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Download full textHaas, Mari – 2000
This digest describes the use of thematic, communicative language teaching in the K-8 foreign language classroom. Such theme-based curricula can reinforce or extend the content of the regular classroom curriculum and give coherence to language lessons. Themes for curriculum units can be derived from many sources. Teachers should choose themes that…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Education, French, German
