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Direct linkBernales, Carolina – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Previous research on foreign language classroom participation has shown that oral production has a privileged status compared to less salient forms of participation, such as mental involvement and engagement in class activities. This mixed-methods study presents an alternative look at classroom participation by investigating the relationship…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Learner Engagement, Student Participation, Second Language Learning
Glisan, Eileen W.; Swender, Elvira; Surface, Eric A. – Foreign Language Annals, 2013
The renewed national focus on teacher quality and effectiveness has resulted in more rigorous standards that describe the knowledge and skills required of teacher candidates across all disciplines. In the area of foreign languages, three sets of professional standards address the oral proficiency of teachers in the target languages they teach…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Teacher Effectiveness, Standards
Kissau, Scott – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
Male disinterest in second and foreign language programs has been well documented in recent years. The influence of encouragement to study languages also has been thoroughly investigated. There is, however, little research that connects these two phenomena. This study investigated if gender differences exist in the amount of encouragement students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Grade 9
Kondo-Brown,Kimi – Foreign Language Annals, 2004
One common procedure for oral performance testing of Foreign Language in the Elementary School (FLES) learners is one-on-one interviewing wherein the interviewer asks questions and the child candidate responds to them. While existing research has focused primarily on outcomes elicited by such procedures, this study examines the processes…
Descriptors: FLES, Elementary Schools, Second Language Programs, Oral Language
Peer reviewedDodds, Dinah – Foreign Language Annals, 1992
A college advanced speaking course designed with the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines is described. Students prepared and performed many communicative tasks, including narrating, describing, hypothesizing, supporting an opinion, debating, and interviewing for a job. Other components include pair and small-group work, audio and videotaping, and pre-…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, College Second Language Programs, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
Peer reviewedTschirner, Erwin – Foreign Language Annals, 1992
Communication-based teaching techniques are described that lead German language students from input to output in a stimulating and motivating learning environment. Input activities are most useful for presenting speech acts, vocabulary, and grammar; output activities, for fine-tuning those areas as well as for expanding students' productive…
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), German
