An interdisciplinary approach to teaching foreign languages with global and functional simulations

  • Authors:
  • Michèle Claude Magnin

  • Affiliations:
  • University of San Diego

  • Venue:
  • Simulation and Gaming - Simulation & gaming: An interdisciplinary journal of theory, practice and research
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

This article highlights the paradigms of interdisciplinary collaboration for language teachers in the context of global or functional simulations. Examples given can be applied at the college or high school levels for intermediate to advanced French courses. The author highlights the far-reaching consequences of such initiatives that give a leadership role to foreign language departments.