NEW! Celebrating the World's Languages: A Guide to Creating a World Languages Day Event
This publication provides a step-by-step guide to planning "World Languages Day," a university event for high school students designed to stimulate interest in learning languages and to highlight the importance of cultural awareness.
This cross-platform multimedia program consists of interactive lessons that can be used by French teachers to learn how to teach pronunciation, or by advanced students working independently.
In cyberspace, an Audio Dropbox is a virtual dropbox for audio recordings. Using this new tool, you can put a dropbox for speaking assignments on any web page.
Viewpoint is a video repository that allows you to record your videos online using your webcam, or upload existing videos. These videos can then be linked from other sites or embedded inside your own web pages.
The term "mashup" refers to the combination of data from one or more web services with customized functionality or data. In the case of CLEAR's mashups, the term refers to the combination of an audio or video clip with a SMILE exercise and additional text. The idea is to combine media elements to create a new resource for language teaching.
Conversations is a program that allows teachers to record prompts or questions for their students to answer. The program can be used to simulate conversations, role plays, or for "virtual interviews".
This listserv provides a forum for language educators to discuss current issues in assessment, to share information and resources with fellow professionals, and to encourage collaboration in the area of language assessment.
Instructional Guide for Use in Small Classes ~ Vietnamese
This free downloadable Instructional Guide is written for native speakers of Vietnamese who are teaching Vietnamese in either a classroom or a tutorial setting...
Instructional Guide for Use in Small Classes ~ Hindi
This free downloadable Instructional Guide is written for native speakers of Hindi who are teaching Hindi in either a classroom or a tutorial setting...
This is a free CD-ROM of interactive courseware for elementary Chinese for business and basic language skills.It is designed to be an integral part of an elementary business language course, or as a stand-alone product...
Computer Modules for Assessing Socio-Cultural Competence: German
This free CD-ROM targets specific pragmatic aspects of German based on conversational exchanges between native speakers. The modules include photographs that help to establish a context for the exchanges...
Computer Modules for Assessing Socio-Cultural Competence: Russian
This free CD-ROM targets specific pragmatic aspects of Russian based on conversational exchanges between native speakers. The modules include photographs that help to establish a context for the exchanges...
This free Internet Sourcebook has been developed to provide a single location where students of Spanish, specifically of "business Spanish", can find links to selected Internet resources...
This free Internet Sourcebook has been developed to provide a single location where students of German and Germany, specifically of "business German", can find links to Internet resources...
This free Internet Sourcebook has been developed to provide a single location for links to many Internet resources relevant to the study of Japanese business and economics...
This free Internet Sourcebook has been developed to provide a single location for links to many Internet resources relevant to the study of Korean business and economics...
Language Learning & Technology is a refereed journal that began publication in July 1997. The journal seeks to disseminate research to foreign and second language educators...
This popular, cross-platform multimedia program consists of interactive lessons that can be used by Spanish teachers to learn how to teach pronunciation. It can also be used by advanced students...
Business Language Packets for High School Classrooms: French
The Business French Packet, a free downloadable PDF, includes guidelines for creating a French website about the development of a successful business, as well as activities...
Business Language Packets for High School Classrooms: German Packet I
The Business German Packet, "Bewerbung und Jobsuche: Wie man sich auf dem Arbeitsmarkt präsentiert", a free downloadable PDF, was developed for advanced high school language learners. It covers information on employers in Germany and German companies in the United States, and has activities...
Business Language Packets for High School Classrooms: German Packet II
CLEAR's second Business German Packet, "Wirtschaftsdeutsch für die High School: Die Wirtschaftswelt im Bundesstaat Michigan", a free downloadable PDF, was also developed for advanced high school language learners. It covers information on the industrial sector, starting a business, and the role of individuals as consumers...
Business Language Packets for High School Classrooms: Spanish
The Business Spanish Packet, a free downloadable PDF, includes guidelines for creating a Spanish website about the development of a successful business, as well as activities...
This video and companion workbook are designed to assist language instructors who develop their own tests. Explanations of different possible test items are accompanied by a variety of examples...
This video and companion workbook are designed to assist language instructors who develop their own tests. Explanations of different possible test items are accompanied by a variety of examples...
For educators who already have our Test Development Workbook and Video, and plan to lead assessment workshops, we offer a significant cost reduction on additional workbooks when purchased separately.
Video: Foreign Languages: Doors to Opportunity (VHS)
This video is designed in two parts of approximately twelve minutes each. The first part is intended for use with middle and high school students of foreign languages...
Video: Foreign Languages: Doors to Opportunity (DVD)
This video is designed in two parts of approximately twelve minutes each. The first part is intended for use with middle and high school students of foreign languages...