In an effort to enhance the quality of education, universities and colleges are developing programs that help faculty and staff internationalize curriculum. These programs will purposefully develop the intercultural perspectives of students. "Curriculum Internationalization and the Future of Education" is a critical scholarly resource…

Second-language acquisition data are provided from a study abroad environment to support or reject prior assertions about natural states in the acquisition of the Spanish copulas "ser" and "estar." It is suggested that students tend to acquire the different copulas in given ordered stages. (20 references) (LB)

Table 2, Correlation Coefficients, missing from the authors' article published in "Hispania" (v75 n2 1992), is presented. (LB)

Teachers with international experience know more and want to share that knowledge, are aware of and accept differences in peoples and cultures, and often act as cultural mediators. Teachers are encouraged to undertake an international experience. (RM)

This collection of curriculum projects is the result of the authors' participation in a Fulbright summer seminar program in China. The following 16 curriculum projects are in the collection: (1) "Banpo Village: A Prehistoric Dig" (Sandra Bailey); (2) "China: Moving into the New Millennium: A Study of China's Past, Present and…

These projects were completed by participants in the Fulbright-Hays summer seminar in China in 1996. The participants represented various regions of the U.S. and different grade levels and subject areas. The 15 curriculum projects in the collection are: (1) "Slide Narrative" (Debra Alexander); (2) "Peking Opera Painted Faces"…

These projects were completed by participants in the Fulbright-Hays summer seminar in China in 1997. The participants represented various regions of the U.S. and different grade levels and subject areas. The 15 curriculum projects in the collection are: (1) "China's One-Child Policy" (Michael Borrowman); (2) "China Chooses a…

Considers the pedagogical and operational difficulties involved in designing foreign study programs. Reports on the experience of the University of Southern Mississippi's two-week undergraduate geography course held in Great Britain. Suggests that the educational success of such ventures depends on a combination of clear course structure, student…

This examined uses of the term "recognition" in relation to student mobility within organized higher educational exchange, particularly within the ERASMUS (European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) program in Europe. Using typological and exemplary approaches, the study drew on select reports and other…

This guide was written for study abroad program professionals to assist in facilitating students' culture and language learning before, during, and after their time abroad, providing students with tools that will enable them to best navigate, interpret, and learn from their own cross-cultural encounters. Eight sections focus on the following: (1)…

This manual, a basic guide to the field of English as a Second Language (ESL), including bilingual education (BE), lists nearly 1,000 U.S.-based organizations that service ESL/BE educators. The core of this guide consists of ESL-oriented data in the form of names, addresses, and telephone numbers. Resources are presented in the following…

Social studies educators frequently receive publicity about programs of academic travel abroad. The sponsoring organizations and institutions claim that these programs will improve foreign language ability, create greater international understanding, and help students grow personally. The question is whether or not these claims are supported by…

The author, who over the years has taken many students abroad on study tours, shares some conclusions that he has reached. His thoughts, which include many practical tips on how to organize foreign travel, should be helpful to educators planning on undertaking such a venture. (RM)

This report describes successful programs abroad that use foreign languages in courses on foreign-language teaching methodology and that enable participants to experience first hand the language and culture of the language. (Contains six references.) (Author/LB)

A teacher who traveled to Japan on a Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs (JISEA) travel-study fellowship talks about the many problems facing Japan today, including resource scarcity and concern about global conflict. Characteristics of the Japanese people are also discussed. (RM)