Curriculum and Instruction Ph.D. student, Andie Wang, who serves as a graduate assistant for the “Asian Learner Language: Tools for Teachers” project at CARLA, was awarded the 2012 NCOLCTL (National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages) Conference First Time Presenter Award. She co-presented the paper “Referential Communications In Chinese As A Second Language” at the conference on Sunday April 29, 2012. The award is for students presenting original content as a paper/poster for the first time at a NCOLCTL Conference.