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Peer reviewedDurette, Roland – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Descriptors: FLES, Language Skills, Language Tests, Program Evaluation
Download full textGASKELL, WILLIAM G. – 1967
THIS COMMENTARY ON AN EARLIER ARTICLE ABOUT THE DISCONTINUATION OF A 6-YEAR FLES PILOT PROGRAM (SEE "MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL," VOLUME 50, MARCH 1966) CRITICIZES THE LACK OF CLEARLY DEFINED GOALS OR EXPECTATION OF SUCCESS WHICH CHARACTERIZED THE PROJECT. THE PLANNERS MADE NO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES IN THE SCHOOL TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROGRAM AND FAILED…
Descriptors: FLES, Modern Languages, Program Administration, Program Development
Peer reviewedBourque, Edward H. – Hispania, 1970
Descriptors: Evaluation, FLES, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedNikolov, Marianne – Learning Languages, 2000
Provides insight into the teaching of modern languages to young learners in Hungary. Demonstrates how different the educational context is from the United States and how the Prussian educational tradition still influences today's processes. Also discussed are language teachers, resources of early language programs, young learners' attitudes and…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Elementary Education, FLES, Foreign Countries
OVSIEW, LEON – 1962
DESIGNED FOR SCHOOL AUTHORITIES IN A SPECIFIC NEW JERSEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THIS STUDY PRESENTS FACTS AND OPINIONS WHICH WILL BEAR UPON THE AREA'S DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO ADD FLES TO ITS CURRICULUM. IN FOUR OF THE CHAPTERS, THERE IS INFORMATION ABOUT--(1) RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS, (2) RESEARCH IN TEACHING FLES, (3) THE DISTRICT'S…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Feasibility Studies, FLES
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1976
This report describes the results of the Massachusetts study of foreign languages, part of the second phase of the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program. The assessment was conducted using a random sample of students from all over the state during one year of testing. The report is presented in five sections: (1) background of the study;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Bourque, Edward H., Ed. – 1968
This volume, one of a continuing series of annual reports which first appeared in 1961, focuses on the effects of early second language training and the reactions of students as they advance through high school language classes and college courses. The report discusses who chooses to enter FLES programs, criteria for admission, student response,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Curriculum Development, Educational Television, Elementary Schools
Shrum, Judith L. – 1985
Evaluation of a French and Spanish second language program in grades four through seven of a rural school system has begun with a formative evaluation for the first three years and will conclude with a one-year summative evaluation. The research questions focus on four concerns: (1) school personnel and parent perceptions of the program during its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, Educational Objectives
Wantagh Public Schools, NY. – 1968
These materials attempt to illuminate some of the effects of the Wantagh FLES program on high school language work and on the attitudes of students, parents, teachers, and administrators. Analyses are made of the performances of Wantagh High School French students on the Modern Language Association (MLA) Cooperative Foreign Language Tests for…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Audiolingual Methods, FLES, High School Graduates
Tucker, G. Richard; And Others – 1995
The report describes the implementation and continuing documentation of a Japanese second language program in a laboratory elementary school at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). The structure of the curriculum and instructional strategies used are described for each of the program's 2 years, and results of student assessments and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Curriculum Design, Educational Policy, Elementary Education
