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Deacon, Amanda; Parkin, Lucy; Schneider, Carolin – Research-publishing.net, 2017
The traditional focus of the language elective has been to give students the skills to communicate in the foreign language which has also been their main selling point. However, language graduates need more specific and wide-ranging skills if they are to compete in the current and future job markets. It is now widely accepted that universities…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Technological Literacy, Technology Integration, Teaching Methods
Office of Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education, 2012
The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund faculty to maintain and improve their area studies and foreign language skills by conducting research in other countries for periods of three to 12 months. This program holds an annual competition. Institutions of higher education in the United…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Second Language Learning, Language Skills, Fellowships
Tammelin, Maija; Peltonen, Berit; Puranen, Pasi; Auvinen, Lis – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2012
This paper discusses learning language and communication activities that focus on students' concrete involvement in their learning process. The activities first deal with student-produced blogs and digital videos in business Spanish. They then present student-produced podcasts for Swedish business communication learners that are meant for speakers…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Processes, Learning Activities, Student Developed Materials
Dixon, Linda – Adults Learning, 2011
Challenged both by funding cuts and by changes in legislation, local authorities are at very different stages in taking forward the strategic planning of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Planning has been further complicated by the coalition's slowness to set out a definition of the "settled communities" priority group for…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Language Skills, English (Second Language), English
Khare, Asha – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2011
India is a multilingual country. English is the second most important language in the country after the national language Hindi since it is taught as a compulsory subject in all the Indian schools. In the educational system of a multilingual country, it becomes imperative to improve the English Language teaching skills of the school teachers who…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Teaching Skills, Second Language Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
Berman, Russell A. – Academe, 2011
Those in America are confronting a stark alternative: either open themselves to an appreciation of human plurality and the diversity of cultures around the globe or limit themselves to a narrowly normative culture. Will American schools and colleges provide students with opportunities to learn to understand other voices, or will the educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Second Language Instruction, College Faculty
Andrade, Maureen Snow – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2011
As universities in English-speaking countries recruit and enroll international students, a variety of forms of support are typically offered on and off campus to help students make a successful transition. The most common challenges for nonnative English-speaking international students are linguistic and cultural. In spite of meeting English…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, English Language Learners, Cross Cultural Training, Language Proficiency
Davidova, Evguenia – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2011
This article analyzes the findings of a pilot project conducted in 2008-2009 as a partnership between University Studies, Portland State University's interdisciplinary general education program, and the University's Russian Flagship Language Partner Program. The project proposes a new approach of integrating non-English speakers' language skills,…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Class Activities, General Education, Learning Activities
Bollag, Burton – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Recently, the Modern Language Association (MLA) called for a major reorganization of undergraduate academic programs and even the structure of foreign-language departments. Typically, the initial two years of language instruction are taught by non-tenure-track instructors with little or no voice in the department. Faculty members mainly teach the…
Descriptors: Language Skills, College Faculty, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mavrogenes, Nancy A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Describes the language skills gains made by elementary students who have been in Latin classes in schools through the country. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, FLES
Raugh, Harold E., Jr. – Applied Language Learning, 2006
The horrific events of 11 September 2001, when four hijacked jetliners crashed into and collapsed the twin-towered World Trade Center in New York, slammed into the Pentagon, and nose-dived into a field in rural Pennsylvania (ostensibly on a mission to destroy the U.S. Capitol or the White House), have been indelibly etched into the nation's…
Descriptors: Terrorism, National Security, Second Language Programs, Federal Programs
The Full-Year Asian Language Concentration FALCON Program in Chinese Language at Cornell University.
McCoy, John – 1979
The Full-Year Asian Language Concentration (FALCON) program was designed for students who need an intensive program in Chinese to make them proficient enough for graduate study. Using L1, FALCON teaches students to express adult concepts in L2. Since good writing requires a great degree of proficiency, it is neglected initially for the sake of a…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Graduate Students

Jurasek, Richard – Modern Language Journal, 1982
Discusses a four-year project now in the second year at Earlham College to increase the use both by faculty and students of foreign languages. Provides the background to the project, the detailed objectives, and abbreviated comments on accomplishments to date. (EKN)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Higher Education

Helt, Richard C.; Woloshin, David J. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1982
Reports on survey of beginning German at colleges and universities in the U.S. Results show grammatical knowledge is most important objective followed by speaking, listening, and reading comprehension, cultural awareness, then writing. Results indicate growth within the profession. (BK)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Course Objectives, German, Higher Education

Miele, Carol – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
Describes the Language Minority Crossover Student Project at Bergen Community College (BCC), New Jersey. BCC serves large numbers of immigrants and children of immigrants in the New York City metropolitan area. The project addressed emerging issues related to testing, policy, advisement, pedagogy, and supplemental instruction. (Contains 11…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Immigrants, Language Skills