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Gleason, Jean Berko, Ed. – 1988
A discussion of the loss and maintenance of second language skills beyond the formal education process provides information about skill loss and a variety of strategies and suggestions for language skill maintenance. The book begins with an overview of the subject of language loss and maintenance (Jean Berko Gleason and Barbara Alexander Pan),…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Independent Study, Language Maintenance
Hartung, Elizabeth Ann – 1983
The adjustment difficulties of Japanese high school students studying in the United States were examined in order to create a framework for the construction of orientation materials for exchange students. A total of 106 Japanese students enrolled in U.S. senior high schools as participants in the AFS Year Program to the United States completed a…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict
Jenkins, Hugh M.; And Others – 1983
The range of problems, issues, and practices pertaining to international educational interchange in higher education are reviewed in this handbook for campus-based personnel and the community at large dealing with the 300,000 foreign students in America. Needs and obligations of both students and institutions are spelled out, and guidelines are…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, College Administration, College Admission, College Students
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Education and Culture. – 2001
Personal mobility, which is becoming increasingly necessary in the era of the Internet and the globalization of trade, is a crucial part of the European Union's (EU) goal of becoming a knowledge society. While millions of young people, students, teachers, and trainers have participated in educational, training, and linguistic exchanges in the past…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cooperative Programs, Educational Policy