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Peer reviewedForeign Language Annals, 1978
This report is divided into two sections: (1) an introduction defining support and projections for these languages; and (2) recommendations of the task force concerning curriculum, support for instructional programs, study abroad, teacher training and faculty development, materials development and research, and policy. (AMH)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Faculty Development, Financial Support, Higher Education
Ferguson, John W. – 1977
The importance of teaching culture in foreign language programs has long been recognized. The most exciting and promising new development in the teaching of culture is the appearance of introductory culture courses taught in English. The use of such courses has been advocated to lure reluctant students into language classes. If this is the primary…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
Download full textMarckwardt, Albert H., Ed. – 1968
This collection of five papers from the Anglo-American Seminar on the Teaching of English deals with language standards, common attitudes toward language, the relationship between linguistics and the teaching of English, and the linguistic component of the preparation of the English teacher. Albert H. Marckwardt surveys the history of language…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Attitudes, English Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
Bridgeport Univ., CT. Dept. of Foreign Languages. – 1968
This report of a conference, held under the auspices of the Department of Foreign Languages of the University of Bridgeport, is concerned primarily with improved foreign language teaching and flexible scheduling practices. In the first part of the report, the text of a speech suggests that fundamental changes in curriculum content revision,…
Descriptors: Colleges, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Dodd, William J. – 1971
The State of Louisiana has instituted a number of educational programs to meet the needs of a large French- and Spanish-speaking population. For the French-speaking population, the program is designed to improve and expand the teaching of French at all educational levels and to preserve and protect the French cultural heritage. Contact and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Education
Campbell, Stuart; And Others – 1993
This work is one in a series that focuses on nine languages representing the bulk of the second language learning effort in Australian education (Arabic, Modern Standard Chinese, French, German, Modern Greek, Indonesian/Malay, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish). These languages were categorized as the Languages of Wider Teaching. Overviews of Arabic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arabic, Bilingual Education, Course Descriptions
Centre for Information on Language Teaching, London (England). – 1976
Papers are presented from a colloquium on the teaching of German in the United Kingdom. Following an introduction by C.V. James, the following papers on the schools are presented: "A General View" by M. Lodge; "A Regional View" by R. Sheppard and G. Turner; "As the Teacher-Trainer Sees Them" by A. Hornsey;…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Educational Radio, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education
Strasheim, Lorraine A.; Hallman, Clemens L. – 1968
Foreign language information for guidance personnel and administrators concerning the role of foreign languages in the comprehensive school in Indiana concerns four major areas: (1) student, (2) foreign language instruction, (3) administration, and (4) foreign languages in Indiana. Questions raised by schools and parents regarding the individual…
Descriptors: College Admission, Course Descriptions, Educational Objectives, Guidance
Bartley, Diana E. – 1971
This book reports on the Soviet Union's general, secondary, polytechnical schools which have been established recently to teach students to use one foreign language with fluency or near fluency. The author first discusses the long-range and immediate objectives of these special schools. Marxist-Leninist theory and its influence on contemporary…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Communism
British Council, London (England). English Language and Literature Div. – 1983
A profile of the role and status of the English language in Lesotho, Africa, is presented. The following topics are outlined: (1) the extent of the use of English as the second official language; (2) instruction in English at the elementary and secondary levels and at each of the postsecondary institutions in the country; (3) the number, ratio,…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Phillips, June K., Ed. – 1977
This volume consists of the following articles: (1) "Introduction: Language Is the Link," by June K. Phillips; (2) "Foreign Language Study for a World in Transition," by Harold G. Shane and David L. Silvernail; (3) "Our Language Heritage: A Historical Perspective," by Shirley Brice Heath; (4) "Communication and Beyond," by Diane W. Birckbichler;…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communicative Competence (Languages), Creativity
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1977
This profile in outline form of the English language teaching situation in the Sudan discusses the role of English within the educational system and in Sudanese society. Areas covered include English language requirements in terms of hours of instruction, curricula for primary, secondary and higher education, evaluation, teaching staff and teacher…
Descriptors: Arabic, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationBenseler, David P., Comp. – 1976
This 2,380-item annotated bibliography is a selective list of books and articles related to foreign language pedagogy. The entries are grouped by topic, in the following individual sections: Festschriften and Other Analyzed Collections, General, Bilingualism, Linguistics, Culture, Teaching the Foreign Literature, Curricular Problems and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Classical Languages
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1976
This is a summary in outline form of the English language teaching situation in Cameroon. Cameroon is officially a French/English bilingual state but English at present plays the minor part. There are five francophone and two anglophone provinces with populations of five million and one and a half million respectively. In the anglophone provinces…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Hancock, Charles R.; And Others – Language Association Bulletin, 1978
These guidelines were developed to assist teacher training institutions in setting up competency-based programs, as mandated by New York State law, for the training of foreign language teachers. The guidelines define basic competencies in the following areas: practical command of the language, language analysis, culture, the teaching-learning…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Competency Based Teacher Education, Cultural Awareness, Culture
