Across: | | 1. | A large Arabic speaking country in North Africa, where children begin English in Grade 1. | | 3. | In this Spanish-speaking European country, English is taught using content from other subjects beginning in the 1st grade. | | 7. | This European country strives to inculcate EFL teachers with a need for continual personal and professional development. | | 9. | In this southern European country, the government lead expansion of English for young learners preceded the preparation of trained EFL teachers. | | 10. | This major Asian Pacific city adopted a literature-based approach to English instruction for young learners. | | 11. | On this large Asian Pacific island, when English instruction shifted from 5th grade to 3rd grade learning centers guided students toward learning autonomy. | | 12. | In this northern Asian country, the curriculum for young learners focuses on communicative competence. |
| Down: | | 2. | Situated between Europe and the Arab world, this country is focused on assuring that primary teachers are highly skilled with appropriate textbooks and curriculum for young learners | | 3. | This south Asian island addressed reform through improved teacher competence. | | 4. | A south Asian country with a long history of English teaching needed to modernized instruction for its young learners of today. | | 5. | In this central American country, when English instruction began in primary school the secondary school English curriculum need to be revised. | | 6. | In this South-East Asian country, English was taught in 3rd grade, then shifted to 1st grade and back to 3rd grade to assure that the young learners could read in their home langauge. | | 8. | An eastern European country that uses a three part curriculum model to assure quality instruction for young learners. |
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