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Title: Book: Arabic Idioms: A Corpus Based Study
Body: From http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415603409 Arabic Idioms: A Corpus Based Study By Ashraf Abdou Published by Taylor & Francis Description: Idioms represent a fascinating linguistic phenomenon that has captured the attention of many linguists for decades. This corpus-based study of idioms in Modern Standard Arabic sheds light on their intricate nature, establishes the major patterns of their linguistic behavior, and provides explanations for these patterns. Adopting a descriptive framework, the study addresses two main issues with regard to the discursive behavior of idioms: the discursive functions that they perform and the ways in which they contribute to the cohesion of their texts. Examining primary data with regard to the semantic, discursive, lexical and grammatical properties of Arabic idioms, the author touches on the ubiquity of these expressions in language use, the wide range of functions they perform in discourse, the problems they often cause in domains such as foreign language learning and translation, and their typical divergence from the normal rules of grammar and semantic compositionality. Providing explanations for major linguistic phenomena, this analysis will be accessible to linguists, translators, lexicographers, translation software developers, and language teachers as well as learners. Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415603409
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Title: Book: Arabic Idioms: A Corpus Based Study
Body: From http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415603409 Arabic Idioms: A Corpus Based Study By Ashraf Abdou Published by Taylor & Francis Description: Idioms represent a fascinating linguistic phenomenon that has captured the attention of many linguists for decades. This corpus-based study of idioms in Modern Standard Arabic sheds light on their intricate nature, establishes the major patterns of their linguistic behavior, and provides explanations for these patterns. Adopting a descriptive framework, the study addresses two main issues with regard to the discursive behavior of idioms: the discursive functions that they perform and the ways in which they contribute to the cohesion of their texts. Examining primary data with regard to the semantic, discursive, lexical and grammatical properties of Arabic idioms, the author touches on the ubiquity of these expressions in language use, the wide range of functions they perform in discourse, the problems they often cause in domains such as foreign language learning and translation, and their typical divergence from the normal rules of grammar and semantic compositionality. Providing explanations for major linguistic phenomena, this analysis will be accessible to linguists, translators, lexicographers, translation software developers, and language teachers as well as learners. Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415603409
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Title: Chinese Teachers Prepare to Teach in United States
Body: From http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinese-teachers-20110801,0,7199823.story Chinese teachers are on a U.S. mission Dozens of teachers from China are in Los Angeles to prepare for the opportunity of a lifetime: a chance to teach Mandarin in American schools. By Ricardo Lopez August 1, 2011 The large ballroom in UCLA's Covel Commons resembled a bustling day-care center one recent day, as laughter rang out across the room. But the participants, speaking in rapid-fire Mandarin, were not children. They were dozens of Chinese teachers in Los Angeles for a nine-day crash course to prepare them for what they consider the opportunity of a lifetime: to teach Mandarin in American schools. In a few weeks, 176 Chinese teachers will head to kindergarten through 12th-grade classrooms across the country, from rural Kentucky towns to the tidy suburbs of Salt Lake City. Only two will remain in California, assigned to schools in Redding and Ojai. The guest teacher program, started in 2007 and partly funded by the federal language initiative, Startalk, is an effort by the College Board and the Chinese government's Chinese Language Council International, also known as Hanban. The agencies want to expand Chinese instruction in the United States. UCLA's Confucius Institute is in its second year of hosting the program. Read the full article at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinese-teachers-20110801,0,7199823.story
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Title: Chinese Teachers Prepare to Teach in United States
Body: From http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinese-teachers-20110801,0,7199823.story Chinese teachers are on a U.S. mission Dozens of teachers from China are in Los Angeles to prepare for the opportunity of a lifetime: a chance to teach Mandarin in American schools. By Ricardo Lopez August 1, 2011 The large ballroom in UCLA's Covel Commons resembled a bustling day-care center one recent day, as laughter rang out across the room. But the participants, speaking in rapid-fire Mandarin, were not children. They were dozens of Chinese teachers in Los Angeles for a nine-day crash course to prepare them for what they consider the opportunity of a lifetime: to teach Mandarin in American schools. In a few weeks, 176 Chinese teachers will head to kindergarten through 12th-grade classrooms across the country, from rural Kentucky towns to the tidy suburbs of Salt Lake City. Only two will remain in California, assigned to schools in Redding and Ojai. The guest teacher program, started in 2007 and partly funded by the federal language initiative, Startalk, is an effort by the College Board and the Chinese government's Chinese Language Council International, also known as Hanban. The agencies want to expand Chinese instruction in the United States. UCLA's Confucius Institute is in its second year of hosting the program. Read the full article at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinese-teachers-20110801,0,7199823.story
