Products and Publications

The Center for Applied Linguistics provides a wide range of publications and products related to the teaching and learning of languages, linguistics, policy, assessment, and more.

In this section, CAL provides a complete list of our publications (both for sale and free downloadable PDFs) as well as our products for sale, such as assessments and our resources used in delivery of professional development services.

We invite you to browse our library of publications and resources. Click on a title for a description of each resource and information on how to download PDFs or to order selected publications and products online at the CAL Store.

Visit our Resource Archive to download free PDFs of CAL Digests as well as digests and briefs from past projects.


Title Authors Date
Addressing the Educator Shortage: Supporting Pathways to the Teaching Profession for Multilingual Paraeducators Elizabeth Llorca 2024-06
Facilitated Interdependent Language Learning (FILL): Resources from the Field Michele Anciaux Aoki, Nancy C. Rhodes, Jacque Van Houten, and Tom Welch 2024-01
Right from the Start: Enriching Learning Experiences for Multilingual Learners through Multiliteracies Margo Gottlieb
Student Voices: High Schoolers’ Insights into World Language Learning Tom Welch and Nancy Rhodes 2021-08
Welcoming Bilingual Learners with Disabilities into Dual Language Programs Cristina Sánchez-López, Theresa Young, Fred Genesee and John F. Hilliard 2022-04-25
What is Plain Language?
How Can Multilingual Learners and Their Teachers Make a Difference in Classroom Assessment? Margo Gottlieb
Translanguaging: Theory, Concept, Practice, Stance… or All of the Above? Marybelle Marrero-Colón 2021-09
A History of Applied Linguistics: From 1980s to the Present Kees de Bot 2015-03-20
America’s Languages: Investing in Language Education for the 21st Century American Academy of Arts & Sciences 2017
An Insider’s Guide to SIOP Coaching Arieh (Ari) Sherris, Thomas A. Bauder, and Lindsey Hillyard 2007
Assessment for Language Instructors: The Basics – Online Course
BEST Literacy Test Manual Center for Applied Linguistics 2008-06
Building Educational Communities of Inclusion in PreK-12 Settings – A CAL Webinar
Building the Foreign Language Capacity We Need: Toward a Comprehensive Strategy for a National Language Framework Frederick H. Jackson, National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland; Margaret E. Malone, Center for Applied Linguistics 2009-04-05
Internet Disparity Challenges: Schooling For All M. Beatriz Arias 2020-05
CAL English Proficiency Tests
CAL Series on Language Education
Consumer Protection Websites – Free Online Resources
Effective, Engaging, and Sustained Professional Development for Educators of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students – A CAL Commentary Annie Laurie Duguay, Tatyana Vdovina 2019-09
Demonstrating Comprehensible Input: Mandarin Chinese Lesson Video Clips Center for Applied Linguistics 2016
Developing Academic Literacy and Language in the Content Areas
Dialects at School: Educating Linguistically Diverse Students Jeffrey Reaser, Carolyn Temple Adger, Walt Wolfram, Donna Christian 2019-05-16
Culture, Language and Learning in the Age of the Diversity Explosion – A CAL Commentary M. Beatriz Arias, PhD 2019-08
Using a Process-based Approach to Evaluate the Peace Corps TEFL Certificate Program – A CAL Commentary Jing Wei, PhD 2018-11
Diversifying the Teacher Pipeline: Precollegiate Recruitment – A CAL Commentary M. Beatriz Arias, PhD 2018-10
English Language Teaching as a Second Career Sarah J. Shin 2016-12
Ask a Test Developer – A CAL Commentary Mina Niu, Kristine Nugent 2018-09
Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education – Third Edition Elizabeth R. Howard, Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary, David Rogers, Natalie Olague, José Medina, Barbara Kennedy, Julie Sugarman, Donna Christian 2018
Handbook of Heritage, Community, and Native American Languages in the United States: Research, Policy, and Educational Practice Terrence G. Wiley, Joy Kreeft Peyton, Donna Christian, Sarah Catherine K. Moore, Na Liu 2014-01-06
