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Title: Article: Lakota LLEAPs to the Leading Edge of Second-Language Education
Body: From http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20101116.043816&time=07%2007%20PST&year=2010&public=0 The revival of the Lakota language opens a new chapter in 2011, as two institutions of higher learning in the Great Plains initiate undergraduate degree majors for teachers of Lakota as a second language-making Lakota the first Native American language to achieve this kind of professional recognition. Beginning in January 2011, the University of South Dakota (USD) School of Education (Vermillion, SD) and the Sitting Bull College (SBC) Education Department (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates, ND) will each offer a two-year Lakota Language Teaching and Learning curriculum, as a degree major for a Bachelor of Arts in Education at USD or Bachelor of Science in Education at SBC. This two-year curriculum will be taught, administered, and evaluated over the four-year grant period by LLEAP, the Lakota Language Education Action Program. The program was conceived by the Lakota Language Consortium in partnership with USD and SBC. This coordinated program systematically addresses the problem of how to generate high-quality teachers of an important Native American language - teachers who have deepened their own fluency in the language through college-level study, and who understand how a second language is taught and learned. Read the full article at http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20101116.043816&time=07%2007%20PST&year=2010&public=0 Read a related article at http://www.argusleader.com/article/20101129/VOICES01/11290308/1052/OPINION01
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Title: Article: Lakota LLEAPs to the Leading Edge of Second-Language Education
Body: From http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20101116.043816&time=07%2007%20PST&year=2010&public=0 The revival of the Lakota language opens a new chapter in 2011, as two institutions of higher learning in the Great Plains initiate undergraduate degree majors for teachers of Lakota as a second language-making Lakota the first Native American language to achieve this kind of professional recognition. Beginning in January 2011, the University of South Dakota (USD) School of Education (Vermillion, SD) and the Sitting Bull College (SBC) Education Department (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates, ND) will each offer a two-year Lakota Language Teaching and Learning curriculum, as a degree major for a Bachelor of Arts in Education at USD or Bachelor of Science in Education at SBC. This two-year curriculum will be taught, administered, and evaluated over the four-year grant period by LLEAP, the Lakota Language Education Action Program. The program was conceived by the Lakota Language Consortium in partnership with USD and SBC. This coordinated program systematically addresses the problem of how to generate high-quality teachers of an important Native American language - teachers who have deepened their own fluency in the language through college-level study, and who understand how a second language is taught and learned. Read the full article at http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20101116.043816&time=07%2007%20PST&year=2010&public=0 Read a related article at http://www.argusleader.com/article/20101129/VOICES01/11290308/1052/OPINION01
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Title: Article: Mandarin's Great Leap Forward
Body: From http://www.economist.com/node/17522444?story_id=17522444&fsrc=rss Mandarin's Great Leap Forward Interest soars in learning China’s official language Nov 18th 2010 As the Chinese economy surges, so does interest in Mandarin. The Chinese government estimates some 40m people study Mandarin outside the country, up from 30m in 2005. A tight job market in the West is partly responsible. According to a survey in September by Rosetta Stone, 58% of Americans believe the lack of foreign-language skills among native workers will lead to foreigners taking high-paying jobs. “The recession has focused people on where growth is going to come from,” says Tom Adams, the firm’s chief executive. Among existing corporate customers logging into the company’s multi-language programme, the number learning Mandarin increased by 1,800% between 2008 and 2010. The question remains whether the Mandarin rush will prove a fad. Japanese and Russian also had “hot” periods, only to recede in popularity. And Chinese can be controversial. With some parents fearful of communist influence, a California school district recently turned down $30,000 per year from the Chinese government to pay for Mandarin classes. Read the full article at http://www.economist.com/node/17522444?story_id=17522444&fsrc=rss
Source: The Economist
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Title: Article: Mandarin's Great Leap Forward
