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Hemmy, Kirsten; Mehta, Sandhya Rao – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2021
This study focuses on the place and role of the humanities, especially the liberal arts in emerging economies which rely vastly on the development of national skills and expertise. It is based on one example of a publicly funded university in Oman where the urgency of creating a skilled workforce has led to an exercise in aligning higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Liberal Arts, Humanities Instruction, Role of Education
Cunningham, Catriona – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2017
This article considers the way we talk about learning and teaching the humanities in higher education in the UK. By using the tools of the arts and humanities within the scholarship of learning and teaching, and examining a personal perspective, the author explores the transformational impact of French language learning and teaching. Close textual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Humanities Instruction, Higher Education
Huang, Wenhong; Fang, Fan – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2023
Although the potential of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) for intercultural learning and teaching is acknowledged, few studies have explored the teaching of culture in EMI programmes in higher education contexts. Thus, this study examined the perceptions and practices that six EMI teachers from a variety of disciplines have of culture and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Allen, Christopher; Richardson, David – Research-publishing.net, 2019
In recent years, schools, municipalities, and universities have made increasing use of educational technologists (edtechs) to support teaching staff in the delivery of technology-based courses in face-to-face, blended, or purely online formats. This paper is a case study focusing on the types of training and support provision provided by three…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Role
Nookathoti, Trinadh – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
Field of education is associated with herculean task and innate responsibility of escorting societies forward. Across space and time, it has been an unambiguous synthesis that education should precede any progress or change. It helps humans to understand themselves and better their interaction with rest of the society. Hence the field of education…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Educational History, Social Bias, Role of Education
Plough, India C. – Multicultural Education, 2016
The role of world languages in the internationalization of college campuses in the United States (U.S.) has become a recurring theme of discussions in academic, government, and private sectors. Topics have ranged from the lack of a common definition of internationalization to a review of college curricula. Klee (2009) and Bettencourt (2011) have…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Gallagher-Brett, Angela; Canning, John – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2011
Discussions of student transition from the study of languages in UK high schools to the study of languages at university usually focus on the vertical transition, comparing the differences in curricula and approach to languages taken in each sector. Whilst acknowledging that this aspect of the student transition is important, this article explores…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, High Schools, Higher Education
Office of Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education, 2012
The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad program provides grants to support overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies by teachers, undergraduate and graduate students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Student Financial Aid, Languages
Preisler, Bent; Klitgard, Ida; Fabricius, Anne – Multilingual Matters, 2011
Based on a series of studies from universities around the world, this book suggests that internationalization does not equate with across-the-board use of English, and instead represents a new cultural and linguistic hybridity with the potential to develop new identities unfettered by traditional "us-and-them" binary thinking, and which…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Linguistics, Language of Instruction, Global Approach
Borg, Erik – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
Plagiarism and collusion are significant issues for most lecturers whatever their discipline, and to universities and the higher education sector. Universities respond to these issues by developing institutional definitions of plagiarism, which are intended to apply to all instances of plagiarism and collusion. This article first suggests that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Plagiarism, Ethics
Perkins, Jean A. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1979
Discusses the importance of the humanities, particularly language study, to the pursuit of knowledge. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Higher Education, Humanities, Humanities Instruction
Levitt, Ruth; Janta, Barbara; Shehabi, Ala'a; Jones, Daniel; Valentini, Elizabeth – RAND Corporation, 2009
This report discusses concerns that the future of the UK's world class research base might be threatened by the decline in modern language learning and calls for a series of measures by Universities and Government bodies to address this danger. It investigates evidence for the role of language skills in academic research in the humanities and…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, Social Sciences, Language Skills, Researchers

Tonkin, Humphrey – ADFL Bulletin, 1985
Discusses the status of foreign language learning in connection with the humanities, and suggests a redefinition of the mission of the foreign language department in the research university. It is proposed that students be trained in language teaching skills in combination with branches of the humanities other than literature, without neglecting…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Humanities, Humanities Instruction

Hoecherl-Alden, Gisela – Foreign Language Annals, 2000
Presents a university-level German curriculum that incorporates a combination of communicative and content-based learning. Demonstrates that professional school students can be trained alongside humanities majors by making minor but far-reaching adjustments to the elementary and intermediate language program, and without placing undue restraints…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum, German, Higher Education
Cormier, Raymond J. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1974
Descriptors: Higher Education, Humanities, Language Instruction, Language Skills