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Article: The Challenge of Foreign Language Teacher Preparation Addressing State Teacher Standards.
- Article from:
- The Clearing House
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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Foreign language teachers have very specific needs that are not easily addressed by generic teacher education programs or easily described by generic teacher standards. One fundamental difference from other subject areas is that foreign language teachers are attempting to teach a second language while using that very language as the mode of instruction. Since "the medium is the message," unique challenges arise for teachers and learners. Many subject area teachers struggle to speak less themselves and organize more student-centered activities. However, only the second language teacher has the added challenge of creating activities for students in which both the content ...