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Components for a Preschool Foreign Language Program
Author(s) -
Szymanski Jeannette R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1979.tb00175.x
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , foreign language , adaptation (eye) , variety (cybernetics) , context (archaeology) , language acquisition , curriculum , psychology , repetition (rhetorical device) , language assessment , first language , computer science , mathematics education , linguistics , pedagogy , artificial intelligence , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , neuroscience , paleontology , biology
Factors contributing to the development of successful early childhood foreign language programs are considered within a specific context. Included are discussions of grouping strategies based on size and flexibility, and examination of curriculum design based on learned native language patterns, hierarchies of language learning experiences, variety of instructional activities, affective learning processes, adaptation of commercial and other prepared foreign language materials, and repetition of foreign language patterns within varied personalized environments. Sample learning experiences illustrate implementation of the various components and indicate a rationale for observed outcomes.