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SPEAKING OF EUROPE - NEWS AND NOTES FROM IFE.
A quarterly letter from IFE about student achievement, developments at IFE, as well as trends, events, context.
Language Teaching gets a Makeover: Context is the key
It may or may not turn out to be the Next Big Thing in language courses curricula. For the moment it is an under-the-radar effective thing that is having a big impact on some modern language classrooms and departments. Its initials are LSP, or Language for Specific Purposes.
“Language Skills have been Central”: An IFE alum's career journey
So, you're studying a foreign language, maybe two. People ask what for? IFE alum Elisielle Lopes' experience provides some great answers.
Of Eggheads and Authoritarians: A French look at anti-intellectualism and the repression of critical thinking in America and France
Few voices are clearer on dangers to democracy, freedom of speech and academic freedom than that of Eric Fassin, French sociologist specializing in American studies and issues common to both societies.
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The Forum Academic Achievement Abroad Award: Linguistics research at IFE Strasbourg among the finalists
Au Revoir Brussels, Hello Marseille
Asturias, the most stimulating Spanish region you've never heard of
In the loose federation of regions that is Spain, Asturias vies for honors in several categories including as possibly the least known, beyond Spain, of Spanish regions.
The hot destination for study abroad? At IFE it's the lab bench
Stargazing or poring over old bones, science students at IFE last spring applied themselves to a rich array of research projects as interns. Over a third of the 44 students enrolled in an IFE program joined research laboratories and institutes across IFE's three...