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Weekly UpdatesThis page includes announcements from the organizations sponsoring LLT. More complete listings of announcements can be found at the Applied Linguistics Virtual Library, the Agora Language Marketplace, and the Centre for Language Teaching and Research's International Conference Schedule.
University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC)
Less commonly taught languages, particularly those of Asia and the Pacific, are the focus of the University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center, which engages in research and materials development projects and conducts Summer Institutes for language professionals among its many activities.
2001 SUMMER INSTITUTES
* In Developing Web-based Foreign Language Learning Environments (June 11-22), participants will acquire a working knowledge of a variety of issues in Web-based foreign language course design. Working adaptively from an existing model, each team of participants (representing different languages from around the world) will design and produce a prototype for a freestanding Web-based language course for advanced learners, comprising a curricular outline, an interface design (or "course shell"), and at least one functional unit. Participants will also commit to participate in a videoconference in December 2001 to share the results of the implementation of the course designed at the workshop.
* Web-based Workshops for Advanced Reading & Writing Development & Maintenance (July 2-13) will serve as an online professional development opportunity for non-native-speaking teachers of Chinese and Korean language at the K-16 level. As part of our mission to serve the development and enhancement of Asian language and area studies in the US, the University of Hawai'i NFLRC and National Resource Center for East Asian Studies will be offering 2 two-week intensive language courses in Chinese and Korean. The intensive courses, to be delivered entirely over the World Wide Web using a tested and proven pedagogic model, will focus on the development and/or maintenance of communicative language skills at the Advanced level, with strong emphasis on written communication meeting high standards of literacy.
* The Korean Pedagogy Workshop: Task-based Language Teaching (July 30-August 1) will run in association with the 6th annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK) in Honolulu in early August. This three-day workshop will provide an overview of the rationale for Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), review the six basic stages in designing, implementing, and evaluating a TBLT program, and then shift to an exploration of several problems currently facing any task-based approach. Parts of the materials design and use segments will be in Korean, but the institute as a whole will be conducted in English, via a mix of informal lecture presentations and demonstrations, classroom discussion of required readings, and project work in small groups.
For more information about our Summer Institutes, please visit http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/nfirc/institutes.html
PACIFIC SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH FORUM (PacSLRF) 2001
The NFLRC is pleased to co-sponsor the upcoming PacSLRF 2001 Conference, which will be held at the Imin Conference Center on the University of Hawai'i at Manoa campus on October 4-7, 2001. This international conference will focus on the acquisition of second languages in instructed and naturalistic settings, particularly in East Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific languages. Paper, poster, and colloquium proposal submissions are welcome!
For more information about the PacSLRF Call for Papers (deadline - April 30, 2001), plenaries, invited colloquia, daily schedule, registration, lodging, & social events, please visit the PacSLRF Web site at http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf/.
Questions? Contact us at pacslrf@hawaii.edu.
NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM THE UH NFLRC
Motivation and Second Language Learning This volume, the second in this series concerned with motivation and foreign language learning, includes papers presented in a state-of-the-art colloquium on L2 motivation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference (Vancouver, 2000) and a number of specially commissioned studies. The 20 chapters, written by some of the best known researchers in the field, cover a wide range of theoretical and research methodological issues, and also offer empirical results (both qualitative and quantitative) concerning the learning of many different languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, Filipino, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish) in a broad range of learning contexts (Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Spain, and the US). AVAILABLE EARLY 2001
* Keys to Chinese Character Writing (text + video) This self-paced tutorial text plus video is designed to address common problems students face when learning to write Chinese characters. Its systematic instruction in Chinese characters covers the principles of character structure, the basic strokes, and proper stroke order. The most frequently used radicals are thoroughly covered, providing solid grounding for dictionary work.
* By popular demand, KAN NA! Authentic Chinese Reading and HANGULRO BOJA! Authentic Korean Reading on CD-ROM are now available in PC versions as well as Mac.
Other new publications from the NFLRC include a number of additions to the NFLRC NetWorks collection of online publications.
Check out our many other publications at http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/nfirc/publication.html.
Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR)
CLEAR's mission is to promote foreign language education in the United States. To meet its goals, CLEAR's projects focus on foreign language research, materials development, and teacher training.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE RESEARCH
* Acquisition of Prosody by English-Speaking Learners of French
* Feedback and Interaction
* Longitudinal Analysis of Foreign Language Writing
* Folk Linguistics: Perceptions of L2 Learning & Teaching
MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT
Products
* Business Chinese (CD-ROM)
* Extended Oral Proficiency Assessment Modules for German (CD-ROM)
* Pronunciaci6n y fonetica (CD-ROM)
* African Languages Tutorial Guide (guide and video)
* Foreign Languages: Doors to Opportunity (video and discussion guide)
* Task-based Communicative Grammar Activities for Japanese and Thai (workbook)
* Test Development (workbook and video)
Coming Soon!
* Business Language Packets for High School Classrooms (French, German, and Spanish)
* Portuguese Pronunciation and Phonetics CD-ROM
* Thai Tutorial Guide
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/clearnews/.
TEACHER TRAINING
Summer Workshops
Every summer, CLEAR offers teacher development workshops for foreign language educators to help strengthen and expand their teaching skills. CLEAR offers stipends to help defray the workshop fees and travel/accommodation expenses. For more information, see CLEAR's Web site at http://clear.msu.edu.
2001 Summer Workshops
* Using Communicative Activities in a Grammar-Based Curriculum (June 20-23)
* Putting Your Course Online (June 26-30)
* Making a Language-Learning CD-ROM: Introductory Techniques (July 10-4)
* Making a Language-Learning CD-ROM: Advanced Techniques (July 17-21)
* Promoting Student Motivation and Interest in Foreign Languages (July 22-24)
* Using Authentic Materials in the Foreign Language Classroom (July 25-28)
Onsite Technology Training Workshops
In the spring of 2000, CLEAR began offering technology training workshops to foreign language educators at their home institutions. The workshops are tailored to fit the needs of the participants and the technology available at their institutions. Once again this year, CLEAR is offering these workshops. For more information, contact Jane Ozanich at ozanichj @msu.edu.
Visit CLEAR's Web site (http://clear.msu.edu) or contact the CLEAR office (517-432-2286 / clear@msu.edu) for more information.
Apprentissage des Langues et Systemes d'Information et de Communication (ALSIC)
ALSIC (Language Learning and Information and Communication Systems) is an electronic journal in French for researchers and practitioners in fields related to applied linguistics, didactics, psycholinguistics, educational sciences, computational linguistics, and computer science.
The journal gives priority to papers from the French-speaking community and/or in French, but it also regularly invites papers in other languages so as to strengthen scientific and technical exchanges between linguistic communities that too often remain separate. The editorial board of ALSIC invites you to contact them for any prospective contributions at the following electronic address: alsic@lifc.univ-fcomte.fr.
The Australian Technology Enhanced Language Learning Consortium (ATELL)
Contacts: Dr. Mike Levy, The University of Queensland (mlevy@lingua.arts.uq.edu.au) Prof. Roly Sussex, The University of Queensland (sussex@lingua.arts.uq.edu.au)
ATELL is an informal collaboration of Australian language teachers involved in technology-enhanced language learning and teaching. It has recently been moved to The University of Queensland, where Dr. Mike Levy and Professor Roly Sussex are developing the concept in collaboration with Mr. Greg Dabelstein, coordinator of the CALL special interest group of the Association of Modem Language Teachers' Associations of Australia (AFMTLA). We intend to establish a network of complementary and collaborating resources for teachers and learners in the TELL domain in schools and tertiary institutions.
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