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Title: Article: Teaching Japanese Pragmatic Competence Using Film Clips
Body: From http://blc.berkeley.edu Teaching Japanese Pragmatic Competence Using Film Clips By Wakae Kambara Published Jul 24, 2011 While checking 3rd-year Japanese students’ scripts, I have noticed a pattern of student errors consisting of sentences that are grammatically correct, but that sound unnatural. It should be emphasized that these errors are purely pragmatic, not grammatical. Therefore, proper usage cannot be taught independently of context. How can we teach pragmatic features of the language in class? Lengthy explanations usually do not enable students to acquire the skills of proper usage. This paper addresses how we might use film clips to teach sentence-final expressions in Japanese. Conversations in films are scripted, differing from the spontaneous unfolding of real conversations. Nevertheless, they are perceived by the audience as naturalistic verbal exchanges. In this sense, utterances in films can be considered as representing an ideological prototype of language use. In addition, students enjoy film clips; they show the visual contexts in which the verbal expressions are used. Read the full article describing how this instructor uses film clips in his classroom at http://blc.berkeley.edu/index.php/blc/post/teaching_japanese_pragmatic_competence_using_film_clips
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Title: Article: Teaching Japanese Pragmatic Competence Using Film Clips
Body: From http://blc.berkeley.edu Teaching Japanese Pragmatic Competence Using Film Clips By Wakae Kambara Published Jul 24, 2011 While checking 3rd-year Japanese students’ scripts, I have noticed a pattern of student errors consisting of sentences that are grammatically correct, but that sound unnatural. It should be emphasized that these errors are purely pragmatic, not grammatical. Therefore, proper usage cannot be taught independently of context. How can we teach pragmatic features of the language in class? Lengthy explanations usually do not enable students to acquire the skills of proper usage. This paper addresses how we might use film clips to teach sentence-final expressions in Japanese. Conversations in films are scripted, differing from the spontaneous unfolding of real conversations. Nevertheless, they are perceived by the audience as naturalistic verbal exchanges. In this sense, utterances in films can be considered as representing an ideological prototype of language use. In addition, students enjoy film clips; they show the visual contexts in which the verbal expressions are used. Read the full article describing how this instructor uses film clips in his classroom at http://blc.berkeley.edu/index.php/blc/post/teaching_japanese_pragmatic_competence_using_film_clips
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Title: Russian Language Websites
Body: A list of websites that may be useful for students of Russian is available at http://babelanmicroblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/russian-language-web-sites.html
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Title: Russian Language Websites
Body: A list of websites that may be useful for students of Russian is available at http://babelanmicroblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/russian-language-web-sites.html
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Title: Film Screening: 24 Hours Berlin – A Day in the Life
Body: From http://www.goethe.de A day in the life of a city and its inhabitants filmed by 80 different camera teams on a single day, Friday, September 5, 2008, then edited and broadcast one year later, for 24 hours, without interruption, starting at 6 am on Saturday, September 5, 2009. Bring your sleeping bag and pillow and join in for part or all of this amazing 24-hour portrait of the city of Berlin. Take part in a prize drawing every two hours. Breakfast foods will be provided; Berlin-style snacks will be available for purchase at lunch and dinner time. Saturday, 27 August 2011, 6 am – Sunday, 28 August 2011, 6 am Goethe-Institut Washington For full details go to http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/en7819788v.htm
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Title: Film Screening: 24 Hours Berlin – A Day in the Life
Body: From http://www.goethe.de A day in the life of a city and its inhabitants filmed by 80 different camera teams on a single day, Friday, September 5, 2008, then edited and broadcast one year later, for 24 hours, without interruption, starting at 6 am on Saturday, September 5, 2009. Bring your sleeping bag and pillow and join in for part or all of this amazing 24-hour portrait of the city of Berlin. Take part in a prize drawing every two hours. Breakfast foods will be provided; Berlin-style snacks will be available for purchase at lunch and dinner time. Saturday, 27 August 2011, 6 am – Sunday, 28 August 2011, 6 am Goethe-Institut Washington For full details go to http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/en7819788v.htm