Body: From http://www.economist.com/node/17522444?story_id=17522444&fsrc=rss Mandarin's Great Leap Forward Interest soars in learning China’s official language Nov 18th 2010 As the Chinese economy surges, so does interest in Mandarin. The Chinese government estimates some 40m people study Mandarin outside the country, up from 30m in 2005. A tight job market in the West is partly responsible. According to a survey in September by Rosetta Stone, 58% of Americans believe the lack of foreign-language skills among native workers will lead to foreigners taking high-paying jobs. “The recession has focused people on where growth is going to come from,” says Tom Adams, the firm’s chief executive. Among existing corporate customers logging into the company’s multi-language programme, the number learning Mandarin increased by 1,800% between 2008 and 2010. The question remains whether the Mandarin rush will prove a fad. Japanese and Russian also had “hot” periods, only to recede in popularity. And Chinese can be controversial. With some parents fearful of communist influence, a California school district recently turned down $30,000 per year from the Chinese government to pay for Mandarin classes. Read the full article at http://www.economist.com/node/17522444?story_id=17522444&fsrc=rss
Source: The Economist
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Title: Korea Society
Body: From http://www.koreasociety.org/organization/about_us The Korea Society is the leading American organization dedicated to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea. From its base in New York City, the Society serves audiences across the country through its own outreach efforts and by forging strategic alliances with counterpart organizations in other cities throughout the United States as well as in Korea. Visit the Korea Society website at http://www.koreasociety.org to see what events are coming up in your area.
Source: Korea Society
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Title: Korea Society
Body: From http://www.koreasociety.org/organization/about_us The Korea Society is the leading American organization dedicated to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea. From its base in New York City, the Society serves audiences across the country through its own outreach efforts and by forging strategic alliances with counterpart organizations in other cities throughout the United States as well as in Korea. Visit the Korea Society website at http://www.koreasociety.org to see what events are coming up in your area.
Source: Korea Society
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Title: Japanese Folk Tales
Body: From http://japanese.about.com From Namiko Abe of About.com: There was a popular TV series called, "Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi", which is an animated version of famous folktales. You can watch some of them on Youtube. I noticed one of the stories; "Hanasaka Jiisan (Grandfather Cherry Blossom)" has English sub-titles, which I think would be great to use for listening practice. I wrote out the dialogue for the first two minutes in Japanese and romaji. I hope you can use it as a study aid. If you find it useful, please let me know and I will add more dialogue in the future. Access these resources at http://japanese.about.com/od/namikosbloglessons/a/Japanese-Folk-Tales-Nihon-Mukashi-Banashi.htm?nl=1 , http://japanese.about.com/od/folktales/a/Hanasaka-Jiisan-Manga-Nihon-Mukashi-Banashi.htm?nl=1 , and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5t6QWcsvHo&nl=1
Source: About.com
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Title: Japanese Folk Tales
Body: From http://japanese.about.com From Namiko Abe of About.com: There was a popular TV series called, "Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi", which is an animated version of famous folktales. You can watch some of them on Youtube. I noticed one of the stories; "Hanasaka Jiisan (Grandfather Cherry Blossom)" has English sub-titles, which I think would be great to use for listening practice. I wrote out the dialogue for the first two minutes in Japanese and romaji. I hope you can use it as a study aid. If you find it useful, please let me know and I will add more dialogue in the future. Access these resources at http://japanese.about.com/od/namikosbloglessons/a/Japanese-Folk-Tales-Nihon-Mukashi-Banashi.htm?nl=1 , http://japanese.about.com/od/folktales/a/Hanasaka-Jiisan-Manga-Nihon-Mukashi-Banashi.htm?nl=1 , and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5t6QWcsvHo&nl=1
Source: About.com
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Title: Italian Studies Regains Spot on the List of AP Courses
Body: From http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/education/11italian.html?_r=1 Italian Studies Regains Spot on the List of AP Courses By TAMAR LEWIN November 10, 2010 The Advanced Placement Italian Language and Culture program — which began in 2005 and was suspended last year because too few students were participating in it to warrant the cost — will be reinstated next year, and its AP exam will again be offered in May 2012. “Thanks to the hard work of the Italian Embassy and the advocacy of proud Italian-Americans, the program is now fully funded,” said Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board, which runs the Advanced Placement program. “This is a great day for the Italian language, the Italian people and all of us who are enraptured by the culture of Italy and its beautiful language.” Read the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/education/11italian.html?_r=1 Read a related article in the Washington Post at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/10/AR2010111006271.html Read an ACTFL press release at http://actfl.informz.net/actfl/archives/archive_1120422.html Read more in About.com at http://italian.about.com/b/2010/11/12/ap-italian-reinstated-college-board.htm?nl=1
Source: New York Times
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Title: Italian Studies Regains Spot on the List of AP Courses
