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Download full textKaplan, Robert B. – 1971
The guidelines presented here consider important questions of English language proficiency for foreign students entering colleges and universities in the United States. Several problems are discussed: admissions, measurement of proficiency, responsibility of the institution, administration of the English-as-a-second-language (ESL) program, ESL and…
Descriptors: Aptitude, College Faculty, College Language Programs, College Programs
Bundy, Jean D. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1978
Proposes a four-semester plan for a foreign language program designed to fulfill degree requirements. The plan emphasizes audiolingual and reading skills and attempts to provide students with at least a minimal level of proficiency. (AM)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, College Language Programs, College Second Language Programs, Degree Requirements
Freeman, Bryant C. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1973
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic), Graduate Study
Peer reviewedRagusa, Olga – Italica, 1974
A brief analysis is made of the teaching of Italian literature in the United States with special reference to course work and language proficiency in the doctoral program. Mention is made of the choice of texts in undergraduate language courses. (Text is in Italian.) (AM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAronson, Howard I. – Slavic and East European Journal, 1973
Discusses the problems of teaching Russian in American universities. (LG)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Higher Education, Language Fluency, Language Instruction
Twaddell, W. Freeman – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1972
Address given at the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages held in New York, New York, on April 14, 1972. (DS)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Educational Objectives, Employment Opportunities, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedPfister, Guenter G. – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Dialogs (Literary), Individualized Instruction, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedNormand, Guessler – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Discusses strategies designed to cope with problems encountered at the college level that are caused by students' diversity in background and levels of competency. Alternatives to the lock-step method of instruction, with applicability at both the college and high school level, are described. (EJS)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Peer reviewedBaker, Robert L. – Slavic and East European Journal, 1975
English-Russian translation at the beginning level is defended if both languages are presented and used realistically and idiomatically. Students using this method attained a good knowledge of Russian and a respect for both languages. (CHK)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, English, Grammar Translation Method, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedMosback, G. P. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1977
Based primarily on observation of university English courses in Ethiopia, this article concludes that service courses in English are ineffective. ESL courses in Hawaii and California are compared with Ethiopian programs for learning time and results. (CHK)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Language Programs, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Peer reviewedHenderson, John A. – Babel: International Journal of Translation, 1976
Concentrates on the problems arising at the undergraduate level concerning elaborating strategies to teach interpreting skills. (CLK)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Interpreters, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Morton, F. Rand – Mod Lang J, 1970
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, College Curriculum, College Language Programs, Degree Requirements
Smith, Paul – Mod Lang J, 1969
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Dictionaries, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Farrington, Brian; Richardson, Catherine – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1977
A set of language laboratory materials currently being tested in eight Scottish universities is described. The aim of the completely self-taught course is to increase the student's exposure to the language as a whole. The unity of each tape is based on the communicative function of the introductory text. (AMH)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, College Language Programs, French, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMarti, Gertrude – French Review, 1972
Describes a teaching experiment in intensive French language courses at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, College Language Programs, Experimental Teaching, French
