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Title: Article: High School Kids Take Arabic in Hawaii
Body: From http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20110221_High_school_kids_take_Arabic.html High school kids take Arabic Three nonprofit groups fund language lessons that students find timely due to Mideast events By Susan Essoyan February 21, 2011 After just four months in the first Arabic-language class offered in a Hawaii high school, the Adly Mirza’s students are speaking, singing and even writing the swirling script of the Arab world, learning from each mistake along the way. With news from Egypt taking center stage, the students are able to make out some Arabic words on signs appearing in television reports. Students earn social studies elective credit for the course, Arabic Language and Global Leadership, held after school on the Ewa Beach campus with support from three nonprofits. The curriculum was created by OneWorld Now! of Seattle, which promotes strategic languages and leadership for underserved youth. The Pacific and Asian Affairs Council administers the program in Hawaii, and it is funded by the Qatar Foundation International. The class meets three times a week, twice for Arabic lessons and once for leadership training provided by PAAC. Read the full article at http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20110221_High_school_kids_take_Arabic.html
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Title: Article: High School Kids Take Arabic in Hawaii
Body: From http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20110221_High_school_kids_take_Arabic.html High school kids take Arabic Three nonprofit groups fund language lessons that students find timely due to Mideast events By Susan Essoyan February 21, 2011 After just four months in the first Arabic-language class offered in a Hawaii high school, the Adly Mirza’s students are speaking, singing and even writing the swirling script of the Arab world, learning from each mistake along the way. With news from Egypt taking center stage, the students are able to make out some Arabic words on signs appearing in television reports. Students earn social studies elective credit for the course, Arabic Language and Global Leadership, held after school on the Ewa Beach campus with support from three nonprofits. The curriculum was created by OneWorld Now! of Seattle, which promotes strategic languages and leadership for underserved youth. The Pacific and Asian Affairs Council administers the program in Hawaii, and it is funded by the Qatar Foundation International. The class meets three times a week, twice for Arabic lessons and once for leadership training provided by PAAC. Read the full article at http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20110221_High_school_kids_take_Arabic.html
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Title: Article: Learning Chinese Pays Dividends: Of Characters and Cognition
Body: From http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/chinese-language-initiatives/learning-chinese-pays-dividends-characters-and-cogni Learning Chinese Pays Dividends: Of Characters and Cognition By Yi Zheng and Chris Livaccari February 25, 2011 “Yi, er, san . . .” A Chinese language student counts each stroke while writing the Chinese character for “big”, 大. This seems like a simple process, but new evidence suggests that studying Chinese and learning to write Chinese characters may train a whole array of cognitive abilities not utilized by the study of other languages and writing systems. A BBC News article, “Chinese ‘Takes More Brain Power’” reported on a study conducted by researchers from the Wellcome Trust in the UK which found that “people who speak Mandarin Chinese use both temporal lobes of their brain to understand the language.” This is very different than English-language speakers who use only the left temporal lobe (June, 2003). The difference is evident because speakers of Chinese “use intonation to distinguish between completely different meanings of particular words.” Read more about different studies supporting a connection between cognition and learning Chinese at http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/chinese-language-initiatives/learning-chinese-pays-dividends-characters-and-cogni
Source: Asia Society
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Title: Article: Learning Chinese Pays Dividends: Of Characters and Cognition
Body: From http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/chinese-language-initiatives/learning-chinese-pays-dividends-characters-and-cogni Learning Chinese Pays Dividends: Of Characters and Cognition By Yi Zheng and Chris Livaccari February 25, 2011 “Yi, er, san . . .” A Chinese language student counts each stroke while writing the Chinese character for “big”, 大. This seems like a simple process, but new evidence suggests that studying Chinese and learning to write Chinese characters may train a whole array of cognitive abilities not utilized by the study of other languages and writing systems. A BBC News article, “Chinese ‘Takes More Brain Power’” reported on a study conducted by researchers from the Wellcome Trust in the UK which found that “people who speak Mandarin Chinese use both temporal lobes of their brain to understand the language.” This is very different than English-language speakers who use only the left temporal lobe (June, 2003). The difference is evident because speakers of Chinese “use intonation to distinguish between completely different meanings of particular words.” Read more about different studies supporting a connection between cognition and learning Chinese at http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/chinese-language-initiatives/learning-chinese-pays-dividends-characters-and-cogni
Source: Asia Society
