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Title: Terence Awards for Excellence in Classics Student Filmmaking
Body: The submission deadline for the second annual Terence Awards for Excellence in Classics Student Filmmaking is approaching. Entries must be either submitted electronically or postmarked by May 30th. If your students completed end-of-year or end-of-semester projects that were movies, they are eligible to submit them for cash and book prizes sponsored by Excellence Through Classics and Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. Full contest rules are available at http://eclassics.ning.com/profiles/blogs/terence-awards-for-excellence . These cash awards and prizes will be given to those junior high, high school, and university students whose videos convey Classics in a way that is informative, entertaining, or both. Please read on for details: Submissions must be postmarked on or before May 30, 2010. View the full list of prizes and instructions for entry at http://eclassics.ning.com/profiles/blogs/terence-awards-for-excellence
Source: Latinteach
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Title: Article: As Latin Teachers Retire, Students Opt for Other Languages
Body: From http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_679264.html As Latin teachers retire, students opt for other languages By Amy Crawford May 3, 2010 While students are quick to note the practical benefits of learning Latin, the language is disappearing from Westmoreland County. Four out of 18 public high schools offered Latin this year. Within two years, only one school will. Westmoreland schools appear to be at odds with wider trends. The number of students taking the National Latin Exam rose dramatically early this decade, and it has been stable, at about 135,000, for the past several years. The problem is not that students aren't interested, said Scott Stickney, second vice president and treasurer of the Pennsylvania Classical Association and a Latin teacher at Hampton High School. "Our problem is a shortage of teachers," Stickney said. "We're retiring more teachers than we can replace every year." Read the full article at http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_679264.html
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Title: Washington State Public Schools Join French Program
Body: From http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2011718667_stateschools28m.html Washington state public schools join French program April 27, 2010 Along with a new agreement with a Chinese organization to promote Chinese language and culture, Washington state on Tuesday announced a partnership with the Academie de Nantes, which has about 3,600 schools in France. The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction said the partnership will help students from France and Washington learn about each others' languages, histories and culture. Nantes is about 200 miles southwest of Paris. On Monday, Gov. Chris Gregoire, along with Seattle Public Schools and the University of Washington, signed a memorandum of understanding with Hanban, a Chinese organization affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education.
Source: Seattle Times
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Title: French Advocacy Message from the AATF
Body: From Jayne Abrate, Executive Director of the American Association of Teachers of French: “As the school year nears an end, we must be vigilant about the security of French programs across the nation. The AATF Commission on Advocacy under the leadership of "Tennessee Bob" Peckham, the French Advocacy Project directed by Past-President Margot Steinhart, and the Executive Council have been called upon to respond to numerous situations where programs from elementary school through graduate programs have been under fire. In some cases, it has been all languages under threat of elimination, not just French. Given the almost universal budget crises facing school districts and universities in all 50 states, we cannot afford to be silent. Therefore, we are urging each of you in these last few days and weeks of the school year to advocate for the importance of the study of languages, and especially French, in today's global marketplace. I am providing links below to a number of resources, which you can share with colleagues and administrators or from which you can take inspiration. “Recent article by Catherine Porter (AATF member and Past-President of the MLA) “English is Not Enough” http://chronicle.com/article/English-Is-Not-Enough/65136/?key=TzlyJQNrZCZPZXBuL3ZPeiFUbyJ6J0p6ayROM3AabVFW “AATF Advocacy Depot (ideas for advocacy, many state-specific pages) http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/advofr.shtml “AATF Advocacy Wiki (sample documents and strategies for advocacy, video testimonials from students) https://frenchadvocacy.wikispaces.com “Articles on Promotion and Advocacy from past issues of the National Bulletin http://www.frenchteachers.org/bulletin/articles/articles.htm “The World Speaks French Website: http://www.theworldspeaksfrench.org “World Speaks French promotional materials for order: https://ssl6.chi.us.securedata.net/frenchteachers.org/merchantmanager/index.php?cPath=35 “AATF Promotional Flyers for order https://ssl6.chi.us.securedata.net/frenchteachers.org/merchantmanager/index.php?cPath=36_38 “It is possible that in some situations, administrators are waiting for school to be out before making announcements of any cuts in order to have fewer people around to protest. If that happens, let's make sure that those in a position to respond have the ammunition they need to defend French. Thank you for your continued support of the AATF. Please urge your colleagues who are not currently AATF members to support us in our efforts by joining.” Emch, R. Now is a crucial time to advocate for French. Ohio Foreign Language Association listserv (OFLA@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU, 3 May 2010).
