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    "title": "Characteristics Of Effective Language Teacher Professional Development Programs For K-12 Teachers And University Instructors: Insights On Integrating Educational Technologies",
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    "abstract": "<p>This study explores language educators’ insights to identify the characteristics of effective professional development programs for K-12 teachers and university instructors seeking to integrate educational technologies into language teaching. In pursuit of this goal, a group of language educators participated in a professional development program designed to enhance their skills in experiential and technological material development in language teaching. After completing the program, educators were invited to evaluate it and provide insights on what characteristics define a successful language teacher professional development program focused on the integration of educational technologies in language teaching. Multiple data sources were analyzed to explore participants’ insights and experiences. Data collection involved written open-ended questions, a focus group conversation, and individual interviews. The findings suggest that participants in the language teacher professional development program emphasize promoting multimodality, preparing teachers for implementation, welcoming teachers’ language learning philosophies, addressing critical perspectives, and presenting examples and resources. The results point to implications for the refinement of language teacher professional development programs, highlighting effective practices that provide continuous and sustainable support post-training, involve teachers in setting the goals of teacher education programs, and take into account their needs and classroom settings.</p>",
    "language": "eng",
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        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY-NC-ND 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"
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    "keywords": [
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            "word": "teacher professional development"
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            "word": "teacher education"
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        {
            "word": "Second Language Acquisition"
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            "first_name": "Onur",
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            "last_name": "Ural",
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            "institution": "University of Arizona",
            "department": "Second Language Acquisition and Teaching"
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    "date_submitted": "2024-10-06T14:46:25.584000-03:00",
    "date_accepted": "2025-05-06T14:49:02.542000-04:00",
    "date_published": "2025-06-17T20:05:00-04:00",
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