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Join us for a new series of free professional learning webinars designed for language educators! Sustainability in Language Education: Research-Based Curricula and Practices Drawing on current research and classroom-based practice, this webinar series showcases approaches that connect language learning with ecological awareness, social responsibility, and global citizenship. Sessions explore ecolinguistics as a framework for promoting ecological wellbeing and sustainability, strategies for making sustainability topics accessible to beginner language learners, and inquiry-based pedagogies that foster creativity and build learner communities....
Presented by Robert Poole (University of Alabama). Friday, April 17, 2026, 10 – 11:30 AM MST (UTC -7). Click here to see what time that is where you live. This webinar introduces participants to ecolinguistics and its potential for fostering eco-critical language awareness in the language learning classroom. Participants will learn: Core features of the emerging field of ecolinguistics and its potential to contribute to ecological wellbeing and sustainability in the language classroom and beyond The principles of eco-critical...
Leaders: Regents Professor Kathy G. Short, Dr. Dorea Kleker, and Narges Zandi (University of Arizona) June 4-5, 2026 9 am – 4 pm at Worlds of Words, at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona Join us for a two-day workshop to engage in experiences and books that invite students to immerse themselves in an appreciation and awareness of the multiple languages in their lives and world. This workshop is based on multilingualism as a resource, not a problem, and...
Integrating AI in Language Education: Research-Based Practices to Support the Modes of Communication Language educators are called on to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of GenAI in language learning. As GenAI tools become increasingly sophisticated and accessible, educators face both unprecedented opportunities and complex challenges in providing meaningful instruction. Through evidence-based insights, practical strategies, and collaborative dialogue, this webinar series will equip language educators to make informed decisions about leveraging AI tools thoughtfully while keeping themselves and their learners...
This new free publication was conceived by editors Chantelle Warner (University of Arizona) and Julieta Fernández (University of Arizona; Victoria University of Wellington) as a response to the lack of direct engagement with current debates and conversations in textbooks used in methodology courses, and the marginalization in education about language teacher research in the work of (applied) linguists who do regularly engage with diverse questions and issues in ontologically, epistemologically, and methodologically diverse ways. The authors of individual chapters in...
Join us for a new series of professional learning webinars designed for language educators! Integrating AI in Language Education: Research-Based Practices to Support the Modes of Communication Language educators are called on to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of GenAI in language learning. As GenAI tools become increasingly sophisticated and accessible, educators face both unprecedented opportunities and complex challenges in providing meaningful instruction. Through evidence-based insights, practical strategies, and collaborative dialogue, this webinar series will equip language...
Presented by Joshua Paiz (Frederick Community College). Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 1:30 – 3 PM MST (UTC -7). To see when it begins where you are, click here. Join us for a critical exploration of GenAI in language education! While AI tools can boost writing scores, research shows that they may diminish student creativity, agency, and independent thinking. Dr. Paiz will guide participants beyond the “to use or not to use” debate to explore practical...
Apply for a registration scholarship by December 12, 2025! These awards are for the Tenth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence on the theme of Intercultural Competence in a Rapidly Changing World: Supporting Sustainable Futures for All. This hybrid event takes place February 27 – March 1, 2026, at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, and online. A limited number of scholarships covering registration fees are available for full-time K-12 teachers, graduate students, and recent graduates...
The Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy (CERCLL) is one of sixteen Language Resource Centers (LRCs) nationwide that were funded in part by the US Department of Education, and formed an active and productive network. For 35 years, the network generated and disseminated valuable resources to promote the teaching and learning of languages other than English, particularly less commonly taught languages. For over two decades, CERCLL has been a hub for local, national, and international conferences, symposia,...
Thank you to everyone who attended our 2024-2025 academic year webinars! We hosted 10 webinars with 14 presenters, and there were 3,407 registrants. View the recordings and partner resources by clicking on the series titles below. Or check out our YouTube playlist! https://tinyurl.com/cercllwebinars FALL: Virtual Exchange in Language Education ( 1 ) Overcoming Challenges and Barriers in Virtual Exchange, Robert O’Dowd (Universidad de Leon, Spain) ( 2 ) Advancing Civic Engagement through VE: Instructional Planning, Task Design,...