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Reynolds, Nedra – Liberal Education, 2019
At a time when language programs around the United States are in crisis--the University of Rhode Island's Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures is realigning its curriculum to emphasize proficiency and intercultural competence within a strong liberal arts context. The result of the department's recent initiatives? More than…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Departments
Caon-Parsons, Sandra; Dimmell, Paula – English Australia Journal, 2020
The Intercultural Competency (ICC) Program is a structured program that has been developed at the University of Adelaide's English Language Centre (ELC) to create opportunities for students to connect in a global context. This stand-alone and easily transferable program aims to create meaningful opportunities for mixed-language-ability learners to…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods, Lesson Plans, Intercultural Communication
Nader, Alison – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP) modules are a popular option for international students at the University of Reading. Student feedback and module results show that some of these students face particular challenges in relation to their peers. In this paper, we describe how a team teaching Beginners French -- Common European Framework of…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Murphy, Dianna, Ed.; Evans-Romaine, Karen, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2016
A number of reports in the US have highlighted the country's need for improved second language skills for both national security and economic competitiveness. The Language Flagship program, launched in 2002, aims to raise expectations regarding language proficiency levels at the post-secondary level and to address structural gaps in the curricula…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Second Language Programs, Program Descriptions
Harper, Jane – 1985
In response to requests of adult students for foreign language instruction for their kindergarten and elementary school aged children, and after researching the availability of such instruction in the area, Tarrant County Junior College developed a series of nonsequential courses of 12 lessons each on common topics such as parts of the body, the…
Descriptors: Children, College Second Language Programs, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development

Groennings, Sven – Educational Record, 1983
There are many indications that campuses consider the improvement of international education to be of paramount importance. Proposals reflect an interest in an infusion of international perspectives into curricula, the enhancement of competencies for business and teaching, and instruction in foreign languages. (MLW)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Curriculum, College Role, College Second Language Programs
Dublin Univ. Trinity Coll. (Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies. – 1995
A University of Dublin (Ireland) curriculum restructuring project in the undergraduate second language program is chronicled, and ongoing curriculum development efforts are described. As a result of curriculum research, the university offered a series of freshman French and German courses in 1994-95 and a series of second-year courses to students…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs

Long, Donna R. – Foreign Language Annals, 1985
Describes the implementation of a first-year comprehension-based Spanish language program at New Mexico State University. Includes a discussion of the history of the program and of the problems encountered in changing a traditional curriculum. Also describes the materials, classroom practice, and testing and evaluation techniques used in the…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Language Enrollment

Ducretet, Marie-Paule; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1992
A French curriculum development and research project at Erindale College (Canada), established in 1985, studies and initiates incorporation of computer technology into the University of Toronto French program. Specific objectives include evaluation and adaptation of existing software, development of an undergraduate course in computer applications…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Curriculum Development
Rorschach, Elizabeth; MacGowan-Gilhooly, Adele – 1993
The Fluency First in English as a second language (ESL) project at City College (New York) began as a result of the high failure rate among ESL writing students at the college, and the fact that this kept many students from entering the regular college courses. Revision on the ESL reading and writing curricula, beginning in 1987, focused on…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)

Tomlinson, P.; Towell, R. – Language Teaching Research, 1999
Describes a curriculum development research project that took place in the French section of the Department of Modern Languages of the University of Salford in the United Kingdom over a 10-year period. The curriculum is motivated by three interacting theoretical perspectives on how languages are learned at an advanced level.(Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Cormier, Raymond – 1988
A second language program developed at Wilson College (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) with a federal grant uses the Rassias Method of theatrical, dramatic language saturation. In the first application of the program at the college, peer tutors (who would be assistant teachers in the subsequent immersion program) were trained in a three-day workshop.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Cross Cultural Training, Curriculum Development
Rogers, Angela; Mulyana, Cukup – 1995
A program designed to teach university science lecturers in Indonesia how to design and teach one-semester courses in English for special purposes (ESP) is described. The program provided lecturers with training in language teaching methodology and course design. The piloting of the teacher training course, focusing on physics instruction, is…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, English for Special Purposes, English (Second Language)
Phariss, Florence M. – 1991
For many years, the modern language enrollment at Butler University included many students with a second major in education, and the language curriculum served this population. As the number of teacher trainees diminished, foreign language majors increasingly indicated second majors in business. To serve this population, the foreign language…
Descriptors: Business Communication, College Curriculum, College Second Language Programs, Course Organization
Rogers, Carmen Villegas; And Others – 1988
A state grant to the Department of Romance Languages of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville has allowed development of a proficiency-based curriculum for first- and second-year French and Spanish. Most of the effort to date has been preparation of the syllabus based on specified goals and objectives, or student outcomes, focusing on allowing…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design
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