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ACTFL Speaking Proficiency Guidelines
Charles W. Stansfield, Center for Applied Linguistics, September 1992
Action Research
Richard Donato, University of Pittsburgh, December 2003
African Languages at the K–12 Level
Patricia Kuntz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 1996
Alternative Assessment and Second Language
Study: What and Why?
Charles R. Hancock, The Ohio State University, July 1994
American Sign Language as a Foreign Language
Sherman Wilcox, University of New Mexico; Joy Kreeft Peyton, Center for
Applied Linguistics, February 1999
Assessment Literacy for Language Educators
Margaret E. Malone, Center for Applied Linguistics, October 2011
Assessment Portfolios: Including
English Language Learners in Large-Scale Assessments
Emily Gómez, Center for Applied Linguistics, December 2000
Attaining High Levels of Proficiency:
Challenges for Foreign Language Education in the United States
Margaret E. Malone, Center for Applied Linguistics;
Benjamin Rifkin, Temple University;
Donna Christian and Dora E. Johnson, Center for Applied Linguistics,
2005
Brain Research: Implications for Second Language Learning
Fred Genesee, McGill University, December 2000
Changing Misconceptions About Dialect Diversity: The Role of Public Education
Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University, March 2011
Chinese Heritage Community Language Schools in the United States
Theresa Hsu Chao, National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools, June 1997
Coaching Language Teachers
Arieh (Ari) Sherris, Center for Applied Linguistics, July 2010
Communicative Language Teaching: An
Introduction and Sample Activities
Ann Galloway, Center for Applied Linguistics, June 1993
Computer-Assisted Language Learning:
Current Programs and Projects
Chris Higgins, Gallaudet University, April 1993
Considerations in Developing and Using Computer-Adaptive
Tests to Assess Second Language Proficiency
Patricia A. Dunkel, Georgia State University, October 1999
Content-Centered Language Learning
Joann Crandall, University of Maryland Baltimore County, January 1994
Contextual Factors in Second Language
Acquisition
Aída Walqui, West Ed, San Francisco, CA, September 2000
Creating Drama with Poetry: Teaching
English as a Second Language Through Dramatization and Improvisation
Marie Gasparro, Pelham Public Schools, NY, and Bernadette Falletta,
New Rochelle City Public Schools and College of New Rochelle, NY, April
1994
La crianza de niños bilingües: preocupaciones comunes de los padres y las investigaciones actuales
Kendall King and Lyn Fogle, Georgetown University, February 2009
Cross-Age Tutoring in the Literacy Club
Carolyn Urzúa, September 1995
Cultural Diversity and Language Socialization
in the Early Years
Eunjin Park, New York University, and Kendall King, Georgetown University,
December 2003
Cultural Orientation for Refugees
Anne Costello and Sanja Bebic, Center for Applied Linguistics, 2006
Culture in Second Language Teaching
Elizabeth Peterson and Bronwyn Coltrane, Center for Applied Linguistics,
December 2003
Curricular Models for University African
Language Programs
David Dwyer, Michigan State University, December 2003
Developing Language Proficiency and
Connecting School to Students' Lives: Two Standards for Effective
Teaching
Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence,
Santa Cruz, CA, November 1998
Dialogue Journals: Interactive Writing
to Develop Language and Literacy
Joy Kreeft Peyton, National Clearinghouse on Literacy Education, April
1993
Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers
Douglas A. Demo, Center for Applied Linguistics, September 2001
Does the United States Need a Language Policy?