Source: OFLA
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Title: Article: Program Helping Hispanic Students Learn Special Skills
Body: From http://www.nbc26.com/Global/story.asp?S=12412956 NWTC Program Helping Hispanic Students Learn Special Skills May 2, 2010 Later this month 15 Hispanic students at NWTC will graduate from a unique program in Wisconsin. Combining English language learning and welding at the same time. All in the hopes of getting them ready to compete in today's job market. "They are getting the same skill set that a program student would get during the week in the welding program, their leg up is that they are bilingual," says English Language Learner instructor Shawn Jensen. Read the full article and view the accompanying video news report at http://www.nbc26.com/Global/story.asp?S=12412956
Source: NBC
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Title: Animal Noises in Different Languages
Body: What noises do animals make in different languages? Go to http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/animal.html to find out.
Source: University of Adelaide
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Title: Using Wordle in Your Classroom
Body: Two American Association of Teachers of German listserv subscribers recently suggested ways to use Wordle in a second language classroom: --- For the last activity in my Maerchen unit, I took the texts of the ten tales we read, and put each through wordle.net to make a word-collage. I edited out the obvious giveaways like "Rotkaeppchen" or "Zwerge". After I made each collage, I did a "print screen", pasted to a text document, edited the images so that two fit on a page. I then made a list of the ten titles, and the students had to match the titles to the collages. Schwab, H. [AATG-L] Using wordle.net. American Association of Teachers of German listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 26 Apr 2010). --- I use it for: 1) a vocabulary game. I have a large classroom set of vocabulary flashcards for each unit/chapter that we do. Sometimes I will place all of the English equivalents for the German vocab words into a Wordle using a color scheme that will project well onto my white board. I divide the class into 2 teams giving each team a different colored whiteboard marker, and have one representative from each team stand behind a given line on the floor about 4 or 5 yards from the board. As soon as I show the German vocab word, the team's rep can rush to the board and circle the English equivalent. First person to circle the correct word scores a point for their team. We then erase the board and get set for 2 new team members to come up and try the next word. If they rush up and circle the wrong word, I give the opposing team a free chance at circling the correct word before the student with the wrong answer can try again. It works just as well using the German words in the Wordle and showing the English flashcard. 2) a senior graduation gift. I make my seniors answer some questions about their future plans, favorite things from high school, name of their best friend, and other personal questions, and then turn their answers into a personal Wordle about them that I print out with the color scheme being our school colors. Last year I bought cheap frames at the dollar store and framed these as 8x10's to use as attractive yet reasonably priced graduation gifts. McClain, K. Re: [AATG-L] Using wordle.net. American Association of Teachers of German listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 26 Apr 2010). --- Are you a Wordle user who gets frustrated because you can’t get the program to treat a multi-word phrase as a single unit? Read how to do it here: http://blog.wordle.net/2008/06/keep-words-together-with-tilde.html
Source: Various
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Title: Create Quick Video Task Sheets
Body: From http://quickshout.blogspot.com Vidinotes is an interesting site that you can use to produce instant (almost) video worksheets to go with YouTube videos. Read Mr. Peachey’s explanation of how to use Vidinotes, his suggestions for classroom applications, and related links at http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2010/04/create-quick-video-task-sheets.html
Source: Nik's Quick Shout
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Title: New Journal: Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/21/21-2207.html Just released: The First Issue of the Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching (JLLT) Articles -Does Collaborative Learning Improve EFL students’ Reading Comprehension? -On the Applicability or Non-applicability of the Gricean Maxims to Nursery Rhymes -Pronominalization in French: Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice University Reports -Das Deutsch-Französische Hochschulinstitut (DFHI) in der vierten Dekade seines Bestehens – eine Zwischenbilanz (in German) -Das DFHI aus studentischer Sicht - L'ISFATES dans une perspective étudiante (in German and French) Please find the full web-page version and the citable pdf version under: http://sites.google.com/site/linguisticsandlanguageteaching/home-1/volume-1-2010-issue-1---table-of-contents Please send your manuscripts to: linguisticsandlanguageteachinggooglemail.com
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Call for Proposals: GloCALL 2010
Body: From http://glocall.org Fourth Joint Conference of APACALL and PacCALL Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 1–3 December 2010 The Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (GLoCALL) Conference aims to share knowledge, research and experience on how to use computer technology to make language learning more effective and pleasant; to explore how the technology can be adapted to better meet the local needs of students and teachers, while at the same time providing global perspectives on computer-assisted language learning (CALL); and to bring the technology within the reach of local teachers who wish to develop their professionalism in CALL. GLoCALL 2010 invites proposals for presentations that are related to computer-assisted language learning (CALL). Proposals for ‘Papers’ (35 minutes), ‘Workshops’ (80 minutes), ‘Symposia’ (80 minutes), ‘Posters’ and 'Virtual Presentations' should be submitted by 15 June 2010. View the full call for papers at http://glocall.org/course/view.php?id=48
Source: GloCALL
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