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Publication Date: 1996
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Maintaining Language Skills in the Initial Training of Foreign Language Teachers.
Barnes, Ann
Language Learning Journal, n14 p58-64 Sep 1996
Discusses the need to polish the foreign language skills of second-language teachers during their professional training. This training should concentrate primarily on the improvement of confidence in spontaneous target language use and grammatical accuracy and should also emphasize pedagogical development and reflection. (one reference) (CK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Content, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Grammar, Independent Study, Language Fluency, Language Teachers, Professional Development, Questionnaires, Second Language Learning, Self Esteem, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Needs, Student Reaction, Teacher Education, Teacher Response
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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