Add yourself to the CARLA mailing list Can't see the graphics? View this on the web.
| ||||||||
|
Winter 2022 
|
||||||||
| |
||||||||
ONLINE INSTITUTES—
|
ONLINE INSTITUTES— |
FACE-TO-FACE INSTITUTES |
|---|---|---|
|
Transforming the Teaching of Implementing Reflective Practices and Portfolios Using the Web for Communicative Language Learning Teaching Linguistic Politeness Culture as the Core |
Integrating Career Readiness Integrating Peacebuilding Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development Creativity in the Language Classroom Building on Effective Uses Teaching for Proficiency |
Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Education Assessing Language Learners' Communication Skills via Communicative Performance Tasks Foreign Language Literacies: Secondary Dual Language and Immersion: Achieving the Promise of Continuation Programs Teaching Language Through the Lens of Social Justice |
Information and Registration
- Learn more about each institute on the CARLA Summer Institute website.
- Find details on registration. Early registration is advised.
The summer institutes are co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development and College of Liberal Arts. Many institutes are offered for graduate-level credit for an additional cost.
CARLA Workshops for Teachers: Winter/Spring 2022
Each semester, CARLA offers a series of workshops designed especially for language teachers. CARLA workshops fill quickly, so register soon!
Fostering Interpretive Communication with Online Tools
Saturday, February 12, 2022
9:00a.m.–12:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Online via Zoom
Cost: $30 Register online with a credit card!
This interactive workshop is designed to help language educators create and implement web-based activities that will help their learners develop their interpretive communication skills. After discussing some key aspects of interpretive reading and listening, as well as general strategies to select the right texts, the presenter will focus on technology-enhanced ideas for every phase of an interpretive lesson: before, during, and after engaging with the text. Examples of activities for novice, intermediate, and advanced learners will be provided.
Instructor:
Florencia Henshaw, Director of Advanced Spanish, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Integrating Social Justice Instruction and Proficiency Development in the Advanced-Level Language Classroom
Saturday, March 26, 2022
9:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Online via Zoom
Cost: $30 Register online with a credit card!
How can we focus in our classrooms on teaching for social justice and on proficiency development at the same time? In this interactive workshop, participants will deepen their understanding of the compatibility of social justice and proficiency-oriented approaches to foreign language teaching. After reviewing examples developed by the presenter, participants will practice adapting course units to align with both approaches simultaneously. They will also explore assessments and activities that support students’ growth as language users and as engaged members of their local and global communities.
The ACTFL proficiency guidelines, “5 Cs” of the World Readiness Standards, and principles of backward design will provide a framework for the workshop. Examples presented will be in Arabic, but teachers of all languages are invited to attend.
Instructor
Katrien Vanpee, Director of Arabic Language Instruction, University of Minnesota
Additional Information
- Find detailed information about CARLA's Workshops for Teachers.
MWALLT Virtual Conference
Saturday, February 5, 2022
8:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m. (Central Time)
The Midwest Association for Language Learning Technology (MWALLT) will hold its 2022 virtual conference on Saturday, February 5th. Presentations will be delivered entirely via Zoom from one of four hosting institutions (Kansas State University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, Northwestern University).
Conference sessions relate to the teaching of languages and cultures through the integration of technology, with a focus on practice rather than on research. The goal is to provide practical information about emerging technologies and approaches that can be easily implemented in the language classroom.
The conference features two session types:
- 15-minute presentations that share favorite online activities/tech tips
- 30-minute exploration of tools, tips, or strategies that include examples and student feedback
Information and Registration
- See a list of all the sessions on the conference program.
- Register for the conference on the MWALTT website.
Language Program Direction
CARLA’s Language Program Direction project is focused on developing resources to equip new and aspiring postsecondary language program directors (LPDs) with the knowledge and skills necessary to support their daily work. The job of the LPD typically requires a wide range of knowledge and skills related to curriculum design, assessment, program evaluation, materials development, teacher supervision and professionalization, scheduling, and troubleshooting. Many LPDs are also active scholars and serve as mentors to graduate students.
