U.S. Foreign Language Deficit

U.S. Foreign Language Deficit

Strategies for Maintaining a Competitive Edge in a Globalized World

Stein-Smith, Kathleen

Springer International Publishing AG

06/2018

123

Mole

Inglês

9783319816913

15 a 20 dias

454

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PART I: THE EXTENT AND IMPACT OF THE U.S. FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEFICIT.- Chapter 1: The Current Status of Languages in the United States.- Chapter 2: The Extent and Impact of the U.S. Foreign Language Deficit.- Chapter 3: The Career Connection -- Foreign Languages as a Career Asset: The Importance of Foreign Language Knowledge and Intercultural Competence.- PART II FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING -- THE BENEFITS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING.- Chapter 4: The Importance of Foreign Language Skills in International Education and Education for Global Citizenship.- Chapter 5: A Brief History of Foreign Language Learning in the United States.- Chapter 6: Developing Foreign Language Capacity in the U.S. -- Heritage Language and Immersion Programs.- PART III: THE CAMPAIGN FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES -- THE STRATEGIC CAMPAIGN FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES: CHANGE LEADERSHIP; INFLUENCE AND PERSUASION: AND A SOCIAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN.- Chapter 7: Addressing the U.S. Foreign Language Deficit -- The Campaign for Foreign Languages.- Chapter 8: Current Trends -- Multilingualism as a Global Trend.- Chapter 9: Challenges -- Getting Students Interested in Foreign Languages and Keeping Them Interested.- Chapter 10: Encouraging Signs -- -- Advocacy, Biliteracy, and Creativity.- Chapter 11: The Resurgence of Foreign Languages in the U.S..- Chapter 12: Conclusions and Future Directions -- From the Foreign Language Deficit to Foreign Languages 2.0.- Concluding Thought: Foreign Languages 2.0 -- Curriculum and Careers for a Changed World.
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national security;economic security;global workplace;global economy;english as a lingua franca;language immersion