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Title: Budget Cuts Threaten Milwaukee Immersion Programs
Body: From http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/mpss-language-immersion-programs-face-cuts-ko4592p-139138234.html MPS's language immersion programs face cuts More school reductions translate to lesser quality, parents say By Erin Richards February 10, 2012 When Delara Chaoui travels with her family to Morocco or France, her third-grade son serves as the group translator, switching easily between English and French. It's a skill he's developed at Milwaukee French Immersion School, one of a handful of language immersion programs in the city that are a magnet for many middle-class parents who value bilingualism, a world-focused curriculum and a diverse student body. But a growing sense of concern about how another heavy round of budget cuts could affect the quality of the schools has moved Chaoui and other immersion parents to action in recent weeks, seeking greater public attention for programs they fear are threatened. "We're in survival mode," Chaoui said. "But I hate to say our school deserves more than another school because a lot of it boils down to family and households and parents, and some schools don't have the luxury of having a lot of involved parents and volunteers." The state's reductions in school spending and general aid and the loss of a class-size reduction program in French Immersion increased class sizes to 37 students in Chaoui's son's third-grade class. In a letter a parent forwarded to the Journal Sentinel, Principal Virginia McFadden wrote to her superiors on Jan. 26 that she could not balance the school's projected budget for next year "and also sustain the integrity of the school's program." Read the full article at http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/mpss-language-immersion-programs-face-cuts-ko4592p-139138234.html
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Title: Article: Bilingual Kids Gain Benefits in Literacy Skills
Body: From http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/08/bilingual-children-brain.html Bilingual kids gain benefits in literacy skills February 8, 2012 Bilingual children score higher on some cognitive tests than children who speak only English, a new Toronto study found. It's known that children who grow up speaking two languages tend to be slower in picking up each language than children raised speaking just one, but the study suggests the benefits of bilingualism outweigh any drawbacks. Bilingual children develop a deeper understanding of the structure of language, an important skill for literacy, researchers from York University said in Wednesday's online issue of the journal Child Development. "People always ask if the languages themselves matter and now we can definitively say no," study co-author, Prof. Ellen Bialystok, of York's psychology department said in a release. Read the full article at http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/08/bilingual-children-brain.html Read a recent blog post by a parent arguing for the benefits of bilingualism at http://multilingualmania.com/bilingualismbenefits
Source: CBCNews
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Title: University of Texas 2012 Arabic Summer Institute
Body: The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic Flagship Program are pleased to announce the summer 2012 Arabic Summer Institute. The institute is open to all qualified applicants. Program Highlights: - An intensive ten-week summer program equivalent to one full academic year of study - Elementary, intermediate, and advanced training combining instruction in MSA and colloquial Arabic - An emphasis on communicative teaching methodology - A focus on building listening comprehension skills through Arabic media and current events - A fully incorporated cultural program with lectures, hands-on workshops, and guest speakers - A resident advisor to provide tutoring, advice, and guidance - Dedicated, supportive faculty trained in Arabic pedagogy - Meets FLAS fellowship requirements (speak to your home institution about applying) Program Details: - 29 May – 3 Aug 2012 - 12 credit hours for Elementary and Intermediate students - 10 credit hours for Advanced students - 22 contact hours per week - $3800 tuition for both in-state and non-resident students Application Instructions: - Visit http://utarabicflagship.org/summer-institute to download the application. - Priority deadline is 1 Mar 2012. Please email or call if you have questions: utsummerinstitutes at austin dot utexas dot edu 512. 471. 9950 Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Texas 2012 Arabic Summer Institute. Arabic-L listserv (ARABIC-L@LISTSERV.BYU.EDU, 14 Feb 2012).
