Affiliation:
1. World Languages Education Southern Illinois University Carbondale Illinois USA
2. World Languages Education The University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
Abstract
AbstractThis study investigates the participant experiences and perceived impacts of the Language Initiative for Language Learning (LILL). By exploring the voices of 11 LILL participants through a qualitative case study design, the findings highlight how world language teacher leaders participated in and experienced LILL as a space for leadership growth and perceived the program as having a transformational impact on their leadership identity, mindset, and skill development. While the findings situate LILL as an effective and impactful program, we discuss the need for deeper understandings of world language (WL) teacher leadership in discipline‐specific ways and conclude with suggestions for proactive approaches for WL teacher leadership programming.
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