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Title: Your Students Can Write and Perform a Play in German
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/lhr/sem/en7459920.htm Raise the Curtain for German! Student groups of any level are invited to develop and perform plays of 8-15 minutes in length using the theme “das Märchenhafte” and submit live performances of the play recorded on DVD by December 31, 2011. - Project proposals should be submitted between June 1st and September 15th. - Accepted proposals will receive $500 in project funding. - Apply early: Two of the first twelve accepted applicants will be chosen at random to receive a stipend to attend the 2011 ACTFL conference in Denver. - Great prizes for winning projects! For full details go to http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/lhr/sem/en7459920.htm
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Title: Your Students Can Write and Perform a Play in German
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/lhr/sem/en7459920.htm Raise the Curtain for German! Student groups of any level are invited to develop and perform plays of 8-15 minutes in length using the theme “das Märchenhafte” and submit live performances of the play recorded on DVD by December 31, 2011. - Project proposals should be submitted between June 1st and September 15th. - Accepted proposals will receive $500 in project funding. - Apply early: Two of the first twelve accepted applicants will be chosen at random to receive a stipend to attend the 2011 ACTFL conference in Denver. - Great prizes for winning projects! For full details go to http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/lhr/sem/en7459920.htm
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Title: German Fruit and Vegetable Idioms
Body: When you and your German students learn about German food, these fruit and vegetable idioms from About.com may come in handy: http://german.about.com/od/idiomsandproverbs/a/German-Idioms-And-Expressions.htm
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Title: German Fruit and Vegetable Idioms
Body: When you and your German students learn about German food, these fruit and vegetable idioms from About.com may come in handy: http://german.about.com/od/idiomsandproverbs/a/German-Idioms-And-Expressions.htm
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Title: Omnes Viae: Digital Route Planner of the Roman Empire
Body: Omnes Viae is a route planner with all main roads and cities of the Roman Empire. It is based on an ancient Roman map of which a copy survived that is now known as the 'Tabula Peutingeriana'. The interface is very similar to that of Google Earth. Omnes Viae is available at http://www.omnesviae.org Here are some ideas from Latinteach listserv users for how to use this site: --- The way I hope to use Omnes Viae is to help students construct a "frametale" for the Storybook project they do for class. I think some students might be really excited to use a journey frametale to organize their stories, with Omnes Viae giving them some great details about just what a journey would have been like, with the four stories in their Storybook happening in four places along the way to Rome, real actual places where travelers might have stayed. There are always students who want to do Roman topics, and I bet the "GoogleMap" look-and-feel at Omnes Viae will really get their imaginations going. If I were teaching a Latin class, what I would probably do would be to create a wiki and each student would choose their own town and write about it in Latin, finding pictures and writing captions for the pictures in Latin, etc. Then the class could write a collective story about some traveler, or group of travelers, and each student would be responsible for saying what happened to the traveler(s) while in their town. Gibbs, L. [Latinteach] omnes viae. Latinteach listserv (latinteach@nxport.com, 25 Jul 2011). --- How about using this site with the Cambridge Unit 3 journey from Fishbourne to Deva? or the LFA journey in 2nd year book of the 2 boys from Rome to Athens? Or Aeneas's journey in AP? A. Lukes. Re: [Latinteach] omnes viae. Latinteach listserv (latinteach@nxport.com, 26 Jul 2011). --- A few more uses: -Journeys of Jason & the Argonauts, the adventures of Theseus, the travels of Hercules as he performed his labors, Odysseus. -for Cambridge, the travels of Quintus from Pompeii to Athens to Alexandria to Britain to Rome. There was also mention that Caecilius had properties in Italy that Quintus visited after he left Pompeii. Students could make up a trip to where they think these properties may be. -for the upcoming Julius Caesar inclusion into the AP syllabus, locations mentioned in the covered excerpts (or even his movements around Gaul & over to Britain) -for Roman history --any movements of peoples or armies from one location to another ---Hannibal from Carthage to Spain to Italy, Pompey's flight from Italy to Egypt, Attila the Hun's path from the north to Rome, etc. -for expanding students' horizons--have them plan a trip through Italy or Greece including the historical sites they would want to visit. Encourage them to save their itinerary for the day when they actually travel abroad. A. Lukes. [Latinteach] More Omnes Viae suggestions. Latinteach listserv (latinteach@nxport.com, 28 Jul 2011).
