Program

Education Programs: Institutes for Higher Education Faculty

Period of Performance

9/1/1978 - 6/30/1980

Funding Totals

$15,715.00 (approved)
$15,373.95 (awarded)


Language Skill Attrition Study

FAIN: EH-*1230-78

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA 19104-6205)
Richard D. Lambert (Project Director: May 1978 to October 1990)

To assess the state of current knowledge in the field and to develop materials and teaching strategies aimed at skill reinforcement and retrieval.

To assess the state of current knowledge on the attrition of language skills, through a survey of existing literature and scholars working in the field and through a workshop. Then to develop materials and teaching strategies aimed at skill reinforcement and retrieval. Of importance to foreign language programs.