Foreign Languages Spoken Here: How One District Gives Elementary School Students a Head Start on Learning Another Language.

Hankin, Carole G.; Sachs, Randi T.

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ERIC Number: EJ621355

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Publication Date: 2001

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Foreign Languages Spoken Here: How One District Gives Elementary School Students a Head Start on Learning Another Language.

Hankin, Carole G.; Sachs, Randi T.

American School Board Journal, v188 n2 p40,51 Feb 2001

In a Long Island school district, foreign-language study is part of every elementary school student's curriculum in grades 2 through 5. More than 90 percent of sixth-graders choose to study a language and have the chance to participate in 7-year and advanced-placement programs in these languages. (MLH)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, French, Italian, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation, Second Language Instruction, Spanish

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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