Taking Research from Periphery to Core in a Caribbean Language Centre

Autor/in	Carter, Beverly-Anne
Titel	Taking Research from Periphery to Core in a Caribbean Language Centre
Quelle	In: Language Learning in Higher Education, 10 (2020) 2, S.511-519 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2191-611X
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Quality Assurance; Educational Quality; Foreign Countries; Evaluation Criteria; Universities; Language Laboratories; Program Descriptions; Services; Language Research; Departments; Spanish; International Cooperation; Educational Cooperation; English (Second Language); Cultural Awareness; College Faculty; Undergraduate Students; Writing Skills; Intercultural Communication; Synchronous Communication; Asynchronous Communication; Case Studies; Student Attitudes; Multilingualism; Bilingualism; Language Usage; Communities of Practice; Spanish Speaking; Parent Child Relationship; Trinidad and Tobago; Colombia; Venezuela + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Qualitätssicherung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; University; Universität; Language laboratory; Sprachlabor; Dienstleistung; Sprachforschung; Department; Abteilung; Spanisch; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Fakultät; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Schülerverhalten; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Bilingualismus; Sprachgebrauch; Community; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Trinidad und Tobago; Kolumbien
Abstract	This paper draws on two research activities to discuss the role of research at the Centre for Language Learning (CLL) at The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago. Established in 1997, the CLL introduced languages for all into this Caribbean higher education (HE) context. The CLL also introduced an expanded language curriculum beyond the historical focus on Romance languages and literatures. As the language centre evolved with more languages being taught and more language services offered, research, nonetheless, remained a marginal activity. Yet without a research agenda, the CLL risked being seen as a "service unit" - an outlier in a university seeking to confirm its place in the highly competitive global HE landscape. As the CLL sought to embrace more fully the research mandate of The UWI and of language centres internationally, CercleS publications and documents, for example, "Quality Assessment Criteria for Language Centres" were of great utility. The latter document's focus on research as a quality indicator was consistent with The UWI's focus on quality assurance and research. Taking research from periphery to core is thus intrinsic to moving the CLL into closer alignment with both institutional and international norms. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01