Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS)

Volume 18: Calibrating for Uncertainty -

Volume 18: Calibrating for Uncertainty While a pause is necessary, our commitment to supporting educators remains steadfast. We encourage you to continue exploring and making use of the many free resources that CASLS offers:

Volume 17: Summer Fun -

Volume 17: Summer Fun Hello, subscribers! In honor of summer vacation, we're sending out something a little different this week. In this issue, you'll find resources to help you and your learners remember just how fun language learning can be! We hope they add to the enjoyment of the well-deserved rest teachers throughou...

Technology and Language Learning: Using AI as a Personal Writing Tutor -

Technology and Language Learning: Using AI as a Personal Writing Tutor This issue, we're exploring how AI can do more than catch grammar mistakes—it can help learners grow as writers, thinkers, and collaborators.

Volume 16: Technology and Language Learning, Issue 1: AI and Scaffolded Writing Feedback -

Volume 16: Technology and Language Learning, Issue 1: AI and Scaffolded Writing Feedback In this issue, we explore how scaffolded feedback from AI can support learning without taking over the process. With the right framing, AI can help learners slow down, notice patterns, and make intentional choices in their writing—shifting the focus from simply fixing mistakes to sparking reflecti...

Volume 15: Indigenous Language Revitalization, Issue 2: Expanding Ways of Knowing and Learning through Indigenous Storytelling -

Volume 15: Indigenous Language Revitalization, Issue 2: Expanding Ways of Knowing and Learning through Indigenous Storytelling This issue invites us to engage with storytelling not just as content, but as relationship—rooted in place, practice, and perspective. Explore strategies for incorporating interpretive assessments and building shared meaning in ways that honor the depth and integrity of Indigenous traditions.

Volume 15: Indigenous Language Revitalization, Issue 1: Meaningful Assessment for Indigenous Languages -

Volume 15: Indigenous Language Revitalization, Issue 1: Meaningful Assessment for Indigenous Languages In Indigenous language revitalization, assessment can be more than a tool for measuring. It can also become an act of care for sustaining the cultural ways of knowing which flow through relationships, between people, and among all places.

Volume 14: Emotional Health in the Classroom, Issue 3: Positive Psychology for Language Learning -

Volume 14: Emotional Health in the Classroom, Issue 3: Positive Psychology for Language Learning This issue invites us to consider how positive psychology can enrich language learning—not by adding more to our plates, but by helping us notice and build on what’s already working. From moments of shared laughter to steady efforts toward growth, the strategies here emphasize emotional well-bei...

Volume 14: Emotional Health in the Classroom, Issue 2: Emotions in Heritage Language Classes -

Volume 14: Emotional Health in the Classroom, Issue 2: Emotions in Heritage Language Classes This volume explores ways to navigate emotion in the classroom while drawing on the rich multilingual and multicultural knowledge students bring—specifically through the lens of Spanish heritage language learning. The Links We Like section explores research related to oral feedback, linguistic ins...

✨🌟 Honoring Stephanie Knight 🌟✨

Today, we extend our deepest gratitude and well wishes to Stephanie as she embarks on her next chapter.

Her leadership, insight, and unwavering dedication have profoundly shaped CASLS and the broader field of language learning.

Her contributions will have a lasting impact, and she will be greatly missed!

We invite colleagues and collaborators to share their appreciation and well wishes in the comments. 💬

We’re excited to see everyone tomorrow! Come visit us at Booth #519!

Links We Like for Humor in Language:
Here are some links we've been loving! We've included three websites aimed at making teaching and learning humor in a target language more engaging and intuitive!

Using and understanding humor in a second language: A case study

Multilinguish: How To Be Funny In Another Language

Stand-Up Comedy In a Second Language

Links We Like for Rhythm in Language:
Here are some links we've been loving! We've included three websites aimed at making teaching and learning rhythm in a target language more engaging and intuitive!

Rhythm | TeachingEnglish | British Council

Teaching Suprasegmentals in the ESL Classroom: Stress, Rhythm, and Intonation - Bridge

A Linguistic Comparison: Stress-timed and syllable-timed languages and their impact on second language acquisition