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Title: Pittsburgh Charter School Focuses in International Education, Targets English Language Learners
Body: From http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11286/1181693-55.stm Charter school in Baldwin Township offers international environment By Mary Niederberger October 13, 2011 Officials of the Young Scholars of Western Pennsylvania Charter School want everyone to know they are open for business. The mission of the school, as stated on its website, is to "provide an ideal international environment for the intellectual and social development of its students." It targets students whose native language is not English during their transition to the American education system and American students who are interested in a global experience. Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11286/1181693-55.stm#ixzz1au6iWIWJ
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Title: Pittsburgh Charter School Focuses in International Education, Targets English Language Learners
Body: From http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11286/1181693-55.stm Charter school in Baldwin Township offers international environment By Mary Niederberger October 13, 2011 Officials of the Young Scholars of Western Pennsylvania Charter School want everyone to know they are open for business. The mission of the school, as stated on its website, is to "provide an ideal international environment for the intellectual and social development of its students." It targets students whose native language is not English during their transition to the American education system and American students who are interested in a global experience. Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11286/1181693-55.stm#ixzz1au6iWIWJ
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Title: Article: Body of Research Grows on Bilingual Language Acquisition
Body: From http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/health/views/11klass.html?_r=1 Hearing Bilingual: How Babies Sort Out Language By PERRI KLASS October 10, 2011 As the relatively new science of bilingualism pushes back to the origins of speech and language, scientists are teasing out the earliest differences between brains exposed to one language and brains exposed to two. Researchers have found ways to analyze infant behavior — where babies turn their gazes, how long they pay attention — to help figure out infant perceptions of sounds and words and languages, of what is familiar and what is unfamiliar to them. Now, analyzing the neurologic activity of babies’ brains as they hear language, and then comparing those early responses with the words that those children learn as they get older, is helping explain not just how the early brain listens to language, but how listening shapes the early brain. Read the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/health/views/11klass.html?_r=1
Source: New York Times
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Title: Article: Body of Research Grows on Bilingual Language Acquisition
Body: From http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/health/views/11klass.html?_r=1 Hearing Bilingual: How Babies Sort Out Language By PERRI KLASS October 10, 2011 As the relatively new science of bilingualism pushes back to the origins of speech and language, scientists are teasing out the earliest differences between brains exposed to one language and brains exposed to two. Researchers have found ways to analyze infant behavior — where babies turn their gazes, how long they pay attention — to help figure out infant perceptions of sounds and words and languages, of what is familiar and what is unfamiliar to them. Now, analyzing the neurologic activity of babies’ brains as they hear language, and then comparing those early responses with the words that those children learn as they get older, is helping explain not just how the early brain listens to language, but how listening shapes the early brain. Read the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/health/views/11klass.html?_r=1
Source: New York Times
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Title: New Project: Endangered Languages Catalog
Body: From http://www.lat-mpi.eu/latnews/2011/09/the-endangered-language-catalog-elcat The Endangered Language Catalog (ELCat) by Maddalena Tacchetti The Endangered Languages Catalog project (ELCat) has been recently approved and made feasible by a donor’s participation that will eliminate the burden of the cost of most of the technology. The ELCat is a collaborative project with the University of Hawaii and the Eastern Michigan University that aims to provide accurate, up-to-date information on the endangered languages of the world as well as raising public awareness, promoting increased research on endangered languages, but also providing the communities whose languages are at risk with materials to support language preservation and revitalization activities. The project, with Lyle Campbell, Anthony Aristar, and Helen Aristar-Dry at the head of an international team of Regional Directors and graduate student researchers, will be carried on for about three years (from August 2011 until January 2015). Already from December on, a preliminary ELCat website will be launched with mechanisms for feedback, commentary, suggestion of corrections by users and a procedure for long-term maintenance and updating of the information and the web presence. You can read more details on the web site of the National Science Foundation at http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1058096&WT.z_pims_id=12816
Source: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
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Title: New Project: Endangered Languages Catalog
