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Download full textThompson, Lynn E.; Kenyon, Dorry M.; Rhodes, Nancy C. – 2002
This study validated the Student Oral Proficiency Assessment (SOPA), an oral proficiency instrument designed for students in elementary foreign language programs. Elementary students who were tested with the SOPA were also administered other instruments designed to measure proficiency. These instruments included the Stanford Foreign Language Oral…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, FLES, Immersion Programs
Barfield, Susan C.; Rhodes, Nancy C. – 1993
This paper describes the partial immersion program (PIP) at Key Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia. In this program, which has completed its seventh year, half the day is taught in English and half in Spanish. The review of the program, which included classroom observations, teacher and staff interviews, and student assessment, revealed a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English
