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Stansfield, Charles W. – 1992
This digest focuses on the American Council on the Speaking of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Speaking Proficiency Guidelines. The history and development of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (originally, the ACTFL Provisional Proficiency Guidelines) are reviewed, the generic characteristics of each level of the speaking guidelines are presented in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interviews, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Lang, Margaret – 1992
This digest provides a detailed description of the Program in Interpreting and Translating at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Specific sections address the following: (1) the degree emphasis; (2) formal training and professional relevance; (3) departmental provision for interpreting and translating; (4) the expertise and experience…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Professional Training
Lange, Dale L. – 1990
This digest discusses the assessment of proficiency in a foreign language for credit in higher education. This refers to the process of awarding academic credit for tested proficiency in a foreign language rather than for the number of years a student has spent studying a particular language. The Proficiency Guidelines of the American Council for…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Case Studies, College Credits, Degree Requirements
Wilcox, Sherman; Peyton, Joy Kreeft – 1999
This digest provides a brief overview of American Sign Language (ASL) and discusses its study as a foreign language in U.S. schools and institutions of higher education. The following questions are addressed: (1) Is ASL a language?; (2) If ASL is used in the United States, how can it be considered a "foreign" language; (3) Are ASL users…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
Hinton, Leanne – 1999
This digest draws on a set of linguistic autobiographies written by Asian-American college students in classes at the University of California at Berkeley over the last several years, and examines the pattern of language shift that takes place in the young first- and second-generation student and why this shift takes place. It also looks at the…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Heritage Education
Barr, Vickie – 1993
This digest discusses the dilemma surrounding foreign language requirements at colleges and universities and students with learning disabilities. Many students and professionals question the reasonableness of foreign language requirements for students with learning disabilities, but, according to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,…
Descriptors: College Students, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education, Latin
Wilcox, Sherman – 1989
A discussion focusing on whether American Sign Language (ASL) should be accepted in fulfillment of university foreign language requirements attempts to dispel misconceptions about the language; and to show that ASL can provide the same benefits as the study of more traditional foreign languages, including the opportunity to communicate in another…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cultural Education, Curriculum Design, Deafness
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 2003
An increasing number of U.S. high school graduates enter college while still in the process of learning English. Referred to as generation 1.5 students because they share characteristics of both first- and second-generation immigrants, they do not fit into any of the traditional categories of nonnative English speakers enrolled in college writing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), High Schools, Higher Education, Second Language Instruction
Kramsch, Claire – 1996
The ability to communicate in a foreign language requires more than linguistic accuracy. To understand and be understood by others requires the ability to recognize cultural differences. For example, polite behavior in one language may not be the social equivalent in another language. In order to acquire cultural competence, students have to…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Design
Lindholm-Leary, Kathryn J.; Borsato, Graciela – 2002
This digest reports on a study that examined the impact of participation in a two-way immersion program on the language and achievement outcomes of former program participants and on their current schooling path and college plans. The study explored outcomes for three groups of students: (1) Hispanic students who began the two-way program as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Voght, Geoffrey M; Schaub, Ray – 1992
After more than a decade of intensive experimentation and development, the field of interdisciplinary language and business studies is firmly established in U.S. higher education. Academia has responded to national needs, as evidenced by such programs as the Language and International Trade program at Eastern Michigan University. Various…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Experiential Learning, Federal Legislation
Winke, Paula; Stafford, Cathy – 2002
Rapid demographic changes and an increasing recognition of the critical need for professionals who are proficient in languages other than English have led to an interest in developing language programs and classes for "heritage language learners" students who are raised in a home where a non-English language is spoken and who speak or at…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Heritage Education, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans
Beebe, Rose Marie; Leonard, Kathy – 1994
This digest describes how foreign language instructors at Iowa State University of Science and Technology and Santa Clara University (California) have integrated the participation of native speakers from their communities into the curriculum in ways that allow students to practice their language skills and develop a heightened sense of cultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Dialects, Higher Education
Gonzalez, Josue E.; Darling-Hammond, Linda – 2000
Schools and teacher education programs have begun to rethink preservice and inservice professional development to take into account the need for teachers to work effectively with students learning English. New approaches to teacher education are based on the belief that English language learners' access to challenging content can be enhanced…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Faculty Development
Lewelling, Vickie W.; Peyton, Joy Kreeft – 1999
This digest focuses on teaching Spanish to native or Hispanic heritage language students in the United States. Heritage language students are students who speak another language (in this case Spanish) as their first language either because they were born in another country or because their families speak another language at home. The entrance of…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Heritage Education, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans
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