Foreign language education in America : perspectives from K-12, university, government, and international learning
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Foreign language education in America : perspectives from K-12, university, government, and international learning
Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
- : hardback
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 questions, too few published resources recognize and address the parallels among them.
In response, Foreign Language Education in America is an edited book with contributions that represent the diversity in foreign language education today, including perspectives from elementary, middle schools, high schools, university-level courses, summer programs, federal government, and international learning. This is a practical guide to the state of the field that fills a much-needed gap for scholars, researchers, administrators, and practitioners who are looking for a resource that describes effective practices across the field.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: Foreign Language Education in America
- Steven Berbeco PART I: KINDERGARTEN TO TWELFTH GRADE 2. Elementary School Foreign Language Programs in the United States
- Helena Curtain, Richard Donato, Victoria Gilbert 3. Inquiry, Ethos and the Spirit of Culture
- Emily Davis 4. The High School Challenge
- Linda Egnatz 5. The STARTALK Experience
- David Ellis PART II: POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION 6. Bridging the Cultural Divide
- Gisela Hoecherl-Alden 7. World Languages in the American Community College
- Laura Franklin 8. 'Language Boot Camp'
- Michael Geisler PART III: ADULT LEARNING 9. Language Learning at the Foreign Service Institute
- David Red, James North 10. Language at the Point of Need
- Thomas Coakley PART IV: INTERNATIONAL LEARNING 11. Teachers of Critical Languages Program
- Zara Hovhannisyan 12. ESL in the Private Sector for a Globalized 21st Century
- A. Clive Roberts
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