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Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum:

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum:. Responding to a National Need 5-6 November 2005 University of Iowa. Dr. Diana Davies. International Programs University of Iowa. Dr. Suronda Gonz á lez. Languages Across the Curriculum Binghamton University.

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Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum:

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  1. Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum: Responding to a National Need 5-6 November 2005 University of Iowa

  2. Dr. Diana Davies International Programs University of Iowa

  3. Dr. Suronda González Languages Across the Curriculum Binghamton University

  4. Basic Philosophy of C/LAC(Language) • Modern languages are alive in the world, not simply within the confines of the FL classroom. • Every discipline has scholarly traditions in multiple languages that are frequently neglected.

  5. Basic Philosophy of C/LAC(Culture) • Culture is alive in the world, within/across the disciplines, not just the arts, business, and other applied fields. • Disciplines are also culturally specific. They are not universal.

  6. Basic Philosophy of C/LAC(Culture) • Content is as important as the process of learning to learn. • The relationship between mastery of content and the process of learning is dialectical.

  7. Mission of C/LAC(Curriculum) • C/LAC is a movement pushing us beyond creating requirements to fulfill our goals of internationalization, and toward embedding internationalization into the curriculum.

  8. Across The Curriculum? • What does this mean given that LAC has been more popular among (arguably) faculty in the applied fields? • How can C/LAC promote more engagement in terms of service and experiential learning? How can C/LAC be at the forefront of this transformational movement?

  9. What’s the Real Goal? • Culture and language? • Cultures and languages?

  10. What’s the Real Goal?

  11. C/LAC – The Challenges • Friend or foe of traditional FL programs? What are the implications of C/LAC success? For Spanish? For LOTS? • An aid or an impediment to professional preparation? Can it ever address the expert mission? The globalized professional or metropolitan migrant mission?

  12. Challenges (Continued) • Another unfunded teaching mandate? • The C in C/LAC? Aren’t we already doing this? • Promoting importance of the C to administrators, funders, teachers, students? • Evaluating effectiveness of C/LAC programs? How do we recognize life-long impact?

  13. Challenges (Continued) • How does C/LAC relate to the disciplines? • How does C/LAC relate to diversity and multicultural initiatives?

  14. Challenges (Continued) • How can C/LAC help to articulate K-12, college, study abroad, and post-graduation experiences?

  15. Goals for C/LAC Conference ‘05 • Introduce LAC and C/LAC to those interested in role of language & culture in classroom • Inspire those who have been doing LAC for decades to think creatively • Create a forum for continued questioning about the role of culture and language initiatives

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