{"id":310,"date":"2025-05-23T16:29:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/?page_id=310"},"modified":"2025-08-29T19:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T23:56:10","slug":"call-action-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/call-action-research\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL Action Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        CALL Action Research\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full w-screen ml-offset-center cu-max-w-child-max px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/06\/Doors-modern-375-250-yellow-1.png\" alt=\"Three students seated at computers. On the wall in front of them, they see doors opening to different cultures.\" class=\"wp-image-986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/06\/Doors-modern-375-250-yellow-1.png 375w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/06\/Doors-modern-375-250-yellow-1-320x213.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/06\/Doors-modern-375-250-yellow-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p>The objective of this project is to propose new pedagogical approaches to language teaching and learning languages with technology, experiment with them, and report on your experiences. It is not intended to be a comprehensive &#8220;research&#8221; project, but rather an action-oriented research site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have an interesting and\/or innovative lesson idea that incorporates technology and language learning, this is the place to explore it.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also see blog posts with the label &#8220;AAO&#8221; in the news feed below. These are &#8220;Alternative Assessment Options&#8221;. The idea of these options is that they either be used as replacements for existing assessment types (e.g. essay or powerpoint presentation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to this ad hoc experimentation, the project will also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>review and share relevant research from journals, websites, influencers, and more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>track funding opportunities for language learning research both here at Carleton and elsewhere<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>post information about upcoming language learning webinar and conference opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"project-contributors\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Contributors:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mike Barker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peggy Hartwick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"related-posts\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Posts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n        \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center  md:px-8 lg:px-14\" data-attributes=\"&#x7B;&quot;numberOfColumns&quot;&#x3A;&quot;1&quot;,&quot;blockBackground&quot;&#x3A;&quot;white&quot;,&quot;numberOfPosts&quot;&#x3A;6,&quot;moreButton&quot;&#x3A;&quot;none&quot;,&quot;currentPage&quot;&#x3A;1,&quot;blockType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;listing&quot;,&quot;contentType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;post&quot;,&quot;taxName&quot;&#x3A;&quot;category&quot;,&quot;showImages&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showDates&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showTimeToRead&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showExcerpts&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showFilter&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;categories&quot;&#x3A;&quot;28,25&quot;&#x7D;\" data-page=\"2\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            category\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"w-full max-w-5xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component-updated not-prose\">\n            <ul class=\"grid cu-stackedlist--posts cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n\n                                                        \n\n<li class=\"cu-listing not-prose relative overflow-hidden @container bg-white p-6 md:p-8 !my-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col @lg:md:flex-row gap-5 @lg:md:gap-7 h-full\">\n                    <figure class=\"flex-none max-w-[30%] @sm:md:max-w-[25%] hidden md:block aspect-[3\/2]\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/05\/AA0-01-Board-Game-Player-Guides-blue.png\" alt=\"Generated with AI. Group of students gathered around playing chess.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        <div class=\"flex flex-col flex-1 gap-3\">\n\n            \n                <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3 \">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n                                        <time datetime=\"2026-04-08T12:16:26-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        \n    <\/time>\n\n                                            <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        AAO: Board Game player guides\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                                            In this post, we propose an &#8220;Alternate Assessment Option&#8221; in which students in upper-level classes, create \u201cPlaying guides\u201d for students at beginner levels.\n\n                                    <\/p>\n            \n            <footer class=\"pt-5 mt-auto text-white\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/2025\/aao-board-game-player-guides\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read news\n                    <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                        post\n                        AAO: Board Game player guides\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n                                        \n\n<li class=\"cu-listing not-prose relative overflow-hidden @container bg-white p-6 md:p-8 !my-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col @lg:md:flex-row gap-5 @lg:md:gap-7 h-full\">\n                    <figure class=\"flex-none max-w-[30%] @sm:md:max-w-[25%] hidden md:block aspect-[3\/2]\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/06\/Post-Hartwick-600x400.png\" alt=\"Peggy observes her students in the VR lab.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        <div class=\"flex flex-col flex-1 gap-3\">\n\n            \n                <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3 \">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n                                        <time datetime=\"2026-04-08T12:16:26-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        \n    <\/time>\n\n                                            <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Course Spotlight: Second Language Acquisition and Learning Theories\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                                            Professor\u00a0Peggy Hartwick\u00a0was recently featured in a Digital Short produced by Teaching and Learning Services (TLS). The video tells the story of ALDS 5302, a course&hellip;\n\n                                    <\/p>\n            \n            <footer class=\"pt-5 mt-auto text-white\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/slals\/2025\/course-spotlight-alds-5302\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read news\n                    <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                        post\n                        Course Spotlight: Second Language Acquisition and Learning Theories\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n                                        \n\n<li class=\"cu-listing not-prose relative overflow-hidden @container bg-white p-6 md:p-8 !my-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col @lg:md:flex-row gap-5 @lg:md:gap-7 h-full\">\n                    <figure class=\"flex-none max-w-[30%] @sm:md:max-w-[25%] hidden md:block aspect-[3\/2]\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/05\/pexels-susan-flores-232226967-12294911-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Mexico City metro train at Tacubaya station\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        <div class=\"flex flex-col flex-1 gap-3\">\n\n            \n                <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3 \">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n                                        <time datetime=\"2026-04-08T12:16:26-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        \n    <\/time>\n\n                                            <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        AAO: On the Mexico City Metro\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                                            What if your students could recreate the soundtrack of a subway on their own terms?\u00a0 That&#8217;s the objective of this activity.\n\n                                    <\/p>\n            \n            <footer class=\"pt-5 mt-auto text-white\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/2025\/aao-on-the-mexico-city-metro\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read news\n                    <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                        post\n                        AAO: On the Mexico City Metro\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n                            \n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n                                    \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may also see blog posts with the label &#8220;AAO&#8221; in the news feed below. 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