Center for Advanced Study of Language
Encyclopedia
The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) is the national laboratory
for advanced research and development on language
and national security
. Founded in 2003 under Department of Defense
funding as a University Affiliated Research Center
(UARC), CASL represents a unique partnership between the university and the United States Government. CASL’s mission is to serve the nation by improving the language performance of the U.S. Government workforce. CASL is now the largest language research center in the United States
.
CASL Studies the following areas of knowledge:
1. Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
2. Technology Use
3. Performance & Analysis
4. Less Commonly Taught Languages
and Cultures
5. Cognitive Neuroscience
http://www.casl.umd.edu
Laboratory
A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories...
for advanced research and development on language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
and national security
National security
National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic, diplomacy, power projection and political power. The concept developed mostly in the United States of America after World War II...
. Founded in 2003 under Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
funding as a University Affiliated Research Center
University Affiliated Research Center
A University Affiliated Research Center is a strategic United States Department of Defense research center associated with a university. UARCs were formally established in May 1996 by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering , Office of the Secretary of Defense, with the UARC Management...
(UARC), CASL represents a unique partnership between the university and the United States Government. CASL’s mission is to serve the nation by improving the language performance of the U.S. Government workforce. CASL is now the largest language research center in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
CASL Studies the following areas of knowledge:
1. Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
2. Technology Use
3. Performance & Analysis
4. Less Commonly Taught Languages
Less Commonly Taught Languages
Less Commonly Taught Languages is a designation used in the United States for languages other than the three most commonly taught foreign languages in US public schools: Spanish, French, and German...
and Cultures
5. Cognitive Neuroscience
http://www.casl.umd.edu