Second language practitioners share the goal that their students reach communicative competence in the target language. Recent research finds regarding learning, however, have spawned a debate that has driven teachers to rethink the efficacy of the traditional practice of direct instruction of language usage. the Standards for Foreign Language Learning, as well as research that examines second language acquisition, support content-based instructional strategies tht employ sustained language use, cultural infusion, and contextual grammar instruction in a constructivist classroom. this project reviews that research, then synthesizes and applies the findings of the research through the development of units that implement strategies that include storytelling, reading, scenarios, music, art and video. 

Committee Chair: Dr. Don Woodcock.