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Pickens, Cortney – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2008
The way in which foreign languages, including the Classics, are taught is evolving. There are those who teach language for literature-based, instrumental purposes only, and those who want to see foreign language education cross boundaries into literature, culture, history, and geography. Foreign language educators have the opportunity to teach…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Maylath, Bruce – Research in the Teaching of English, 1996
Uses 90 postsecondary writing instructors and their rankings of 9 student essays to determine whether they have biases for a Greco-Latinate or Anglo-Saxon vocabulary. Raises questions about assessment practices, teaching methods, and possible effects on students who are exposed to teachers who variously favor a Greco-Latinate or an Anglo-Saxon…
Descriptors: Etymology, Greek, Latin, Postsecondary Education