Sharing Less Commonly Taught Languages In Higher Education

Author : Emily Heidrich Uebel,Angelika Kraemer,Luca Giupponi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 103239420X

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Sharing Less Commonly Taught Languages in Higher Education by Emily Heidrich Uebel,Angelika Kraemer,Luca Giupponi Pdf

"This edited volume highlights how institutions, programs, and less commonly taught language (LCTL) instructors can collaborate and think across institutional boundaries, bringing together voices representing different approaches to LCTL sharing to highlight affordances and challenges across institutions in this collection of essays. Sharing Less Commonly Taught Languages in Higher Education showcases how innovation and reform can make LCTL programs and courses more attractive to students whose interests and needs might be overlooked in traditional language programs. The volume focuses on how institutions, programs, and LCTL instructors can work together, collaborating and thinking across institutional boundaries to explore innovative solutions for offering a wider range of languages and levels. With challenges including instructor isolation, difficulty in offering advanced courses or sustaining course sequences, and minimal availability of pedagogical materials compared to commonly taught languages to overcome, this collection is a vital resource for language educators and language program administrators"--

Author : Emily Heidrich Uebel,Angelika Kraemer,Luca Giupponi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781003835363

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Sharing Less Commonly Taught Languages in Higher Education by Emily Heidrich Uebel,Angelika Kraemer,Luca Giupponi Pdf

This edited volume highlights how institutions, programs, and less commonly taught language (LCTL) instructors can collaborate and think across institutional boundaries, bringing together voices representing different approaches to LCTL sharing to highlight affordances and challenges across institutions in this collection of essays. Sharing Less Commonly Taught Languages in Higher Education showcases how innovation and reform can make LCTL programs and courses more attractive to students whose interests and needs might be overlooked in traditional language programs. The volume focuses on how institutions, programs, and LCTL instructors can work together, collaborating and thinking across institutional boundaries to explore innovative solutions for offering a wider range of languages and levels. With challenges including instructor isolation, difficulty in offering advanced courses or sustaining course sequences, and minimal availability of pedagogical materials compared to commonly taught languages to overcome, this collection is a vital resource for language educators and language program administrators.

Author : Emily Heidrich Uebel,Felix A. Kronenberg,Scott Sterling
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783031436543

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Language Program Vitality in the United States by Emily Heidrich Uebel,Felix A. Kronenberg,Scott Sterling Pdf

The perception of a permanent enrollment crisis in US postsecondary foreign language education has shaped our profession’s image for an entire generation of educators. Over the past 30 years, this crisis rarely invited self-examination or inspired creativity. Instead, it was routinely attributed to external factors: shrinking budgets, unsympathetic administrators, disengaged students. This volume is refreshingly optimistic: After providing a nuanced picture of the complex enrollment situation and focusing on perceptions of language education among undergraduate students, the volume features an inspiring panorama of successful models that revitalized language programs at a wide range of institutions. The diversity of approaches to post-secondary language education in the United States featured in this volume highlights that there are no simple “one size fits all” solutions. To be transformational, initiatives need to be intimately calibrated to the evolving needs and desires of our institutions’ most important stakeholder: the student. Per Urlaub, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA

Author : Öner Özçelik,Amber Kennedy Kent
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781647123574

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Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages by Öner Özçelik,Amber Kennedy Kent Pdf

A step-by-step guide to designing materials for learning world languages, from expert instructional designers Many teachers of less commonly taught languages, or LCTLs, find themselves in the position of needing access to quality language teaching and learning materials where none exist, or where those that do are extremely outdated. Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages is a concise guide for language instructors or anyone with an interest in developing language learning materials. While leading instructors through the development process using the ADDIE model of instructional design (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation), Özçelik and Kent present examples from many different languages, provide reflection questions for readers to consider at the end of each chapter, and give concrete strategies and tips throughout the process. Readers will come away from the book with a more comprehensive understanding of how to develop materials for world language learning in general, and LCTL learning in particular, and a clear roadmap for doing so. Simply written and free of overly complicated jargon or rhetoric, Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages will be an invaluable reference for novice and experienced instructors alike, as well as directors of language programs.

Author : Bill Johnston,Louis Janus
Publisher : University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 0972254560

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Developing Classroom Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages by Bill Johnston,Louis Janus Pdf

This book provides both principles and practical guidelines for Less Commonly Taught Language (LCTL) teachers of all levels and languages to transform raw materials into activities for the language classroom. Grounded in research, the author lays out a series of principles that serve to remind teachers of the possibilities that exist when they consider using authentic materials in the classroom. Each principle in the book is accompanied by numerous practical examples in a wide variety of languages created by the author and by teachers who have participated in a summer institute led by Bill Johnston and Louis Janus at CARLA since 1999.

