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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dianna Murphy
• Con la collaborazione di: Karen Evans-Romaine (Editore), Dianna Murphy (Editore)
• Editore: Channel View Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781783096091
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-609-1
• Pagine: 280
• Dimensioni: 241 mm x 165 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 572 g
• Serie: New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a; New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per università popolare / materiali per corsi di lingua; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione