Meeting the Foreign Language Crisis in the U.S. [microform] : Guidelines for Action / Lester W. McKim
- Bib ID:
- 5430360
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- McKim, Lester W
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED234630
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1983
- 33 p.
- Summary:
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The status of foreign language instruction is reviewed and guidelines are offered for taking action at all educational levels to improve foreign language instruction nationwide. Foreign language instruction has declined since the 1950's when the federal government first committed funds to improve programs and train teachers. National needs, proposed legislation, and the role of foreign languages in universities, high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools are summarized. It is recommended that: (1) funds be committed at the federal level, (2) high school and college accreditation standards require the inclusion of foreign language instruction, (3) teacher certification requirements include foreign language proficiency, (4) college entry and graduation requirements include foreign language proficiency, (5) public schools provide foreign language instruction from middle school through high school, (6) language curricula include cultural knowledge and skills, (7) high schools provide instruction in less commonly taught languages such as Japanese and Russian, and (8) programs be designed to introduce elementary school children to foreign languages. (RW)
- Notes:
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- Availability: National Center for Bilingual Research, 4665 Lampson Ave., Los Alamitos, CA 90720.
- Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
- Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education.
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
- Policymakers.
- Practitioners.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- National Center for Bilingual Research, Los Alamitos, CA
- Available From:
- ERIC
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- Publication date:
- 1983
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