'Don't just talk the talk'
News summary
Universities are closing language departments nationwide, but some professors are fighting back with exotic courses designed to appeal to reluctant students. A report by Anna Sebba in the Times Higher Educational Supplement.
"Universities are closing language departments nationwide, but some professors are fighting back with exotic courses designed to appeal to reluctant students." Anna Sebba 's report in the Times Higher Educational Supplement (THES) on June 9 2000 looks at how different HE institutions have reacted to the dramatic fall in applications to traditional language courses. THES Features p24-5, June 9 2000.