Bernard Spolsky, Professor Emeritus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, March 2011
Dropout Intervention and Language Minority
Youth
Adriana Vaznaugh, Center for Applied Linguistics, March 1995
Early Childhood Programs for Language
Minority Students
Helen Nissani, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, April 1993
Ebonic Need Not Be English
Ralph W. Fasold, Georgetown University, December 1999
Effects of Instructional Hours and Intensity of Instruction on NRS Level Gain in Listening and Speaking
Sarah Young, Center for Applied Linguistics, December 2007
Enhancing Authentic Language Learning
Experiences Through Internet Technology
Jean W. LeLoup and Robert Ponterio, SUNY Cortland; Moderators,
FLTEACH, May 2000
English Language Learners and High-Stakes
Tests: An Overview of the Issues
Bronwyn Coltrane, Center for Applied Linguistics, November 2002
English Language Learners With Special
Needs: Effective Instructional Strategies
Alba Ortiz, University of Texas at Austin, December 2001
ESL and Bilingual Program Models
Jeanne Rennie, ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, September
1993
The ESL Standards: Bridging
the Academic Gap for English Language Learners
Deborah J. Short, Center for Applied Linguistics, December 2000
Establishing an Effective Newcomer
Program
Deborah J. Short and Beverly A. Boyson, Center for Applied Linguistics,
December 2003
Examining Latino Paraeducators'
Interactions With Latino Students
Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence, December
2000
Foreign Language Exploratory Programs:
Introduction to Language Learning
Kathleen Marcos, ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages And Linguistics, June
1996
Foreign Language Immersion Programs
Myriam Met, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD, November 1993
Foreign Language Immersion Programs: Features and Trends Over 35 Years
Ashley Lenker and Nancy Rhodes, Center for Applied Linguistics, February 2007
Foreign Language Requirements and Students
With Learning Disabilities
Vickie Barr, HEATH Resource Center, April 1993
Foreign Languages and International
Business
Geoffrey M. Voght and Ray Schaub, Eastern Michigan University, September
1992
Fostering Second Language Development
in Young Children
National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language
Learning, October 1995
From At-Risk to Excellence: Principles
for Practice
Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence, October
1997
Funds of Knowledge: Learning From Language
Minority Households
National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language
Learning, February 1994
Generation 1.5 Students and College
Writing
Linda Harklau, University of Georgia, October 2003
A Global Perspective on Bilingualism
and Bilingual Education
G. Richard Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University, August 1999
Grammar and Its Teaching: Challenging
the Myths
Diane Larsen-Freeman, School for International Training (VT), March 1997
Guidelines for Starting an Elementary
School Foreign Language Program
Marcia Rosenbusch, National K–12 Foreign Language Resource Center, June
1995
Heritage Spanish Speakers' Language
Learning Strategies
Zennia Hancock, University of Maryland, College Park, October 2002
Impact of Two-Way Immersion on Students'
Attitudes Toward School and College
Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary and Graciela Borsato, San Jose State
University, May 2002
Implementing a District-Wide Foreign
Language Program
Richard Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University, and Richard Donato, University
of Pittsburgh, September 2001
Integrated Skills in the ESL/EFL Classroom
Rebecca Oxford, University of Maryland, September 2001
In Their Own Words: Two-Way Immersion
Teachers Talk About Their Professional Experiences
Elizabeth R. Howard and Michael I. Loeb, Center for Applied Linguistics,
December 1998
Instructional Conversations in Native
American Classrooms
National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language
Learning, December 1994
Integrated Content and Language Instruction
Arieh (Ari) Sherris, Center for Applied Linguistics, September 2008
Integrating Foreign Language and Content
Instruction in Grades K–8
Helena Curtain, Milwaukee Public Schools, and Mari Haas, Teachers College,
Columbia University, April 1995
Integrating Language and Content: Lessons
From Immersion
National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language
Learning, December 1995
Integrating Language and Culture in
Middle School American History Classes
National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language
Learning, February 1994
Interactive Language Learning on
the Web
Sally Morrison, ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, December
2002
Internet for Language Teachers
Kathleen Marcos, ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, December
1994
Involuntary Language Loss Among Immigrants:
Asian-American Linguistic Autobiographies
Leanne Hinton, University of California, Berkeley, December 1999
Language, Diversity, and Learning: Lessons for Education in the 21st Century
Sonia Nieto, August 2010
Language Learning Strategies: An Update
Rebecca Oxford, University of Alabama, October 1994
Languages Across the Curriculum
H. Stephen Straight, October 1998
Language Minority Students In School
Reform: The Role of Collaboration
Carolyn Temple Adger, Center for Applied Linguistics, October 1996
Language Teaching Methodology
Ted Rodgers, University of Hawaii, September 2001
Lexical Approach to Second Language
Teaching
Olga Moudraia, Walailak University, Thailand, June 2001
Meeting the National Standards: Now
What Do I Do?
