a one semester/one level approach?
re-thought, before we go any further. If we want our students to becomeproficient in foreign languages, then we should look for examples to theeducational systems of the world that have have proven most successfulin achieving this goal. Sweden begins with English instruction in the1st or 2nd grade, Germany in the 5th. Japan, too, gives attention toforeign language at an early stage in the student’s development. The keyto achieving that goal of proficiency is, exactly as Marilyn Barruettaindicated regarding foreign language-SAT score correlation, prolongedlanguage practice. We seem to be rushing the process, if we try to cramone year’s work into one semester.Ken Reed======================96/02 From-> “Erwin A. Petri”
