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Understanding Spoken Spanish: A Course in Listening.
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Weissenrieder, Maureen – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Outlines the format for a course dedicated exclusively to the teaching of listening skills at the intermediate and advanced second language instruction levels. Suggestions are made regarding instructional materials, testing, grading, assignments, class interaction, and organization. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Course Content, Higher Education
Ready for the '80's? A Look at Foreign Language Teachers and Teaching at the Start of the Decade.
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Brickell, Henry M.; Paul, Regina H. – Foreign Language Annals, 1982
Reports on survey conducted with support from the U.S. Department of Education to describe supply and demand for foreign language teachers in secondary schools, pre- and in-service teacher preparation, teacher workload, curriculum and instruction, professional responsibility and personal characteristics, as well as to derive policy advice for…
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Teachers
Commercial, Legal, and Medical Spanish.
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Cannon, Emilie Teresa – Foreign Language Annals, 1983
Describes an advanced, nonliterary Spanish course which can be adapted to high school classes. (EKN)
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Business, College Second Language Programs, Course Content
Commercial Spanish: Instructional Techniques.
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Reyes, Jose E. – Foreign Language Annals, 1988
Describes several successful learning activities implemented in a six-credit undergraduate commercial Spanish course at Marywood College (Pennsylvania), including descriptions of supplementary materials and an example of a file of original student correspondence.(Author/CB)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Correspondence, College Second Language Programs, Course Content
The Intercultural Communication Course: A Response to the Carter Commission's Call for Increased Citizen Education in International Affairs.
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Sacco, Steven J. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Describes a course, offered by Michigan Technological University, designed to increase the intercultural communication skills of American postsecondary students. Activities include readings and movies illustrating cross-cultural conflicts; application of a model to a cross-cultural case study; panel discussion; and cultural simulation. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Communication Skills, Course Content
A Yen for Business: Language Learning for Specific Purposes--A Japanese Example.
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Austin, Theresa; And Others – Foreign Language Annals, 1994
Chronicles the steps taken in developing a curricular project to design, implement, and evaluate a simulation business course for beginners learning Japanese at the university level. The steps in developing the program, from the selection of materials to the evaluation of the entire project, are presented together with insights gained from the…
Descriptors: Business Education, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Design
Foreign Languages in Elementary and Secondary Schools: Results of a National Survey.
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Rhodes, Nancy C.; Oxford, Rebecca L. – Foreign Language Annals, 1988
Presents results of a questionnaire, completed by elementary and secondary principals and teachers, concerning foreign language instruction, including information on background demographics, amount of instruction, offerings, curriculum, teacher qualifications and training, and major instructional problems in both public and private schools.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, FLES
The Foreign Language Requirement: An Alternative Program.
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Demuth, Katherine A.; Smith, Nathaniel B. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
A new program at Boston University that identifies students who would have great difficulty fulfilling their foreign language requirement is described. This program offers an alternative sequence of courses designed to help these students achieve foreign language learning success. (LMO)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Course Content, Course Organization