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Title: Review Game Idea: I Know More!
Body: Here’s an idea for a review game for beginners that a blogging Spanish teacher got from a presentation at ACTFL and tried out in her own classroom: http://creativelanguageclass.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/i-know-more
Source: The Creative Language Class Blog
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Title: LINGUIST List Has a New Summer School and Training Course Registry
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-5241.html LINGUIST List is pleased to announce their newest feature, the Summer School and Training Course Registry! You can see the registry by visiting the following URL: http://linguistlist.org/summerschool Over the years the volume of summer school submissions has increased dramatically, so LINGUIST List has created this area to better suit the needs of their readers. In this new registry you can post announcements about summer schools you may be hosting or other types of short-term courses you might be offering. This will allow for year-round announcements for any type of learning experience you are offering. This new area of the website will give you a place to post and find detailed information about summer school and training opportunities. Your announcement will include information like: • How and where to register • What classes are being offered • If there is financial aid available The search function will allow users to search by the linguistic subfield and subject language of your summer school or course. Each announcement will also receive its own mailing list issue, and listing on the LINGUIST List website.
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Speaking Activities for Beginning Levels
Body: From http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/activities These activities are all designed to motivate lower level learners to speak in pairs or small groups: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/activities/motivating-speaking-activities-lower-levels
Source: British Council
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Title: Tips for Organization
Body: Recently a new teacher asked her fellow FLTEACH listserv subscribers for suggestions on how to be better organized. Here are some of the suggestions, just in time for winter break: --- I have developed a system this year that seems to be working. I have color coded folders for each class. Within each class, I have a folder for " to grade/to see" and "to return/to use in class". I also have a folder for "from the office" and another for "to the office". At the end of every day, every paper that touches my desk must be in one of those folders. I use to keep papers in a "one day I will take care of it" pile, but lately I have been just chucking things. If there are readings that I like and want to keep, I scan them and chuck them. I imagine the day I retire I will have a million pdf files to keep me company, but in the meantime I am not burying myself in papers. Marcin, M. Re: [FLTEACH] organization. FLTEACH listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 7 Dec 2012). --- I have a table at the front of my room off to one side. On it I put a milk crate (for file folders) and put four colored file folders in it, one color for each level I teach. Whenever I print off handouts, quizzes, tests, flashcards, etc. for the class, I put it in the appropriate file folder in the milk crate. That way, whenever I need to grab a teaching aid, test, or handout, it's right there and I don't have to go back to my desk or file cabinet to look for it. When I am finished with that unit, flashcards and leftover handouts & quizzes go into my file cabinet for future use. Meyer, C. Re: [FLTEACH] organization. FLTEACH listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 6 Dec 2012). --- The most important area for me to stay organized is in my files (any papers that I give to students). When I know that I have an activity for something and can't find it, I go crazy! I've tried many different systems over the years, and the one that works best for me is having binders and keeping everything in page protectors. The way that you choose to group materials depends on how your courses are structured. I have one binder for each level that I teach, and each of those binders is divided with tabs into units (for me, story units). First in each binder are plans for the units, and all of the materials and answer keys follow it. I have a separate binder for grammar notes and activities (since I do not use a textbook that includes grammar within units) that I can pull out when I want to focus on a specific topic for awhile. I have another binder with thematic vocabulary notes and activities for the same reason. I also have a binder that contains song lyrics (that don't easily fit into one of my story units), a binder that contains blank forms (for activities that I use in many situations, like storyboards, writing rubrics, dictation forms, reading forms, etc...many of these are posted on my blog), a binder with sub plans (I have a post-it on each plan listing each use--date and level--so that I don't duplicate), and a binder for cultural activities that don't fit into units (like holidays, for examples). Let's just say the supply clerk knows to pull out page protectors as soon as she sees me at her door. I also try to keep my computer files very organized, in the same way that my hard copies are organized, but with folders grouping units and topics together instead of binders and dividers. Bex, M. Re: [FLTEACH] organization. FLTEACH listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 7 Dec 2012). --- What works for me is that I have 2 manila folders for each period I have a class. One folder is for incoming assignments and 1 is for returning papers. This summer I got to choose new textbooks. So I have made a manila folder for each lesson in each book. I put 1 copy of any handouts in it, so as next time I teach it all I have to do is pulls those out and make copies for the students. Hanson, M. Re: [FLTEACH] organization. FLTEACH listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 7 Dec 2012).
