Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ565243
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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The Modern Language Curriculum in a Technological University: A Non-Departmentalized Case Study.
Boschetto-Sandoval, Sandra M.; Deneire, Marc; Sandoval, Ciro A.
Canadian Modern Language Review, v54 n2 p147-71 Jan 1998
A study of the role of the modern language program at Michigan Technological University looks at perceptions of administrators, faculty, and students concerning the program and language learning needs, and student motivation in studying languages. Concludes that despite language enrollment and retention problems, modern language courses are both desirable and personally and professionally necessary to engineering students. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, College Students, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Language Enrollment, Language Role, Modern Languages, Needs Assessment, Program Descriptions, Second Language Instruction, Second Languages, Student Attitudes, Student Attrition, Student Motivation, Teacher Attitudes, Universities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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