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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 Hawafi National Foreign Language Resource Center, which engages in research and materials development projects and conducts Summer Institutes for language professionals among its many activities.
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 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. Questions? Contact us at pacslrf@hawaii.edu.
2001 SUMMER INSTITUTES
* Developing Web-based Foreign Language Learning Environments (June 11-22)
* Web-based Workshops for Advanced Reading & Writing Development & Maintenance (July 2-13) is a free on-line professional development opportunity for non-native-speaking teachers of Chinese and Korean language at the K-16 level
* Korean Pedagogy Workshop: Task-Based Language Teaching (July 30-August 1) will be run in association with the 6th annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Korean
NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM THE UH NFLRC
* A Focus on Language Test Development: Expanding the Language Proficiency Construct Across a Variety of Tests by T. Hudson & J. D.Brown (Eds.). This volume presents eight research studies which introduce a variety of novel, non-traditional forms of second and foreign language assessment. To the extent possible, the studies also show the entire test development process, warts and all. These language testing projects not only demonstrate many of the types of problems that test developers run into in the real world but also afford the reader unique insights into the language test development process.
* Motivation and Second Language Learning by Z. Dornyei & R. Schmidt (Eds.). 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).
Additions have also been made to the NFLRC NetWorks collection of online publications. Check out our other publications at http ://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/nflrc/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 Development
* Folk Linguistics: Perceptions of L2 Learning & Teaching
MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT
Products
* Business Chinese (CD-ROM)
* Modules for Assessing Socio-Cultural Competence for German (CD-ROM)
* Pronunciacion y fonatica (CD-ROM)
* African Language 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
* Modules for Assessing Socio-Cultural Competence for Russian (CD-ROM)
* Thai Tutorial Guide
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/. Have a new idea for a Game-O-Matic activity? Contact Dennie Hoopingarner at hooping4@msu.edu.
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/cleamews/.
TEACHER TRAINING
2001 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.
* 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)
For more information, contact:
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 Modern 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. There will be a Web site, which will include information, collaboration, and resources such as
* a register of Australian TELL experts
* links to other sites with TELL-related information and materials
* links to reviews of hardware, software, courseware
* a section for FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
* what's new -- ideas, research, materials
* a register of projects, current and past, in TELL research, development, implementation
* software modules, libraries, and related resources for developers
* audio and video files for language learning support
* policies and discussion
* special interest groups
In addition, we are reviving the ATELL mailing list, whose e-mail location is atell@lingua.arts.uq.edu.au. ATELL is supported by the Language Laboratory at the University of Queensland.
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, -We. University of Minnesota (CARLA)
CARLA is one of nine National Language Resource Centers whose role is to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively. Launched in 1993 with funding from the national Title VI Language Resource Center program of the U.S. Department of Education, CARLA's mission is to study multilingualism and multiculturalism, to develop knowledge of second language acquisition, and to advanced the quality of second language teaching, learning, and assessment by conducting research and action projects sharing research-based and other forms of knowledge across disciplines and education systems extending, exchanging, and applying this knowledge in the wider society. CARLA's research and action initiatives include a focus on the articulation of language instruction, content-based language teaching through technology, culture and language studies, less commonly taught languages, language immersion education, second language assessment, second language learning strategies, and technology and second language learning. To share its latest research and program opportunities with language teachers around the country, CARLA offers the following resources: a summer institute program for teachers; a database which lists where less commonly taught languages are taught throughout the country; listservs for teachers of less commonly taught languages and immersion educators; a working paper series; conferences and workshops; and a battery of instruments in French, German, and Spanish for assessing learners' proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the intermediate-low level on the ACTFL scale. On May 17-19, 2001, CARLA will sponsor the Second International Conference on Language Teacher Education which will bring together teacher educators from a variety of language teaching contexts to discuss and share research, theory, and best practices and to initiate and sustain meaningful professional dialogue across languages, levels, and settings. Check out these and other CARLA resources on the CARLA Web site at http://carla.acad.umn.edu.
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