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Bohinski, Chesla Ann; Leventhal, Yumei – The EUROCALL Review, 2015
This paper shares the work and observations from a task-based 6-week email exchange project between participants in Spain and the US. Though small in scale, the study offers insights for those interested in telecollaboration but face constraints on multiple fronts. Close examination of the exchanges reveal participants' engagement on multiple…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Mail, Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Programs
Grabe, William – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2010
In this article, the author critiques the MLA Report. His first response to the MLA report is that it clearly identifies a number of the problems facing modern languages departments today. Enrollments and majors are declining in most modern languages departments throughout the U.S. Other academic departments do not strongly enforce language…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Student Needs, Second Language Programs, Linguistics
CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2012
The Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) provides funding for states and territories to provide instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), and Adult Secondary Education (ASE) to adults in need of these literacy services. California State Budget Act…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcome Measures, Program Effectiveness, Adult Basic Education
Akkari, Abdeljalil; Loomis, Colleen – Bulletin suisse de linguistique applique, 1998
This discussion of bilingual education in the United States begins with a review of the historical and political context in which it has evolved since the late 1800s. Policy issues and some research are examined here. It then outlines the theoretical and conceptual debate, focusing on four major theoretical frameworks used to justify bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Cultural Context, Educational History
Tarnopolsky, Oleg – 1999
The report describes the context for English language teaching in Ukraine, provides a case study on one intensive English program (IEP), and compares the program to an IEP in the United States. The first chapter discusses the circumstances of state-regulated and alternative English language programs, factors supporting English language teaching…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language)