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Carmen Helena Guerrero-Nieto; Jairo Enrique Castañeda-Trujillo – TESOL Journal, 2024
In the 1990s, Colombia embraced neoliberalism, and as a result, all public and private institutions and organizations have adhered to its principles. Following this ideology, the national government implemented an educational quality policy intending to standardize processes and measure outcomes to position the country favorably in the global…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Politics of Education, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
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Martel, Jason – TESOL Journal, 2021
Although the practice-based approach is gaining popularity in teacher preparation programs, the Master of Arts in TESOL (MATESOL) world is only beginning to engage with it, especially at the tertiary/adult level. Grounded in sociocultural principles of learning, practice-based teacher education involves guiding teacher candidates through studying,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Masters Programs
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Lía D. Kamhi-Stein – CATESOL Journal, 2024
Although the Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL) practicum course is meant to initiate preservice teachers (PSTs) into the TESOL profession, it is not uncommon for PSTs to feel a high level of stress as they prepare to teach their first solo lesson. This article proposes the implementation of mixed-reality…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Teacher Education Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Sabrina Girletti; Marie-Aude Lefer – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2024
In recent years, machine translation post-editing (MTPE or PE for short) has been steadily gaining ground in the language industry. However, studies that examine translators' perceptions of, and attitudes towards, MTPE paint a somewhat negative picture, with PE pricing methods and rates being a major source of dissatisfaction. While the European…
Descriptors: Translation, Teaching Methods, Language Processing, Second Language Instruction
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Littlewood, William – English Teaching, 2021
Twenty-six learners of English enrolled in an MA course were asked to give the metaphors which they think best capture the essence of their learning experience so far. Their metaphors tell how English learning had introduced them to a brand new world and, once they were inside it, led them to a seemingly endless series of new discoveries. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Pragmatics
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Brinton, Donna M.; Chilmonik, Kimberly; Echelberger, Andrea; Koi, Bot; Monh, Sarina – CATESOL Journal, 2021
Communities of practice have taken a firm foothold in the second language teaching profession due to their promise of enabling participants to self determine their professional development needs and, through peer mentoring, achieve their goals. This article provides a rationale as to why the model is particularly well suited to teacher…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Kamhi-Stein, Lia D.; Jacob, Sharin Rawhiya; Herrera, Ana; Seaborne, Robert – CATESOL Journal, 2021
Immigrant adults in the United States often have limited opportunities to learn English. To address this issue and to strengthen the preparation of future English language teachers, a practicum course offered in a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL) program in California was modified to engage student…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Gleason, Barbara – Journal of Basic Writing, 2018
This essay provides a profile of an interdisciplinary master's program whose curriculum supports current and future adult educators seeking employment opportunities in higher education, adult literacy education, adult English language instruction, writing centers, and secondary education. A faculty administrator and five former graduate students…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Graduate Students
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McAndrew, Ewan; Campbell, Lorna – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Translation Studies MSc students at the University of Edinburgh take part in a Wikipedia translation assignment as part of their independent study component. The students make use of the free and open encyclopaedia's Content Translation tool which enables them to create translations side-by-side to the original article and automates the process of…
Descriptors: Translation, Web 2.0 Technologies, Collaborative Writing, Web Sites
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Wang, Yi'an; Miao, Liyang – Research-publishing.net, 2020
With the recent developing trend of redefining 'culture' across disciplines in intercultural and foreign language education (Corbett, 2003; Shaules, 2007; Spencer-Oatey & Franklin, 2010), it is widely agreed that culture requires a broader definition to improve the teaching and learning of it. Wilkinson (2012) suggests "a redefinition of…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Bordet, Geneviève – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This chapter focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on language classes in a Paris university in 2020. The first case studied is a Master of Arts (MA) class in translation studies. The forced and sudden switch to online learning was well accepted by students who cooperated with the academic staff to choose an online platform, in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Online Courses, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Hajdu, Zita; Domonyi, Renáta – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Business schools and their foreign language departments are expected to support their students in the transition from the academic sphere into the world of work, where non-domain skills including intercultural competencies have gained importance in degree jobs. To react to labour market trends, the Institute of Business Communication and…
Descriptors: Languages for Special Purposes, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Business Communication
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Schreiber, Brooke R.; Jansz, Mihiri – ELT Journal, 2020
Online and hybrid courses offer many benefits for ESL teacher education, but can be hampered by 'transactional distance', a lack of interpersonal closeness which can cause misunderstanding and disengagement. This article describes a pedagogical project in which in-service teachers studying in a distance-learning MA TESL programme in Sri Lanka…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Feedback (Response), Teacher Education Programs, English (Second Language)
Modern Language Association, 2021
The report of the MLA Task Force on Ethical Conduct in Graduate Education calls on administrators, departments, and faculty members to embrace "student-centered graduate education informed by an ethics of care." To confront long-standing issues in graduate education--such as precarity, bias and favoritism, harassment, mental health,…
Descriptors: Ethics, Professional Associations, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Brown, James Dean – Language Teaching, 2017
I started out as a budding English as a second language (ESL) teacher in 1976 at UCLA where I went through the M.A. TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) and Applied Linguistics Ph.D. programs. Sadly, those two programs were "disestablished" in 2014, which provides a stark lesson to any departments that think they are hot stuff…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Curriculum Development
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