Is the learning of a second language best begun in the junior school? Originally published in 1974, the authors draw upon studies of language learning and upon developmental characteristics of children, relating them to second language learning, in order to assess the appropriateness of French to the curriculum. The possibilities and limitations of the task confronting the child are explored.
The book is a practical one with many references to classroom organisation and teaching techniques. The restrictions of imitative learning are relegated to their limited place, and a higher aim is suggested, that of meaningful and productive language use.
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction: Aims of the Study
2. The Evolution of
French as a Component of the Primary Curriculum
3. Relevant Educational
Factors at the Junior Stage (a) Considerations Arising Out of the Development
of the Primary Curriculum (b) Attitudes and Interests and some of their
Implications
4. The Significance of Language Development
5. Intellectual
Development at the Junior Stage
6. Schools Visited: An Educational
Perspective
7. Summary and Synthesis. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.
Barbara Rapaport, David Westgate
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