Creating opportunities for excellence through language
Subtitle: selected papers from the 1996 Central States Conference
By: edited by Emily Spinelli ; associate editors, Linda L. Harlow, Jacqueline Moase-Burke.
Contributors: Spinelli, Emily.; Harlow, Linda Lee, 1949-; Moase-Burke, Jacqueline.; Central States Conference.
Publisher: National Textbook Company
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Lincolnwood, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Report of Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages"--Cover.
"... held jointly with the Kentucky Council on Foreign Language Teaching in Louisville, Kentucky"--P. vii.
Table of contents: title: Authentic documents revisited : teaching for cross-cultural understanding -- H. Jay Siskin, Robert L. Davis; title: Adapting black francophone literature to the secondary school classroom -- Louise M. Jefferson; title: Teaching culture : using native informants to explore the world -- Jayne Abrate; title: Approaches to literature in first-year college Spanish : surveying the textbooks -- Emma Gottwald, Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro; title: Reading skills development in lower-level language courses -- Robert M. Terry; title: Toward standards in foreign language writing assessment : comparing native and nonnative instructors of French in the evaluation of student compositions -- Catherine A. Jolivet; title: FLES under a microscope -- Audrey L. Heining-Boynton; title: FLES methodology course : preparing effective FLES teachers -- Gilda M. Oran; title: K-8 foreign language assessment and the new foreign language standards -- Lynn E. Thompson; title: Reaching beyond the least common denominator -- Theresa A. Antes; title: Nebraska Foreign Language Frameworks : making it happen -- Marie Trayer; title: Addressing the affective needs of students -- Gisela Moffit.