Presents a description of "Americans in Paris," a course in English developed to attract nonlanguage majors to French Studies classes. The course focuses on American writers who lived in Paris between 1890 and 1955. Course content showcases input French professors can bring to this cross-disciplinary subject by examining American works…

To show students the interdisciplinary relevance of language study and to encourage non-language majors to study abroad in programs where English is not the principal language of instruction, interdisciplinary short-term study abroad programs were proposed. Offers evidence that short-term programs provide students with exposure to a foreign…

Proposes, on the basis of a host of curricular factors, a stratification of foreign language programs in U.S. institutions of higher learning into two graded and curricularly distinctive phases. The initial phase would be comprised predominantly of nonmajors who enroll in beginning courses to satisfy a language requirement. The professional phase…