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Establishing an Accepted Skill Set and Knowledge Base for Directors of University and College Intensive English Programs
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Forbes, Megan Julie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to establish an accepted skill set, knowledge base, and overview of personal qualities necessary to be a director of a university or college based, non-proprietary intensive English program (UIEP). This research serves as a means of moving towards meeting three critical needs in the field. This research should inform…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Delphi Technique, Intensive Language Courses, Search Committees (Personnel)
The Status of TA Training and Professional Development Programs for Teachers of Italian at North American Colleges and Universities: A Quantitative Overview.
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Ryan-Scheutz, Colleen M.; Rustia, Theresa – Italica, 1999
Provides results from a survey sent to all North American institutions offering Italian language courses to investigate the internal organization and training procedures for teaching assistants of Italian. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Italian, Language Teachers
Prospects for Significant Teacher Education Reform.
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Guntermann, Gail – ADFL Bulletin, 1997
Summarizes results of a survey of Arizona State University education students, graduates, and teacher supervisors concerning the experience of language teacher trainees and the need for change in the training process. A program model designed to respond to that need is described, noting both barriers to and prospects for real change. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, Educational Change
Articulation Problems of the Japanese Language Programs between High Schools in Oregon and the University of Oregon.
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Toriyama, Kyoko – 1992
The development of high school Japanese language programs (JLPs) in Oregon has been remarkable since the 1980s. However, high school students educated in Japanese face problems of articulation as they enter the JLP at the University of Oregon. Because little attention has been paid to the problem of articulation, a study of these students'…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Second Language Programs, College Students, Curriculum
Chinese Language Study in American Higher Education: State of the Art. Language in Education: Theory and Practice. No. 30.
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Eddy, Peter A.; And Others – 1980
A study was undertaken in order to provide current data and comprehensive information about Chinese language instruction in United States higher education. This report is based on the responses to a survey in 1979. In addition to the discussion of the survey responses, an examination of changes that have taken place since a previous report in 1969…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Second Language Programs, Enrollment Trends, Financial Support
Proceedings of the EMU Conference on Foreign Languages for Business and the Professions (Dearborn, Michigan, April 5-7, 1984). Part VI: French for Business and the Professions.
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Voght, Geoffrey M., Ed. – 1984
Part VI of the proceedings includes 12 presentations. They are: "Teaching Students How to Read Economics and Commercial Texts in a Commercial French Course: Focus on Meaning" (Robert A. Kreiter); "The Teaching of French for Computers and Information Science" (John B. Romeiser); "A Program in French for Hotel and Restaurant Management Majors: The…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Computer Oriented Programs