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Spotlight |
Browse Our CAL50 Web Site and Timeline
Our CAL50 Web site is devoted to information about CAL’s history, new resources, and special anniversary events during our year-long celebration.
Travel the timeline of significant events in the world and at CAL that tells the story of how applied linguistics, and CAL in particular, responds to societal issues with research, information, and assistance. |
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New Paper Outlines Strategies for Building U.S. Foreign Language Capacity |
 Building the Foreign Language Capacity We Need: Toward a Comprehensive Strategy for a National Language Framework
This paper describes the need for skilled speakers of languages other than English in the US and outlines the necessary components of an effective long-term national strategy to meet that need.
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CREATE Update |
 Registration Now Open for the 2009
CREATE Conference
Improving Outcomes for English Language Learners: Oral Language and Literacy Learning Across the Curriculum
October 5 - 6, 2009 • Austin, TX
 The CREATE conference will highlight current research on methods for building literacy skills and oral language development for English language learners throughout the school curriculum. Learn more or register.
New CREATE Brief
Using the SIOP Model to Improve Middle School Science Instruction
Read the brief online or download the PDF.
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Professional Development |
 Direct Strategies Institutes on Teaching Reading to English Language Learners
Register Today!
Direct Strategies Institutes are designed to help teachers provide effective reading instruction for English language learners. The institutes are based on CAL’s professional development program, What’s Different About Teaching Reading to Students Learning English? The option to earn graduate credit is also available. Learn more and register.
June 23 – 25, 2009
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July 21 – 23, 2009 • Washington, DC
 SOPA Online Training Courses Starting Soon
New Moderated Introduction to SOPA and Rating the SOPA courses will be starting in
June 2009. Learn more.
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SIOP Resources |
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Using the SIOP Model: Professional Development Manual for Sheltered Instruction
This manual is designed for teacher educators and professional development specialists who wish to teach others to use the SIOP Model in their classrooms. It offers strategies, tools, and activities for instruction in the use of the SIOP components and provides reproducible masters for presentations and workshops. Learn more. |
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Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP® Model 3rd edition
The third edition of this widely used publication presents the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model, a research-based and validated model of sheltered instruction. Learn more. |
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The SIOP Model for Administrators
This publication is designed for administrators interested in learning how to support teachers and instructional specialists as they implement the SIOP Model to improve the academic achievement of English language learners. Learn more. |
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Visit our Web site to browse our SIOP resource collection and learn how CAL SIOP services can align with the U.S. Department of Education’s guidance on how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds may be spent. Learn more. |
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Presenting the COPI -The Next Generation of the SOPI |
 Spanish and Arabic Versions Now Available
CAL has developed the Computerized Oral Proficiency Instrument (COPI) as a technology-based alternative to the Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview (SOPI). A computer-based, semi-adaptive test of Arabic and Spanish oral proficiency, the COPI is intended for students in later years of high school, college students, and professionals. Learn more. |
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