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[|ERIC - Education Resources Information Center]
Eric is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.

This [|booklet] describes the scope of the LRCs' current endeavors, and gives overviews of the individual LRCs. Programs, projects and initiatives fall into numerous categories, including:

NCLRC is a joint project of Georgetown University, The George Washington University, and the Center for Applied Linguistics. We are located in Washington, DC, and are one of fifteen nonprofit Language Resource Centers (LRC) funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

**[|Culture Club]** A space to share multicultural and multilanguage resources:

 * [|Speakers Corner] Informative articles about how to teach cultures
 * [|Photo Gallery] Exhibits of photos taken in a variety of cultures
 * [|Banquet Hall] Learn about cuisine through menus, recipes, and photos
 * [|Music Room] Read reviews of popular songs from various cultures
 * [|Screening Room] Read reviews of flims from various countries
 * [|The Library] Read reviews of books by authors from various countries
 * [|Teachers’ Lounge] Find culture lessons adaptable to any language
 * [|Hangout] Listen to teenagers answers questions on food, music, fashion…
 * [|Bloggers' Den] Read current entries on teaching culture
 * [|The Collection] Complete index of the culture club, by room & language

This is a how-to Web site for university-level language teachers who want to review or develop their skills in communicative language teaching. Whether you are just starting out in university-level language teaching in the United States, or are an old hand in the language classroom, we think you'll find useful material on this site. It contains specific information on the following: Principles Practice
 * [|What Language Teaching Is]
 * [|Teaching Goals and Methods]
 * [|Planning a Lesson]
 * [|Motivating Learners]
 * [|Assessing Learners]
 * [|Teaching Grammar]
 * [|Teaching Listening]
 * [|Teaching Speaking]
 * [|Teaching Reading]
 * [|Teaching Writing]
 * [|Teaching Culture]

This free, web-based tutorial is designed to guide educators in creating and implementing a standards-based, foreign language portfolio assessment tied to their own curricula. It includes teacher and student questionnaires, FL standards checklists, planning worksheets, sample rating scales, self-assessment activities, and sample lessons. It is divided into the following parts:
 * [|Part 1 – One Teacher’s Story]
 * [|Part 2 – Introduction]
 * [|Part 3 – How to Use This Manual]
 * [|Part 4 – Model for Portfolio Assessment]
 * [|Part 5 – Planning for Portfolios]
 * [|Part 6 – Validity and Reliability]
 * [|Part 7 – Portfolio Contents]
 * [|Part 8 – Creating Rubrics]
 * Part 9 – Wrapping up the Portfolio Semester
 * Part 10 – Issues to Consider

This guide focuses on how the teaching learning strategies can aid the teacher meet the ACTFL Standards. It includes suggestions about how to teach learning strategies, suggestions about which strategies are appropriate to introduce at different stages, and a segment on FL learning strategies written specifically for the high school student. The guide is divided into five chapters. Chapters 1-4 give you background information about the 5 Cs and learning strategies while Chapter 5 gives you 20 learning strategies activities. A short summary of each part of the guide follows. Appendices include:
 * [|Chapter One, "The 5 Cs: Objectives for Foreign Language Instruction,"] provides you with a rationale for teaching students learning strategies and demonstrates how learning strategies instruction can assist students in mastering the 5 Cs, the national standards for foreign language teaching.
 * [|Chapter Two, "Defining and Organizing Language Learning Strategies,"] lists and defines 20 learning strategies that we feel can be of particular benefit to your students who are studying a foreign language. The strategies are divided into two categories, Metacognitive Strategies and Task-Oriented Strategies.
 * [|Chapter Three, "Teaching Learning Strategies in a Learner-Centered Classoom,"] defines the learner-centered classroom and demonstrates how learning strategies develop student autonomy.
 * [|Chapter Four, "Integrating Learning Strategies Instruction into Your Language Lessons,"] offers you specific suggestions on integrating the instruction of learning strategies into your foreign language curriculum in order to help students master the 5 Cs, improve their language skills, and learn about topics that you present. A template for planning a learning strategies activity and a sample activity using this template are provided.
 * [|Chapter Five, "Model Activities to Teach Learning Strategies,"] presents a wealth of sample activities that you can adapt to fit your individual classroom needs. Designed jointly by secondary education teachers and NCLRC staff, these activities illustrate learning strategies instruction for a variety of languages and proficiency levels. Each activity provides instruction in introducing a learning strategy and focuses on one or more of the 5 Cs objectives.
 * [|Appendix A: Learning Strategies List in English]
 * [|Appendix B: Learning Strategies Lists in Foreign Languages]
 * [|Appendix C: Learning Strategies Chart: Communication]
 * [|Appendix D: Learning Strategies Chart: Cultures]
 * [|Appendix E: Learning Strategies Chart: Connections]
 * [|Appendix F: Learning Strategies Chart: Comparisons]
 * [|Appendix G: Learning Strategies Chart: Communities]
 * [|Appendix H: Template for Creating Model Activities]