FLAME-Foreign Language Alternative Mastery Example: the FLAME approach in its evolution

• Autores: Isabel Dulfano, Jill Kwan
• Localización: Hispania, ISSN 0018-2133, Vol. 90, Nº 1, 2007, págs. 123-130
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Demographic trends indícate the need for early foreign-language instruction in the twenty-first century. One program that serves the elementary school population is FLAME-designed to provide early FLES/FLEX extra-curricular training. The article discusses research available on the benefits of foreign-language learning at the elementary level, the objectives and implementation of FLAME over the course of a decade, and finally, provides examples of curricular materials in use at a five-language elementary-school program.