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Title: CALPER Summer Workshops
Body: From http://calper.la.psu.edu/profdev.php?page=workshops The Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research offers several opportunities for professional development. Each year, CALPER conducts a series of workshops and conference-like events, some of which are held during the summer at Penn State's University Park campus, others during fall and spring in collaboration with partner universities and schools across the country. Here are the planned 2013 summer workshops: Discourse Analysis and L2 Teaching and Materials Development June 3-4 The Interface of Language and Culture June 6-7 Language e-Portfolios June 17-18-19 Registration opens March 15. Learn more at http://calper.la.psu.edu/profdev.php?page=workshops
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Title: CALPER Summer Workshops
Body: From http://calper.la.psu.edu/profdev.php?page=workshops The Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research offers several opportunities for professional development. Each year, CALPER conducts a series of workshops and conference-like events, some of which are held during the summer at Penn State's University Park campus, others during fall and spring in collaboration with partner universities and schools across the country. Here are the planned 2013 summer workshops: Discourse Analysis and L2 Teaching and Materials Development June 3-4 The Interface of Language and Culture June 6-7 Language e-Portfolios June 17-18-19 Registration opens March 15. Learn more at http://calper.la.psu.edu/profdev.php?page=workshops
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Title: Job: Visiting Assistant Professor, Second Language Acquisition, University of Iowa
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-1177.html The Department of Linguistics at the University of Iowa invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professorship with a primary specialization in second language acquisition and expertise in another core area of linguistics, syntax/semantics preferred but others considered, for the 2013-2014 academic year. View the full job posting at http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-1177.html
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Title: Job: Visiting Assistant Professor, Second Language Acquisition, University of Iowa
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-1177.html The Department of Linguistics at the University of Iowa invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professorship with a primary specialization in second language acquisition and expertise in another core area of linguistics, syntax/semantics preferred but others considered, for the 2013-2014 academic year. View the full job posting at http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-1177.html
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Title: Dearth of Information Keeps Many Students From Studying Abroad, Survey Finds
Body: From http://chronicle.com/article/Dearth-of-Information-Keeps/137707 Dearth of Information Keeps Many Students From Studying Abroad, Survey Finds By Karin Fischer March 6, 2013 A lack of fluency in a foreign language or a reluctance to leave family and friends have often been seen as hurdles to studying abroad. But a far greater deterrent, according to a survey of more than 10,800 British and American students, may simply be a lack of information about overseas study. Just 24 percent of American and 22 percent of British students said they had enough information to make a decision about studying abroad. By contrast, 82 percent of British and 79 percent of American respondents considering study in another country said they felt confident speaking a foreign language (although, at the same time, the Americans included lack of language ability among their top reasons for sticking close to home). The findings are part of a study of perceived barriers to study abroad, conducted by the British Council, Britain's educational and cultural-relations agency, in conjunction with the National Union of Students in the U.K. and Zinch, an online network of college-seekers in the United States. The online survey was conducted from October to December 2012. Read the full article at http://chronicle.com/article/Dearth-of-Information-Keeps/137707
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
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Title: Dearth of Information Keeps Many Students From Studying Abroad, Survey Finds
Body: From http://chronicle.com/article/Dearth-of-Information-Keeps/137707 Dearth of Information Keeps Many Students From Studying Abroad, Survey Finds By Karin Fischer March 6, 2013 A lack of fluency in a foreign language or a reluctance to leave family and friends have often been seen as hurdles to studying abroad. But a far greater deterrent, according to a survey of more than 10,800 British and American students, may simply be a lack of information about overseas study. Just 24 percent of American and 22 percent of British students said they had enough information to make a decision about studying abroad. By contrast, 82 percent of British and 79 percent of American respondents considering study in another country said they felt confident speaking a foreign language (although, at the same time, the Americans included lack of language ability among their top reasons for sticking close to home). The findings are part of a study of perceived barriers to study abroad, conducted by the British Council, Britain's educational and cultural-relations agency, in conjunction with the National Union of Students in the U.K. and Zinch, an online network of college-seekers in the United States. The online survey was conducted from October to December 2012. Read the full article at http://chronicle.com/article/Dearth-of-Information-Keeps/137707