Helping English Learners Succeed: An Overview of the SIOP Model (Video) Center for Applied Linguistics 2002
Helping Newcomer Students Succeed in Secondary Schools and Beyond Deborah J. Short and Beverly A. Boyson 2012
Heritage Language Education: A New Field Emerging Donna M. Brinton, Olga Kagan, Susan Bauckus 2008-07-30
Ensuring Fairness in Language Proficiency Assessments: Q&A – A CAL Commentary Caitlin Gdowski & Keira Ballantyne 2018-07
Improving Education for English Learners: Research-Based Approaches
Indigenous Youth and Multilingualism: Language Identity, Idealogy, and Practice in Dynamic Cultural Worlds Leisy T. Wyman, Teresa L. McCarty, Sheilah E. Nicholas 2013-08-28
The March for our Lives: Bringing Power and Authenticity to the Language and Literacy Standards – A CAL Commentary Annie Laurie Duguay 2018-06
Language and the Fulfillment of the Potential of All Americans Terrence Wiley, Ph.D., with Beatriz Arias, Ph.D., Jennifer Renn, Ph.D., and Shereen Bhalla, Ph.D., Center for Applied Linguistics 2015-11-23
Language Policies in Education: Critical Issues James W. Tollefson 2012-08-25
Language Policy, Politics, and Diversity in Education – Review of Research in Education Volume 38
Language, the Sustainable Development Goals, and Vulnerable Populations João Pedro Marinotti, City University of New York 2017-05
Learning the SIOP Model Jennifer Himmel and Julie Mazrum
Listening and Speaking: Oral Language and Vocabulary Development for English Language Learners Linda New Levine, Betty Ansin Smallwood, and Erin Flynn Haynes 2012
Math and Science: Skills and Strategies to Adapt Instruction for English Language Learners Linda New Levine, Betty Ansin Smallwood, and Erin Flynn Haynes 2012
Multilingual Learners and Academic Literacies Daniella Molle, Edynn Sato, Timothy Boals, Carol A. Hedgspeth 2015-03-05
National Research Summit on the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners
Profiles of Dual Language Education in the 21st Century M. Beatriz Arias and Molly Fee 2018-09-14
Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English: Promising Futures
Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning: A Practical Guide Francis M. Hult and David Cassels Johnson 2015-07
Review of Research in Education 2014: Language Policy, Politics, and Diversity in Education Kathryn M. Borman, Arnold B. Danzig, David R. Garcia, and Terrence G. Wiley 2014-03
Seven Principles of Effective Instruction for English Learners Center for Applied Linguistics 2014
SIOP in Action: Instructional Videos Featuring Complete SIOP Lessons at Three Grade Levels Center for Applied Linguistics
Spotlight on the Chinese Education Center Elementary School: A Newcomer Program in San Francisco Annie Laurie Duguay 2018-08
STARTALK Assessment for Language Instructors: The Basics
The SIOP Model: Sheltered Instruction for Academic Achievement (Video) Center for Applied Linguistics 2002
Talking Black in America
Teaching and Assessing EIL in Local Contexts Around the World Sandra Lee Mckay, James Dean Brown 2015-08-10
Teaching and Learning English Grammar: Research Findings and Future Directions MaryAnn Christison, Donna Christian, Patricia A. Duff, and Nina Spada 2015-03-04
The National K-12 Foreign Language Enrollment Survey Report: The State of Language in the United States
Interrogating the “Language Gap” – A CAL Commentary M. Beatriz Arias, PhD 2018-03
Dual Language Education: Answers to Questions From the Field Barbara Kennedy & José Medina, Center for Applied Linguistics 2017-09
Using Sheltered Instructions to Support English Learners Amy Markos and Jennifer Himmel 2016-03
Using the SIOP Model: Professional Development Manual for Sheltered Instruction, 2nd Edition Deborah J. Short, Jennifer Himmel, Sandra Gutiérrez, Justine Hudec 2011
What Teachers Need to Know About Language – Second Edition Carolyn Temple Adger, Catherine E. Snow, and Donna Christian 2018
Implementing the Common Core for English Learners Annie Duguay, Lindsey Massoud, Lisa Tabaku, Jennifer Himmel, and Julie Sugarman 2013-09
Adult English Proficiency Assessments
Bilingualism in Schools and Society Sarah J. Shin 2017-08-07