Language and Study Abroad across the Curriculum: An Analysis of Course Development

Autor/inn/en	Moreno-Lopez, Isabel; Saenz-de-Tejada, Cristina; Smith, Tami Kopischke
Titel	Language and Study Abroad across the Curriculum: An Analysis of Course Development
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 41 (2008) 4, S.674-686 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
DOI	10.1111/j.1944-9720.2008.tb03324.x
Schlagwörter	College Curriculum; Discipline; Language Proficiency; Study Abroad; Undergraduate Students; College Faculty; Higher Education; Surveys; Second Languages; Language Teachers; Multicultural Education; Cultural Pluralism; Faculty Development; Language Acquisition; Course Content + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Disziplin; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Fakultät; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Second language; Zweitsprache; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Kulturpluralismus; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Kursprogramm
Abstract	Preparing undergraduates and training faculty to succeed in a global society requires colleges to infuse international and intercultural dimensions into the curriculum. A Title VI grant funded the development and pilot of six Integrated Intensive Courses Abroad (IICA). These courses incorporate discipline-specific content studies with foreign language and ground them in a study abroad experience. Content and language instructors were paired and cross-trained in each other's discipline to enable them to design and teach these interdisciplinary courses. This article outlines the purpose, development, essential resources, and preliminary outcomes of integrating IICAs into a college curriculum. Results from a postcourse survey suggest that the IICA model improved students' language proficiency and understanding of the content discipline beyond what would have been expected in a traditional course. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10