CASLS in the News

• Editorial: How to Learn a Language October 11, 2009
  The Register Guard joins the debate on the best way to learn another language.
• Guest Viewpoint: Do-it-yourself Language Products Won't Make You Fluent October 11, 2009
  CASLS Director Carl Falsgraf addresses the idea that language learning software can make you fluent in a foreign language.
• Letter to the Editor: Immersion Inaccuracies July 16, 2009
  Chinese Flagship Academic Director Maram Epstein refutes the claim that immersion programs are elitist.
• Letter to the Editor: Way Wrong July 16, 2009
  CASLS Grants and Communications Coordinator Mandy Lindgren addresses some of the inaccuracies in Edwin Way's "An Issue of Equity."
• An Issue of Equity June 25, 2009
  Edwin Way expresses concern about the equity of a Chinese immersion school in Eugene.
• The China Connection June 11, 2009
  The Eugene Weekly discusses the growing economic and cultural connections between Eugene, Oregon, and China.
• Foreign Language Study: Letter to the Editor March 24, 2009
  Carl Falsgraf, CASLS director, responds to a Seattle Times article about K-12 foreign language education.
• Oregon Seeks to Establish Proficiency-based Scholarship March 5, 2009
  House Bill 2756 aims to establish an Oregon Roadmap to Language Excellence Scholarship for high school graduates entering college who demonstrate foreign language proficiency.
• National Education Organization Invests in UO Students
  CASLS names Samantha Clem and Aditi Sinh as the Knowledge Learning Corportation student employees.
  
• Language Lessons: Oregon Public Broadcasting "Think Out Loud" August 13, 2008
  Listen to a recent radio interview featuring CASLS Director Carl Falsgraf discussing the importance of language learning for Oregon's future.
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• Identifying Successful Programs January 15, 2008
  How much time should a school or district allocate to world language study? CASLS Research Director Linda Forrest explores the impact of program models and socioeconomic status on student proficiency.
• 4J Considers Chinese Immersion Program February 17, 2007
  For you and I, learning Chinese might sound like a daunting task. But what if we grew up with Chinese just as much a part of our lives as English? That's the question the Eugene 4J School District is asking.
• Idea for Chinese School Studied July 31, 2006
  Recognizing China's ties to the Northwest and its rising global prominence, a group of local residents is pushing the Eugene School District to add Mandarin Chinese immersion to its school-choice menu.

• Chamber Hands Out Awards to Businesses for Community Efforts October 7, 2009
  The Eugene Chamber of Commerce awards CASLS' partner company, Avant Assessment, an Emerald Award for Innovation.
• Globalization Translates into Growth Opportunity October 19, 2008
  Last academic year, 50,000 students in middle schools, high schools and colleges nationwide sat down at their computers and took a Web-based test to determine their proficiency in Spanish, Japanese, or one of five other foreign languages.
• Measuring Performance in Young Learners September 15, 2007
  Are my students really learning the language? Can they use their language skills in new situations? Learn how the National Online Early Language Learning Assessments helps educators answer these questions about their students' proficiency.
• National Online Early Language Learning Assessment (NOELLA) Fall 2006
  At some point, all teachers wonder if they are teaching the right things, if their students are really learning what they do teach, and whether students can use what they learn in the classroom in the outside world. Learn how assessment can help teachers track their students' progress towards proficiency.
• NJ Receives Federal Grant for World Languages Testing July 14, 2005
  The New Jersey Department of Education has received a $434,072 federal grant for an innovative three-year project to assess the progress eighth graders are making in learning other languages.

• ANVILL 2.0 Released January 7, 2007
  Looking for an easy way to incorporate multimedia in your classroom? Want to create an opportunity for students to use the target language outside of class? ANVILL, a software toolbox, is the resource for you.

• Language Teachers Flock to Conference October 12, 2007
  Nearly 300 foreign language professionals from the elementary school to university levels are in Corvallis to learn more about teaching techniques, classroom technologies, and activities.
• Teachers Become Researchers September 15, 2007
  CASLS welcomed twenty teachers from nine different states to Portland, Oregon, for the Western Initiative for Language Leadership (WILL). Greg Hopper-Moore, CASLS research and development director, details the two-year journey these teachers will embark on.