Developing Classroom Materials For Less Commonly Taught Languages

Author : Bill Johnston,Louis Janus
Publisher : University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 0972254560

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Developing Classroom Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages by Bill Johnston,Louis Janus Pdf

This book provides both principles and practical guidelines for Less Commonly Taught Language (LCTL) teachers of all levels and languages to transform raw materials into activities for the language classroom. Grounded in research, the author lays out a series of principles that serve to remind teachers of the possibilities that exist when they consider using authentic materials in the classroom. Each principle in the book is accompanied by numerous practical examples in a wide variety of languages created by the author and by teachers who have participated in a summer institute led by Bill Johnston and Louis Janus at CARLA since 1999.

Author : Öner Özçelik,Amber Kennedy Kent
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781647123574

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Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages by Öner Özçelik,Amber Kennedy Kent Pdf

A step-by-step guide to designing materials for learning world languages, from expert instructional designers Many teachers of less commonly taught languages, or LCTLs, find themselves in the position of needing access to quality language teaching and learning materials where none exist, or where those that do are extremely outdated. Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages is a concise guide for language instructors or anyone with an interest in developing language learning materials. While leading instructors through the development process using the ADDIE model of instructional design (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation), Özçelik and Kent present examples from many different languages, provide reflection questions for readers to consider at the end of each chapter, and give concrete strategies and tips throughout the process. Readers will come away from the book with a more comprehensive understanding of how to develop materials for world language learning in general, and LCTL learning in particular, and a clear roadmap for doing so. Simply written and free of overly complicated jargon or rhetoric, Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages will be an invaluable reference for novice and experienced instructors alike, as well as directors of language programs.

Author : Emily Heidrich Uebel,Angelika Kraemer,Luca Giupponi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781003835363

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Sharing Less Commonly Taught Languages in Higher Education by Emily Heidrich Uebel,Angelika Kraemer,Luca Giupponi Pdf

This edited volume highlights how institutions, programs, and less commonly taught language (LCTL) instructors can collaborate and think across institutional boundaries, bringing together voices representing different approaches to LCTL sharing to highlight affordances and challenges across institutions in this collection of essays. Sharing Less Commonly Taught Languages in Higher Education showcases how innovation and reform can make LCTL programs and courses more attractive to students whose interests and needs might be overlooked in traditional language programs. The volume focuses on how institutions, programs, and LCTL instructors can work together, collaborating and thinking across institutional boundaries to explore innovative solutions for offering a wider range of languages and levels. With challenges including instructor isolation, difficulty in offering advanced courses or sustaining course sequences, and minimal availability of pedagogical materials compared to commonly taught languages to overcome, this collection is a vital resource for language educators and language program administrators.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee to Review the Title VI and Fulbright-Hays International Education Programs
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309104944

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International Education and Foreign Languages by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee to Review the Title VI and Fulbright-Hays International Education Programs Pdf

International Education and Foreign Languages reviews the Department of Education's Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Programs, which provide higher education funding for international education and foreign language programs. This book offers a timely look at issues that are increasingly important in an interconnected world. It discusses the effect of the nation's lack of expertise in foreign languages and cultural knowledge on national security and global competitiveness and it describes the challenges faced by the U.S. educational system and the federal government in trying to address those needs. The book also examines the federal government's recent proposal to create a new National Security Language Initiative, the role of the Department of Education, and current efforts to hold higher education programs accountable. This book provides information and recommendations that can help universities, educators, and policy makers establish a system of foreign language and international education that is ready to respond to new and unanticipated challenges around the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : PSU:000052067020

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Keith Johnson,Merrill Swain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997-07-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521586550

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Immersion Education by Robert Keith Johnson,Merrill Swain Pdf

Within bilingual education, more and more programs are adopting the option of immersion education, in which a second language is used as the medium of instruction. This volume illustrates the implementation immersion education in North America, Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa, showing its use in programs ranging from preprimary to tertiary level and demonstrating how it can function in foreign language teaching, for teaching a minority language to members of the language majority, for reviving or supporting languages at risk of extinction, and for helping learners acquire a language needed for wider communication or career advancement. A final section reviews lessons learned from experiences with immersion and explores new directions the approach is taking. This text will be of interest to teachers, teacher educators, and others involved in bilingual education.

