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Research Briefs Task Force

The ACTFL Research Briefs Task Force will be tasked with reviewing and updating the current What the Research Shows section on the ACTFL website . Briefs will be short (1000-1500 word) reports on our knowledge from the research relating to a variety of topics. These Research Briefs will be...

 11-16-2020  |  No Limits!

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Female, nonnative perspectives on second language conversation: Connecting participation with intercultural sensitivity

Edstrom, A. M. (2005). Female, nonnative perspectives on second language conversation: Connecting participation with intercultural sensitivity. Foreign Language Annals , 38(1), (25-34). This article would be of interest to researchers in discourse analysis. The article reports the...

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Critical teaching of Japanese culture

Kubota, R. (2003). Critical teaching of Japanese culture. Japanese Language and Literature , 37(1), (67-87). This article would be of interest to scholars who work on refining the Standards and to reflective classroom teachers. The author critiques the Standards approach to describing...

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Leaving no foreign language teachers behind: A grassroots perspective

Glisan, E. W. (2005). Leaving no foreign language teachers behind: A grassroots perspective. Modern Language Journal , 89(2), (268-272). This article will interest those concerned with how the FL profession may respond to the threat of NCLB Act legislation. Glisan provides two guiding...

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Incorporating comparisons Standard 4.1 into foreign language teaching

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Teaching culture: A study in the Portuguese classroom implications for the National Standards

Jernigan, C. G. & Moore, Z. (1997). Teaching culture: A study in the Portuguese classroom implications for the National Standards. Hispania , 80(4), (829-841). Teachers of Portuguese and other teachers interested in ways to teach culture will find this article informative. The authors...

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Heritage language students: Profiles and possibilities. In Heritage languages in America: Preserving a national resource

Valdés, G. (2001). Heritage language students: Profiles and possibilities . In Peyton, J. K., Ranard, D. A. & McGinnis, S. (Ed.), Heritage languages in America: Preserving a national resource . (pp. 37-77). McHenry, IL: Delta Systems. This chapter is an introduction to a number of...

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The transformative power of diverse realities: A case study of accommodation and teamwork

Wilberschied, L. (2009). The transformative power of diverse realities: A case study of accommodation and teamwork. NECTFL Review , 61, (84-98). This study will interest primarily teacher trainers and researchers. The case study details the changes in a novice TA (changes in attitude,...

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Weaving curricular Standards into the language classroom: An action research study

Yamada, Y. & Moeller, A. (2001). Weaving curricular Standards into the language classroom: An action research study. Foreign Language Annals , 34(1), (26-34). Teachers of all languages at both the high school and college levels would benefit from reading this study of a pen-pal e-mail...

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Service-learning and foreign-language teacher education

Tilley-Lubbs, G. (2004). Service-learning and foreign-language teacher education. Hispania , 87(1), (132-134). A report on a workshop on service-learning at the 2004 AATSP conference in Acapulco, the article will interest instructors and scholars working in service learning. The workshop...