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CAL Spanish-English Biliteracy Instruction (ยกen espaรฑol!): Foundations

April 7โ€“10 and 14โ€“15, 2025 Cรณmo fomentar el desarrollo de la lengua y lectoescritura: Diferencias lingรผรญsticas entre el espaรฑol y el inglรฉs y su impacto en la enseรฑanza de la lengua y lectoescritura bilingรผe This interactive institute, formerly known as the Spanish Language and Literacy institute, is designed to provide participants with research-based, effective methods ... Read more

LARC 2025 Conference Presentationโ€”PreK-8 Oral Proficiency Assessment: Free Tools and Training for Educators

PreK-8 Oral Proficiency Assessment: Free Tools and Training for Education Date & Time: April 5, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.โ€“12:00 p.m. PDT Location: LARC, Fullerton, CA Presenter(s): Elyssa Sun Jamie Morgan Leslie Fink Rachel Myers Jenna Bushton Description: Interest in PK-8 world language (WL) programs has increased in recent years, and there is a growing need ... Read more

LARC 2025 Conference Presentationโ€”Examining Alternate-Form Reliability in Adult ESL Literacy Assessments: A Case Study

Examining Alternate-Form Reliability in Adult ESL Literacy Assessments: A Case Study Date & Time: April 5, 2025 | 04:00โ€“04:30 p.m. PDT Location: California State University, Fullerton Presenter(s): Leah Guo (Center for Applied Linguistics) Aubrey Sahouria (Center for Applied Linguistics) Leslie Fink(Center for Applied Linguistics) Description: One essential quality of any good assessment is reliability, which ... Read more