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Literary Theory and the Undergraduate Curriculum.
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Prince, Gerald – ADFL Bulletin, 1983
Discusses what constitutes literary theory and advocates a mandatory course in it for all literature and language majors. (EKN)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Literary Styles
Section 504 and the American with Disabilities Act: Accommodating the Learning Disabled Student in the Foreign Language Curriculum.
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Moore, Francis X., III – ADFL Bulletin, 1995
Discusses the effects of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and various state laws on the foreign language requirements of Virginia college and university programs. Foreign language instructors and departments need to be aware of their responsibilities in accommodating learning-disabled…
Descriptors: College Students, Court Litigation, Higher Education, Institutional Role
Beyond the Ivory Tower: Foreign Language Programs and Community.
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Donato, Clorinda – ADFL Bulletin, 1995
Describes how the Department of Romance, German, and Russian Languages and Literatures at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), secured sponsorship for several Italian classes threatened by budget cuts from local and national Italian cultural organizations. The collaboration also helped make the CSULB Italian program more responsive to…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Curriculum Development, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Practical Approaches to Outcomes Assessment: The Undergraduate Major in Foreign Languages and Literatures.
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Liskin-Gasparro, Judith E. – ADFL Bulletin, 1995
Discusses specific instruments and procedures that university-level foreign languages and literatures departments can use in outcomes-assessment of their undergraduate majors, including standardized tests, oral assessments, questionnaires, and portfolios. Case studies of outcomes-assessment programs in language departments at the University of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Outcomes Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education