Foreign Language Program Articulation
Few matters induce more dialogue among foreign language educators than the problem of students' transition between levels of language study. Secondary school teachers worry about how best to prepare their students for the demands of postsecondary language study. College instructors struggle with how to integrate a diversely prepared freshman population into their curriculum.\ The mission of this volume has been to assemble the theory, research, and vision of leaders in the field of foreign...
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Presents models of the most recent articulation efforts in the United States, providing readers with practical suggestions for facilitating placement at the local level and offering theoretical direction for the future. Booknews Researchers and instructors of foreign language in the US grapple with perennial problems associated with students changing from one level of study to another. They discuss such matters as a brief history of the standardized test, using the national standards, the South Carolina project for improved articulation, efforts in New York State, foreign language articulation and the social climate, and the need for new and curricular bases. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Preface1Foreign Language Placement Examinations: A Brief History of the Standardized Test12Foreign Language Articulation: Using the National Standards as a Guide for Local Articulation Efforts173Composition and Articulation: Classroom Practice, National Standards, and Academic Alliances294Sequential Foreign Language Programs: Articulating Language and Literature455The South Carolina Project for Improved Articulation636Changing Perspectives and Practices in Foreign Language Classrooms: A CAAP Update797Articulation Efforts in New York State998The Minnesota Articulation Project: Past, Present, and Future1199Foreign Language Articulation and the Social Climate13910Articulating Foreign Language Programs: The Need for New, Curricular Bases157Index181About the Contributors185
\ BooknewsResearchers and instructors of foreign language in the US grapple with perennial problems associated with students changing from one level of study to another. They discuss such matters as a brief history of the standardized test, using the national standards, the South Carolina project for improved articulation, efforts in New York State, foreign language articulation and the social climate, and the need for new and curricular bases. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