Body: From http://www.lat-mpi.eu/latnews/2011/09/the-endangered-language-catalog-elcat The Endangered Language Catalog (ELCat) by Maddalena Tacchetti The Endangered Languages Catalog project (ELCat) has been recently approved and made feasible by a donor’s participation that will eliminate the burden of the cost of most of the technology. The ELCat is a collaborative project with the University of Hawaii and the Eastern Michigan University that aims to provide accurate, up-to-date information on the endangered languages of the world as well as raising public awareness, promoting increased research on endangered languages, but also providing the communities whose languages are at risk with materials to support language preservation and revitalization activities. The project, with Lyle Campbell, Anthony Aristar, and Helen Aristar-Dry at the head of an international team of Regional Directors and graduate student researchers, will be carried on for about three years (from August 2011 until January 2015). Already from December on, a preliminary ELCat website will be launched with mechanisms for feedback, commentary, suggestion of corrections by users and a procedure for long-term maintenance and updating of the information and the web presence. You can read more details on the web site of the National Science Foundation at http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1058096&WT.z_pims_id=12816
Source: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
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Title: Homeland Afghanistan Website
Body: Afghanistan is a place that has been home to diverse cultures, empires, and traditions—and is a place where an equally interconnected future will unfold. Asia Society explores this idea through Homeland Afghanistan, an award-winning website that tells the story of the place through 75 video episodes, featuring experts as well as hundreds of primary resources. The project also explores Afghanistan as a geopolitical hotspot. It had been a battleground for rival powers, all of which left their mark on its history, culture and people. The Homeland Afghanistan website is available at http://afghanistan.asiasociety.org/about/about-the-project
Source: Asia Society
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Title: Homeland Afghanistan Website
Body: Afghanistan is a place that has been home to diverse cultures, empires, and traditions—and is a place where an equally interconnected future will unfold. Asia Society explores this idea through Homeland Afghanistan, an award-winning website that tells the story of the place through 75 video episodes, featuring experts as well as hundreds of primary resources. The project also explores Afghanistan as a geopolitical hotspot. It had been a battleground for rival powers, all of which left their mark on its history, culture and people. The Homeland Afghanistan website is available at http://afghanistan.asiasociety.org/about/about-the-project
Source: Asia Society
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Title: Archipelago: Games to Practice Speaking Mandarin Chinese
Body: Archipelago is a suite of speech recognition tools, games, and dialogues to help students practice speaking Mandarin Chinese. It is available online at http://islands.csail.mit.edu
Source: Archipelago
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Title: Archipelago: Games to Practice Speaking Mandarin Chinese
Body: Archipelago is a suite of speech recognition tools, games, and dialogues to help students practice speaking Mandarin Chinese. It is available online at http://islands.csail.mit.edu
Source: Archipelago
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Title: Institute: Assessments for Japanese Language Instruction
Body: From http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/si12j This four-day National Foreign Language Resource Center summer institute (July 10-13, 2012) is intended for postsecondary Japanese language educators who wish to promote good assessment practices in their home institutions. It consists of lecture as well as hands-on sessions designed to help improve their theoretical knowledge and practical skills about assessments (including testing). To this end, the workshop will provide ample authentic assessment examples in various formats and procedures to assess learning outcomes in Japanese in classroom and program-level settings. The workshop will also cover portfolio assessments for Japanese language teacher training programs. After attending the workshop, participants will be better prepared to engage in effective formative and summative assessments for Japanese language instruction and teacher training in their home institutions. Selected classroom assessment modules developed by participants as part of the workshop will be published by the NFLRC as a Network (available online for teachers of Japanese around the world). If you are interested in participating, please submit your ONLINE APPLICATION FORM BY JANUARY 31, 2012. For full details go to http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/si12j
Source: NFLRC
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Title: Institute: Assessments for Japanese Language Instruction
Body: From http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/si12j This four-day National Foreign Language Resource Center summer institute (July 10-13, 2012) is intended for postsecondary Japanese language educators who wish to promote good assessment practices in their home institutions. It consists of lecture as well as hands-on sessions designed to help improve their theoretical knowledge and practical skills about assessments (including testing). To this end, the workshop will provide ample authentic assessment examples in various formats and procedures to assess learning outcomes in Japanese in classroom and program-level settings. The workshop will also cover portfolio assessments for Japanese language teacher training programs. After attending the workshop, participants will be better prepared to engage in effective formative and summative assessments for Japanese language instruction and teacher training in their home institutions. Selected classroom assessment modules developed by participants as part of the workshop will be published by the NFLRC as a Network (available online for teachers of Japanese around the world). If you are interested in participating, please submit your ONLINE APPLICATION FORM BY JANUARY 31, 2012. For full details go to http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/si12j
Source: NFLRC
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Title: The Society for Romanian Studies
