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Figure
5: Elementary Schools with Foreign Language Programs Reporting Various Sequencing Patterns for Language
Instruction from Elementary through
Secondary School (1997)
26%
24%
11%
10%
9%
5%
15%
A: There is no foreign language instruction (of the
language(s) taught in elementary school) in junior high/middle school.
B: Students are placed in
exploratory language classes (general exposure to one or more languages and cultures).
C: Students are placed in Level
I foreign language classes along with students who have had no
prior contact with the language.
D: Students are placed in a
class where the course content and objectives are designed specifically to provide continuity from their
prior level.
E: Students are placed in
existing, more advanced classes not necessarily designed to reflect students’ prior language
level.
F: Students can enroll in some subject matter courses taught
in the foreign language.
G: Other
Type of Sequencing Planned
for Foreign Language Students
