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1 Introduction: A Tale of Two Schools |
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Rationale for this Monograph |
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6 | (3) |
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Brief Review of US Experiences |
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9 | (3) |
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Brief Review of International Experiences |
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12 | (8) |
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2 Program Development and Implementation: A Contrastive Story |
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20 | (13) |
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The Japanese Program: 1992-2005 |
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20 | (4) |
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The Spanish Program: 1995-Present |
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24 | (5) |
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How Did the Program Begin? |
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29 | (4) |
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3 A Comprehensive Model of Program Evaluation |
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33 | (26) |
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The Culture of Assessment and Foreign Language Education Programs |
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34 | (1) |
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Profiles of Success: Our Emerging Assessment Plan |
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35 | (1) |
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The Challenges of Conducting EFLL Research |
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35 | (7) |
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Programmatic Issues: Transitions and Connections |
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42 | (3) |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (9) |
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57 | (2) |
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4 Documenting Student Language Achievement |
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59 | (37) |
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Students' Cumulative Oral Language Development: Year 1 of JFL |
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60 | (2) |
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Students' Cumulative Oral Language Development: Year 3 of JFL |
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62 | (4) |
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Documenting JFL Vocabulary Development in Year 3 |
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66 | (2) |
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Students' Cumulative Oral Language Development: Year 6 of JFL |
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68 | (4) |
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Students' Spanish Literacy Development over Time |
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72 | (14) |
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Relationships Between Classroom Instruction and Oral and Written Language Development |
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86 | (3) |
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Relationships Between Classroom Discourse and Student Independent Performance |
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89 | (5) |
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94 | (2) |
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5 Documenting Language Program Development: The Views of Parents, Children and their Teachers |
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96 | (27) |
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What Do Parents Expect their Children to Learn? |
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96 | (7) |
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What are Students' Impressions of their Language Study? |
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103 | (6) |
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What do Students Believe they can do with their Languages? |
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109 | (4) |
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The Role and the Contribution of a Foreign Language in the Life of a School: Contrasting Experiences |
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113 | (5) |
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The Foreign Language Teacher as Agent of Change |
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118 | (3) |
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118 | (5) |
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6 The Sustainability of Early Language Learning Programs |
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123 | (14) |
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Internal Conditions that Create Challenges |
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123 | (6) |
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External Conditions that Create Challenges |
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129 | (5) |
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134 | (3) |
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7 Emergent Themes of Successful Programs |
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137 | (12) |
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The Vision for the Program |
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137 | (3) |
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140 | (2) |
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Concern for Participating Students |
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142 | (2) |
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Positioning the Program within the Life of the School |
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144 | (3) |
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147 | (2) |
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8 Summary and Conclusions |
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149 | (17) |
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149 | (7) |
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Implications for Other Districts |
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156 | (1) |
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Implications for Additional Research |
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157 | (2) |
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Sustainable Development: An Environmental Perspective |
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159 | (4) |
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163 | (3) |
Appendix A Modified ACTFL Rubric for the Presentational Mode of Communication of Intermediate Level Learners |
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References |
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Index |
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