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Direct linkZapata, Gabriela C.; Ribota, Alessandra – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2021
This article investigates the incorporation of identity texts grounded in the multiliteracies framework "Learning by Design" to second language (L2) instruction in required Spanish classes at a university in the Southern United States. In particular, it focuses on student work on multimodal identity texts during two academic semesters…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Download full textReagan, Timothy – Educational Foundations, 2022
While there are many difficulties faced by world language educators, both teachers and students of certain languages--languages commonly identified with countries and cultures deemed to be hostile to the United States--often find themselves in uniquely paradoxical situations. This article begins with a brief anecdotal description of the personal…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Indo European Languages
Fechter, Sharon Ahern – Hispania, 2010
Two recent reports offer some paradigm-shifting proposals regarding the teaching of world languages in general at the undergraduate level. The Modern Language Association's (MLA's) "Foreign Languages and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World" and "Report to the Teagle Foundation on the Undergraduate Major in Language and Literature"…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Students, Community Colleges, Educational Change
Peer reviewedHayn, Gerald A. – Hispania, 1973
Descriptors: FLES, Grammar, Language Enrollment, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedFerguson, John W. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
Discusses an introductory course in basic conversational Spanish that raised enrollment. It is noted that the course interested students who desired a basic knowledge of spoken Spanish and those students who feared failure in regular courses. It was found that some students later enrolled in regular courses. (Author/AMH)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Conversational Language Courses, Higher Education, Language Enrollment
Peer reviewedLong, Donna R. – Foreign Language Annals, 1985
Describes the implementation of a first-year comprehension-based Spanish language program at New Mexico State University. Includes a discussion of the history of the program and of the problems encountered in changing a traditional curriculum. Also describes the materials, classroom practice, and testing and evaluation techniques used in the…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Language Enrollment
Carranza, Jose M., Ed.; Whitmer, Robert L., Ed. – 1976
This collection resulting from a workshop on language teaching methodology contains the following papers: (1) "The Role of Culture in Foreign Language Learning," by N. Brooks; (2) "Guidelines and Ideas to Boost the Enrollment in Foreign Language Courses," by L.F. Gonzalez-Cruz; "Cooking in the Classroom," by K. Boykin; (4) "Performance Based…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Competency Based Teacher Education, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Education
