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Pitkänen, Kari K. – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Over the past decades, Finland has become more international, and the need for academic and professional language skills has increased and shifted towards productive skills. In this paper, I shall provide an overview of this development as seen through course catalogues from four decades, and compare it with real student needs, strengths and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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