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The Effectiveness of Courses Abroad as a Professional Development Model for Foreign Language Teachers
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LeLoup, Jean W.; Schmidt-Rinehart, Barbara – NECTFL Review, 2015
This article details a study conducted to determine the effectiveness of a professional development model for inservice Spanish teachers. Subjects were participants in intensive summer immersion programs abroad that included a rigorous methodology course advocating sound pedagogical models for lessons and stressed 90%+ target language use in the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Study Abroad, Professional Development, Language Teachers