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Title: 2010 J-Initiative Request for Proposals
Body: The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP), New York is pleased to announce that we are commencing with the new "J-Initiative" in order to promote networking, capacity building, and innovative program development for US-Japan exchange and outreach. We welcome innovative and future-oriented proposals from every field. CGP is now accepting applications on a rolling basis. Grants of up to $100,000 per year and up to three (3) years will be awarded. Applicants must be 501(c)3 organizations and the project must commence before March 31, 2011. http://cgp.org/index.php?option=article&task=default&articleid=397
Source: Japan Foundation
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Title: 2010 J-Initiative Request for Proposals
Body: The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP), New York is pleased to announce that we are commencing with the new "J-Initiative" in order to promote networking, capacity building, and innovative program development for US-Japan exchange and outreach. We welcome innovative and future-oriented proposals from every field. CGP is now accepting applications on a rolling basis. Grants of up to $100,000 per year and up to three (3) years will be awarded. Applicants must be 501(c)3 organizations and the project must commence before March 31, 2011. http://cgp.org/index.php?option=article&task=default&articleid=397
Source: Japan Foundation
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Title: Teacher Training Position at FSI
Body: FSI is seeking someone with language teacher training skills and experience. The Department of State has announced an opening (through Aug. 23) for a training specialist position at the GG-12 level in the division of Research, Evaluation and Development in FSI's School of Language Studies. The position has responsibilities that include planning and delivery of foreign language teacher training and orientation across the language school. See position # FSI-2010-0087 on the USA Jobs website http://www.USAJobs.gov Requirements include relevant experience, appropriate educational background and U.S. Citizenship. Janus, L. [LCTL-T] Teacher Training Position at FSI. Less Commonly Taught Language Teachers listserv (LCTL-T@LISTS.UMN.EDU, 9 Aug 2010).
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Title: Teacher Training Position at FSI
Body: FSI is seeking someone with language teacher training skills and experience. The Department of State has announced an opening (through Aug. 23) for a training specialist position at the GG-12 level in the division of Research, Evaluation and Development in FSI's School of Language Studies. The position has responsibilities that include planning and delivery of foreign language teacher training and orientation across the language school. See position # FSI-2010-0087 on the USA Jobs website http://www.USAJobs.gov Requirements include relevant experience, appropriate educational background and U.S. Citizenship. Janus, L. [LCTL-T] Teacher Training Position at FSI. Less Commonly Taught Language Teachers listserv (LCTL-T@LISTS.UMN.EDU, 9 Aug 2010).
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Title: Seeking Turkish Language Consultants
Body: Avant Assessment is seeking speakers of Turkish with experience in teaching and/or assessment to participate 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 abilities and/or experience: 1) Native or near native ability with Turkish. If Turkish is not your native language, it would be best if you had spent at least 4 years in Turkey, preferably attending university. 2) Theoretical and working knowledge of the ILR Scale is desired, but not required. 3) Test item writing experience in a professional assessment (non-classroom) setting is also desired, but not required. 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 Turkish project. Butler, G. [LTEST-L] Seeking Turkish Language Consultants. Language Testing Research and Practice listserv (LTEST-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU, 10 Aug 2010).
Source: LTEST-L
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Title: Seeking Turkish Language Consultants
Body: Avant Assessment is seeking speakers of Turkish with experience in teaching and/or assessment to participate 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 abilities and/or experience: 1) Native or near native ability with Turkish. If Turkish is not your native language, it would be best if you had spent at least 4 years in Turkey, preferably attending university. 2) Theoretical and working knowledge of the ILR Scale is desired, but not required. 3) Test item writing experience in a professional assessment (non-classroom) setting is also desired, but not required. 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 Turkish project. Butler, G. [LTEST-L] Seeking Turkish Language Consultants. Language Testing Research and Practice listserv (LTEST-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU, 10 Aug 2010).
Source: LTEST-L
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Title: Foreign Accents Make Speakers Seem Less Truthful to Listeners, Study Finds
Body: From http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100719164002.htm Foreign Accents Make Speakers Seem Less Truthful to Listeners, Study Finds July 20, 2010 A foreign accent undermines a person's credibility in ways that the speaker and the listener don't consciously realize, new research at the University of Chicago shows. To test the impact of accent on credibility, American participants were asked to judge the truthfulness of trivia statements by native or non-native speakers of English, such as, "A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can." Despite knowing the speakers were reciting from a script, the participants judged as less truthful the statements coming from people with foreign accents. On a truthfulness scale prepared for the experiment, the participants gave native speakers a score of 7.5, people with mild accents a score of 6.95 and people with heavy accents a score of 6.84. Read the full article at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100719164002.htm
Source: Science Daily
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Title: Foreign Accents Make Speakers Seem Less Truthful to Listeners, Study Finds
Body: From http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100719164002.htm Foreign Accents Make Speakers Seem Less Truthful to Listeners, Study Finds July 20, 2010 A foreign accent undermines a person's credibility in ways that the speaker and the listener don't consciously realize, new research at the University of Chicago shows. To test the impact of accent on credibility, American participants were asked to judge the truthfulness of trivia statements by native or non-native speakers of English, such as, "A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can." Despite knowing the speakers were reciting from a script, the participants judged as less truthful the statements coming from people with foreign accents. On a truthfulness scale prepared for the experiment, the participants gave native speakers a score of 7.5, people with mild accents a score of 6.95 and people with heavy accents a score of 6.84. Read the full article at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100719164002.htm
Source: Science Daily
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Title: Article: Global Competence: Where Do World Languages Fit In?
Body: From http://nclrc.org Global Competence: Where Do World Languages Fit In? by Michele Anciaux Aoki June/July 2010 Over the past decade, a number of leaders in business, education, government, and the non-profit sector have come together to articulate a vision for global education in our country. In 2009, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) launched an innovative project to develop a new type of assessment system designed to use actual student work to develop a continuum of work that exhibits global competence. As the workgroup began to meet, they realized that first and foremost they would need a definition of “global competence.” To that end, they developed a Global Competence Matrix. When the Global Competence Matrix was first presented to a number of world language leaders, it engendered an interesting response. They felt it did not go far enough in making explicit the requirement for students to study and learn languages beyond English. And being totally candid with each other, the world language leaders had to admit that even studying another language did not guarantee that a student would develop global competence. It would certainly be possible to simply become narrow-minded in more than one language or to study the language as an academic object of interest without “translating their ideas and findings into appropriate actions to improve conditions.” Read the full article at http://nclrc.org/about_teaching/topics/feature.html
Source: NCLRC
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Title: Article: Global Competence: Where Do World Languages Fit In?
Body: From http://nclrc.org Global Competence: Where Do World Languages Fit In? by Michele Anciaux Aoki June/July 2010 Over the past decade, a number of leaders in business, education, government, and the non-profit sector have come together to articulate a vision for global education in our country. In 2009, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) launched an innovative project to develop a new type of assessment system designed to use actual student work to develop a continuum of work that exhibits global competence. As the workgroup began to meet, they realized that first and foremost they would need a definition of “global competence.” To that end, they developed a Global Competence Matrix. When the Global Competence Matrix was first presented to a number of world language leaders, it engendered an interesting response. They felt it did not go far enough in making explicit the requirement for students to study and learn languages beyond English. And being totally candid with each other, the world language leaders had to admit that even studying another language did not guarantee that a student would develop global competence. It would certainly be possible to simply become narrow-minded in more than one language or to study the language as an academic object of interest without “translating their ideas and findings into appropriate actions to improve conditions.” Read the full article at http://nclrc.org/about_teaching/topics/feature.html
Source: NCLRC
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Title: Article: World Oral Literature Project
Body: From http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Universities/Battle-to-save-languages.htm Battle to save languages July 27, 2010 Out of the 6,700 languages spoken by people all over the world, a third are in danger of extinction. Preventing this, or at least slowing the process, is the massive challenge faced by researchers and academics at the World Oral Literature Project, which was established by Cambridge University in January 2009. It works with local communities and fieldworkers who are now collecting and recording texts, myths, songs, legends, proverbs, narratives and other various literatures that can be used to save a language from vanishing without record. Read the full article and watch a video report at http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Universities/Battle-to-save-languages.htm The World Oral Literature Project’s website is available at http://www.oralliterature.org
Source: Cambridge News
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Title: Article: World Oral Literature Project
Body: From http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Universities/Battle-to-save-languages.htm Battle to save languages July 27, 2010 Out of the 6,700 languages spoken by people all over the world, a third are in danger of extinction. Preventing this, or at least slowing the process, is the massive challenge faced by researchers and academics at the World Oral Literature Project, which was established by Cambridge University in January 2009. It works with local communities and fieldworkers who are now collecting and recording texts, myths, songs, legends, proverbs, narratives and other various literatures that can be used to save a language from vanishing without record. Read the full article and watch a video report at http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Universities/Battle-to-save-languages.htm The World Oral Literature Project’s website is available at http://www.oralliterature.org
Source: Cambridge News
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Title: Seeking African Language Professors
Body: Avant Assessment is developing or planning to develop proficiency assessments in Somali, Swahili, and Hausa over the next year. We are seeking Professors and Instructors of these languages, as well as Students who grew up speaking these languages (our work can qualify for OPT or CPT, which allows many holders of F-1 and J-1 visas to earn income legally in the US) to help us make sure that these tests are of the highest quality and authenticity. Work on these projects will consist of temporary, part time assignments which you can complete in your home, using your computer equipment and internet access. Some of the tasks will require you to participate in live teleconferences or internet conferences. Some of these projects are in process now, and some of these projects will begin over the next few months. We will train you via live internet sessions or live, 1 on 1 sessions, depending on your role in the project. We will pay you to attend and complete the training sessions. After training, you will be assigned to the manager of your project who will provide you with guidance and further instruction as you work on the project. You will need to be available to communicate with Avant staff during normal US business hours - approximately 11:00 GMT to 21:00 GMT. Please send your CV to recruiter@avantassessment.com along with any questions you may have. We will respond with more details and instructions. We will be happy to help with OPT and CPT qualification questions, too - just ask! Butler, G. Fwd: Seeking African Language Professors. H-NET Network on Swahili Language and Culture (H-SWAHILI@H-NET.MSU.EDU, 13 Aug 2010).
