The Effect of Foreign Language Instruction on Basic Learning in Elementary Schools

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Academic Achievement Through FLES: A Case for Promoting Greater Access to Foreign Language Study Among Young Learners

“…Early FLES research by and large found that making time for FL instruction in the elementary curriculum had no adverse effects on academic achievement among student participants. Studies conducted by Lopato (1963), Johnson, Ellison, and Flores (1961), Johnson, Flores, and Ellison (1963), and Leino and Haak (1963) comparing the academic achievement of students participating in FL instruction versus their nonparticipatory peers concluded that FL student participants demonstrated no significant loss in achievement in other curricular areas. More comprehensive findings of subsequent research on FLES and academic achievement now will be examined.…”