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Title: Job: American Sign Language; Course Development: Teacher, Mango Languages
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-5125.html Organization: Mango Languages Job Rank: Teacher Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; Course Development Required Language: American Sign Language Description: A course developer uses their native-language expertise to develop an entire on-line language course while working in cooperation with team members until course is successfully completed. Responsibilities: - Create lessons based on relevant and real conversations. A course developer is responsible for creating a language course that teaches practical and pragmatic lessons based on real conversations using company software and methodologies. Content will need to be precise and comprehensive, teaching language and culture by producing an optimal and natural language learning experience for the student. - Ensure exceptional translations. The course developer must be an excellent translator who provides literal translations, understood meanings and idiomatic expressions where necessary. - Create original culture and grammar notes to accompany lessons. In addition to the conversation, the developer will include grammar and culture notes that provide the student with insightful explanations of culture and grammar when needed. Requirements: - Native Speaker: Course developers must be native speakers of ASL, which includes a thorough understanding of grammar, culture, and idiomatic expressions. - Fluent in English. The courses are developed for English speakers. Full understanding and fluency of the English language and its grammar is needed for course creation. - Bachelor's Degree in Teaching ASL as a Foreign Language, Second Language Acquisition, Linguistics or Foreign Language Teaching. - 2 Years ASL Language Teaching Experience Preferred. - Flexible scheduling: All work will be done online. Need to have availability of a minimum of 20 hours a week. - Ability to work well with other team members. - Reliable internet connection and basic computer skills. - Excellent time management and communication skills. Application Deadline: 10-Jan-2012 (Open until filled) View the full job posting at http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-5125.html
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Beloit College: Summer Teaching Positions in Russian
Body: Beloit College: Summer Teaching Positions in Russian Instructors are needed for Beloit College's summer intensive Russian language program (June 16 - August 10, 2012). In 2012, we expect to offer first- through fourth-year Russian. Each level, with maximum enrollments of twelve students, has one senior instructor and one instructor. Instructors collaborate with each other, the language coordinator, and the CLS faculty director on curriculum, syllabi, and instruction. Duties include classroom teaching and evaluation, and assistance with organizing cultural activities for the program. Instructors will be expected to live on campus (single occupancy), share lunch and dinner with the students in the dining commons, and be available to students evenings and weekends. For instructors an M.A. in progress is required. Salary is competitive, and includes room and board. Employment is contingent upon new employees providing documents verifying U.S. citizenship or, for non-citizens, documents verifying legal permission to work in the United States. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation to Olga Ogurtsova to the e-mail address ogurtsov at beloit dot edu. Review of applications will begin on January 20, 2012, and will continue until positions are filled. For more information about the summer language programs, please call 608-363-2312 or visit our Web site at http://www.beloit.edu/cls Beloit College is committed to the education benefits of diversity, and urges all interested individuals to apply. AA/EEO Employer. Oliver, D. [SEELANGS] Beloit College: Summer Teaching Positions in Russian. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@bama.ua.edu, 21 Dec 2011).
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Title: Ruling Expected Soon on Teachers' Mexican American Studies Motion
Body: From http://azstarnet.com/article_b1793e03-47f5-5c64-820b-e5f769c72ef1.html Ruling expected soon on teachers' Mexican American studies motion by Alexis Huicochea December 22, 2011 A federal judge plans to rule quickly on whether the case involving TUSD's Mexican American Studies program should be dismissed. U.S. Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima also heard arguments for a motion for preliminary injunction that would prevent Arizona schools chief John Huppenthal from taking further action on the program, which he declared in violation of state law earlier this year. The federal case was initiated by 11 TUSD Mexican American Studies educators who are acting independently from the district. They are challenging the constitutionality of the law formerly known as HB 2281. The law prohibits courses that promote resentment toward a race or class of people; are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic race; advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals; and promote the overthrow of the U.S. government. Read more: http://azstarnet.com/article_b1793e03-47f5-5c64-820b-e5f769c72ef1.html#ixzz1hK7NMg57
Source: Arizona Daily Star
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Title: Foreign Language Educators Encourage Fluency, but Students Say It's a Challenge
Body: From http://republicanherald.com/news/foreign-language-educators-encourage-fluency-but-students-say-it-s-a-challenge-1.1246439 Foreign language educators encourage fluency, but students say it's a challenge BY STEPHEN J. PYTAK December 18, 2011 In Pennsylvania, public schools must offer two foreign languages, one of which must include a four-year sequence. And the goal should be to teach students to become fluent in those languages, according to Marty Abbott, director of education for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Washington D.C. However, students say it's not easy without the opportunity to use a foreign language in everyday life. CAL conducts a national survey of foreign language instruction in public and private elementary and secondary schools every decade to provide an updated national and regional portrait of foreign language instruction in the United States. The last one was completed in 2008. Drawing conclusions from its 2008 study, the CAL said the overall picture of foreign language instruction in 2008 was no better than it was in 1997. Read the full article at http://republicanherald.com/news/foreign-language-educators-encourage-fluency-but-students-say-it-s-a-challenge-1.1246439
Source: Pottsville Republican, Pennsylvania
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Title: Alignment of the National Standards for Learning Languages with the Common Core State Standards
Body: The Common Core State Standards, a collaborative effort of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, created a common set of standards in English language arts and mathematics, now adopted by over 40 states. ACTFL has announced a process to revisit the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning to make explicit the link of the standards for learning languages with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. ACTFL invites your input on the draft document at http://www.actfl.org/commoncore by January 15. December 20, 2011 - Chinese officials cancel "English language town" for tourists. ACTFL SmartBrief (actfl@smartbrief.com, 20 Dec 2011).
