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2011 EDUCATING THE FUTURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFESSORATE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

 

Contents, acknowledgements, abstracts, contributors

Introduction: Foreign language graduate student professional development-past, present and future

Heather Willis Allen; Hiram H. Maxim

Articles

Teaching language and culture in a global age: New goals for teacher education

Richard Kern

This chapter reviews four examples of new thinking in the teaching of foreign languages and cultures that reorient our goals …

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Reconsidering graduate students' education as scholar-teachers: Mind your language!

Heidi Byrnes

This contribution argues that the education of the future professoriate must be based on a comprehensive view of the work …

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Preparing graduate students to teach: The role of literature faculty

Todd W. Reeser

This chapter discusses how faculty who work and teach in literary/ cultural studies can contribute to training graduate students in …

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A literacy-based approach to foreigh language teacher development

Kate Paesani

The purpose of this chapter is twofold: (1) to investigate connections between the reform of bifurcated foreign language (FL) programs, …

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Preparing graduate student teachers for advanced content-based instruction: Exploring content through grammatical matter

Marianna Ryshina-Pankova

The challenge of integrating language and content instruction, especially at the advanced proficiency levels, has been central for the profession …

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Beyond the methods course: Using exploratory practice for graduate student teacher development

Cori Crane; Misumi Sadler; Jeeyoung Ahn Ha; Peter Otiato Ojiambo

A qualitative analysis of graduate student teachers’ shared experiences in a teacher support group is presented. The analysis focuses on …

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The Acceso project and foreign language graduate student professional development

Amy Rossomondo

This chapter describes how the Acceso project affords graduate student instructors (GSIs) unique opportunities for professional and pedagogic development. Through …

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The relevance of cultural linguistics to foreign language graduate education: From "language and culture" to "language as culture"

Carl Blyth

This essay recounts the impact of the 2007 MLA Report on the development of a graduate course in linguistics. Blending …

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Evolving notions of literacy-based foreign language teaching: A qualitative study of graduate student instructors

Heather Willis Allen; Beatrice Dupuy

The effectiveness of professional development for future foreign language (FL) professors is more salient than ever, given the significant role …

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Investigating foreign language graduate student instructors' perceptions and use of technology in the classroom

Joshua J. Thoms

This study investigates how graduate student instructors (GSIs) in several universities across the United States perceive and make use of …

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Video reflection in the foreign language teacher development

Emilia E. Scida; Yitna Firdyiwek

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Coda. Foreign language graduate student teacher development in the twenty-first century: Challenges and opportunities for collegiate foreign language studies

Hiram H. Maxim; Heather Willis Allen

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