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Gerling, David Ross – 1994
This digest presents a technique and activities for using Spanish language ads and public service announcements in the Spanish foreign language classroom. The technique has been used successfully with students in the Galveston-Houston, Texas area. Segments of the scripts of one announcement and one commercial advertisement are provided, as well as…
Descriptors: Advertising, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Second Language Instruction
Haas, Mari – 2000
This digest describes the use of thematic, communicative language teaching in the K-8 foreign language classroom. Such theme-based curricula can reinforce or extend the content of the regular classroom curriculum and give coherence to language lessons. Themes for curriculum units can be derived from many sources. Teachers should choose themes that…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Education, French, German
Tucker, G. Richard; Donato, Richard – 2001
This digest describes the implementation of a successful district-wide elementary school foreign language (FLES) program that resulted from the superintendent's vision to have all students in the district study a common foreign language throughout their schooling. This vision was based on the superintendent's belief that American secondary school…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Cooperation, Elementary Education, FLES
Winke, Paula; Stafford, Cathy – 2002
Rapid demographic changes and an increasing recognition of the critical need for professionals who are proficient in languages other than English have led to an interest in developing language programs and classes for "heritage language learners" students who are raised in a home where a non-English language is spoken and who speak or at…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Heritage Education, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans
Lee, Lina – 1999
One of the challenges facing many foreign language programs today is maintaining high quality instruction despite increased enrollments and teacher shortages. One strategy for meeting this challenge is collaborative teaching. Collaborative teaching can occur in various settings and for different purposes. Studies of team-teaching have shown its…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, Cooperation
Rivera, Klaudia – 1999
There are no good figures on the number of limited English speakers who are also illiterate in their native languages. This data is worth having because there is research indicating that literacy in the native language plays an important role in the acquisition of oral English and the development of English literacy. This digest reviews recent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodian, English (Second Language)