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Title: Classical Association of Virginia Job Placement Service
Body: From http://www.cavclassics.org The Placement Service of the Classical Association of Virginia offers teachers of Latin a free program to bring together teachers seeking Latin positions in Virginia and schools in Virginia which are seeking Latin teachers. Schools send listings of their positions, and they send these listings by e-mail to the teachers who have registered with the service. They provide continuous updates from March until September. If you know of a position available, have the school principal or personnel office get in touch with the service. If you wish a position, send in your name and e-mail address. For full details and contact information go to http://www.cavclassics.org/placement.htm
Source: CAV
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Title: Colleges Are Urged to Try New Approaches to Diversify Study Abroad
Body: From http://chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Are-Urged-to-Try-New/130908 Colleges Are Urged to Try New Approaches to Diversify Study Abroad By Karin Fischer February 23, 2012 To change the face of study abroad, educators need to embrace new strategies, from creating programs that appeal to underrepresented groups to emphasizing the real-world value of an overseas experience. A session at the annual conference of the Association of International Education Administrators, which wrapped up here earlier this week, focused on the challenge of increasing diversity in study abroad. While the number of students going on academic programs overseas has tripled in the past two decades, that upward trajectory masks the lack of progress in getting a broader cross section of students to have an international experience. Racial and ethnic minorities, men, working adults, lower-income and first-generation college students, and those with disabilities—all are underrepresented abroad. Read the full article at http://chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Are-Urged-to-Try-New/130908
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
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Title: Article: Delaware Governor Wants More Language Options in Schools
Body: From http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120226/NEWS03/202260332/Language-options-growing-schools?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1 Language options growing in schools Elementary classes in Markell's plans by NICHOLE DOBO February 26, 2012 If Gov. Jack Markell is successful, Delaware students will begin learning a second language much earlier -- as early as kindergarten. The effort is meant to help Delaware graduates be more competitive in the workforce. State plans call for 20 schools over the next five years to launch immersion-language programs for students in kindergarten and first grades. Four first-year programs were selected this month. They will start instruction in languages identified as being key in the workforce: Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. In 2012, about $1.9 million is budgeted for the program. Another $1.9 million is in the governor's proposed fiscal 2013 budget. Read the full article at http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120226/NEWS03/202260332/Language-options-growing-schools?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1
Source: Delaware News Journal
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Title: Article: Why Learn a Foreign Language?
Body: From http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865550853/Why-learn-a-foreign-language.html?pg=1 Why learn a foreign language? By May Lundy February 27, 2012 May Lundy talks about her experience learning English in Mexican immersion programs, the ease with which she acquired French thanks in part to her bilingualism and in part to her study abroad, and the benefits of multilingualism. She also makes some suggestions for language policy that leads to multilingualism. Read her article at http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865550853/Why-learn-a-foreign-language.html?pg=1
Source: Deseret News
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Title: As Elders Pass, Wind River Indian Reservation Teachers Turn to Technology To Preserve Shoshone Language
Body: From http://county10.com/2012/02/28/as-elders-pass-wind-river-indian-reservation-teachers-turn-to-technology-to-preserve-shoshone-language As elders pass, Wind River Indian Reservation teachers turn to technology to preserve Shoshone language By Tetona Dunlap February 28, 2012 The Shoshone people, like most indigenous cultures, traditionally passed on their language orally. Though Shoshone-speaking Native American tribes inhabit several western states, the number of fluent speakers has dwindled consistently over the past decades. Some experts estimate there may be less than a few hundred fluent speakers of the language alive today. A survey of fluency was conducted last year of Eastern Shoshone tribal members ages 50 to 100 years old. Out of a total of 844 people who fit these age categories, only 103 identified themselves as fluent and 106 were proficient or had limited understanding of the language. Every year these elders pass away, taking with them a wealth of knowledge about the language. In an effort to combat these decreasing numbers and preserve the Shoshone language, Eastern Shoshone tribal members on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming are combining technology with tradition to help save the language. Schools on the Wind River Indian Reservation have attempted to respond to the community desire to hear the language once again flowing from the mouths of their children. However, for a language that was never written, and as the number of fluent speakers dwindle, educators are in a race against time to create tools that teach and document the vast vocabulary for the next generation. Read the full article at http://county10.com/2012/02/28/as-elders-pass-wind-river-indian-reservation-teachers-turn-to-technology-to-preserve-shoshone-language
Source: County 10
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Title: Colorado Bill would Facilitate Teaching of Native Languages
