How Can We Keep French in the Curriculum--or Should We?.

Giese, Frank

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ERIC Number: ED060713

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Publication Date: 1972

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How Can We Keep French in the Curriculum--or Should We?

Giese, Frank

After a thorough debunking of the traditional justification for the teaching of French, the author proposes to revitalize interest in language instruction through wide-scale curricular reforms. Socioeconomic problems in the United States are related to student unrest and declining enrollment in language programs. An outline of suggested interdisciplinary courses of study intended to promote greater educational relevance in French studies is developed. (RL)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Enrollment Trends, French, Instructional Program Divisions, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Instruction, Modern Languages, Relevance (Education), Social Influences, Sociocultural Patterns, Student Attitudes, Student Centered Curriculum, Student Motivation

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Authoring Institution: Pacific Northwest Conference on Foreign Languages, Portland, OR.

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Note: In "Proceedings of the Pacific Northwest Conference on Foreign Languages," Twenty-Second Annual Meeting, held in Boise, Idaho, April 16-17, 1971, p277-284