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Sebahat Çakirlar; Demet Yayli – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2024
The purpose of this study is to find out the views of a group of instructors and the administrators of the School of Foreign Languages (SFLs) on the Pearson Assured (PA) accreditation process in terms of the quality management of their institutions. To achieve this purpose, we employed document review and semi-structured interviews. To analyze the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Faculty Workload
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Kemaloglu-Er, Elif – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2021
This study presents the evaluation of a form-focused instructional program offered to the intensive English classes of an English-medium university in Turkey. The evaluation, intended to be utilization-based, realistic, and socially constructed with the actual stakeholders, was conducted with the teachers and students that actively participated in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Intensive Language Courses
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Ardemagni, Enrica – Hispania, 2019
The Department of World Languages and Cultures (WLAC), housed in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, has been through a series of transitions over the last twenty years due to university structural changes, but mostly because of curricular needs. Originally there were three separate departments, French, Spanish and German, as each of these core…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Certification
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Xuemi, Lu; Wenzhong, Zhu – Higher Education Studies, 2019
The development of business English (BE) program cannot separate from that of its closely-related discipline. However, little is known about business English disciplinary development from the angle of postgraduate education in China. Through questionnaires and interviews on 64 postgraduate students of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, English (Second Language), Business English, Second Language Learning
Davis, John McE. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation investigated the extent to which accreditation-mandated assessment capacity contributes to assessment use in tertiary foreign language (FL) programs. Four research questions were posed to pursue this concern: What is the nature and extent of assessment capacity in college FL programs? Which assessment uses are occurring in…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Governance, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning
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Freed, Barbara F. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Reviews effects on faculty, teaching assistants, curriculum, and students of the proficiency-based foreign language requirement instituted at the University of Pennsylvania. Although important and valuable changes have occurred in the language learning and teaching environment, caution is urged in creating realistic and well-understood standards…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, Graduation Requirements
Offenberg, Robert M. – 1983
La Salle College's three-track Bilingual/Bicultural Master of Arts Program is described and its first operational year (September 1982 - August 1983) is evaluated. Track I served teachers of English as a second language, Spanish as a first language, and other classes within bilingual education programs. Track II served students from other fields…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language)
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
Alatis, James E. – 1992
The third systemwide review of Florida's state university second language programs is reported. The executive summary presents some institutional enrollment data and capsulizes findings and recommendations for improvement. The report's introductory section addresses systemwide concerns and issues, including state policy initiatives and comments on…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, American Sign Language, Bachelors Degrees, Class Size