Michael Shaughnessy

Posted on 9/04/09

Colleagues,

Announcing the second incarnation of CAPL, the Culturally
Authentic Pictorial Lexicon.

Available at http://capl.washjeff.edu/

CAPL is a free, online, non-commercial visual glossary
comprised of authentic photos for language and cultural
instruction and research. Created at Washington & Jefferson
College, CAPL seeks to provide teachers and learners with
high-quality authentic images for their classrooms and
teaching materials. Additionally, it provides researchers
in applied linguistics, visual cognition, and automated
image recognition with a database of high-quality
culturally authentic images they can use in their research.
At the core of CAPL is the generous creative commons
license.

Usage guidelines are available here:
http://capl.washjeff.edu/usingCAPLinclassroom.pptx

Currently, CAPL has a large German and ESL database of
photos that are constantly expanding. The following
languages are being developed and should be online in 2009.

· Arabic

· Chinese

· ESL (North American)

· French

· German

· Italian

· Japanese

· Portuguese (Brazil)

· Portuguese (Portugal)

· Russian

· Spanish (Central America & Caribbean)

· Spanish (Mexico)

· Spanish (Southern Cone)

· Spanish (Spain)

Our usage policy is simple and meant to encourage a variety
of educational uses:

The pictures in this database may be viewed, downloaded,
linked, manipulated, copied, displayed, and redistributed
free of charge for educational, non-commercial purposes as
specified by the Creative Commons license
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/. Please
cite CAPL @ washjeff.edu as the source.

For questions or inquiries regarding collaboration contact
Dr. Michael Shaughnessy, Project Director at
capl@washjeff.edu

CAPL: Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon

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