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Peer reviewedTremblay, Roger – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1992
The debate over whether Canadian second-language teaching should emphasize language study or language experience is examined, and it is concluded that the emerging consensus is for integration of the two in English and French second-language instruction. The National Core French Study teaching model is recommended for all languages. (10…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGrahn, Joyce L.; Vanden Bloomen, Dennis R. – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 1995
The need to incorporate a foreign-language component in international business curricula is examined. The value of foreign language is analyzed from the perspectives of international business executives, managers, and other employees, national commissions on education, and academic administrators and faculty. It is concluded that language study…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Curriculum Design, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Kharma, Nayef – IRAL, 1998
Discussion of the English language needs of the Arab world looks at two general kinds of needs: societal and educational-cultural. Some major needs analysis studies conducted in the Arab world, particularly that of the Gulf region, are reviewed. The need for comprehensive research in this area, for the purpose of curriculum design, is emphasized.…
Descriptors: Arabs, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Educational Needs
Peer reviewedKatz, Michael R. – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
Teaching foreign-language literature in translation, within the foreign language department, has intellectual and pragmatic justifications. Intellectually, it is a source of joy for language faculty to share target language literature, and it is the thematic components, not language, that offer richest discussion. Practically, students don't have…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Design, Higher Education
Download full textKoch, Denise W. – 1995
A 1994 national survey of directors of 69 master's in business administration (MBA) programs gathered information on business language course offerings. Results indicate that while the issue of business foreign languages was of interest to administrators, their inclusion in the MBA curriculum was not widely supported. At present, about 80 percent…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Cultural Awareness
Thong, Iv – 1995
The recent restructuring of the curriculum of the Faculty of Business of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) is described and offered as a model of the kind of reorganization occurring within Cambodia's higher education system. The history of language policy in the higher education system is chronicled briefly,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Curriculum Design
Fichera, Virginia M., Ed.; Straight, H. Stephen, Ed. – Translation Perspectives, 1997
The collection of essays on use of languages across the curriculum (LAC, LxC) at the State University of New York at Binghamton includes: "Language Resource Specialists as Agents of Curricular Internationalization (An Overview and Evaluation of Binghamton University's LxC Program)" (H. Stephen Straight); "'But Do They Learn French?'…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Capstone Experiences, College Curriculum, Communications
Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria (South Africa). – 1986
Papers include: "Another Dimension of Readiness To Learn in the Second Language"; "Medium of Instruction in Black Education in Southern Africa"'; "Language Across the Curriculum"; "Die milieu binne die skool" ("The Environment Inside the School"); "Language in Black Education: The Environment…
Descriptors: African Languages, Afrikaans, Bantu Languages, Black Education
Cajkler, Wasyl; Addelman, Ron – 1992
This book on aspects of modern foreign language teaching is written for trainee, new, and experienced teachers of students aged 11-16 and is intended as a practical source of information. The discussion of specific teaching issues includes implications for classroom practice. While not directly addressing Britain's new National Curriculum, it does…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, David – 1998
A 1996 South African law vested elementary/secondary school governing bodies with formation of school policy concerning both language(s) used for instruction and those selected for second-language study. The study reported here investigated the perceptions of language teachers, principals, and governing body members on language policy, policy…
Descriptors: African Languages, Afrikaans, Curriculum Design, Educational Policy
Dubin, Fraida; Olshtain, Elite – 1986
The guide for developing curricula and instructional materials is intended for use in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction and instruction in other second/foreign languages. It presents an overview of the course designer's task and some available techniques. First, assessment of educational needs and relevant societal factors is…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Course Organization
Baker, Colin – 1996
The textbook for training bilingual education teachers addresses psychological and social questions that enable teachers to define more clearly what they want to do in a classroom, and offers theoretical and practical information for a variety of social contexts. The first section addresses individualism and the social nature of bilingualism, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Context
Jaquith, Paul, Ed. – Cross Currents, 1991
"Cross Currents" is subtitled "an International Journal of Language Teaching and Cross-Cultural Communication." This special theme issue is devoted to the topic of "content-based language teaching" and contains nine the ELT Needs of Japanese University Students"; "Exploring Community in a Content-Based…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, College Students
Stryker, Stephen B., Ed.; Leaver, Betty Lou, Ed. – 1997
A collection of essays contains articles on content-based foreign language courses at three levels (beginning, intermediate, advanced) and on foreign languages across the curriculum, including: "Content-Based Instruction: From Theory to Practice" (Stephen B. Stryker, Betty Lou Leaver); "Content-Based Instruction in a Basic Russian…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Arabic, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
Department of Education and Science, London (England). – 1990
A study investigated techniques and practices for teaching second languages (French, German, Spanish) in 25 urban schools in different areas of England. It was found that the overall quality of work in modern languages was very good in 1 school, good in 5, satisfactory in 7, less than satisfactory in 10, and poor in 2. Three of 10 lessons seen…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design
