Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)

Venture activities: includes services (professional development and technical assistance), product and publication activities, and on-line education. Cal's services include prek-12 english language learners. This area primarily focuses on improving educational opportunities for english language learners, adult education, bilingual and dual language education, immigrant integration, and newcomers' activities. This area also includes sales of cal's product and publications and assessment instruments. This activity also includes the development, production, and sale of tests, books, and products that serve the needs of cal's clients and program areas, including professional development services. This area operates in the cal store. The store sells books, test, and other related educational material that cal has developed.

Sponsored programs:funded projects remain cal's primary and most significant funding source. Areas of focus within sponsored programs include prek-12 english language learners, adult english language learners, world languages, and language planning and policy. Prek-12 english landguage learners includes the development testing and implementation of english language proficiency assessments. Cal's adult english language learners program focuses on enabling adult nonnative speakers to develop english proficiency they need as integral members of the u.s. population. Cal possesses a worldwide repuation for expertise and quality in the education of adult nonnative speakers of english. The world languages programs focuses on test development, research, curriculum development, and evaluation. This program includes a focus on proficiency in languages other than english.