TY  - BOOK
AU  - Al-Batal,Mahmoud
AU  - Alsufieva,Anna
AU  - Alves,Viviane Klen
AU  - Anishchenkova,Valerie
AU  - Bain,Sharon
AU  - Davidson,Dan E.
AU  - Eisen,Samuel
AU  - Evans-Romaine,Karen
AU  - Freels,Sandra
AU  - Garas,Nadra
AU  - Garza,Thomas J.
AU  - Glakas,Christian
AU  - Glanville,Peter John
AU  - Guida,Fernanda
AU  - Hasko,Victoria
AU  - Hayes,Mary Elizabeth
AU  - Jing-Schmidt,Zhuo
AU  - Kagan,Olga
AU  - Kisselev,Olesya
AU  - Lekic,Maria D.
AU  - Martin,Cynthia
AU  - Moser,Robert
AU  - Murphy,Dianna
AU  - Nugent,Michael
AU  - Slater,Robert
AU  - Spring,Madeline K.
TI  - Exploring the US Language Flagship Program: Professional Competence in a Second Language by Graduation 
T2  - New Perspectives on Language and Education
SN  - 9781783096091
AV  - P57.U7 E96 2017eb
U1  - 418.0071/073 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit : 
PB  - Multilingual Matters, 
KW  - Communicative competence
KW  - United States
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Second language acquisition
KW  - EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Advanced-Superior language learning
KW  - Education policy
KW  - Intercultural competence
KW  - Language Flagship
KW  - Language acquisition
KW  - Language learning
KW  - Language teaching
KW  - Postsecondary foreign language education in the United States
KW  - Proficiency-oriented instruction
KW  - US
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations --; Contributors --; Introduction --; 1. The Language Flagship: Creating Expectations and Opportunities for Professional- Level Language Learning in Undergraduate Education --; 2. Laying the Groundwork: Programmatic Models in US Language Flagship Programs --; 3. Adding Breadth to the Undergraduate Curriculum: Flagship Approaches to Interdisciplinary Language Learning --; 4. The Road Through Superior: Building Learner Independence --; 5. Maximizing Oral Proficiency Development via Telecollaborative Partnerships in the Portuguese Flagship Program --; 6. Creating Collaborative Communities through Online Cafés --; 7. Heritage Language Learners in Flagship Programs: Motivation, Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communicative Competence --; 8. Assessing Language Proficiency and Intercultural Development in the Overseas Immersion Context --; 9 .Overseas Internships in Advanced to Professional- Level Language Acquisition --; 10. Beyond Proficiency Gains: Assessing the Academic, Cultural and Professional Impact of the Flagship Experience on Alumni --; 11. Raise the Flag(ship)! Creating Hybrid Language Programs on the Flagship Model --; Conclusion --; Appendix A --; Appendix B --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - A number of reports in the US have highlighted the country's need for improved second language skills for both national security and economic competitiveness. The Language Flagship program, launched in 2002, aims to raise expectations regarding language proficiency levels at the post-secondary level and to address structural gaps in the curricula of many L2 programs. This federally funded program provides opportunities for US undergraduate students in any specialization to reach a professional level of competence in a targeted second language by graduation. This volume highlights innovative practices that enable students to achieve this goal - even those with no exposure to the second language prior to university. This book explores the rationale and history of the federal program and showcases models and strategies of existing Flagship programs
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783096107
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781783096107
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781783096107/original
ER  -