The following video introduces several current CERCLL projects. Recorded in April 2011, it features CERCLL Project Directors speaking to graduate students in the University of Arizona's Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) program.

Educating Global Entrepreneurs for Global Trade
Project Director: Dr. Beatrice Dupuy (U. Arizona)

Recent studies show that mainstream foreign language curricula do not adequately support the development of communicative and intercultural competence. This project will develop an immersive business simulation for use as a language teaching framework in college-level Chinese, Portuguese and Russian courses.

>> Learn more about the Global Simulations for Business project

Using Multimodal Text Annotations to Promote Cultural Literacy
Project Director: Dr. Chantelle Warner (U. Arizona).

The ability to understand a foreign language and culture on its own terms is increasingly important in our globalized era, in which meanings traffic easily but superficially. This project will create a tool that annotates traditional text with multimedia, enriching learners' understanding of both text and cultural context.

>> Learn more about the Hypermedia Texts project

Developing Digital Game-Mediated Foreign Language Literacies
Project Directors: Drs. Jonathon Reinhardt (U. Arizona) and Julie Sykes (U. New Mexico)

As mainstream socio-cultural practices and products, digital games are now a viable medium for foreign language instruction. The primary goal of this project is to provide educators the resources (both material and pedagogical) needed to design, implement and assess digital game-mediated learning activities.
>> Learn more about the Games to Teach project

The Assessment of Cultural Intelligence
Project Director: Dr. Peter Ecke (U. Arizona)

The development of “cultural intelligence” is a key outcome of study abroad programs, yet few instruments exist to assess this quality. This project will address the need for ready-to use, easily adaptable instruments and tasks to assess students’ development of cultural intelligence during study abroad.

>> Learn more about the Study Abroad project

Topic-based Modules for Preparing the Future FL Professoriate to Teach with a Multiliteracies Approach across the Undergraduate FL Curriculum
Projects Directors: Drs. Heather Allen (U. Wisconsin–Madison) and Beatrice Dupuy (U. Arizona)

Existing foreign language teacher training models focus on lower-level language acquisition, failing to prepare graduates for a world where language, literature and culture are inseparable in nature and significance. This project will develop modular, multiliteracy-based professional development framework for teaching assistants that focuses on language teaching at higher levels.

>> Learn more about the PErCOLATE project

Project Director: Dr. Kamran Talattof (U. Arizona)

Despite the growing popularity of Persian courses on American campuses, the instructional materials currently available are either dated or unsuitable for English-speaking second language learners. This project will produce the last two volumes in a series of six, designed to teach Persian to college students or independent learners. The new textbooks will assist FL teachers of Persian in teaching students to read, write, listen and speak at the intermediate level and provide a foundation for an increased understanding of colloquial Persian.

>> Learn more about the Modern Persian Textbook Series

Project Director: Dr. Kathy Short (U. Arizona).

Only 50% of U.S. high school students study any foreign language and most K-8 students have little or no opportunities to study a language other than English or learn about a culture different from that of the U.S. This project exposes young learners to world languages and cultures by bringing an International Consultant and a Language and Culture Kit into K-8 schools, encouraging language exploration and benefiting both students and educators.

>> Learn more about the Bringing Global Cultures and World Languages into K-8 Classrooms project

Training Materials and Resources for Heritage Language Speakers
Project Director: Dr. Roseann Dueñas González (U. Arizona)

Due to drastic changes in demographics, the need for interpreters of less commonly taught languages in the legal system has grown exponentially in the past two decades. Building on a proven model, this project will develop materials and provide valuable training for interpreters who would not otherwise have the opportunity or financial means to develop their linguistic and interpreting skills in high-stakes legal settings.

>> Learn more about the Legal Registers for Interpretation project

Professional Development for Foreign Language Educators
Project Director: Dr. Linda R. Waugh (U. Arizona)

This project responds directly to the needs of K-16 language educators, as assessed by a survey previously developed and administered by CERCLL. Educators will be empowered to explore new, different and often technology-enhanced approaches to teaching language and culture. CERCLL will offer workshops at the University of Arizona during the academic year, as well as in-service workshops at local and regional schools, and an annual 2-week summer workshop series.

>> Learn more about the K-16 Initiatives project, and access archived professional development materials from past workshops

Digital Literacies in and beyond the Classroom: A Hybrid Symposium on Research and Practice
Project Coordinators: Drs. Jonathon Reinhardt (U. Arizona) and Chantelle Warner (U. Arizona)

Sharing practices is crucial to the continuing development of established fields, and critical to the growth of new fields. As a culmination of and extension to the CERCLL Games to Teach project, a hybrid symposium, both real and virtual, will be held in Fall 2014.

>> Learn more about the Digital Literacies symposium

International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence
Project Directors: Drs. Beatrice Dupuy and Linda Waugh (U. Arizona)

In 2008, CERCLL initiated a series of conferences intended to enhance teachers' intercultural effectiveness in the classroom as they prepare students to become interculturally competent global citizens. The four-day events include regular sessions as well as pre- and post-conference workshops that allow participants the opportunity to engage in practical experiences directly relevant to their classrooms.

>> Learn more about the Intercultural Competence Conferences and access presentations, handouts and Selected Proceedings.

Click on a title to learn about any project from our previous grant cycle (2006-2010)

• Educating Global Citizens through Global Simulation
• Hypermedia Multimodal Text Annotation
• Teaching Portuguese to Spanish-Speaking Learners
• Games to Learn
• The Online Language Environment Board
• MaxAuthor Training and Support
• Arabic Learners Written Corpus
• Heritage Languages: An Ethnographic Base for Assessment Tools
• Modern Persian Texbook Series: Intermediate
• Writing Systems of the World
• Summer Institute in LCTL Literacy
• Introducing Children and Adolescents to the World
• K-16 Initiatives in Second Language Learning: Partnerships Across Languages