LibGuides: Education: Language Education

The Birth of a Word

Deb Roy directs the Cognitive Machines group at the MIT Media Lab, where he studies how children learn language, and designs machines that learn to communicate in human-like ways. He wanted to understand how his infant son learned language -- so he wired up his house with videocameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son's life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch "gaaaa" slowly turn into "water." Astonishing, data-rich research with deep implications for how we learn. (from TED.com)

Language Education the Web

International and Foreign Language Education
This office is responsible for encouraging and promoting the study of foreign languages and cultures of other countries at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels in the United States.
Language Resource Centers
The common goal of the Language Resource Centers (LRCs) is to promote the learning and teaching of foreign languages in the United States. The US Department of Education established the first LRCs at US universities in 1990 in response to the growing national need for expertise and competence in foreign languages.
National Capital Language Resource Center
NCLRC is active in the areas of testing, learning strategies,materials development & methodology, technology, professional development, and dissemination of information on commonly and less commonly taught languages. NCLRC is a joint project of Georgetown University,The George Washington University, and the Center for Applied Linguistics.
National Foreign Language Center @ University of Maryland
The NFLC's mission is to improve the capacity of the U.S. to communicate in languages other than English.
National Foreign Language Resource Center @ University of Hawai`i

Language and Literature Journals

Languages and Literature Journals
Comprehensive listing of journals in Languages and Literature compiled through our A to Z title list

Selected Library Resources

Language Arts: Extending the Possibilities by Marjorie R. Hancock
Call Number: Main 372.6 H191L 2007
ISBN: 0130189901
Publication Date: 2006-06-28
Literacy 2. 0 by Nancy Frey; Douglas Fisher; Alex Gonzalez
Call Number: Main 302.2244 F897L 2010
ISBN: 1935249819
Publication Date: 2010-06-01
Literacy Achievement and Diversity by Kathryn H. Au; Patricia A. Edwards (Foreword by)
Call Number: Main 370.1170973 Au1L 2011
ISBN: 0807752061
Publication Date: 2011-03-18
Slam School by Bronwen E. Low
Call Number: Main 371.39 L95s 2011
ISBN: 0804763658
Publication Date: 2011-03-22
Writing Assessment and the Revolution in Digital Texts and Technologies by Michael Neal
Call Number: Main 428.00285 N254w 2011
ISBN: 0807751405
Publication Date: 2010-11-21