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Authors: Carolyn Gascoigne Lally
ISBN-13: 9780897897518, ISBN-10: 089789751X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: January 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Carolyn Gascoigne Lally

CAROLYN GASCOIGNE LALLY is Assistant Professor of French, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Book Synopsis

Presents models of the most recent articulation efforts in the United States, providing readers with practical suggestions for facilitating placement at the local level and offering theoretical direction for the future.

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Researchers and instructors of foreign language in the US grapple with perennial problems associated with students changing from one level of study to another. They discuss such matters as a brief history of the standardized test, using the national standards, the South Carolina project for improved articulation, efforts in New York State, foreign language articulation and the social climate, and the need for new and curricular bases. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
1	Foreign Language Placement Examinations: A Brief History of the Standardized Test	1
2	Foreign Language Articulation: Using the National Standards as a Guide for Local Articulation Efforts	17
3	Composition and Articulation: Classroom Practice, National Standards, and Academic Alliances	29
4	Sequential Foreign Language Programs: Articulating Language and Literature	45
5	The South Carolina Project for Improved Articulation	63
6	Changing Perspectives and Practices in Foreign Language Classrooms: A CAAP Update	79
7	Articulation Efforts in New York State	99
8	The Minnesota Articulation Project: Past, Present, and Future	119
9	Foreign Language Articulation and the Social Climate	139
10	Articulating Foreign Language Programs: The Need for New, Curricular Bases	157
	Index	181
	About the Contributors	185

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