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Title: American Classical League 63rd Annual Institute
Body: The American Classical League 63rd Annual Institute 87th Annual Meeting Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC Pre-Institute Workshops: June 25-26 Institute Sessions: June 26-28 Peace & War Learn more at http://www.aclclassics.org/institute/2010
Source: American Classical League
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Title: EUROCALL Conference
Body: From http://eurocall2010.u-bordeaux4.fr EUROCALL 2010 will be held in Bordeaux, France, 8-11 September 2010. In real life as in the activities that learners and teachers undertake, the many powerful tools now available allow networked communication and sharing of information. The theme of EUROCALL 2010 will therefore be Networked Structures and Virtual Communities in CALL. The emphasis will be placed on relationships – structures and communities connected by languages and cultures and functioning on a cooperative basis. Visit the conference website at http://eurocall2010.u-bordeaux4.fr
Source: EUROCALL
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Title: Seeking Speakers of Greek, Balochi, Somali, Swahili, and Yoruba
Body: See three job announcements below: --- Avant Assessment is developing a low level (ILR Level 1) assessment for students of Balochi. We need native speakers of that language to help with the collection of authentic written material to use in the development of this test. If you participate in this project, you will work from your home on your own equipment. You must have access to the internet, preferably a high speed connection. You must be available for collaboration with Avant staff during US working hours. We provide paid training via the internet to help you understand the requirements and procedures you will follow. This is an excellent way to earn extra income from your home. Please send your resume or CV (in English) to recruiter@avantassessment.com if you are interested in participating. Butler, G. [LTEST-L] Seeking Native Speakers of Balochi. Language Testing Research and Practice listserv (LTEST-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU, 27 May 2010). --- Avant Assessment is seeking speakers of Greek with experience in teaching and/or assessment to help in the production of a high level reading proficiency assessment in that language. The ideal candidate for this work will possess some or all of the following: 1) Native or near native ability with Greek a. ILR Level 4 or higher b. If not mother tongue, must have spent at least 4 years in Greece. 2) Theoretical and working knowledge of the ILR Scale 3) Test item writing experience in a professional assessment (non-classroom) setting 4) Good ability with English – ILR Level 3 or higher This is a part time, telecommute position. You will be collaborating via internet and telephone with linguists and assessment professionals to develop test items from complex passages. You must have ready access to the internet, preferably a high speed connection, and you must be available to work during normal working hours in the USA - approximately 1500 GMT to 0200 GMT. We will provide you with instruction and guidance from top people in the field of language assessment. You will be paid for all the time you spend working on this project, including training sessions, collaborating sessions, and independent work time. Please send your CV or resume to greg.butler@avantassessment.com if you are interested in participating in our Greek project. Butler, G. [LTEST-L] Consultants Sought for Greek High Level Reading Proficiency Assessment Project. Language Testing Research and Practice listserv (LTEST-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU, 26 May 2010). --- Avant Assessment is seeking speakers of Somali, Swahili, or Yoruba to help in the production of reading and listening proficiency assessments in those languages. These are part time, telecommute positions. You will be collaborating via internet and telephone with linguists and assessment professionals. You must have ready access to the internet, preferably a high speed connection, and you must be available to work during normal working hours in the USA - approximately 1500 GMT to 0200 GMT. We will provide you with instruction and guidance from top people in the field of language assessment. You will be paid for all the time you spend working on this project, including training sessions, collaborating sessions, and independent work time. Please send your CV or resume to recruiter@avantassessment.com if you are interested in participating in one of our African language projects. Butler, G. [LTEST-L] Seeking Consultants for Somali, Swahili, and Yoruba Projects. Language Testing Research and Practice listserv (LTEST-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU, 27 May 2010).
Source: LTEST-L
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Title: Common-Standards Draft Excludes ELL Proficiency
Body: From http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/05/20/33common-ell.h29.html?tkn=WPCH0PRaakeHpAfJeezRRh4PV6Poeh%2FbhJsD&cmp=clp-sb-actfl Common-Standards Draft Excludes ELL Proficiency By Mary Ann Zehr May 20, 2010 The writing teams for common standards have sought the advice of researchers on English-language learners, but the organizations that are coordinating the venture don’t plan to produce a set of English-language-proficiency standards to go with the common standards. Instead, the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association intend to leave that up to the states. Read the full article at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/05/20/33common-ell.h29.html?tkn=WPCH0PRaakeHpAfJeezRRh4PV6Poeh%2FbhJsD&cmp=clp-sb-actfl
Source: Education Week
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Title: Article about Ning: When Free Isn’t Free
Body: From http://nclrc.org Getting More from What You Have: When free isn't free By John Ross May 2010 Blogs and wikis have purposes they meet well, but one of the powerhouse social networking tools that has become popular in education, and elsewhere, is a Ning. Ning provides a powerful suite of tools all in one place. You can run discussions, post pictures and videos, embed a blog, attach documents, and many more things. You can limit access to your Ning to invited friends or approved guests, or it can be completely open to anyone on the Web. And just like smartphones, software developers have been creating “apps” (short for applications) that can be added to a Ning to provide even more functionality. And all this for free! Or it was. New corporate leadership at Ning announced they plan to stop providing access to the free version of Ning software, sending reverberations across cyberspace. Ning supposedly refers to the sound a Chinese temple bell makes when it is struck. It means “peace” or “peaceful.” Ning. But the loss of free Nings raised such a cacophony that the reverberations have yet to fade away. Following are a few suggestions you may want to think about as you’re considering your next free technology. Access the full article at http://nclrc.org/teachers_corner/tech_for_teachers/feature.html The full NCLRC newsletter is available at http://nclrc.org/newsletter.html