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Title: Two Japanese Exhibitions in Texas
Body: Here are two cultural opportunities going on for Japanese teachers and learners in Texas: World Heritage Photo Panels from Japan; Two Thousand Years of Legacies January 15 – March 13 UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures, 801 East Durango Blvd., San Antonio Learn more at http://www.texancultures.com/events/whppfj.html Five Friends from Japan exhibit at the Children's Museum of Houston January 29 - May 1 1500 Binz, Houston http://www.cmhouston.org/en/photos/albums/v/101
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Title: Two Japanese Exhibitions in Texas
Body: Here are two cultural opportunities going on for Japanese teachers and learners in Texas: World Heritage Photo Panels from Japan; Two Thousand Years of Legacies January 15 – March 13 UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures, 801 East Durango Blvd., San Antonio Learn more at http://www.texancultures.com/events/whppfj.html Five Friends from Japan exhibit at the Children's Museum of Houston January 29 - May 1 1500 Binz, Houston http://www.cmhouston.org/en/photos/albums/v/101
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Title: Seeking Program Hosts: German through Soccer! Summer 2011
Body: Exciting Opportunity for Summer 2011: German Soccer Trainers at Your Summer Camp or Summer School! Do you know of a summer school or summer camp for students from 10 to 18 years of age, which offers soccer as a sport, and where German is offered nearby at the middle and/or high school level? The German Embassy is seeking such programs to implement a new and exciting plan: to provide soccer trainers from Germany, to give students soccer training using the German language. Stealth immersion through soccer! Ideally, these students will spontaneously encounter the German language and experience it in a positive, comprehensible, and speakable manner. They will relate their success - initial understanding of German - to the German language and can then learn it at high school. The courses are to be offered only at summer schools with existing soccer programs in the vicinity of schools with German programs in order to attract prospective new students and thereby strengthen the German programs there. The main aspects of the project are: * The German soccer training should take place at an existing summer school (preferably with a soccer focus) in the vicinity of a U.S. school with a German program. * The youth/students (boys and girls between 10 and 18 years old) will spend at least two weeks at the summer camp. * The soccer training in the German language will be an "add on"; the soccer trainer will not teach a formal German class. The language will be acquired through total immersion. * The soccer training will be conducted exclusively in the German language by certified youth trainers of the Institute of Sports Science of the Technical University of Darmstadt. * The soccer trainers will be provided FREE but housing must be provided for them. Interested? Next steps: Please email AATG (headquarters at aatg dot org) as soon as possible, but by March 18 at the latest, with a letter describing your summer program, including a description of the German program(s) in the area, and including plans for housing the soccer trainer. AATG will forward your proposal to the German Embassy. Pokorny, M. [AATG-L] German through Soccer! Summer 2011. AATG-L listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 28 Feb 2011).
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Title: Seeking Program Hosts: German through Soccer! Summer 2011
Body: Exciting Opportunity for Summer 2011: German Soccer Trainers at Your Summer Camp or Summer School! Do you know of a summer school or summer camp for students from 10 to 18 years of age, which offers soccer as a sport, and where German is offered nearby at the middle and/or high school level? The German Embassy is seeking such programs to implement a new and exciting plan: to provide soccer trainers from Germany, to give students soccer training using the German language. Stealth immersion through soccer! Ideally, these students will spontaneously encounter the German language and experience it in a positive, comprehensible, and speakable manner. They will relate their success - initial understanding of German - to the German language and can then learn it at high school. The courses are to be offered only at summer schools with existing soccer programs in the vicinity of schools with German programs in order to attract prospective new students and thereby strengthen the German programs there. The main aspects of the project are: * The German soccer training should take place at an existing summer school (preferably with a soccer focus) in the vicinity of a U.S. school with a German program. * The youth/students (boys and girls between 10 and 18 years old) will spend at least two weeks at the summer camp. * The soccer training in the German language will be an "add on"; the soccer trainer will not teach a formal German class. The language will be acquired through total immersion. * The soccer training will be conducted exclusively in the German language by certified youth trainers of the Institute of Sports Science of the Technical University of Darmstadt. * The soccer trainers will be provided FREE but housing must be provided for them. Interested? Next steps: Please email AATG (headquarters at aatg dot org) as soon as possible, but by March 18 at the latest, with a letter describing your summer program, including a description of the German program(s) in the area, and including plans for housing the soccer trainer. AATG will forward your proposal to the German Embassy. Pokorny, M. [AATG-L] German through Soccer! Summer 2011. AATG-L listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 28 Feb 2011).
