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The Undergraduate Internship in the Foreign Language Curriculum
Author(s) -
Henderson Ingeborg
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1983.tb01431.x
Subject(s) - internship , foreign language , curriculum , medical education , course (navigation) , pedagogy , undergraduate education , psychology , mathematics education , engineering , medicine , aerospace engineering
A bstract Current student needs and interests are forcing the foreign language profession to strengthen and diversify course offerings at the undergraduate level. This article describes a highly successful undergraduate internship course and discusses its considerable benefits to all course participants in the critical areas of teacher training, advanced language learning, and general skill development.