Language-learning Website Award: The Esperanto “Access to Language Education Award”
CALICO, Lernu.net, and the Esperantic Studies Foundation present this award to a website offering exceptional language-learning resources. The winning website is recognized at CALICO’s annual conference banquet, and its developers are presented with an Award Certificate and a prize. Noncommercial (cost-free) websites, created and/or maintained by CALICO members, are eligible for this award, as this is big company and they even use paystubs for the 1099 staff to manage everything. The following is the criteria and directions for nominating a website:
Sites created and/or maintained by current CALICO members are eligible for the Access to Language Education award (ALE). Nominated sites will be judged on the usefulness, the breadth and depth of available resources in support of language learning, meeting some or all of the following criteria. Sites must be open access (cost-free), or have an open access section (which will be the section evaluated for the Award).
1. Ease of access and range of accessibility: Web-based learning resources accessible by individual language learners from varying cultural, linguistic and geographic backgrounds.
2. Versatility of the resources: For learners of various ages (adolescent, university student, and/or adult self-learner) and educational goals (conversation, business, literature, preparation for language competence certification, etc.). Resources addressing varied learning styles and offering diverse types of learning activities and tasks.
3. Breadth of the resources: Materials to help students to progress from the beginning level of language learning to moderate levels of language proficiency. Sites which aggregate and annotate language learning resources available on other sites. Materials for learning more than one language will be considered a plus.
It is NOT necessary to meet all of these criteria. If you have created an outstanding language web site, please consider nominating it. CALICO members may submit nominations for their own web sites, or those of other CALICO members (with their consent).
Nominations should include:
A) a brief paragraph describing the nature and purpose of the web site, B) contact information of the CALICO member who is the web site’s developer/maintainer (name, email address, and telephone number),
C) the URL of the web site,
D) A one-page (or less) discussion of how the site maximizes access to language learning, referencing the criteria described above.
Please be clear, concise, and DESCRIPTIVE in your brief descriptions.
The winner will be announced during the Annual Symposium. Please send nomination information directly to Derek Roff: derek@unm.edu.
2017
Center for Applied Second Language Studies (visit the website)
2016
Mezdhu nami: An Interactive Introduction to Russian (visit the website)
2015
Ayamel, ARCLITE Lab (visit the website)
Brigham Young University
2014
Resource Center for Teachers of Russian (visit the website)
Evgeny Dengub, Susanna Nazarova, Marina Rojavin and Irina Dubinina
2013
Papiers-Mâchés (visit the website)
Aline Baehler
2012
Macedonian Language E-Learning Center (visit the website)
Biljana Belamaric Wilsey
Focus Award:
Acceso (visit the website)
Amy Rossomondo, the Staff of the Ermal Garinger Academic Resource Center, and the KU Department of Spanish & Portuguese
2011
Aymara on the Internet (visit the website)
Gillian Lord, M. J. Hardman, Justino Llanque-Chana, Howard Beck, & Marcela Pineros
2010
EuroCatering Language Training [visit the website]
Jozef Colpaert, Frederik Cornillie, Margret Oberhofer
2009
Français interactif [visit the website]
Karen Kelton, Carl Blyth, & Nancy Guilloteau
2008
Arabic Without Walls [visit the website] (request password for educational purposes from uccllt@ucdavis.edu)
Robert Blake & Kirk Belnap (Project Co-Directors); & Sonia Shiri (Course Designer)
2007
French Online [visit the website]
Christopher Jones (Project Director & Coauthor); Marc Siskin (Technical Lead); & Sophie Queuniet & Bonnie Youngs (coauthors)
2006
Franel [visit the website]
Piet Desmet & the Lingu@tic team
Focus Awards:
Autonomous Technology-assisted Language Learning (The ATALL wikibook) [visit the website]
Gary Cziko
Bauhaus and Beyond: Influences on Chicago’s Skyline [visit the website]
Franziska Lys, Denise Meuser, & Ingrid Zeller (Project Conception and Development); Denise Meuser & Ingrid Zeller (Video Production); Mark Schaefer (Camera and Editing); Franziska Lys, Daniel Escuatia, & Adam Bennett (Software Development)
2005
German Resources on the Web [visit the website]
Jim Witte, Donna Van Handle, & Anne Green (American Association of Teachers of German).
2004
Spanish Grammar Exercises [visit the website]
Barbara Kuczun Nelson