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Title: Omnes Viae: Digital Route Planner of the Roman Empire
Body: Omnes Viae is a route planner with all main roads and cities of the Roman Empire. It is based on an ancient Roman map of which a copy survived that is now known as the 'Tabula Peutingeriana'. The interface is very similar to that of Google Earth. Omnes Viae is available at http://www.omnesviae.org Here are some ideas from Latinteach listserv users for how to use this site: --- The way I hope to use Omnes Viae is to help students construct a "frametale" for the Storybook project they do for class. I think some students might be really excited to use a journey frametale to organize their stories, with Omnes Viae giving them some great details about just what a journey would have been like, with the four stories in their Storybook happening in four places along the way to Rome, real actual places where travelers might have stayed. There are always students who want to do Roman topics, and I bet the "GoogleMap" look-and-feel at Omnes Viae will really get their imaginations going. If I were teaching a Latin class, what I would probably do would be to create a wiki and each student would choose their own town and write about it in Latin, finding pictures and writing captions for the pictures in Latin, etc. Then the class could write a collective story about some traveler, or group of travelers, and each student would be responsible for saying what happened to the traveler(s) while in their town. Gibbs, L. [Latinteach] omnes viae. Latinteach listserv (latinteach@nxport.com, 25 Jul 2011). --- How about using this site with the Cambridge Unit 3 journey from Fishbourne to Deva? or the LFA journey in 2nd year book of the 2 boys from Rome to Athens? Or Aeneas's journey in AP? A. Lukes. Re: [Latinteach] omnes viae. Latinteach listserv (latinteach@nxport.com, 26 Jul 2011). --- A few more uses: -Journeys of Jason & the Argonauts, the adventures of Theseus, the travels of Hercules as he performed his labors, Odysseus. -for Cambridge, the travels of Quintus from Pompeii to Athens to Alexandria to Britain to Rome. There was also mention that Caecilius had properties in Italy that Quintus visited after he left Pompeii. Students could make up a trip to where they think these properties may be. -for the upcoming Julius Caesar inclusion into the AP syllabus, locations mentioned in the covered excerpts (or even his movements around Gaul & over to Britain) -for Roman history --any movements of peoples or armies from one location to another ---Hannibal from Carthage to Spain to Italy, Pompey's flight from Italy to Egypt, Attila the Hun's path from the north to Rome, etc. -for expanding students' horizons--have them plan a trip through Italy or Greece including the historical sites they would want to visit. Encourage them to save their itinerary for the day when they actually travel abroad. A. Lukes. [Latinteach] More Omnes Viae suggestions. Latinteach listserv (latinteach@nxport.com, 28 Jul 2011).
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Title: IB Latin Yahoo! Group
Body: A Yahoo! list is open to all who teach or who are planning to teach IB Latin. Topics for discussion should be kept to those directly relating to the challenges of teaching IB Latin. You can join this group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IBLatin/?tab=s
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Title: IB Latin Yahoo! Group
Body: A Yahoo! list is open to all who teach or who are planning to teach IB Latin. Topics for discussion should be kept to those directly relating to the challenges of teaching IB Latin. You can join this group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IBLatin/?tab=s
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Title: French Jobs
Body: What jobs out there require French language skills? Show your students what they can find at the Minneapolis/St. Paul French American Chamber of Commerce job postings website: http://www.faccmn.com/career-development/jobs.html
Source: French American Chamber of Commerce
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Title: French Jobs
Body: What jobs out there require French language skills? Show your students what they can find at the Minneapolis/St. Paul French American Chamber of Commerce job postings website: http://www.faccmn.com/career-development/jobs.html
Source: French American Chamber of Commerce
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