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A Survey of Teacher Concerns
Author(s) -
Cooper Thomas C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1985.tb01761.x
Subject(s) - foreign language , task (project management) , mathematics education , task force , language assessment , psychology , language education , language proficiency , work (physics) , survey research , pedagogy , medical education , political science , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , systems engineering , public administration , applied psychology
The ACTFL/SCOLT (Southern Conference on Language Teaching) Task Force on Research in Foreign Language Education recently conducted a national survey of foreign language teachers, chairmen of outstanding high school programs, and state foreign language coordinators and consultants to find out from them what their most pressing questions were regarding foreign language learning and teaching. Of the many issues raised by survey respondents, the top ten were the following: 1) testing and evaluation, 2) promoting and maintaining interest in foreign language study, 3) language learning theory, 4) developing oral proficiency among students, 5) program development, 6) dealing with multi‐level classes, 7) integrating instructional aids (especially videotapes and computers) into the classroom routine, 8) teaching culture, 9) the student as learner, and 10) techniques for including partner and group work in instruction. As a follow‐up to the survey, the task force is presently working on a report that will consist of research‐based answers to many of the questions posed by the survey respondents.