Pragmatic competence—the ability to navigate the subtleties of social and cultural language use—remains a pivotal area in second language acquisition research. This aspect of language proficiency ...

The Augementative & Alternative Communication (AAC) Profile - A Continuum of Learning (Kovach, 2009) tool/instrument was designed for people between 2-0 to 21-11. This profile can be used with adults ...

The Center for Language Studies will sponsor a new Certificate in Intercultural Competence that will allow students to formally synthesize their language and experiential learning into a cohesive ...

Happy New Year to all! My last column focused on preparing a career-life agenda for 2010 and taking the time to reflect on your 2009 achievements in order to hit the street running in the new decade.

Communication Intelligence, or CQ, moves communication away from being a vague soft skill to becoming a specific performance currency that can be learned, applied, and measured. Communication impacts ...

Language proficiency has three key impacts: • Safety: clear understanding of instructions and emergency procedures. • ...