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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
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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
British Council, London (England). – 1991
Proceedings of a seminar on English second language teaching (ELT) in technical assistance programs, focusing on elements that contribute to program continuance, are presented in the form of summaries of presentations and case studies. Topics include: the effects of the training provided on the sustainability of the training projects themselves;…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Burt, Miriam – 1997
The report describes results of interviews with 18 workplace literacy education providers across the United States. Respondents include program directors, curriculum writers, teacher trainers, teachers, and consultants to programs serving a range of learners. An introductory section summarizes study methodology, workplace literacy program types,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Design, Educational Needs
National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education, Washington, DC. – 1998
The research agenda for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teaching and learning summarizes issues identified for further study by ESL professionals over the period of 1996-1998. The document is designed to provide funding agencies with clear priorities for research suggested by leaders in the field, provide researchers with support for proposing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Educational Policy
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