Links

The following links provide further information about best practices in second language learning and general learning strategies. Please contact me if any of these links are broken.

Links related to Second Language Acquisition

Article: Multiple Intelligences and Second Language Learners
Christison, M. A. (1995). Multiple intelligences and second language learners [electronic version]. Journal of the imagination in language learning, 3, 8-13.

Article: The Outcomes and Impacts of Adult Literacy Education in the United States
Beder, H. (1999). The outcomes and impacts of adult literacy education in the United States. Washington, DC: National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy.

Web site: The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA)
From the website, “The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) is one of the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI National Language Resource Centers, whose role is to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively”.

Journal Issue: The Changing Face of the Classroom: Serving ELL Students
The articles in this issue speak to assessing the second language learner, why second language learners aren’t learning, and having a bilingual staff at the k-12 level.

Links related to General Learning Strategies

Web site: Performance Professionals
View information about the TIPP™ Learning Styles assessment and the woman who developed it, Shelly Loewen, at performanceprofessionals.com

Article: Kinesthetic Learning in the Classroom
Begel, A., Garcia, D. D., & Wolfman, S. A. (2004, March). Kinesthetic learning in the classroom. Proceedings of the 35th SIGCSE technical symposium on computer science education, 183-184.

Article: Literacy and Intrinsic Motivaton
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Literacy and intrinsic motivation. Daedalus, 119(2), 115-140.