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The FLES Methods Course: Key to K‐12 Certification
Author(s) -
Mitchell Jane Tucker,
Redmond Mary Lynn
Publication year - 1991
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.1944-9720.1991.tb00497.x
Subject(s) - dramatization , certification , practicum , course (navigation) , computer science , storytelling , mathematics education , pedagogy , psychology , linguistics , engineering , political science , narrative , art , philosophy , literature , law , aerospace engineering
This article discusses the components of a FLES methods course in a state where K‐12 certification in second languages is now mandated. Special emphasis is placed on Integrated or Content‐based Instruction, second language acquisition, and a unique practicum incorporated into the methods course which enables the participants to demonstrate such techniques as Total Physical Response, storytelling, and dramatization. Finally, the course evaluation procedure is presented as a means of assuring that teachers' needs are being met as their second language programs expand to upper levels.