Fostering Foreign Language Proficiency: What the U.S. Can Learn from Other Countries

Autor/inn/en	Christian, Donna; Pufahl, Ingrid; Rhodes, Nancy C.
Titel	Fostering Foreign Language Proficiency: What the U.S. Can Learn from Other Countries
Quelle	In: Phi Delta Kappan, 87 (2005) 3, S.226-228 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-7217
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Language Proficiency; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Articulation (Education); Leadership; Teacher Education; Educational Quality; Language Teachers; Heritage Education; Educational Technology; Educational Benefits + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Führung; Führungsposition; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Bildungsertrag
Abstract	To gain a better idea of what other countries were doing in foreign language education, the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) collected information about policies and practices in 19 countries in diverse regions of the world. The exploratory study found that successful language programs shared common features that the U.S. could learn from: they start language instruction early, maintain a well-articulated framework, provide strong leadership, offer language as a core subject, provide quality teacher education, teach language through content, use technology creatively, and support heritage language instruction. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10