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Download full textRenoir, Alain – Forum, 1970
As a teacher of English, comparative literature, and foreign languages, the author views the state of the art of foreign language instruction and suggests reforms. Discussion focuses on foreign language requirements, premises on which language study is based, tests and literature, misplaced priorities of college language departments, relevance of…
Descriptors: College Programs, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
PDF pending restorationSackett, Theodore Alan – Bulletin of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, 1970
Commentary on the relationship of culture study and language instruction focuses on: (1) educational goals of current language programs, (2) the relationship between language study and university structure, and (3) observations concerning instructional personnel. The author concludes by urging a realistic appraisal of goals and institutional…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, College Programs, College Role, Cultural Awareness
Pottier, Bernhard – Yelmo, 1971
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Educational Objectives, Language Instruction, Language Role
Peer reviewedHoffmann, Hans G. – Zielsprache Englisch, 1977
The English as a second language certificate course in German People's Universities may be made a 4-step course. Its goals, set by the Council of Europe, should be carefully examined. One goal, "content-specification," is discussed, and its attendant problems demonstrated by means of an example. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Peer reviewedIngram, D. E. – Babel, 1972
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Educational Objectives, Language Instruction, Modern Languages
Bennett, Benjamin – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1972
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Educational Objectives, Language Enrollment
Steel, Brian – Yelmo, 1974
Spanish foreign language teaching should aim at the following: 1) adequate reading-comprehension ability; 2) fluency in spoken and written Spanish; and 3) ability to recognize linguistic characteristics in literature, which would serve as a basis for further graduate stylistic research. (Text is in Spanish.) (Author/DS)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Educational Objectives, Language Instruction, Language Styles
Twaddell, W. Freeman – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1972
Address given at the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages held in New York, New York, on April 14, 1972. (DS)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Educational Objectives, Employment Opportunities, Language Instruction
Schaefer, William D. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1972
Paper presented at the 1972 Summer Seminar of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) held June 19-23, 1972, at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. (DS)
Descriptors: Administrators, College Language Programs, Educational Objectives, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedGottsman, Sarah – Classical Outlook, 1971
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Classical Literature, Classroom Techniques, College Language Programs
Peer reviewedGrew, James H. – French Review, 1970
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Educational Objectives, English, French
McCarthy, Jo Ann S. – American Foreign Language Teacher, 1974
Points out those recommendations made by the Carnegie Commission which are most closely related to the field of modern languages and suggests ways in which language departments can strengthen their programs. (PM)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Language Programs, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Peer reviewedYalden, Janice – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1975
Discusses the role of the university, in particular the Canadian university, in FL instruction. (KM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Role, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFickert, Kurt J. – German Quarterly, 1976
Reply to Foulkes' article "Some Speculations on the Future of German Departments in the United States, 'German Quarterly' v47", in which Foulkes' denigration of the value of learning or teaching German is criticized. His proposals for reforming the German departments are approved. (MS)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Educational Objectives, German, Higher Education
Grandin, John; And Others – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1979
This report deals with the function of a department of second language instruction at the University of Rhode Island, which could serve as a model for departments at other institutions. (CFM)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, College Language Programs, Departments, Educational Objectives
