Exploring the US Language Flagship Program: Professional Competence in a Second Language by Graduation

Media type: E-Book

Title: Exploring the US Language Flagship Program : Professional Competence in a Second Language by Graduation

Contains: Frontmatter -- ; Contents -- ; Acknowledgements -- ; Abbreviations -- ; Contributors -- ; Introduction / Evans-Romaine, Karen / Murphy, Dianna --
1. The Language Flagship: Creating Expectations and Opportunities for Professional- Level Language Learning in Undergraduate Education / Nugent, Michael / Slater, Robert --
2. Laying the Groundwork: Programmatic Models in US Language Flagship Programs / Murphy, Dianna / Evans-Romaine, Karen / Anishchenkova, Valerie / Jing-Schmidt, Zhuo --
3. Adding Breadth to the Undergraduate Curriculum: Flagship Approaches to Interdisciplinary Language Learning / Freels, Sandra / Kisselev, Olesya / Alsufieva, Anna --
4. The Road Through Superior: Building Learner Independence / Glanville, Peter John --
5. Maximizing Oral Proficiency Development via Telecollaborative Partnerships in the Portuguese Flagship Program / Hasko, Victoria / Moser, Robert / Guida, Fernanda / Hayes, Mary Elizabeth / Alves, Viviane Klen --
6. Creating Collaborative Communities through Online Cafés / Bain, Sharon / Spring, Madeline K. --
7. Heritage Language Learners in Flagship Programs: Motivation, Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communicative Competence / Kagan, Olga / Martin, Cynthia --
8. Assessing Language Proficiency and Intercultural Development in the Overseas Immersion Context / Davidson, Dan E. / Garas, Nadra / Lekic, Maria D. --
9 .Overseas Internships in Advanced to Professional- Level Language Acquisition / Eisen, Samuel --
10. Beyond Proficiency Gains: Assessing the Academic, Cultural and Professional Impact of the Flagship Experience on Alumni / Al-Batal, Mahmoud / Glakas, Christian --
11. Raise the Flag(ship)! Creating Hybrid Language Programs on the Flagship Model / Garza, Thomas J. --
Conclusion / Evans-Romaine, Karen / Murphy, Dianna --
Appendix A -- ; Appendix B -- ; Index

Contributor: Evans-Romaine, Karen [Other]; Murphy, Dianna [Other]

imprint: Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Multilingual Matters, 2016

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource

Language: English

DOI: 10.21832/9781783096107

ISBN: 9781783096107

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Keywords: Second language acquisition ; Language and languages Study and teaching United States ; Communicative competence United States ; Communicative competence. ; Language and languages. ; Second language acquisition. ; Advanced-Superior language learning. ; Education policy. ; Intercultural competence. ; Language acquisition. ; Language Flagship. ; Language learning. ; Language teaching. ; Postsecondary foreign language education in the United States. ; Proficiency-oriented instruction. ; US. ; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General

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Footnote: In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web

Description: A number of reports in the US have highlighted the country’s need for improved second language skills for both national security and economic competitiveness. The Language Flagship program, launched in 2002, aims to raise expectations regarding language proficiency levels at the post-secondary level and to address structural gaps in the curricula of many L2 programs. This federally funded program provides opportunities for US undergraduate students in any specialization to reach a professional level of competence in a targeted second language by graduation. This volume highlights innovative practices that enable students to achieve this goal – even those with no exposure to the second language prior to university. This book explores the rationale and history of the federal program and showcases models and strategies of existing Flagship programs.

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