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Realizing the Vision of Quality PreK–5 Spanish Language Programs: A Longitudinal Perspective
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In this paper, the authors offer a candid overview of the past one hundred years of pre-k-fifth grade Spanish language teaching and learning in the United States, including programs, program models, and factors that impact the success of learners and programs.Abstract:
Abstract:This essay offers a candid overview of the past one hundred years of preK–fifth grade Spanish language teaching and learning in the United States. Among the topics addressed are numbers of programs, program models, and factors that impact the success of learners and programs.read more
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PreK–5 Foreign Language Programs: No Longer an Endangered Species?
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Celebrating 100 Years of Hispania: Overview and Response
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Using FLES History to Plan for the Present and Future
TL;DR: In this article, the history of FLES in the United States is examined and six other important and recurring reasons for FLES decline in the fifties and sixties are explored.
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Elementary School Foreign Language Teaching: Lessons Learned Over Three Decades (1980-2010)
TL;DR: This article conducted interviews with 16 leaders in the field of early language education to elicit their views on such topics as program models, instructional approaches, proficiency assessment, and advocacy, and 10 lessons learned are presented in the form of recommendations for the expansion of proficiency-based language programs in elementary schools.