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Science in Foreign Language Education. Domcekova , B. (2010). Science in Foreign Language Education: A Response to MLA Reports from a Liberal Arts College Spanish Program Perspective. Hispania , 93(1), 139-143. Retrieved from EBSCO host. Only 6% of students pursue Ph.D. in Spanish---
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Science in Foreign Language Education Domcekova, B. (2010). Science in Foreign Language Education: A Response to MLA Reports from a Liberal Arts College Spanish Program Perspective. Hispania, 93(1), 139-143. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
Only 6% of students pursue Ph.D. in Spanish--- What about the other 94%?
“Translingual” and “transcultural” competence is the goal of Foreign Language study • Why only literature? Why not Sciences?
Foreign languages across the curriculum (FLAC) • Birmingham- Southern college: “Spanish for Professors” • Premed students had been continuing Spanish • Science Faculty members in course • Increase in Hispanic population needing health care professionals
How to implement FLAC Needed • FLAC consultant: -Content of the science, methodology of teaching a foreign language, and assess difficulty of a text. • Spanish proficient librarian- find authentic materials, identify databases and resources, available to to instructors.