Convergences and Transdisciplinarity in the Foreign Language Department: A Response to the MLA Report

Autor/in	Gala, Candelas
Titel	Convergences and Transdisciplinarity in the Foreign Language Department: A Response to the MLA Report
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 4 (2008) 1, S.34-51 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-9035
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Spanish; Second Language Instruction; Romance Languages; Departments; Intellectual Disciplines; College Faculty; Italian; French; Teacher Competencies; Governance; Tenure; Teacher Qualifications; Academic Rank (Professional); Study Abroad; Immersion Programs; Educational Methods; Interdisciplinary Approach; Translation; Films; Service Learning; Enrollment; Curriculum + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Spanisch; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Romanische Sprache; Department; Abteilung; Geisteswissenschaften; Fakultät; Italienisch; Französisch; Lehrkunst; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Lehrqualifikation; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Immersionsprogramm; Educational method; Erziehungsmethode; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Film; Service-Learning; Einschulung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan
Abstract	This paper takes a specific university Department of Romance Languages as a case study to examine how the measures it adopted in view of increasing enrollment in Spanish in the nineties coincide with the recommendations in the MLA's 2007 report; it also examines how they have fared after some 12 years of implementation, advances explanations for their success or failure, and offers suggestions for improvement. While examining well-established language programs, it discusses issues of governance, faculty and curriculum pertaining to the overall field of foreign languages and cultures. The initiatives proposed here aim at placing language study in a field of interacting factors to better adjust to the "inter-" and "trans-disciplinarity" of today's world. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. 315 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602. Tel: 706-542-7866; Fax: 706-542-3817; e-mail: jolle@uga.edu; Web site: http://jolle.coe.uga.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01