Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR).

Sponsors

University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR)

Co-Sponsor

Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)

CLEAR's mission is to promote the teaching and learning

CONFERENCES

CLEAR exhibits at local and national conferences year-round. We hope to see you at ACTFL, CALICO, MFLA, Central States, and other conferences.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Onsite Workshops

CLEAR offers foreign language teachers at K-13+ institutions around the country the opportunity to host a CLEAR workshop. These 1-3 day workshops are led by CLEAR's professional development staff members. For more information, visit http://clear.msu.edu/training/onsite/about.html.

Summer Workshops

Each summer, CLEAR hosts professional development workshops for foreign language teachers. For more information on future summer workshops, go to http://clear.msu.edu/training/index.html. We hope to see you in East Lansing in 2006!

MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT

Coming Soon!

* Introductory Business German (CD-ROM)

* French Pronunciation and Phonetics (CD-ROM)

Products

* NEW! Language Learning Materials for Russian: A Content-Based Course Pack (learning modules)

* NEW! MIMEA: Multimedia Interactive Modules for Education and Assessment (German, Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese; online video clips and activities)

* NEW! The Internet Sourcebook for Business Korean (Web links)

* NEW! SMILE (tool for creating interactive online exercises)

* The Internet Sourcebook for Business Japanese (Web links)

* The Internet Sourcebook for Business French (Web links)

* The Internet Sourcebook for Business German (Web links)

* The Internet Sourcebook for Business Spanish (Web links)

* Business Language Packets for High School Classrooms (French, German, & Spanish; PDF files)

* Modules for Assessing Socio-Cultural Competence: German (CD-ROM)

* Modules for Assessing Socio-Cultural Competence: Russian (CD-ROM)

* Business Chinese (CD-ROM)

* Pronunciacion y Fonetica (CD-ROM)

* African Language Small Group Instruction Guide (guide and video)

* Thai Small Group Instruction Guide (guide)

* Hindi Small Group Instruction Guide (guide)

* Foreign Languages: Doors to Opportunity (video and discussion guide)

* Task-based Communicative Grammar Activities for Japanese and Thai (workbook)

* Test Development (workbook and video)

Newsletter

CLEAR News is a biyearly publication covering FL teaching techniques, research, and materials. Contact the CLEAR office to join the mailing list, or check it out on the Web at http://clear.msu.edu/newsletter/. We welcome your submissions!