Body: From http://falmouthinstitute.com/language/2012/02/colorado-bill-would-facilitate-teaching-of-native-languages Colorado State Senator Suzanne Williams, a member of the Comanche Nation, has sponsored a bill that would make the teaching of Native languages in schools a little easier. An existing federal law requires teachers to be licensed – a regulation most agree is necessary. However, finding a fluent licensed teacher for many Native languages can be difficult or impossible. Frustratingly, a number of otherwise qualified fluent speakers – many of them well-respected elders – would like to share their knowledge with students, but lack the government-required credentials. Colorado Senate Bill 57 would bypass this problem by authorizing Native speakers to be instructors in classes where there is an additional licensed teacher present. While the solution is not ideal, language activists see it as an improvement over the current situation. SB 57 was approved unanimously by the Senate Education Committee and now goes on to be reviewed by the full Senate. If the bill passes there it will also need the approval of the House of Representatives before becoming state law. Read a related article at http://www.aurorasentinel.com/email_push/news/article_0ab22680-5dac-11e1-b7b5-0019bb2963f4.html
Source: Spoken First Blog
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Title: Article: Sanskrit Makes a Comeback, Thanks to Wikipedia Community
Body: From http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-24/gurgaon/31094422_1_dead-language-language-degrees-scholars Sanskrit makes a comeback, thanks to Wikipedia community by Vineet Gill February 24, 2012 Acclaimed author and linguist Umberto Eco once compared languages to biological creatures. A language, he said, follows an organic lifespan - it is born, it grows old, and it passes away. If the analogy holds, then Sanskrit, one of the most ancient of tongues which originated in India, seems to be living the last of its grizzled and decrepit years. There has been talk of declaring it a dead language, and some believe that it is only a matter of time before this language too goes the way of ancient Greek and Latin. But this is likely only if the labour and constant endeavours of the Sanskrit community - a body comprising scholars and students of the language present in Gurgaon and other parts of the country - fail to bear fruit. Read the full article at http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-24/gurgaon/31094422_1_dead-language-language-degrees-scholars
Source: The Times of India
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Title: Article: Santa Barbara Schools Offer Online Mandarin Language Class
Body: From http://www.independent.com/news/2012/feb/26/teaching-chinese-digital-age Teaching Chinese in the Digital Age S.B. Schools Offer Online Mandarin Language Class By Kevin Zambrano February 26, 2012 Given China’s ever-growing presence in international politics and economics, schools across the country are beginning to embrace the teaching of Mandarin Chinese. Their hope is that proficiency in the language can lead to future career opportunities for students. Mandarin, in fact, claims more native speakers — nearly a billion and counting — than any other language. Now, in Santa Barbara, 45 students from five local schools have begun taking a high-tech class in Mandarin this semester. With the addition of this new course, Santa Barbara students will converse on a global scale and interact as a digital community. A national survey conducted by the Center for Applied Linguistics found that, across the board, opportunities for learning a foreign language in elementary and secondary school have been decreasing — except with Chinese. Exact figures are unknown, but the survey, financed by the Department of Education, estimated that 1,600 American schools are teaching Chinese, up from 300 just a decade ago. According to the Modern Language Association, the study of languages other than English is increasing in institutions of higher education as well. A survey report published by the MLA in 2010 found that just under 61,000 students are enrolled in Chinese language courses in colleges across the country, up from 34,000 in 2002. Read the full article at http://www.independent.com/news/2012/feb/26/teaching-chinese-digital-age
Source: Santa Barbara Independent
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Title: Chinese Studies: Video Lectures with Harvard Faculty
Body: From http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative/china-history China: Traditions and Transformations Modern China presents a dual image: a society transforming itself through economic development and social revolution; and the world’s largest and oldest bureaucratic state, coping with longstanding problems of economic and political management. Both images bear the indelible imprint of China’s historical experience, of its patterns of philosophy and religion, and of its social and political thought. In this free Chinese studies online course, these themes are discussed to understand China in the modern world and as a great world civilization that developed along lines different from those of the Mediterranean. Watch the lectures from this course on video at http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative/china-history
Source: Harvard University Extension School
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Title: Ex-boxer Dunne Fights for Irish
Body: From http://www.independent.ie/business/exboxer-dunne-fights-for-irish-3036572.html Ex-boxer Dunne fights for Irish March 1, 2012 FORMER world boxing champion Bernard Dunne is heading up a nationwide campaign which aims to inspire 100,000 people to "re-engage" with the Irish language. The Independent Pictures produced 'Bernard Dunne's Bród Club' is a six-part television series that will start on RTÉ One next Monday. According to Independent Pictures, we spend 14 years of our lives learning Irish but very few of us actually speak it. The makers describe the programme as a "passionate, loud and brash attempt" to turn this around and get people to commit to using whatever Irish they have. "I've always wanted to be a fluent Irish speaker and two years ago when I retired from boxing I made a promise to myself that I would learn it," said Dunne. "I'm deeply proud of my Irishness and it's vital to pass my passion for Irish on to my children. "It's not about being fluent, it's about taking pride in our language and using whatever Irish you have. You'll be surprised what you know," he said. Read the full article at http://www.independent.ie/business/exboxer-dunne-fights-for-irish-3036572.html
Source: Independent
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