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Direct linkTatlock, Lynne – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2010
This article identifies recent indicators of the state of German Studies in the United States with special attention to postsecondary enrollments in German. It additionally reviews challenges to the postsecondary teaching of German as they manifest themselves both locally and nationally, including the positioning of German Studies in the life of…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Higher Education, German, Second Language Learning
Schenker, Theresa – CALICO Journal, 2012
This paper presents the findings of a six-week telecollaborative project between sixteen American students enrolled in a second-semester German class at an American university and sixteen German students enrolled in an advanced English course at a high school in Germany. Students discussed various cultural topics with their partner in two e-mails…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, English (Second Language), Intercultural Communication
Download full textFurman, Nelly; Goldberg, David; Lusin, Natalia – Modern Language Association, 2010
Since 1958, the Modern Language Association (MLA), with the continuous support of the United States Department of Education, has gathered and analyzed data on undergraduate and graduate course enrollments in languages other than English in United States colleges and universities. The previous survey examined language enrollments in fall 2006; here…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Enrollment, Enrollment Trends, Colleges
Elliott, Don; Lawton, Rachele – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
Portal: Your Door to World Languages and Cultures was a series of public cultural events, in a variety of formats, created through a new partnership between the credit and continuing education (noncredit) foreign language programs at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC). Portal was designed to cultivate interest in foreign languages…
Descriptors: Second Language Programs, Second Languages, Continuing Education, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedStriano, Antonio, Comp.; Adorno, Elvira, Comp. – Italica, 1969
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Graduate Study, Italian, Language Enrollment
Peer reviewedWolverton, Robert E. – Classical Outlook, 1979
Examines the situation of language teaching and international studies in the United States, and makes projections for the future. (AM)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Educational Trends, International Studies, Language Enrollment
Peer reviewedMaxwell, David; Garrett, Nina – Change, 2002
Discusses the United States' significant need for communicative competence in other languages and relevant problems with the higher education system. Addresses the lack of student interest, structural problems, the foreign language mission, institutional challenges and strategies, inter-institutional collaboration, and technology. (EV)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Problems, Educational Improvement, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGrebenschikov, Vladimir I., Comp.; And Others – Russian Language Journal, 1971
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Graduate Study, Language Enrollment, National Surveys
Van Deth, J. P. – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Examines the current situation regarding the study and use of French in various European countries as well as the United States. It is suggested that French language and culture can best be promoted through the promotion of the study of many languages. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, French, Language Enrollment
Inman, Julie E., Comp.; LaBouve, Robert, Comp. – 1994
This paper offers a State-by-State listing of the impact of foreign language teaching reform in the United States. Information for each State includes enrollments; foreign language assistance program (FLAP); systemic reform; standards, testing and assessment; agency or department restructuring and reorganization; and effect on foreign languages,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Language Enrollment, Language Teachers
Peer reviewedImpey, Michael H. – Modern Language Journal, 1975
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Ethnic Studies, European History, Instructional Materials
Brecht, Richard D.; Rivers, William P. – NFLC Policy Issues, 1999
Language is important in the public life of the United States because of four factors: globalization; the global diffusion of democracy and self-determination; the wave of immigration to the United States from all corners of the world; and the unique role America plays as the sole military and economic superpower. These conditions make it…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Federal Government, Graduation Requirements, International Trade
Lambert, Richard D. – 1990
The study of undergraduate language instruction is part of a larger national study of the current status of international studies activities in American colleges and universities. Data are drawn from several annual surveys, analysis of course offerings, a random sampling of transcripts, and general requests for information from college presidents.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Chinese, College Faculty, Curriculum Design
