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Julia Carnine; Cristina Pérez Calleja – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2025
In a unique learning context, language-positive environments outside the classroom, not enclosed instruction on U.S. campuses, education abroad foreign language instructors develop distinct teaching practices. Education abroad researchers have accounted for informal learning opportunities, yet few have attended to onsite language instruction. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Second Language Instruction, Educational Innovation
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Labetoulle, Aude – Research-publishing.net, 2020
Most university degrees in France include languages as part of the curriculum. LANguages for Students of Other Disciplines (LANSOD) courses refer to language courses destined to students whose major is not languages, but another discipline such as musicology or chemistry. It is estimated about 90% of students enrolled in French higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Languages for Special Purposes, College Second Language Programs, Undergraduate Study
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Rahmatian, Rouhollah; Cheraghi, Haleh; Letafati, Roya; Safa, Parivash – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
This article attempts to realize the dominant approach in developing the academic curriculum of language degree and French literature in Iran. It concentrates on analyzing the content of the curriculum approved by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in Iran and the University of Tehran. It was concluded that the first curriculum opts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French Literature, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Jeoffrion, Christine; Marcouyeux, Aurore; Starkey-Perret, Rebecca; Narcy-Combes, Marie-Françoise; Birkan, Ilker – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2014
The study aims to highlight the representations that university students have about plurilingualism, in order to research how they can develop plurilingual competences in an essentially monolingual French academic setting. It is based on a survey of 684 students enrolled in two foreign language programmes across two year levels (first and fourth…
Descriptors: Path Analysis, Multilingualism, Monolingualism, Second Language Learning
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Toffoli, Denyze – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Plurilingualism has been targeted as an objective of the European Commission and its deployment is naturally thought to originate in the education sector. A recent study of the Commission (2012) has pointed to the poor results of French schooling with regard to foreign language instruction, but few quantitative studies have looked specifically at…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Profiles, Second Language Learning, College Students
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Jauregi, Kristi; Melchor-Couto, Sabela; Beltrán, Elina Vilar – Research-publishing.net, 2013
Telecollaboration for Intercultural Language Acquisition (TILA), is an EU-funded project within the Lifelong Learning Programme that will run between January 2013 and June 2015. TILA's overall objectives are: (1) to innovate, enrich and make foreign language teaching programmes more attractive and effective by encouraging the implementation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intercultural Programs, Language Acquisition, Lifelong Learning
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Allen, Heather Willis – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2010
This comparative case study explored the motives and goals of two American students participating in short-term study abroad (SA). Findings, interpreted from an activity theory perspective, demonstrated that despite similar language-learning histories and demographic characteristics, the students were learning French and participating in SA for…
Descriptors: French, Study Abroad, Case Studies, Student Experience
Lin, Grace Hui Chin; Chien, Paul Shih-chieh – Online Submission, 2010
Teaching English became a professional and academic field from a half century ago. Many researches for teacher education and teacher training have been conducted in order to raise the English as well as the foreign language trainers' knowledge and capabilities in carrying out effective lessons in classroom. During second millennium of speedily…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Global Approach, Global Education
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Grillo, R. D. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1982
Examines various perspectives on the issue of French language training for adult immigrants held by French informants, many of whom are engaged in such training. (EKN)
Descriptors: Adults, Foreign Countries, Foreign Workers, French
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Hoy, P. H. – 1976
The results of a questionnaire from 16 European countries concerning the early teaching of modern languages are presented. The 16 countries involved are: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The findings…
Descriptors: Age, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, FLES
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Millman, Mary M.; Cadenhead, Kenneth – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Presents the benefits and problems of an unusual exchange program involving graduate teaching assistants from Auburn University (Alabama) and prospective teachers from the Ecole Normale (Caen, France). Through journal entries, the students related their problems with living arrangements, differences in teaching methods, and their increased…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries
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Couzinet, Viviane – Education for Information, 1996
Describes a new educational program for multilingual information officers at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie of the Toulouse University of Sciences (France). General and technical courses are given in French and foreign languages so that graduates can take positions and quickly become effective in organizations with international…
Descriptors: French, Higher Education, Information Science Education, Information Scientists
Paquette, F. Andre – Independent School, 1980
Proposes School Year Abroad program, held in France and Spain, as a workable model for internationalizing American education at the secondary level. Program focuses on language and culture in literature, history, art, and language courses (taught in the foreign language), while offering quality education for college preparation as well. (JD)
Descriptors: College Preparation, Demonstration Programs, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
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Koop, Marie-Christine Weidmann – French Review, 1991
Presents the results of a study of student perspectives on the state of the art of undergraduate courses in French culture taught in American colleges and universities. Results from 28 questions are reviewed. The questions deal with the student's profiles, knowledge of facts, and their opinions about France and French. (28 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Foreign Countries
Savoie, Norman R. – 1985
The traditional upper-level course in French civilization at Utah State University was abandoned in favor of a course entitled "France Today," taught once a year to a consistent enrollment of students majoring in a wide variety of disciplines. The content varies somewhat each year, but the class typically begins with several class…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Cultural Education
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