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It Takes a Department! A Study of the Culture of Proficiency in Three Successful Foreign Language Teacher Education Programs
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Brooks, Frank B.; Darhower, Mark Anthony – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
The aim of this study was to investigate the contexts and practices of three undergraduate foreign language teacher education programs identified by ACTFL/Language Testing International and reported by Glisan, Swender, and Surface (2013) as having a high success rate in propelling their graduates into the Advanced proficiency level on the ACTFL…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
Literary Discussions and Advanced Speaking Functions: Researching the (Dis)Connection
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Donato, Richard; Brooks, Frank B. – Foreign Language Annals, 2004
This study investigated the discourse of class discussion in the advanced undergraduate Spanish literature course. Motivating this study was the need for research to determine how discussion in advanced undergraduate literature courses provides discourse opportunities to students to develop advanced language functions, as defined in the ACTFL…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Spanish Literature, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students
"My Theory Is Intact; However . . .": Reflections on Teaching Spanish to Fifth Graders.
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Brooks, Frank B. – Foreign Language Annals, 2002
An experienced foreign language methods instructor presents his "private history" about teaching Spanish to fifth-graders as part of an elementary school's afternoon enrichment program. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Higher Education
When Are They Going to Say "It" Right? Understanding Learner Talk During Pair-Work Activity.
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Brooks, Frank B.; McGlone, J. Victor; Donato, Richard – Foreign Language Annals, 1997
Using sociocultural theory as a conceptual framework, this study examined selected features of student discourse of three pairs of third-semester learners of Spanish at the university level. Specifically the study investigated how these selected features, identified in an earlier research project, developed during opportunities to engage in five…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Learning, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education
Can We Talk?
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Brooks, Frank B. – Foreign Language Annals, 1992
A study of learner-to-learner talk during a Spanish conversation course suggested that an interview-type speaking activity does not necessarily provide negotiation opportunities and provided an example for a speaking activity that promotes negotiation among foreign language learners. (17 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Interviews, Language Proficiency, Oral Language
Some Problems and Caveats in "Communicative" Discourse: Toward a Conceptualization of the Foreign Language Classroom.
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Brooks, Frank B. – Foreign Language Annals, 1993
Argues for a conceptualization of the foreign language classroom that matches descriptions of real functional language for communication within a cultural group. Suggestions are provided for needed kinds of classroom-based research from a social interaction perspective to help us better understand what goes on in the language learning environment.…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Communicative Competence (Languages)