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Mohamed, Salwa – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
It is generally accepted that culture is inseparable from language. However, the provision of culture in FL courses takes different forms. At Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), minor route/30 credit language students in the Uniwide Language Programme are allocated 1 h for cultural studies (known as the project hour) in addition to a weekly…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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
Fife, Kurt D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The U.S.-China relationship is "the" most consequential bilateral relationship in the world. As the U.S. and China engage, even if both sides do not see eye-to-eye on all issues, it is extremely important to find areas of cooperation that are able to have a positive influence on the world. In its role as a superpower, the U.S. is…
Descriptors: International Relations, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kearney, Erin; Ahn, So-Yeon – Learning Languages, 2013
In a non-immersion, preschool world language program, what learning outcomes are reasonable to expect? Since exposure to and engagement with new languages is typically limited in these so-called "low-input" programs, we should anticipate no more than modest gains in linguistic proficiency. Rather, early childhood language programs can,…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs
Shanker, Sandhya; Kraemer, Angelika – Learning Languages, 2014
From previous research on second language acquisition and early language learning, educators know that young children have a cognitive advantage to learning a foreign language over other age groups (e.g., Garcia-Sierra et al.; Hyltenstam and Abrahamsson; Singleton and Ryan; Werker et al.). More recently, an increase in functional benefits for…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Global Approach, Second Language Learning
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
Davidova, Evguenia – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2011
This article analyzes the findings of a pilot project conducted in 2008-2009 as a partnership between University Studies, Portland State University's interdisciplinary general education program, and the University's Russian Flagship Language Partner Program. The project proposes a new approach of integrating non-English speakers' language skills,…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Class Activities, General Education, Learning Activities
Peng, Hsinyi; Lu, Wei-Hsin; Wang, Chao-I – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2009
The purposes of this study were to identify the essential dimensions of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) and to establish a framework for assessing the ICC level of high school students that included a self-report inventory and scoring rubrics for online interaction in intercultural contexts. A total of 472 high school students from…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Scoring Rubrics, Foreign Countries, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Robyn, Richard – 1983
An effective, inexpensive means of cross cultural and linguistic enrichment is available through a "Friday Lunch Program" developed by Ashland College, Ohio in October 1980. International students from the college meet in three one-hour lunches, with selected 5th and 6th grade students from local schools. The lunches are intended to…
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education
Reeves, Nigel – 1993
This paper discusses the role that foreign language programs should play in targeting their instruction to the particular needs of students, whether they are studying business, science, or other technical fields. It also describes an English-German negotiation simulation for final year students in the International Business and German course at…
Descriptors: Business Education, Collective Bargaining, Economics, English

Morrow, Phillip R. – World Englishes, 1995
Describes various aspects of the Toshiba Corporation's language training program. The Toshiba case illustrates some of the problems at a practical level with the concept of Business English (BE), the distinction between BE and English for Specific Purposes, and the incorporation of cross-cultural communication training into language instruction.…
Descriptors: Business English, Case Studies, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
Landry, Maureen D. – 1990
A school situation was studied in which students of English as a Second Language (ESL) were not developing English communicative competence because ESL students were segregated from fluent English-speaking (FES) students. ESL students were having difficulties with English reading, writing, and math concepts. In response to this situation a program…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
Chung, Young-Iob – 1991
This report describes the planning process for the Export Academy at Eastern Michigan University, designed to prepare students for a Master of Arts degree combining export and trade studies with second language (French, German, Spanish). In 1989-91, the Academy prepared the proposal for the new Master's degree program and sponsored a series of…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, French
Milton, Tom – 1994
This report describes a project to create an interdisciplinary specialization in international business for undergraduate business majors and to internationalize the existing business program at Mercy College (New York). Objectives were to help students acquire a working knowledge of the international dimension of business, appreciate…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
Braine, George – 1993
The University of South Alabama addressed a rapid increase in the population of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in its freshman composition classes by developing classes in writing in English as a Second Language (ESL). These students were having difficulty in mainstream freshman composition classes, both with the proficiency level…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Culture Conflict
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