Foreign language education in America : perspectives from K-12, university, government, and international learning /: perspectives from K-12, university, government, and international learning. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Steven Berbeco.
• Editors: Berbeco, Steven, 1971-
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Foreign Language Education in America; Part I: Kindergarten to Twelfth Grade; 2 Elementary School Foreign Language Programs in the United States; 3 One Middle School's Approach to Language Learning -- Inquiry, Ethos, and the Spirit of Culture; 4 The High School Challenge; 5 The STARTALK Experience; Part II: Post-Secondary Education; 6 The Emergence of Global Language Programs at Boston University -- Bridging the Cultural Divide; 7 World Languages in the American Community College 8 'Language Boot Camp': 100 Years of Middlebury Language SchoolsPart III: Adult Learning; 9 Language Learning at the Foreign Service Institute; 10 Language at the Point of Need -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center; Part IV: International Learning; 11 The Teachers of Critical Languages Program; 12 ESL in the Private Sector for a Globalized Twenty-first Century; Index
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 418.0071/073; Linguistics; Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- United States; Language acquisition; Education, Bilingual -- United States; Adult students -- United States; EDUCATION -- Adult & Continuing Education; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Study & Teaching; Adult students; Education, Bilingual; Language acquisition; Language and languages -- Study and teaching; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Phrasebooks; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Readers; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling; Education -- Language Experience Approach; Language teaching & learning (other than ELT); Applied linguistics; Language and languages; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Language: reference & general; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137528506; 1137528508
• Related ISBNs: 9781137528490; 1137528494
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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