Educating for advanced foreign language capacities [electronic resource] : constructs, curriculum, instruction, assessment / Heidi Byrnes, Heather Weger-Guntharp, and Katherine A. Sprang, editors.

Author
Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (2005) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2005.
Description
1 online resource (219 p.)

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  • Georgetown University Round Table on Languages & Linguistics [More in this series]
  • Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics. [More in this series]
  • Georgetown University Round Table on languages and linguistics series
Summary note
Advanced language learning has only recently begun to capture the interest and attention of applied linguists and professionals in language education in the United States. In this breakthrough volume, experts in the field lay the groundwork for approaching the increasingly important role of advanced language learning in the larger context of multilingual societies, globalization, and security.This volume presents both general and theoretical insights and language-specific considerations in college classrooms spanning a range of languages, from the commonly taught languages of English, French,
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Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Language note
English
Contents
  • pt. 1. Cognitive approahces to advanced language learning
  • pt. 2. Descriptive and instructional considerations in advanced learning
  • pt. 3. The role of assessment in advanced learning.
ISBN
  • 1-58901-313-1
  • 1-4356-2719-9
OCLC
648711556
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