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Transferable Skills for the 21st Century: Preparing Students for the Workplace through World Languages for Specific Purposes

Transferable Skills for the 21st Century: Preparing Students for the Workplace through World Languages for Specific Purposes

Lafford, Barbara A.
King Ramirez, Carmen

Paperback

Foreign Language General

ISBN10: 0578458098
ISBN13: 9780578458090
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Aug 20 2019
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
This book highlights pedagogical approaches to teaching World Languages for Specific Purposes (WLSP) in the United States. Each chapter begins with an overview of a transferable skill that students acquire through the second language acquisition process. These overviews are followed by case-studies that illustrate how instructors have incorporated transferable skills in their WLSP courses in order to prepare students for the professional/academic demands of the 21st century. The book's last chapter also provides practical suggestions for adjusting WLSP (as well as world language) curricula to enhance students' career-readiness skills.

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