The Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at the Pennsylvania State University is one of fifteen Title VI Language Resource Centers (LRCs) in the United States which are funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
CALPER's particular focus is to improve the environment of advanced-level foreign language teaching and learning, and assessment.
Important Announcement - Office Phone
Our office space is being renovated and remodeling has taken longer than expected. Currently, our phone service is unreliable for our main office number (814) 863-1212. For the week of May 13-20, 2012: If you have a question about our summer workshops, please email Gabi Appel at gxa9@psu.edu and we will get back to you promptly. Phone services should be fully restored after May 21, 2012.Summer Workshops
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CALPER will offer four workshops for language educators this summer. 1. Language e-Portfolios 2. Language Socialization and Study Abroad 3. Discourse Analysis and L2 Teaching and Materials Development 4. Dynamic Assessment Take a look at this summer's workshops. |
Featured Publication
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Social and Interactive Perspectives on Japanese Language Proficiency NEW by Junko Mori, University of Wisconsin-Madison Through guided observations of video-recorded interactions among speakers of Japanese, this monograph encourages the reader/viewer to reflect on underlying assumptions concerning language, language learning, and language learners, which affect the design of language textbooks and classroom practices. Go to Teacher Development Publications. |
Webinars
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The last LARC/CALPER Assessment Webinar for this academic year was held on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Professor Glenn Fulcher presented on "Assessing Speaking". Glenn Fulcher is Professor of Education and Language Assessment in the School of Education at the University of Leicester in the UK. View LARC's Webinar Page for the archived recording. |
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