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Foreign Language Learning Motivation in a U.S. Military Academy: A Comparative Case Study on the Effects from the Learning Environment
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Miller, Zachary F.; Crowther, Dustin – Applied Language Learning, 2020
Using a case study design, we compared two prior-service cadets learning Portuguese at a United States (U.S.) military academy on how they dealt with aspects of foreign language learning (FLL). In particular, we explored how three specific components contributed to the formation of the cadets' second language (L2) motivational selves. These were…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Concept, Learning Motivation
Languages for Specific Purposes at the United States Military Academy: A Cumulative Learning Approach
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Sack, William; Maggin, Sherry; Miller, Zachary F. – Hispania, 2021
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, undergraduate institution that educates and trains its students (cadets) to become future leaders in the US Army officer corps. The Department of Foreign Languages (DFL) at West Point plays an integral role in developing cadets' cultural and linguistic competencies in preparation for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Military Training, Universities, Languages for Special Purposes
Gaining Proficiency through Task-Based Activities in the Portuguese Classroom (Beginning and Intermediate Year Case Studies)
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Jones-Kellogg, Rebecca – Hispania, 2015
This paper describes a task-based activity used at the United States Military Academy, in their first- through third-semester Portuguese language sequence "Proficiencies" (Proficiências). The stand-alone task-based activity can be an effective tool in gaining foreign-language proficiency at even the lowest levels of classroom instruction…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Vocabulary Development, Learning Processes, Task Analysis
MANPOWER IN THE NEGLECTED LANGUAGES, 1963-64--A REPORT IN FIVE PARTS.
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TIERNEY, HANNELORE; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS STUDY OF "NEGLECTED LANGUAGES" IN UNITED STATES COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN 1963-64 SUPPLEMENTED AN EARLIER STUDY CONDUCTED DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1962-63. THE PRESENT REPORT SHOWED (AS DID THE EARLIER ONE) THAT THE NEGLECT IS DIMINISHING WITH ENROLLMENTS OF ABOUT 21,000 IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES, EXCLUDING THE "BIG…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Enrollment, Enrollment Rate
Study of Bilingual-Bicultural Projects Involving Native American, Indo-European, Asian and Pacific Language Groups.
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Battiste, Marie A.; And Others – 1975
This is the final report of one of three studies in an overall project entitled "Evaluation of Bilingual Education Programs." This study was sponsored in response to a need for more information regarding bilingual-bicultural education for other than Spanish language groups. The study's objectives were to: (1) identify the major issues…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Chinese, Educational Legislation
Two-Way Bilingual Programs in the United States. 1992-1993 Supplement.
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Christian, Donna; Mahrer, Cindy – 1992
The first annual supplement to the 1991-1992 directory of two-way bilingual education programs in the United States profiles new and some existing programs in which language-minority and language-majority children are instructed in and through both languages. this volume contains data on 25 programs in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)