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Dagbasi, Gürkan; Özcan, Murat; Demir, Yasin Murat – Online Submission, 2023
Although the history of translation is almost as old as the history of humankind, it was not until the second half of the twentieth century that translation studies were recognized as an independent discipline. Perhaps due to this fact, translation and interpreting programs at the higher education level started to be introduced in Turkey in the…
Descriptors: Arabic, Translation, Interpretive Skills, Foreign Countries
Senefonte, Fabio Henrique Rosa – Online Submission, 2019
Unquestionably, discussions on the internationalization of higher education have gained currency in the educational context (Knight, 2004; Altbach; Knight, 2007; Delgado-Marquez; Hurtado-Torres; Bondar, 2011), and language policies prove to be a crucial issue in the internationalization arena. In this regard, Paraná's government created the Paraná…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Carton, Aaron S.; Carroll, John B. – 1960
Findings of the testing project carried out in the course of the 1959 Summer Russian Language Learning Program at Harvard University (Massachusetts) are presented. A number of students were selected for training at the Russian School at Middlebury College (Vermont) and the Summer Workshop in Russian at Indiana University. After a 6-week summer…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Bauer, Gabriele, Ed.; Tanner, Mark, Ed. – 1994
This publication presents an overview of international teaching assistant (TA) training programs at universities in the United States, along with analyses of major themes that emerge from these program descriptions. Section 1, the bulk of the document, consists of one- to two-page descriptions of programs for international TAs that are in place at…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Liskin-Gasparro, Judith E. – 1984
The oral proficiency interview, a one-to-one conversational interview structured to elicit the best performance the student can sustain, is based on a scale and test developed 30 years ago by the Foreign Service Institute. Interest in it has increased substantially in recent years, and further research and development of the measure for use in a…
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Des Brisay, Margaret; Ready, Doreen – 1991
The use of test results as a criterion for evaluating the design of an intensive English language program is examined in one Canadian university program in Indonesia. The study was investigating whether: (1) realistic estimates of training needs were being made; (2) data from other tests would enable better prediction of student outcomes, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Williams, Jessica – 1990
A study evaluated the relative pedagogical and cost effectiveness of training programs for international teaching assistants (ITAs) that are conducted before and within the academic year. Both program types were established at the University of Illinois during the academic year 1989-90, with similar content, the same number of contact hours, the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Chinese, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
Young, Richard – 1990
A systems approach is used to show how changes in the design of English training programs for training international teaching assistants (ITA) have affected curriculum design. The approach is described, and three phases of curriculum development are outlined: initial design, ongoing reform, and radical renewal. The history of ITA program design…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History
Crawshaw, Robert – 1985
An examination of the principles and techniques of oral testing in British university-level final examinations in modern languages discusses: (1) the shortcomings of present oral testing procedures; (2) the theoretical controversy surrounding the design and value of oral proficiency tests, arising from research in English as a second language…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, College Second Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Foreign Countries
Ellson, Douglas G.; And Others – 1973
The Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH) of the South East Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) evaluates its self-instructional program for English listening comprehension in this final report. The program was designed for students whose English language proficiency does not enable them to follow…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comprehension, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Phillips, June K., Ed. – 1979
This volume on the general subject of foreign language curriculum deals with questions in the areas of program planning, implementation, and evaluation. The following papers are presented: (1) "Developing Foreign Language Curriculum in the Total School Setting: The Macro-picture," by Robert S. Zais; (2) "Identifying Needs and Setting Goals," by…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Educational Media
Allison, Desmond M., Ed.; Leung, Lily S. K., Ed. – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1991
Papers on linguistics and language teaching in this volume are the following: "'Good' and 'Poor' Writing and Writers: Studying Individual Performance as a Part of Test Validation" (Desmond Allison, Evelyn Cheung); "To Test or Not To Test: That Is the Question" (Keith Tong, Rose Chan, Jo Lewkowicz); "Testing Listening…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
Jorstad, Helen L. – 1974
The principal aim of testing is to communicate to the student the extent to which he has progressed in attempting to fulfill his goals. Progress in the testing field is observed especially as a step in a feedback loop that includes goals, tasks, and evaluation procedures for providing feedback to the student. The teacher-as-learner also uses test…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Criterion Referenced Tests
Jackson, K. David – 1992
The report details a federally-funded program at the University of Texas, Austin whose activities included: (1) an experimental summer intensive language institute to facilitate Brazilian Portuguese certification for nine certified secondary school teachers of Spanish; (2) writing and publication of a new textbook of Brazilian Portuguese for…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Conferences, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Tucker, G. Richard; And Others – 1995
The report describes the implementation and continuing documentation of a Japanese second language program in a laboratory elementary school at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). The structure of the curriculum and instructional strategies used are described for each of the program's 2 years, and results of student assessments and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Curriculum Design, Educational Policy, Elementary Education
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