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Global Literacy Communities: Creating Curriculum That Is Intercultural The Worlds of Words Center of Global Literacies and Literatures (WOW), in partnership with the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL), presents a free guide by Cynthia K. Ryman and Kathy G. Short. This publication provides examples of how PreK-12 teachers worked together to integrate global literature into their classrooms, particularly around a curriculum framework that encourages students to develop intercultural understanding. The guide includes links to teacher...
We are accepting applications for the 2023 CERCLL Faculty Fellows Competition! Apply for an award by the extended deadline! Monday, March 13, 2023. The CERCLL Faculty Fellows program promotes scholarly work connected to the mission of CERCLL as a Title VI National Language Resource Center: to research and develop the teaching of culture, language and literacy, especially within less commonly taught languages (LCTLs). In 2023, we particularly invite proposals focused upon research related to social justice and inclusive pedagogies, multimodality...
Worlds of Experience for Language Learning (WELL), a CERCLL funded project, is recruiting for the new Spring 2023 cohort of K-12 and community college language teachers (see the flyer). The WELL project aims to help language teachers construct and design Virtual Field Experiences (VFEs) that make the most of immersive, digital resources to bring the world alive in the classroom. VFEs promote language learning and global understanding across teaching contexts. Participate and collaborate...
CERCLL is offering a series of professional development webinars for language educators over the course of the 2022-2023 academic year, in which presenters bring newer, multiliteracies approaches to address traditional topics in language teaching. Participants who attend these webinars live can request a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours of continuing education for each of these events. In addition, live attendees will be contacted after each webinar with information about how to apply for a digital badge. You can...
We are seeking a Student Outreach Assistant to join our team! This position is for an undergraduate student enrolled in a program in-person at the University of Arizona. Please share with undergraduate students who might be interested in working with us! We’d like to hire an energetic person who can work well with individuals from diverse backgrounds, and as part of a team. The ideal candidate is someone who who has a background in foreign language and/or international culture/global studies...
Dr. Beatrice Dupuy, CERCLL Co-Director, has been recognized with the University of Arizona’s Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDP) Honored Faculty award! She was nominated for this award by the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Program for her dedication, time, and service to both SLAT and to GIDP. She served as the Chair of the GIDP Advisory Council (2018-2020) and prior to that as a member, and acted as a reviewer for various GIDP awards; she served as the Chair of...
We are excited to announce that Dr. Chantelle Warner, CERCLL Co-Director, has been recognized wth the Chatfield Outstanding Tenured Researcher Award, from the University of Arizona’s College of Humanities. Dr. Warner was nominated for this award by a group of UArizona faculty and staff who are inspired by her impressive achievements, and many of whom are honored to collaborate and work with her on various projects. They described her commendable record of publications and grants, her exemplary teaching and advising, ...
L2ML is accepting proposals for digital presentations! NEW Deadline to submit a proposal: January 12, 2023 Symposium dates: April 21-22, 2023 CERCLL is hosting the Second Language Multimodal Literacies Symposium (L2ML), an event that will bring together educators, practitioners, and researchers, who share common interests in exploring the role of multimodality in contexts of second or multiple language and culture learning. This free, two-day, virtual event will include a series of digital presentations and discussions, including three invited talks by...
CALL FOR PAPERS! Globalizing the Community College Curriculum: Add Food and Stir Event Dates: January 20-22, 2023 Location: The University of Arizona, Tucson Abstract Submission Deadline: December 6th, 2022 The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS); the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy (CERCLL); the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS); and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, are seeking submissions for the 7th annual conference for Community College...
The Ninth International Conference on theDevelopment and Assessment of Intercultural Competence Intercultural Learning, Global Citizenship and Peacebuilding The event takes place in February, 2024, with proposals due in summer, 2023. In 2015, The United Nations (UN) adopted a 2030 agenda, which included peace at its core. Based on this blueprint, the UN member states agreed to… Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. ...