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Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR).


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

CELBRATING TEN YEARS!

CLEAR celebrated its tenth anniversary in August and was awarded continued funding for a fourth funding cycle, until 2010. We are proud of our ten years of service to the language education community and look forward to continued outreach and exciting new projects.

NEW WEBSITE

To coincide with our tenth anniversary, CLEAR launched a new website in August. Please visit the new site at http://clear.msu.edu and learn more about our new products and upcoming projects for the new funding cycle.

MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT

Coming Soon!

* Hausa Online

* Introductory Business German (CD-ROM)

* French Pronunciation and Phonetics (CD-ROM)

Selected Products

* NEW! Vietnamese Small Group Instruction Guide

* NEW! Language Learning Materials for Russian: A Content-Based Course Pack (online learning modules)

* Now free! Business Chinese (CD-ROM)

* MIMEA: Multimedia Interactive Modules for Education and Assessment (German, Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Korean; online video clips and activities)

* SMILE (tool for creating interactive online exercises)

* Facilitating Connections to International Business: A Guide for Foreign Language Educators (guide)

* African Language Small Group Instruction Guide (guide and video)

* Thai Small Group Instruction Guide (guide)

* Hindi Small Group Instruction Guide (guide)

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

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

* Pronunciacion y Fonetica (CD-ROM)

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

* Test Development (workbook and video)

CONFERENCES

CLEAR exhibits at local and national conferences year-round. We hope to see you at ACTFL, CALICO, MiWLA, NCOLCTL, Central States, and other conferences.

NEWSLETTER

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

COPYRIGHT 2006 University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Center Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission.

Copyright 2006, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

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