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Dechesne, Marti; Goodwin, Gabrielle; Baker, Laurie; Cho, Dong Wan – American Language Review, 1998
Describes development of POSTECH Live-in English program (PLEP), a five-week intensive-English program at Pohang University of Science and Technology (South Korea) originally designed in 1996 to improve students' English skills and cultural awareness through intensive program of formal instruction with native English teachers. Focuses on reporting…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Brickman, Bette; Nuzzo, Richard – Journal of Intensive English Studies, 1999
Describes an academically-oriented English-as-a-Second-Language program at an urban community college in the Southwest that aggressively recruited international students, particularly from the Pacific Rim. Discusses the differences between immigrant and international students, such as attitudes and motivation toward learning English and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Clay, Gudrun; Schutte, Lilith – 1988
A college language instructor recounts his experience in a retraining program in business German at the West Germany's Goethe Institute. Twenty-eight individuals from the United States and from five European countries participated in a program that offered (1) a 14-day immersion into business-related German, (2) establishment of German business…
Descriptors: Business Communication, College Faculty, German, Higher Education