lrc (national foreign language resource centers) - free resources 2014

ACTFL San Diego, CA November 20, 2015

Meg Malone, AERLC

Carl Blyth, COERLL

Joy Campbell, CLEAR

Elaine Tarone, CARLA

Free Standards-Based Teaching Resources

from the LRCs

What are the LRCs?The Language Resource Centers were established

through US Dept. of Education Title VI funding in 1990Currently 16 LRCs Just began Year 2 of the 2014-18 funding cycle

LRCs are mandated to “improve the capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively” in the US

Where are the LRCs?

SEELRC

AELRC

CILC

CALPERCLEARCARLA

CASLS

NFLRCCOERLL

CERCLLNRCAL

NHLRC

CULTR

NEALRCCeLCAR

NALRC

Current LRCs (‘general’ focus) Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center (AELRC)

Georgetown University/Center for Applied Linguistics

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 Integrated Language Communities (CILC) City University of New York – CUNY

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Current LRCs (‘general’ focus) Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR)

Michigan State University

Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL) University of Texas at Austin

Center for Urban Language Teaching and Research (CULTR) Georgia State University

National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) University of Hawai‘i

National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC) University of California, Los Angeles

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Current LRCs (regional focus) 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

National Resource Center for Asian Languages (NRCAL) California State University – Fullerton

Slavic and Eurasian Language Resource Center (SEELRC) Duke University

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

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Specific LRC Activities

Professional development training for teachers on diverse topics, including:

Administration and interpretation of performance tests

Use 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

Free Resources List

Teacher Guides & Tools

Journals, Newsletters & Blogs

Directories: Resources, Databases, Bibliogs. & Webinars

Language Materials for K-12

Language Materials for Adults

Materials Series for Specific Languages

Other Resources


More than 60 listed in online handout, including:Celebrating the World’s Languages: A Guide to Creating a

World Languages Day EventCLASS Professional Standards for K-12 Chinese Language

TeachersContent-based Language Instruction with Technology

(CoBaLTT) Corpus PortalHeritage Language Assessment Annotated Bibliography LCTL Instructional Resources Language Program Evaluation ‘How-To’ Resources Learner Language: Tools for teachersPEP (Proficiency, Efficiency, Planning) ToolRich Internet Applications SpinTX – Open Video Archive for Language Learning


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.


• Learner Language: Tools for teachers

• CARLA – University of Minnesota

• Self-paced multimedia modules showing language teachers how to analyze learner language

• Learner language samples in Chinese,Farsi, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish (new!)


• Teaching Heritage Languages: An Online Workshop

• NHLRC – University of California, Los Angeles

• Self-paced online tutorials • For world and heritage

language teachers• Teaching strategies and

language specific issues


SpinTX Video Archive

COERLL – University of Texas, Austin

Free authentic Spanish videos for language learning

Web interface to search hundreds of short video clips from the Spanish in Texas archive

All materials can be freely used, copied & distributed under Creative Commons license


Interactive Reference Grammars

SEELRC – Duke University

Free set of peer-reviewed online reference grammars for advanced-level language users

Each grammar contains background information about the language and its speakers


Language Program Evaluation ‘How-To’ Resources

• AELRC – Georgetown University & CAL

• Selected bibliography of ‘how-to’ books and free online resources for language program evaluation


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

Journals, Newsletters & BlogsSixteen (16) on online handout, including:

Language Learning & Technology (online peer-reviewed journal)

Heritage Language Journal (online peer-reviewed journal)

Reading in a Foreign Language (online peer-reviewed journal)

Language Documentation & Conservation (peer-reviewed

journal)

Glossos (online peer-reviewed journal)

South Asian Language Blog

CARLAeidoscope (online weekly e-newsletter)


• Language Learning & Technology

• CLEAR - Michigan State University and NFLRC - University of Hawaii

• Online peer-reviewed journal

Since 2007, ranked in top 20 linguistics and education journals by Thomson Reuters


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


• Reading in a Foreign Language

• NFLRC - University of Hawai’i

Resource Directories, Databases, Bibliographies & Webinars

Search our website to find these and others!African Language Program Inventory List Evaluation and SLOA Bibliography Focus on SpinTX –An Open Video Archive for Language

