What We Can't Say Can Hurt Us. A Call for Foreign Language Competence by the Year 2000.

Institution	American Council on Education, Washington, DC. Div. of International Education.
Titel	What We Can't Say Can Hurt Us. A Call for Foreign Language Competence by the Year 2000.
Quelle	(1989), (21 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Communicative Competence (Languages); Educational Needs; Educational Policy; Higher Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; International Relations; International Studies; International Trade; Language Proficiency; Second Language Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Internationale Beziehungen; Internationaler Studiengang; Trade; International relations; Handel; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	The new call to action on foreign language competence is addressed to administrators and academic officers of higher education institutions. Based on recent reports on education, it is proposed that American colleges and universities are not succeeding in equipping students to live and communicate in an international world, and that the problem can not be solved by foreign language departments alone. Focus and coordination are called for from leadership at the highest levels to produce and attain goals for foreign language competence by the year 2000. Recommendations for educational commitment and action address specific aspects of these general areas: providing continuity in language learning throughout the educational process; stressing language competence as a vital educational outcome; and providing institutional initiatives that will facilitate the language learning process for students and faculty. Common myths about language learning are outlined. Appended materials include a summary of information from recent reports concerning the current status of international and foreign language competence; and a collection of comments by policymakers in government, business, and education on the need for international and language competence. (MSE)
Anmerkungen	Office of International Education, American Council on Education, One Dupont Circle, Washington, DC 20036 ($4.00; bulk rates available).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01