Jean Leloup and Robert Ponterio, SUNY Cortland, December 1998
Middle Schools and Foreign Languages:
A View for the Future
Myriam Met, Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools, February 1996
Model Early Foreign Language Programs:
Key Elements
Douglas F. Gilzow, Foreign Service Institute, December 2002
More Than Just the Internet: Technology
for Language Teaching
Samantha Earp, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, December 1997
Multilingual Education Policy and Practice: Lessons From Indigenous Experience
Nancy H. Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania, January 2010
Myths and Misconceptions about Second Language Learning
National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning,
December 1992
Nonnative-English-Speaking Teachers
in the English Teaching Profession
Rosie Maum, JCPS Adult and Continuing Education, December 2002
Official English and English Plus: An
Update
Vickie W. Lewelling, ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, May
1997
Oral Proficiency Assessment: The Use of Technology
in Test Development and Rater Training
Margaret E. Malone, Center for Applied Linguistics
Partners in Pedagogy: Collaboration
Between University and Secondary School Foreign Language Teachers
Lina Lee, University of New Hampshire, October 1999
Planning for Success: Common Pitfalls
in the Planning of Early Foreign Language Programs
Helena Curtain, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and
Carol Ann Pesola Dahlberg, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, December 2000
Practical Ideas On Alternative Assessment
For ESL Students
Jo-Ellen Tannenbaum, Montgomery County Public Schools (MD), May 1996
Principles of Instructed Second Language Acquisition
Rod Ellis, University of Auckland, New Zealand
2008 Ferguson Fellow, Center for Applied Linguistics,
December 2008
Professional Development for Teachers
in Culturally Diverse Schools
Nancy Clair and Carolyn Temple Adger, Northeast and Islands Regional Educational
Laboratory at Brown University, October 1999
Professional Development of Foreign
Language Teachers
Joy Kreeft Peyton, Center for Applied Linguistics, December 1997
Professional Development for Language
Teachers
Gabriel H. Diaz-Maggioli, National Administration of Public Education,
Uruguay, August 2003
Proficiency Plus: The Next Step
Claire Kramsch, University of California-Berkeley, December 1996
Programs That Prepare Teachers to
Work Effectively With Students Learning English
Josué M. González and Linda Darling-Hammond, December 2000
Promoting a Language Proficient
Society: What You Can Do
Kathleen M. Marcos and Joy Kreeft Peyton, ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages
and Linguistics, April 2000
Promoting Language Proficiency and
Academic Achievement Through Cooperation
Margarita Espino Calderón, Center for Research on the Education
of Students Placed at Risk, The Johns Hopkins University, December 1999
Promoting Secondary School Transitions
for Immigrant Adolescents
Tamara Lucas, Montclair State University, NJ, December 1996
Promoting Successful Transition to
the Mainstream: Effective Instructional Strategies for Bilingual
Students
October 1999
Qualities of Effective
Programs for Immigrant Adolescents With Limited Schooling
Betty Mace-Matluck, Rosalind Alexander-Kasparik, and Robin M. Queen, July
1998
Raising Bilingual Children: Common Parental Concerns and Current Research
Kendall King and Lyn Fogle, Georgetown University, 2006
Reading With a Purpose: Communicative
Reading Tasks for the Foreign Language Classroom
Elizabeth K. Knutson, U.S. Naval Academy, December 1998
Reforming Mathematics Instruction for
ESL Literacy Students
Keith Buchanan and Mary Helman, Fairfax County Public Schools, (VA), December
1997
Research Insights on Second Language
Writing Instruction
Ilona Leki, University of Tennessee, December 2003
The Role of Metacognition in Second
Language Teaching and Learning
Neil J. Anderson, Brigham Young University, April 2002
Scheduling Foreign Languages on the
Block
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, October 1998
Second Language Learning in a Social
Context
Rose Marie Beebe, Santa Clara University, and Kathy Leonard, Iowa State
University, January 1994
Secondary Newcomer Programs: Helping
Recent Immigrants Prepare for School Success
Deborah J. Short, Center for Applied Linguistics, March 1998
Second Language Acquisition and Technology:
A Review of the Research
Jean W. LeLoup and Robert Ponterio, SUNY Cortland; Moderators, FLTeach,
December 2003
Selecting Materials to Teach Spanish
to Spanish Speakers
Paula Winke, Center for Applied Linguistics, and Cathy Stafford, Georgetown
University, May 2002
Serving Linguistically and Culturally
Diverse Students: Strategies for the School Librarian
