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Hungerford, Hilary; Krueger Enz, Molly – Geography Teacher, 2021
This article outlines a faculty-led, interdisciplinary study abroad program to Dakar, Senegal, in 2014 and 2016 sponsored by South Dakota State University (SDSU) and hosted by the West African Research Center (WARC). This article highlights in particular the contributions of Geography, Global Studies, and Francophone Studies to program design and…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries
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Kaur, Kashmir – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
This paper is an activity report that draws on the experience of embedding sustainability into the mainstream curriculum in the Language Centre, School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds, UK. It describes and reflects on programmes that delivered the concept of sustainability and how learners developed their academic…
Descriptors: Sustainability, College Second Language Programs, Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Students
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Wagner, Susanne M.; Hoecherl-Alden, Gisela – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2020
More than ever, faculty need to ensure that undergraduate curricula not only provide students with tools to gain linguistic proficiency but also teach them to analyze both written and visual information to attain historical literacy. Developing both intercultural proficiency and insights into various historical memorialization processes ensures…
Descriptors: German, History Instruction, Literacy, Language Proficiency
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Hughes, Haning Z.; LeLoup, Jean W. – NECTFL Review, 2018
This paper describes an alternative and unique format to the customary culture and civilization course taught at the upper levels in a university foreign language curriculum. The semester-long course employed a content-based design that combined language instruction and learning with authentic music generated during distinct historical eras in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Second Language Programs
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Dyorina, Natalya V.; Antropova, Lyudmila I.; Zalavina, Tatyana Yu. – Arab World English Journal, 2018
This article considers the methods of teaching in the field of the language for general purposes and the language for special purposes. The purpose of the article is to give a comparative analysis of teaching general English and English for special purposes, to present arguments with respect to approaches designed to organize and ensure the high…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Skyba, Kateryna – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2015
The diversity of international relations in the globalized world has influenced the role of a translator that is becoming more and more important. Translators' training institutions today are to work out and to implement the best teaching methodology taking into consideration the new challenges of modern multinational and multicultural society.…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Languages, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Education
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Kirkgöz, Yasemin, Ed.; Dikilitas, Kenan, Ed. – English Language Education, 2018
This volume offers research-based studies on English for Specific Purposes in higher education from across the world. By drawing on international studies, the book brings together diverse ESP practices and aspects of relevant issues in the development of ESP programs, teachers and learners in a coherent fashion. There is a growing need for…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Higher Education, Educational Practices, Second Language Instruction
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Granados Beltrán, Carlo – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2013
Many of the actions of Colombia's National Programme for the Development of Foreign Languages (Programa Nacional de Desarrollo de Lenguas Extranjeras--PNDLE) have been carried out in elementary and secondary education, but there is not much information about its impact in institutions of higher education. The aim of this article is to present the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Higher Education
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Martin, Anne L. – Babel, 1999
Discusses how languages other than English are perennially under pressure not only in Australia but in the United States as well. Focuses on how the eighteen City university of New York system--better known as CUNY--implemented a blueprint for the future to help foreign language programs from disappearing. This included reorganizing language…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
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Towell, Richard – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1991
Describes a university's experimental task-based French program that successfully integrated foreign language learning more fully with the learning of interpersonal skills and nonlinguistic content, although some language skills, especially those needed for advanced written language and translation, appeared to suffer. (14 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Cultural Education, Foreign Countries
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Normand, Guessler – Foreign Language Annals, 1986
The University of Toledo developed a course, primarily for its undergraduate business administration students, to hone their awareness of how business practices and approaches are shaped by culture. The course also aims to give students the opportunity to function effectively in the increasingly international environment of business. An outline…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries
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Garigue, Philippe – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
The structure and philosophy of a college bilingual program is described within the context of Ontario's bilingual education system, differentiating between university-level education intended to meet the needs of Franco-Ontarians and bilingual education intended to produce graduates equally at home in the language and culture of both official…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Case Studies
Deverell, Gweneth – 1993
The process of setting objectives for the reading component of an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at Suva University in Fiji is described. The course is taken concurrently with a history course whose reading component is integrated into the EAP curriculum and whose specified objectives were to be facilitated by the EAP instruction. The…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Discourse Analysis, Educational Objectives, English for Academic Purposes
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Wesche, Marjorie Bingham – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
The potential impact of French immersion programs on English-language universities in Canada is discussed, including the demands of increasing numbers of immersion graduates for expanded, nontraditional French-language offerings. Applications of the immersion approach to university-level second language instruction are classified, particularly…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis
Scott, James Calvert – 1991
Traditional British attitudes toward foreigners, which are now being challenged by current economic realities, and the increasing internationalization of British business, which magnifies the need for employees to communicate effectively with people from other countries and cultures, are discussed. A brief overview is provided that covers recent…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Foreign Countries
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