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Martel, Jason; Bailey, Kathleen M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
To date, research on the Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) has focused principally on student performance, largely neglecting the experiences of instructors. This is a substantial gap, for it is instructors who are responsible for both designing and administering the IPA. The present study, therefore, used concepts from the literature on…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Evaluation
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Eddy, Peter A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1977
This report describes the rationale, approach, and design of a four-week workshop conducted at Western Washington State College in 1976. Fifty-six foreign language teachers participated. Activities included language classes, a course in cross-cultural communication, and instruction in nontraditional methods of language teaching. (CHK)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Bacon, Susan M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
This article describes using dialog journals as part of a teaching-methods course in a summer program in Spain. Participants were teachers of Spanish with a range of experience and language proficiency. (JL)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Dialog Journals, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
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Shelley, Janine O. – Foreign Language Annals, 1997
Discusses diffusion-based electronic mail instruction integrated into summer institutes attended by foreign language educators. Findings reveal that diffusion-based instruction was effective in encouraging participants to use electronic mail more frequently than comparable foreign language teachers who did not attend the institutes. (30…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Diffusion (Communication), Educational Technology, Electronic Mail
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Tedick, Diane J.; Tischer, Carolyn A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1996
Describes and critiques a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded summer graduate program at the University of Minnesota for preservice and inservice teachers of French, German, and Spanish. The program combines a language immersion approach in content-based classes with a pedagogical component. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: French, German, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Millman, Mary M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1988
Describes the projects of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education's (ASHE) Foreign Language Consortium, established through federal funding in 1985 to enhance teacher training programs. The impact of the Consortium on foreign language instruction in Alabama is discussed. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Second Language Programs, Consortia, Educational Objectives
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Koop, Marie-Christine Weidmann – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
Describes the various steps taken to organize and implement a five-week French summer institute for secondary teachers of French, involving a three-week stay in France. The article details program objectives, course content, administration of the Institute, budget considerations, participants' progress, the evaluation process, and the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries, French