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Yawei Li – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research is about the underlying process language learners rely on to be able to engage effectively in unscripted conversations without premeditation, or "improvisation." To engage in improvisation in another language, one needs to recognize those elements of the evolving cultural context that are significant at the moment. By…
Descriptors: Languages, Asian Culture, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning
Debbie Rozner – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Internationalization at institutions of higher education in the United States results in greater linguistic diversity of the student body. Admission policies for international students include English proficiency standards which are meant to ensure that multilingual students for whom English is an additional language can function linguistically in…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Mwangi, Peter N. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the STARTALK language programs on the internationalization of higher education in the United States. The study focused on the 11 STARTALK language programs offered to high school students in the summers of 2013, 2014, and 2015 on various university campuses in the U.S. Such programs enabled…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Program Effectiveness, International Education
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Burke, Brigid M. – Modern Language Journal, 2013
Brigid Burke is the program coordinator of World Language Education at her university, which is housed in the College of Education and Human Development. Since obtaining this position 4 years ago, she has become most concerned about certain recommendations that were made by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in 2002,…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teacher Certification
Looney, Dennis; Lusin, Natalia – Modern Language Association, 2019
Total enrollments (undergraduate and graduate) in languages other than English dropped by 9.2% between fall 2013 and fall 2016, as reported in the Modern Language Association's twenty-fifth language enrollment census. Despite the overall drop, there were gains in nearly half of all language programs (45.5%) that mitigate somewhat the downward…
Descriptors: Language Enrollment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Wehage, Franz-Joseph – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2007
This report of one program and one person highlights several successful initiatives that resulted in the growth of the German Program at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. While the ideas reflect common best practices of many successful programs seeking to maintain their profile in today's educational environment, the energy, commitment and…
Descriptors: Program Development, German, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning
McKee, Elaine – 1983
The French Immersion Program at the University of Tulsa was evaluated. Eleven students enrolled during a six-week program were compared to 20 students enrolled in a traditional program at Ohio State University. Assessment was performed using an instrument designed to measure listening, reading, and writing skills. Students in the intensive setting…
Descriptors: French, Higher Education, Immersion Programs, Second Language Instruction
Kindig, Eileen Silva – Today's Education, 1981
Akron's elementary language program is designed to prepare students for a systematic study of a foreign language. Akron emphasizes language as a necessity. Learning a foreign language on the elementary level seems to make children more aware of language in general and helps them to improve their skills in English. (JN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, FLES, Parent Teacher Cooperation
KUNKLE, JOHN F. – 1966
THE EXPERIENCE OF FLES TEACHERS WITH "BONJOUR LINE" (FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE) AND "VOIX ET IMAGES DE FRANCE" (SIXTH GRADE) IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FRENCH CURRICULUM OVER A 2-YEAR PERIOD IN SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO, HAS RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WAYS IN WHICH AMERICAN AND FRENCH…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary School Students, FLES
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Rosenbusch, Marcia Harmon; Sorensen, Laurie – Learning Languages, 2004
The experience described by Kay Hoag, Advocacy Chair of the National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL), exemplifies the threat of program elimination and/or cutbacks that elementary school foreign language programs across the nation experienced with increased frequency during the 2002-2003 academic year. Reports of these threats…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Second Language Learning, FLES