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The Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) is part of a network of sixteen Language Resource Centers across the United States. Each with a different focus, these centers are funded by grants from the US Department of Education that are intended to promote and improve the teaching and learning of foreign languages. CERCLL creates resources and professional development opportunities that center on incorporating cultural awareness and multiliteracies into language teaching in multiple languages. Details about the...
Consortium of Middle East National Resource Centers’ Virtual Language Workshop Transformative Paradigms in the Middle East Language Classroom: Learning, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Development The 2016 Western Consortium Middle East Language Workshop saw the importance of preparing language learners to operate in an environment enriched with digital technologies. The 2021 Middle East National Resources Centers Virtual Language Workshop seeks to build on this knowledge and to examine the transformative paradigms emerging as we move more and more into the online realm....
In the absence of cultural gatherings, celebrations and events during the pandemic, CERCLL has asked friends and colleagues to share traditions that are important in their culture in our Culture and Language Exchange (CLÉ). These short videos are shared on CERCLL’s social networking websites to showcase the richness of culture present in our community. Videos are in the original language (without subtitles) in an effort to create an immersive language experience. Currently videos focus on language and culture in Chinese,...
Through a CERCLL project, Worlds of Words offers annual grants for Global Communities–groups of educators that meet regularly to consider global literature, world languages, and ways of using these books in preK-12 classrooms. We are excited to announce that the most recent issue of their peer-reviewed journal (WOW Stories: Volume VIII, Issue 2) describes the work of some of these communities over the last year. From project director Dr. Kathy Short’s introduction: “This issue of WOW Stories: Connections from the...
This Spring CERCLL will be offering two series of webinars for language educators. Each series consists of two free webinars, but we invite you to attend any number of these events. The webinars will be 90 minutes in length and participants who attend live can request a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours of professional development. Participants in the live events requiring digital badges will be emailed after each webinar with information about how to apply to receive one. ...
The eighth biennial International conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence (ICC) will focus upon the theme of Decentering Mobility in Intercultural Education: Engagement, Equity, and Access. A hybrid event, January 27-30, 2022, in Tucson, Arizona, and online. Plenary Speakers:Uju Anya, Pennsylvania State University, USAMaria Dasli, University of Edinburgh, ScotlandJennifer Pipitone, College of Mount Saint Vincent, USA Call for Proposals As movement between physical and virtual spaces has become increasingly ubiquitous in people’s private and work lives...
Foreigncy is a free online language learning program offering language courses to help students and professionals reach advanced and working proficiency. Currently it offers courses in Arabic, Hebrew, and Russian. The materials are under development in 2024 and 2025. Foreigncy has hundreds of foreign language lessons on a diverse set of topics to help learners build a comprehensive vocabulary for professional use. It is currently used by universities, students and professionals including teachers seeking to supplement their foreign language classes with authentic content about...
Despite the pandemic and the many obstacles that educators (and everyone else) have encountered throughout 2020, CERCLL was busy this year. This video showcases just some of the things that our core team, project directors, and others involved in our projects have done over the course of the year. Thank you to everyone involved! Do you want to know more? You will find further details about CERCLL and our projects throughout our website: https://cercll.arizona.edu. If you are looking for...
In Fall 2020, CERCLL hosted two three-part professional development webinar series for language and culture educators that focused on Social Justice and Literacy-based Lesson Planning. These events were recorded, and several have accompanying materials including further resources that can be used in the classroom, and references that may be useful for educators working on these topics. To access the presenter bios, recordings and these additional materials, click on the links below. Literacy-based Lesson Planning in the Language Classroom Re-Envisioning...
CERCLL offers digital badges that are issued to individuals at all levels of participation in CERCLL-related endeavors. We currently offer these badges for participants in our webinars and conferences, and for individuals who create curriculum materials from these events. Digital badges are issued by institutions to award educational or professional development achievements. Persons earning badges can display their achievements on social media and other platforms, making them visible to employers, colleagues and peers in their wider professional networks. Available Badges:...