The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) has announced the dates for its 2021 Summer Institutes. CARLA Summer Institutes are geared toward elementary, secondary, and post-secondary world language educators and language teacher educators. All Summer Institutes will take place virtually, in either synchronous or asynchronous format. Asynchronous institutes are completed on educators’ own time with preset deadlines, but many also include some synchronous sessions. Synchronous institutes meet live, in real time in Zoom (or similar video conferencing program).
Asynchronous
June 18-July 18, 2021
Transitioning to Teaching Language Online (TTLO)
June 28-July 30, 2021
Meaningful Portfolio Implementation
Using the Web for Communicative Language Learning
June 28, 2021-July 16, 2021
Language & Culture in Sync: Teaching Linguistic Politeness and Intercultural Awareness
Practical Program Evaluation for Language Teachers—New!
Teaching World Languages and Cultures in Elementary Settings
July 12-30, 2021
Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom
Synchronous
June 21-25, 2021
Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development
Creativity in the Language Classroom
Secondary Dual Language and Immersion: Achieving the Promise of Continuation Programs
July 12-16, 2021
Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Education
July 19-23, 2021
Assessing Language Learners’ Communication Skills via Authentic Communicative Performance Tasks
Building on Effective Uses of Technology in Second Language Teaching—New!
Foreign Language Literacies: Using Target Language Texts to Improve Communication
July 26-30, 2021
Teaching Language Through the Lens of Social Justice
For more information, please visit https://carla.umn.edu/institutes/index.html.
