Integrating Foreign Language and Content Instruction in Grades K-8. ERIC Digest.

Autor/inn/en	Curtain, Helena; Haas, Mari
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC.
Titel	Integrating Foreign Language and Content Instruction in Grades K-8. ERIC Digest.
Quelle	(1995), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Design; Elementary Education; Instructional Innovation; Integrated Curriculum; Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Thematic Approach + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrplangestaltung; Elementarunterricht; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Themenzentrierter Unterricht
Abstract	This Digest focuses on the method of teaching foreign languages in Kindergarten through Grade 8 using content-based instruction. In this approach, the foreign language is used as the medium for teaching subject content, such as mathematics or social studies. In content-based instruction, students become proficient in the language because the focus is on the exchange of important messages, and language use is purposeful. The Digest discusses ways of planning for content-based or thematic teaching, where the curriculum is organized around a thematic center. Activities that teach language concepts along with the content are interrelated and are planned to fit within the framework of a lesson or thematic unit. Three examples of planning for thematic or content-based teaching are provided, including a semantic map or web based on the solar system, a chart for planning a unit on Puerto Rico based on Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, and a chart for planning a content-based unit on architecture using the Unit Plan Inventory. Other helpful suggestions for planning lessons that integrate language and content instruction are provided. Contains five references. (JL)
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