Monitoring and Assessing a Japanese FLES Program
Ambiance and Achievement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4933249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Donato (0000-0003-1131-7006, University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author), Janis L Antonek (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), G Richard Tucker (Carnegie Mellon University) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 497-528 |
| Publication date | 1996-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Learning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1996.tb01245.x |
| OpenAlex | W2074731822 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article reports on the third year of an ongoing research project to document and evaluate an innovative foreign language in elementary schools (FLES) program in Japanese for Grades K-5 (N=195). We report 2 strands of research. First, concerned with school and community ambiance, we attempted to describe systematically the attitudes and perceptions of various constituents of this curricular innovation. Second, we investigated the language achievement of children in Grades K-5 for oral proficiency, vocabulary development, and social uses of language. During a 3-year period, the children, regardless of age, made considerable progress in foreign language proficiency and developed positive attitudes toward language learning. Innovative language programs in the elementary school can move beyond their often marginalized status to become regularized features of the overall school curriculum
Curriculum · Foreign language · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Native-language instruction · Pedagogy · Teaching method · Vocabulary · Vocabulary development · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Context-sensitive assessment of modern languages in primary (elementary) and early secondary education
Research on language learning and teaching
Assessing Students' Oral Proficiency
Converging Evidence
Language Development in Social Interaction
Does Beginning Foreign Language in Kindergarten Make a Difference? Results of One District's Study
Teaching Spanish Through Distance Education
Reflective Teaching in Second Language Classrooms
A Look Back… A Look Ahead
The Whole Language Approach in the FLES Classroom
Using Video to Introduce Children to a Foreign Culture
A Multiple Perspectives Analysis of a Japanese FLES Program
Maturational Constraints on Language Development
The Politics of Change
FLES ∗ in Rural Georgia
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2013 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |