Foreign Language Resource Centers

	LANGUAGE	MATERIAL
Hard Copy	Chinese Beginning Intermediate Advanced	CLASS Professional Standards for K-12 Chinese Language Teachers CLASS Professional Standards is a resource for Chinese teachers, foreign language specialists, school administrators, parents, and policy makers who recognize the importance of Chinese cultures taught by professional teachers of Chinese. The release .. (more)
Interactive Website	-Applicable to any language-	QuizBreak! QuizBreak! is a highly flexible program that allows teachers to create fun, Jeopardy©-like games for the language classroom. QuizBreak! allows you to: * Write clues in any script (left-to-right, right-to-left, and non-Roman scripts will all wo .. (more)
DVD	-Applicable to any language- Beginning Intermediate Advanced	Dynamic Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom: A Teacher's Guide This guide is designed to familiarize teachers with an innovative pedagogical approach known as "Dynamic Assessment". DA, which brings instruction and assessment together into a seamless and unified process, is based on the premise that a full pictur .. (more)
Downloadable File	-Applicable to any language- Beginning Intermediate Advanced	Dynamic Assessment of L2 Development CALPER Working Paper No. 1 The present paper outlines a theoretical framework for a research program on Dynamic Assessment (henceforth, DA) within in the fields of L2 research, pedagogy and language testing. To achieve this, we will first discu .. (more)
Downloadable File	-Applicable to any language- Beginning Intermediate Advanced	Dynamic Assessment in the Language Classroom CALPER Professional Development Document - 8pp. In very clear language, the authors provide a basic account of Dynamic Assessment (DA) and trace its origins to Vygotsky's theory of development. They explain the concepts of mediation and Zone of P .. (more)
Hard Copy	Spanish Portuguese	Toward useful program evaluation in college foreign language education This volume reports on innovative, useful evaluation work conducted within U.S. college foreign language programs. An introductory chapter scopes out the territory, reporting key findings from research into the concerns, impetuses, and uses for evalu .. (more)
Website	-Applicable to any language-	Assessment Focus on Our Alumni and Assessment at the Teacher Level Focus on K-12 Foreign Language Assessment at the Classroom and District Level Focus on K-12 System Assessment Focus on K-12 Foreign Language Assessment at the National Level Elementary Forei .. (more)
Website	-Applicable to any language-	New Visions Task Force: Curriculum, Instruction, Articulation and Assessment (CIAA) CIAA Task Force Goals CIAA Action on the State Level CIAA Work Group: Curriculum CIAA Work Group: Assessment CIAA Work Group: Articulation CIAA Work Group: Program Models Become involved! Staying on Top with Technology Quotes to Ponder Mem .. (more)
	-Applicable to any language-	Resources for Student Learning: Finding, Evaluating, and Using Culturally Authentic Materials - Part II Using Culturally Authentic Materials * How can I use research-based strategies and culturally authentic resources to help students develop communicative and intercultural competence? * What do I do with the culturally authentic materials I find? * .. (more)
	-Applicable to any language-	Differentiated Instruction: Designing More Access and Support for Successful World Language Learning * Why differentiate instruction * What is differentiated instruction? * How does a teacher effectively respond to the diverse needs of the learner? * How do teachers vary instruction and assessment in order to be responsive to the needs of all stu .. (more)