Exploring the US Language Flagship Program : Professional Competence in a Second Language by Graduation / / Dianna Murphy, Karen Evans-Romaine

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136069803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-78309-611-X; 1-78309-610-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 pages)
• Collana: New Perspectives on Language and Education
• Disciplina: 418.0071/073
• Soggetti: Language and languages - Study and teaching - United States; Second language acquisition - United States; Communicative competence - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.