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
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
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
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
The college will:
- Better achieve 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