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StudioCLA

cultural communication through multilingual stories

About StudioCLA

StudioCLA is a global organization of university faculty, students, and community volunteers dedicated to the research and development of new pathways for second language literacy development.  Our current goal is to develop an anthology of six bilingual English and Japanese short stories for promoting discussion of cultures in the Asia Pacific region. The stories are provided as an open educational resource to promote the free translation of Extensive Reading (ER) resources in languages where ER materials are not readily available.

Blog

The StudioCLA blog provides news and updates about our activities with behind-the-scenes information written and produced by the StudioCLA staff. These updates will be of interest to teachers and community leaders who are developing multilingual literacy programs.

Stories
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Our stories were written by APU students originally as Multicultural Week Grand Shows, and have been graded to the intermediate to upper-intermediate levels in both English and Japanese.  These stories come from Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, China, and Japan.

Events

In partnership with the Center for Language Education and the APU Self-Access Learning Center (SALC), we hold bilingual English/Japanese book club events where participants will get to read and discuss a short story that is based on a previous Multicultural Week Grand Show. We hope that this will provide an opportunity for exchange between domestic and international students to casually practice their language skills and make new friends. 

Research

The StudioCLA organization is the foundation for language material and leadership that simultaneously supports research related to multilingual literacy development. Currently, the Principal Investigator (PI) at StudioCLA is Paul Sevigny, PhD. Conference presentations and research paper links are provided here.

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