Adventist Colleges Abroad - A Well-Kept Secret in Adventist Education

Communication skills, including foreign-language and cross-cultural competence, need to be a part of any serious curriculum, both in K-12 and in higher education. Adventist Colleges Abroad (ACA) provides one such tool to help young people acquire crosscultural, multilingual skills. The author provides a brief history of ACA, discusses its impact, and presents its programs in this article from a JAE special issue on higher education.

URL:
/files/jae/en/jae201274043406.pdf (English, 2012)

Availability:
Free
Publication Date:
2012
Author:
Odette Ferreira
Publisher:
The Journal of Adventist Education
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Silver Spring, MD  20904-6600

Phone: 301 680 5069
Email: goffc@gc.adventist.org
URL: https://www.journalofadventisteducation.org/
Order Information:
Journal of Adventist Education, Volume 74, No 4
Subjects:
Second Language Learning
Topics:
Higher Education
Keywords:
Adventist Colleges Abroad; Adventist higher education; cross cultural awareness; foreign language acquisition; higher education; multilingualism
Language:
English
Resource Type:
Internet Resources; Published Articles & Papers
Resource Objective:
Administration & Leadership; Informal / Lifelong Learning
Level:
Tertiary
Audience:
Administrator / Leader, Teacher / Faculty, Student / Learner, Parent / Informal Education
Religious Origin:
Seventh-day Adventist