Research Issues and Language Program Direction, 1998 AAUSC Volume

RESEARCH ISSUES AND LANGUAGE PROGRAM DIRECTION the new 1998 volume includes several articles. Articles include: Language Program Direction and the Research Agenda of Modernism, Beliefs and Policies of TAs Toward Target Language Use in Elementary French Classes, The Research-Pedagogy Interface in Acquisition, Research Domains and Language Program Direction.

Acknowledgments. Introduction. L. KATHY HEILENMAN. I. RESEARCH AND LANGUAGE PROGRAM DIRECTORS: THE RELATIONSHIP. Research Domains and Language Program Direction. BILL VANPATTEN. Language Program Direction and the Modernist Agenda. CELESTE KINGINGER. The Research-Pedagogy Interface in L2 Acquisition: Implications for Language Program Directors. RAFAEL SALABERRY. Applications of Sociolinguistic and Sociocultural Research to the French Language Classroom. NADINE O'CONNOR DI VITO. II. RESEARCH AND LANGUAGE PROGRAM DIRECTORS: POSSIBILITIES. Beliefs and Practices of Teacher Assistants toward Target Language Use in Elementary French Classes. MICHAEL MORRIS. Gesture in Japanese Language Instruction: The Case of Error Correction. NAOKO MURAMOTO. Investigating the Properties of Assessment Instruments and the Setting of Proficiency Standards for Admission into University Second Language Courses. MICHELINE CHALHOUB-DEVILLE. Positional Pedagogies and Understanding the Other: Epistemological Research, Subjective Theories, Narratives. and the Language Program Director in a "Web of Relationships." MARY E. WILDNER-BASSETT and BIRGIT MEERHOLZ-HAERLE. The Professionalization of Language Teachers: A Case Study of the Professional Development Needs of Lecturers at the University of California, Berkeley. NELLEKE VAN DEUSEN-SCHOLL, LINDA VON HOENE, and KAREN MØLLER-IRVING. Contributors. AAUSC Style Sheet for Authors.