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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.
Slow Travel: Maybe the fastest way to really get there
IFE urges students to travel into a country and not just across it to get to the next European capital on the list. Could the value of a sojourn abroad be inverse to the number of miles traveled or places visited?
Briefly -- issue #4
Demand Surges for Multilinguals: It says so right here in Forbes
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IFE now in Marseille, but where exactly?
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 ( + Elisielle's video discussing the joy of languages at work).
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.
Briefly - issue #3
The Forum Academic Achievement Abroad Award: Linguistics research at IFE Strasbourg among the finalists
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Au Revoir Brussels, Hello Marseille