Introducing The World of Language: A Linguistic Basis for Language Study

Autor: Lawrence H. Freeman, Thomas T. Field, Angela B. Moorjani
Rok vydání: 1984
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Zdroj: The Modern Language Journal. 68:222-229
ISSN: 0026-7902
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1984.tb01567.x
Popis: departments should contend with the market approach to education and society's confusion over the "information explosion" and "communication crisis" by revitalizing their programs in relevant ways.' As a first step, why not teach students how language functions?2 A course introducing the nature of language from the broadest perspective could have the further advantage of unifying modern language, English, and other departments around a common core, another goal within the profession.3 The World of Language was designed to respond to such demands by providing a coherent framework for the updated study of foreign languages, English, and other disciplines, such as the visual arts and theatre.
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