This article briefly reviews the social, political, and economic context that explains the present status of elementary language education in the United States and addresses the challenges identified by recent reports on the state of language education in the United States. Different curricular models of world language education--exploratory,…

The underlying methodological approach of the CEFR is defined as being "action-oriented" and task-based (Council of Europe. 2001. "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment." Cambridge University Press: 9), although it explicitly leaves room for a variety of approaches, since the CEFR…

In 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Kindergarten Readiness Act into law, which changed the kindergarten entry age so that children must turn 5 by September instead of December to enroll. The new grade level was put into place to promote school readiness for California's youngest learners. It also established a new grade…

In 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Kindergarten Readiness Act into law, which changed the kindergarten entry age so that children must turn 5 by September instead of December to enroll. The new grade level was put into place to promote school readiness for California's youngest learners. It also established a new grade…

Articulated reading programs are critical toward promoting reading attainment. What constitutes the program components to be articulated is an essential question for consideration in the attainment of that goal. Suggests the factors necessary to develop well-articulated reading programs. (Author/RK)

An imaginative characterization portrays English teachers as one of four types: "Mighty Stonehenges,""Mad Mods,""Limpid Gazelles," and "Neo-realists." Of these types, the first three represent respectively the "ivory tower traditionalists,""latter day saints in the spell of experimental programs," and obsequious followers who jot verbatim…

The Evergreen State College seems to be working well as a nontraditional college committed to educational change and innovation. It provides a model for interdisciplinary education, developing basic cognitive skills and drawing all disciplines in probing specific problems. The necessary ingredients for a stimulating learning environment based on…

The educational excellence movement has made an academic curriculum a high priority for all high school students, including the 40 percent who do not go on to college. The joint efforts approach to incorporating basic skills into the vocational curriculum is based on the following assumptions: (1) academic skills are embedded in vocational…

The handbook is designed primarily as a preservice training guide for prospective immersion program teachers and secondarily as a resource for immersion program administrators and parents of prospective enrollees. It includes: (1) an overview of the immersion model, describing its historical context and key features and briefly reviewing research…

This module is the second section of a four-part how-to manual for integrating curriculum in grades K-12, especially in Missouri. The module focuses on how integration can occur, with topics ranging from communication to scheduling to various models, career paths, and thematic units. A case study and comments from teachers, students, and…

Based on experience with the program in South Dakota, this document contains 54 questions and answers about tech prep, the integrated academic-vocational system of education encompassing 2 years of high school and 2 years of college. The guide provides information on such topics as the following: what tech prep is, how Perkins Act funds are used…

This historically significant booklet explores problems and practices in the teaching of foreign languages in the elementary school. Specific chapters discuss second language offerings, student age and ability, enrollment criteria, program articulation, teaching techniques, and teacher qualifications. Variations in presentation for different…

This teacher's guide specifies language skills and related areas of knowledge needed for communicating in the target language. Discussion of the philosophy governing the Atlanta language program includes an examination of student eligibility, program articulation, teaching methods, testing, teaching materials, resources, and equipment for use in…

Information and recommendations concerning foreign language in the elementary school (FLES) center about a set of criteria for examining proposals and programs made in 1954. Included among the criteria are the importance of goals and their cooperative development, provision for the mental health of teachers and children, sound teaching-learning…

This bulletin on the teaching of foreign languages in the elementary school (FLES) is a comprehensive guide to curriculum planning. Major chapters include a discussion of FLES program initiation, teaching techniques and related materials, reading in FLES, correlation of FLES with other areas of the elementary curriculum, teacher preparation,…