Never Too Early [microform] / Alicia Diaz and Others
- Bib ID:
- 5575384
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Diaz, Alicia
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994
- 10 p.
- Summary:
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The approach to English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction for preschool children at Instituto Crandon, a private elementary-secondary school in Uruguay is described. First, characteristics of Uruguay and its educational system are outlined, stressing the advantages of temperate physical environment and high literacy rate. Then background information on Institute Crandon, established as an American missionary school, is presented. English is taught at the school from preschool through junior college levels, and about 90 percent of students taking British and American language proficiency tests achieve passing marks. The current approach at the preschool level is to have an English-speaking teacher visit the classroom daily and, with the Spanish-speaking teacher, engage the children in critical and logical thinking activities in ways that foster participation, independence, and self-assurance but do not emphasize early production. A brief bibliography, video presentation script, and notes on program participants are appended. (MSE)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (28th, Baltimore, MD, March 8-12, 1994). Written by the preschool teachers at Instituto Crandon, Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Teachers.
- Practitioners.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Classroom Techniques
- Educational Policy
- English (Second Language)
- Foreign Countries
- Language Role
- Preschool Children
- Preschool Education
- Private Schools
- Program Descriptions
- School Policy
- Second Language Instruction
- Student Characteristics
- Two Year Colleges
- Young Children
- Uruguay
- Instituto Crandon (Uruguay)
- Genre/Form:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1994
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