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.

MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT

Selected Products

The list below comprises just some of our free and low-cost materials for language educators. Be sure to visit our website occasionally for updates and announcements on new products: http://clear.msu.edu.

* NEW! La phonetique francaise (CD-ROM)--Now available in beta version, this cross-platform multimedia program consists of interactive lessons that can be used by French teachers to learn how to teach pronunciation, or by advanced students working independently.

* NEW! CLEAR's Rich Internet Applications initiative has been underway for over a year. RIA is a research and development lab where our programmers are working on free tools that language teachers can use to create online language teaching materials--or have their students create activities themselves!

* NEW! Audio Dropboxes (put a dropbox in any web page; students' recordings get put into your dropbox automatically)

* NEW! Conversations (record prompts for students to do virtual interviews and conversations)

* Mashups (combine media elements to create a new resource for language teaching)

* Viewpoint (record or upload videos to link from other sites or embed inside your own web pages)

* SMILE (tool for creating interactive online exercises)

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

* Elementary Business Chinese (CD-ROM)

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

Coming Soon! * Celebrating the World's Languages: A Guide to Creating a World Languages Day Event (guide)

* Introductory Business German (CD-ROM)

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.

UPCOMING CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

ACTFL--San Antonio, TX--November 16-18, 2007

* Session: Free Online Language Resources for Teachers and Learners

* Session: Reaching Out and Building Enrollment through a World Languages Day

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!