Source: H-SWAHILI
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Title: Seeking African Language Professors
Body: Avant Assessment is developing or planning to develop proficiency assessments in Somali, Swahili, and Hausa over the next year. We are seeking Professors and Instructors of these languages, as well as Students who grew up speaking these languages (our work can qualify for OPT or CPT, which allows many holders of F-1 and J-1 visas to earn income legally in the US) to help us make sure that these tests are of the highest quality and authenticity. Work on these projects will consist of temporary, part time assignments which you can complete in your home, using your computer equipment and internet access. Some of the tasks will require you to participate in live teleconferences or internet conferences. Some of these projects are in process now, and some of these projects will begin over the next few months. We will train you via live internet sessions or live, 1 on 1 sessions, depending on your role in the project. We will pay you to attend and complete the training sessions. After training, you will be assigned to the manager of your project who will provide you with guidance and further instruction as you work on the project. You will need to be available to communicate with Avant staff during normal US business hours - approximately 11:00 GMT to 21:00 GMT. Please send your CV to recruiter@avantassessment.com along with any questions you may have. We will respond with more details and instructions. We will be happy to help with OPT and CPT qualification questions, too - just ask! Butler, G. Fwd: Seeking African Language Professors. H-NET Network on Swahili Language and Culture (H-SWAHILI@H-NET.MSU.EDU, 13 Aug 2010).
Source: H-SWAHILI
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Title: Slavic & Eurasian Language Resource Center
Body: Established in 1999 and operated by Duke University, the Slavic and East European Language Research Center (SEELRC) has as its mission the improvement of the national capacity to teach and learn Slavic and East European languages. The Center accomplishes this by developing teaching and assessment materials as well as by supporting research and a variety of activities, including undergraduate and graduate education and exchange programs, conferences, seminars, and public outreach programs. Visitors to this site can access the Center's many projects, keep abreast of research in Slavic and East European languages, and discover other resources on the internet. Visit the SEELRC website at http://www.seelrc.org
Source: SEELRC
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Title: Slavic & Eurasian Language Resource Center
Body: Established in 1999 and operated by Duke University, the Slavic and East European Language Research Center (SEELRC) has as its mission the improvement of the national capacity to teach and learn Slavic and East European languages. The Center accomplishes this by developing teaching and assessment materials as well as by supporting research and a variety of activities, including undergraduate and graduate education and exchange programs, conferences, seminars, and public outreach programs. Visitors to this site can access the Center's many projects, keep abreast of research in Slavic and East European languages, and discover other resources on the internet. Visit the SEELRC website at http://www.seelrc.org
Source: SEELRC
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Title: Jojo: Ein Telenovela fuer Deutschlerner
Body: Access a telenovela for German students and its supporting materials at http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,13121,00.html
Source: Deutsche Welle
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Title: Jojo: Ein Telenovela fuer Deutschlerner
Body: Access a telenovela for German students and its supporting materials at http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,13121,00.html
Source: Deutsche Welle
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Title: Resources for Brushing Up on Your French
Body: Teachers on the Improving Early Language Programs listserv have been suggesting resources for improving your French skills. Here are some of them: -audio podcasts with exercises at http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/statiques/accueil_apprendre.asp -video with online exercises at http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/enseigner-apprendre-francais/accueil_apprendre.php -lesson podcasts at http://www.coffeebreakfrench.com -a collection of resources at http://www.learn-french-help.com -a collection of the “Best French Websites” at http://www.uni.edu/becker/french31.html
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Title: Resources for Brushing Up on Your French
Body: Teachers on the Improving Early Language Programs listserv have been suggesting resources for improving your French skills. Here are some of them: -audio podcasts with exercises at http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/statiques/accueil_apprendre.asp -video with online exercises at http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/enseigner-apprendre-francais/accueil_apprendre.php -lesson podcasts at http://www.coffeebreakfrench.com -a collection of resources at http://www.learn-french-help.com -a collection of the “Best French Websites” at http://www.uni.edu/becker/french31.html
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