This can have a major impact on the enrollments in level I and II foreign language courses. Therefore, the availability of those courses will need to be closely examined to guarantee that there are no conflicts with singleton courses in other areas needed or recommended for college entrance. Teachers in North Carolina are reporting increased enrollments at all levels of foreign language instruction. Consequently, in the absence of additional faculty, class sizes are also being affected. Because the beginning levels of foreign language study are so focused on the development of oral and aural skills, students must have the opportunity to be directly involved with the language in a variety of ways.
Smaller classes can promote the interaction needed for successful development of language skills.
In many instances, there may not be enough students at advanced levels of the foreign language to warrant scheduling individual classes. When necessary, advanced levels can be combined provided the students' levels of language are not too far apart. In several cases, teachers combined Level IV and Advanced Placement courses. Following are several additional suggestions for scheduling foreign language courses on the block. With this scheduling option, a student takes the first course and only misses a summer of instruction before the second one.