Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR).(News From Sponsoring Organizations)

CLEAR's mission is to promote the teaching and learning of foreign languages in the United States. To meet its goals, projects focus on foreign language research, materials development, and professional development training.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE RESEARCH

* Feedback to Learners: The Case of Heritage Language Learners

MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT

Products

* Business Chinese (CD-ROM)

* Modules for Assessing Socio-Cultural Competence for German (CD-ROM)

* Modules for Assessing Socio-Cultural Competence: Russian (CD-ROM)

* Pronunciacion y fonetica (CD-ROM)

* African Language Tutorial Guide (guide and video)

* Thai Tutorial Guide (guide)

* Foreign Languages: Doors to Opportunity (video and discussion guide)

* Task-based Communicative Grammar Activities for Japanese and Thai (workbook)

* Test Development (workbook and video)

* The Internet Sourcebook for Business French (Web links)

* The Internet Sourcebook for Business German (Web links)

* The Internet Sourcebook for Business Spanish (Web links)

* Business Language Packets for High School Classrooms (French, German, & Spanish; PDF files)

Coming Soon!

* Portuguese Pronunciation and Phonetics (CD-ROM)

* French Pronunciation and Phonetics (CD-ROM)

* Elementary Business German (CD-ROM)

Game-O-Matic

The Game-O-Matic is a suite of wizards that create Web-based activities for language learning and practice. Teachers can make original Game-O-Matic games by visiting http://clear.msu.edu/dennie/matic/.

Newsletter

CLEAR News is a biyearly publication covering FL teaching techniques, research, and materials. Contact the CLEAR office to join the mailing list or see it on the Web at http://clear.msu.edu/newsletter/.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Summer Workshops

Each summer, CLEAR offers professional development workshops for foreign language teachers on the campus of Michigan State University. For more information on the Summer Workshops, go to http://clear.msu.edu/training/03institutes/.

Onsite Workshops

CLEAR offers foreign language teachers at K-13+ institutions around the country the opportunity to host a CLEAR workshop. These 1-3 day workshops are led by CLEAR's professional development staff members. For more information, visit http://clear.msu.edu/onsite/about.html

For more information about CLEAR, contact

Center for Language Education And Research (CLEAR)

A712 Wells Hall

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48824-1027

Phone: (517) 432-2286

Fax: (517) 432-0473

Web: http://clear.msu.edu/

Email: clear@msu.edu

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