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Peer reviewedMcConeghy, Patrick M. – ADFL Bulletin, 1992
Argues for the viability of international education as the primary guiding principle for foreign language education, pointing out how foreign language programs can teach about language, history, values, and beliefs of other national groups and foster more effective interactions in political, cultural, economic, and global realms. (15 references)…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Global Approach
Peer reviewedThomas, Jacinta – TESOL Journal, 1993
Stories are recounted about students enrolled in an intermediate level intensive English program at a university. The stories show how classroom pedagogy can transform students' negative perceptions about their abilities and result in their empowerment as writers. (Contains six references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedAllen, Wendy; And Others – Foreign Language Annals, 1992
Describes projects using an Applied Foreign Language Component approach to incorporate foreign language study and enrichment in multidisciplinary studies, including practical guidelines for implementing such programs, forming faculty alliances, modifying courses, recruiting students, and expanding library holdings. (10 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedByrnes, Heidi – ADFL Bulletin, 1990
Explores the relationship between foreign language and international studies, focusing on the resulting closer connection between language, content, and context in foreign language departments and courses; cross-cultural components, traditional foreign language instruction, and courses emphasizing cultural awareness. (CB)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBerman, Russell A.; Bernhardt, Elizabeth; Castro-Klaren, Sara; Chaput, Patricia R.; DeJean, Joan; Harper, Jane; Henning, Sylvie Debevec; Hunter, Paul; Kaplan, Edward K.; Kirkpatrick, Susan; Lindenberger, Herbert; Ozzello, Yvonne; Marks, Elaine; Patrikis, Peter C.; Peck, Jeffrey; Schor, Naomi; Trommler, Frank; Valis, Noel; Wood, Richard J.; Ziolkowski, Theodore – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
Nineteen responses to an article on the leadership crisis in the field of foreign languages and literatures are presented. Most agree with the article, expanding on its scope or extending its argument; some offer new directions to resolve the problem. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Departments, Educational Trends, Higher Education
O'Donnell, Teresa D. – ESL Magazine, 2001
Focuses on the accreditation of English language programs and institutions that serve non-native speakers of English, highlighting the role of the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA). Examines why CEA accreditation is important, what it entails, and why program's seek it. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Peer reviewedFukushima, Tatsuya – Foreign Language Annals, 2002
Discusses a technology-based project as a requirement for a traditional intermediate Japanese course at the University of Arkansas in which students worked in a small group to produce the university's promotional video in the target language, thus enhancing their Japanese language skills and promoting the program to the public. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Japanese, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedKern, Richard – ADFL Bulletin, 2002
Focuses on literacy as a way of creating and interpreting meaning through texts that are taught within the larger framework of communicative-based language learning. Notes that literacy involves critical reflection on the relations of text and context, and offers seven principles that apply literacy to teaching and span the gap between the…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Higher Education, Literacy
Peer reviewedBerman, Russell A. – ADFL Bulletin, 2002
Calls on foreign language departments to take a closer look at a long-standing component of their curriculum: culture. The discussion focuses on language and culture, teaching foreign cultures, and foreign cultures, transnationality, and globalization. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Departments
Peer reviewedBerman, Russell A. – ADFL Bulletin, 2000
Discusses opinions toward foreign language (FL) departments on the college campus. Points out that while there is support for the learning of foreign languages, questions arise about whether knowing a language other than English is necessary, even in the climate of globalization and internationalization. Outlines steps for achieving excellence in…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Departments, Higher Education, Public Opinion
Peer reviewedNichols, Geraldine Cleary – ADFL Bulletin, 2000
This article focuses on the paucity of resources usually designated for rising numbers of students in Spanish courses as enrollments dwindle in other languages. Offers advice on how the strength of Spanish can be deployed to help other languages. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education, Language Enrollment
Peer reviewedKadish, Doris Y. – ADFL Bulletin, 2000
Suggests the need for incentives to help combat the resistance or indifference regarding implementation of the national standards for foreign language learning at the university level, especially in upper division courses at large research universities. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Second Language Programs, Departments, Higher Education
Download full textFugate, Joe K. – 1982
The Kalamazoo College Foreign Study Program has been in operation since 1958 and continues to enroll 85% of its students for one, two, or three quarters. The program offers a wide variety of options in Europe, Latin America, and Africa. Administrative arrangements and supervision of the programs are done by the two directors of the program at…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Cross Cultural Studies, Global Approach, Higher Education
Harper, Jane; Lively, Madeleine – 1988
Five units of instruction for teaching vocabulary and higher order thinking skills in foreign language classes are presented. Introductory material considers the differences between language fluency and communication, and lists higher order thinking skills as: (1) classifying, verifying, hypothesizing; (2) making associations and generalizing; (3)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Second Language Programs, Language Skills, Second Language Instruction
Bolton, Sibylle – 1988
A comparison of four college-level elementary German textbooks reveals significant differences in the numbers of vocabulary entries in each textbook. Further comparison of three of the textbooks with the basic German vocabulary lists provided in "Kontaktschwelle Deutsch als Fremdsprache" and in "Das Zertificat Deutsch als Fremdsprache" reveal in…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, German
