Intensive foreign language acquisition using the “4 by 4” semester block schedule.
This shows how a student could experience a semester-long language immersion (perhaps including a foreign exchange) after taking an introductory language course the semester before. (Both schedules on page 2 reprinted from R. L. Canady, Block Scheduling, with permission.)
Blocks
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Fall Semester
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Spring Semester
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Block 1
(90 min.) |
Course 1
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French 2-4 |
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Block 2
(85 min.) |
Course 2
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Lunch
(35 min.) |
Lunch
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Lunch |
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Block 3
(90 min.) |
Course 3
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French 2-4 |
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Block 4
(90 min.) |
Course 4
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