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1998 RESEARCH ISSUES AND LANGUAGE PROGRAM DIRECTION

 

Contents, acknowledgements, contributors

Introduction

L. Kathy Heilenman

Articles

Research domains and language program direction

Bill VanPatten

14
Language program direction and the modernist agenda

Celeste Kinginger

30
The research-pedagogy interface in L2 acquisition: Implications for language program directors

Rafael Salaberry

50
Applications of sociolinguistic and sociocultural research to the French language classroom

Nadine O'Connor Di Vito

71
Beliefs and practices of teaching assistants toward target language use in elementary French classes

Michael Morris

109
Gesture in Japanese language instruction: The case of error correction

Naoko Muramoto

150
Investigating the properties of assessment instruments and the setting of proficiency standards for admission into university second language courses

Micheline Chalhoub-Deville

183
Positional pedagogies and understanding the other: Epistemological research, subjective theories, narratives, and the language program director in a "Web of relationships"

Mary E. Wildner-Bassett; Birgit Meerholz-Haerle

208
The professionalisation of language teachers: A case study of the professional development needs of lecturers at the University of California, Berkeley

Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl; Linda Von Hoene; Karen Møller-Irving

249