lrc (national foreign language resource centers) - free resources 2013
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Language Resource Centers
Free Resources from the LRCs
Meg Malone, CAL, NCLRC
Carl Blyth, COERLL
Joy Campbell, CLEAR
Elaine Tarone, CARLA
What are LRCs?
The Language Resource Centers were established through US Dept. of Education Title VI funding in 1990 Currently 15 LRCs
LRCs are mandated to “improve the capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively” in the US
Locations of the LRCs
Current LRCs Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER)
The Pennsylvania State University
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CARLA)
University of Minnesota
Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS)
University of Oregon
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy (CERCLL)
University of Arizona
Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR)
Michigan State University
Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL)
University of Texas at Austin
Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC)
San Diego State University
Current LRCs National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC)
George Washington University, Center for Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University
National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC)
University of Hawai‘i
National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC)
University of California, Los Angeles
----------------------------------------------------------------•National Middle East Language Resource Center NMELRC)
– Brigham Young University•Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR)
– Indiana University•National African Language Resource Center (NALRC)
– Indiana University•National East Asian Languages Resource Center (NEALRC)
– The Ohio State University•Slavic and Eurasian Language Resource Center (SEELRC)
− Duke University
Specific languagesand geographic areas
Specific LRC ActivitiesResearch on new and improved teaching methods, including the use
of advanced educational technology
Development of new teaching materials reflecting the use of such research in effective teaching strategies, including:
Significant focus on the less commonly taught languages and the publication of instructional materials in the LCTLs
Development of materials for foreign language teachers at the elementary and secondary school levels
Development and application of performance testing for use as a standard and comparable measurement of skill levels in all languages
Specific LRC Activities (cont.)
Professional development training for teachers on diverse topics, including:Administration and interpretation of performance testsUse of effective teaching strategies Use of new technologies
Intensive summer language institutes of several kinds, including:Training of advanced foreign language studentsPreservice and inservice language training for teachers
Common LRC Website
It’s easy to search!
Links to each LRC
Database of materials and products from all LRCs
Searchable calendarUpcoming workshops and institutesConferences, symposia
http://www.nflrc.org
Common LRC Brochure
Download a copy from LRC website
Overview of each LRC
Highlights of projects across LRCs in each focus area: Research Teaching and Learning Materials Assessment Teacher Development LCTL Initiatives K-12 Initiatives Outreach and Dissemination
Free Resources List
Teacher Guides & Tools
Journals, Newsletters, Blogs
Resources Directories, Databases, Bibliographies & Webinars
Language Materials for K-12
Materials for Teaching Specific Languages
Materials Series for Specific Languages
Other Resources
Meet us on the Social Networks
Teacher Guides & Tools
More than 60 listed alphabetically in your handout, including: Alphabet Charts for Central Asian Languages Celebrating the World’s Languages: A Guide to Creating a World Languages Day Event Content-based Language Instruction with Technology (CoBaLTT) Corpus Portal Culture Café and Language Lounge Elementary Immersion Learning Strategies Resource Guide The Essentials of Language Teaching * LCTL Instructional Resources PEP (Proficiency, Efficiency, Planning) Tool Portfolio Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom Proficiency-Oriented Instruction: A Handbook for Teachers Rich Internet Applications * Sailing the 5 Cs with Learning Strategies South Asian Language Workshop Materials Task-Based Language Teaching: A Demonstration Video Test Development Workbook and Video Virtual Assessment Center and Virtual Item Bank *
Teacher Guides & Tools
The Essentials of Language Teaching
NCLRC @ George Washington University, Center for Applied Linguistics and Georgetown University
An online guide to essential principles and methods of FL instruction
Teacher Guides & Tools
LARC – San Diego State University
• Social media and language learning portal• Share online resources, tools & activities• Arabic, Chinese, German, Japanese, Persian, Russian
Teacher Guides and Tools
NHLRC – University of California,Los Angeles
• Self-paced online tutorials • For world and heritage
language teachers• Teaching strategies and
language specific issues
Teacher Guides & Tools
Virtual Assessment Center
• CARLA @ University of Minnesota
• An interactive website that provides teachers with background information, step-by-step guidance and lots of practical resources on developing second language assessments.
Teacher Guides & Tools
Teacher Guides & Tools
Rich Internet Applications
CLEAR @ Michigan State University
RIAs are a suite of online tools that allow teachers to easily create different kinds of interactive language learning activities.
Teacher Guides & Tools
RIA tools include:
Audio dropbox
Mashups
Process writing
Podcasting
Character formation
Conversations
Jeopardy-style games
Video repository
Teacher Guides & Tools
NMELRC @ Brigham Young University
A library of resources to assist in the professional development of Arabic language teachers
Teacher Guides & Tools
NALRC @ Indiana University
A map that shows which languages are spoken in different countries
Journals, Newsletters and Blogs
Twenty on your handout, including:
American Council on Immersion Education Newsletter archives
InterCom email service *
The Language Resource monthly e-newsletter
Language Learning and Technology (online peer-reviewed journal) *
Heritage Language Journal (online peer-reviewed journal)
Reading in a Foreign Language (online peer-reviewed journal)
Language Documentation and Conservation (peer-reviewed journal)
South Asian Language Blog
Journals, Newsletters and Blogs
InterCom
• CASLS @ University of Oregon
• Weekly email service tailored to each subscriber’s language, level of instruction, and areas of interest. Includes an archive of over 5,000 articles.
