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Zhang, Xiaolin – 1990
A survey of training programs for teachers of English as a Second Language is presented. The survey focused on 177 graduate level ESL teacher education programs. The study categorized 177 graduate-level programs into three groups. Over 1,300 different course titles occurring 2,567 times across the programs are integrated in 27 areas that are later…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, English (Second Language), Graduate Study, Higher Education
Foreman, Mary Margaret – 1991
This report describes the use of the natural approach to second language instruction to improve the teacher training program at Purdue University (Indiana). First, the report discusses the establishment of a permanent, non-tenure-track position of Assistant Director for Beginning Levels of Spanish. Second, focus is on the improvement of the…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Language Teachers
Calliabetsou, Penelope – 1990
Most inservice teacher education erroneously equates pedagogy and methodology with classroom instructional "recipes" and strategies. It should, instead, help teachers adapt to specific teaching needs and gaps in training. Continuing education that allows teachers to choose their own areas of study and to pursue them individually encourages…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Educational Needs, Educational Television, Foreign Countries
Collier, Virginia P. – 1985
University programs to train teachers of bilingual education (BE) and English as a second language (ESL) are expanding and maturing, but much remains to be explored and accomplished. Hundreds of thousands of BE and ESL teachers currently need training to accommodate program staffing needs. Over half the states have developed BE and/or ESL teacher…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Roberts, Cheryl A.; Shields, Carolyn L. – 1988
In response to the increasing proportion of foreign graduate students in master's programs for teachers of English as a second language (MATESL), students in the University of Northern Iowa's program were surveyed concerning the appropriateness of the programs' design. In in-depth interviews and on questionnaires, foreign graduate students were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Formative Evaluation, Graduate Students
McGroarty, Mary – 1984
Two cross-cultural workshops are outlined and discussed, one designed for graduate students in a training program for teachers of English as a second language and one for public school teachers and administrators. Activities used in each workshop and the rationale for their selection are described in detail. Each workshop included a combination of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cross Cultural Training, English (Second Language), Graduate Students
Andrade, Carolyn; Ging, Diane – 1988
A discussion of foreign languages in the elementary school (FLES) begins with a brief history of the program's emergence and status in the United States, a summary of the rationale for early language study, and descriptions of the major FLES program types. An Ohio survey of elementary school foreign language instruction is reported, and the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Case Studies, Elementary Education, FLES
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Bryan, Lynn B. – 1991
Foreign language teachers must do some career counseling if their students are to be informed about the choice of profession and application of foreign language skills and knowledge. Because most teachers do not have time or resources to do full-scale counseling, Macon College (Georgia) has instituted an internship program for foreign language…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Exploration, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Sabandar, Jacob – 1989
The English language teaching situation at Universitas '45, a recently opened private university in Indonesia, is described and compared to that at Hasanuddin University, a more established, public university nearby. The situation at Universitas '45 is characterized by increasingly large student numbers and a severe teacher shortage. Teachers have…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Size, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
Gardiol, Rita – 1989
An intensive summer training course in Mandarin Chinese designed to help currently employed language teachers introduce exploratory Mandarin Chinese courses to their schools is described. Training current staff eliminated three common barriers to exploratory program introduction: needs for (1) additional teaching staff; (2) additional funds; and…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Introductory Courses, Language Teachers
Staczek, John J,; Carkin, Susan J. – 1984
The relationship between intensive English programs (IEPs) for international students and the American colleges and universities that design, structure, staff, and administer the programs in diverse ways is adversely affected by an absence of policy and the inability of the faculty who teach these programs to participate in the policy-making…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, Departments, English (Second Language)
Gebhard, J. G.; Duncan, Barbara – 1991
A discussion of language teacher education focuses on the importance of making formative curriculum evaluation and curriculum development an integral part of the teacher education program. The paper begins with a description of the Russian Teacher Reeducation Program in Hungary, at Janus Pannonius University, a rigorous inservice program for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
England, Lizabeth; Roberts, Cheryl – 1989
A national survey of Master's programs for teachers of English as a Second Language (N=63) found that significant numbers of non-native-speakers (NNSs) are enrolled in these programs. The survey questions were presented in five areas: (1) numbers of students and native language/culture backgrounds; (2) admissions requirements; (3) academic needs;…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Degree Requirements, English (Second Language), Enrollment Trends
England, Lizabeth – 1988
When foreign graduate students come to the United States for master's-level training as teachers of English as a second language, they return to their homes countries well-prepared with up-to-date teaching theory and practice. However, the teacher education programs in the United States are prepared for the students only to the extent that they…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Pino, Barbara Gonzalez – 1991
A survey of 368 second language teachers at the elementary school, middle school, high school, and college level in the southwest United States (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas) investigated teachers' priorities for language instruction in the 1990s. Respondents ranked aspects of language instruction in priority order. Results were…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Articulation (Education), Curriculum Design, Education Work Relationship