Elementary Foreign Language Courses and General Education.

Burnett, David Graham

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Publication Date: 1981-May

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Elementary Foreign Language Courses and General Education.

Burnett, David Graham

ADFL Bulletin, v12 n4 p9-13 May 1981

Discusses the general education role assigned by many institutions to foreign language departments and the difficulties that these have encountered in adjusting their course offerings and their goals to such role. Expresses the belief that the foreign language classroom is the ideal environment to teach the value of language as a heuristic device. (MES)

Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrative Policy, College Second Language Programs, Educational Development, Educational Philosophy, General Education, Higher Education, Humanities

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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