Author : Juha Jalkanen,Elina Jokinen,Peppi Taalas
Publisher : Research-publishing.net
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781908416254

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Voices of pedagogical development – Expanding, enhancing and exploring higher education language learning by Juha Jalkanen,Elina Jokinen,Peppi Taalas Pdf

Voices of Pedagogical Development is a collection of articles written by teacher-researchers at the University of Jyväskylä Language Centre. It shares the fruits of their ideas and development work in the areas of academic literacies, new forms of teaching and learning, and internationalisation. Part one aims at establishing and expanding perspectives on the multilayered and multivoiced reality of pedagogical development in higher education. Part two looks at how practices can be enhanced by engaging teachers, students and other cooperating partners in reflection and development. Part three focuses on exploring perceptions of language, language learning, and literature. As a whole, the collection represents a spectrum of approaches and shows the various stages of pedagogical thinking and perception. It provides insights into pedagogical development in higher education language teaching through an examination of policies, perceptions, and practices.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1616 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015090414189

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2011, Part 3, 2010, 111-2 Hearings by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1668 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : MINN:31951D03405048M

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2012: Dept. of Education FY 2012 budget justifications by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1668 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : IND:30000139585651

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2012 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Ordóñez de Pablos, Patricia,Lytras, Miltiadis D.,Zhang, Xi,Chui, Kwok Tai
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522574743

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Opening Up Education for Inclusivity Across Digital Economies and Societies by Ordóñez de Pablos, Patricia,Lytras, Miltiadis D.,Zhang, Xi,Chui, Kwok Tai Pdf

The evolution of information technologies, mobile devices, and social media as well as the needs of students, workers, and academics have experienced rapid changes in the past several years. This complex and dynamic reality requires new forms of delivery of learning content to students, the building of special learning environments, and new teaching methodologies for academics. Opening Up Education for Inclusivity Across Digital Economies and Societies is an essential reference source that aims to foster the international exchange of academic insights and approaches in order to broaden visibility in the development of technology for education, establish an international platform for interactions on information technology and application in education, accelerate innovation in education technology, and analyze the latest achievements and progress in new and emerging information technology for education with a special focus on higher education institutions. The book addresses applications of technology use and digital competence development in education systems around the world including both specific uses in classrooms and broader uses in national and regional policies. The book is ideally designed for educators, administrators, policymakers, managers, politicians, and academicians.

Author : Betty Lou Leaver,Boris Shekhtman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521016851

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Developing Professional-Level Language Proficiency by Betty Lou Leaver,Boris Shekhtman Pdf

This 2002 book examines approaches to teaching students making the transition from 'advanced' or 'superior' proficiency in a foreign language to 'near-native' ability.

Author : Michael H. Long,Catherine J. Doughty
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781444350029

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The Handbook of Language Teaching by Michael H. Long,Catherine J. Doughty Pdf

Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary team of contributors, this Handbook is a wide-ranging and invaluable reference guide to language teaching. A comprehensive reference work on language teaching, which combines the latest research findings, coverage of core topics, and examples of teaching experience from a variety of languages and settings Provides a unique breadth of coverage, including: the psycholinguistic underpinnings of language learning; social, political, and educational contexts; program design; materials writing and course design; teaching and testing; teacher education; and assessment and evaluation Offers a balanced evaluation of the major positions and approaches, including examining the increasingly important social and political context of language teaching Written by an international and interdisciplinary group of authors from a dozen different countries; English is only one of the many languages used as examples throughout the volume

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
ISBN : UCBK:C058699668

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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance by Anonim Pdf

Identifies and describes specific government assistance opportunities such as loans, grants, counseling, and procurement contracts available under many agencies and programs.

Author : Xiang, Catherine Hua
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799872283

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Trends and Developments for the Future of Language Education in Higher Education by Xiang, Catherine Hua Pdf

Language education tends to require more face-to-face interaction and longer hours of both teaching and learning. The challenges of ensuring the future and development of the discipline, especially after a time of crisis, is equally unprecedented. A comprehensive overview of the global picture of best practices as well as research in recent times are needed in the field of language education, particularly in higher education settings. The changing nature of language education in terms of its policy, curriculum design, methodology, and innovation is an essential discussion to advance the field. It is critical to explore how a more collaborative, global, and interdisciplinary mindset, as well as technologically driven approaches have emerged through recent years and how it will continue to shape the future development in the field. Trends and Developments for the Future of Language Education in Higher Education captures the current trends and ongoing development within language education through a global picture of the best practices as well as the latest research on language education in higher education settings. The chapters cover changes in policy, curriculum design, methodology, and innovation in the modern language education landscape. While focusing on the current situation of language education and the changes that it has been undergoing, this book also provides information on future development and the overall outlook of language education. This book is ideal for teachers, instructional designers, curricula developers, inservice and preservice teachers, administrators, teacher educators, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students looking for an overview of the current position of language education in higher education.