Sequel to the article Two Years with the Saint-Cloud Materials," which appeared in the March 1966 issue of Modern Language Journal". (DS)

Discusses teaching foreign language in kindergarten as a way to foster favorable attitudes for serious language study at a later date. Outlines some classroom guidelines and expectations based on experiences in two kindergarten FLES programs. (EKN)

Describes project designed to enhance the elementary core French program through presentations of history, culture, and life-style of French-speaking peoples by noncertified Francophones from the vicinity. Project has been successful and has produced a more tolerant outlook among students for other cultures. Uses foods of France and early life in…

Presents case supporting an interaction-centered approach in teaching second languages to young children by illustrating problems caused by a teacher-centered approach, such as concentration on the referential function of language, fear of error, task-centered learning strategies. (BK)

The author argues that foreign language instruction in the United States is generally begun too late and that it must be started at the elementary school level. (CFM)

This article describes the first phase of a project designed to introduce the teaching of English and French into a certain number of classes in elementary schools in Turin, Milan, Rome, and Naples, Italy. (CFM)

A conference was held in Montreal in November 1975 which focused on research related to the immersion approach to second language teaching. Background information and purposes of the conference are given. (RM)

Employs a question-answer format to discuss how and why principals should introduce foreign language in the early grades. Includes such questions as what foreign-language programs are suitable for K-8 schools? Describes four models for foreign-language instruction in elementary schools: Sequential FLES, Sequential FLEX, Exploratory, and Immersion.…

The increased interest in FLES (Foreign Language in the Elementary Schools) programs has prompted many foreign language educators to consider the impact of program articulation on the development of a successful K-12 language program. Program articulation is the process of providing a smooth transition between foreign language classrooms, and can…

This series of illustrated texts in beginning Swahili is a project of the Language Section of the Curriculum Development and Research Centre of the Ministry of Education, Nairobi, Kenya. The course is designed specifically for children who begin the study of Swahili as a second language in Standard (Grade) 4. Students' texts consist of Volumes 1…

A program is described in which advanced high school language students acted as tutors in Spanish and French in a FLES program. (RM)