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Download full textNelson, Robert J. – 1970
The French department, commonly viewed by chairmen and faculty as the conveyor of culture, is admonished to revamp its curriculum and attempt to embrace a broader, more humane understanding of the nature of culture. With the traditional, belletristic, college French curriculum having been rejected in favor of programs based on "cogency, cohesion,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Language Programs, Colleges, Cultural Education
Nelson, Robert J. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1971
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Enrichment, French, French Literature
Peer reviewedNelson, Robert J. – French Review, 1972
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Context, Educational Radio, Electronic Equipment
Nelson, Robert J. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1970
Published as an article in French Language Education: The Teaching of Culture in the Classroom," edited by Charles Jay and Pat Castle, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield, Illinois, 1970. (DS)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Development
Nelson, Robert J. – Bull of the Pennsylvania State Modern Lang Assn, 1965
The separation of language study from literary study is advocated in this discussion of today's attitudes on language teaching. Observations of the slow rate of acquisition of speaking and reading skills even among better students leads to suggestions for changes in conventional allocations of time and function assigned to students and teachers as…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Cultural Context, Language Instruction, Literature
