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Phaisannan, Thatsanaphan; Charttrakul, Kanjana; Damnet, Anamai – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This study aims to promote English pre-service teachers' speaking ability by integrating task-based learning (TBL) and the CEFR (Council of Europe, 2001) in designing an innovative program (the CEFR-TBL). This presentation discusses the results of an investigation of the preservice teachers' speaking ability using peer-interview technique. Also,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Speech Communication, Student Attitudes, Video Technology
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Gleeson, Margaret; Tait, Carolyn – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
This qualitative case study examines a sojourn in an English speaking country for a group of experienced teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL). Sojourner learning was interpreted through a community of practice perspective. These participants formed a transitory community in the host country to support their academic and social learning.…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Qualitative Research, Study Abroad, Language Teachers
Norris, John M., Ed.; Davis, John McE., Ed.; Sinicrope, Castle, Ed.; Watanabe, Yukiko, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2009
This volume reports on innovative, useful evaluation work conducted within U.S. college foreign language programs. An introductory chapter scopes out the territory, reporting key findings from research into the concerns, impetuses, and uses for evaluation that FL educators identify. Seven chapters then highlight examples of evaluations conducted…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evaluation Needs, Program Evaluation, Second Language Programs
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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Day, Elaine M.; Shapson, Stan M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1993
A study of French immersion teacher education programs at Simon Fraser University and Faculte Saint-Jean (University of Alberta) in Canada is reported. The in-depth case studies examined program clientele, models, participant experiences and needs, and planning, especially in relation to current research on teacher education. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, French
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)
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)
Holes, Clive, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Proceedings of a seminar on the design and implementation of training education programs for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers are presented in the form of papers, presentations, and summary narrative. They include: the keynote address (Keith Morrow); "Participants' Views of Issues and Constraints in Teacher Training";…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Developing Nations, Distance Education