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Sabrina Link – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
German university degrees, at least in some countries, offer students only German literature courses in addition to language courses. Linguistics is often not a core component of German degree programmes. As a result, students who are not familiar with basic linguistic terminology do not know how languages work, including their mother tongue, or…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, German, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Wagner, Susanne M.; Hoecherl-Alden, Gisela – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2020
More than ever, faculty need to ensure that undergraduate curricula not only provide students with tools to gain linguistic proficiency but also teach them to analyze both written and visual information to attain historical literacy. Developing both intercultural proficiency and insights into various historical memorialization processes ensures…
Descriptors: German, History Instruction, Literacy, Language Proficiency
Parks, Elinor – Research-publishing.net, 2017
This paper explores the unique contribution of content modules towards the development of criticality (Barnett, 1997) and intercultural competence (Byram, 1997) in Modern Languages (ML). It draws upon the findings of a PhD study investigating the implications of the division between language and content, as experienced by German Studies students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Modules, Intercultural Programs, Interpersonal Competence
Coral, Josep; Lleixà, Teresa; Ventura, Carles – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
The member states of the European Union have funded many initiatives supporting the teaching and learning of foreign languages. Content and language integrated learning is one of the experimental language programmes that have been introduced in Catalonia, in the north-east of Spain. The aims of this study are to analyse the results achieved by…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Hughes, Haning Z.; LeLoup, Jean W. – NECTFL Review, 2018
This paper describes an alternative and unique format to the customary culture and civilization course taught at the upper levels in a university foreign language curriculum. The semester-long course employed a content-based design that combined language instruction and learning with authentic music generated during distinct historical eras in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Second Language Programs
Galina, Benjamin J. – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2017
Language departments have long confronted a disciplinary divide between the study of literature and language. This divide in tenure lines and course content has engendered a similarly deep-seated divide in pedagogical practices. In world language departments, critique often seems confined, for reasons both epistemological and historic, to…
Descriptors: Criticism, College Second Language Programs, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning
Ganji, Mansoor; Ketabi, Saeed; Shahnazari, Mohammadtaghi – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
This study aims to paint a vivid picture of the English teacher training courses held in Iranian private language institutes, both to critically analyse their aims and content, and to find their strengths and weaknesses. In line with this, qualitative data were gathered through information available on 34 institutes' websites, narrative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Teacher Education Programs, College Second Language Programs
Karakus, Memet; Türkkan, Buket Turhan – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
This study aims at investigating the needs related to the attainments, content, processes of teaching-learning and measurement-evaluation aspect of Measurement and Evaluation course. This research was designed as a case study which is one of the qualitative research designs. The most common problem in Measurement and Evaluation courses was found…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Needs Assessment, Qualitative Research, Measurement
Rubtcova, Mariia; Kaisarova, Valentina – Teaching Public Administration, 2016
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a pedagogic approach that has developed in response to the demand for integrating education in both school/university subjects and language skills. Our paper is devoted to the implementation of CLIL programmes in Public Administration within a particular sociolinguistic context: that of Russian…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Second Language Learning
Brady, Tina – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Increased interest by political leaders and parents in educating linguistically competent U.S. students to compete in the global society has emphasized the need for early foreign language learning for all students. Language education researchers have identified core elements of sustainable long-term successful programs that begin in elementary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Immersion Programs, Standards
Smala, Simone – Language Learning Journal, 2014
This study presents an insight into content and language integrated learning (CLIL) practices in the Australian state of Queensland. The article comprises four main sections. The first section outlines the context of CLIL in Australia and Queensland; there follows a brief review of the literature on stakeholders in CLIL programmes, such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Johnston, Joan Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed methods study investigated the English verbal interactions of seven 3rd-6th grade beginning level English language learners across three different instructional settings: the mainstream grade level classroom, the sheltered English classroom, and the ELL pullout group. The quantitative component of the study documented significant…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, English Language Learners, Summer Programs, Second Language Programs
Ozete, Oscar – 1982
The content and teaching methods of the commercial Spanish course at Indiana State University are detailed. The course emphasizes the conveyance of written information while improving the speaking skills of the less advanced students. Among the topics covered are employment correspondence, the job market for bilinguals, resumes, business…
Descriptors: Business, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Course Content
Surles, Robert L. – 1982
Course content and teaching methods are proposed for a general course on Spanish for all professional or community needs. Such a course is offered at University of Idaho to upper level and graduate students of business. The course is comprised of self-contained modules on specific and general interest areas such as travel, communications,…
Descriptors: Business, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Course Content
Kodjak, Barbara H.; Hayser, Kathleen – 1982
An elementary school foreign language program and the French curriculum are described. French and Spanish are among the electives offered as part of a New Jersey magnet school for gifted children from preschool through grade 5. Participation in the daily half-hour instruction is entirely optional and has been growing in popularity during the 5…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Elective Courses