Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ555693
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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The Changing Demographics of the Traditional Student: Making Our Classrooms Relevant for the New Generation.
Lively, Madeleine
ADFL Bulletin, v28 n3 p32-36 Spr 1997
Examination of ways college second language teaching must adapt to new student needs looks at changing characteristics of students, their new educational goals and expectations of higher education, effects of these shifts on the classroom, new time considerations, the need to find creative ways to meet diverse student goals, and use of technology to enhance student interest and convenience. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Instruction, College Second Language Programs, Demography, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Technology, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, Relevance (Education), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Languages, Student Characteristics, Student Educational Objectives, Student Needs, Technological Advancement, Time Factors (Learning)
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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