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Title: Seal of Biliteracy Now Available in Maine
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New State Award Recognizes Maine Students’ Bilingual Proficiency
by Robbie Feinberg
October 29, 2018
Students across Maine can now be recognized for being proficient in multiple languages as part of a new initiative from the state’s Department of Education.
The agency announced Monday that beginning in May; it will offer a new award, called the Seal of Biliteracy, that will be featured on student transcripts. To earn the seal, students will need to show proficiency in English and another language.
The department says students can show that in a variety of ways, including attaining high scores on tests like Advanced Placement exams.
Education Commissioner Robert Hasson says he hopes the new certification will help incentivize students to take more world language classes — as well as allow students from other countries to demonstrate their abilities.
Read the full article at http://www.mainepublic.org/post/new-state-award-recognizes-maine-students-bilingual-proficiency#stream/0
Source: Maine Public Radio
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Title: Save the Date: Northwest Indian Language Institute
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The Norwest Indian Language Institute (NILI)'s Summer Institute will take place next year June 17th through June 28th at the University of Oregon in Eugene. Teachers and other language activists go home with practical lessons and materials to share with their homes, communities, and classrooms. The Summer Institute also encompasses a high school youth program, now in its 6th year.
Learn more about NILI at https://nili.uoregon.edu/
Source: NILI
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Title: Daily Routine Resources in Arabic
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From https://mailchi.mp/qfi/arabic-k-12-bulletin-may-1-993301?e=feb2c9cab6
Here are two authentic resources dealing with daily routines. First, a 30-second video of a young woman describing, in Levantine Arabic, her typical day attending college classes: https://youtu.be/HlsbFDVPRYQ. Second, a song about a child's day: https://youtu.be/CcW51Ok-ajA
Source: Arabic K-12 Teachers Network
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Title: Virtual Exchange with Sudanese Youth Group
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From https://mailchi.mp/qfi/arabic-k-12-bulletin-may-1-993297?e=feb2c9cab6
Reach the World (RTW) is launching a virtual exchange program between Sudanese and American youth. The program aims to create a space online for Sudanese and American youth to exchange about their cultural contexts and cultivate a global network. During the course of the program, students will communicate through regular written and videoconference exchanges on themes of mutual interest including climate change, entrepreneurship for social change and travel literature. RTW’s youth group partners in Sudan include ambitious young social entrepreneurs and undergraduate students. RTW is looking for curious classrooms that would like to be matched with their Sudanese youth groups to take part in an enriching, shared cross-cultural experience. If you are interested in joining the program, please email Maha Laziri, Program Manager, at maha@reachtheworld.org. Or visit the RTW website at http://www.reachtheworld.org/.
Source: Arabic K-12 Teachers Network
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Title: Celebrating Diwali with Children
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From https://kidworldcitizen.org
Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, will start November 7 this year. Get ideas for exploring and celebrating this holiday with children here: https://kidworldcitizen.org/how-to-celebrate-diwali-with-kids/
Source: Kid World Citizen
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Title: Five Record-breaking Artists for Your Next Chinese Music Lesson
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From https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-chinese/chinese-music-lesson/
Using music as material for language learning can be an incredibly effective teaching method. It is fun and engaging and also offers a deeper insight into the target language culture. In this article you can read and learn more about the advantages of adding Chinese music to your curriculum, and also some popular Chinese musicians and their songs are introduced which can be used in your Chinese language classrooms.
To read the full article, visit https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-chinese/chinese-music-lesson/
Source: FluentU Chinese Educator Blog
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Title: The Hacking Chinese Guide to Mandarin Tones
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From https://www.hackingchinese.com/the-hacking-chinese-guide-to-mandarin-tones/
When it comes to learning Chinese, one of the major challenges for learners is tone. Since Chinese is a tonal language, a slight difference in tone could change the meaning of a word. In this article, you will read about tones in Mandarin and ways to learn and teach tones such as mimicking native speakers and recording your own voice.
To read the full article, visit https://www.hackingchinese.com/the-hacking-chinese-guide-to-mandarin-tones/
Source: Hacking Chinese
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Title: Describing a Perfect Date in Chinese
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From https://mandarinhq.com/2018/10/describing-perfect-date-chinese/
In this article, watch a video in which three Chinese people describe a perfect date in Mandarin. The video is appropriate for intermediate level and higher, and you can also find some good vocabulary for talking about dates in Mandarin. The transcripts and translations in English are also provided.
For more information, visit https://mandarinhq.com/2018/10/describing-perfect-date-chinese/
Source: Mandarin HQ
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Title: Radio Feature about the Foundation of Czechoslovakia
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On Sunday morning at 9.30 am, BBC Radio Scotland broadcast a special half-hour feature devoted to the centenary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia on 28th October 1918. The program featured Karl von Habsburg, a grandson of the last Austro-Hungarian Emperor, Jan Čulík, Senior Lecturer in Czech Studies at Glasgow University, Adam Koziczowski, who wrote The Afterlife of Austria-Hungary, and Anka Dragu from Bratislava of Radio Slovakia International.
In the program you will also hear Czechoslovak President Edvard Beneš speaking in English in exile in the UK during the Second World War and Marta Kubišová, singing her iconic 1968 song "A Prayer for Marta" during the heady days of the collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia in November 1989.
A complete recording of the program, which discusses the dramatic history of Czechoslovakia and Central Europe since 1989, is available at https://blisty.cz/video/28_10_18_radioScotland.mp3
Source: britskélisty
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Title: The German Word ‘Sitzfleisch’
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From https://blogs.transparent.com/german/the-german-word-sitzfleisch/
In every language there are words that are specific to its culture and you can’t find any equivalent for them in other languages. In this article read about an untranslatable compound word from German and ways you can use it in different contexts.
For more information, visit https://blogs.transparent.com/german/the-german-word-sitzfleisch/
Source: Transparent Language
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