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Office of Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education, 2012
The Language Resource Centers (LRC) program provides grants to institutions of higher education to establish, strengthen, and operate resource centers that serve to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign languages. Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education. Duration of the grant is four years. Center activities…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Teacher Effectiveness, Higher Education, Learning Resources Centers
Axelson, Elizabeth; Madden, Carolyn – IDEAL, 1990
The design of video-based materials and development of a set of classroom discourse features to meet the practical needs of international teaching assistants (ITAs) in the classroom is discussed. Interactive use of the video helps ITAs discover and use the language and culture of the classroom. (11 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Yalden, Janice – 1984
The Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS) at Ottawa's Carleton University was established in 1982 as a multifunctional unit for applied linguistics research to include six functions: research and development, consulting, the development of learning options, providing a writing tutorial service, teacher training, and teacher support. Its…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Redard, F., Ed.; And Others – 1979
This special issue concerns the content, function, and form of instructional materials dealing with second language instruction. The following articles appear: (1) "Deliberate Semantics--an 'Interventionist' Approach to Second Language Teaching Methodology," by A.P.R. Howatt; (2) "Sprechakte und Sprachunterricht (Speech Acts and Language…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Development
Singleton, D. M., Ed.; Little, D. G., Ed. – 1984
A number of issues of central importance to understanding the nature of language, its acquisition and use were considered at a seminar on language learning. Papers delivered at the seminar are as follows: "Why Don't Learners Learn What Teachers Teach? The Interaction Hypothesis" (Dick Allwright); "The Role of Instruction in Second Language…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Children