Guidelines for Starting an Elementary School Foreign Language Program. ERIC Digest.

This digest provides useful information on starting an elementary school foreign language (FLES) program. Individual sections address the following: (1) cautions in planning a FLES program; (2) initiating the planning process; (3) designing the program, with special attention given to scheduling and language choice; (4) programs that lead to high levels of language fluency; and (5) determining program feasibility. (Contains 10 references.) (VWL)