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The Impact of Explicit Instruction in Intercultural Competence in the World Language Classroom
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Aski, Janice M.; Jiang, Xinquan; Weintritt, April D. – Modern Language Journal, 2023
This article describes a research study of a three-semester elementary Italian language curriculum at a large Midwestern research university that incorporates intercultural competence (IC) training through cognitive dissonance image analyses, conversations with native speakers, classroom discussion, and reflections to determine the impact of this…
Descriptors: Italian, Second Language Instruction, Higher Education, Cultural Awareness
On Hierarchies of Reading Skills and Text Types.
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Lee, James F.; Musumeci, Diane – Modern Language Journal, 1988
Tests empirically the model of second-language reading proficiency promoted by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Reader developmental levels are not consistent with the ACTFL hierarchy of text types and reading skills. Graphs compare hypothesized and obtainable results. (LMO)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Italian, Language Proficiency
Developing Content and Form: Encouraging Evidence from Italian Content-Based Instruction
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Rodgers, Daryl M. – Modern Language Journal, 2006
Swain (1985) pointed out the need for increased modified output in the classroom in order to encourage learners to engage in more syntactic processing and, thus, make more form-meaning connections. Research in content-based instruction (CBI) ( Musumeci, 1996; Pica, 2002) has revealed few occasions of pushed modified output from learners.…
Descriptors: Italian, Second Language Learning, Second Languages, Second Language Instruction
Understanding Contemporary Italy: Supplementing Texts in Beginning Italian.
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Skubikowski, Ugo – Modern Language Journal, 1985
Addresses the problem of the scarcity of instructional materials for teaching Italian and contemporary Italian culture to beginning college students. Looks at current practices and materials. Argues the need for preassessing cultural content of structural materials and suggests some criteria for devising supplementary cultural materials, along…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Culture, Higher Education, Italian
Present Status of Italian Studies in the United States and Canada
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Pane, Remigio U. – Modern Language Journal, 1970
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Italian
Interrelationships among Prior Knowledge, Inference, and Language Proficiency in Foreign Language Reading.
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Hammadou, JoAnn – Modern Language Journal, 1991
A study investigated aspects of reading comprehension for familiar and unfamiliar topics among native and nonnative English-speaking college students enrolled in French and Italian courses. Results suggest that, as comprehension proficiency improves, qualitative differences appear rather than just quantitative ones. Background knowledge was found…
Descriptors: College Students, French, Higher Education, Inferences
Doctoral Degrees Granted in Foreign Languages in the United States: 1993.
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Benseler, David P.; Lannoch, Martha Calvert – Modern Language Journal, 1994
Findings are reported from the annual survey of doctoral degrees granted in foreign languages, literatures, cultures, linguistics, and foreign language education in the following categories: African, Asian, French, Germanic, Italian, Near and Middle Eastern, Slavic, and Spanish languages/literatures; classics; comparative literature; theoretical…
Descriptors: African Languages, Afro Asiatic Languages, Austro Asiatic Languages, Cultural Awareness