Discusses how study of French language and culture has increasingly become integrated into introductory language sequences and advanced undergraduate study. The study of the new France, with its cultural and linguistic diversity expands the possibilities for research, teaching, and learning. Interests in French-speaking cultures within and outside…

Presents French culture studies as an example of possible directions in graduate culture studies. Refers to a model based largely on the culture and civilization graduate concentration at Penn State University, which evolved alongside literature and language over the past 15 years. (Author/VWL)

Addresses the continued need for teaching cultural literacy as an integral part of second-language courses and examines the problem of which literature and what culture should be taught. Canon formation is discussed as a means by which students can be sensitized to foreign cultural differences and developments that can enhance communication and…

Criticizes current practices of seeking and preserving knowledge which neither contribute to nor support the fields of "humanistic" interest. By confining specialized research to the scientists, it is suggested that a more generalized approach be taken towards literary studies, as a means of broadening and interrelating all the issues that affect…

Addresses the foundational concerns that pertain to the existing configuration for language and literary cultural studies in collegiate foreign language departments. Outlines two areas in need of attention--creation of intellectual foundation that can accommodate all aspects of a department's work and determination of a suitable goal for…

Describes how a language house can function as a cultural center by encouraging interdisciplinarity and cultural studies and by providing a locus for campus-wide events and outreach to local high schools. (Author/VWL)

Suggests current scholarship has paid little attention to issues of linguistic differences and cultural translatability and points out the need for language departments offering courses in cultural, ethnic, and Diaspora studies to require proficiency in another language and to cultivate responsiveness to language politics at both the local and…

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)

Describes a Japanese language program at a small liberal arts college in Minnesota that is making connections with the general studies program of the college. Four cultural studies courses are intended to demonstrate to students the symbiosis between language and culture and to provide a context for the students' study in Japan. (Author/VWL)

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)

To prepare college students for the global marketplace, language learning must be more fully integrated with the liberal arts. This means rethinking the relationship between language competency and the study of languages and literature. Literature in the target language should be studied at the advanced level, because this offers students a chance…

This article stresses the importance of cross cultural education for university students and suggests that foreign language departments provide it. A course in cross cultural communication at Miami University in Ohio is described. (CFM)

This article emphasizes the value of immersion programs and describes some immersion programs in the United States and Canada. (CFM)

Explores differences between college English and foreign-language departments' treatment of literature and culture education, making a case for enhancing foreign language pedagogy's transmission of culture and literature through restructured academic territories, reorganization of authority, and redistribution of resources. (19 references) (CB)

Suggests an innovative technique for the graduate curriculum in literature and language that can help new faculty members develop not only culture courses but also competency in interdisciplinary scholarship, discussing course organization, varieties of interdisciplinary study, and the professional development seminar. (20 references) (CB)