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Incremental Gains in Foreign Language Programs: The Role of Reading in Learning about Other Cultures
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Direct linkFrantzen, Diana – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2010
In this article, the author considers some of the issues addressed in the 2007 MLA report. The 2007 MLA report argues that the two-tiered literature/language configuration in post-secondary foreign language departments "has outlived its usefulness and needs to evolve," and even needs to be replaced. When proclamations are made that foreign…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Second Language Programs, Form Classes (Languages), Second Languages
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
