Program To Expand, Enrich, Test, and Evaluate the Teaching of Brazilian Portuguese.

Autor/in	Jackson, K. David
Institution	Texas Univ., Austin. Inst. of Latin American Studies.
Titel	Program To Expand, Enrich, Test, and Evaluate the Teaching of Brazilian Portuguese.
Quelle	(1992), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Second Language Programs; Conferences; Faculty Development; Higher Education; Instructional Materials; Intensive Language Courses; Language Proficiency; Language Teachers; Language Tests; Material Development; Oral Language; Portuguese; Program Descriptions; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Regional Dialects; Secondary School Teachers; Spanish; Speech Skills; Summer Programs; Teacher Certification; Teacher Education; Test Construction; Textbook Preparation; Uncommonly Taught Languages; ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Intensivkurs; Sprachkurs; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Language test; Sprachtest; Lehrmaterialentwicklung; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Portugiesischunterricht; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Regionalsprache; Spanisch; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit; Sommerkurs; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Testaufbau; Lehrbucharbeit; Minderheitensprache
Abstract	The report details a federally-funded program at the University of Texas, Austin whose activities included: (1) an experimental summer intensive language institute to facilitate Brazilian Portuguese certification for nine certified secondary school teachers of Spanish; (2) writing and publication of a new textbook of Brazilian Portuguese for Spanish speakers; (3) writing, evaluation, and publication of four-skills placement and proficiency tests in Brazilian Portuguese; (4) training of an official American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) oral proficiency interview rater; (5) the hosting of a national conference on teaching and testing and periodic workshops for the textbook and testing teams; and (6) establishment of a national center for Brazilian Portuguese. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC