New Products

Foreign Language Teaching: What the United States Can Learn From Other Countries

I. Pufahl, N. C. Rhodes, & D. Christian; 2000; $7.50

This new publication reports the findings of a 3-month exploratory study that collected information about foreign language education in 19 countries. It includes a discussion of eight core methodologies, strategies, and policies that language educators in other countries consider essential to success and features practical recommendations for how these findings can inform U.S. foreign language education policy and practice.

This publication can be ordered online at the CALstore or by calling (toll-free) 800-276-9834.

New ERIC/CLL Digests

Digests are short reports that synthesize current research, review the literature, describe teaching methods and program models, and offer practical ideas for teachers and others. The following ERIC Digests are available online.

• Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers
• English Language Learners With Special Needs: Effective Instructional Strategies
• Integrated Skills in the ESL/EFL Classroom
• Language Teaching Methodology
• Spanish for Spanish Speakers: Developing Dual Language Proficiency
• Teaching About Dialects
• What We Can Learn From Foreign Language Teaching in Other Countries

To order free print ERIC/CLL Digests, mail one self-addressed stamped (55-cent) business-sized envelope for every five Digests to

ERIC/CLL
CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS
4646 40TH STREET NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20016-1859
1-800-276-9834

New Resource Guides Online

Resource Guides Online provide descriptions of and links to resources on a variety of topics in language education. These new Resource Guides are available on our Web site.

• Creating Web-Based Language Learning Activities
• English Language Learners With Special Needs
• Language Policy and Planning
• Second Language Teaching Methodology