[Edling] Book - The Influence of the Foreign Service Institute on US Language Education

[Francis M. Hult via Edling]

Title: The Influence of the Foreign Service Institute on US Language
Education
Subtitle: Critical Analysis of Historical Documentation
Author: Theresa Ulrich
Copyright Year: 2021
URL:
https://www.routledge.com/The-Influence-of-the-Foreign-Service-Institute-on-US-Language-Education/Ulrich/p/book/9780367428174

Summary:
Through close analysis of primary source textual documents produced by the
Foreign Service Institute (FSI) between 1947 and 1968, this unique text
reveals the undocumented influence of the FSI on K-12 language instruction
and assessment in the United States.

By investigating the historical development of the FSI and its attitudes
and practices around language learning and bilingualism, this text provides
in-depth insight into the changing value of bilingualism in the US, and
highlights how the FSI’s practices around language instruction and
assessment continue to influence language instruction in American public
schools. By mapping the development and integration of language proficiency
assessments which strongly resemble those used by the FSI, historical
analysis uncovers key political and economic motivations for increased
promotion of language instruction in the US education system.

Providing insights into issues of language instruction and assessment in
public education that persist today, this book will be particularly useful
to researchers and students interested in how policy formation has shaped
language instruction and assessment in US public schools.

Table of Contents:
Part I: Historical Background and the Role of the Foreign Service Institute
in the United States
1. Development of the FSI and its Governmental Language Proficiency
Assessment Framework
2. 1700s to mid-1940s

Part II: Document Analysis and Historical Milestones 1945-1968
3. 1945-1952
4. 1953-1960
5. 1961–1968

Part III: Bilingualism Becomes Increasingly More Important
6. 1970s-2000s
7. US National Security and Global Economic Competitivity
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