Body: From http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/education/11italian.html?_r=1 Italian Studies Regains Spot on the List of AP Courses By TAMAR LEWIN November 10, 2010 The Advanced Placement Italian Language and Culture program — which began in 2005 and was suspended last year because too few students were participating in it to warrant the cost — will be reinstated next year, and its AP exam will again be offered in May 2012. “Thanks to the hard work of the Italian Embassy and the advocacy of proud Italian-Americans, the program is now fully funded,” said Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board, which runs the Advanced Placement program. “This is a great day for the Italian language, the Italian people and all of us who are enraptured by the culture of Italy and its beautiful language.” Read the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/education/11italian.html?_r=1 Read a related article in the Washington Post at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/10/AR2010111006271.html Read an ACTFL press release at http://actfl.informz.net/actfl/archives/archive_1120422.html Read more in About.com at http://italian.about.com/b/2010/11/12/ap-italian-reinstated-college-board.htm?nl=1
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Title: Traditional German Songs Karaoke-Style on YouTube
Body: The Volkslieder Karaoke channel on YouTube has the audio to traditional German songs, synchronized with the lyrics in the video. The collection includes Christmas songs. Available at http://www.youtube.com/user/VolksKaraoke
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Title: Traditional German Songs Karaoke-Style on YouTube
Body: The Volkslieder Karaoke channel on YouTube has the audio to traditional German songs, synchronized with the lyrics in the video. The collection includes Christmas songs. Available at http://www.youtube.com/user/VolksKaraoke
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Title: German Students Experience a Wall in Their Own Classroom
Body: Souderton Area teacher re-creates rise, fall of Berlin Wall By Bob Keeler November 13, 2010 The wall has been dismantled and students in Neil Lindenfelser’s German 3 and 4 classes at Souderton Area High School are reunited. That’s not the way it was for the past few weeks, though. During that time, there was a recreated Berlin Wall separating the students on the “eastern” and “western” sides. Many of today’s students know about World War II and the Holocaust, but don’t know much about the Cold War or present-day Germany, Lindenfelser said. Read the full article and a more complete description of this activity and student response to it at http://www.thereporteronline.com/articles/2010/11/13/news/doc4cdf6be805322407347302.txt?viewmode=default
Source: The Reporter, North Penn, Pennsylvania
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Title: German Students Experience a Wall in Their Own Classroom
Body: Souderton Area teacher re-creates rise, fall of Berlin Wall By Bob Keeler November 13, 2010 The wall has been dismantled and students in Neil Lindenfelser’s German 3 and 4 classes at Souderton Area High School are reunited. That’s not the way it was for the past few weeks, though. During that time, there was a recreated Berlin Wall separating the students on the “eastern” and “western” sides. Many of today’s students know about World War II and the Holocaust, but don’t know much about the Cold War or present-day Germany, Lindenfelser said. Read the full article and a more complete description of this activity and student response to it at http://www.thereporteronline.com/articles/2010/11/13/news/doc4cdf6be805322407347302.txt?viewmode=default
Source: The Reporter, North Penn, Pennsylvania
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Title: Acceso: Online Curriculum for Spanish
Body: From http://www2.ku.edu/~spanish/acceso/about.shtml Acceso is intended as a complete, interactive curriculum for intermediate-level learners of Spanish. The materials on this site are provided freely to the public and are intended as a replacement for commercial textbooks, which are generally ill-suited to the learning outcomes now considered crucial to successful language study. These materials are supplemented by an online workbook built on the MySpanishLab platform of Pearson Education, Inc., as well as detailed lesson plans, rubrics for the evaluation of student work, and reliable instruments for measuring student progress and learning outcomes. Learn more about the project at http://www2.ku.edu/~spanish/acceso/about.shtml
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Title: Acceso: Online Curriculum for Spanish
Body: From http://www2.ku.edu/~spanish/acceso/about.shtml Acceso is intended as a complete, interactive curriculum for intermediate-level learners of Spanish. The materials on this site are provided freely to the public and are intended as a replacement for commercial textbooks, which are generally ill-suited to the learning outcomes now considered crucial to successful language study. These materials are supplemented by an online workbook built on the MySpanishLab platform of Pearson Education, Inc., as well as detailed lesson plans, rubrics for the evaluation of student work, and reliable instruments for measuring student progress and learning outcomes. Learn more about the project at http://www2.ku.edu/~spanish/acceso/about.shtml
Source: University of Kansas
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Title: Globo Bobo/What in the World?
