National Foreign Language Resource Centers (NFLRC)

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Title VI Language Resource Centers support the nation’s capacity for language teaching and learning. LRCs offer free or low-cost teaching materials, professional development opportunities, assessment and evaluation services, and more. Download our brochure to find out how we can support your classroom.

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CeLCAR Bloomington, IN

Indiana University's Center for Languages of the Central Asian Regions (CeLCAR) is one of sixteen Title VI Language Resource Centers in the United States and the only one dedicated to the critical languages of Central Asia and surrounding countries. CeLCAR is dedicated to promoting the teaching and learning of the languages and cultures of Central Asia through the development of language learning materials (online courses, web and mobile applications, textbooks, multimedia resources), teacher training, and intensive language summer courses.

http://iub.edu/~celcar/main.php

NFLRC Honolulu, HI

Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) offers a framework for designing powerful, culturally contextualized experiences that create opportunities for learners to use their language to address real world needs that are personally meaningful to them. Interested in learning more about PBLL? Join us online: Envisioning PBLL (FREE online symposium), January 17-18, 2018. Learn how to craft quality projects: Fundamentals of PBLL (online institute), starting January 31, 2018.

http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/

CALPER University Park, PA

CALPER’s multi-module series for intermediate and advanced learners of Korean focuses on helping students master discourse features of Korean that are essential in developing higher levels of proficiency. Guided exercises, awareness-raising activities, and small projects have been created on the basis of authentic Korean texts and address the National Standards for Korean. Teacher have access to 20 successful program-enhancing units on a range of themes.

http://calper.la.psu.edu/Korean_Language

COERLL Austin, TX

COERLL's mission is to produce and disseminate Open Educational Resources (OER) for the Internet public (e.g., online language courses, reference grammars, assessment tools, corpora, etc.). The term OER refers to any educational material offered freely for anyone to use, typically involving some permission to re-mix, improve, and redistribute. Thus, COERLL seeks to promote a culture of collaboration that lies at the heart of the Open Education movement. In addition, COERLL aims to reframe foreign language education in terms of bilingualism and/or multilingualism. As such, all COERLL resources strive to represent more accurately language development and performance along dialectal and proficiency continua.

http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/

Title	Format	Sponsor
Research on Language Learning in Study Abroad (1998-2005)	Print
Description CALPER Professional Development Document. In this document, the author provides a concise bibliography of current research (1998-2005) on language learning in study abroad, divided into four sections: language development, the qualities of learners' interactions and experiences in the host community, writings on program design and intervention, and Web resources. For the first two sections and for each individual study, the bibliography lists a brief description of the participants, the language the study is based on, the focus of the study, and its major findings. Resource Link
Investigating Assessment Perceptions and Practices in the Advanced Foreign Language Classroom	Print
Description Report on the research results of a survey conducted by CALPER iin 2005-06 to examine issues relating to advanced language proficiency (ALP) and its assessment in classroom settings. Specifically, it focuses on the views of language teachers of varied backgrounds (in Foreign Languages, and English as a Second Language, at both high schools and universities) on assessment of ALP, and on these teachers' actual assessment practices. The report is divided into three components: 1) survey of current thinking about ALP and its assessment in classroom instruction; 2) results of survey that assessed testing perceptions and practices of ALP; 3) conclusions from the theory and research reviewed and recommendations for the direction of future research and practices relating to the assessment of ALP. Resource Link
Dynamic Assessment in the Language Classroom	Print
Description CALPER Professional Development Document - 8pp. In very clear language, the authors provide a basic account of Dynamic Assessment (DA) and trace its origins to Vygotsky's theory of development. They explain the concepts of mediation and Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), as well as the two main approaches used in DA. They also include three examples detailing what DA looks like in the classroom and conclude the document by providing a glimpse of what the future holds for DA, such as using it with groups and integrating computer technologies to DA procedures. Resource Link
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