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Download full textSebahat Çakirlar; Demet Yayli – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2024
The purpose of this study is to find out the views of a group of instructors and the administrators of the School of Foreign Languages (SFLs) on the Pearson Assured (PA) accreditation process in terms of the quality management of their institutions. To achieve this purpose, we employed document review and semi-structured interviews. To analyze the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Faculty Workload
Direct linkSippel, Lieselotte; Sato, Masatoshi – Modern Language Journal, 2022
This study investigated foreign language teachers' beliefs about the research-pedagogy link by focusing on research-oriented universities. Participants (N = 107) held different roles at their universities: graduate students (n = 17), full-time second language (L2) instructors (n = 69), and language program directors (n = 21). Data were collected…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Wurst, Karin A. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2021
Aimed at Ph.D. programs in German, this article offers a broad framework to discuss the urgent issues facing our programs to stem the tide of (possible or even likely) disinvestment in German in times of fiscal hardship. Many conversations on suitable reforms tend to be held separately by different stakeholders -- teaching-focused faculty or…
Descriptors: Educational Change, German, Doctoral Programs, College Second Language Programs
Ayar, Zülal; Eksi, Gonca Yangin – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2019
The professional development activities designed solely by respecting the instructors and the trainers are mostly presented to fail to reflect the operations at schools of foreign languages. Hence, continuing professional development programs need to include the directors of the schools, and their preferences about the practices. To this end, the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Chalupa, Cynthia; Hoecherl-Alden, Gisela – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2019
German, and increasingly French and Spanish, programs are by nature global because they attract graduate students and faculty from around the world. Most have studied the language and "big C" cultural products during their graduate studies, but they have not necessarily learned approaches for fostering intercultural communicative…
Descriptors: German, Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants, College Second Language Programs
Matsuda, Paul Kei; Saenkhum, Tanita; Accardi, Steven – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2013
First-year composition in U.S. higher education has been a major site of L2 writing research. Despite the historical division between mainstream first-year composition and L2 writing, there has been an increasing interest in integrating insights from L2 writing research into the professional literature in rhetoric and composition and writing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Freshman Composition, Writing Research, Educational Research
Peer reviewedLee, James F. – ADFL Bulletin, 1987
Surveys of language program directors and recommendations and trends noted by several large universities indicate that a professional model of language program direction is emerging, in which the language program director (the supervisor for graduate teaching assistants) is seen as a viable faculty member contributing to a legitimate scholarly…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, Coordinators
Peer reviewedHuber, Bettina J. – ADFL Bulletin, 1990
Preliminary findings are reported from a survey conducted to determine the apparent absence of compensation for foreign language department chairs at some institutions. It is noted that, compared to the sciences or humanities, the typical foreign language program has greater and more complex tasks administratively and should, therefore, receive…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Compensation (Remuneration), Department Heads, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBerman, Russell A.; Bernhardt, Elizabeth; Castro-Klaren, Sara; Chaput, Patricia R.; DeJean, Joan; Harper, Jane; Henning, Sylvie Debevec; Hunter, Paul; Kaplan, Edward K.; Kirkpatrick, Susan; Lindenberger, Herbert; Ozzello, Yvonne; Marks, Elaine; Patrikis, Peter C.; Peck, Jeffrey; Schor, Naomi; Trommler, Frank; Valis, Noel; Wood, Richard J.; Ziolkowski, Theodore – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
Nineteen responses to an article on the leadership crisis in the field of foreign languages and literatures are presented. Most agree with the article, expanding on its scope or extending its argument; some offer new directions to resolve the problem. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Departments, Educational Trends, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLindenberger, Herbert – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
A discussion of enrollment variability and faculty hiring in college second-language departments looks at issues in how institutions handle staffing policy, graduate student admissions, offering graduate students a realistic picture of postgraduation employment prospects, and the master-apprentice relationship of the faculty member and graduate…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, Departments
Peer reviewedSawaie, Mohammed – Academe, 1995
The director of a University of Virginia Arabic language program in Jordan discusses issues, sometimes unfamiliar, with which the administrator must deal. In addition to logistical and administrative tasks, in this context these include the role of women in the Arab university and students' questions about the universality of social values. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Arabic, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs
Response to Dorothy James, "Bypassing the Traditional Leadership: Who's Minding the Store?": Part 2.
Peer reviewedByrnes, Heidi; Kleinhenz, Christopher; Mignolo, Walter; Pratt, Mary Louise; Vieira, Nelson; James, Dorothy – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
Five brief essays are presented in response to an earlier article on leadership in college foreign-language departments. They address issues of curriculum redesign, pedagogical change, the nature of language teaching, the professional identity of language teachers, the role of professional organizations, and the traditional departmental model. A…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development
