implementation -- 3. A Comprehensive Model of Program Evaluation -- 4. Documenting Student Language Achievement -- 5. Documenting Language Program Development: The Views of Parents, Children and their Teachers. -- 6. The Sustainability of Early Language Learning Programs -- 7. Emergent Themes of Successful Programs -- 8. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix A. Modified ACTFL Rubric for the Presentational Mode of Communication of Intermediate Level Learners -- References -- Index
Summary: This volume documents a sixteen-year longitudinal study of two elementary schools in which Spanish and Japanese foreign language programs were implemented and evaluated. Evaluation of the programs involved documenting children’s language development, assessing the attitudes of various constituents, and examining critical issues related to the introduction and successful operation of a well articulated sequential foreign language program in schools. The volume concludes with a discussion of possible reasons why over time certain sequential foreign language programs flourish and grow while other programs are reduced or eliminated from the school’s curriculum. Parallels with the theory and practice of environmental sustainable development are used as a framework for this analysis.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: A Tale of Two Schools -- 2. Program Development and Implementation -- 3. A Comprehensive Model of Program Evaluation -- 4. Documenting Student Language Achievement -- 5. Documenting Language Program Development: The Views of Parents, Children and their Teachers. -- 6. The Sustainability of Early Language Learning Programs -- 7. Emergent Themes of Successful Programs -- 8. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix A. Modified ACTFL Rubric for the Presentational Mode of Communication of Intermediate Level Learners -- References -- Index

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This volume documents a sixteen-year longitudinal study of two elementary schools in which Spanish and Japanese foreign language programs were implemented and evaluated. Evaluation of the programs involved documenting children’s language development, assessing the attitudes of various constituents, and examining critical issues related to the introduction and successful operation of a well articulated sequential foreign language program in schools. The volume concludes with a discussion of possible reasons why over time certain sequential foreign language programs flourish and grow while other programs are reduced or eliminated from the school’s curriculum. Parallels with the theory and practice of environmental sustainable development are used as a framework for this analysis.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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