Exploring the US Language Flagship Program - Professional Competence in a Second Language by Graduation

The Language Flagship program provides opportunities for US undergraduate students in any specialization to reach a professional level of competence in a targeted second language by graduation. This volume highlights innovative practices that enable students to achieve this goal and explores the rationale and history of this federal program.

About the author

Dianna Murphy is Associate Director of the Language Institute and Russian Flagship Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests are in foreign language education at the postsecondary level, with a focus on students' goals and perspectives on their foreign language learning.
Karen Evans-Romaine is Professor of Russian in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic and Director of the Russian Flagship Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests include Russian language pedagogy and early 20th-century Russian literature, particularly intersections of music and literature.

Summary

The Language Flagship program provides opportunities for US undergraduate students in any specialization to reach a professional level of competence in a targeted second language by graduation. This volume highlights innovative practices that enable students to achieve this goal and explores the rationale and history of this federal program.

Product details

• Authors: Dianna Murphy
• Assisted by: Karen Evans-Romaine (Editor), Dianna Murphy (Editor)
• Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781783096091
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-609-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 241 mm x 165 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 572 g
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a; New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system