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The Continuing Evolution of Languages for Specific Purposes
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Grosse, Christine Uber; Voght, Geoffrey M. – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This overview to "The Modern Language Journal"'s Focus Issue on Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) takes a fresh look at issues examined in a 1991 article by Grosse and Voght. Reflecting on change drivers and growth in LSP, the authors comment on current challenges to the field and future research needs. Their remarks are based on new insights…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Cultural Awareness, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning
Foreign Languages for Business and the Professions at U.S. Colleges and Universities.
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Grosse, Christine Uber; Voght, Geoffrey M. – Modern Language Journal, 1990
Analysis of the responses to a survey regarding the instruction of language for specific purposes indicated that this instruction was an established part of the foreign-language curriculum at most of the responding four-year institutions. Courses were most likely to be at institutions that had professional schools, entry or exit foreign-language…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Language Teachers
The Evolution of Language for Specific Purposes in the United States.
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Grosse, Christine Uber; Voght, Geoffrey M. – Modern Language Journal, 1991
Traces the development of Languages for Specific Purposes in the United States, presents a rationale for its place within the foreign language curriculum, and offers an assessment of its research base. (212 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Languages for Special Purposes