[Edling] US: 2007 MLA report calling for major reforms in the teaching of foreign languages. What's happened since?

[Francis Hult]

Inside Higher Ed


In 2007 the Modern Language Association issued a report calling for major reforms in the teaching of foreign languages.


What's happened since?


Call to Action on Languages, 10 Years Later


Ten years after the Modern Language Association issued a report calling for a "transformation" in the curriculum and structure of foreign language programs, to what degree have programs heeded the call?


Lara Lomicka Anderson, a professor of French and applied linguistics at the University of South Carolina, and Gillian Lord, a professor and chair of the Spanish and Portuguese department at the University of Florida, set out to answer that question in a national survey of faculty members and students, disseminated via email and social media.


Full story:
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/06/survey-looks-foreign-language-programs-response-decade-old-call-transform-teaching

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