Author : James Martin,James E. Samels
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421421681

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Consolidating Colleges and Merging Universities by James Martin,James E. Samels Pdf

In the midst of falling enrollments and endowments, university leaders consider partnering, merging, and even closing institutions. Since the economic recession of 2008, colleges and universities have looked for ways to lower costs while increasing incomes. Not all have succeeded. Threatened closures and recent institutional mergers point to what might be a coming trend in higher education. The long-term economic weakness of colleges and universities means schools need to become more strategic about how they consider previously unthinkable options. This provocative book will be their indispensable guide to managing the crisis. In Consolidating Colleges and Merging Universities, James Martin and James E. Samels bring together higher education leaders to talk about something that few want to discuss: how institutions might cooperate with their competitors to survive in this economic climate. Barring that, Martin and Samels argue, some will shutter their campuses. But closing, they emphasize, is a complex process that involves more than just sending the students home and turning off the lights. The first one-volume resource for presidents, trustees, provosts, chief financial officers, and faculty leaders planning to partner, merge, or close a college or university, the book offers specific guidelines and action steps used successfully to create multiple forms of partnership between higher education institutions. The book includes contributions by twenty nationally recognized leaders in partnership and strategic planning, as well as an appendix detailing key college and university mergers and closures since 2000. Each chapter includes informative responses from practitioners who answer the question, “What is the single most important lesson you would share with a planning team designing a partnership or merger this year?” Responding to many daunting questions now being raised nationally about institutional fragility and sustainability, Consolidating Colleges and Merging Universities is an honest and practical guide to the possibilities and pitfalls of downsizing American higher education.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Federal aid to higher education
ISBN : PURD:32754068488968

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Higher Education Amendments of 1998 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce Pdf

Author : Alba Girons,Nicholas Swinehart
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781626168077

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Teaching Languages in Blended Synchronous Learning Classrooms by Alba Girons,Nicholas Swinehart Pdf

Blended synchronous learning (BSL), where some students are present in a physical classroom while others participate online in real time, has been gaining momentum and shows great potential for teaching less commonly taught languages (LCTLs). In Teaching Languages in Blended Synchronous Learning Classrooms, Alba Girons and Nicholas Swinehart provide a concise overview of BSL as it pertains to language instruction. Topics include a number of key factors in the BSL classroom: • types of BSL environments• pedagogical considerations• group dynamics• creating and adapting activities• common logistical challenges• optimal space design• technology selection, training, and support This practical guide will be of use to teachers, technology staff, and program administrators, all working together to implement successful BSL programs and ensure quality learning opportunities for every student.

Author : F. Xavier Vila Moreno,Vanessa Bretxa
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783092772

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Language Policy in Higher Education by F. Xavier Vila Moreno,Vanessa Bretxa Pdf

In today's increasingly interconnected, knowledge-based world, language policy in higher education is rapidly becoming a crucial area for all societies aiming to play a part in the global economy. The challenge is double faceted: how can universities retain their crucial role of creating the intellectual elites who are indispensable for the running of national affairs and, at the same time, prepare their best-educated citizens for competition in a global market? To what extent is English really pushing other languages out of the academic environment? Drawing on the experience of several medium-sized language communities, this volume provides the reader with some important insights into how language policies can be successfully implemented. The different sociolinguistic contexts under scrutiny offer an invaluable comparative standpoint to understand what position can – or could – be occupied by each language at the level of higher education.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee to Review the Title VI and Fulbright-Hays International Education Programs
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309106948

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International Education and Foreign Languages by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee to Review the Title VI and Fulbright-Hays International Education Programs Pdf

International Education and Foreign Languages reviews the Department of Education's Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Programs, which provide higher education funding for international education and foreign language programs. This book offers a timely look at issues that are increasingly important in an interconnected world. It discusses the effect of the nation's lack of expertise in foreign languages and cultural knowledge on national security and global competitiveness and it describes the challenges faced by the U.S. educational system and the federal government in trying to address those needs. The book also examines the federal government's recent proposal to create a new National Security Language Initiative, the role of the Department of Education, and current efforts to hold higher education programs accountable. This book provides information and recommendations that can help universities, educators, and policy makers establish a system of foreign language and international education that is ready to respond to new and unanticipated challenges around the world.

Author : Nobuko Chikamatsu,Li Jin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000851045

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A Transdisciplinary Approach to Chinese and Japanese Language Teaching by Nobuko Chikamatsu,Li Jin Pdf

A Transdisciplinary Approach to Chinese and Japanese Language Teaching illustrates how the transdisciplinary approach to second language acquisition (SLA) centers around collaboration to provide a learning-conducive environment with rich semiotic resources for second/foreign language learners. The volume consists of 14 chapters from leading experts in SLA and Chinese and Japanese language educators from Canada, China, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. As a first work of its kind, the contributions feature both theoretical interpretations of transdisciplinary concepts that can apply to Chinese/Japanese as a second language learning and case studies showcasing how college-level Chinese and Japanese language educators design and implement pedagogical projects in collaboration with partners across languages, disciplines, communities, and borders by adopting a transdisciplinary perspective to analyze students’ learning outcomes. This book will benefit researchers, administrators, educators, and teacher educators in higher education with an interest in world language education and interdisciplinary and project-based teaching.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1790 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : LOC:00064362379

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2000: Department of Education by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1580 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Digital images
ISBN : IND:30000088128685

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1996 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1588 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : LOC:00092835510

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2002: Department of Education by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1616 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015090414189

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2011, Part 3, 2010, 111-2 Hearings by Anonim Pdf