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Ellen Mayock; Jayne Reino – Hispania, 2023
In 1996, Ernest L. Boyer's "The Scholarship of Engagement" ignited a national conversation with its call for greater dialectical exchange between "academic and civic cultures." In 2001, Washington and Lee University (W&L) Professor Ellen Mayock founded the student organization English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL),…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Faculty
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Leeman, Jennifer; Rabin, Lisa; Roman-Mendoza, Esperanza – Heritage Language Journal, 2011
This article describes a critical service-learning initiative in which college students of Spanish taught in an after-school Spanish class for young heritage language (HL) speakers at a local elementary school. We contextualize the program within broad curricular revisions made to the undergraduate Spanish program in recent years, explaining how…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Critical Theory, Spanish, Service Learning
Virginia Department of Education, 2007
The Foreign Language Standards of Learning identify essential content, processes, and skills for each level of language learning in Virginia's secondary schools. Included are specific standards for levels I through IV of French, German, Spanish, and Latin, as well as generic standards adaptable for levels I through IV of other modern languages,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Global Approach
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Lee, Lina – Language Learning & Technology, 2004
In this paper, I discuss a network-based collaborative project that focused on the learning conditions non-native speakers (NNSs) of Spanish perceived to be necessary to satisfactoraly communicate with native speakers (NSs). Data from online discussions, end-of-semester surveys, and final oral interviews are presented and discussed. The results of…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Age Differences, Interaction, Native Speakers