Source: Arabic-L
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Title: Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, Chinese Proficiency Test To Be Administered at Brigham Young University
Body: From http://hsk.byu.edu The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, also known as HSK or the Chinese Proficiency Test, is a national standardized test designed and developed to assess the Chinese language proficiency of non-native speakers including foreigners, overseas Chinese and students from Chinese national minorities. The written test will be administered at BYU on March 17, 2012. See a more detailed test schedule and learn more about this and other Chinese proficiency tests at http://hsk.byu.edu and http://chineseflagship.byu.edu/chineseflagship/tests.html
Source: BYU Chinese Flagship Center
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Title: American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages
Body: From http://www.princeton.edu/~turkish/aatt THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF TURKIC LANGUAGES, founded in 1985 as the American Association of Teachers of Turkish, is a private, non-profit, non-political organization of individuals interested in the languages of the Turks. The objective of the Association is to advance and improve the teaching of the languages of the Turks; to promote study, criticism, and research in the field of the languages and literatures of the Turks; and to further the common interests of teachers of these subjects. Based on priorities established by the membership, AATT has worked on developing proficiency guidelines for Turkish, a language learning framework for the teaching of Turkish in American academic institutions, and is currently actively promoting use of instructional technology and the Internet to improve the teaching and learning of the languages of the Turks. Access the proficiency guidelines, learning framework, and more at the AATT website: http://www.princeton.edu/~turkish/aatt
Source: AATT
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Title: Czech Is the Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages’ February Spotlight
Body: The Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages periodically creates Heritage Language Spotlight web pages focused on select heritage languages. This month, they highlight the Czech language. You can see the resources that the Alliance has put together for Czech at http://www.cal.org/heritage/czech.html
Source: CAL
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Title: Article: Purists Disapprove of Inner-City Youths’ German
Body: From http://www.economist.com/node/21547298 Teenagers’ argot Purists may disapprove, but multi-ethnic dialects are spreading February 11, 2012 THIRTEEN languages in Germany are on UNESCO’s endangered list. Kiezdeutsch, the argot of inner-city teenagers, is not one. “Morgen ich geh Kino,” meaning “Tomorrow I’m going to the cinema,” a young Kreuzberger may say. In standard German that would be “Morgen gehe ich ins Kino”, with the verb restored to second place and a missing “to the” added. Words borrowed from Turkish (lan, meaning dude) and Arabic (yalla!, or come on!) might also intrude. You will hear such language in Berlin and other big cities. Most Germans assume that the speakers are immigrants or their children. Not necessarily, says Heike Wiese, a linguist at the University of Potsdam who has written a new book on the topic. “All types of kids in multilingual areas,” including those with German roots, speak Kiezdeutsch. There are foreign analogues: straattaal (street language) in the Netherlands; Rinkeby-svenska, named for a multi-ethnic Stockholm neighbourhood in Sweden. Kiezdeutsch is not a dialect but a style of speaking, says Helmut Glück, professor of German at the University of Bamberg. Such patois often develops among students, soldiers and other groups to foster a sense of belonging. Purists complain of its shrunken grammar and vocabulary. Yet Kiezdeutsch is not “broken German”, insists Ms Wiese, though she thinks teenagers should speak the standard language, too. It encourages mixing of people of different origins, not exclusion. Read the full article at http://www.economist.com/node/21547298
Source: The Economist
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Title: Commercials Encourage Young English-Speakers To Learn German
Body: From http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/11__Campaign/Do__Deutsch__GIC__CW/DoDeutschGICvideosABC7.html German is related to English, so you may already speak some German. And if you pursue advanced German throughout your academic career, it could help you land a great job in the near future. These are the messages behind a do Deutsch advertising campaign the German Embassy has launched in cooperation with ABC 7 (WJLA) in Washington, DC. Two separate sets of television advertisements - one aimed at a young audience of kids just starting to learn their first foreign languages at school, another aimed at college students just starting out in life and thinking about how to stand out from the crowd in their first job searches - have aired recently on Channel 7 (ABC) in the Washington area. The ads were sponsored by the German Information Center USA, the public diplomacy department of the German Embassy in Washington. Learn more about the ads and see them at http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/11__Campaign/Do__Deutsch__GIC__CW/DoDeutschGICvideosABC7.html If the links don’t work, here are the two ads on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DV4GULprq8o and http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OOb71pW9SB8
Source: German Missions in the United States
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Title: BEOLINGUS: Online German-English Dictionary
Body: BEOLINGUS is an online German-English dictionary with extra tools like a vocabulary trainer, grammatical hints, thematic wordlists, and more. It is available at http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de
Source: BEOLINGUS
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Title: “Adventure German - The Mystery of Nebra” - Role Playing Game for German Learners
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/lrn/duw/lad/en8443825.htm “German: A Learning Adventure – The Mystery of the Nebra Sky Disc” is a “serious game” for learning German as a foreign language. The game makes use of the classical motifs of an adventure game. The players must contact other figures on various levels who aid art expert Vincent Mirano in solving the mystery of the Sky Disc. They assemble objects and words with the purpose of putting them to meaningful use elsewhere. The players interact in dialogues with various figures and control the course of the action, and thus enter a simulation space that realistically recreates every-day situations. Here, knowledge of German as a foreign language can be put to practical use. As in all adventure games, the search for and combining of game elements is an important ingredient, but without the German language as sole means of communication that produces results, the mystery of the Sky Disc cannot be solved. Learn more about and play the game at http://www.goethe.de/lrn/duw/lad/enindex.htm
Source: Goethe-Institut
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