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Help your high school and college students learn French, Japanese, and Spanish through engaging social sciences topics. MOSAIC units, which are free and customizable, help create a more proficiency-oriented classroom. » The quest for Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish lesson plans that include authentic materials and real-life tasks stops here. Searchable by seven parameters, Dynamic Activity Templates are perfect for supplementing popular textbooks. » Setting objectives, finding activities, and creating thematic units can be daunting. PEP Tool helps Japanese and Spanish educators accomplish all this and more. » ANVILL is a Web-based language lab that allows students and teachers to tell stories, share opinions, and practice the target language. Using ANVILL, teachers can easily create media-rich lessons and quizes. » MyChina Village, a virtual world in Second Life, provides a structured learning environment for students to practice the target language. They interact with native speakers and other learners. » AssessmentHelp track your students' progress toward proficiency with an e-portfolio available free of charge. LinguaFolio Online allows students to set language learning goals, record what they can do with the language, and upload work samples. » The Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP) helps educators evaluate their course curriculum and improve student outcomes. STAMP is tied to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines and available in six different languages. » Available in five different languages, the National Online Early Language Learning Assessment (NOELLA) helps teachers determine the proficiency of younger learners. » Try beta versions of STAMP and NOELLA in your classroom free of charge. » Professional DevelopmentGet teaching tips, information on upcoming conferences, leads on funding opportunities, and more delivered to your inbox once each week. Join InterCom to stay apprised of the latest information in the field. » In your first five years of teaching in the Western United States? Get support and connect with experts with the Western Initiative for Language Leadership (WILL). » The Southern Initiative for Language Leadership (SILL) is transforming professional development for educators in the south. Find out these to join these educators and connect with national experts. » Immersion education presents its own challenges. Learn with other teachers and principals as they improve student outcomes as part of the Language Immersion Networking Group in Oregon (LINGO). » |