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Title: Blakemore Foundation Grants for Advanced Language Study
Body: Blakemore Freeman grants are awarded to individuals pursuing professional, academic, or business careers that involve the regular use of an East or Southeast Asian language. The grants fund a year of advanced language study at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama, the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing, the International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University in Taipei, and similar programs in other countries of East and SE Asia. Where there is no structured advanced-level language program at an educational institution in the country, the grant may provide for the financing of private tutorials under terms set forth in the application instructions. The grants cover tuition and a stipend for related educational expenses, basic living costs and transportation, but do not include dependent expenses. For application forms and further information see http://www.blakemorefoundation.org Deadline for Applications -- Must be Postmarked by December 30, 2011
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Title: Illinois Arts and Foreign Language Assistance Grant
Body: From http://www.ictfl.org/content/2011/08/2012-rfp-application-arts-and-foreign-language-assistance-grant-has-been-posted SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Arts Council are pleased to announce that grant funding for Arts and Foreign Language Programs has been approved for FY2012. This competitive grant program provides funding for planning or implementation of arts or foreign language curricula and programs in public school districts throughout the state. Districts may apply for either fine and performing arts funding or foreign language funding. The Planning Grant provides one year of funding for initiating a strategic planning process in the district to develop, improve, or expand arts or foreign language programs. The Implementation Grant provides up to three years of renewable funding for salaries, professional development, curricular materials, classroom technology and supplies, and related student field trips. The Request for Proposal (RFP) for both projects has been released. Applications are due on or before October 10 at 4:30. Full guidelines and materials may be found at http://isbe.net/curriculum/html/arts_fl.htm. An interactive webinar providing application information was conducted on September 1, 2011 at 1:00PM. The information presented during these webinars will continue to be posted at the website until the RFP due date. For more information please contact Christina Steelman at csteelma at isbe dot netor 217.557.7323
Source: ICTFL
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Title: Job: Assistant Professor of TESOL and Applied Linguistics, Wright State University
Body: Wright State University in Ohio is seeking an assistant professor of TESOL and applied linguistics. Job summary: Five courses over two semesters at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Courses will include Linguistics, TESOL Methods and Theory, and specialty courses. All department faculty must be able to teach writing courses. Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. in appropriate field by the time of employment. Strong background in theory and practice of second-language acquisition and evidence of successful teaching of same. Evidence of successful scholarly publication or real promise of future publication in the field. Preferred qualifications: Expertise in pragmatics and cultural theory, sociolinguistics, and/or Asian Studies; research interest in acquisition of English by speakers of Asian languages; experience or demonstrable interest in collaborating with IEP. Closing date: November 23, 2011. View the full job posting at https://jobs.wright.edu/postings/4400
Source: Wright State University
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Title: Article: U.S. Colleges Seek Foreign Students for Intellectual Stimulus, Bottom Line
Body: From http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/us-colleges-seek-foreign-students-for-intellectual-stimulus-better-bottom-line/2011/08/22/gIQAFeVlwJ_story.html U.S. colleges seek foreign students for intellectual stimulus, bottom line By Jenna Johnson September 2, 2011 As vistas of suburban grocery stores gave way to exurban mansions and then hay farms during a ride to the University of Virginia early one summer morning, George Wu sat on a plush bus seat and faced two dozen students aboard the U-Va. Express. Nearly all were Chinese, and hardly any had set foot in Virginia before their plane landed at Dulles International Airport a few hours earlier. These students are joining the fast-growing international population at U.S. colleges. About 690,000 foreign students attended in the 2009-10 school year, up 26 percent from a decade ago. In the same time, the total at the University of Virginia rose 44 percent. Foreign students pay out-of-state tuition, which is $36,788 for U-Va. undergraduates this year, bringing more cash to the university at a time when state funds cover less and less of its overall budget. They don’t qualify for government aid and usually do not need financial help from universities. Nationally, public and private schools have found recruiting overseas helps their bottom line. But U-Va. officials said the greatest value of the foreign influx comes from intellectual stimulus. A late-night dorm discussion about the Chinese government’s blockage of Facebook becomes more sophisticated when a student explains what it means to live with the ban. A history class on the Korean War gains insight when a student shares how it was taught in her high school in Seoul or Beijing. Read the full article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/us-colleges-seek-foreign-students-for-intellectual-stimulus-better-bottom-line/2011/08/22/gIQAFeVlwJ_story.html
Source: Washington Post
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Title: New Article on Title VI Cuts: Cutting Back on Kazakh
