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Direct linkAlyssia Miller De Rutté; Diana Galarreta-Aima; Andrea Nate – Hispania, 2024
The all-encompassing term "Medical Spanish" references the Spanish used by healthcare professionals. Medical Spanish courses have gained traction as the Spanish-speaking population in the U.S. continues to grow. Consequently, demand for courses in Medical Spanish and other areas of Spanish for Specific Purposes (SSP), a subfield of…
Descriptors: Spanish, Languages for Special Purposes, Health Personnel, Second Language Learning
Hayes, Mary Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Needs analysis (NA) has been a core component of language for specific purposes (LSP) research and curriculum development for the past half-century, and within the past decade has seen significant methodological advancement. Specifically, certain LSP NA research has adopted task as a unit of analysis (e.g., Youn, 2018; Malicka et al., 2019), and…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Spanish, Religious Education, Second Language Learning
Languages for Specific Purposes Business Curriculum Creation and Implementation in the United States
Fryer, T. Bruce – Modern Language Journal, 2012
After the United States emerged as the major world economic leader following World War II, language curricula for specific purposes in international business were put into practice at the college and university levels. This article documents the work of the major players in the development of coursework and materials for business languages for…
Descriptors: International Trade, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Second Language Learning, Grants
Spring, Madeline K. – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This article offers an overview of how the Language Flagship Program integrates languages for specific purposes (LSP) components into its broader mission of having students graduate with Superior Level linguistic proficiency and cultural competence, thus being well equipped to function as global professionals in the major of their choice. Turning…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Extracurricular Activities, Foreign Countries, Languages for Special Purposes
Grosse, Christine Uber – 1992
More than 200 publications regarding Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) from the past 25 years, excluding work on English for Specific Purposes, are compiled in this literature review. In introductory comments that precede the bibliography, it is noted that most of the activity in this field has occurred in the last decade, with eight…
Descriptors: Career Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedMelton, Judith M. – ADFL Bulletin, 1994
A Language and International Trade program and a proposed Engineering for International Careers at Clemson University are described, including issues related to curriculum and faculty recruitment and credentialing. Implications for language professionals are discussed. (eight references) (LB)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Des Harnais, Gaston, Ed. – 1988
Eighty-nine conference papers are presented in 10 sections: (1) language and cultural factors in conducting international business (qualifications for success as an international manager, staffing of international departments, role of second language proficiency, and international management concepts); (2) interdisciplinary language and business…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Area Studies, Business Administration Education
