Foreign Language Resource Centers

	LANGUAGE	MATERIAL
Downloadable File	German Intermediate Advanced	Computer-mediated Learner Corpus Research and the Data-driven Teaching of L2 Pragmatic Competence CALPER Working Paper No. 4 The authors report on a three-week pedagogical intervention for the teaching of German modal particles, which draws on the methodologies of contrastive learner corpus analysis and data-driven learning. The interventio .. (more)
Downloadable File	-Applicable to any language-	Internet-mediated Text and Multi-modal Expression in Foreign Language Education CALPER Working Paper No. 5 This paper provides a critical review of current trends in the use of technology in second and foreign language education. It also presents a preview that enumerates a number of nascent or near-future possibilities in .. (more)
Downloadable File	-Applicable to any language-	Internet-mediated Intercultural Foreign Language Education: Approaches, Pedagogy, and Research CALPER Working Paper No. 6 This working paper focuses on the use of Internet information and communication tools to support intercultural dialogue, debate, collaborative research, and less structured social interaction between (typically) inter .. (more)
Downloadable File	-Applicable to any language-	New Technologies and Additional Language Learning CALPER Working Paper No. 7 This working paper is a review essay in which the author discusses a number of contexts and uses of technologies, generally Internet communication technologies, as they have been and are being used in second and forei .. (more)
Downloadable File	-Applicable to any language-	New Media Literacies, Online Gaming, and Language Education CALPER Working Paper No. 8 This paper describes second and foreign language uses of Internet communication tools, web environments, and online gaming, and critically reviews existing research and emerging technologies representing diverse pedag .. (more)
Downloadable File	-Applicable to any language-	Language Proficiency or Symbolic Capability: A Dialectical Perspective CALPER Working Paper No. 9 A short position paper that argues for a dialectical perspective on language proficiency. .. (more)
Downloadable File	-Applicable to any language-	Dynamic Assessment and the Problem of Validity in the L2 Classroom CALPER Working Paper No. 10 This paper begins with the premise that classroom-based assessment often carries high stakes for teachers and learners but that the important matter of validating these assessments has not been fully addressed in the .. (more)
Website	-Applicable to any language- Beginning Intermediate Advanced	Project Work in FL Education CALPER's Project Work Web space has been created for teachers who are interested in exploring ways of working with projects in intermediate and advanced language courses. It contains background information, suggestions of how to plan projects, storie .. (more)
Website	-Applicable to any language-	Using Authentic "Real Language" in Teaching and Learning This online tutorial guides you step-by-step through the basics of collecting and analyzing 'real' language. .. (more)
CD-ROM	Arabic Korean Russian -Applicable to any language-	Understanding Teachers of Heritage and Domestic Language Learners Understanding Teachers of Heritage and Domestic Language Learners combines case-based learning with multimedia technology. It is organized around five conceptual strands: Teachers as Learners of Languages Beliefs about Language Learning .. (more)