Dismantling Classroom Walls for Increased Foreign Language Proficiency.

Leaver, Betty Lou

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Publication Date: 1989

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Dismantling Classroom Walls for Increased Foreign Language Proficiency.

Leaver, Betty Lou

Foreign Language Annals, v22 n1 p67-77 Feb 1989

Describes and assesses current and past communicative language learning exercises used by the Foreign Service Institute's Russian Program to "break down" classroom walls with activities encouraging language acquisition, including immersion experiences, internships, speaking tracks, and language/area integration. Sample activities are appended. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Area Studies, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Internship Programs, Language Enrichment, Language Proficiency, Learning Activities, Russian, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning

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