Article: Studying Le Ballon rouge with false beginners.

Abstract

False beginners--students who take beginning classes but who are not true beginners--populate both first- and second-year university foreign language classes, posing a unique challenge to their teachers. This problem is especially acute in French programs, in which the numbers of students enrolled are often insufficient to create special classes for them. This article describes a text and an approach that invite students from different language-learning backgrounds to collaborate to improve their reading and writing skills in French.

Introduction

The placement of new college students into foreign language courses in an effective and ...

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