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Peer reviewedBrod, Richard I. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1977
Career-related courses in German have focused on scientific German and German for business, and emphasis has been on the training of management-level personnel. Suggestions for instructional programs in German are offered. (SW)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Curriculum Development, German, Higher Education
Leech, C. T. Gill – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1977
Proposes establishment of sixth-form commercial language courses. Level, course length, syllabus, examination, languages proposed (French and German), and teacher motivation are discussed. (CHK)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Language Instruction
Download full textPilkenton, W. David – 1974
The data presented in this paper indicates that the present Spanish language program at Mesa College serves only one quarter of the student body and probably even a smaller fraction of the community. This situation exists because the recommended curriculums for 52 of Mesa College's 66 lower-division majors, largely nongeneral liberal arts and one-…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Language Programs, Curriculum Development, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedMuller, Brigitte D. – Foreign Language Annals, 1978
The expansion of foreign investments in the United States prompted Eastern Michigan University to develop a new curriculum in business French. The program leads to a major in business French and to the Diploma of Commercial French offered by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris. (SW)
Descriptors: Business Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, French
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
Miller, Virgil – 1974
The purposes of this paper are to: (1) demonstrate the absolute necessity for foreign language study; (2) dispel some of the fancies or fantasies that have grown up concerning the learning of foreign languages; and (3) suggest various alternative programs in foreign language study and possible ways of implementing them. Some of the fallacious…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationMackay, Ronald – Edutec, 1975
The aim of this article is to explain what the term "languages for special purposes" means and what it does not mean, to outline the rationale for such a branch of language teaching and to indcate some of the problems it poses for syllabus planners and course designers. Four principal types of problems and considerations are identified and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Course Content, Curriculum Design
Born, Warren C., Comp.; Buck, Kathryn, Comp. – 1978
This report presents the results of a survey of innovative foreign language curricula in U.S. colleges and universities undertaken in 1974-75 by the Modern Language Association. The survey results published comprise three sections: (1) seventy-seven detailed curriculum reports including topics that are career-related, community-related,…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Curriculum, College Language Programs, Course Descriptions
