Language program director — A Language Program Director (LPD) is a usually senior academic position in United States universities. In some institutions a LPD can also be referred to as a Language Program Coordinator (LPC), while in others the LPD has a hierarchically higher … Wikipedia
Endangered Language Program — Created in 2004 by Rosetta Stone Ltd., the Endangered Language Program creates not for profit editions of Rosetta Stone (software) for use by endangered language communities engaged in language revitalization. [Woodroof, Martha. “ [http://www.npr … Wikipedia
International Chinese Language Program — The International Chinese Language Program (linktext|國|際|華|語|研|習|所) is one of the world s premiere institutions for intensive training in formal, Standard Mandarin Chinese. It is located in the center of Taipei, Taiwan, on the main campus of… … Wikipedia
Language immersion — is a method of teaching a second language (also called L2, or the target language). Unlike a more traditional language course, where the target language is simply the subject material, language immersion uses the target language as a teaching… … Wikipedia
Language revitalization — is the attempt by interested parties, including individuals, cultural or community groups, governments, or political authorities, to recover the spoken use of a language that is endangered, moribund, or no longer spoken. Language death is the… … Wikipedia
Language planning — This article is about the field of language planning and policy. See Constructed language for details on the creation of planned or artificial languages. Language planning is a deliberate effort to influence the function, structure, or… … Wikipedia
Language delay — is a failure to develop language abilities on the usual developmental timetable. Language delay is distinct from speech delay, in which the speech mechanism itself is the focus of delay. Thus, language delay refers specifically to a delay in the… … Wikipedia
LANGUAGE WAR — (Ger. Sprachenkampf), campaign waged during the winter of 1913/14 by the Hebrew Teachers Union in Ereẓ Israel against the hilfsverein der deutschen juden over the issue of the language of instruction in Hilfsverein educational institutions. The… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Language education — Language Teaching redirects here. For the journal, see Language Teaching (journal). Linguistics … Wikipedia
Program Design Language — (or PDL, for short) is a method for designing and documenting methods and procedures in software. It is related to pseudocode, but unlike pseudocode, it is written in plain language without any terms that could suggest the use of any programming… … Wikipedia