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School Administrators' Perspectives of French Immersion Programs
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Grivet, Candice Suzanne; Haj-Broussard, Michelle; Broomé, Rodger – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
This study explored how school administrators understand and plan for French immersion program components in K-12 schools in Louisiana. The theory of effective bilingual schooling and the Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education served as the framework of the study. The research questions that guided the study asked how school principals and…
Descriptors: French, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, School Administration
A Discourse-Based Approach to CALL Training and Professional Development
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Williams, Lawrence; Abraham, Lee B.; Bostelmann, Evan D. – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
Phase 1 of this study explores findings from a nationwide survey on computer-assisted language learning (CALL) that was completed by 409 in-service teachers of French, German, and Spanish. These results, in turn, informed specific themes that were explored in greater detail during focus group sessions with 22 in-service K--2 foreign language…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Classification
Reconnecting Proficiency, Literacy, and Culture: From Theory to Practice
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Warford, Mark K.; White, William L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
What does it mean to capably communicate across languages? This article introduces two theoretical models and a lesson plan format designed to facilitate the integration of proficiency, literacy, and culture teaching in foreign language teaching. The Second Symbolic Competencies Model configures proficiency and literacy as subordinate clusters of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Second Language Instruction, Models, Language Proficiency