Language learning

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.

Recommended reading: Language study abroad

Book Review: The Professional Lives of Language Study Abroad Alumni, by Celeste Kinginger and Jingyaun Zhuan.

Why are languages so foreign (to U.S. higher education)?

Most readers of this letter agree on the importance of language acquisition. What can be (and is being) done about the apparent decline of language instruction on the US campus?.

“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.