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Looking beyond Language Skills--Integrating Digital Skills into Language Teaching
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Deacon, Amanda; Parkin, Lucy; Schneider, Carolin – Research-publishing.net, 2017
The traditional focus of the language elective has been to give students the skills to communicate in the foreign language which has also been their main selling point. However, language graduates need more specific and wide-ranging skills if they are to compete in the current and future job markets. It is now widely accepted that universities…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Technological Literacy, Technology Integration, Teaching Methods
The Infusion of African Cultural Elements in Language Learning: A Modular Approach.
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Clark, Beatrice S. – Foreign Language Annals, 1982
Describes a curriculum project at five Black colleges in which Afro-French and Afro-Hispanic cultural materials were infused into introductory French and Spanish courses. Results indicate that use of these cultural materials motivated students in their study of foreign languages and contributed to development of global perspectives. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: African Culture, Black Colleges, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness
Report on the Third Year of the ESF-Funded Project to Consolidate and Develop Foreign Language Modules for Students of Other Disciplines and the First Year of the Language Modules Research and Development Project.
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Trinity Coll., Dublin (Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies. – 1996
This report details the third year (October 1, 1995-September 30, 1996) of a Trinity College (Ireland) program to offer second language learning modules to students who are not language majors. The modules' objectives are to develop students' communication skills for study, travel, or work abroad during undergraduate years, and to enhance their…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Course Content, Enrollment Rate, Foreign Countries
Report on the Fourth Year of the ESF-Funded Project to Consolidate and Develop Foreign Language Modules for Students of Other Disciplines and the Second Year of the Language Modules Research and Development Project.
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Trinity Coll., Dublin (Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies. – 1997
The report details the fourth year (October 1996-September 30, 1997) of a Trinity College (Ireland) program to offer second language learning modules to students who are not language majors. The modules' objectives are to develop students' communication skills for study, travel, or work abroad during undergraduate years, and to enhance their…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Course Content, Enrollment Rate, Foreign Countries
Personalizing as a Teaching and Marketing Strategy in an Introductory Module: Why and How.
Kreiter, Robert – 1986
One college French course introduces third-semester students to commercial French while simultaneously teaching contemporary French theater to the same group. The 3-week course segment is taught with two 3-week modules, and is part of a course using the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). The commercial language module helps to build an…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs