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Peer reviewedLally, Carolyn Gascoigne – Hispania, 2000
Describes the Nebraska International Camp, a summer language camp that offers a model of an independent week-long language program that is guided by the five C's of the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Summer Programs
Peer reviewedBrooks, Colleen – Learning Languages, 2000
Describes a lesson that is part of a summer enrichment program in Japanese language and culture and is taught by Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) through the Southeast Kansas Education Center. The class is designed for students going into Grades 4, 5, and 6 and runs 2 hours daily for 2 weeks. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Distance Education, Elementary Education, FLES
Peer reviewedMilleret, Margo – ADFL Bulletin, 1991
Discusses the use of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Oral Proficiency Interview for assessing the effect of study abroad on foreign language learning, and provides a detailed account of the use of the Portuguese Speaking Test as a means of assessing participants of a summer program in Brazil. (15 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Interviews, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language
Peer reviewedLeLoup, Jean W.; Schmidt-Rinehart, Barbara C. – Hispania, 2003
Presents a model of professional development that is suited to the inservice Spanish teacher with limited time and financial resources. Details a summer program for Spanish teachers in Venezuela that combines an immersion experience with an advanced methodology course emphasizing a standards-based approach to curriculum development. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Teachers
Peer reviewedKeating, Nicole – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1989
Canada's Summer Language Bursary Program is a joint national-provincial effort providing immersion in French- or English-as-a-Second-Language to Canadian students. Despite 18 years of success and the benefits gained at small expense, the program is not well-known and risks losing funding. Self-promotion and lobbying are necessary. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Fellowships, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedVan Handle, Donna C.; Ayres, Evelyn; Cimino, Ellen; Dunn, Bryan; Foell, Kimberly; McCarthy, Jennifer K. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2001
Describes the creation and use of Web sites developed by secondary school teachers of German and European history who participated in an NEH-sponsored summer institute titled "Post-Wall Germany: Integrating Post-Unification German Culture into the High School Curriculum. Teacher participants also offer suggestions for using sites they created…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, German, High Schools
Peer reviewedDabars, Zita D. – ADFL Bulletin, 1999
Discusses the influence of Dan Davidson on the Russian language teaching profession, concentrating on the NEH-CORLAC Institutes in Russian Language and Culture and materials development projects and on Davidson's role in programs involving high schools that teach Russian, the high school exchange program, and two national contests to stimulate…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Faculty Development, High Schools, Higher Education
