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Black, Susan – Executive Educator, 1993
Foreign language study is finding a niche in the elementary school curriculum. Schools now offer Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Swedish, and Japanese, instead of teaching mostly German and the Romance languages. Studies agree that children pursuing foreign languages show more creativity, divergent thinking, and higher-order thinking skills and score…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Program Development, Second Language Instruction