Program

Education Programs: Pilot Grants - Education

Period of Performance

7/1/1978 - 6/30/1979

Funding Totals

$47,704.67 (approved)
$47,704.67 (awarded)


IMPROVING FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION

FAIN: EP-*0395-78

University of Hawaii (Honolulu, HI 96822-2216)
Pat Harpstrite (Project Director: August 1977 to October 1990)

The foreign language faculty of Leeward Community College will seek to: a) improve instruction in the existing foreign language/culture experiences with language learning, and by providing students with regular personal contact with natives of the target language/culture; b) better meet the needs of native or creole speakers of foreign language; c)better use the unique linguistic and cultural resources available in the multi-ethnic Leeward community; and, d) better meet the needs of the extended community by providing special courses and programs for those desiring language skills.