Texts Across Contexts: Teaching Foreign Languages and Cultures The 2016 CERCLL Summer Workshops focus on language learning through texts across various cultural and pedagogical contexts. The diverse set of workshops share in common an emphasis on the ways in...
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence Beatrice Dupuy & Linda Waugh (Eds.) Description: Papers selected from those presented at the 2014 conference at which the theme was Preparing and...
Flagship Teacher Training Series, May 26 – June 5 (participants applied and were accepted into the program in April), and two independent workshops on June 5 and June 6. Friday, June 5 Engaging K-12 Students in Global Children’s and Adolescent Literature 9:00...
Nicole Naditz, Technology Tools that Build Language and Interculturality; and Laura Terrill, Planning for Learning: Effective Unit and Lesson Design. Fall 2015: Technology Tools that Build Language and Interculturality Participants joined an award-winning world...
Fourth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence Preparing and Supporting K–16 Language Teachers to Teach for Intercultural Competence in and beyond the Classroom January 23—26, 2014 Conference Program The full program for...
For a PDF version of the summer brochure, click here. Monday June 2, 2014 Engaging K-12 Students in Global Inquiry through Fiction and Nonfiction Literature (6 hours, 9am – 4pm) Presenters include: Kathy G. Short, Richard Clift, Ke Huang, Mi-Kyoung...
The first LaTeS event took place on March 8, 2014, on the University of Arizona campus in the Integrated Learning Center (ILC) room 119, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A certificate for 7 hours of Continuing Education was offered. Speakers in 2014 were: Carmen King de Ramírez,...
Author: Merica McNeil Want to talk about culture with your students, but not sure how to break the ice? As a starting point, it can be helpful to find out about their ideas regarding culture and the basis for these ideas. For example, what experiences have they had...
Author: Justin Parry We at CERCLL had something to celebrate this September 11: Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education and Acting Assistant Secretary of Education, and Dr. Sharon Lee Miller, Director of the Division of Academic...
Author: Justin Parry The US Department of Education’s annual back-to-school bus tour is underway! This week-long bus tour has the theme of “Strong Start, Bright Future”, and takes place in the US Southwest states of New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and California. You can...
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence Beatrice Dupuy & Linda Waugh (Eds.) Description: These Proceedings consist of fourteen papers from among presentations made at the 2012 conference, the...
Language at Play: Digital games in second and foreign language teaching and learning Julie Sykes and Jonathan Reinhardt ISBN 10: 0-205-00085-1 US $33.33 157 pp. Pearson New York, US Purchase it from Pearson or Amazon For more information you can read : Thorne, S. L.,...
Author: Justin Parry Do you feel like exploring some online language tools over the summer to practice your own language skills, or want some ideas for the future? Here are five more tools, as a continuation of the first part of ten online tools for language learning:...
Author: Justin Parrry There are numerous online tools that can be used in language learning and in second language (L2) classrooms; in fact, it is a focus of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) to find and adapt such tools. From among these many choices, the...
Author: Justin Parry Within the sphere of foreign language teaching in the United States, there are many heritage language learners. The term ‘heritage language learner’ is difficult to define in second language acquisition (SLA). Here is one definition, from The...
Third International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence Intercultural Competence and Foreign/Second Language Immersive Environments Conference Program About the Conference Intercultural competence is [the ability] “to see...
May 29-30, 2012 Speaking of Grants: Funding Possibilities for Language Educators Presenter: Dr. Susan Penfield (CERCLL, University of Arizona) Download the presentation slides and other materials from Day 1 and Day 2 of this workshop This workshop focused specifically...
Author: Sasha Kuchuk Did you miss your chance to attend The Third International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence this January? Or would like to revisit some of the presentations? CERCLL has made available the videos of the...
Author: Sasha Kuchuk CERCLL’s biennial International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence is an excellent opportunity not only to catch up with the recent developments in the field and to learn from experts and peers, but also to...
Author: C. Bothelo “I feel very strongly that the ideal shouldn’t be mastery of another language, because that’s an unachievable goal and holding it up as the aim just makes students feel hopeless… We should emphasise the pleasures of languages, rather than the need...
Author: C. Botelho For those teaching in a non-language discipline, is it possible to incorporate second language acquisition/pedagogy into the cirriculum? According to Dr. Julian Hermida, the answer is “yes.” Dr. Hermida argues that just as writing across the...
Author: K. Peckenpaugh A recent article from the Chronicle of Higher Education (“Business Schools Worldwide Fall Short on Globalization, Report Says”) notes the results of a three-year study on globalization undertaken by an international task force of business school...
Author: C. Botelho The United States does not have an official language, although 31 states have adopted English as an official state language. In Puerto Rico, Spanish and English are both official languages, with Spanish being the dominant language and English being...
Author: C.Botelho Do you have a great idea for a project, but aren’t sure how to get started…or how to pay for it? Given ongoing cuts to education on the state and national levels, educators may find it necessary (or even be required) to actively seek “outside”...
Project Directors: Jonathon Reinhardt (University of Arizona) and Julie Sykes (University of New Mexico) Digital games are socio-cultural practices and products, and gaming has become a mainstream, global cultural force. Applied linguists and FL educators have noted...
