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Hawkins, Graham – Bulletin of Environmental Education, 1985
An environmental awareness language exchange program was established between an English school and a school in France. Although the exchange occurred for three years, the program became overprescriptive and was cancelled. Concludes that environmental awareness is learned best in less formal situations. (DH)
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Programs
Mares, Cherry – Bulletin of Environmental Education, 1985
Environmental awareness language exchange occurred between four English and four French schools. Comparative studies on shopping patterns/consumerism, leisure/recreation, and management of resources provided motivation for learning and using the second language. Advantages for this approach include new dimensions on traditional language exchanges,…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Exchange, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Salisbury, Valia – Bulletin of Environmental Education, 1985
An environmental awareness language exchange occurred between English and French pupils in 1983. Teacher planning and student activities are described for the 10-day exchange; they include a pupil/teacher discovery walk, student discussion, and student study of chosen themes. Guidance and encouragement help students become more aware of…
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Environmental Education, Intercultural Programs, Learning Activities
Smith, D. G. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1979
Presents a rationale and suggestions for ensuring contact between the second language learner and representatives of the target culture, in the home country as well as overseas. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Exchange, Culture Contact, Exchange Programs
Download full textMikkelson, Gerald E. – 1975
The CIEE Semester Advanced Russian Language Program for Americans at Leningrad State University is a 16-week program for thirty out-standing students with a minimum of three years' background in Russian. This report is addressed to American Slavicists and to younger American students of Russian, and describes the purpose, history, and present…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Cultural Exchange, Culture Contact, Institutional Cooperation
Travers, Claudia S.; Reilly, Joseph T. M. – 1979
A foreign travel program for eighth grade French language students from Shoreham, New York was developed to provide language speaking practice in Quebec, Canada. The program was designed to allow students to spend as much time as possible speaking the language and interacting with the people. The following "survival through speaking"…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, Cultural Exchange, Field Trips
Winokur, Marshall – 1979
The Fulbright-Hays Teaching Exchange with Germany is a one-for-one exchanqe for approximately twenty pairs of American and German teachers. American elementary and secondary school teachers as well as college instructors and assistant professors replace their German counterparts for an academic year at either a "Hauptschule" (a…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Enrichment, Cultural Exchange, Exchange Programs
Magnhagen, Arvid – 1978
A teacher of English in Sweden reports on experiences in organizing international school correspondence and tape exchange in English classes. Goals of the correspondence are the teaching of language, teaching of the culture of other countries, and promoting better international understanding. School correspondence can provide plenty of popular…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, Cultural Exchange, English (Second Language)
Raines, Rosario Torres; Albro, Ward S. III – 1992
This report describes a three-year faculty development program that successfully transculturated approximately one-third of the faculty and professional staff at Texas A&I University, a state institution in which over 50 percent of the student body is Mexican American. Transculturation entails a change process that focuses on changing the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Pluralism
