ERIC Number: EJ753458
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Nov
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0261-9768
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Teacher Training and "Quality" in Higher Education Language Teaching: Strategies and Options
Tudor, Ian
European Journal of Teacher Education, v29 n4 p519-532 Nov 2006
The article focuses on the training of higher education language teachers from a quality enhancement perspective. After a brief discussion of the nature of quality in higher education, the article considers the implications which the expansion of language learning in higher education in Europe has for the teachers involve in designing and delivering language programmes. The main body of the article is then devoted to a discussion of the strategies and options in the field of the training of language teachers which emerged from reports on quality enhancement in higher education language studies prepared in 18 European countries. The reports were prepared within the framework of "Thematic Network Project 2", organised by the European Language Council. The article concludes by highlighting the crucial role of teacher training in the "quality cycle" with respect to both teaching and student learning. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Higher Education, Teacher Education, Educational Quality, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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