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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Sehlaoui, Abdelilah Salim – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
The USA has a great need for individuals with highly developed competencies in world languages. In fact, the need for individuals with proficiency in languages other than English has never been higher (Brecht & Rivers, 2000). According to Brecht and Ingold (2002), more than 70 government agencies reported a need for individuals with a language…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction, Educational Development
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Sehlaoui, Abdelilah Salim – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
Over 3 million people speak Arabic as a first language in the USA and almost all of them are native-born Americans. Efforts in recent decades to provide support, at both local and governmental levels, for the teaching of Arabic as a heritage language are described. Reflecting on the development of his own personal literacies and his teaching…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Maintenance, Second Language Instruction, Bilingualism
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Sehlaoui, Abdelilah Salim – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2001
Examined efforts to develop cross-cultural communicative competence in students enrolled in an M.A. course in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Focused on the conceptualization of culture utilized in the program, professional and cultural identity formation processes that appear to be occurring, and characterization of…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Intercultural Communication