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