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Peer reviewedWilliford, Mary L. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
A program is described in which second-year high school students taught elementary students French, Spanish, or German. The program, begun in 1975 in Memphis City Schools, involved 80 high school students and approximately 1,500 elementary students in the 1977-78 school year. (SW)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, High School Students
Download full textJacobs, Gabriel H. L. – Foreign Language Annals, 1978
An immersion program in a public elementary school in Montgomery County, Maryland, uses French as the medium of instruction in academic subjects. The program is based on the theory that language is learned best when there is a need to understand and communicate in that language. All students are eligible for enrollment in the multi-age classes.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Education
Peer reviewedRhodes, Nancy C.; Heining-Boynton, Audrey – Foreign Language Annals, 1993
This article describes a three-year teacher training project that aimed to improve the training of elementary school foreign language teachers at institutions of higher education. The training model paired North Carolina teacher trainers with experienced elementary school teachers who served as their mentors. (eight references) (JL)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cooperation, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education
