AAUSC 2009:: Principles and Practices of the Standards in College Foreign Language Education (Issues in Language Program Direction: Aausc Annual Volumes) (World Languages) - Softcover

9781428262881: AAUSC 2009:: Principles and Practices of the Standards in College Foreign Language Education (Issues in Language Program Direction: Aausc Annual Volumes) (World Languages)

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ISBN 10: 1428262881 ISBN 13: 9781428262881

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2010

Endorsed by the AAUSC, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE STANDARDS focuses on the theoretical underpinnings and application of the Standards of Foreign Language Learning at the college level, particularly among language program coordinators, language and literature teachers, and graduate teaching assistants.

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Acknowledgements. Editorial Board. Abstracts. Introduction. Virginia Scott. Rachel Nisselson. Part I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. 1. Jay Siskin - A great rattling of dry bones: The emergence of national standards in the early 20th century. 2. Robert M. Terry - The national standards at the post-secondary level: A blueprint and framework for change. 3. June Phillips - Strengthening the connection between content and communication. 4. Heather Allen - In search of relevance: The role of the Standards in the undergraduate foreign language curriculum. Part II: CURRICULAR REFORM: SHIFTING PARADIGMS. 5. Elizabeth Bernhardt, Guadalupe Valdes, Alice Miano - A chronicle of Standards-based curricular reform in a research university. 6. DeWaard Dykstra - Reconceptualizing the goals for foreign language learning: The role of pragmatics instruction. 7. Ana Oscoz - Using online forums to integrate the Standards into the foreign language curriculum. Part III: LITERATURE AND CULTURE: CLOSING DIVIDES. 8. Jean Marie Schultz - A Standards-based framework for the teaching of literature within the context of globalization. 9. Eileen Ketchum McEwan - Incorporating the Standards into a 3R model of literary and cultural analysis. 10. Katherine Arens - Teaching culture: The Standards as an optic on curriculum development. END MATTER. Authors' biographical information. AAUSC business.

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