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Peer reviewedPotoker, Elaine M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
Asserts that to revitalize foreign language study we need: (1) a reevaluation of the setting in which foreign language programs exist; (2) uniform standards for initial student placement in foreign language programs; and (3) continual updating by teachers, administrators, and guidance counselors of the objectives, methodology, and content of the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Design
Lafayette, Robert C. – 1976
The minicourse in foreign language teaching is an outgrowth of the diversified curriculum that is based on the personal-benefit theory. The importance of the individual and the need for a differentiated program designed to foster individual interests and maximize individual potential is stressed in this theory. The rapid growth of alternative…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Educational Innovation
Download full textJohnson, Keith – 1976
The notion of a functional syllabus has received widespread attention in recent years, so much so that in many cases it is being used where it is not suitable. One question is to what extent the functional syllabus may provide a framework for learning language structure, as it is difficult to impose any kind of structural organization on a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Curriculum Problems
Enwall, Beverly M. – 1977
Current attitudes within the foreign language profession at large are assessed, and some attempts to meet the common problems are described. The need for promoting and improving a public image in all areas outside the profession and informing the community about foreign language educational goals is an overriding problem. In addition to publicity…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Design, Financial Support, Higher Education
Bartley, Diana E. – 1971
This book reports on the Soviet Union's general, secondary, polytechnical schools which have been established recently to teach students to use one foreign language with fluency or near fluency. The author first discusses the long-range and immediate objectives of these special schools. Marxist-Leninist theory and its influence on contemporary…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Communism
Sander, Volkmar; Osterle, Heinz D. – 1978
This volume contains two papers, "German Studies in America," by Volkmar Sander, and "Historicism, Marxism, Structuralism: Ideas for German Culture Courses," by Heinz D. Osterle. The first paper discusses the position of German studies in the United States today. The greatest challenge comes from low enrollments; therefore,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Language Programs, Cultural Education, Culture
