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Direct linkVale, David – Babel, 2006
In this article, the author describes the genesis of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations (AFMLTA) and "Babel." With regard to the origin of the title of the journal, its name refers only indirectly to the Tower of Babel in Genesis. It comes in fact from the affectionate nickname that had been given to the…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Foreign Countries, Modern Languages, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMartin, Anne L. – Babel, 1999
Discusses how languages other than English are perennially under pressure not only in Australia but in the United States as well. Focuses on how the eighteen City university of New York system--better known as CUNY--implemented a blueprint for the future to help foreign language programs from disappearing. This included reorganizing language…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
