LRC (National Foreign Language Resource Centers) - Free Resources 2013

Language Resource Centers

Free Resources from the LRCs

Meg Malone, CAL, NCLRC

Carl Blyth, COERLL

Joy Campbell, CLEAR

Elaine Tarone, CARLA

What are LRCs?

The Language Resource Centers were established through US Dept. of Education Title VI funding in 1990 Currently 15 LRCs

LRCs are mandated to “improve the capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively” in the US

Locations of the LRCs

Current LRCs 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 Language Education and Research (CLEAR)

Michigan State University

Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL)

University of Texas at Austin

Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC)

San Diego State University

Current LRCs National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC)

George Washington University, Center for Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University

National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC)

University of Hawai‘i

National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC)

University of California, Los Angeles

----------------------------------------------------------------•National Middle East Language Resource Center NMELRC)

– Brigham Young University•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•Slavic and Eurasian Language Resource Center (SEELRC)

− Duke University

Specific languagesand geographic areas

Specific LRC ActivitiesResearch 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

Specific LRC Activities (cont.)

Professional development training for teachers on diverse topics, including:Administration and interpretation of performance testsUse of effective teaching strategies Use of new technologies

Intensive summer language institutes of several kinds, including:Training of advanced foreign language studentsPreservice and inservice language training for teachers

Common LRC Website

It’s easy to search!

Links to each LRC

Database of materials and products from all LRCs

Searchable calendarUpcoming workshops and institutesConferences, symposia

http://www.nflrc.org

Common LRC Brochure

Download a copy 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

Free Resources List

Teacher Guides & Tools

Journals, Newsletters, Blogs

Resources Directories, Databases, Bibliographies & Webinars

Language Materials for K-12

Materials for Teaching Specific Languages

Materials Series for Specific Languages

Other Resources

Meet us on the Social Networks

Teacher Guides & Tools

More than 60 listed alphabetically in your 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 South Asian Language Workshop Materials Task-Based Language Teaching: A Demonstration Video Test Development Workbook and Video Virtual Assessment Center and Virtual Item Bank *

Teacher Guides & Tools

The Essentials of Language Teaching

NCLRC @ George Washington University, Center for Applied Linguistics and Georgetown University

An online guide to essential principles and methods of FL instruction

Teacher Guides & Tools

LARC – San Diego State University

• Social media and language learning portal• Share online resources, tools & activities• Arabic, Chinese, German, Japanese, Persian, Russian

Teacher Guides and Tools

NHLRC – University of California,Los Angeles

• Self-paced online tutorials • For world and heritage

language teachers• Teaching strategies and

language specific issues

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.

Teacher Guides & Tools

Teacher Guides & Tools

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.

Teacher Guides & Tools

RIA tools include:

Audio dropbox

Mashups

Process writing

Podcasting

Character formation

Conversations

Jeopardy-style games

Video repository

Teacher Guides & Tools

NMELRC @ Brigham Young University

A library of resources to assist in the professional development of Arabic language teachers

Teacher Guides & Tools

NALRC @ Indiana University

A map that shows which languages are spoken in different countries

Journals, Newsletters and Blogs

Twenty on your handout, including:

American Council on Immersion Education Newsletter archives

InterCom email service *

The Language Resource monthly e-newsletter

Language Learning and Technology (online peer-reviewed journal) *

Heritage Language Journal (online peer-reviewed journal)

Reading in a Foreign Language (online peer-reviewed journal)

Language Documentation and Conservation (peer-reviewed journal)

South Asian Language Blog

Journals, Newsletters and 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.

Journals, Newsletters & Blogs

Journals, Newsletters & Blogs

• Language Learning and Technology

• CLEAR @ Michigan State University & NFLRC @ University of Hawai’i

• Online peer-reviewed journal

Journals, Newsletters & Blogs

Journals, Newsletters & Blogs

Reading in a Foreign Language

•NFLRC @Hawaii

Journals, Newsletters and Blogs

SEELRC – Duke

Directories of Resources, Databases, Bibliographies and Webinars

Over 30 in your handout, including 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

Directories, Databases, Bibliographies, Webinars

Foreign Language Assessment Directory

NCLRC @ George Washington University, Center for Applied Linguistics and Georgetown University

Free, searchable database with information on more than 200 assessments in over 90 languages other than English. Also has tutorial.

Directories, Databases, Bioliographies, 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 and financial aid for study abroad.

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”

K-12 Language Teaching Materials

MOSAIC

Content-Based: Spanish, French, Japanese

Geography and Historycreated by language specialists and content specialists (HS & Coll)

CASLS – University of Oregon

MOSAIC (cont.)

Content-based Language Teaching with Technology (CoBaLTT) for K-12

20 lesson plans & 17 units for Spanish10 lesson plans & 9 units for French4 lesson plans & 2 units for GermanSearchable database

+ instructional modules on content-based instruction

CARLA – University of Minnesota

Language and Culture Book Kits

• Language and culture kits for K-12 classrooms

• Resources & web links• Downloadable maps • Arabic, Chinese,

Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian Spanish

• CERCLL – University of Arizona

Chinese Out of the Box

NEALRC: Nat’l East Asian LRC

Instructional kit to develop Mandarin skills forchildren age 5-10 years old

Language Teaching Materials-Specific Languages for Adults

More than 170 sets of materials to teach languages from Albanian to Yoruba:Arabic language instructional videosCAVO: A computer adaptive vocabulary assessment

for ChineseThe Green German ProjectHausa Online Indonesian for Indonesian Heritage Speakers Jan Ken Pon: a curriculum for the Japanese K-5

classroomPersian OnlineRussian Language and Culture Through FilmSpanish Grammar Strategies Website Yoruba Ye Mi

Arabic

Aswaat Arabiyya

“Arabic Voices”

Listening materials and accompanying activities

TV sources from many countries

Novice to Superior levels

COERLL – University of Texas at Austin

Elementary Business Chinese

• Free downloadable CD ofinteractive activities for beginning learners of Chinese• Multimedia elements: sound,photographs, text • Record & play back

CLEAR – Michigan State University

French

Les conversations mises à jour

Collection of conversations

Intermediate/advanced learners

With pedagogical suggestions

COERLL – U Texas - Austin

Korean

• Free downloadable beginning Korean• Includes video and simulated class

NEALRC – Ohio State University

Korean

Korean GrammarKorean Culture and MediaKorean HolidaysKorean Wave

17 units download

CALPER – Penn State

Japanese

Junko Mori, Project Director

CALPER – Penn StateONLINE

Portuguese

Free Online

• Video scenarios• Ta falado

pronunciation

COERLL – University of Texas at Austin

Russian

Online webcasts

NCLRC

Spanish

Las Voces de la Mujeres

Video material

20 women each from Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, and the Dominican Republic

for intermediate/advanced

NFLRC – U Hawaii

Spanish Los Desaparecidos

Website

Interviews and related literature from Argentina’s “The Disappeared”

LARC – San Diego State University

Materials Series

• 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.

Materials for Specific Languages

All this and more…

http://www.nflrc.org

is just a click away at the Common LRC Website: