Resources

Databases / Directories

The Center for Applied Linguistics provides online access to the following databases and directories.

English as a Second Language

ESL Resource Database
The documents in this database discuss research background to the field of adult ESL instruction; provide guides to current practice; and may point the way to further research.

Foreign Language

Foreign Language Assessment Directory NEW!
The FLAD is a free, searchable directory of information on nearly 200 tests in over 90 languages. Two of CAL’s existing test directories, the Foreign Language Assessment Database for Grades K-12 and Foreign Language Test Database, have been combined and updated into one comprehensive, easily accessible resource.

Materials for the Study of the Less Commonly Taught Languages
Maintained by CAL for over 30 years, this database includes information on textbooks, grammars, readers, and bilingual dictionaries for approximately 900 languages.

National Directory of Early Foreign Language Programs
This state-by-state searchable database contains information on nearly 1500 public and private elementary and middle schools that start teaching foreign languages before Grade 7.

K–12 Language Education Programs

Online Directory of ESL Resources
This archived database contains links to over 300 Web sites, online publications, publishers, instructional materials, listservs, databases and other resources related to the field of English as a second language. CAL partnered with the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) to create this information source.

Secondary Newcomer Programs in the U.S. (1996-2000)
This searchable database includes 115 programs in 29 states and the District of Columbia that participated in the research study, "Newcomers: Language and Academic Programs for Recent Immigrants" that was conducted from 1996 to 2001. This study was part of a program of research conducted by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence. As part of the new research project, "Exemplary Programs for Newcomer English Language Learners at the Secondary Level", this database will be updated in the coming years.

You can search the database by school level, state, language of instruction, length of daily program, length of enrollment, program location, type of community, and year the data were collected.

Directory of Foreign Language Immersion Programs in U.S. Schools
This directory includes 242 schools in 28 states and Washington, DC, that teach all or part of their curriculum through a second language. Contact information, number of students and teachers, and other information is provided for each school. Eleven foreign languages are represented.

Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs in the U.S.
This searchable database contains profiles of 248 two-way immersion programs in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The directory is part of a program of research conducted by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence. Each profile includes information such as program size, program location, program design, student demographics, and the non-English language used.

Searchable Database of Studies Included in the Report of the National Literacy Panel NEW!
The 2006 National Literacy Panel report, Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners, includes a CD containing a searchable database with information on the documents on which the report is based. A simpler version of the database is now available online.