PurdueCIBE
Foreign Language
Language Courses
One of CIBER's stated goals is to support instruction in critical
foreign languages needed for an understanding of the culture and
customs of United States trading partners. In addition to providing
basic instruction in ten modern languages, the Purdue
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers business
and technical language courses in French, German, Japanese, Russian
and Spanish. The Department is currently developing similar courses
in Chinese, Italian and Portuguese.
TELL
Established in 1997, the Center
for Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) supports
technology-oriented research and development applicable to foreign
language instruction. TELL, located in the Purdue University Department
of Foreign Languages and Literatures, is currently developing
web-based tutorials and establishing royalty-free collections
of clip-art and photographs for second-language instruction.
Global Business Languages
CIBER publishes Global
Business Languages, an annual monograph edited by Professors
Christiane
Keck (Professor Emerita of German) and
Allen
Wood (Professor of French and Co-Associate Director of CIBER). This series covers issues related
to foreign languages taught for specific purposes. Submissions
and inquiries can be sent to the editors in care of the Department
of Foreign Languages, Stanley Coulter Hall, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1359.
Volume 1: Pedagogy in Languages
for Specific Purposes
Volume 2: Cultures and Cross-Cultural Awareness in the Professions
Volume 3: Networking with the Business Community
Volume 4: Technological Advances, Electronic Data and Languages
for Specific Purposes
Volume 5: Internationalization and the New Millenium
Volume 6: Proficiency, Efficiency, and Business Languages
Volume 7: Communication and Commerce
Volume 8: Discovering New Economies
Volume 9: New Synergies, New Times
Volume 10: New Initiatives
Volume 11: Matters of Perspective
Volume 12: Security and Business Languages (Coming Soon)
Foreign
Language Conversation Groups
