The University of Utah's Immersion/Multiliteracy Program
An Example of an Area Studies Approach to the Design of First‐year College Foreign Language Instruction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8937629 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven Sternfeld (University of Utah, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 341-352 |
| Publication date | 1989-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Language Annals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1989.tb02757.x |
| OpenAlex | W2014121387 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 41 |
The University of Utah's Immersion/Multiliteracy (IM/ML) Program is an outgrowth of the post‐WWII movement towards an extension of the area studies model to modern foreign language study. Where the IM/ML program has sought to innovate is in the creation of a first‐year language course based on the area studies model. Using a methodology based on the Canadian immersion approach, the IM/ML Program has set as its goal multiliteracy, i.e, the pursuit of intellectually challenging and culturally broadening activities in more than one language. This article describes the pilot IM/ML Program in Spanish in which first‐year language students used Spanish‐language newspapers and culture/civilizations texts to study the history, geography and current affairs of Latin America. Results of the pilot program indicate 1) that IM/ML students are for the most part keeping up with students in traditional courses with respect to skill development, and 2) that the IM/ML Program holds promise for enhancing the contribution of introductory foreign language study to students' liberal education
Foreign language · Language assessment · Language education · Latin Americans · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Media studies · Newspaper · Pedagogy · Sociology · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Bilingual education of children
Principles and practice in second language acquisition
Cultural literacy
Centuries of Language Teaching
Educational psychology
The input hypothesis
Teaching languages
Language and Literature
Learning through Two Languages
Program-Fair Language Teaching Evaluation
The Gap between Lower- and Upper-Division Spanish Courses
The Psychology of Second Language Learning
Attitudes of Students of French Toward Required Language Study 1
Language With A Purpose
A New Curriculum for New Purposes
The Applicability of the Immersion Approach to College Foreign Language Instruction
Getting Started
Responding to the Challenge of Survival
Achieving Second Language Fluency Through Immersion Education
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |