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Xuemi, Lu; Wenzhong, Zhu – Higher Education Studies, 2019
The development of business English (BE) program cannot separate from that of its closely-related discipline. However, little is known about business English disciplinary development from the angle of postgraduate education in China. Through questionnaires and interviews on 64 postgraduate students of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, English (Second Language), Business English, Second Language Learning
Aydin, Belgin; Kuru Gonen, Ipek – Online Submission, 2012
This paper is concerned with the modifications implemented in a second year foreign language (FL) reading program with respect to the problems students experience while reading in FL. This research draws on the sources of FL reading anxiety identified in the first year reading program with a motivation to re-design the second year program to help…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Program Development
Folinsbee, Sue – Movement for Canadian Literacy, 2007
This discussion paper is part of a larger Movement for Canadian Literacy (MCL) project entitled "Linkages: Connecting Literacy and English as a Second Language" (ESL). The goal of the overall project is for MCL to work with national organizations that support the ESL/Settlement and literacy fields to identify common issues and concerns…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Adult Literacy, Research
Connecticut State Board of Education, Hartford. – 1990
The guide is designed to help school district planners develop and implement suitable foreign language curricula. Focusing on programs in grades K-12, it provides an overview of current philosophies, objectives, methods, and materials in foreign language education; illustrates how these may be implemented in a sequential foreign language program…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Branham, Harold Elton, Jr. – 1981
This report describes the design and development of the MASTER program, an autoinstructional model to supplement introductory foreign language courses, and examines its application in two French language courses offered at Brevard Community College. The first sections contain introductory material, a review of the literature on second-language…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, College Second Language Programs, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Cardenas, Karen Hardy – 1988
A survey of 1,027 chairpersons of foreign language departments in all Central States region two- and four-year colleges reveals encouraging news about the state of foreign language programs as perceived by administrators, but mixed results regarding issues affecting faculty and administrators. Respondents (N=304) expressed a high degree of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Faculty, Department Heads