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After almost four decades of study abroad (SA) research, the literature offers little insight into teachers’professional development abroad. The following article attempts to situate the recent sojourn of the BC teachers within the field by presenting an overview of some of the major research trends of SA research as well as summarizing how teachers have been acknowledged in the literature to date. A description of the program at CAVILAM and the current research study is presented to highlight some of the emerging opportunities for future research on teacher education within a SA context.  \nRésumé  \nEn juillet 2009, un groupe d’environ 80 enseignants de FLS de la Colombie-Britannique (C-B) aparticipé à un séjour de deux semaines au Centre d'approches vivantes des langues et des Médias (CAVILAM) à Vichy en France dans le cadre d'une initiative visant à remédier le manque d’enseignants qualifiés dans les programmes de français. Jusqu’à présent très peu de recherchesont été réalisées sur le perfectionnement professionnel des enseignants à travers les programmes d’études à l’étranger. Afin de situer le séjour des enseignants de la C-B dans le domaine des recherches, l'article ci-dessous présente un aperçu des recherches principales sur les séjours à l’étranger ainsi qu'un résumé des quelques études qui sont liées à la formation des enseignants à l’étranger. La description du programme CAVILAM et de l’étude de recherche proposée sert à donner des lignes directrices pour de futures recherches sur le perfectionnement professionnel des enseignants à l’étranger.  \nCJAL * RCLA Wernicke 5  \nStudy abroad as professional development for FSL teachers  \nIntroduction  \nIn Canada, learning French as a second language (FSL) is understood not only in terms of learning the “other” official language or adopting a Canadian civic identity, but also as investing in “cultural capital”(Norton, 2000) as part of today’s global society (Byrd Clark, 2008; Dagenais, 2003) . Canada’s FSL programs of French immersion and core French, with the recent addition of intensive French, constitute part of a continuing effort to increase French language proficiency of students across the country (Carr, 2007a; Chelali, Logie, & Carr, 2009) . A major challenge in meeting the continued demand for French language education is the critical need for effective professional development and teacher education for FSL teachers, especially in Western non-francophone areas of the country such as British Columbia (BC) (Bournot-Trites, 2008b; Lapkin, MacFarlane, & Vandergrift, 2006; MacFarlane & Hart, 2002; Steffenhagen, 2010) . Although student inter-provincial exchange programs are well established across the country and promoted through high school and post-secondary programs, by the time students enter the French language classroom as teachers themselves, many will never have experienced a Frenchspeaking environment or have had extended contact with speakers of French outside the classroom (Carr, 2007b) . A recent survey report of teachers’perspectives in core French programs conducted in the province of BC summarizes the issue this way:  \n...the pressing challenge for BC’s core French teachers appears to be how to achieve provincial learning outcomes with the lack of time allocated to French instruction and low levels of teacher language proficiency and methodological background (Carr, 2007b) .  \nSpecialized programs in methodology for FSL teachers offered by the province’s research universities are expanding to address the need fo","cbCaisJHeMMkNGI6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisJHeMMkNGI6","pdf",144118,15,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Teacher shortage and professional development needs\n## Study abroad as an approach through CAVILAM\n## Research gap and study design","[{\"question\":\"What prompted the 2009 study abroad sojourn for FSL teachers in British Columbia?\",\"answer\":\"A critical shortage of qualified French language teachers in the province drove the initiative. More than eighty teachers participated in a two-week program at CAVILAM in Vichy, France.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the article focus on teachers’ professional development during study abroad?\",\"answer\":\"The literature on study abroad has provided little insight into teachers’ professional development abroad. The article aims to locate the BC sojourn within broader research trends and how teachers have been acknowledged to date.\"},{\"question\":\"What research approach is currently underway for the study described?\",\"answer\":\"A year-long qualitative multiple case study is in progress. It examines teachers’ experiences in France and how those experiences affect classroom practices at home and teachers’ professional identity in BC.\"}]","Study abroad as professional development for FSL teachers | PDF",1792083148,38]