Events

Upcoming Events



Language Grants Showcase and PLC Awards 2024

May 3, 2024 at -

Please join us for our annual Language Grants Showcase and PLC Awards. This year's event will feature projects from the previous SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grant Cycle as well as posters from our Fulbright…

Recent Events



PLC Workshop: Developing Contextualized Performance Assessments

4 of 4 in the Research-Informed Teaching Practices Workshop Series
Betsy Kells, PLC Technology Director
Apr 12, 2024 at -

This research-informed practice is situated as last in the series because all of the previous workshops contribute to building on this skill. Performance assessment types include oral interpersonal performance…



PLC Workshop: Role of Basic Phonetics and Phonology Training in Foreign Language Teaching and Acquisition

Sreeparna Sarkar, PhD
Mar 22, 2024 at -

Accurate pronunciation of a foreign language is a challenge most learners face right from the beginning level. The pronunciation difficulty ranges from understanding where to place the speech articulators to…



PLC Workshop: Engaging Learners in Purposeful Written Communication

3 of 4 in the Research-Informed Teaching Practices Workshop Series
Betsy Kells, PLC Technology Director
Feb 23, 2024 at -

This workshop was designed as a follow up to the Fall 2023 workshop focused on authentic reading practices. Participants will be introduced to key concepts including Genre Theory and the Teaching-Learning Cycle in…