1. ACTFL  San Antonio, TX  November 21, 2014 Meg Malone, AERLC Carl Blyth, COERLL Joy Campbell, CLEAR Elaine Tarone, CARLA Free Standards-Based Teaching Resources from the LRCs

2. What are the LRCs? The Language Resource Centers were established through US Dept. of Education Title VI funding in 1990 Currently 16 LRCs 2014-18 funding cycle has just begun LRCs are mandated to “improve the capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively” in the US

3. Where are the LRCs?

4. Current LRCs Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center (AELRC) Georgetown University/Center for Applied Linguistics Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) The Pennsylvania State University Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CARLA) University of Minnesota Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) University of Oregon Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy (CERCLL) University of Arizona Center for Integrated Language Communities (CILC) City University of New York – CUNY (continued)

5. Current LRCs Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) Michigan State University Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL) University of Texas at Austin Center for Urban Language Teaching and Research (CULTR) Georgia State University National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) University of Hawai‘i National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC) University of California, Los Angeles (continued)

6. Current LRCs: Regional Foci Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) Indiana University National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) Indiana University National East Asian Languages Resource Center (NEALRC) The Ohio State University National Resource Center for Asian Languages (NRCAL) California State University – Fullerton Slavic and Eurasian Language Resource Center (SEELRC) Duke University

7. Specific LRC Activities Research on new and improved teaching methods, including the use of advanced educational technology Development of new teaching materials reflecting the use of such research in effective teaching strategies, including: Significant focus on the less commonly taught languages and the publication of instructional materials in the LCTLs Development of materials for foreign language teachers at the elementary and secondary school levels Development and application of performance testing for use as a standard and comparable measurement of skill levels in all languages (continued)

8. Specific LRC Activities Professional development training for teachers on diverse topics, including: Administration and interpretation of performance tests Use of effective teaching strategies Use of new technologies Intensive summer language institutes of several kinds

9. Free Resources List Teacher Guides & Tools Journals, Newsletters & Blogs Directories of Resources, Databases, Bibliographies & Webinars Language Materials for K-12 Language Materials for Adults Materials Series for Specific Languages Other Resources

10. Teacher Guides & Tools More than 60 listed in online handout, including: Alphabet Charts for Central Asian Languages Celebrating the World’s Languages: A Guide to Creating a World Languages Day Event Content-based Language Instruction with Technology (CoBaLTT) Corpus Portal Culture Café and Language Lounge Elementary Immersion Learning Strategies Resource Guide The Essentials of Language Teaching LCTL Instructional Resources PEP (Proficiency, Efficiency, Planning) Tool Portfolio Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom Proficiency-Oriented Instruction: A Handbook for Teachers Rich Internet Applications Sailing the 5 Cs with Learning Strategies Task-Based Language Teaching: A Demonstration Video Test Development Workbook and Video Virtual Assessment Center and Virtual Item Bank

11. Teacher Guides & Tools Teaching Heritage Languages: An Online Workshop Self-paced online tutorials For world and heritage language teachers Teaching strategies and language specific issues NHLRC – University of California, Los Angeles

12. Teacher Guides & Tools Virtual Assessment Center CARLA – University of Minnesota An interactive website that provides teachers with background information, step-by- step guidance and lots of practical resources on developing second language assessments

13. Teacher Guides & Tools

14. Rich Internet Applications CLEAR – Michigan State University RIAs are a suite of online tools that allow teachers to easily create different kinds of interactive language learning activities.

15. Teacher Guides & Tools RIA tools include: Audio dropbox Mashups Process writing Podcasting Character formation Conversations Jeopardy-style games Video repository

16. Journals, Newsletters & Blogs Twenty on online handout, including: American Council on Immersion Education Newsletter archives InterCom email service The Language Resource monthly e-newsletter Language Learning & Technology (online peer-reviewed journal) Heritage Language Journal (online peer-reviewed journal) Reading in a Foreign Language (online peer-reviewed journal) Language Documentation & Conservation (peer-reviewed journal) South Asian Language Blog

17. Journals, Newsletters & Blogs InterCom CASLS – University of Oregon Weekly email service tailored to each subscriber’s language, level of instruction, and areas of interest. Includes an archive of over 5,000 articles

18. Journals, Newsletters & Blogs

19. Language Learning & Technology CLEAR - Michigan State University & NFLRC - University of Hawai’i Online peer- reviewed journal

