AAUSC 2009: Principles and Practices of the Standards in College Foreign Language Education (World Languages)

Acknowledgements. Editorial Board. Abstracts. Introduction. Virginia Scott. Rachel Nisselson. Part I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. 1. Jay Siskin - A great rattling of dry bones: The emergence of national standards in the early 20th century. 2. Robert M. Terry - The national standards at the post-secondary level: A blueprint and framework for change. 3. June Phillips - Strengthening the connection between content and communication. 4. Heather Allen - In search of relevance: The role of the Standards in the undergraduate foreign language curriculum. Part II: CURRICULAR REFORM: SHIFTING PARADIGMS. 5. Elizabeth Bernhardt, Guadalupe Valdes, Alice Miano - A chronicle of Standards-based curricular reform in a research university. 6. DeWaard Dykstra - Reconceptualizing the goals for foreign language learning: The role of pragmatics instruction. 7. Ana Oscoz - Using online forums to integrate the Standards into the foreign language curriculum. Part III: LITERATURE AND CULTURE: CLOSING DIVIDES. 8. Jean Marie Schultz - A Standards-based framework for the teaching of literature within the context of globalization. 9. Eileen Ketchum McEwan - Incorporating the Standards into a 3R model of literary and cultural analysis. 10. Katherine Arens - Teaching culture: The Standards as an optic on curriculum development. END MATTER. Authors' biographical information. AAUSC business.