Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference Barbara Blankenship, UCLA Thomas Hinnebusch, UCLA Florence Martin, CSU Long Beach www.lmp.ucla.edu

Title VI Funding Has enabled the creation of the LMP’s well known comprehensive website for teachers of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs).

Today’s discussion • Noteworthy outcomes from the past • • Newest project Signposts to the future www.lmp.ucla.edu

Noteworthy Earlier Outcomes • BIBLIOGRAPHY 7700 citations, materials for 150 LCTLs • AUTHENTIC MATERIALS 1000 citations • • LANGUAGE PORTALS Language profiles, maps Web links for each language www.lmp.ucla.edu

LMP Agility …provides for quick response as needs change • • Robust, flexible database design Time-tested research methods Our latest response to national needs: K-12 LCTL resources www.lmp.ucla.edu

K-12 GATEWAY to the Less Commonly Taught Languages Online since February 2009 www.lmp.ucla.edu

Some Components of the Gateway TEACHING FRAMEWORKS RESOURCES • • LESSON PLANS 20 thematic units 100 lesson plans, with supp. materials Sample lesson  www.lmp.ucla.edu

K-12 Pilot Project • • • • • Consultants: 10 teachers Languages: Grade: 6 languages 4 elementary, 5 secondary, 1 multigrade Types of program: Geographical: 4 Anchorage AK to Fairfax VA www.lmp.ucla.edu

Results of the Pilot Project • ENTHUSIASM • SUGGESTIONS for current site • Ideas for FUTURE ELEMENTS www.lmp.ucla.edu

Signposts to the Future Teachers’ ideas for future elements • • USER-GENERATED CONTENT TEACHERS’ ONLINE COMMUNITY www.lmp.ucla.edu

Title VI Impact • • Title IV Has filled a FUNDAMENTAL NEED for organizing LCTL teaching materials, through support of the Language Materials Project.

Will provide a KEY ADVANTAGE for the future, by supporting the LMP’s development of a platform for user-generated content.

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