The Improvement of Foreign Language Competency in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9754287 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard D Lambert (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 490 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 9-19 |
| Publication date | 1987-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716287490001002 |
| OpenAlex | W2128630691 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
A great deal of discussion and planning is under way the purpose of which is to upgrade our national system of foreign language instruction. Out of that discussion has emerged a consensus on a few key points of leverage to supplement and improve the system. These include focusing on adult language needs; the development of consistent measures of individual and program performance; the elaboration of the technology of teaching upper-level language skills; and the establishment of empirically oriented experimental classrooms. To carry out this agenda, the creation of a national foreign language center is proposed
Elaboration · Engineering management · Foreign language · Knowledge management · Leverage (statistics · Mathematics education · Political science · Upgrade · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Education Systems and Policy · Engineering · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 1994 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |