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Toward a Capacity Framework for Useful Student Learning Outcomes Assessment in College Foreign Language Programs
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Davis, John McEwan – Modern Language Journal, 2016
The educational impacts of mandated assessment in U.S. colleges is part of a growing research agenda focused on how methodologies of program evaluation best enable educators to improve teaching and learning. Accordingly, research has tried to identify the key aspects of evaluation/assessment "capacity" in college language departments…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Second Language Instruction, Factor Analysis, Questionnaires
The Continuing Evolution of Languages for Specific Purposes
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Grosse, Christine Uber; Voght, Geoffrey M. – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This overview to "The Modern Language Journal"'s Focus Issue on Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) takes a fresh look at issues examined in a 1991 article by Grosse and Voght. Reflecting on change drivers and growth in LSP, the authors comment on current challenges to the field and future research needs. Their remarks are based on new insights…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Cultural Awareness, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning
Educational Reform and the Babel (Babble) of Culture: Prospects for the "Standards for Foreign Language Learning."
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Davis, James N. – Modern Language Journal, 1997
Examines attempts of the foreign language teaching profession to implement reforms, focusing on the "Standards for Foreign Language Learning" (1996). (48 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Culture Conflict, Educational Change, Language Attitudes
The Nature and Direction of Recent Proposals and Recommendations for Foreign Language Education: A Response.
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Lange, Dale L. – Modern Language Journal, 1987
Recent reports and proposals for the improvement of foreign language education and general education (with implications for foreign language instruction) are examined and critiqued, and consideration is given to current developments for this field and the establishment of a national foundation for foreign languages and international studies. (CB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Quality