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Direct linkEnkin, Elizabeth – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
The 2007 Modern Language Association report spurred research regarding the professional development of foreign language graduate students. This article first reviews existing proposals for the professional development of graduate students, then addresses the relevance of helping graduate students to develop the knowledge and skills that are needed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Graduate Students, Professional Development
Download full textShiffman, Catherine Dunn – School Community Journal, 2013
This article explores linkages between adult educator practices and the parent involvement needs of adult students with school-age children. A comparative case study examined the knowledge, experiential, self-efficacy, and social capital dimensions of adult educator practices that inform parent involvement efforts. One English as a Second Language…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Adult Students, Adult Educators, Comparative Analysis
Lo, Yuen Yi; Murphy, Victoria A. – Language and Education, 2010
The aim of this study was to investigate vocabulary knowledge and growth across two different language-learning programmes in Hong Kong. The two programmes compared were English immersion programmes (IM) and regular English second-language programmes (RL2). While previous research has identified an overall advantage to IM with respect to language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs, English (Second Language), Comparative Analysis
Read, John – International Journal of English Studies, 2007
This paper surveys some current developments in second language vocabulary assessment, with particular attention to the ways in which computer corpora can provide better quality information about the frequency of words and how they are used in specific contexts. The relative merits of different word lists are discussed, including the Academic Word…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs, Vocabulary, Educational Development
Mitchell, Rosamond; And Others – 1994
The report summarizes a British research project, part of a larger initiative on educational quality, concerning the extent of secondary students' knowledge about the nature of language, native and foreign, alongside development of practical language skills. The main study was an empirical investigation of the teaching of English and foreign…
Descriptors: Educational Change, English, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level
Nevada Joint Council on College Preparation. – 1984
Skills and competencies needed for success in a four-year college program are discussed, based on an assessment of the Nevada Joint Council on College Preparation. The Council advocates that high school students take a sound course of basic academic subjects to prepare for college. The minimum courses that are recommended are as follows: 4 years…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Computer Science Education