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Title: Tigard-Tualatin School District in Oregon Adds Dual-language Programs
Body: From http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2013/03/tigard-tualatin_school_distric_21.html Tigard-Tualatin School District adds dual-language programs, hopes to close achievement gap Findley Merritt, The Oregonian By Findley Merritt March 7, 2013 Despite paying close attention, one kindergartner in Elena Poorman's class struggled to understand what the teacher asked in Spanish. Seeing his frustration, a classmate translated for him: Turn around. "Right there, see that?" said Metzger Elementary School Principal Kraig Sproles. "That's the dual-language program." Seven months ago, Metzger became the first school in the Tigard-Tualatin School District to add a dual-language Spanish immersion program. Bridgeport Elementary will add one starting in this fall. Proponents of dual-language education say it reduces high-school dropout rates and increases college entrance rates while building bilingualism and higher-level thinking skills. Read the full article at http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2013/03/tigard-tualatin_school_distric_21.html
Source: The Oregonian
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Title: Tigard-Tualatin School District in Oregon Adds Dual-language Programs
Body: From http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2013/03/tigard-tualatin_school_distric_21.html Tigard-Tualatin School District adds dual-language programs, hopes to close achievement gap Findley Merritt, The Oregonian By Findley Merritt March 7, 2013 Despite paying close attention, one kindergartner in Elena Poorman's class struggled to understand what the teacher asked in Spanish. Seeing his frustration, a classmate translated for him: Turn around. "Right there, see that?" said Metzger Elementary School Principal Kraig Sproles. "That's the dual-language program." Seven months ago, Metzger became the first school in the Tigard-Tualatin School District to add a dual-language Spanish immersion program. Bridgeport Elementary will add one starting in this fall. Proponents of dual-language education say it reduces high-school dropout rates and increases college entrance rates while building bilingualism and higher-level thinking skills. Read the full article at http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2013/03/tigard-tualatin_school_distric_21.html
Source: The Oregonian
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Title: Waheed Samy Award for Excellence in Arabic Writing
Body: From https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/home The American University in Cairo (AUC) and the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) are happy to announce the launch of The Waheed Samy Award for Excellence in Arabic Writing for advanced learners of Arabic. The award will be presented annually to a student of Arabic as a Foreign/Second Language who has distinguished herself/himself in the area of writing. Competition for the award will be open to students in Arabic programs in the US and abroad. Recipient of the award will receive $1,000 dollars and a commemorative plaque in recognition of their outstanding achievement in Arabic writing. Deadline for submitting applications and writing samples is April 20, 2013 Sit in writing activity is May 3, 2013 For full details go to https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/home
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Title: Waheed Samy Award for Excellence in Arabic Writing
Body: From https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/home The American University in Cairo (AUC) and the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) are happy to announce the launch of The Waheed Samy Award for Excellence in Arabic Writing for advanced learners of Arabic. The award will be presented annually to a student of Arabic as a Foreign/Second Language who has distinguished herself/himself in the area of writing. Competition for the award will be open to students in Arabic programs in the US and abroad. Recipient of the award will receive $1,000 dollars and a commemorative plaque in recognition of their outstanding achievement in Arabic writing. Deadline for submitting applications and writing samples is April 20, 2013 Sit in writing activity is May 3, 2013 For full details go to https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/home
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Title: Qatar Professional Development Workshops
