Critical Issues in Foreign Language Instruction (Source Books on Education)

Silber, Ellen S.

ISBN 10: 1138966983 / ISBN 13: 9781138966987

Published by Routledge, 2016

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pp. 308.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Critical Issues in Foreign Language Instruction (Source Books on Education)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138966983
• ISBN 13: 9781138966987
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

First Published in 1991. This is Volume 22 of the Source Books on Education series. Politically speaking the study of foreign languages and cultures helps maintain a strong competitive position in an increasingly global marketplace. It was hard to imagine in 1957 that the launching of a Soviet rocket would push the United States into its greatest investment ever in foreign language education. As American policy-makers attempted to play catch-up with our brothers and sisters behind the iron curtain, this country infused federal dollars into extensive foreign language teacher training and the creation of new foreign language educational programs. As suddenly as federal support was given, however, so was it taken away; and its withdrawal was responsible for one of the darkest periods in the history of foreign language education in America. Drawing on the expertise of a number of the nation's most experienced and creative foreign language educators, this volume, edited by Ellen S. Silber, addresses some of the crucial problems we face in foreign language education today.

About the Author

Ellen S. Silber