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Gurzynski-Weiss, Laura; Coulter-Kern, Mackenzie; Kuntz, Tess – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
While many elementary-level children in the United States still do not have access to a second/additional language (L2), an increasing number are educated via Foreign Language Exposure (FLEX) tracks. Our two-semester study examines elementary-level L2 learners' engagement, emerging L2 Spanish vocabulary use, and awareness of the arbitrary nature…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Elementary School Students
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Wilkerson, Carol – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
Contemporary best practices in the profession encourage teaching as much as possible in the target language, but when university faculty were observed teaching Spanish, the majority spoke English during instruction and many engaged in frequent code switching (alternations) between English and Spanish. Findings indicate that instructors used…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Code Switching (Language), English, Native Speakers
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Cannon, Emilie Teresa – Foreign Language Annals, 1983
Describes an advanced, nonliterary Spanish course which can be adapted to high school classes. (EKN)
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Business, College Second Language Programs, Course Content