Exploring the US Language Flagship Program (eBook)

lt;p>Dianna Murphy is Associate Director of the Language Institute and Russian Flagship Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests are in foreign language education at the postsecondary level, with a focus on students’ goals and perspectives on their foreign language learning.

Karen Evans-Romaine is Professor of Russian in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic and Director of the Russian Flagship Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests include Russian language pedagogy and early 20th-century Russian literature, particularly intersections of music and literature.

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Karen Evans-Romaine and Dianna Murphy: Introduction

1. Michael Nugent and Robert Slater: The Language Flagship: Creating Expectations and Opportunities for Professional-Level Language Learning in Undergraduate Education

2. Dianna Murphy, Karen Evans-Romaine, Valerie Anishchenkova and Zhuo Jing-Schmidt: Laying the Groundwork: Programmatic Models in US Language Flagship Programs

3. Sandra Freels, Olesya Kisselev and Anna Alsufieva: Adding Breadth to the Undergraduate Curriculum: Flagship Approaches to Interdisciplinary Language Learning

4. Peter John Glanville: The Road Through Superior: Building Learner Independence

5. Victoria Hasko, Robert Moser, Fernanda Guida, Mary Elizabeth Hayes and Viviane Klen Alves: Maximizing Oral Proficiency Development via Telecollaborative Partnerships in the Portuguese Flagship Program

6. Sharon Bain and Madeline K. Spring: Creating Collaborative Communities through Online Cafés

7. Olga Kagan and Cynthia Martin: Heritage Language Learners in Flagship Programs: Motivation, Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communicative Competence

8. Dan Davidson, Nadra Garas and Maria Lekic: Assessing Language Proficiency and Intercultural Development in the Overseas Immersion Context

9. Samuel Eisen: Overseas Internships in Advanced to Professional-Level Language Acquisition

10. Mahmoud Al-Batal and Christian Glakas: Beyond Proficiency Gains: Assessing the Academic, Cultural and Professional Impact of the Flagship Experience on Alumni

11. Thomas J. Garza: Raise the Flag(ship)! Creating Hybrid Language Programs on the Flagship Model

Karen Evans-Romaine and Dianna Murphy: Conclusion

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