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CALPER | Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education & Research

December 2009

CALPER at ACTFL 2009 in San Diego

Again this year, CALPER participated in the annual ACTFL Convention. Our faculty gave a number of presentations and we also exhibited our teaching and professional development materials. It was nice to see many of our colleagues again.

Most of the materials we brought are freely downloadable from our site, so if you did not get your copy of a particular working paper etc. go to our Publications page and download them from there.

New Publication

Understanding Teachers of Heritage and Domestic Language Learners by Karen E. Johnson and Joan Kelly Hall is the 2nd multimedia resource in the LCTL Teacher Preparation series. We published the CD a few weeks ago and it is now available from our web site. Publication Information

A demonstration version is also available on our site at http://calper.la.psu.edu/heritage_preview2/index.html

Language Advocacy Resource Site. CALPER compiled information that helps teachers to prepare for advocating world language programs. On the site you will find links to advocacy pages by national and state foreign language organizations, information on promotional materials and brochures, links to articles and innnovative advocacy programs. Visit our site at http://calper.la.psu.edu/languageadvocacy.php. We also invite you to share other advocacy pages with us for potential inclusion on our CALPER site. Please contact calper@psu.edu and share a link.

CALPER 2010 Summer Workshops - Save the Dates!

Next summer we will be offering ten workshops for language educators here at University Park campus.

Language Focused Tasks for Communicative and Content-based Classrooms by Teresa Pica, University of Pennsylvania

Making the Most of a Corpus by Mike McCarthy, University of Nottingham and CALPER

Meeting the Challenges of Teaching Heritage and Domestic Language Learners by Karen Johnson, Penn State

Developing Content-based Thematic Units to Enhance Curricula by Heather Hendry, University of Pittsburgh

Tracking Language Development with Learner Corpora by Xiaofei Lu, Penn State

Language and Culture by Jim Lantolf, Penn State

Assessment for Learning in the L2 Classroom by Matt Poehner, Penn State

Grammar Meaning a Grammar of Meanings: Teaching Concepts in the FL Classroom by Eduardo Negueruela, University of Miami

Discourse Analysis and L2 Teaching by Susan Strauss, Penn State

Using E-Portfolios in Language Teaching by Meredith Doran and Glenn Johnson, Penn State

Each workshop will meet for 9 hrs over three mornings or three afternoons. ACT 48 clock hours are available for Pennsylvania teachers. More information on the schedule and registration is available on our site. Registration opens February 1, 2010. Campus housing information will also be posted February 1, 2010. Prefer a hotel? Information already available on our site.

The link to our workshops main page is http://calper.la.psu.edu/profdev.php?page=workshops

CALPER on Twitter. We have joined the world of communicating through social networks. While we are not yet on Facebook, if you like "tweets" follow us on Twitter. Here is the link http://twitter.com/calperpa

With the Holiday season upon us, we wish all of our colleagues "Happy Holidays" and

a splendid new start into 2010!

Have a restful break

from all of us at CALPER

Gabriela Appel

Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research
The Pennsylvania State University | 5 Sparks Building | University Park, PA 16802-5203
Email: calper@psu.edu | Phone: 814-863-1212 | Website: http://calper.la.psu.edu

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