Publications
Virtual Field Experiences in the WELL project
The Worlds of Experience: Immersive International Virtual Field Experiences with Language Teachers project is a Professional Development initiative that has guided educators across the US to create Virtual Field Experiences (VFEs) for their classrooms, bringing...
Learning Hindi Online through Current Social Issues
Currently under development, this project has created resources that offer authentic materials to examine contemporary social issues in India, touching upon linguistic provisions, cultural diversity and more. The materials are being developed by Dr. Jieun Ryu...
Teaching Chinese in US K-12 Schools
An open website was created by Project Leaders Wenhao Diao (University of Arizona), Yang Xiao-Desai (San Francisco State University), and Yi Xu (University of Pittsburgh), to respond to the dearth of research focusing on FL education in K-12 contexts (Urlaub &...
Resources for K-8 Educators
University of Arizona Regents Professor Kathy G. Short works with K-8 educators to internationalize their curriculum, with the Worlds of Words Center of Global Literacies and Literatures (WOW). Her various CERCLL projects began with the creation of CERCLL in 2006, and...
Tasks for Linguistic Complexity in Arabic
A new website has been created for a CERCLL project by Mahmoud Azaz (University of Arizona). These resources are intended for Arabic instructors at the K-12 and college levels, who are teaching Intermediate language classes. The project was co-sponsored by the Center...
Free Guide for Creating Intercultural Curriculum
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...
The Gender-Just Language Education Project
This set of open resources was created by Dr. Kris Aric Knisely (University of Arizona) to support language educators in engaging with trans knowledges and proactively planning for gender justice. It guides these educators in teaching gender-inclusive and non-binary...
Multiliteracies at the Museum: A Resource Book for Language Teachers
An open educational resource created by Chantelle Warner (University of Arizona) & Richmond Embeywa (now Emory University) published by CERCLL, published in summer 2022). The guide for teachers includes an introductory section on how museum-based pedagogies can...
Socioscientific Resources for LCTLs Classrooms
This set of resources includes an archive of contemporary Socioscientific Issues (SSI) as they manifest in Korean media and discourses, and a manual and webinar that train educators in their use. The materials were developed, piloted and refined by a group of...
Strategies for Machine Translation in the Language Classroom
Translating Google Translate: Instructional Strategies for Machine Translation in the Language Classroom A site dedicated to research-based pedagogical approaches to machine translation in language teaching and learning. By Emily Hellmich and Kimberly Vinall...