Source: ACTFL SmartBrief
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Title: Resources for Teaching About North Korea and Kim Jong-il
Body: Not only Korean teachers, but other language teachers who incorporate global current events into their curriculum may find the New York Times’ list of resources for teaching about North Korea and Kim Jong-il timely: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/resources-for-teaching-about-north-korea-and-kim-jong-il Here are more resources described on the Free Technology for Teachers blog: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/12/life-inside-north-korea.html
Source: New York Times
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Title: US-China Today: Online Current Affairs Magazine
Body: From http://www.uschina.usc.edu/w_usct/about.aspx US-China Today is a student-driven publication of the USC U.S.-China Institute. Like the Institute, the magazine focuses on the multidimensional and evolving U.S.-China relationship and on significant trends in contemporary China. The magazine offers coverage of and commentary on a wide range of political, economic, social, and cultural issues. Read recent articles at http://www.uschina.usc.edu/default_usct.aspx
Source: University of Southern California
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Title: Beijing's Controversial "English-language Town" Abandoned
Body: From http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2011-12/19/c_131315757.htm Beijing's controversial "English-language town" abandoned Editor: Deng Shasha December 19, 2011 The controversial "English-language town" project in Miyun, a county in the northeast suburbs of Beijing, has not been approved by the local government, sources said Monday. As the projected largest European-style town in Beijing, a private enterprise invested in the "English-language town" and planned to have it built within five years, hoping to attract fans of the English language and tourists from across the country who enjoy promoting the learning of English, local media have said. However, some people said the rule forbidding visitors from speaking Chinese in the town demonstrated a worship of foreigners and discrimination against Chinese. "'English-language town?' It sounds like the foreign concessions in old Shanghai that forbid Chinese people from entering," wrote Chua Kai, a user of Sina Weibo, China's biggest Twitter-like microblogging site. Read the full article at http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2011-12/19/c_131315757.htm
Source: Xinhua
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Title: 2012-2013 Russian Overseas Flagship Program
Body: American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS would like to remind all students of Russian that the application deadline for the 2012-13 Russian Overseas Flagship Program in St. Petersburg is January 20, 2012. The Russian Overseas Flagship Program, an essential component of The Language Flagship, prepares U.S. students to be able to communicate in Russian at the highest levels of functional proficiency. The Program offers about twenty hours per week of intensive language training and tutoring as well as content courses for credit or audit in any major at St. Petersburg State University alongside Russian students. The Program features focused instruction in small groups (5-6 students), classrooms equipped with SMART Boards, and a comprehensive textbook specially designed for Flagship students by American and Russian second language acquisition specialists. Each student is assisted by a peer tutor. Two administrative staff provide 24/7 onsite logistical support to students. All participants receive academic credit through Bryn Mawr College. Russian Overseas Flagship enhances its curriculum through a careful combination of classroom instruction with language immersion outside of the academic program. The Program includes bi-weekly guided excursions in and around St. Petersburg, and discussion clubs. All students complete at least one semester-long internship (one day per week) with local government and business organizations, charity foundations, NGOs, and cultural institutions. Finally, all students live with Russian host families where they can become fully immersed in the language, culture, and cuisine of Russia. American Councils is able to provide partial financial aid to qualified participants, thanks to the grant support from the U.S. Department of Education (Fulbright-Hays) and the U.S. Department of State (Title VIII). In addition, many students also apply for Boren Awards and other academic grants to study on Russian Overseas Flagship Program. For more information, please contact: American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS 1828 L Street, NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20036 gbabankov at americancouncils dot org http://flagship.americancouncils.org/russian Zody, P. [SEELANGS] 2012-2013 Russian Overseas Flagship Program. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@bama.ua.edu, 20 Dec 2011).
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Title: Russian Mini-Lesson: Rigging Elections
Body: From http://www.sras.org/mini_lessons Access a short Russian-English article about different ways that elections can be rigged at http://www.sras.org/mini_lessons_2011#elections
Source: SRAS
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