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| Title | Article Features Glastonbury School District’s Foreign Language Program |
| Body | From http://tinyurl.com/ytzw54 Foreign-Languages Acquisition a Vital Part of District’s Mission By Kathleen Kennedy Manoa November 6, 2007 Thousands of Glastonbury, Connecticut, students have built proficiency in French, Russian, Spanish, Latin, Japanese, and now, Mandarin Chinese. The 8,000-student district began fashioning its renowned foreign-language program half a century ago in what was then a rural hamlet outside Hartford. The program is now viewed as a model for meeting the demand for graduates with language skills and an understanding of other countries and cultures. Thousands of Glastonbury students have built proficiency in those languages, as well as Spanish, Latin, Japanese, and now, Mandarin Chinese. The 8,000-student district began fashioning its renowned foreign-language program half a century ago in what was then a rural hamlet outside Hartford. The program is now viewed as a model for meeting the demand for graduates with language skills and an understanding of other countries and cultures. By high school, many Glastonbury students are going on study trips abroad and exchange programs that immerse them in the language and culture they’ve been studying. Half of all Glastonbury graduates have studied at least two languages throughout their schooling, while four in 10 have acquired some knowledge of three languages. Read the entire article at http://tinyurl.com/ytzw54 ; this will require a free registration process which will enable subscribers to access two Education Week articles per week. The Glastonbury Foreign Language Department has its own website which is full of resources for language teachers, including examples of lesson plans and essential questions, an annotated list of resources for language teachers, and annotated lists of resources for American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and English Language Learners. Browse the website at http://foreignlanguage.org/index.htm . |
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