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Title: Language Flagship Program
Body: From http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=5194 Flagship Centers and Flagship Partner Programs offer students intensive language instruction to enhance their academic degrees through the achievement of superior-level language proficiency and cultural competence. Programs are available at both undergraduate and graduate levels and include periods of rigorous language and cultural immersion at Overseas Flagship Centers. The Language Flagship also funds a select number of pilot K–12 programs designed to provide an articulated path of language instruction for students from elementary school through college and graduate school. Learn more about the flagship program, including flagship programs in your target language and in your geographical area, at http://www.thelanguageflagship.org Read a September 10 article about the Flagship program in Inside Higher Ed at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/09/10/flagship
Source: Language Flagship
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Title: Refugee Resources: Video Guide for A New Day and Be Who You Are
Body: A companion to CAL’s refugee families and youth DVD, A New Day and Be Who You Are, this guide incorporates segments of the videos into a selection of engaging activities designed to help increase the understanding of and respect for other cultures and beliefs. Connecting Diverse Cultures will assist teachers and facilitators in enhancing tolerance and multiculturalism in K–12 classrooms and in adult ESL classes. Learn more at http://www.cal.org/resources/pubs/refugee-families-and-refugee-youth-videos-and-companion-facilitator%27s-guide.html
Source: CAL
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Title: Book: Fostering Language Teaching Efficiency through Cognitive Linguistics
Body: From http://www.degruyter.de/cont/fb/sk/detailEn.cfm?id=IS-9783110245820-1 Fostering Language Teaching Efficiency through Cognitive Linguistics Edited by Sabine De Knop, Frank Boers, and Antoon De Rycker Published by de Gruyter Summary: In the past couple of decades, many researchers have argued that insights from Cognitive Linguistics (CL) - when suitably translated for pedagogical purposes - can make a major contribution to fostering such language teaching efficiency. This collective volume assesses and supplements those CL proposals. Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.degruyter.de/cont/fb/sk/detailEn.cfm?id=IS-9783110245820-1
Source: de Gruyter
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Title: Book: Pragmatics across Languages and Cultures
Body: From http://www.degruyter.de/cont/fb/sk/detailEn.cfm?id=IS-9783110214437-1 Pragmatics across Languages and Cultures Edited by Anna Trosborg Published by de Gruyter Summary: This handbook provides a comprehensive overview, as well as breaking new ground, in a versatile and fast growing field. It contains 4 sections: Contrastive, Cross-cultural and Intercultural Pragmatics, Interlanguage Pragmatics, Teaching and Testing of Second/Foreign Language Pragmatics, and Pragmatics in Corporate Culture Communication, covering a wide range of topics, from speech acts and politeness issues to Lingua Franca and Corporate Crises Communication. The approach is theoretical, methodological as well as applied, with a focus on authentic, interactional data. All articles are written by renowned leading specialists, who provide in-depth, up-to-date overviews, and view new directions and visions for future research. Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.degruyter.de/cont/fb/sk/detailEn.cfm?id=IS-9783110214437-1
Source: de Gruyter
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Title: Digest: Language, Diversity, and Learning
Body: From http://www.cal.org The Center for Applied Linguistics has a new digest: Language, Diversity, and Learning: Lessons for Education in the 21st Century. Go to http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/index.html to download this free digest.
Source: CAL
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Title: Brief: Guidance for Ohio Schools and Districts Considering Online and Technology-Based World Language Options
Body: From http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=1701&ContentID=90789&Content=90802 The increased availability of online courses and commercially available products in the past 10 years has given language learners greater access to a wide range of nontraditional language-learning options. This resource guide briefly examines the essential components of effective online world language courses and commercially available language-learning products in three contexts: * Today’s world language learners; * The increased emphases on credit flexibility and accountability; and * Best practices in the field of world language study. It also presents a number of questions that should be posed by those individuals charged with selecting online language learning options and commercial products to help determine their appropriateness for student use. Go to http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=1701&ContentID=90789&Content=90802 to learn more and to download the brief.
Source: Ohio Department of Education
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Title: Call for Papers: 7th Annual Conferences on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America
Body: From http://www.cail.utah.edu/?pageId=5625 7th Annual CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF NATIVE AMERICA (CELCNA) April 22-23, 2011, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Call for papers: Presentations are invited on any aspect of American Indian languages, including language documentation and description; language revitalization; historical linguistics; theoretical implications of minority languages; anthropological linguistics; sociolinguistics; text collection and analysis; phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. American Indian participants are especially invited and encouraged to attend. Abstracts deadline: Jan. 15, 2011
Source: University of Utah
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Title: Call for Articles: NNELL's Learning Languages
Body: Call for articles: NNELL invites all members and other interested early language professionals to submit a proposal for an article about Successful Instructional Models for Early Language Learning. Please send your title and headings by October 1, 2010. For details, please go to http://nnell.org/default.asp?p=publications Lutz, N. [nandu] Call for Articles: NNELL's Learning Languages. Improving Early Language Programs listserv (nandu@caltalk.cal.org, 20 Sep 2010).
Source: Improving Early Language Programs
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Title: 2010 Long Island Language Teachers Annual Conference
Body: From http://www.liltfl.org 2010 LILT ANNUAL CONFERENCE Saturday, November 13, 2010 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM SUNY College at Old Westbury, Campus Center, 223 Store Hill Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568 Back to the Future: A Rich History of Innovation Download the conference program from http://www.liltfl.org/annualconference/10annualconf.pdf or go to the LILT website at http://www.liltfl.org Follow the instructions on the conference program to register. There will be no on-site registration.
Source: LILT
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Title: Pennsylvania Council for International Education Conference
Body: From http://www.pacie.org 2010 PaCIE Conference Developing a Global Agenda for the Commonwealth: Education, Business & Technology October1-2, 2010 Scranton, PA PaCIE will hold its annual conference in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Sessions and workshops are based around the theme of Developing a Global Agenda for the Commonwealth: Business, Education and Technology. Meet friends and colleagues from across the state to discuss how the state is moving forward in international initiatives that benefit the entire commonwealth. In addition to workshops, sessions, and poster presentations, the schedule will allow time for participants to network with colleagues from around the state. Learn more about the conference and register at http://www.pacie.org/photos.html
Source: PaCIE
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