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From http://calper.la.psu.edu/publications.php

The Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research has a number of publications available free for downloading or online access. Here are some of the publications and online resources available:

Korean Grammar in Discourse and Interaction
Guided activities explaining aspects of Korean grammar from a discourse-pragmatic perspective. Designed for high-intermediate / advanced learners and heritage speakers. Each unit can be used as supplemental materials or for self-study.

Working with Spoken Chinese
A series of units developed to teach and learn distinctive conversation features of Mandarin Chinese. Designed for high-intermediate / advanced learners (ACTFL Speaking Proficiency). Can be used as supplemental materials or for self-study.

Narrative and Conceptual Proficiency in Russian
Materials for intermediate to advanced learners of Russian based on an analysis of natural spoken Russian. Teacher handbook outlines five features of Russian important for storytelling and narrating. Workbook offers a variety of activities and tasks that will develop these aspects of learner's proficiency.

Corpus Tutorial
The tutorial consists of ten units of self-study devoted to corpus construction, basic corpus-analytical techniques and applications. Designed for language educators.

Project Work
Resource site describing and exploring principles of conducting project work. Includes case studies, video clips of teacher narratives, downloadable PDFs, and annotated references with links to further resources.

Language Learning Projects
Outlines and descriptions of projects conducted with intermediate to advanced learners of various languages.

For access to these and more CALPER publications, go to http://calper.la.psu.edu/publications.php .

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