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Form, Function, And Relevance Of Contemporary Language Resource Centers, Paul L. Sebastian
Form, Function, And Relevance Of Contemporary Language Resource Centers, Paul L. Sebastian
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation was conducted in order to better understand the interplay between form, function, and relevance regarding contemporary language resource centers (LRCs). Five language centers housed by four different institutions of higher education in the western region of the United States were examined. Two representatives from each of the five centers were interviewed either in-person or over the phone (N = 10). Data were collected in the form of semi-structured interviews, on-site visits, and research journal entries. The data were analyzed using a flexible combination of multi-level qualitative coding, descriptive statistics, and narrative analysis. This study confirms recent findings …