STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN HIGHER ED: EVIDENCE FROM THE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY CHINESE LANGUAGE

FLAGSHIP

Madeline K. Spring, Program DirectorFlagship Students: Miles Campus, Lana Larkin

Jason Loose, Melissa Tse

1

© The Language Flagship 2008

WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE FLAGSHIP?

• Groundbreaking effort to design, support, and implement a new paradigm for advanced language education in the U.S.

• Help create next generation of global professionals, who have a superior level of fluency in a critical language

• Undergraduate and post-BA programs and a limited number of pilot K-12 programs

• On-campus curriculum coupled with a strategy for intensive study at an Overseas Flagship Center

2

© The Language Flagship 2008

MULTIPLE PATHWAYS AT STATESIDE PROGRAMS

3

© The Language Flagship 2008

DIFFERENT PATHWAYS TOWARD SUPERIOR LEVEL PROFICIENCY

• Flagship Bound – High School Students• Flagship Level 1 -- Students with no background in

Chinese (ILR 0)

• Flagship Levels 2-3 – Students entering at higher levels (ILR 0+ to 2)

• Flagship Level 4 Content-based instruction (ILR 2 to 3)

4

OPTIONS FOR ASU UNDERGRADUATES WITH NO

BACKGROUND CHINESE

OPTIONS 3: FOR STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENCE LEARNING

CHINESE

OPTIONS 3: FOR STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENCE LEARNING

CHINESE

7

© The Language Flagship 2008

MODEL OF CURRICULAR DESIGN

8

© The Language Flagship 2008

CAPSTONE YEAR IN CHINA

• Semester One:• Direct enrollment in domain courses at Nanjing

University• Media Studies and Advanced Composition

courses at Nanjing Flagship Center• Semester Two:• Structured internships in student’s domain• On-line capstone course for ASU credit