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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2023 Student Research Grant Applications
The purpose of the L2TReC Student Research Grants Program is to (1) enhance the research education of University of Utah students and (2) promote the research mission of L2TReC via support for student research projects. Application deadlines are October 15 and March 15 of each year; awarded funds must be used within one calendar year.
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Data Visualizations for Statewide K-12 Dual Language Immersion and Bridge Programs Launched
As part of an ongoing relationship between L2TReC and the MSIS Capstone Program at the David Eccles School of Business, multiple data visualizations representing students that enrolled in a K-12 dual language immersion (DLI) or Bridge language course, and their subsequent umbrella universities, were launched.
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Declared Majors for Utah Bridge Students Data Visualization Launched by L2TReC Bridge Program Data Visualization Launched
As part of the MSIS Capstone Program at the David Eccles School of Business, L2TReC sponsored their second team in 2022, culminating in the launch of a data visualization tool to show Bridge Language enrollments for students that progress to higher education study @theU.
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2023 CARLA - Teaching for Proficiency in Dual Language Immersion
With an understanding of the proficiency framework, participants will apply the guidelines as an organizing principle to DLI classrooms, syllabi, and lesson planning, with the goal of developing lessons, learning tasks, and classroom-based, formative assessments that are consistent with a proficiency-based approach in a dual language immersion context.