Creating a culture for the preparation of an ACTFL/NCATE program review

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-259

  McAlpine, Dave ^a,b   Dhonau, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b Department of Spanish and Second Language Education ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

ACTFL NCATE program review; Assessments; Foreign language education; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547322839     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2007.tb03200.x     Document Type: Review

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