Source: FLTEACH
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Title: Book: Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Body: From http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contemporary-computer-assisted-language-learning-9781441193629 Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning Edited by Michael Thomas, Hayo Reinders, and Mark Warschauer Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Description: Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is a comprehensive, one-volume work written by leading international figures in the field focusing on a wide range of theoretical and methodological issues. It explains key terms and concepts, synthesizes the research literature and explores the implications of new and emerging technologies. The book includes chapters on key aspects for CALL such as design, teacher education, evaluation, teaching online and testing, as well as new trends such as social media. The volume takes a broad look at CALL and explores how a variety of theoretical approaches have emerged as influences including socio-cultural theory, constructivism and new literacy studies. A glossary of terms to support those new to CALL as well as to allow those already engaged in the field to deepen their existing knowledge is also provided. Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning is essential reading for postgraduate students of language teaching as well as researchers in related fields involved in the study of computer-assisted learning. Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contemporary-computer-assisted-language-learning-9781441193629
Source: Bloomsbury Publishing
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Title: Conference: Southwest Association for Language Learning Technology
Body: From http://swallt.org/conferences SWALLT 2013: Language Assessment: Theories, Methods, and Implementations Dates: March 8-9, 2012 Host Institution: Brigham Young University, Provo UT The importance of language assessment and measuring learning outcomes has never been greater. The Southwest Association for Language Learning Technology, a regional group of IALLT, will hold its annual conference at Brigham Young University, an institution noted for its work in language assessment. The conference seeks to address all facets of assessment and measurement within the broad range of language learning. This conference, hosted by the BYU English Language Center, the Office of Digital Humanities, and the College of Humanities, will feature a keynote address by Ray Clifford, BYU Associate Dean and Director of the Center for Language Studies. Learn more about the conference at http://swallt.org/conferences
Source: SWALLT
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Title: National Chinese Language Conference
Body: From http://sites.asiasociety.org/nclc2013 National Chinese Language Conference April 7-9 Boston Engage the Future The National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC) is dedicated to encouraging dialogue in the field of Chinese language education and ensuring wide-scale success. NCLC is the largest annual gathering of practitioners, policymakers, and school leaders with an interest in Chinese language teaching and learning in North America, and a key venue for bringing together U.S. and Chinese educators in the field. Registration is now open: http://sites.asiasociety.org/nclc2013
Source: Asia Society
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Title: Conference: 21st-Century Literacies for the World Language Classroom
Body: From http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1167758 21st-CENTURY LITERACIES FOR THE WORLD LANGUAGE CLASSROOM Saturday, January 26, 2013 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM The Wharton School, Jon M. Huntsman Hall Philadelphia, PA Conference for High School Language Instructors Are your students competitive for the global economy? Which literacies will lead to success? For success in the globalized economies of today and the future, mastery of financial literacy adds a rich dimension to academics along with the Common Core subjects and 21st century themes that define the main curricular changes in education. The AP vertical theme guide and language and culture planning and pacing guide can offer a productive point of departure to prepare 21st century language educators. Visit the conference website to learn more and to register: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1167758
Source: University of Pennsylvania
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Title: Intensive Summer Language Institute Program for Chinese Teachers
Body: From http://programs.americancouncils.org/webForms/index.php?frmno=48 This program provides fully funded fellowships for non-native speakers of Chinese who are teaching Chinese to spend six weeks overseas studying intermediate and advanced-level Chinese in Changchun, China. Fellowships are available to current K-12 teachers and community college instructors of Mandarin Chinese, as well as to students enrolled in education programs who intend to teach Mandarin. The ISLI program is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and implemented by American Councils for International Education. The program will run June 18-August 3, 2013. Applications are due by February 11, 2013. Learn more about the program at http://programs.americancouncils.org/webForms/index.php?frmno=48 and download more information from http://programs.americancouncils.org/webForms/pdf/ISLI%20FAQ%20for%20website%202013.pdf
Source: American Councils
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Title: Seventh Heritage Language Research Institute
Body: From http://www.nhlrc.ucla.edu/events/institute/2013 Seventh Heritage Language Research Institute: Heritage Speakers and the Advantages of Bilingualism June 17 - 21, 2013 University of Illinois at Chicago Directed by: Professor Maria Polinsky (Harvard) The cornerstone project for the National Heritage Language Resource Center is an annual research institute, established to support the Center's principal mission of developing the research base for heritage language education. In keeping with the theme of prior institutes, the 2013 Institute will also include a series of discussions on ways to explore experimental methodologies in language sciences. Sociolinguistic aspects pertaining to heritage language speakers will also be highlighted, in particular understanding their bilingual communication through conversational and discourse analysis. Learn more and register at http://www.nhlrc.ucla.edu/events/institute/2013
Source: NHLRC
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