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A tale of two schools : developing sustainable early foreign language programs / Richard Donato and G. Richard Tucker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Donato, Richard.
- Series:
- New perspectives on language and education.
- New perspectives on language and education
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Programmed instruction.
- Language and languages.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching.
- Children--Language.
- Children.
- Language acquisition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Tonawanda, NY : Multilingual Matters, c2010.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This volume documents a sixteen-year longitudinal study of two elementary schools in which Spanish and Japanese foreign language programs were implemented and evaluated. Evaluation of the programs involved documenting children’s language development, assessing the attitudes of various constituents, and examining critical issues related to the introduction and successful operation of a well articulated sequential foreign language program in schools. The volume concludes with a discussion of possible reasons why over time certain sequential foreign language programs flourish and grow while other programs are reduced or eliminated from the school’s curriculum. Parallels with the theory and practice of environmental sustainable development are used as a framework for this analysis.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: A Tale of Two Schools
- 2. Program Development and Implementation
- 3. A Comprehensive Model of Program Evaluation
- 4. Documenting Student Language Achievement
- 5. Documenting Language Program Development: The Views of Parents, Children and their Teachers.
- 6. The Sustainability of Early Language Learning Programs
- 7. Emergent Themes of Successful Programs
- 8. Summary and Conclusions
- Appendix A. Modified ACTFL Rubric for the Presentational Mode of Communication of Intermediate Level Learners
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-14759-9
- 9786613147592
- 1-84769-311-3
- OCLC:
- 701057070
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