A Reaction to the 2007 MLA Report

Autor/in	Bernhardt, Elizabeth B.
Titel	A Reaction to the 2007 MLA Report
Quelle	In: Reading in a Foreign Language, 22 (2010), S.1-4 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-0578
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Higher Education; Second Languages; College Faculty; Language Teachers; Reading; Literature + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Second language; Zweitsprache; Fakultät; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Leseprozess; Lesen; Literatur
Abstract	Mortimer Adler and Charles van Doren wisely remind in "How to Read a Book" (1972) that readers must come to terms with an author "before" beginning the interpretation process. Following this logic, the first question that should be posed about "Foreign Languages and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World" by MLA Ad Hoc Committee on Foreign Languages (2007) is what its prose contains concretely and directly. The author's answer to this question is: (1) that there is a continuing and urgent need for more language knowledge on the part of the American citizenry; (2) there are structural issues in the delivery system that impede the gaining of more knowledge; and (3) there are curricular gaps that the current infrastructure, namely colleges and universities, has not perceived, let alone filled. In other words, the statement contains a discussion of a "need" (more language knowledge) and a two part analysis of what "exacerbates that need" (structure and curriculum). "Foreign Languages and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World" then moves to a two-part solution: (1) balanced and less-hierarchically organized communication within language and literature departments; and (2) the addition of non-literary reading, listening, and viewing materials to the curriculum. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Reading in a Foreign Language. National Foreign Language Resource Center, 1859 East-West Road #106, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822. e-mail: readfl@hawaii.edu; Web site: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10