20. Journals, Newsletters & Blogs

21. Reading in a Foreign Language NFLRC - University of Hawai’i

22. Directories of Resources, Databases, Bibliographies & Webinars Search our website to find these and others! Advanced Language Proficiency Database A Focus on SpinTX – Open Video Archive for Language Learning African Language Program Inventory List Foreign Language Assessment Directory and Tutorial * Human Rights in Latin America Research Resources LCTL Database * Orient Yourself: Online Catalog of Study Abroad Opportunities in East Asia * Performance and Portfolio Assessment: Extended Annotated Bibliography

23. Directories of Resources, Databases, Bibliographies & Webinars Foreign Language Assessment Directory AELRC - Georgetown University and CAL Free, searchable database with information on more than 200 assessments in over 90 languages other than English; also has tutorial.

24. Directories of Resources, Databases, Bibliographies & Webinars Orient Yourself: Catalog of Study Abroad Opportunities in East Asia NEALRC - Ohio State University For American students to get information on: East Asian American institutes that offer study abroad programs in East Asia Scholarships/financial aid for study abroad

25. Language Materials for K-12 A National Virtual Language Learning Lab (ANVILL) Business Language Packets for High School Classrooms (French, German, Spanish) MOSAIC Content-based lessons tied to national standards (French, Spanish and Japanese) Language and Culture Book Kits Video and Website for“Chinese Out of the Box”

26. MOSAIC CASLS – University of Oregon Content-Based: Spanish, French, Japanese Geography and History Created by language specialists and content specialists (HS & Coll) Language Materials for K-12

28. Content-based Language Teaching with Technology (CoBaLTT) CARLA – University of Minnesota 20 lesson plans & 17 units for Spanish 10 lesson plans & 9 units for French 4 lesson plans & 2 units for German Searchable database Instructional modules on content-based instruction

29. Language Materials for K-12 Language and Culture Kits CERCLL – University of Arizona Resources & web links Downloadable maps Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

30. Language Materials for Adults More than 170 sets of materials to teach languages from Albanian to Yoruba: Arabic language instructional videos CAVO: A computer adaptive vocabulary assessment for Chinese The Green German Project Hausa Online Indonesian for Indonesian Heritage Speakers Jan Ken Pon: a curriculum for the Japanese K-5 classroom Persian Online Russian Language and Culture Through Film Spanish Grammar Strategies Website Yoruba Ye Mi

31. Language Materials for Adults Pathway to Korean: Beginning Spoken Korean from Zero NEALRC- Ohio State University Free downloadable beginning Korean Includes video and simulated class

32. Language Materials for Adults Aswaat Arabiyya / Arabic Voices COERLL – University of Texas at Austin Listening materials and accompanying activities TV sources from many countries Novice to Superior levels

33. Language Materials for Adults Brazilpod COERLL – University of Texas at Austin Free Online Video scenarios Ta falado pronunciation

34. Language Materials for Adults CALPER – Penn State Korean Grammar Korean Culture and Media Korean Holidays Korean Wave 17 units can be downloaded

35. Language Materials for Adults Las Voces de la Mujeres NFLRC – University of Hawai’i Video material 20 women each from Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, and the Dominican Republic For intermediate/advanced

36. Materials Series for Specific Languages Multimedia Interactive Modules for Education and Assessment (MIMEA) CLEAR - Michigan State University Modules based on video clips showing native speakers and NNS interacting in unscripted situations. Interactive exercises reinforce language and cultural topics that spring from the scenarios.

37. Materials Series for Specific Languages

38. Find out More! The Language Resource Centers have a robust Web and social media presence: Common LRC website Individual LRC websites Facebook Twitter

39. Common LRC Brochure New version coming in 2015! Download from LRC website Overview of each LRC Highlights of projects across LRCs in each focus area: Research Teaching and Learning Materials Assessment Teacher Development LCTL Initiatives K-12 Initiatives Outreach and Dissemination

40. Common LRC Website

41. Easy to Search! Links to each LRC Database of materials and products from all LRCs Searchable calendar Upcoming workshops and institutes Conferences, symposia http://www.nflrc.org

42. Functionality Demonstration of using the site to search for resources!

43. Come and See Us! Come to the Exhibit Hall to learn more and see our resources first hand! LRC Pavilion in Exhibit Hall Booths 9068-9076 AELRC – Meg Malone COERLL – Carl Blyth CLEAR – Joy Campbell CARLA – Elaine Tarone