Sunday, July 21, 2013

Foreign Language ala Charlotte Mason Help

I'm working on my foreign language plans, and liked the suggestions on Charlotte Mason Help. However, they aren't all in one place for all the grade levels, so I thought I'd put them here.

Year 1:
(Choose a foreign language)
Illustrated children's tales
Audio -listen and read along
Copywork
Learn objects and simple every day phrases

Year 2:
Illustrated children's tales with audio cassettes or CDs
Transcribe sentences from tales.
Children translate small passages into English orally

Year 3: 
Listen to audio children’s tales with picture books
Children orally narrate from tales in English and foreign language
Copywork once a week from same story

Year 4:
Study target language’s grammar
Read from short books in target language and translate.
Copy and narrate favorite passages.

Year 5:
Transcribe favorite passages and narrate from children's literature in written and oral form alternating between English and target language.
Continue copywork

Year 6:
Continue learning the grammar
Begin translating literature passages into English in written form.