Foreign Language Program Articulation: Current Practice and Future Prospects [Hardcover]

Few matters induce more dialogue among foreign language educators than the problem of students' transition between levels of language study. Secondary school teachers worry about how best to prepare their students for the demands of postsecondary language study. College instructors struggle with how to integrate a diversely prepared freshman population into their curriculum.

The mission of this volume has been to assemble the theory, research, and vision of leaders in the field of foreign language articulation into a single volume which will benefit foreign language educators, students, program administrators, and researchers by presenting models of the most recent articulation efforts in the United States. Readers are provided with practical suggestions for facilitating placement at the local level, and offered theoretical direction for the future. The scope of this work is broad enough to reflect the experience and observations of most educators grappling with placement issues, while chapter themes offer concrete and theoretical insight into many individual facets of articulation.

Preface
Foreign Language Placement Examinations: A Brief History of the Standardized Test Luis E. Latoja
Foreign Language Articulation: Using the National Standards as a Guide for Local Articulation Efforts Carolyn Gascoigne Lally
Composition and Articulation: Classroom Practice, National Standards, and Academic Alliances Clara Krug
Sequential Foreign Language Programs: Articulating Language and Literature Anne Fountain
The South Carolina Project for Improved Articulation Darrell J. Dernoshek
Changing Perspectives and Practices in Foreign Language Classrooms: A CAAP Update Deborah Wilburn Robinson
Articulation Efforts in New York State Anita Jones Vogely
The Minnesota Articulation Project: Past, Present, and Future Diane J. Tedick and Cheryl Alcaya
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