Journals, Newsletters & Blogs
Journals, Newsletters & Blogs
• Language Learning and Technology
• CLEAR @ Michigan State University & NFLRC @ University of Hawai’i
• Online peer-reviewed journal
Journals, Newsletters & Blogs
Journals, Newsletters & Blogs
Reading in a Foreign Language
•NFLRC @Hawaii
Journals, Newsletters and Blogs
SEELRC – Duke
Directories of Resources, Databases, Bibliographies and Webinars
Over 30 in your handout, including Advanced Language Proficiency Database A Focus on SpinTX – Open Video Archive for Language
Learning African Language Program Inventory List Foreign Language Assessment Directory and Tutorial * Human Rights in Latin America Research Resources LCTL Database * Orient Yourself: Online Catalog of Study Abroad
Opportunities in East Asia * Performance and Portfolio Assessment: Extended
Annotated Bibliography
Directories, Databases, Bibliographies, Webinars
Foreign Language Assessment Directory
NCLRC @ George Washington University, Center for Applied Linguistics and Georgetown University
Free, searchable database with information on more than 200 assessments in over 90 languages other than English. Also has tutorial.
Directories, Databases, Bioliographies, Webinars
Orient Yourself: Catalog of Study Abroad Opportunities in East Asia
NEALRC @ Ohio State University
For American students to get information on
East Asian American institutes that offer study abroad programs in East Asia
Scholarships and financial aid for study abroad.
Language Materials for K-12
A National Virtual Language Learning Lab (ANVILL)
Business Language Packets for High School Classrooms (French, German, Spanish)
MOSAIC Content-based lessons tied to national standards (French, Spanish and Japanese) *
Language and Culture Book Kits
Video and Website for “Chinese Out of the Box”
K-12 Language Teaching Materials
MOSAIC
Content-Based: Spanish, French, Japanese
Geography and Historycreated by language specialists and content specialists (HS & Coll)
CASLS – University of Oregon
MOSAIC (cont.)
Content-based Language Teaching with Technology (CoBaLTT) for K-12
20 lesson plans & 17 units for Spanish10 lesson plans & 9 units for French4 lesson plans & 2 units for GermanSearchable database
+ instructional modules on content-based instruction
CARLA – University of Minnesota
Language and Culture Book Kits
• Language and culture kits for K-12 classrooms
• Resources & web links• Downloadable maps • Arabic, Chinese,
Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian Spanish
• CERCLL – University of Arizona
Chinese Out of the Box
NEALRC: Nat’l East Asian LRC
Instructional kit to develop Mandarin skills forchildren age 5-10 years old
Language Teaching Materials-Specific Languages for Adults
More than 170 sets of materials to teach languages from Albanian to Yoruba:Arabic language instructional videosCAVO: A computer adaptive vocabulary assessment
for ChineseThe Green German ProjectHausa Online Indonesian for Indonesian Heritage Speakers Jan Ken Pon: a curriculum for the Japanese K-5
classroomPersian OnlineRussian Language and Culture Through FilmSpanish Grammar Strategies Website Yoruba Ye Mi
Arabic
Aswaat Arabiyya
“Arabic Voices”
Listening materials and accompanying activities
TV sources from many countries
Novice to Superior levels
COERLL – University of Texas at Austin
Elementary Business Chinese
• Free downloadable CD ofinteractive activities for beginning learners of Chinese• Multimedia elements: sound,photographs, text • Record & play back
CLEAR – Michigan State University
French
Les conversations mises à jour
Collection of conversations
Intermediate/advanced learners
With pedagogical suggestions
COERLL – U Texas - Austin
Korean
• Free downloadable beginning Korean• Includes video and simulated class
NEALRC – Ohio State University
Korean
Korean GrammarKorean Culture and MediaKorean HolidaysKorean Wave
17 units download
CALPER – Penn State
Japanese
Junko Mori, Project Director
CALPER – Penn StateONLINE
Portuguese
Free Online
• Video scenarios• Ta falado
pronunciation
COERLL – University of Texas at Austin
Russian
Online webcasts
NCLRC
Spanish
Las Voces de la Mujeres
Video material
20 women each from Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, and the Dominican Republic
for intermediate/advanced
NFLRC – U Hawaii
Spanish Los Desaparecidos
Website
Interviews and related literature from Argentina’s “The Disappeared”
LARC – San Diego State University
Materials Series
• Multimedia Interactive Modules for Education and Assessment (MIMEA)
• CLEAR @ Michigan State University
• Modules based on video clips showing native speakers and NNS interacting in unscripted situations. Interactive exercises reinforce language and cultural topics that spring from the scenarios.
Materials for Specific Languages
All this and more…
http://www.nflrc.org
is just a click away at the Common LRC Website: