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In Search of a Coherent Curriculum: Integrating the Third‐Year Foreign Language Classroom
Author(s) -
Mittman Elizabeth
Publication year - 1999
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.1944-9720.1999.tb00877.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , german , fluency , foreign language , reading (process) , linguistics , pedagogy , mathematics education , language education , comprehension approach , psychology , language assessment , sociology , philosophy
In response to theoretical developments in literary and cultural studies, many arguments have been made for revising foreign language curricula in recent years. However, a number of practical questions remain, particularly in the upper division, regarding (a) appropriate content and (b) the relationship between content and language instruction. The author discusses a third‐year level course on postwar German culture in terms of the combined goals of increasing students' cultural knowledge, critical reading skills, and linguistic fluency. Such a course provides a possible template for language programs working toward an integrated curriculum.