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Greensmith, Catherine – 1991
The University of Hull (England) has a 2-year commercial French course within its language program. The first-year of the course is required of all undergraduates. Materials are largely written by faculty. All faculty have additional training in French economy and culture. Testing occurs twice a year, with four written skill areas from the French…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Degree Requirements
Camara-Norman, Filisha; And Others – 1987
The restructuring of the Romance language program at Howard University to improve oral proficiency involved modification of goals, syllabi, classroom activities, and testing. Goals were adapted to American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)/Educational Testing Service (ETS) guidelines for oral proficiency. Assessment of French…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development
Download full textGrosse, Christine Uber; And Others – 1992
A study investigated: (1) the average language proficiency level as determined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) attained by 271 college seniors majoring in 6 languages (Spanish, French, Russian, German, Japanese, Italian); (2) current and projected uses of the ACTFL OPI by…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Seniors, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
Vann, Samuel – 1996
A university teacher of English as a Second Language describes the use of CNN Newsroom materials to teach listening skills. The basic news broadcast materials, including video and audio tapes, are provided by CNN, and have been developed by the teacher into instructional units. A classroom guide is available on the Internet. The instruction is…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Audiotape Recordings, Broadcast Journalism, Cable Television
Richardson, G., Ed. – 1983
Key areas of modern language teaching are addressed in 10 articles. In addition to a general overview of methods and aims of foreign language teaching, attention is directed to the audiolingual and audiovisual revolution, language study for the slow-learning child and for the child with above average ability, imaginative learning activities for…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Courses, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction
Galvan, Jose L.; Kamhi-Stein, Lia – 1996
A proposed program in English as a Second Language (ESL) for limited-English-proficient students at California State University at Los Angeles (CSLA) is outlined. Eligible international students and recent immigrants and refugees would be identified and placed using a test of English for academic purposes. The proposed program would consists of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education)
Savignon, Sandra J., Ed.; Berns, Margie S., Ed. – 1984
A collection of readings on communicative language teaching explains what communicative language teaching is and how the goal of communicative competence is being met by teachers. The following articles are included:"Functional Approaches to Language and Language Teaching: Another Look" (Margie S. Berns); "Contextual Considerations in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
