Term
Summer 8-14-2015
Capstone
Thesis
Degree Name
MAESL
Primary Advisor/Dissertation Chair
Julia Reimer
Secondary Advisor/Reader One
Julie Schmidt
Peer-Reviewer/Reader Two
Grant Swanson
Abstract
The main research question addressed in this paper is: what does the literature say about effective EFL approaches to be implemented in a private elementary school in Spain? In order to fully answer that question this capstone addressed the following question as well: what teaching strategies are effective for developing fluency in an EFL setting for children? The method of study was a systematic review of literature. Key influencers were Björklund and Suni (2000) and Björklund (2005). They studied a Finnish immersion school that used content-based instruction in a multilingual program with successful results. Another key influencer was Pérez-Vidal (2013). She discussed findings of several studies on CLIL programs in Spain and compared results of intensive ESL in Quebec with CLIL in Spain. The literature showed that content-based EFL instruction is the most effective approach for elementary EFL and effective teaching strategies are stories combined with drama, rhymes, and songs.
Keywords
Elementary EFL, Elementary Content-Based Instruction
Recommended Citation
Swanson, Krista Emily, "The Most Effective EFL Approach for an Elementary School in Spain" (2015). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations. 223.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_all/223