Body: From http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/Programs/Educators/Professional_Development/qatar.php Through a generous grant from the Qatar Foundation International, Concordia Language Villages is able to offer two Qatar Professional Development Workshops for current and future teachers of Arabic. This project will bring together K-16 Arabic language teachers from across the United States in two exciting opportunities to participate in professional development programs this year. The spring 2013 workshop (April 25 – 28, 2013) will be entitled: “Integrating the Common Core and 21st Century Skills into Units of Instruction for the Arabic Language Classroom.” The fall 2013 workshop (October 10 – 13, 2013) will be entitled, “Strategies to Increase Proficiency of Arabic Language Learners.” Learn more about both workshops at http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/Programs/Educators/Professional_Development/qatar1/Workshops.php
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Title: Qatar Professional Development Workshops
Body: From http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/Programs/Educators/Professional_Development/qatar.php Through a generous grant from the Qatar Foundation International, Concordia Language Villages is able to offer two Qatar Professional Development Workshops for current and future teachers of Arabic. This project will bring together K-16 Arabic language teachers from across the United States in two exciting opportunities to participate in professional development programs this year. The spring 2013 workshop (April 25 – 28, 2013) will be entitled: “Integrating the Common Core and 21st Century Skills into Units of Instruction for the Arabic Language Classroom.” The fall 2013 workshop (October 10 – 13, 2013) will be entitled, “Strategies to Increase Proficiency of Arabic Language Learners.” Learn more about both workshops at http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/Programs/Educators/Professional_Development/qatar1/Workshops.php
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Title: University of Washington Language Learning Center STARTALK Projects in Russian
Body: The Language Learning Center at the University of Washington has received funding from the National Foreign Language Center under the STARTALK Program. The STARTALK Program is a Presidential Initiative that funds Summer Programs in critical languages seeking to expand and improve the teaching and learning of strategically important world languages that are now not widely taught in the US. For the third year in a row, the LLC will offer a Teacher and Student Program in Russian during the summer. The STARTALK Teacher Program, "Preparing Russian Teachers for the 21st Century” (July 8-19, 2013) aims to enroll ten or more teachers who are currently teaching Russian in the community or who would like to work toward obtaining a P-12 World Language Endorsement in Russian for teaching Russian language in Washington K-12 public schools. This Teacher Program will prepare native (or near native) speakers of Russian to teach in a standards and content-based program, focused on developing communicative proficiency and accuracy in heritage speakers of Russian. A special focus on integrating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) into language instruction will prepare teachers to work effectively with today's students. The program also provides content knowledge needed to pass the Washington Educator Skills Test - Endorsement (WEST-E) for World Languages and the pedagogical experience that would prepare them for the Performance-Based Pedagogical Assessment (PPA) for those teachers for whom it is required for state endorsement, and to provide scholarship assistance to complete the required assessments (WEST-E and ACTFL OPIc and WPT). The STARTALK Student Program, "Russian in the Sky and in Outer Space" (July 15-August 9, 2013), is designed for twenty high school Russian heritage students as a four-week intensive language camp. The program combines the history of the most important events of space exploration with that of aircraft design and the language of science and technology. A content-based component STEM is woven into this program through a partnership with the Museum of Flight. Students will be able to sharpen and expand their use of formal Russian language not only inside the classroom, but during the field trips to the Museum of Flight, while meeting with professionals from Boeing and Microsoft, and visiting facilities of these companies. All participants will receive scholarship assistance for ACTFL OPIc (Oral Proficiency Interview computer-based) and WPT (Writing Proficiency Test) with the possibility to earn up to 4 competency-based credits for high school world languages. Upon successful completion of the program, students will be granted transferable 5 University of Washington credits. The STARTALK Russian Teacher and Student Programs are now accepting applications. The application deadline is May 31, 2013. For more information, please visit http://depts.washington.edu/startalk Doubivko, L. [SEELANGS] The University of Washington Language Learning Center Receives a $117,000 Award from NFLC. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, 4 Mar 2013).
