Keeping It in the Target Language

Authors

Aleidine Kramer Moeller, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow
Amy Roberts, Pius X High School, Lincoln, NE

Date of this Version

2013

Citation

Published in MultiTasks, MultiSkills, MultiConnections: Selected Papers from the 2013 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, ed. Stephanie Dhonau (Eau Clarie, WI: Crown Prints, 2013), pp. 21-38.

Comments

© 2013 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Abstract

This article investigates how target language use can be optimized in the language classroom to enhance language development. Principles and guidelines for integration of the target language are extracted from empirical evidence and best practices demonstrated by teachers who maximize target language. Classroom tested strategies and examples are described and illustrated.