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ERIC Number: EJ524519
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0790-8318
The Crisis in FL Teaching in American Colleges: Towards a Diagnosis and a Remedy.
Nakuma, Constancio
Language, Culture and Curriculum, v8 n3 p281-90 1995
Assesses the effect of a program of communicative language teaching on foreign-language (FL) acquisition in the United States. The article describes the frustration of FL teachers and students at students' difficulty in reaching senior-level status and suggests that colleges require FL majors to spend a year in an immersion program in countries where their target languages are spoken. (51 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Immersion Programs, Language Fluency, Majors (Students), Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, Study Abroad, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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