CMC: Computer-mediated Communication	In this podcast, Steve Thorne and Scott Payne discuss the pedagogy for the use of computer-mediated communication tools in the foreign language classroom.
Dynamic Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom	This two-part podcast features an interview with James Lantolf and Matthew Poehner, co-directors of CALPER's Dynamic Assessment project, and authors of CALPER's "Dynamic Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom: A Teacher's Guide" (more information about this publication). (2 parts)
Blogs in the FL Classroom	Revisiting the theme of computer-mediated communication, Steve Thorne, co-director of CALPER's Technologies for Advanced Foreign Language Proficiency project, interviews Danna Webber, a high school Spanish teacher who has been using CALPER's blogs in her classes for several years, about her strategies, ideas and pedagogical principles in using blogs in several sections of AP Spanish. (2 parts)
Corpora and their use in Language Teaching	An interview with Michael McCarthy, co-director of CALPER's Learner Corpora project, and author of among other works: Language as Discourse: Perspectives for Language Teaching (Longman), English Vocabulary in Use (Cambridge), Issues in Applied Linguistics (Cambridge), the new coursebook Touchstone (Cambridge) and in 2007 From Corpus to Classroom (Cambridge). The interview was conducted in Spring 2007 by Carolina Amador, CALPER Research Associate.
Corpora and their use with Languages Other than English	A conversation between Carolina Amador, CALPER Research Associate and Michael McCarthy, co-director of CALPER's Learner Corpora project, and author of among other works: Language as Discourse: Perspectives for Language Teaching (Longman), English Vocabulary in Use (Cambridge), Issues in Applied Linguistics (Cambridge), the new coursebook Touchstone (Cambridge) and in 2007 From Corpus to Classroom (Cambridge). The conversation examines issues in the use of corpora with non-English languages.

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