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Werbow, Stanley – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1977
A brief description of language requirements and course offerings at the University of Texas. The variety of cultural courses and other components are an attempt to relate legitimate course content and objectives to students' lives and community needs. The impetus given by the National Endowment for the Humanities to language instruction and…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives

Stoekl, Allan – ADFL Bulletin, 1995
Discusses the teaching of French language, literature, and culture in light of the experiences and observations of Gustave Lanson, a professor of French at the University of Paris who taught as a visiting professor at Columbia University in 1911. It is argued that French studies as a discipline needs to emphasize the pluralistic, multicultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Utica City School District, NY. – 1975
This curriculum was completed during phase III of Project SEARCH, a nationally validated project designed to humanize elementary and secondary education by creating, developing and implementing innovative models in the curriculum through an integration of the humanities and the arts. Project SEARCH is an attempt to help students apply both…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Language Instruction
Yavener, Symond; And Others – 1975
As part of the Goals Clarification topic of the 1975 Northeast Conference, a workshop entitled "The Non-Major Foreign Language Student" was presented. This article contains the workshop's most salient ideas, presented at a time when foreign-language study is in considerable jeopardy at all levels. Offerings are being limited, and highly qualified…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Language Programs, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. – 1981
The following papers on foreign language curriculum development for the 1980s are included: (1) "Foreign Language and the Humanistic Tradition: The Relationship to the Coming Decade," by Claire Gaudiani; (2) "Practical Implications of New Trends and Directions," by Wilga Rivers; (3) "Directions in Foreign Language Curriculum Development," by H. H.…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Humanistic Education
Nelson, Robert J. – 1970
The French department, commonly viewed by chairmen and faculty as the conveyor of culture, is admonished to revamp its curriculum and attempt to embrace a broader, more humane understanding of the nature of culture. With the traditional, belletristic, college French curriculum having been rejected in favor of programs based on "cogency, cohesion,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Language Programs, Colleges, Cultural Education
Medvitz, James A. – 1975
This document reports on a workshop held to develop the curriculum for a foreign language appreciation program. The first chapter discusses the general educational concerns in preparing a FLA curriculum: course content, the student, and the foreign language teacher. Cultural appreciation is the dominant theme and the rationale for the FLA program.…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education

Tesser, Carmen Chaves – ADFL Bulletin, 1995
Discusses the teaching of language and literature in light of the current "culture wars," focusing on the field of Iberian literature and languages. A model for redefining language curriculum is proposed that is based on the incorporation of language, literature, and culture in all courses. Examines the implementation of this model in Spanish and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Courses, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education
Roberts, Arnold R., Ed.; And Others – 1972
This foreign language curriculum guide for secondary school French and Italian includes the instructional objectives and activities for each language learning level and its corresponding suggested school grade. For French, there is a further breakdown according to language skills, grammar, reading, structures, conversation, and culture and…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Audiolingual Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives

Benseler, David P., Comp. – 1976
This 2,380-item annotated bibliography is a selective list of books and articles related to foreign language pedagogy. The entries are grouped by topic, in the following individual sections: Festschriften and Other Analyzed Collections, General, Bilingualism, Linguistics, Culture, Teaching the Foreign Literature, Curricular Problems and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Classical Languages
Schulz, Renate A., Ed. – 1976
This book consists of ten papers presented at the 1976 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Three major trends in foreign language instruction were identified as themes for the conference: (1) the growing emphasis on developing communication skills in the language learning experience; (2) the concern for the individual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Classroom Communication, Communication Skills
Dammer, Paul E. – Language Association Bulletin, 1976
The fact that a relatively large segment of the secondary school population chooses to learn a second language, for reasons other than entrance requirements, has implications for foreign language curriculum planners. As part of an initial step in planning new syllabi, the Curriculum Advisory Committee of the New York State Education Department…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Diagnosis
Benseler, David P., Comp. – 1978
This selected bibliography of books and articles related to foreign language pedagogy is compiled from a master list of over 300 journals and reference sources. This compilation, which lists publications that appeared during the two calendar years 1975 and 1976, contains 4,224 citations. They are divided into the following topics:…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
Sander, Volkmar; Osterle, Heinz D. – 1978
This volume contains two papers, "German Studies in America," by Volkmar Sander, and "Historicism, Marxism, Structuralism: Ideas for German Culture Courses," by Heinz D. Osterle. The first paper discusses the position of German studies in the United States today. The greatest challenge comes from low enrollments; therefore,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Language Programs, Cultural Education, Culture
Papalia, Anthony; Zampogna, Joseph – 1974
Curriculum is continually changing because it is based on needs of the student, needs of society, and subject-matter knowledge. In 1973, cultural, communication, and career goals assumed greater importance. Curriculum design involves consideration of interest and ability grouping, self pacing, mastery learning, multiple approaches to learning,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Classical Languages, College Language Programs, Community Colleges
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