Long, S. S. (2005). Implementing the National Standards in first-year Spanish. Hispania , 88(1), (156-159). In this article, of interest to instructors and program administrators in higher education, serves to argue for and illustrate, in rather general terms, how the National Standards can...
Gifford, C. (2008). Casting a broad net: Diverse learners in the community college classroom. NECTFL Review , 61, (211-248). Of interest especially to teachers at the community college level, this article describes the successes of a teacher at a community college serving an academically,...
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,...
Verkler, K. W. (2004). Technology in the foreign language classroom. Journal of Educational Media and Library Sciences , 41(4), (455-478). Of interest to language teachers, this article presents the idea of interdisciplinary simulations to address the Connections strand of the Standards....
Oxford, R. (2006). Teaching Ayala: A thematic, standards-based approach. Hispania , 89(4), (814-822). This article would be of interest to high-school and post-secondary teachers of Spanish, but it could serve as a model for teaching literary content in other languages. It presents ideas...
Weist, V. D. (2004). Literature in lower-level courses: Making progress in both language and reading skills. Foreign Language Annals , 37(2), (209-223). This research investigates the role of the literary text in intermediate-level instruction, examining one classroom environment as a...
Sarroub, G. & Moeller, A. (1999). Bringing the Standards into the classroom: A case study of one school district's implementation process . In Nerenz, A. (Ed.), Standards for a New Century . (pp. 57-74). Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company. This qualitative case study seeks to...
Gonzalez-Bueno, M. & Quintana-Lara, M. (2007). The use of periodicals in the foreign language classroom from the perspective of the SFLL. NECTFL Review , 60, (7-23). This article, of particular interest to world language educators, advocates the use of newspapers and magazines to...
Lorenz, E. & Haas, M. (1998). Culture and children's literature: Standards-based thematic units. Learning Languages , 3(2), (10-23). This article presents two detailed excerpts from two thematic curriculum units. The units offer various lessons, based on cultural knowledge, using...
Duran-Cerda, D. (2008). Strengthening la identidad in the Heritage learner classroom: Pedagogical approaches. Hispania , 91(1), (42-51). This research study would interest teachers as well as researchers, especially those working in Spanish. The study, with 29 community college heritage...
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