Describes the rationale and focus of World Language Communities, a core course in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The course emphasizes the social, political, and economic implications of language diversity and the dynamics of natural language and linguistic communities. (SED)

Experiences are reported of two U.S. professors teaching a course in Berlin on the history and economic consequences of German unification. The importance of addressing cross-cultural issues surrounding foreignness is emphasized and the use of student video projects is described. (20 references) (LB)

Utah State University changed its "potentially...boring and probably...useless" French civilization course (taught in French and required of majors) to an English-taught course for French majors and majors in business, economics, political science, and prelaw. The new course focuses on stereotypes, cultural differences, and current…