Over the past six decades, the field of teaching modern foreign languages to young learners has come a long way, from the early surmises about the advantages of a young start to today's widespread integration of foreign languages into curricula in public and private schools. The chapters in this book bring together internationally renowned…

This storybook/workbook presents a communicative-based approach to learning German as a foreign language. It is intended for developing the reading skills of the young learner of German in Alberta. The text concerns the adventures of a child. Interspersed throughout the story are various exercises in which the learner is engaged to fill in or…