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Open Doors 2011: Report on International Educational Exchange
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Patricia Chow; Rajika Bhandari – Institute of International Education, 2011
"Open Doors" is a comprehensive information resource on the 723,277 international students in the United States in 2010/11 and on the 270,604 U.S. students who studied abroad for academic credit in 2009/10. The Institute of International Education (IIE), one of the largest and most experienced higher education exchange agencies in the…
Descriptors: International Educational Exchange, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, English (Second Language)
Learning French in France: From the Beginning
Almeras, Philippe – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1974
Describes a newly-created center for intensive instruction in French located at the Chateau-Manoir de Fauguernon, Normandy, France. (RL) *e Modern Languages
Descriptors: College Language Programs, French, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
An Immersion Course in French for Beginners and Near-Beginners
Almeras, Philippe – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1976
A semester-long intensive language learning program for American students in France is described. The students lived with French families and were given three hours of audiovisual instruction in the morning and three hours of practical instruction in the afternoon. (RM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Course Content, French, Higher Education
The "Session Libre"
Roberts, J. T. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1975
Outlines a strategy attempted as an alternative to the traditional instruction in intensive sessions of English at the Institut Universitaitre de Technologie in Nancy, France. Included were six basic activities (films, TV, press, tape library, games, and language laboratory) in a minimally-structured three-day session. (MSE)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Educational Psychology, English (Second Language)
Bain linguistique contre douche ecossaise: une experience de sejour intensif a l'etranger (Linguistic Immersion versus Hot-and-Cold Shower: An Experience of Intensive Overseas Stay).
Smith, Sheila; Verguet, Patrick – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Describes the elaboration, over a period of three years, of a French language and civilization program consisting of linguistic and cultural preparation in England, followed by a one-week intensive linguistic and cultural experience in France. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, French, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
The "Session Libre".
Roberts, J. T. – 1973
At the Institut Universitaire de Technologie in Nancy, France, most English language teaching has been organized on a mixed extensive/intensive pattern. As a result of certain negative effects of the established "session intensive," another methodology was tried, called "session libre." This session involved several techniques:…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, English (Second Language), Flexible Scheduling, Intensive Language Courses
The Teaching of Arabic to Adults in Europe. Proceedings of the AIMAV Seminar (14th, Paris, France, May 23-25, 1983).
Nasr, Raja T., Ed. – 1983
Papers in French, English, and Arabic address issues in Arabic language instruction for European adults, including: classroom techniques, literary Arabic and diglossia, the specificity of instruction, Arabic studies in Denmark, phonetic difficulties of instruction, Franco-Maghrebin relations and language instruction, contrastive and comparative…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arabic, Bulgarian, Classroom Techniques