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The future of foreign language education in the United States /

Annotation Focuses on the possibilities for reform in foreign language education, including interdisciplinary, literary, teacher education, heritage language learning, and critical pedagogical approaches. Attention is also paid to epistemological, historical, and "new science" paradigmatic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Osborn, Terry A., 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2002.
Series:Contemporary language education.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Terry A. Osborn
  • "Our patriotic duty" : insights from professional history, 1890-1920 / Deborah M. Herman
  • The entangled future of foreign language learning / Stephen W. Kercel, S. Alenka Brown-VanHoozer, and W.R. VanHoozer
  • "Knowing" and "learning" a foreign language : epistemological reflections on classroom practice / Timothy Reagan
  • Responding to literature in the foreign language classroom : aesthetic dimensions of fluency / Philip M. Anderson and Terry A. Osborn.
  • Challenging the monovocal narrative : interdisciplinary units in the foreign language classroom / David Gerwin and Terry A. Osborn
  • Enabling teachers through type theory : nurturing the pluralistic persona / A.J. Vogely
  • Professional renewal : the role of teacher education in multicultural America / Terry A. Osborn and Jacqueline Davis
  • Toward a political economy of less commonly taught languages in American public schools / Timothy Reagan.
  • Reversing language loss in a multilingual setting : a native language enhancement program and its impacet / Claire Sylvan and Migdalia Romero
  • Authentic "migratory" experiences for language learners : macrocontextualization as critical pedagogy / Xáe Alicia Reyes.