For students
As a result of participation in the program, students will:
- complete the discipline course successfully;
- experience a deeper understanding of the materials read, heard and discussed through the foreign language;
- gain increased confidence in their ability to use the foreign language;
- use the foreign language more, particularly as a part of their academic life;
- change gradually their world view as they gain a better understanding of their own culture and the culture(s) of the foreign language.
For “disciplinary” faculty participants
As a result of participation in the program, faculty participants from non-language disciplines will:
- incorporate more use of foreign language into their teaching;
- enrich their courses through the use of more foreign language materials;
- gain increased confidence in their ability to use the foreign language;
- forge cross-departmental links with other faculty participating in the program;
- carry out program-related research leading to conference presentations and/or publications.
For foreign language faculty participants
As a result of participation in the program, foreign language faculty participants will:
- deepen their knowledge and understanding of a non-language disciplinary area;
- find new ways to incorporate authentic materials from different disciplines into language and literature courses;
- forge cross-departmental links with other faculty participating in the program;
- carry out program-related research leading to conference presentations and/or publications.
For departments
As a result of participation in the program, departments will:
- enrich their course offerings through the use of foreign language materials;
- provide an additional opportunity for faculty development to their members;
- attract highly-motivated students to their courses;
- forge cross-departmental links with other participating departments.
For the College
Through the FLAC program, the College will:
- achieve better its mission with respect to global education and foreign language education;
- serve as a model to other institutions in the field of foreign language education.