Cultures & Languages across the Curriculum

The role of world languages in the internationalization of college campuses in the US has become a recurring theme of discussions in academic, government, and private sectors. Topics have ranged from the lack of a common definition of internationalization to a review of college curricula. Klee (2009) and Bettencourt (2011) have recently proposed a re-examination and renewal of an instructional approach introduced almost three decades ago, Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC). While supporting the approach, each notes a number of issues that must be addressed for the successful implementation of a CLAC program. Here, Plough describes the application of three key components of these theories to the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities's CLAC program.