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Direct linkLam, Chin – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study addresses the lived experience of ESL department chairs in California community colleges. It adds to existing literature that aims to support these individuals who are serving in critical roles in institutions of higher education. Using phenomenological methods, four ESL department chairs were interviewed to explore their journeys…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Community Colleges, English (Second Language), College Second Language Programs
Wei, Miaochun – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This quant-QUAL sequential explanatory mixed methods study describes a framework for evaluating the communicative competence (Canale & Swain, 1980; Canale, 1983) of non-beginner students of Chinese for placement purposes at U.S. four-year postsecondary institutions. A pragmatic lens was used to collect and analyze data that generated a…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
Huang, Hsiang-Ling – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Employing interpretive theory, this study investigated 331 university ESL teachers' socialization in language programs for international students. Looking beyond teacher preparatory education, in-service teachers' workplace experiences are essential to study because experience is instrumental in the shaping of belief systems (Wu and Shaffer,…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Student Participation, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
