The teaching of foreign languages in the elementary school
Edition: Prelim. ed.
Publisher: D.C. Heath
Published: 1953
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
Subjects: Modern Languages; Study and teaching
Description: The most distant peoples are now our neighbors. With this awareness has come the realization that we need foreign languages in the building of international understanding. Once this need was recognized, our educators acted without delay. Latest estimates indicate that by the end of the school year 1952-1953 about one hundred communities in some thirty states were conducting foreign language programs in one or more public elementary schools. This little book is a study of this rapidly developing trend. - Foreword.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [67]-81.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The present situation; title: Why begin languages in the elementary school?; title: How do you start?; title: What should be the second language?; title: At what age is it best to begin a second language?; title: Should languages be offered to all or only to selected pupils?; title: The importance of continuity; title: Fitting a foreign language into the curriculum; title: Who should teach languages?; title: Languages in the primary grades : principles and techniques; title: Foreign languages in the middle grades; title: Foreign languages in the upper grades; title: The place of the language teacher in our school and society; title: Appendix. Selected bibliography of available materials; title: Sample lessons and key.