NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 9 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ritz, Catherine; Sherf, Nicole – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
This large-scale study used a survey to collect data on K-12 world language classrooms in Massachusetts public schools, focusing on core instructional practices, curriculum, and assessment. The study resulted in 383 individual teacher completed responses, representing 188 districts, which was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results indicate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Kindergarten
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Troyan, Francis J.; Sembiante, Sabrina F.; King, Nicole – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
This article contributes to broader discussions of the knowledge base for language teacher education; the standards and policies that inform world language teacher education; and the need for a systematic, principled, and robust theory of language to underpin contexualized world language teaching and learning. Specifically, it proposes that the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Standards, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Smith, Ronald E. – Foreign Language Annals, 1973
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schulz, Renate A. – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
Numerous publications, including the "Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century" (National Standards, 1999), emphasize the importance of cultural understanding in the development of intercultural competence in foreign language learning. However, there is no agreement on how culture should be defined operationally in the context…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Second Language Learning, Second Languages, Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kaplan, Gregory B. – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
Due to an increase in enrollment in upper-level Spanish classes that posed staffing problems, the Spanish section of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Tennessee decided to combine three sections of Spanish 331, "Introduction to Hispanic Culture," into one large lecture course, which was…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Higher Education, Lecture Method
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Adair-Hauck, Bonnie; Glisan, Eileen W.; Koda, Keiko; Swender, Elvira B.; Sandrock, Paul – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
This article reports on "Beyond the OPI: Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) Design Project," a three-year (1997-2000) research initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education International Research and Studies Program. The primary goal of the project was to develop an integrated skills assessment prototype that would measure…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, National Standards
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Pfister, Guenter G. – Foreign Language Annals, 1974
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Omaggio, Alice C. – Foreign Language Annals, 1982
Presents an observational system that discriminates between personal and impersonal (neutral) verbal behavior of teachers and students in the foreign language class. Reports preliminary findings on the relationship of these in-class behavior variables and the perception of teacher effectiveness by both supervisors and students. (EKN)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Postsecondary Education, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Bailey, Leona G. – Foreign Language Annals, 1977
Numerous methods of evaluating language teaching and learning are in common use, including direct classroom observation. A time-interval recording system is offered as a practical and reliable technique. It includes describing behavior to be observed, recording occurrences in a time interval, charting progress and interpreting findings. (CHK)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction, Language Teachers