Foreign Language Education in America: Perspectives from K-12, University, Government, and International Learning

Book Overview

1. Introduction: Foreign Language Education in America; Steven Berbeco
PART I: KINDERGARTEN TO TWELFTH GRADE
2. Elementary School Foreign Language Programs in the United States; Helena Curtain, Richard Donato, Victoria Gilbert
3. Inquiry, Ethos and the Spirit of Culture; Emily Davis
4. The High School Challenge; Linda Egnatz
5. The STARTALK Experience; David Ellis
PART II: POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
6. Bridging the Cultural Divide; Gisela Hoecherl-Alden
7. World Languages in the American Community College; Laura Franklin
8. 'Language Boot Camp'; Michael Geisler
PART III: ADULT LEARNING
9. Language Learning at the Foreign Service Institute; David Red, James North
10. Language at the Point of Need; Thomas Coakley
PART IV: INTERNATIONAL LEARNING
11. Teachers of Critical Languages Program; Zara Hovhannisyan
12. ESL in the Private Sector for a Globalized 21st Century; A. Clive Roberts

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349561061
• ISBN13: 9781349561063
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"