I. Current Learning Environment...

The LCTLs

• truly foreign
• long learning curve
• many not taught because of lack of resources,
  human and material
• dispersed learners and unpredictable demand

The Learners

• usually adult learner
• usually highly motivated
• pragmatic need to use target language
• need for higher language levels

The Teachers

• usually not language teaching professionals
• formal training programs usually not available
• authentic, current teaching resources mostly lacking
• few in field and widely scattered

The Learning Environment

• usually not stable
• lack of vertical sequencing
• lack of authentic, current teaching resources
• no provision for language maintenance
• lack of professional teaching faculty
• success defined by 'seat time'

July 28, 1996
ehgilson@princeton.edu