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Grand Prix Wagon Racing: Speaking the Language—Having Fun
Author(s) -
Alsop Thomas W.
Publication year - 1980
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.1944-9720.1980.tb00743.x
Subject(s) - foreign language , feeling , race (biology) , visibility , psychology , event (particle physics) , mathematics education , pedagogy , sociology , social psychology , gender studies , physics , quantum mechanics , optics
This article presents guidelines directed at the organization of a Grand Prix wagon race. Such an event provides more visibility to the foreign language program. Parents and school administrators are able to observe the students speaking the foreign language. Interactions between parents, teachers, school administrators, and students improve. Students experience a new feeling about the language which they have studied in the classroom. The ultimate results of the race can be translated into increased enjoyment and appreciation of foreign languages.