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Matthew Overstreet; Curtis Carbonell; Diana Akhmedjanova – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2024
The rise of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) threatens to upend traditional teaching and learning practices. Writing, speaking, and communication instruction will all need to evolve. This article presents a case study of one institution's efforts to design and implement a communication curriculum responsive to the unique demands of the EMI…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
Audrey Kathryn Chery – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation examines the skills, knowledge, and support needs of novice and experienced Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) teachers in higher education in the United States. Using a critical ecological approach (CEA) framework, it aims to contribute to the global growing body of research on LSP teacher preparation that has thus far…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Likert Scales
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Pham, Phuong Anh; Unaldi, Aylin – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Content and Language integrated learning (CLIL) revolves around the dual goal of language acquisition and content knowledge; therefore, the cross-curricular collaboration between language and content teachers is one of the key factors for the success of CLIL education. This study investigates multiple aspects of cross-curricular collaboration in a…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Responsibility
Wagner, Manuela; Cardetti, Fabiana; Byram, Michael – American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2019
"Teaching Intercultural Citizenship Across the Curriculum: The Role of Language Education" explores how language educators can advocate for and illustrate the importance of language education not only for their students' education but also for their ability to solve complex problems we urgently need to address. This book introduces…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Design, Citizenship Education
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Hughes, Haning Z. – Dimension, 2019
Foreign language (FL) acquisition requires not only the development of target language skills, but also a cultural understanding of the region and its people. While this article addresses the development of an advanced Chinese language and culture course using film, the principles illustrated can be adapted for use in other advanced-level FL…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Schmidt-Unterberger, Barbara – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
The discourse on English-medium teaching in higher education uses several terms and concepts to describe practices, very often synonymously. This contribution aims to fill the research gap of a conceptualisation of English-medium teaching in higher education. It will identify relevant approaches and their corresponding terminology, as well as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
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Hughes, Haning Z.; LeLoup, Jean W. – NECTFL Review, 2018
This paper describes an alternative and unique format to the customary culture and civilization course taught at the upper levels in a university foreign language curriculum. The semester-long course employed a content-based design that combined language instruction and learning with authentic music generated during distinct historical eras in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Second Language Programs
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Rodríguez-Bonces, Monica – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2017
This article presents the foundations to design a curriculum that integrates music and drama as strategies for the teaching of English as a foreign language. Besides promoting interdisciplinarity, this curriculum seeks to improve the language level of those children attending continuing educational programs at any higher education institution. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Lau, Sunny Man Chu; Juby-Smith, Bonita; Desbiens, Isabelle – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2017
bell hooks's (1994) advocacy for teaching to transgress invites educators and students alike to transgress boundaries to strive for ways to know and live fully and deeply as whole human beings. The authors aim to showcase a transgressive attempt in bringing French and English into one multiage (Grades 4-6) classroom, with its two teachers--English…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Critical Literacy, English, Language Arts
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Pabisch, Peter Karl – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2012
This essay offers some direction for greater integration of Austria and Switzerland into every level of the German language and culture curriculum. By excavating a number of now nearly forgotten intercultural connections between these alpine countries and the U.S., it is possible to present a more complete and complex picture of German-speaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, German, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Braunbeck, Helga G. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2011
The MLA Report on "Foreign Languages and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World" has been criticized for focusing its proposals on large German programs. This article attempts to show how some of its recommendations can also be implemented in smaller language programs. These programs exist within a network of relations to other…
Descriptors: International Studies, Academic Achievement, Cooperation, Foreign Countries
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Fitzgerald, Colleen M. – Language and Education, 2009
Universities that lack significant racial or ethnic diversity present challenges to teaching multiculturalism, particularly in linguistics. This article presents ideas from a service-learning curriculum designed to teach university students about diversity through a community-based partnership to provide tutors in English as a second language…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Service Learning, Cultural Pluralism, Tutoring
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Trahan, Elizabeth W. – ADFL Bulletin, 1988
If comparative literature's current emphasis on literary theory is balanced by its participation in a practical and well-calibrated international studies curriculum, it may have arrived at a comprehensive definition of its nature and mission as an academic discipline. (CB)
Descriptors: Correlation, Curriculum Design, Global Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach
Leloup, Jean; Ponterio, Robert – 1998
This digest provides a basic introduction to the national standards in foreign language learning, essentially a set of content standards that define what students should know and be able to do in foreign language instruction in a K-12 sequence. First, background on the development of the standards is provided, and a description of the standards'…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Design, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Strasheim, Lorraine A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
Discusses three obstacles to interdisciplinary cooperation in education: (1) compartmentalization of teachers and teaching, (2) reluctance of educators to tackle the problem, and (3) difficulties in intraschool and intrasystem communication. Recommends collecting, expanding, and sharing curricular components to achieve the goal. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Integrated Activities
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