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Title: Boston Exhibition: The New Culture of German Comics
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/kue/bku/en7123283v.htm Comics, Manga & Co. The New Culture of German Comics Exhibition 3/11/-3/25/11 Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon Street, Boston in English and German Admission free The exhibition Comics, Manga & Co. – Germany’s New Comic Culture introduces two generations of comic artists who have influenced German comic culture in very different ways: the avant-garde that paved the way for the emergence of an independent culture of German comics, and a generation of younger comics artists whose work embraces new aesthetic and narrative aspects. Learn more at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/kue/bku/en7123283v.htm
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Title: Boston Exhibition: The New Culture of German Comics
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/kue/bku/en7123283v.htm Comics, Manga & Co. The New Culture of German Comics Exhibition 3/11/-3/25/11 Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon Street, Boston in English and German Admission free The exhibition Comics, Manga & Co. – Germany’s New Comic Culture introduces two generations of comic artists who have influenced German comic culture in very different ways: the avant-garde that paved the way for the emergence of an independent culture of German comics, and a generation of younger comics artists whose work embraces new aesthetic and narrative aspects. Learn more at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/kue/bku/en7123283v.htm
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Title: New Jersey Classical Association Spring Meeting 2011
Body: From http://tinyurl.com/4p3muww The New Jersey Classical Association Spring Meeting 2011 will take place on Saturday, March 26, 2011. It will be hosted at the Ocean County College planetarium. Lunch and continuing education credits are included with registration. As this particular meeting may be of interest to teachers of subjects other than Latin and Greek, please feel free to invite others. All are welcome to attend. See the schedule and register at http://tinyurl.com/4p3muww
Source: New Jersey Classical Association
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Title: New Jersey Classical Association Spring Meeting 2011
Body: From http://tinyurl.com/4p3muww The New Jersey Classical Association Spring Meeting 2011 will take place on Saturday, March 26, 2011. It will be hosted at the Ocean County College planetarium. Lunch and continuing education credits are included with registration. As this particular meeting may be of interest to teachers of subjects other than Latin and Greek, please feel free to invite others. All are welcome to attend. See the schedule and register at http://tinyurl.com/4p3muww
Source: New Jersey Classical Association
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Title: Francophone Film Festival in Boston
Body: Screening March 17–25, the Museum of Fine Arts’ Francophone Film Festival features the latest releases from French-speaking countries around the world including Chad, Haiti, Tunisia, Belgium, and Switzerland. Learn more and view the schedule of films at http://www.mfa.org/programs/series/francophone-film-festival
Source: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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Title: Francophone Film Festival in Boston
Body: Screening March 17–25, the Museum of Fine Arts’ Francophone Film Festival features the latest releases from French-speaking countries around the world including Chad, Haiti, Tunisia, Belgium, and Switzerland. Learn more and view the schedule of films at http://www.mfa.org/programs/series/francophone-film-festival
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Title: AP Spanish Literature and Culture Course Revisions
Body: The AP Spanish Literature and Culture course is designed to introduce students to the formal study of a representative body of literature, written in Spanish, from Peninsular Spain, Latin America and the United States. Learn more about course revisions for 2012-2013 at http://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/world-languages/spanish/literature?ep_ch=PR&ep_mid=6831078&ep_rid=30991978
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Title: AP Spanish Literature and Culture Course Revisions
Body: The AP Spanish Literature and Culture course is designed to introduce students to the formal study of a representative body of literature, written in Spanish, from Peninsular Spain, Latin America and the United States. Learn more about course revisions for 2012-2013 at http://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/world-languages/spanish/literature?ep_ch=PR&ep_mid=6831078&ep_rid=30991978
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Title: CLEAR Newsletter
Body: The new issue of the Center for Language Education and Research’s semiannual newsletter, CLEAR News, is available for download at CLEAR’s website: http://clear.msu.edu/clear/newsletter . This issue's main article by Dennie Hoopingarner gives an overview of some of CLEAR's Rich Internet Applications. These RIAs have become CLEAR's most popular suite of materials, allowing teachers to create their own content to deliver online materials.
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Title: CLEAR Newsletter
Body: The new issue of the Center for Language Education and Research’s semiannual newsletter, CLEAR News, is available for download at CLEAR’s website: http://clear.msu.edu/clear/newsletter . This issue's main article by Dennie Hoopingarner gives an overview of some of CLEAR's Rich Internet Applications. These RIAs have become CLEAR's most popular suite of materials, allowing teachers to create their own content to deliver online materials.
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Title: Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM)
Body: From http://french.about.com/cs/teachingresources/a/aim.htm The foreign language teaching methodology known as Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM) uses gestures, music, dance, and theater to help students learn. The basic premise of AIM is that students learn and remember better when they do something that goes along with the words they are saying. For example, while the students say "regarder" (to look), they hold their hands in front of their eyes in the shape of binoculars. This Gesture Approach includes defined gestures for 700 essential French words, known as Pared Down Language. The gestures are then combined with theater, storytelling, dance, and music to help students remember and use the language. Read the rest of the article about this method at http://french.about.com/cs/teachingresources/a/aim.htm Read a blog post comparing it to TPRS at http://tprs.missduncan.com Learn more about the method at the AIM website: http://www.aimlanguagelearning.com
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Title: Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM)
Body: From http://french.about.com/cs/teachingresources/a/aim.htm The foreign language teaching methodology known as Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM) uses gestures, music, dance, and theater to help students learn. The basic premise of AIM is that students learn and remember better when they do something that goes along with the words they are saying. For example, while the students say "regarder" (to look), they hold their hands in front of their eyes in the shape of binoculars. This Gesture Approach includes defined gestures for 700 essential French words, known as Pared Down Language. The gestures are then combined with theater, storytelling, dance, and music to help students remember and use the language. Read the rest of the article about this method at http://french.about.com/cs/teachingresources/a/aim.htm Read a blog post comparing it to TPRS at http://tprs.missduncan.com Learn more about the method at the AIM website: http://www.aimlanguagelearning.com
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