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Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington DC, USA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2015

Julie Sugarman ,
Molly Fee  and
Anne Donovan
Julie Sugarman
Affiliation:
jsugarman@cal.org
Molly Fee
Affiliation:
mfee@cal.org
Anne Donovan
Affiliation:
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington DC, USAadonovan@cal.org
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The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is a private, nonprofit organization with over 50 years’ experience in the application of research on language and culture to educational and societal concerns. CAL carries out its mission to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture by engaging in a variety of projects in the areas of primary, secondary, and adult education, including research on effective strategies for the instruction of linguistically and ethnically diverse students; evaluation of the effectiveness of educational programs for such students; professional development for teachers and other staff working with linguistically diverse students; development of instructional materials and language tests; and services to support cultural orientation of immigrants and refugees.

Type
Research in Progress
Information
Language Teaching , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , April 2015 , pp. 292 - 297
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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