Body: From http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/09/02/foreign_language_programs_face_deep_cuts Cutting Back on Kazakh — Libby A. Nelson September 2, 2011 In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, a university that wanted to offer courses in Pashto or Farsi seemed to have a smooth road ahead. The Education Department increased spending on foreign language programs, especially those teaching rare languages, and student interest was on the rise. But a decade later, programs in those languages, as well as many others that are infrequently taught but considered strategically important, face elimination on campuses after deep federal budget cuts. National Resource Centers, so designated by the Education Department to teach foreign languages and culture at universities around the country, lost 47 percent of their budget for fiscal year 2011 in the last-minute deal to avert a government shutdown in April. Since relatively few students opt for Bengali or Burmese over Spanish or French, federal funding was often the factor that made such courses financially feasible. The cut was across-the-board, so every center is facing the loss of half its federal funds. The Coalition for International Education is conducting a survey of Title VI programs, including the 125 National Resource Centers; 15 Language Resource Centers, which focus on language pedagogy and teacher training; and 33 Centers for International Business Education and Research. The Language Resource Centers estimate that the number of teachers they train this year will drop 35 percent, from just over 17,000 to 11,130. Read the full article at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/09/02/foreign_language_programs_face_deep_cuts
Source: Inside Higher Ed
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Title: Top Languages for Business: English, Mandarin, French, and Arabic
Body: From http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-30/mandarin-chinese-most-useful-business-language-after-english-1-.html Mandarin Chinese Most Useful Business Language After English By John Lauerman August 30, 2011 Mandarin, China’s official tongue, is also the top language worldwide for business other than English, according to Bloomberg Rankings. French, spoken by 68 million people worldwide and the official language of 27 countries, was ranked second, followed by Arabic, which is spoken by 221 million people and is official in 23 nations. Spanish, the official language of 20 countries and spoken by 329 million people, came in fourth, the rankings showed. Read the rest of the summary at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-30/mandarin-chinese-most-useful-business-language-after-english-1-.html and a related article at http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2011/09/top-3-useful-foreign-languages-for-business-excludes-spanish
Source: Bloomberg
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Title: Researcher Uses Grants To Help Create Online Sign Language Dictionary
Body: From http://www.uta.edu/ucomm/internalcommunications/mavwire/2011/sep01.php Vassilis Athitsos, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has won two new National Science Foundation grants to further his work in developing a computer recognition system that eventually will yield a visual, online American Sign Language dictionary. One of the new grants will fund collaborative work among faculty from Boston, Rutgers, and Gallaudet universities to organize large collections of sign language video and make them easy to search and download from the web. The second grant is a cooperative agreement with ClopiNet, a California consulting company that specializes in pattern recognition, machine learning, statistical data analysis and data mining. Athitsos said this collaborative project with Isabelle Guyon, the ClopiNet owner, would organize a gesture recognition challenge. Read more about these research projects at http://www.uta.edu/news/releases/2011/08/Athitsos%20research%20grants.php
Source: MavWire
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Title: A Meeting of Middle, High School and Collegiate Minds on Immersion in German
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/ver/en8055777v.htm?code=bos0907 The Massachusetts AATG and the Goethe-Institut Boston are co-sponsoring a second meeting of secondary and post-secondary teachers of German, planned for Saturday, September 17th under the title "Deutsch total!" The primary goal of this Deutschlehrkräfte-Tag 2011 is to bring together teachers of German from all levels--middle school, high school and college--to find common cause and ways to work with each other to strengthen German programs in Massachusetts. Learn more and register at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/ver/en8055777v.htm?code=bos0907
Source: Goethe-Institut
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Title: Mythology Links
Body: From http://stores.latin-resources.com/StoreFront.bok An annotated list of useful websites dealing with classical mythology is available at http://site.latin-resources.com/MythologyLinx.html
Source: Creative Classical Curriculum
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Title: The Jane Harriman Hall Professional Development Scholarship Program
Body: From http://www.nle.org/awards.html The Jane Harriman Hall Professional Development Scholarship Program Announcement Purpose The Jane Harriman Hall Professional Development Scholarship program is designed to support teachers in their ability to teach Latin. The scholarship was developed in honor of Jane Harriman Hall, founder of the National Latin Exam, in order to continue her efforts to bring high quality Latin instruction to students throughout the U.S. Eligibility Applicants must be current teachers of Latin, with at least three years of experience at the pre-K—12 level in a public or private school in the U.S. who spend at least 50% of their instructional time with students. Applicants are eligible for the award only once every ten years. Funding The scholarship is an amount equitable to the program being pursued. The applicant will present a proposal and a budget for expenditures at the time of application. Number of Awards There will be one award granted for the period of March 2012 through November 2012. Deadline for application: October 1, 2011 Applications are available at http://www.nle.org or from http://www.nle.org/pdf/Hall_scholarship.doc
Source: NLE
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