Reflecting on the past to shape the future
By: Diane W. Birckbichler, editor ; Robert M. Terry, associate editor ; James J. Davis ... [et al.].
Contributors: Birckbichler, Diane W.; Terry, Robert M.; Davis, James J. 1954-; American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Series: The ACTFL foreign language education series
Publisher: National Textbook Co.; NTC Publishing Group,U.S.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lincolnwood, Ill., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Published by ... in conjunction with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- Diane W. Birckbichler and Robert M. Terry; title: Defining moments in foreign- and second-language education during the last half of the twentieth century -- Charles R. Hancock and C. Edward Scebold; title: Four decades of Bonjour : the story of one teacher's practice -- Alfred N. Smith; title: Language learning and teaching : the impact of the last three decades -- Salah-Dine Hammoud; title: Reflections on the history and future of foreign language education at historically Black colleges and universities -- James J. Davis; title: Shaping the future of twenty-first-century schools : fulfilling the need for minority teachers in foreign language classrooms -- Marjorie Hall Haley; title: From the margins to the new millennium : preparing teachers of critical languages -- Leslie L. Schrier and Michael E. Everson; title: Nontraditional students -- Joan Turner and Ruth A. Supko; title: Remembering the future : compiling knowledge of another culture -- Galal Walker and Mari Noda; title: The community speaks -- Kathryn M. Gerhold; title: Bilingual education, English as a second language, and foreign language education -- Constance L. Walker and Diane J. Tedick.