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Using the Language Portfolio in the Classroom
New CASLT PublicationUsing the Language Portfolio in the Classroom
The workshop package will enable teachers to strengthen their understanding of the components of the Language Portfolio, reflect on their own practice and show students how to use the tool to pursue lifelong language learning.
The workshop package is organized into four sections: Facilitator Notes, Workshop Handouts, Workshop Materials, and Appendices. It’s a step-by-step guide for those delivering a training workshop on the Language Portfolio.
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Literature Review on the Impact of Second-Language Learning
Literature Review on the Impact of Second-Language Learning
The launch of this literature review took place during the Languages Without Borders (LWB) pre-conference roundtable on the Impact of Second Language Learning.
In 2016, the Second Languages and Intercultural Council (SLIC) of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, in partnership with the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT), initiated a review of the literature to examine the impacts of second language learning. SLIC and CASLT collaborated with the University of Calgary’s Language Research Centre and called upon Dr. Mary Grantham O’Brien to oversee this project. Dr. Grantham O’Brien and her team of researchers reviewed the recent literature in the following areas: cognition, academics, personal life, society at large, economics, and intercultural understanding. SLIC and CASLT are excited to launch this review with the latest findings from cutting-edge research to LWB conference attendees.
Literature Review Literature Review
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