Melvina Azar Dame, Central Falls School System (RI) and Community College
of Rhode Island, November 1995
The Sheltered Instruction Observation
Protocol: A Tool for Teacher-Researcher Collaboration and Professional
Development
Deborah J. Short, Center for Applied Linguistics, and
Jana Echevarria, California State University, Long Beach, December 1999
Simulated Oral Proficiency Interviews:
Recent Developments
Margaret Malone, Center for Applied Linguistics, December 2000
Singable Books: Sing and Read Your Way to English Proficiency
Betty Ansin Smallwood, Center for Applied Linguistics, and Erin Flynn Haynes, University of California, Berkeley, September 2008
Spanish for Native Speakers: Developing
Dual Language Proficiency
Joy Kreeft Peyton, Vickie W. Lewelling, and Paula Winke, ERIC Clearinghouse
on Languages and Linguistics, December 2001
Spanish-Language Ads and Public Service
Announcements in the Foreign Language Classroom
David Ross Gerling, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, January
1994
Strategies for Success: Engaging
Immigrant Students in Secondary Schools
Aída Walqui, West Ed, San Francisco, June 2000
Strategy Training for Second Language
Learners
Andrew Cohen, Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University
of Minnesota, August 2003
Tapping a National Resource: Heritage
Languages in the United States
Richard D. Brecht and Catherine W. Ingold, National Foreign
Language Center, Washington, DC, May 2002
Teaching About Dialects
Kirk Hazen, West Virginia University, October 2001
Teaching Educators About Language:
Principles, Structures, and Challenges
Nancy Clair, Center for Applied Linguistics, November 2000
Teaching English Abroad: An Introduction
Don Snow, Amity Foundation, Overseas Coordination Office, May 1997
Teaching Foreign Languages to At-Risk
Learners
Elke Schneider, Miami University of Ohio, December 1996
Teaching Foreign Languages to Children
Through Video
Nancy Rhodes and Ingrid Puhfahl, Center for Applied Linguistics, December
2003
Textbook Selection for the ESL Classroom
Dawn Garinger, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology,
December 2002
Ten Common Fallacies About Bilingual
Education
James Crawford, Washington, DC, November 1998
Thematic, Communicative Language
Teaching in the K–8 Classroom
Mari Haas, Teachers College, Columbia University, September 2000
Thematic Literature and Curriculum
for English Language Learners in Early Childhood Education
Betty Ansin Smallwood, Center for Applied Linguistics, November 2002
Think-Aloud Protocols:Teaching Reading
Processes to Young Bilingual Students
Magaly Lavadenz, Loyola Marymount University, December 2003
Translating and Interpreting Programs:
A Scottish Example
Margaret Lang, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 1992
Two or More Languages in Early Childhood
Annick De Houwer, University of Antwerp and Science Foundation of Flanders,
Belgium, July 1999
Two-Way Bilingual Education Programs
in Practice: A National and Local Perspective
National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language
Learning, December 1994
Two-Way Immersion Programs: Features
and Statistics
Elizabeth R. Howard and Julie Sugarman, Center for Applied Linguistics,
March 2001
Using Call-and-Response to Facilitate
Language Mastery and Literacy Acquisition Among African American
Students
Michèle Foster, July 2002
Using Cognitive Strategies to Develop
English Language and Literacy
JoAnn Crandall, University of Maryland Baltimore County;
Ann Jaramillo and Laurie Olsen, California Tomorrow; and Joy Kreeft Peyton,
Center for Applied Linguistics, October 2002
Vernacular Dialects in U.S. Schools
Donna Christian, Center for Applied Linguistics, May 1997
We Can Talk: Cooperative Learning in
the Elementary ESL Classroom
Spencer Kagan, Kagan Cooperative Learning, May 1995
What Early Childhood Teachers Need
to Know About Language
November 2000
What Elementary Teachers Need to
Know About Language
November 2000
What Is Linguistics?
Center for Applied Linguistics, December 1992
What Parents Want to Know About Foreign
Language Immersion Programs
Tara W. Fortune, Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition,
University of Minnesota, and
Diane J. Tedick, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of
Minnesota,
August 2003
Will the National Education Goals Improve
the Progress of English Language Learners?
Charlene Rivera and Mark LaCelle-Peterson, Evaluation Assistance Center,
The George Washington University, October 1993
What We Can Learn From Foreign Language
Teaching in Other Countries
Ingrid Pufahl, Nancy C. Rhodes, and Donna Christian, Center for Applied
Linguistics, September 2001
Working With Young English Language
Learners: Some Considerations
Bronwyn Coltrane, Center for Applied Linguistics, May 2003
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