*L2TReC is operating virtually. Our team can be contacted by email. Please visit our team directory for contact information or email l2trec@utah.edu.
L2TReC supports research on Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and works with L2 teachers at all levels of instruction. The Center hosts events and workshops on SLA research, curriculum development and assessment, and is a resource for the university and the community on foreign language education. Through its partnership with the Utah State Board of Education, the Center promotes a K-16 vision for Utah’s Dual Language Immersion Program.
News
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Le Monde Highlights Utah's French Dual Langauge Immersion Program
Special Envoy to Salt Lake City (Utah), Jessica Gourdon, highlights Utah's French Dual Langauge Immersion Program in France's Le Monde. From Dans l’Utah, une passion stratégique pour l’apprentissage du français
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2022 Bridge Institute Workshop
The Annual Summer Bridge Program Institute kicks off the university/high school co-teaching partnership for the 22-23 school year, focusing on teaching and learning for the upcoming Bridge Program 3116 courses. This institute will include all languages of the University of Utah Bridge Program.
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Creating Corpus-Informed Materials for the Dual Language Immersion Classroom
This workshop aims to prepare current and future Dual Language Immersion (DLI) teachers to create authentic teaching materials for DLI classrooms using learner corpora. The 6-hour in-person workshop will include lectures and practice sessions on the following topics: analyzing sample corpus-informed teaching materials in various languages; using corpus linguistic tools and techniques; developing corpus-informed activities based on corpus search results.
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2022 Summer Spanish Workshop
This two-day workshop will focus on teaching film in Spanish language classrooms. The basics of cinematic form will be reviewed in order to develop frameworks of analysis that incorporate an understanding of film as a visual language. After examining questions of genre, content, and style, we will review strategies for the pedagogical applications of film analysis and develop assignments and activities that focus on cinema’s unique power to represent cultural identity and social change..