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ID: CBB001211635

The “Scientific Linguist” Goes to War: The United States A.S.T. Program in Foreign Languages (2008)

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Science and war; science and the military World War II Linguistics; philology Language and languages Science and government 20th century United States

During World War II there arose in the United States an urgent need for intensive foreign language instruction that emphasized the spoken language. Beginning in April, 1943, the U. S. Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) established approximately 500 intensive speaking courses in over 30 languages in fifty-five United States universities. After a single year, the program was suddenly abandoned, owing to combat personnel needs. The present study proposes to describe the sources, implementation, content, materials development, and methods of the ASTP in foreign languages. The study analyzes the ASTP Spanish language materials, explores the attempts at assessing the speaking proficiency of trainees of the program, and evaluates the program's contributions to subsequent pedagogical approaches and assessment in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Authors & Contributors
Armstrong, Melanie
Bini, Elisabetta
Alison Lynn McManus
Miri, Johnny
Vezzosi, Elisabetta
Graff, Garrett M.
Journals
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Physics in Perspective
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of Historical Geography
Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique
History of Science
Publishers
Viella
University of Tennessee Press
University of Illinois Press
University of California Press
Steerforth Press
Springer International
Concepts
Science and war; science and the military
World War II
Science and government
Government sponsored science
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Cold War
People
Stouffer, Samuel Andrew
Groves, Leslie R.
Bush, Vannevar
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Arctic regions
Greenland
Norway
Institutions
Société de Statistique de Paris
United States Navy
American Physical Society
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