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Importance of Teaching Foreign Language

The purpose of this paper is to address the need for and importance of teaching foreign language to elementary level and middle school children. The paper emphasizes the use of team teaching methods as a particularly effective approach to foreign language learning.

Several specific instructional team teaching approaches are described and delineated. Further, the paper addresses some of the requirements and needs associated with the use of team teaching for foreign language learning at the elementary and middle school level.

Foreign Language Learning at the Elementary and Middle School

There are several reasons to offer foreign language learning to elementary and middle level students; this because foreign language learning offers middle and elementary school level students not only the opportunity to learn another language but several additional benefits. One such benefit, according to Stones (1991) is that, if offered in a proper instructional format, foreign language learning can help students understand others' culture. What makes this benefit especially important is the fact that learning about another culture is an especially important goal of multicultural instruction which is one of the primary philosophical and curricular foundations of the contemporary American educational system.

Regarding the proper instructional format, Stones (1991) states that a particularly effective instructional method for teaching a foreign language to elementary level students is one that combines the use of both the student's first language and the use of the language he/she is learning with learning activities centering around games, the use of worksheets, and the development of student projects. Adding to effectiveness is the use of a team teaching approach.

The approach developed and discussed by Stones (1991) is based on her experiences in teaching French to mixed-ability fourth- and fifth-graders. Specifically the tea...

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