CARLA Presentation Series

CARLA sponsors a series of free online presentations during the academic year to share research in the field and showcase work on CARLA's initiatives.

All presentations are offered online unless otherwise noted. Times listed are in the U.S. Central Time Zone. Please note that the start times may vary.

This roundtable is co-sponsored by the Language Center and CARLA will feature several University of Minnesota language instructors who will showcase a wide range of practical teaching ideas that they gleaned from taking a CARLA Summer Institute. 

This presentation provides an update on CARLA’s Equity and Access to State Seals of Biliteracy initiative. After a brief overview of the national landscape with respect to seals of biliteracy, this talk showcases the recently completed national toolkit to support and advocate for seals locally and nationally. 

This presentation details a curricular unit from a content-based French course titled “Food Insecurity in the Francophone World.” The speaker highlights ways in which he negotiated language foci for the unit by consulting data from a student preferences survey, student performance on a diagnostic quiz, and a linguistic analysis of the unit’s summative performance task.

This study compares two case studies of Spanish heritage language learners in study abroad programs. Findings reveal that program design, including host family engagement and community service, significantly influences language use and integration.

This CARLA presentation shows how teacher educators can provide teachers with the knowledge and analytical skills to determine what the learners in their classrooms do and don't know, and the understanding of how and when to adjust their teaching to best help them.