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INTEREST TO SECONDARY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS
 Compiled by Roz Van Auker
  
  
Periodicals of Special Interest
Print periodicals are shelved alphabetically by title on Floor 3 South. Periodicals that are also available via the Web or available full text in one of the CSUS Library databases are indicated. To search for articles by subject in these and other periodicals, use the ERIC database.

Die Unterrichtspraxis also available in JSTOR
Foreign Language Annals
Hispania
Italica
Language Learning also available in Blackwell Synergy
Language Learning & Technology: a Refereed Journal for Secondary and Foreign
    http://llt.msu.edu/
Language Learning Journal: a Journal of the Association for Language Learning
Modern Language Journal
Reading in a Foreign Language  http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/

Foreign language newspapers are available in the Lexis-Nexis: Academic Universe database. Select NEWS and News Category Non-English Language News.
Professional Associations
California Foreign Language Project
American Assoc. of Teachers of German
American Assoc. of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
American Assoc. of Teachers of French
California Language Teachers Association
Canadian Assoc. of Second Language Teachers

 		http://csmp.ucop.edu/cflp/
http://www.aatg.org/
http://www.aatsp.org
http://www.actfl.org/
http://www.frenchteachers.org/
http://www.clta.net
http://www.caslt.org
Professional Standards and California State Frameworks
PERSONAL FAVORITES
  • 100 Games and Activities for the Introductory Foreign Language Classroom
    PB 35 A14 2007
  • Berlin Perspectives: a German Language Unit. [videorecording]
    Nonprint 430 .St2be 1992 Gr.7-12
  • Foreign Language Units for All Proficiency Levels  P 53.295 F67 2007
  • Luna, Luna: Creative Writing Ideas from Spanish, Latin American,
    and Latino Literature    .  LB 1576 .L836 1997
  • Secondary Teachers Guide to Free Curriculum Materials.   ref LBZ 5817.2 E42
    • Spanish Teacher's Book of Instant Word Games. PC 4129 .E5 C36 1996
Additional lesson plans and teaching strategies can be found by browsing in the curriculum guides on Floor 2 South and in the foreign language "method books" under call number P51 - P53 on Floor 3 North. Use EUREKA. to locate additional curriculum materials. Search by ADVANCED SEARCH select from the LOCATION pull down menu "Curriculum Guides" or "Curriculum Texts" or "Curriculum Nonprint."
  
Background Information
  • Bringing the Standards for Foreign Language Learning to Life   P 57 U5 B58 2002
  • Cognitive Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, and Foreign Language Teaching
    P 53.7 .C59 2004
  • Content Based Instruction in Foreign Language Education: Models and Methods..
    P 53 .C594 1997
  • Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning.    P 53 .C77 1999
  • Foreign Language Teacher's Guide to Active Learning.  P 51 .B544 1999
  • Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning
    P 118.2 .H359 2005
  • Learning to Learn in a Second Language.   PE 1128 .A2 G47 1997
  • Second and Foreign Language Learning Through Classroom Interaction
    P 53.447 .D48 2000
  • Teaching Writing in Second and Foreign Language Classrooms   P 53.27 .W55 2005
  • What Does Research Show about the Benefits of Language Learning?
    http://www.discoverlanguages.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4524
Using Literature in Foreign Language Teaching
The Juvenile Literature collection on floor 2 South has a number of children's books in foreign languages. You may want to consider using these materials to supplement reading material in textbooks. Browsing numbers for these materials are as follows:
  • juv 831-833   German
  • juv 841-843   French
  • juv 860-863   Spanish

One good resource is:

Internet Starting Places
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Questions/comments to: Roz Van Auker, (vanaukerr@csus.edu); Education/Social Science Reference Librarian
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