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>Subject: Summer workshops for language teachers at Michigan State University
>Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 08:17:00 -0400

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Every summer since 1997, the Center for Language Education and  
Research (CLEAR) at Michigan State University has offered  
professional development workshops.  Teachers of all levels from all  
over the country have come to MSU's campus for these practical,  
informative and timely courses.  Join us for one or two courses from  
our tenth anniversary series of professional development workshops!

Learn more about all the workshops listed below, including longer  
descriptions, pricing and discount information, and application  
forms, by visiting our website:  http://clear.msu.edu/clear/ 
professionaldev/summerworkshops.php.  Have a question not addressed  
on our website?  Please contact CLEAR at [log in to unmask] We hope to  
welcome you to East Lansing this summer!


Conducting Action Research in the Foreign Language Classroom
July 9-11, 2007

Action research is research conducted by practitioners (i.e.,  
language teachers) with the aim of making positive changes in  
teaching practices and learning outcomes. This workshop is designed  
for practicing language teachers with little to no prior research  
experience who would like to implement an action research project in  
their own classrooms.

Integrating Technology and Assessment for Language Teaching and Learning
July 12-14, 2007

Advances in technology and developments in the field of language  
assessment come together in this CLEAR workshop, which is designed  
for teachers of all languages. The overall goal is to show how  
technology facilitates assessment, and how assessment in turn  
facilitates learning.


Focus on Form in the L2 Classroom
July 16-18, 2007

This workshop will address how to integrate attention to accurate use  
of language within activities that are designed to promote fluent  
oral production. Should teachers correct learner errors during  
communicative activities? If so, how should errors be corrected?  
Which errors should be addressed? These questions, among others, will  
be explored in detail during this workshop.


Keeping Teacher and Student Talk in the Target Language
July 19-21, 2007

Most teachers and teacher educators believe that maximal use of the  
target language in foreign language classrooms is best for  
facilitating language acquisition. Sometimes, however, various  
obstacles prevent the teachers and students from speaking the target  
language. This workshop will focus on both teacher and student  
language use and strategies to maximize target language use by both  
groups.


Making the Most of Video in the Foreign Language Classroom
July 30-August 1, 2007

Teachers and researchers agree that video materials can enhance the  
learning environment in foreign language classrooms by providing  
rich, contextualized input.  This workshop will consider multiple  
uses of video as well as techniques for adapting authentic materials  
to learners of various proficiency levels.


Language Teaching and Technology
August 2-4, 2007

Technology in the classroom can ease your classroom management tasks,  
provide a change of pace for your students, provide you with an  
opportunity to include the target community, and provide you with  
easy access to written documents of students' language production.  
During the workshop you will experience technology from a learner's  
perspective and at the same time you will be provided with activities  
for your own teaching. You will also have the opportunity to develop  
your own materials.