Foreign Language Education

PART ONE: POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
Second Language Education - G Richard Tucker
Issues and Perspectives
Foreign Language Instruction in the United States - Lynn Thompson, Donna Christian, Charles W Stansfield and Nancy Rhodes
PART TWO: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES IN IMMERSION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION
Information Processing and Foreign Language Learning - Amado M Padilla and Hyekyung Sung Kim
Language Learning Strategies - Mary McGroarty and Rebecca Oxford
An Introduction and Two Related Studies
The Development of an Oral Assessment Instrument for Immersion Students - Nancy Rhodes and Lynn Thompson
The CLEAR Oral Proficiency Exam (COPE)
Assessing Language Proficiency in the Less Commonly Taught Languages - Charles W Stansfield and Dorry Mann Kenyon
An Extension of ACTFL Guidelines
PART THREE: IMMERSION EDUCATION: DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION
Language Immersion - Marguerite Ann Snow
Overview and Comparison of Three Programs
`Key Amigos' - Nancy Rhodes, JoAnn Crandall and Donna Christian
An Elementary School Partial Immersion Program
A Bilingual Partial Immersion Program - Kathryn J Lindholm and Amado M Padilla
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
Instructional Methodology in Immersion Foreign Language Education - Marguerite Ann Snow
Spanish Language Attrition of Immersion Graduates - Marguerite Ann Snow
Methodological Considerations
PART FOUR: CONTENT BASED INSTRUCTION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION
Using Content-Based Instruction in the Teaching of Second and Foreign Languages - JoAnn Crandall and G Richard Tucker
Content-based Instruction for the Teacher of Foreign Language in the Elementary School - Helena A Curtain and Linda S Martinez
Spanish for Spanish Speakers - Sheila M Shannon
A Curriculum Involving Translation Skills
Innovations in Immersion and Foreign Language Education - Halford H Fairchild and Amado M Padilla
Contributions from Bilingual Education