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It is our intent to open a window of opportunity for our students by providing an elementary Spanish program based on communication, culture, communities, connections, and comparisions. Our students will become global citizens and develop critical thinking skills as a result of studying a foreign language. We will offer a sequential, content-based program which involves students, parents, teachers, and the community. |
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E-FLAP Program Description |
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The Elementary Foreign Language Assistance Program (E-FLAP) is a three year federal grant that was awarded to the Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit to coordinate the implementation of elementary Spanish into local school districts.
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Espanol Para Ti |
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Espanol Para Ti is the program chosen by district teachers for the E-FLAP grant. It is a program that was developed to teach the language and the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Teachers do not have to speak Spanish to use this program successfully. The program offers support so that teachers can learn with the students.
The program is presented through the use of videos that are fun and exciting. Kits are provided to facilitate instruction. The kits include:
- Videocassettes which serve as the core of instruction
- Teacher’s Manual
- Teacher’s Resource Book
- Activity cassettes for listening and speaking
- Song cassettes
A visual package is available which includes:
- Hand puppets
- Flashcards
- Posters
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| FLES* |
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Foreign Language in the Elementary Schools (FLES*) is the sequencial approach that will be used in our program. | |
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The student objectives are based on the five Cs: communication, culture, communities, connections, and comparisions.
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Communities |
- Students will use language in community settings.
- Students will communicate with speakers of Spanish via video conference, audio tapes, e-mail, and face to face.
- Students will identify professions which require proficiency in another language.
- Students will share vocabulary, stories, songs, or other information with peers, family, and community members.
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| Culture |
- Students will participate in games, songs, recitations, oral presentations, and other cultural activities.
- Students will identify cultural differences among people of the world.
- Students will identify, experience, or produce foods, art work, music, clothing, and other cultural products, ideas, or perspectives.
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Connections |
- Students will connect their knowledge of Spanish with other topics, materials, and subjects studied in school.
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of concepts learned in other subjects in Spanish, such as weather and math facts.
- Students will discuss topics and skills from other school subjects in Spanish.
- Students will listen to or view material in Spanish on topics being studied in other classes.
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Comparisons |
- Students will compare language and cultural components between Spanish and English.
- Students will identify words that are borrowed between English and Spanish.
- Students will demonstrate an awareness of formal and informal forms of language, the existence of cognates, and idiomatic expressions.
- Students will demonstrate an awareness of similarities and differences in the sound systems of English and Spanish.
- Students will compare and contrast cultural aspects of Spanish and English such as behaviors and gestures.
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Communication |
- Students will use Spanish to communicate orally in situations using common vocabulary forms used in basic speaking.
- Students will use greetings, leave takings, and other oral expressions in a culturally appropriate way.
- Students will follow and give simple instructions.
- Students will interpret gestures, intonation, and other visual and auditory cues.
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