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| Title | MLA Report Calls for Transformation of Foreign-Language Education |
| Body | From http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/05/2007052402n.htm MLA Report Calls for Transformation of Foreign-Language Education By BURTON BOLLAG Foreign-language teaching at American colleges and universities -- typically characterized by two or three years of grammar and vocabulary taught pretty much in a vacuum, followed by more advanced courses in literature -- has outlived its usefulness and needs to change, according to a report to be released today by the Modern Language Association. That well-established model, it says, should be replaced by language programs organized on an interdisciplinary basis and containing from the beginning more cultural content to make graduates better able to function in an increasingly global environment. What is needed, the report says, is "a broader and more coherent curriculum in which language, culture, and literature are taught as a continuous whole." Read the entire report at http://www.mla.org/flreport . |
| Source | Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Inputdate | 2007-06-17 10:43:59 |
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