The following cites provide brief descriptions of how the CAPE test is used for placement at various universities and colleges.

Assessment at the University of Nebraska at Kearney department assessment
http://aaunk.unk.edu/asmt/modltest.htm

Truman
http://www2.truman.edu/~ejewell/webcape.html

Salisbury State University
http://faculty.ssu.edu/~modlang/test.html


NC State University
http://sasw.chass.ncsu.edu/fl/place98.htm


Metropolitan State College of Denver the Business school uses CAPE test scores to satisfy language credit.
http://clem.mscd.edu/~mgt/intlbus.html

University of Houston
http://nhc.nhmccd.edu/students/academics/info/divisions/clh/faq.html

Ohio State University
http://sppo.ohio-state.edu/langstudies/spanishlang/sp101.htm

Augusta
http://www.augustana.edu/academ/spanish/index2.htm

The following sites discuss uses of multimedia in language instruction:

Loyola University New Orleans: Ross Learning Center http://www.loyno.edu/mfllits/rflc/

MERLOT World Languages http://worldlang.merlot.org:8600/Home.po


The following articles were found on the database ERIC using the search terms "spanish instruction, higher education, computer+."

ERIC can be found at:
http://www.lib.pdx.edu/resources/databases/databases_A-K.html#e

ERIC documents fulltext are found at: http://www.edrs.com/Webstore/Search.cfm

ED401875
Title: Assessing the Impact of Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) in Undergraduate Latin American Studies.
Author(s): Child, Jack
Find article fulltext at: http://www.edrs.com/Webstore/Search.cfm (put in ED number listed above)

ED443814
Title: Studies in Teaching 1999 Research Digest. Research Projects Presented at Annual Research Forum (Winston-Salem, NC, December 1999).
Author: McCoy, Leah P.Ed.
Find article fulltext at http://www.edrs.com/Webstore/Search.cfm (put in ED number listed above)

Title: Metacognitive Learning Techniques in the User Interface:Advance Organizers and Captioning.
Author: Chiquito, Ana Beatriz
Publication: Computers and the Humanities v28 n4-5 p211-23 1994-95
PSU has: v.1-27 1966-93 AZ105.C6

ED368809
Title: Technology as a Tool for Urban Classrooms. ERIC/CUE Digest,
Full text available at: http://www.edrs.com/Webstore/Search.cfm (type in ED number listed above)

ED332537
Beyond Drill and Filler: The Computer/Composition Connection.
Author: Cardenas, Karen Hardy
Publication: U.S.; South Dakota; 1990-03-00
Available on microfiche at PSU Library

Title:Authenticity and Authorship in the Computer-Mediated Acquisition of L2 Literacy.
Publication: Language Learning & Technology v4 n2 p78-104 Sep 2000
Author(s):Kramsch, Claire
Find article at: http://llt.msu.edu

ED434539
Title:Using Videos with Adult English Language Learners. ERICDigest.
Author: Burt, Miriam
Full text available at: http://www.edrs.com/Webstore/Search.cfm (type in ED number listed above)

ED435202
Title:Considerations in Developing and Using Computer-Adaptive Tests To Assess Second Language Proficiency
Author(s):Dunkel, Patricia A.
Full text available at: http://www.edrs.com/Webstore/Search.cfm (type in ED number listed above)

Title: Providing an Effective and Affective Learning Environment for Spanish Phonetics with a Hypermedia Application.
Author: Hwu, Fenfang
Publication: :CALICO Journal v14 n2-4 p115-34 1997
PSU does not own this journal

Title: Language Learning and Interactive Research
Author(s): McCarthy, Denise .
Publication: :TESOL Journal v7 n6 p32-34 Win 1998
PSU has: v.1- 1991- to date.
Call number: PE1128.A2T4518

ED427524
Title:The Multiple Challenges of Multimedia: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.
Author(s): Kassen, Margaret Ann
Full text available at: http://www.edrs.com/Webstore/Search.cfm (type in ED number listed above)

Title:Webspinning in the Language Classroom.
Taylor, Greg ; And Others
Publication:Learning and Leading with Technology v24 n4 p32-35 Dec-Jan 1996-97
PSU has: v.22- 1995- LB1028.5.A1C66
Call number: LB1028.5 .A1 C66

ED414741
Title: Interactive Video Listening Comprehension in Foreign Language Instruction: Development and Evaluation.
Full text available at: http://www.edrs.com/Webstore/Search.cfm (type in ED number listed above)

ED355835
Title:Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Current Programs and Projects. ERIC Digest.
Author(s): Higgins, Chris
Full text available at: http://www.edrs.com/Webstore/Search.cfm (type in ED number listed above)

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Other Articles and Online Journals

Language Learning & Technology http://llt.msu.edu/intro.html

Useful and fun: education, language tools, media, & games

Educational sites

Digest of Education Statistics. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs99/digest98/listoftables.html

Statewide Study of Second Language Study in Oregon: http://www.ous.edu/aca/flreport.htm

Language tools

Online language tools
http://www.iTools.com/lang/

Media

Live Radio on the Internet:http://www.comfm.com/live/radio/

Live Television on the Internet. http://www.samoht.net/tv/

BBC Online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/

iLoveLanguages: http://www.ilovelanguages.com/

Organizations, Centers, and Forums

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. http://www.actfl.org/

American Association of Teachers of Arabic . literature. http://www.wm.edu/aata/

American Association of Teachers of French (AATF). http://aatf.utsa.edu/

American Association of Teachers of German (AATG). http://www.aatg.org/

American Association Teachers of Italian (AATI) http://www.italianstudies.org/aati/

American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL). http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/

American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP).http://www.aatsp.org/

Association of Teachers of Japanese: http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/

International Association for Language Learning Technology. http://iall.net/

Netoric Project is to bring together geographically distant
colleagues to discuss issues related to computer-assisted writing instruction. http://nova.bsuvc.bsu.edu/~gsiering/netoric/


Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/call/index.html

CALICO, the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium. http://calico.org/about.html

The Yamada Language Center http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides.html

Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI). Stanford.
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/

Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research. USLA. http://www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition. http://carla.acad.umn.edu/NLRC.html

Center for Language Education and Research. http://clear.msu.edu/

"Computers in Teaching Initiative".C & IT Center. University of Hull. http://www.hull.ac.uk/cti/

Modern Language Resource Center. Carnegie Mellon. http://ml.hss.cmu.edu/mlrc/

Center for Advanced Research on Language
Acquisition (CARLA). http://carla.acad.umn.edu/CARLA.html

University of Oxford Language Centre. http://info.ox.ac.uk/departments/langcentre/

Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Project. http://carla.acad.umn.edu/lctl/

Foreign Language Teaching Forum http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/flteach-res.html

Language Learning Technology International Discussion Forum. http://schiller.dartmouth.edu/llti/

 

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