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Miyaji, Hiroshi – Asian Studies Professional Review, 1973
Revised version of a report presented at the conference on American study-abroad programs in Tokyo, Japan, March 1973. (DD)
Descriptors: College Students, Curriculum, Japanese, Language Instruction
COOK, H. ROBERT – 1964
RADIO BROADCASTS AND PERSONAL RECEIVERS FOR EACH STUDENT WERE USED IN A SPECIALLY ADAPTED SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM. THE BROADCASTS CONSISTED OF SPANISH DRILLS AND A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TEXT MATERIAL PROGRAMED IN A STIMULUS-RESPONSE PATTERN. EACH SET OF DRILLS LASTED AN AVERAGE OF 15 MINUTES AND WAS REPEATED CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT A 15-HOUR…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Students, Language Aids, Language Guides
Rassias, John A. – 1970
An intensive elementary-level language course for college students, seeking to provide meaningful application of language skills and to improve student attitudes toward second language learning, is described in this report. The three-term course in which students work extensively with undergraduate apprentice teachers while living in language…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Students, Colleges, French
Aleamoni, Lawrence M. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1973
The results indicate that students enrolled in the first four courses of a foreign language have learned significantly different amounts of the same material, as measured by the CEEB Foreign Language Placement Tests. The relationships between the test scores and course grades indicated that test scores predict successful student performance almost…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Students, Comparative Testing, Grades (Scholastic)
Dodds, Dinah; And Others – 1975
An experiment was carried out at Lewis and Clark College to measure the effect of Transcendental Meditation (TM) on learning German. Three sections of first-year German were formed into a TM group, a TM-like group, and a control group. The TM group received training in TM given by two trained, experienced teachers. The TM-like section received…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Achievement Tests, Behavioral Science Research
Wolfe, Warren J. – 1959
This survey, conducted by the Modern Language Association of America, of B.S. degree requirements in foreign languages is intended to supplement a survey on requirements for the B.A. degree published in 1953. The compilation of statistics, collected from questionnaires sent to 1,005 registrars of accredited four-year colleges and universities,…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Classical Languages, College Admission, College Students
Kollaritsch, Jane – 1971
This study investigates the hypothesis that black students at Ohio State University who enroll in foreign language courses attain significantly higher grades in foreign languages than in any of their other major academic subjects. Also, five other major academic areas and eight different foreign languages taken by the sample students were tested…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Black Students, Blacks
BOYD-BOWMAN, PETER – 1965
A SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE, AND LARGELY SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED AND EVALUATED FOR FIVE ACADEMIC QUARTERS AT KALAMAZOO COLLEGE IN MICHIGAN. THE PROGRAM WAS CALLED THE "NEGLECTED LANGUAGE PROGRAM" (NLP) AND OFFERED INSTRUCTION IN MANDARIN CHINESE, JAPANESE, HINDI-URDU, PERSIAN, SWAHILI, AND BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE. ITS…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Independent Study, Language Instruction
Abe, D.; And Others – 1975
This paper discusses two experiments with autonomous learning strategies for learners studying English as a second language in France, one for non-specialist adults and the other for university students. The first group consisted of 26 adults who were mostly professionals and had opted for autonomy not out of preference but for lack of any other…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Autoinstructional Aids, College Language Programs
Viens, Claude P.; Wadsworth, Philip – 1957
Results of the first investigation made in 1957 by the Foreign Language Program of the Modern Language Association of America into foreign language requirements in graduate schools throughout the United States are presented in this report. Based on a questionnaire sent to 225 colleges and graduate schools, tables are furnished which illustrate…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, College Students, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Degrees
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TIERNEY, HANNELORE; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS STUDY OF "NEGLECTED LANGUAGES" IN UNITED STATES COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN 1963-64 SUPPLEMENTED AN EARLIER STUDY CONDUCTED DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1962-63. THE PRESENT REPORT SHOWED (AS DID THE EARLIER ONE) THAT THE NEGLECT IS DIMINISHING WITH ENROLLMENTS OF ABOUT 21,000 IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES, EXCLUDING THE "BIG…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Enrollment, Enrollment Rate
Sonka, Amy L. – 1976
A thirty-hour skills-based reading program was designed for beginning-level ESL (English as a second language) students in the intensive English language program at Boston University. Reading was included as an essential component in the low-level college-preparatory ESL class for several reasons: (1) reading instruction and practice begin to…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Area Reading, English (Second Language), Factual Reading
MARRON, JAMES M.; AND OTHERS – Modern Language Association, 1964
TABLES ARE PRESENTED TO COMPARE MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS DURING 1960, 1961, AND 1963. ENROLLMENTS ARE BROKEN DOWN TO UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATES, AND RESULTS ARE SUMMARIZED BY STATE. DATA ARE ALSO PRESENTED BY JUNIOR COLLEGES AND 4-YEAR COLLEGES. THE DATA INDICATE THAT A GROWING PROPORTION OF STUDENTS IN THE 1961 AND 1963 SURVEYS WERE…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
NATHAN, NORMAN – 1966
A GROUP OF 35 HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM OF SELF-PACED INSTRUCTION IN CHINESE, FOR WHICH THEY EARNED THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE SEMESTER'S CREDIT. THE INSTRUCTOR MADE "CONTRACTS" WITH EACH STUDENT, WHEREBY THE STUDENT WAS GIVEN A CERTAIN TASK USEFUL TO HIS LEARNING CHINESE. ALL TASKS…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, College Students, High School Students