Presents case promoting foreign languages in elementary schools using study conducted to explore relationships between bilingual and cognitive abilities of Mexican American children. Favors additive over subtractive bilingualism. (BK)

This bibliography lists articles on bilingual education and elementary level French immersion programs for English-speaking children. (RM)

A British experiment in teaching French in primary schools was evaluated from 1964-1974 by the National Foundation for Educational Research. This paper describes the experiment and the students, their progress, and results of the study. (CHK)

This article questions the validity of many conclusions of the ten-year experiment with teaching French in primary schools in England and Wales in the report, "Primary French in the Balance." Some conclusions are based on restricted opinion conflicting with report data. Parallels are drawn with the "Pennsylvania Project." (CHK)

Reports on a content-based elementary Chinese as a foreign language program. Focuses on classroom language activities that are designed and implemented to serve the dual goals of language development and cultural learning. Investigated how classroom activities are organized to integrate culture/content and language learning for young beginners.…

Project addresses the challenge of providing Spanish instruction in small, rural, public, and private schools in Nebraska and Iowa. The project added Spanish to the curriculum by providing extensive support in technology hardware and software to non-Spanish-speaking classroom teachers who reinforce weekly Spanish classes taught by non-certified…

Presents an approach to articulating foreign languages in the elementary grades based on the content-enriched foreign language in the elementary school program model that links language, content, and culture through thematic units about francophone countries. Describes a curriculum design of a unit titled, "La Martinique" and illustrates…

A survey used to determine parents' attitudes toward implementing an elementary school foreign language (FLES) program in their children's school indicated support for a FLES program. Parents felt that foreign language study would have positive effects on their children's English language skills and increase their children's interest in continuing…

Discusses the various functions of grammar in second-language (SL) education, and examines the relationship between discourse and grammar in SL education. Two problems are then examined concerning the relationship between discourse and grammar within grammatical exercises, and with the help of concrete examples, suggestions are offered to better…

Outlines a four-step plan for maintaining discipline in the second language classroom that focuses on prevention, heading off problems, punishment, and crisis management. Maintains that effective teaching methods that hold student interest can often head off discipline problems. (four references) (MDM)

Elementary school second language instruction began in 1840 but has in general been restricted to a limited number of schools and programs. In 1969, Louisiana initiated an effort to become the country's center of French language study, bringing together resources from French-speaking nations and setting an example for other communities. (MSE)

Describes a lesson unit designed to encourage a global perspective among five to seven year olds in a beginning level Spanish class and discusses the implications of global education for foreign-language teacher preparation. (24 references) (Author/CB)

Discusses what are believed to be five areas of neglect in foreign language instruction in the elementary school. These include the following: time allocation, time on the task, teacher preparation, program expectations, and articulation. (GLR)

Provides a rationale for Foreign Language in the Elementary School (FLES) program evaluation, and discusses the development and use of the FLES Program Evaluation Inventory (FPEI). Questionnaires are provided for duplication, and step-by-step instructions are given for the administration, tabulation, and reporting of the five different forms.…

A brief overview of the importance of the use of appropriate methodologies for elementary school foreign language instruction precedes a description of several strategies involving total physical response, story telling, games and songs, props, small-group work, role-play, content-based instruction, cultural and global awareness, language…