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Download full textPedro Tavarez DaCosta; Ivanna Tavarez Vásquez; Francheska Arias Reyes – Online Submission, 2025
The present work is a historical/linguistic account of an unprecedented fact regarding the existence of two English Speaking Communities [British English and American English], in our country the Dominican Republic, where Spanish is the official and most used language, to the extent of being considered a monolingual nation or country. It is…
Descriptors: Language Variation, North American English, English, Spanish
Direct linkCruz Arcila, Ferney; Solano-Cohen, Vanessa; Rincón, Ana Cecilia; Lobato Junior, Antonio; Briceño-González, María – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
In the context of an undergraduate program in modern languages that includes the learning of French, Italian, Portuguese, and German in addition to English, this paper problematizes anglonormativity; that is, the dominant discourses of English as the taken-for-granted language of development. From the particular context of Colombia, where the…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedByrnes, Heidi – ADFL Bulletin, 1997
Discussion of governance in college foreign language departments focuses on the conflicting views of faculty about: the nature of language; intellectual justification, position, and role of foreign language studies in American higher education; goals, purposes, and approaches for language learning in an instructional setting; and governance…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, Departments
Peer reviewedKinder, John J. – Italica, 1996
Discusses the presence and significance of linguistics in Italian departments at universities in Australia and worldwide against the background of multiculturalism, the politicization of the Italian population in Australia, and the emergence of Italy as a major economic and political power. Argues that the boundary lines between linguistics and…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Cultural Pluralism, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Centre for Information on Language Teaching, London (England). – 1975
This collection of papers from a conference on languages less commonly taught in Britain is concerned with administrative and material problems of teaching these languages. Contents of the publication are: an introduction by G. E. Perren; "Practical Needs" by Anthony Crane; "Problems of Producing Printed Materials" by Rosemary…
Descriptors: Bulgarian, Chinese, Class Size, College Language Programs
Lippman, Jane N. – 1974
Enrollment trends and factors that influence foreign language study in colleges and universities are discussed. Most college foreign language programs have emphasized the study of literature and have not been committed to the training of teachers or the teaching of civilization or culture. It appears that students' concern about the job market and…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, College Language Programs, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