Language Program Direction Interactive Modules
To support the complex work of LPDs, a team of experts is creating a series of seven interactive professional development modules, each addressing a different topic related to directing lower-level language programs in postsecondary language departments:
- Module 1: Understanding the Roles and Work of Language Program Directors
- Module 2: Conceptualizing and Creating the Syllabus
- Module 3: Program Evaluation and Improvement—Coming Soon!
- Module 4: The Methods Course and Ongoing Teacher Professional Development
- Module 5: Preparing to Teach Beyond the Lower-Level Curriculum
- Module 6: Open Educational Resources in Language Program Direction
- Module 7: The Language Program Director as Scholar—New!
Modules 1, 2, and 7 are available online. Module 3 is expected to be posted soon; other modules will be posted throughout 2022.
Additional Information
- Find detailed information about the Language Program Direction project on CARLA's Language Program Direction webpage.
Foreign Language Literacies Resources
CARLA's Foreign Language Literacies project provides resources for secondary and postsecondary educators seeking to apply multiliteracies pedagogy and engage students with target language texts. Links to online target language text resources are included for Arabic, Chinese, Classics, French, German, Hindi, Indigenous Languages, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Teachers of any language are invited to suggest target language texts to add to the repository.
The project's bibliography was recently updated to include literacies scholarship published in the past two years in the following thematic areas: general resources; curriculum and instruction; student learning outcomes, perspectives, and experiences; and teacher understandings and applications of multiliteracies pedagogy.
Additional Information
- Find detailed information about the project on CARLA’s Foreign Language Literacies webpage.
- Check out the CARLA Summer Institute Foreign Language Literacies: Using Target Language Texts to Improve Communication to be held in person on the University of Minnesota campus from July 18–22, 2022.
CARLA Presentations: Winter/Spring 2022
Each semester, CARLA offers a series of presentations on research taking place at the University of Minnesota along with invited presentations on topics that are of vital importance in the field. Click on the titles to learn more and to sign up to attend any or all of the free online presentations listed below:
Teaching Roundtable: Ideas Inspired by the CARLA Summer Institutes
Wednesday, January 26, 202212:20 p.m.–1:10 p.m. (Central Time)
Presenters: Rachel Dodson, Daniel Haataja, Ashlie Henery, Alex Korte, and Leiry K. Warren
Developing Primary Foreign Language Teachers’ Literacy Skills: A Transnational Project in Poland, Slovenia, and Spain
Wednesday, February 9, 202212:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Presenter: Katarzyna Brzosko-Barratt
Creating Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers of Less Commonly Taught Languages: Case Study of a Tamil Community School
Wednesday, February 16, 202212:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Presenters: Anuradha Gopalakrishnan and Siva Mariyappan
Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones: Chinese Teachers’ Perspectives and Integration of Social Justice in Teaching
Tuesday, March 1, 202212:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Presenter: Kaishan Kong
Exploring Language Socialization and Language Identity of Migrant Nepali High School Students in the United States
Wednesday, March 16, 202212:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Presenters: Blanca Caldas Chumbes and Mabindra Regmi
The Effects of Guided Strategic Planning on Intermediate and Advanced Spanish Heritage Speakers’ Written Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency
Thursday, March 31, 202212:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Presenter: Vivian H. Franco Díaz
Additional Information
- Find detailed information about each presentation on the CARLA Presentations webpage.
- Check out past presentations on the CARLA Presentation Recordings webpage.
About CARLA
The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota is a research and resource center devoted to improving language teaching and learning.
The CARLA Update is a quarterly electronic newsletter designed to give second language teachers and researchers current information on the programs and projects currently operating under the auspices of CARLA. We encourage you to share this newsletter.
Visit the CARLA website.
Sign up for the CARLA mailing list.
This email was sent by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota,
To stop email communication from CARLA, please e-mail the Center at carla@umn.edu.
© 2022 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved.
The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.