Foreign Language in the Elementary Schools and Computer-Assisted Language Learning

Abstract

Within the last five years, state mandated environment in a FLES* program. The project foreign language instruction at the elementary consisted of classroom observations and anatyschool level has tripled (Education Week). This ses of materials usage in a FLES* program. The interest, although meritorious, has caught the object of the project was to try to define current foreign language education profession ill-prematerial needs in FLES* instruction and to ascerpared to meet the demands for qualified teachers tam whether or not current software already and materials that fulfill the special needs created developed for computer-assisted language by the elementary school language teaming enteaming (CALL) might be used to augment vironment (Rhodes & Oxford; Schrier). Pesota elementary school foreign language instruction.