Remapping the Foreign Language Curriculum: An Approach Through Multiple Literacies

by Janet K. Swaffar and Katherine Arens

Janet Swaffar and Katherine Arens offer a holistic approach to postsecondary language teaching that integrates the study of literature and culture into every level of the curriculum. By studying... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873528077
• ISBN13: 9780873528078
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

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The use of tense and narrative to realizing different curricular objectives.

College-level students of postsecondary language and teaching will find REMAPPING THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM: AN APPROACH THROUGH MULTIPLE LITERACIES provides an important, in-depth coverage studying multiple genres from popular to elite to understand different frameworks for communication. Swaffar and Arens propose using template-generated exercises to lead students from basic grammar patterns to different languages' meaning and cultural usage, providing exercises which smoothly transition students from the use of tense and narrative to realizing different curricular objectives. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch