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Resources for Teachers of Foreign Languages

Following is a list of helpful websites for foreign language teachers from the Electronic Handbook for Teachers of Less Commonly Taught Languages (Special Language Program - Stanford Language Center).

Professional Organizations

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
www.actfl.org/

National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
http://www.councilnet.org/

Planning for Instruction

 

Syllabus Design:
Eric Digest: “Approaches to Foreign Language Syllabus Design
http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-928/design.htm

National Standards for Foreign Language Education
http://www.actfl.org/node/192

Lesson Planning

 

Guidelines for Foreign Language Lesson Planning
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1944-9720.2003.tb01467.x/pdf

Task based instruction
http://books.google.com/books?id=Qbp09ssUz5gC

Content Based Instruction
http://www.carla.umn.edu/cobaltt/cbi.html

Global Learning –Performance Based assessments and models at different levels.
http://globalteachinglearning.com/cjwlpdi/assessment/assess.shtml

Assessment

 

A Primer: Diagnostic, Formative, & Summative Assessment Richard Swearingen, Heritage University, 2002
http://www.mmrwsjr.com/assessment.htm

Developing Speaking and Writing Assessments – CARLA Guide
http://www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/MLPA/pdfs/miniguide.pdf

CARLA: Center for Advance Research on Language Acquisition
Virtual Assessment Center
http://www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/index.html

How to create an assessment: (Flow chart)
http://www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/CreateUnit/p_1.html

Portfolio Assessment
http://nclrc.org/portfolio/modules.html

Diagnostic Assessment:
Article in MSU newsletter on diagnostic assessment for language learners - provides a good description and rationale and references to resources
http://clear.msu.edu/clear/newsletter/files/fall2006.pdf

General Discussion of Purpose and Types of Assessments:
“Role of Assessment”-Ohio’s Assessment System for Foreign Language
https://ims.ode.state.oh.us/ode/ims/rrt/resources/Content/FL_Role_of_Assessment.pdf