Language Centers in the Age of Ubiquitous Technology and Eclectic Methodology

This study was conducted in order to better understand how, if at all, language centers (LCs) are relevant in current technological and methodological contexts of second language education. Five language centers housed by four different institutions of higher education in the western United States w...

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Published in:International journal of computer-assisted language learning and teaching Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 67 - 78
Main Author: Sebastian, Paul
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hershey IGI Global 01.07.2020
Subjects:
Case Studies
College Faculty
College Students
Computer Assisted Instruction
Data Collection
Diachronic Linguistics
Education
Educational Technology
Electronic Equipment
Faculty Development
Higher Education
Higher education institutions
Influence of Technology
Institutions
Interviews
Language
Language centers
Language Laboratories
Language Role
Laptop Computers
Learning Centers (Classroom)
Methods
Music Facilities
Periodicals
Phonetics
Program Effectiveness
Qualitative analysis
Resource Centers
Second language instruction
Second Language Learning
Site visits
Statistics
Teaching Methods
Technology Uses in Education
United States > US
ISSN:2155-7098, 2155-7101
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Summary:This study was conducted in order to better understand how, if at all, language centers (LCs) are relevant in current technological and methodological contexts of second language education. Five language centers housed by four different institutions of higher education in the western United States were examined. Two representatives from each of the five centers were interviewed either in-person or over the phone (N = 10). Data was collected in the form of semi-structured interviews and on-site visits. The data was analyzed using a flexible combination of multi-level qualitative coding, descriptive statistics, and narrative analysis. This study confirms recent findings that have shown LCs to be a highly diverse group of institutions, particularly with respect to form and function. With respect to relevance, a common framework for discussing different language centers is outlined in the form of three paradigms: center/department, center/institution, and center/community.
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ISSN:2155-7098
2155-7101
DOI:10.4018/IJCALLT.2020070105