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Understanding Teachers of Heritage and Domestic Language Learners
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Understanding Teachers of Heritage and Domestic Language Learners combines case-based learning with multimedia technology. It is organized around five conceptual strands: <br> Teachers as Learners of Languages <br> Beliefs about Language Learning <br> Challenges of Teaching LCTLs <br> Perception of Heritage and Domestic Students <br> Explorations <br><br> The resource provides a window into actual language classrooms, showcasing the complexities of addressing the needs of both heritage and domestic learners in the same language classroom.

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Corpus Tutorial
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Using Authentic "Real Language" in Teaching and Learning, is CALPER's online tutorial, which guides users step-by-step through the basics of collecting and analyzing "real" language using corpus methods.

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Dynamic Assessment and the Problem of Validity in the L2 Classroom
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CALPER Working Paper No. 10 <br> This paper begins with the premise that classroom-based assessment often carries high stakes for teachers and learners but that the important matter of validating these assessments has not been fully addressed in the literature. The author argues that the work of L.S. Vygotsky and his colleagues, through the dynamic model of assessment, offers a principled approach to integrating teaching and assessment as well as a theoretical framework for reflections on the validity of this activity.

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