Body: Here's another new activity from Actualidades, called "Globo bobo". It is a cross-curricular activity that combines strange news with geography. Here's a link to the first "Globo bobo" worksheet: http://zachary-jones.com/spanish/archives/26204 Also, the ESL version is called "What in the world?!" and can be found here: http://zachary-jones.com/english/2010/11/08/new-esl-activity-what-in-the-world Jones, Z. [FLTEACH] Another new activity: Globo bobo. FLTEACH listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 10 Nov 2010).
Source: Actualidades
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Title: Globo Bobo/What in the World?
Body: Here's another new activity from Actualidades, called "Globo bobo". It is a cross-curricular activity that combines strange news with geography. Here's a link to the first "Globo bobo" worksheet: http://zachary-jones.com/spanish/archives/26204 Also, the ESL version is called "What in the world?!" and can be found here: http://zachary-jones.com/english/2010/11/08/new-esl-activity-what-in-the-world Jones, Z. [FLTEACH] Another new activity: Globo bobo. FLTEACH listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 10 Nov 2010).
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Title: Science and Teacher Training Are On ELL Chief's Agenda
Body: From http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/11/12/12stem_ep.h30.html?tkn=QVVFQLLsT63gp25QTj3d7eQb1IpYiiv1L4Mn&cmp=clp-sb-actfl Science and Teacher Training Are On ELL Chief's Agenda by Mary Ann Zehr November 12, 2010 Rosalinda B. Barrera, the new director of the U.S. Department of Education’s office of English-language acquisition, has a strong interest in improving science instruction for English-language learners and building the overall capacity of the nation’s teachers to work with such students. In a 45-minute interview, the former dean of the college of education at Texas State University-San Marcos focused on how she aims to increase awareness of the needs of ELLs nationally through new research studies and by ensuring that such students benefit from existing federal initiatives or grant programs. But she stopped short of revealing her position on any proposed policy changes to affect English-learners. Read the full article at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/11/12/12stem_ep.h30.html?tkn=QVVFQLLsT63gp25QTj3d7eQb1IpYiiv1L4Mn&cmp=clp-sb-actfl
Source: Education Week
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Title: Science and Teacher Training Are On ELL Chief's Agenda
Body: From http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/11/12/12stem_ep.h30.html?tkn=QVVFQLLsT63gp25QTj3d7eQb1IpYiiv1L4Mn&cmp=clp-sb-actfl Science and Teacher Training Are On ELL Chief's Agenda by Mary Ann Zehr November 12, 2010 Rosalinda B. Barrera, the new director of the U.S. Department of Education’s office of English-language acquisition, has a strong interest in improving science instruction for English-language learners and building the overall capacity of the nation’s teachers to work with such students. In a 45-minute interview, the former dean of the college of education at Texas State University-San Marcos focused on how she aims to increase awareness of the needs of ELLs nationally through new research studies and by ensuring that such students benefit from existing federal initiatives or grant programs. But she stopped short of revealing her position on any proposed policy changes to affect English-learners. Read the full article at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/11/12/12stem_ep.h30.html?tkn=QVVFQLLsT63gp25QTj3d7eQb1IpYiiv1L4Mn&cmp=clp-sb-actfl
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