Foreign language education in America : perspectives from K-12, university, government, and international learning /

"Foreign language teaching in America today falls into three distinct fields of influence and interest: public and private schools, college and other post-secondary programs, and courses for adult learners. At a time when academics and instructors in each of these fields seek to answer similar...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Berbeco, Steven, 1971- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Subjects:	Language and languages > Study and teaching > United States. Language acquisition. Education, Bilingual > United States. Adult students > United States. EDUCATION > Adult & Continuing Education. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > General. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Study & Teaching. Adult students. Education, Bilingual. Language and languages > Study and teaching. United States.

Table of Contents:

Foreign Language Education in America / Steven Berbeco
Elementary School Foreign Language Programs in the United States / Helena Curtain, Richard Donato and Victoria Gilbert
One Middle School's Approach to Language: Inquiry, Ethos, and the Spirit of Culture / Emily Davis
The High School Challenge / Linda Egnatz
The STARTALK Experience / David Ellis
The Emergence of Global Language Programs at Boston University: Bridging the Cultural Divide / Gisela Hoecherl-Alden
World Languages in the American Community College / Laura Franklin
'Language Boot Camp': 100 Years of Middlebury Language Schools / Michael Geisler
Language Learning at the Foreign Service Institute / David Red and James North
Language at the Point of Need: the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center / Thomas Coakley
The Teachers of Critical Languages Program / Zara Hovhannisyan
ESL in the Private Sector for a Globalized Twenty-First Century / A. Clive Roberts.