Learning Foreign Language Assessment Directory (FLAD) & Tutorial Language AdvocacyOrient Yourself: Online Catalog of Study Abroad

Opportunities in East Asia Resources for Struggling Immersion Learners Slavic and Eurasian Languages Webliographies

Directories of Resources, Databases, Bibliographies & Webinars

Place-Based Programs Database (PEBLL)

CASLS – University of Oregon

A curated database of place-based experiences relevant to language learning

Tagged by language, level, and content area


Foreign Language Assessment Directory

AELRC - Georgetown University and CAL

Free, searchable database with information on 197 FL tests, updated biennially

Searchable by language, grade level, proviency, skill level

Tests available (for cost) to public


Corpus Portal

CALPER - Penn State University

Gateway to resources for teachers interested in working with corpus data in the FL classroom


Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

NFLRC – University of Hawaii

Free online symposium for teachers, Jan 12-15, 2016

See NFLRC flier in tote bag for more information


Celebrating the World’s Languages: Guide to Creating a World Languages Day Event

CLEAR – Michigan State University

Free 160-page manual on how to run a World Languages Day at an institution of higher education


A National Virtual Language Learning Lab (ANVILL)

Business Language Packets for High School Classrooms (French, German, Spanish)

Jan Ken Pon: Standards-based Curriculum for K-5

MOSAIC Content-based lessons tied to national standards (French, Spanish and Japanese)

Standards-Based Thematic Units

• MOSAIC• CASLS – University of Oregon• Content-Based: Spanish,

French, Japanese• Geography and History

• Created by language specialists and content specialists (HS & Coll)


Language Materials for K-12• Business Language

Packets for High School Classrooms: French, German, Spanish

• CLEAR – Michigan State• Materials for high school

students to learn about business language and practices in their FL


• Language and Culture Kits

• CERCLL – University of Arizona

• Resources & web links

• Downloadable maps

• Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Language Materials for AdultsMore than 170 entries of materials to help teach

languages from Albanian to Yoruba:Albanian-English DictionaryCAVO: A computer adaptive vocabulary assessment for

ChineseGreen German ProjectHausa Online Learning through Listening: Advanced JapanesePersian Online Language ResourcesReference Grammars for Slavic & E. European LanguagesRussian Language and Culture Through Film Spanish Grammar Strategies Website Yoruba Ye Mi


• Russian Culture & Language Through Film

• SEELRC- Duke University• Free web-based

instructional tool with clips from 22 contemporary Russian films

• Includes transcripts, built-in glossary, & assessment questions


• Learning Through Listening: Advanced Japanese

• CALPER- Penn State University

• Free downloadable video clips and materials to learn lexicon, structure & discourse of spoken Japanese


• Pathway to Korean: Beginning Spoken Korean from Zero

• NEALRC- Ohio State University

• Free downloadable beginning Korean

• Includes video and simulated class


E-book for teachers of heritage Arabic students

CILC – City University of New York

Classroom materials for teaching Arabic to heritage speakers of Arabic

Piloted in 4-year and community colleges

Coming soon! (Spring 2017)


• Brazilpod• COERLL –

University of Texas at Austin

• Free Online• Video scenarios• Ta falado

pronunciation


• Korean Holidays & Korean Wave

• CALPER – Penn State• Guided activities

explore culture through inquiry, observation, analysis

• 10 free units can be downloaded

Find out More!

The Language Resource Centers have a robust Web and social media presence:•Common LRC website•Individual LRC websites•Facebook•Twitter

Common LRC Brochure – New!!!At the LRC Pavilion: Booths 1844-53

Download from LRC website

Overview of each LRC

Highlights of projects across 16 LRCs in each focus area:

Research Teaching and Learning Materials Assessment Teacher Development LCTL Initiatives K-12 Initiatives Outreach and Dissemination

Common LRC Website

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

Functionality

Demonstration of using the site to search for resources!

Come and See Us!

Come to the Exhibit Hall to learn more and see our resources first hand!

LRC Pavilion in Exhibit HallBooths 1844-1853

AELRC – Meg Malone

COERLL – Carl Blyth

CLEAR – Joy Campbell

CARLA – Elaine Tarone