This article focuses on how to teach intercultural communicative competence to learners of English as a foreign language enrolled in a university exchange program in Europe, and help them become "intercultural speakers." The intercultural speaker can be defined as an intermediary between his or her own culture and the other's culture.…

The first institution-to-institution undergraduate academic exchange between a Soviet institution--Moscow's State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages-M. Thorez--and an American university is reported. The four-month exchange program began in 1974 and has expanded each year since. (LBH)

This paper discusses in a general way the decline of use of the Romanian language among second and third-generation Romanian-Americans, and then it points to the state of the study of English as a foreign language in the Romanian Socialist Republic today. A brief review of the influence of British English in Romania is followed by: (1) a more…

This book explores the idea of "intercultural competence", which, despite its current popularity across various discourses, has remained a vague and oscillating concept. Interculture lacks a universal definition and "competence" is not only a cognitive construct but also includes psychological traits such as attitudes,…

The Transatlantic Orientation Exchange/Multiplikatorenschulung im transatlan-tischen Austausch is a collaboration between volunteers and staff in both the US and German AFS organizations. The goal of the project is to increase the level of intercultural learning of German and US secondary education exchange participants and their host families.…

This study examined opinions about some theoretical and practical tenets of bilingualism and bilingual education, as well as about the instructional use of English language learners' (ELLs) native languages in the classroom, of 77 teachers from Spain working in California as part of the California/Spain Visiting Teachers Program. In their…

THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION, SPONSORED JOINTLY BY THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF EDUCATION, ISSUED AN OFFICIAL POLICY STATEMENT. RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE CONCERNING (1) THE VALUES OF STUDYING A MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE, (2) THE PLACE OF MODERN FOREIGN…

Study abroad programs in Paris and the French provinces offer a variety of opportunities for study by both language and nonlanguage majors, and for faculty directing programs. Courses have varying structures, objectives, and costs, but continue to be generally popular. (MSE)

Schools in America, especially in communities far from urban centers, are working harder to find highly qualified and culturally proficient staff to prepare students successfully for an increasingly interconnected world. Apart from offering teachers more professional development and hiring educators with international travel experience, public…

It is a widely accepted belief that the best way to master a new language is to live in the country where the language is spoken. For young people, one of the most popular ways of immersing themselves in the host environment is to become an "au pair:" move in with a family and look after their children to get first-hand experience of the…

The Fulbright-Hays Teaching Exchange with Germany is a one-for-one exchanqe for approximately twenty pairs of American and German teachers. American elementary and secondary school teachers as well as college instructors and assistant professors replace their German counterparts for an academic year at either a "Hauptschule" (a…

Describes teacher exchange opportunities through the U.S. Office of Education. (CLK)

An American student reports on her studies at Peking University, where students do not expect, and do not receive, much luxury in their education. Two modes of education in China, the academic learning of the university students and the mental conditioning of the workers, are discussed. (MLW)

Revised version of an address presented at the Hessian Institute for Continuing Teacher Education on October 10, 1969. (WB)