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The University of Utah's Immersion/Multiliteracy Program: An Example of an Area Studies Approach to the Design of First-Year College Foreign Language Instruction.

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Sternfeld, Steven – Foreign Language Annals, 1989

Describes a university's pilot immersion and multiliteracy program, in which first-year language students used Spanish language newspapers and texts to study Latin American history, geography, and current affairs. Students in the pilot program developed skills similar to those of students in traditional content courses. Sample quizzes are…

Descriptors: Area Studies, College Second Language Programs, Content Area Reading, Cultural Education