Source: NCLRC
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Title: SignWriting Encyclopedia Projects
Body: SignWriting Site http://www.SignWriting.org 1. SignWriting Encyclopedia Projects Writing Encyclopedias in the Sign Languages of the World http://www.signwriting.org/encyclopedia 2. SignWriting Wiki Wiki-style Articles written in Any Sign Language http://www.signbank.org/wiki 3. Blogs on the ASL Wikipedia Incubating ASL for new Wikipedia http://www.signwriting.org/blogs/#Meijssen 4. SignWriting Image Server (SWIS) Display and edit SignWriting images with fast installation http://www.signbank.org/swis The new SignWriting Wiki is open to anyone who wishes to add a category for their sign language, and start writing articles in SignWriting using SignPuddle Online, and then transferring the articles from SignPuddle Online into the SignWriting Wiki for viewing and reading by the general public. The SignWriting Wiki is the incubator, or the development site, hopefully for a future ASL Wikipedia (or Wikipedias in any sign language we hope someday). The SignWriting Wiki is the test area for new software, the SignWriting MediaWiki Plugin, by Steve Slevinski. In the future, it will be possible to write the SignWriting articles directly in the SignWriting Wiki, without having to transfer them from SignPuddle Online...so there is ongoing software development behind the scenes to make this happen... The first two articles added to the ASL SignWriting Wiki are based on the ASL videos by Lucinda O'Grady Batch, of the history of Charles-Michel de l'Épée and the history of Laurent Clerc. You can read them at these links: History of Charles-Michel de l'Épée http://www.signbank.org/wiki/index.php?title=Charles-Michel_de_l%27%C3%89p%C3%A9e History of Laurent Clerc http://www.signbank.org/wiki/index.php?title=Laurent_Clerc Sutton, V. SignWriting Encyclopedia Projects...new SignWriting Wiki. Linguists Interested in Signed Languages listserv (SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU, 28 May 2010).
Source: SLLING-L
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Title: Article: Yaqui Tapes a Treasure for University of Arizona researchers
Body: From http://azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_548b2543-1d8d-5264-973e-58da5943f2a2.html Yaqui tapes a treasure for UA researchers Becky Pallack May 28, 2010 Several University of Arizona researchers are working with a set of tape-recorded interviews in the endangered Yaqui language describing firsthand accounts of tribal persecution by the Mexican government. Maria Florez Leyva, a native speaker of Arizona Yaqui, was working with associate linguistics professor Heidi Harley on the grammar of the language when she mentioned her tapes. Harley said she could hardly believe it when she learned Leyva had been working since 1969 to document the history of persecution of the tribe. She had stored away interviews with tribal elders who recalled childhood memories of deportations by the Mexican government. There are no other known first-person accounts of that period in Yaqui history, Harley said. What Leyva gathered is "the kind of material no one could collect except a member of the community," Harley said. All of the interviewees have since died. Through a $30,000 grant from the UA, they preserved the audio and are now working on transcriptions. Read the full article at http://azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_548b2543-1d8d-5264-973e-58da5943f2a2.html
Source: Arizona Daily Star
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Title: Web Dossier: Football in Africa
Body: To mark the first FIFA World Cup to be hosted by an African nation - South Africa - from 11 June to 11 July 2010, the Library, Documentation and Information Department of the African Studies Centre Leiden has compiled a web dossier on Football in Africa. The dossier contains titles published since 2004 on football and sport in Africa in general and South Africa in particular, as well as a selection of web resources. All titles are available in the ASC library. Each title links directly to the corresponding record in the library's online catalogue, http://opc4-ascl.pica.nl/DB=3/LNG=EN which provides further details and, in many cases, an abstract. The dossier can be found on the Library website at: http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/Webdossiers/Football.aspx Youmans, J. ANN: New ASC Leiden Web Dossier on Football in Africa. H-NET List for African History and Culture (H-AFRICA@H-NET.MSU.EDU, 21 May 2010).
Source: H-AFRICA
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Title: Teaching Resources for Africa
Body: Boston University’s African Studies Center’s website includes teaching resources for ages three through adult, available at http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/tips/index.html The Outreach Resource Library also houses a substantial collection open to the public. The library collection focuses on material of use to classroom teachers. Audio-visual materials may be borrowed through the mail, while print materials are generally lent only to visitors. Learn more about the African Studies Center and its outreach activities at http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/who/index.html
Source: Boston University
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Title: Marhaba! Project: Arabic Curriculum for High School
Body: From http://www.marhabaproject.org/Methodology.html The Marhaba! Project is developing, testing, and distributing a first-year high school Arabic curriculum that aligns with national standards and is informed by scientifically based research, under a three-year federal grant to Boston Public Schools. The final product will be distributed cost-free to 25 high school programs, providing additional materials online. High school programs will have access to professional development offerings by the project team. The curriculum guide and DVD are available at no cost. Learn more at the project website: http://www.marhabaproject.org/Welcome.html
Source: Marhaba! Project
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