CARLA Summer 2014 Institutes for Language Teachers

Dear Colleague: Register Now! Registration is now open for the CARLA Summer Institutes for Language Teachers and Summer Institutes for Immersion Teachers! Please share this announcement with colleagues You can also share the news through Facebook Hurry, some institutes fill early - register now! The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota has sponsored a summer institute program for second language teachers since 1996. This internationally known program reflects CARLA's commitment to link research and theory with practical applications for the classroom. Each institute is highly interactive and includes discussion, theory-building, hands-on activities, and plenty of networking opportunities. CARLA summer institute participants—more than 4,300 to date—have come from all over the world. They have included foreign language and ESL teachers at all levels of instruction, as well as program administrators, curriculum specialists, and language teacher educators. Summer Institutes for Language Teachers CARLA offers a range of institutes targeted at foreign language and ESL teachers from a variety of teaching levels and contexts: Using the Web for Communicative Language Learning and Professional Development—online course July 7–August 10, 2014 Presenters: Marlene Johnshoy and Alyssa Ruesch Bonnac In this online course, participants will work together to create a foundation for gathering, sharing, evaluating, and incorporating technology into the second language curriculum. Using Technology in Second Language Teaching July 14–18, 2014 Presenters: Catherine Clements, Marlene Johnshoy, Beth Kautz, Dan Soneson, Rick Treece, Pablo Viedma, Caroline Vang, and Zhen Zou Participants in this institute will learn how to use technology to facilitate student use of the target language and get hands on practice in using computers to promote students’ skills in interpretation, presentation, and interaction. Focusing on Learner Language: Second Language Acquisition Basics for Teachers July 14–18, 2014 Presenters: Elaine Tarone and Maggie Broner Participants will learn to analyze learner language in light of research on second language acquisition and will then consider implications for language teaching. Improving Language Learning: Styles- and Strategies-Based Instruction July 14–18, 2014 Presenter: Martha Nyikos This summer institute is designed to help language teachers maximize students’ ability to learn a foreign/second language through styles- and strategies-based instruction. Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom July 21–25, 2014 Presenters: Wendy Allen and Francine Klein Weaving together theory and practice, this interactive institute will help teachers develop instructional strategies and practical tools for integrating language learning with a systematic culture curriculum. Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development July 21–25, 2014 Presenter: Laurent Cammarata This institute will provide foreign language teachers with the background and tools needed to implement content-based instruction (CBI) in their second language classroom. Developing Assessments for the Second Language Classroom July 28–August 1, 2014 Presenters: Donna Clementi and Ursula Lentz Focusing on the alignment of standards-based curriculum and assessment, this institute includes an overview of the wide range of purposes in assessment, and step-by-step guidance in creating integrated performance assessments for classroom use. Language and Culture in Sync: Teaching the Pragmatics of a Second Language July 28–August 1, 2014 Presenter: Noriko Ishihara Participants will gain both theoretical and practical insights on teaching students how to use functional language appropriately in different sociocultural contexts. Developing Materials for Language Teaching July 28–August 1, 2014 Presenter: Bill Johnston This summer institute will provide teachers with practical tools and hands-on experience in designing a wide range of materials that will improve their students’ abilities to use the language for communicative purposes. Summer Institutes for Immersion Teachers CARLA also offers these popular institutes that are designed specifically for immersion educators: Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching for Chinese and Japanese July 21–25, 2014 Presenters: Tara Fortune and a team of veteran immersion teachers This institute provides novice immersion teachers of character-based languages with the tools and information they need to survive and thrive in the immersion classroom. The institute also includes a two-day session for administrators of immersion education programs for character-based languages. Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching July 28–August 1, 2014 Presenters: Tara Fortune and a team of veteran immersion teachers This institute provides novice immersion teachers with the tools and information they need to survive and thrive in the immersion classroom. The institute has been reconfigured to offer two teacher sessions simultaneously and an expanded 3-day session for administrators of immersion education programs. Information More information is available on the CARLA website at: www.carla.umn.edu/institutes. To request a copy of a print brochure you can email the CARLA office at:carla@umn.edu. The institutes have been developed and are offered with the support, in part, of the U.S. Department of Education’s Title VI Language Resource Center program. The summer institutes are co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development and College of Liberal Arts. Like us on Facebook to be the first to hear the news about CARLA activities and news about language teaching and learning! This email was sent by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota, 331 17th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55414 ©2013 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. 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