Recasting the foreign language requirement through study abroad: A cultural immersion program in Avignon

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-222

  Ingram, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a Gaucher College   (United States)

^b Department of French ^*  (France)

^c Department of Mathematics and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Foreign language immersion; Foreign language requirement; Interdisciplinary; Internationalization; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846384629     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2005.tb02486.x     Document Type: Article

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