Body: From http://www.society4romanianstudies.org The Society for Romanian Studies (SRS) is an international inter-disciplinary academic organization founded in 1973 to promote professional study, criticism, and research on all aspects of Romanian culture and civilization, particularly concerning the countries of Romania and Moldova. The society holds annual meetings to promote Romanian studies, generally in conjunction with the meetings of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, publishes a newsletter to keep its membership informed, and carries out other activities designed to foster advancement of the field. In addition, the SRS sponsors a periodic International Congress on Romanian Studies the next one will take place July 2-4, 2012, in Romania. Visit the SRS’s website at http://www.society4romanianstudies.org
Source: Society for Romanian Studies
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Title: The Society for Romanian Studies
Body: From http://www.society4romanianstudies.org The Society for Romanian Studies (SRS) is an international inter-disciplinary academic organization founded in 1973 to promote professional study, criticism, and research on all aspects of Romanian culture and civilization, particularly concerning the countries of Romania and Moldova. The society holds annual meetings to promote Romanian studies, generally in conjunction with the meetings of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, publishes a newsletter to keep its membership informed, and carries out other activities designed to foster advancement of the field. In addition, the SRS sponsors a periodic International Congress on Romanian Studies the next one will take place July 2-4, 2012, in Romania. Visit the SRS’s website at http://www.society4romanianstudies.org
Source: Society for Romanian Studies
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Title: Article on Student Exchanges in German
Body: From http://www.germany.info Do you want to encourage your high school students to study abroad? An article about exchanges for youth between 15 and 18 years old from all over the world to Germany is available at http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GIC/2011/10/12__Student__Exchange__PR.html
Source: German Missions in the United States
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Title: Article on Student Exchanges in German
Body: From http://www.germany.info Do you want to encourage your high school students to study abroad? An article about exchanges for youth between 15 and 18 years old from all over the world to Germany is available at http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GIC/2011/10/12__Student__Exchange__PR.html
Source: German Missions in the United States
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Title: National Mythology Exam
Body: From http://www.etclassics.org/nme.html The most prominent undertaking of Excellence Through Classics is the National Mythology Exam. Since 1989, the exam has been offered to students in elementary, intermediate, and middle school grades three through nine. By far the majority of students taking the exam are middle school students. The format of the exam is multiple choice and includes a thirty-question section on Greek and Roman mythology which is required for all students in grades five through nine. Students in grade six through nine are also required to answer ten questions from at least one literary subtest. Their subtest choices are: the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, African Myths, Native American Myths, or Norse Myths. The questions for each subtest, based on an epic, focus upon only one book of the epic each year. The deadline for applying for the exam is Jan. 15, 2012. The period during which the test may be administered is February 20 - March 2, 2012. Learn more about the exam and how to register at http://www.etclassics.org/nme.html
Source: Excellence through Classics
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Title: National Mythology Exam
Body: From http://www.etclassics.org/nme.html The most prominent undertaking of Excellence Through Classics is the National Mythology Exam. Since 1989, the exam has been offered to students in elementary, intermediate, and middle school grades three through nine. By far the majority of students taking the exam are middle school students. The format of the exam is multiple choice and includes a thirty-question section on Greek and Roman mythology which is required for all students in grades five through nine. Students in grade six through nine are also required to answer ten questions from at least one literary subtest. Their subtest choices are: the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, African Myths, Native American Myths, or Norse Myths. The questions for each subtest, based on an epic, focus upon only one book of the epic each year. The deadline for applying for the exam is Jan. 15, 2012. The period during which the test may be administered is February 20 - March 2, 2012. Learn more about the exam and how to register at http://www.etclassics.org/nme.html
Source: Excellence through Classics
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Title: Guide for Incorporating French Folk Songs in Elementary-Middle School Classes
Body: From http://langcanada.ca/blog/index.php/2011/10/13/chantons-bougeons-amusons-nous-2 Chantons, bougeons, amusons-nous! : trousse d’exploitation de la chanson folklorique : matériel d’appui : Français de base de la 4e à la 8e année Manitoba Education, has developed this support document in order to provide Grades 4 to 8 teachers with the essential tools to integrate music into the Basic French classroom by introducing ten traditional folk songs. The guide is available for download at http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/m12/frpub/ped/fdb/folklorique_4-8/index.html
Source: LangCanada
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Title: Guide for Incorporating French Folk Songs in Elementary-Middle School Classes
Body: From http://langcanada.ca/blog/index.php/2011/10/13/chantons-bougeons-amusons-nous-2 Chantons, bougeons, amusons-nous! : trousse d’exploitation de la chanson folklorique : matériel d’appui : Français de base de la 4e à la 8e année Manitoba Education, has developed this support document in order to provide Grades 4 to 8 teachers with the essential tools to integrate music into the Basic French classroom by introducing ten traditional folk songs. The guide is available for download at http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/m12/frpub/ped/fdb/folklorique_4-8/index.html
Source: LangCanada
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