From Crisis to Opportunity: French and Foreign Language Studies in the Twenty-First Century

Spencer, Samia I.

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“…Clearly, these factors help explain the current teacher shortage; however, the review of the literature revealed that there is a dearth of active initiatives to identify and recruit prospective language teachers. Primarily, recruitment strategies include hosting career fairs, attempting to identify qualities of the 'best, brightest, and most talented new staff' (Scheetz, 1995, p. 10) and inviting FL students to state FL teacher meetings (Spencer, 2003).…”

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The congruence of vocational interests and the workplace environment: Reducing the language teacher shortage

Swanson

2012

Language Teaching Research

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There is a shortage of second/foreign language (S/FL) teachers in many parts of the world, and the rates of attrition are cause for alarm in North America. Canadian and US teachers' (N = 323) were administered the Self-Directed Search vocational interest inventory and the Coping in Stressful Situations scale. Results from this quantitative study confirmed the vocational profile of an efficacious second/foreign language teacher and revealed significant differences in coping styles between those teachers with and without the vocational profile. Additionally, data analysis indicated that the Social, Artistic, and Enterprising profile is directly related to teacher longevity in the profession. The research has implications for the recruitment and retention of S/FL teachers at a time of critical need.

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The congruence of vocational interests and the workplace environment: Reducing the language teacher shortage

Swanson

2012

Language Teaching Research

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“I asked my parents why a wall was so important”: Teaching about the GDR and Post‐Reunification Germany

Streitwieser

Lys²

2008

Die Unterrichtspraxis

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Fifteen years after the ‘peaceful revolutions’ brought about the collapse of communism and the reunification of East and West Germany, a heated debate rages over the legacy of communism and the continuing impact of 1989. This paper describes a new course that explores the contentious issues in this debate through the innovative use of the course management system Blackboard. The paper describes how using Internet technology (video and audio links to archival and documentary footage, historic recordings, web linked academic articles, newspaper reports, internet sites, on‐line quizzes and virtual discussions) has brought today's undergraduates into the current debate and engaged them technologically in ways that deviate from more traditional teaching models. Such a course is not as prevalent as one would expect, least of all in undergraduate curricula in Germany and the United States.

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Second/Foreign Language Program Preservation and Advancement: Literatures and Lessons for Teachers and Teacher Education

Crookes¹,

Talmy²

2004

Critical Inquiry in Language Studies

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From Crisis to Opportunity: French and Foreign Language Studies in the Twenty-First Century

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The congruence of vocational interests and the workplace environment: Reducing the language teacher shortage

The congruence of vocational interests and the workplace environment: Reducing the language teacher shortage

“I asked my parents why a wall was so important”: Teaching about the GDR and Post‐Reunification Germany

Second/Foreign Language Program Preservation and Advancement: Literatures and Lessons for Teachers and Teacher Education

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