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Association for early multilingualism in day nurseries and schools, reg. soc.

- L´association pour la promotion du plurilinguisme aux jardin d´enfants et aux e´coles -

Here we offer information, you may ask questions, and publish your own opinion. We hope for an active participation and an informative exchange of experiences.

ON the FMKS

BASICS for early foreign language learning

• English text on central points of early bilingual learning | PDF-Version
• Flyer "I can speak two languages" (in German), central points about multilingualism
• Results from early English in the Altenholz/Kiel integrated system of day nursery / kindergarten and elementary / primary school, Results, PDF (in German)
• How to become a teacher in Germay.PDF. Comprehensive guidline to an allowence to work as bilingual teacher. Press release, PDF
• Addresses of German kindergartens, schools and universities providing bilingual lessons New and updated!
• Introductory guide for the creation of a bilingual kindergarten (PDF in German)
• Introductory guide for immersion programs in primary schools (PDF in German)
• Job market
• Recommended learning media
• subscribe fo our free newsletter (in German)
• more articles in English language about immersion and "An Integrated View of langualge Development", 2002

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  CUMMIS, Jim: "Immersion Education for the Millennium: What We Have Learnd from 30 Years of Research on Second Language Immersion"

• MET, Myriam: "Foreign Language Immersion Programs"

• KERSTEN, Kristin; IMHOFF, C.; Sauer, B.: The acquisition of English verbs in an elementary school

• BURMEISTER, Petra; Daniel, A.: How effective is late partial immersion? Some findings from a secondary school program in Germany.

• ROHDE, Andreas; TIEFENTHAL, C.: On L2 lexical learning abilities

• WESCHE, B. M.: Early Frensch Immersion: How has the original Canadian model stood the test of time?

• KERSTEN, Kristin, 2008, Uni Köln "Comparative studies in the phonological L2 acquisition in bilingual pre-schools", pdf

• ELIAS Intermediate Report 2009

Altenholz near Kiel, Germany: children wanted with very good knowledge of English for the 5th grade / form in Grammar School starting in autumn. Interested parents are kindly asked to get in contact with us.

Further important information

More schools in Germany offer bilingual classes. Bilingual means that the new language is the spoken language in class. Subjects like geography, biology, history are for instance taught in another language, mostly in English. This method is widely spread in countries like Canada or Finland and it guarantees very good results. The PISA study as well as other studies on education show that Canada and Finland are in the first ranks. Adresses of bilingual kindergarden / nursery and bilingual schools
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