CERCLL Webinar Recordings from Spring/Summer 2021

In Spring/Summer 2021, CERCLL hosted two two-part professional development webinar series for language and culture educators that focused on Multi-Modal Literacies and Intercultural Communication in the L2 Classroom. In addition, directors and collaborators working on...

2021 CERCLL Fellows, Faculty and Graduate

We are pleased to announce the recipients and funded research projects in two CERCLL fellowship programs with awards for Faculty made in Summer 2021 and a Graduate Fellowship for Fall 2021. Congratulations to Dr. Liudmila Klimanova, Dr. Kris Knisely, and Jessica...

CERCLL Project Webinars in Spring/Summer 2021

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...

Culture and Language Exchange (CLÉ )

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...

Global Communities Publication in WOW Stories

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...

Spring 2021 Professional Development Webinar Series

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...

CFP for ICC 2022: Proposals due in June

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...

Foreigncy

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.  Foreigncy has hundreds of foreign language lessons on...

CERCLL’s 2020 Year in Review

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...

Resources for Social Justice and Anti-Racism in the L2 Classroom

The protests initiated in June of 2020 have expressed the anger and anguish experienced by those who experience racism and discrimination around the world and have initiated a global discussion about anti-racism and social justice. CERCLL shares in the chorus of...

2020 CERCLL Fellows, Faculty and Graduate

We are pleased to announce the recipients of two CERCLL fellowship programs. Click on the fellowship program subtitles for abstracts and further details about the projects to be funded and the materials that will be available on CERCLL’s website next year....

Grants for Global Literacy Communities

Grants Available for Literacy Communities to Explore Intercultural Understanding Deadline to Apply:  July 15, 2020 Worlds of Words and CERCLL are excited to announce a second round of grants in the Global Literacy Communities project. These $1000 grants support...

Working with Texts Online

A resource created by Emily Hellmich, University of Arizona. Moving (quickly!) into online teaching environments does not mean the end of working with texts in the language, literature, and culture classroom.  And in some cases, it can be an opportunity to push...

CFP L2DL: Critical Transnational Dialogue & Virtual Exchange

The L2 Digital Literacies Symposium (L2DL) is a biennial international event offering an array of online and face-to-face sessions that allow academics to make connections across the globe. In 2020, the conference explores intersections between international...

Social Networking Sites for Intercultural Competence

Developed by Margherita Berti, this guide provides language educators with pedagogical strategies and practical suggestions for implementing social networking sites (SNSs) and social media in language courses to promote intercultural competence.­­ Modern technology...

Social Networking for Intercultural Competence

Project Director: Margherita Berti, University of Arizona These resources provide language educators with pedagogical strategies and practical suggestions for implementing social networking sites (SNSs) and social media for intercultural competence in beginner and...

CERCLL Graduate Fellow Competition: Deadline March 4

CERCLL is Inviting applications for the 2020 CERCLL Graduate Fellow program. Application deadline: March 4, 2020. The CERCLL Graduate Fellows Program is a one-semester professional development opportunity for foreign language GATs at the University of Arizona....