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Title: University of Washington Language Learning Center STARTALK Projects in Russian
Body: The Language Learning Center at the University of Washington has received funding from the National Foreign Language Center under the STARTALK Program. The STARTALK Program is a Presidential Initiative that funds Summer Programs in critical languages seeking to expand and improve the teaching and learning of strategically important world languages that are now not widely taught in the US. For the third year in a row, the LLC will offer a Teacher and Student Program in Russian during the summer. The STARTALK Teacher Program, "Preparing Russian Teachers for the 21st Century” (July 8-19, 2013) aims to enroll ten or more teachers who are currently teaching Russian in the community or who would like to work toward obtaining a P-12 World Language Endorsement in Russian for teaching Russian language in Washington K-12 public schools. This Teacher Program will prepare native (or near native) speakers of Russian to teach in a standards and content-based program, focused on developing communicative proficiency and accuracy in heritage speakers of Russian. A special focus on integrating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) into language instruction will prepare teachers to work effectively with today's students. The program also provides content knowledge needed to pass the Washington Educator Skills Test - Endorsement (WEST-E) for World Languages and the pedagogical experience that would prepare them for the Performance-Based Pedagogical Assessment (PPA) for those teachers for whom it is required for state endorsement, and to provide scholarship assistance to complete the required assessments (WEST-E and ACTFL OPIc and WPT). The STARTALK Student Program, "Russian in the Sky and in Outer Space" (July 15-August 9, 2013), is designed for twenty high school Russian heritage students as a four-week intensive language camp. The program combines the history of the most important events of space exploration with that of aircraft design and the language of science and technology. A content-based component STEM is woven into this program through a partnership with the Museum of Flight. Students will be able to sharpen and expand their use of formal Russian language not only inside the classroom, but during the field trips to the Museum of Flight, while meeting with professionals from Boeing and Microsoft, and visiting facilities of these companies. All participants will receive scholarship assistance for ACTFL OPIc (Oral Proficiency Interview computer-based) and WPT (Writing Proficiency Test) with the possibility to earn up to 4 competency-based credits for high school world languages. Upon successful completion of the program, students will be granted transferable 5 University of Washington credits. The STARTALK Russian Teacher and Student Programs are now accepting applications. The application deadline is May 31, 2013. For more information, please visit http://depts.washington.edu/startalk Doubivko, L. [SEELANGS] The University of Washington Language Learning Center Receives a $117,000 Award from NFLC. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, 4 Mar 2013).
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Title: Make It in Germany: Website for Those Wanting to Live and Work in Germany
Body: From http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/home Make it in Germany is a web portal full of helpful information for people who want to live and work in Germany. Not only is this a good resource for any of your German students who want to spend time living in Germany, it’s also good material for advocating for German programs - by showing the connection between employment and knowledge of German language and culture. The web portal also includes information about German culture and lifestyle that could be used in any German class. Explore this website at http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/home
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Title: Make It in Germany: Website for Those Wanting to Live and Work in Germany
Body: From http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/home Make it in Germany is a web portal full of helpful information for people who want to live and work in Germany. Not only is this a good resource for any of your German students who want to spend time living in Germany, it’s also good material for advocating for German programs - by showing the connection between employment and knowledge of German language and culture. The web portal also includes information about German culture and lifestyle that could be used in any German class. Explore this website at http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/home
Source: Make It in Germany
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Title: German Poster Contest
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/toa/mit/med/en10538665.htm From the Todo Alemán website: Present a bit of your homeland and exchange with other people learning German! Take a photo of something in your homeland that you particularly like, and answer briefly the following questions: Who are you? Where are you from? What does your photo show and what do you like about it? Why are you learning German? Take part and send us your “Wanted” poster! We will post the “Wanted” posters on Todo Alemán and will raffle book and DVD prizes among the participants. For more details go to http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/toa/mit/med/en10538665.htm
Source: Goethe-Institut
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Title: German Poster Contest
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/toa/mit/med/en10538665.htm From the Todo Alemán website: Present a bit of your homeland and exchange with other people learning German! Take a photo of something in your homeland that you particularly like, and answer briefly the following questions: Who are you? Where are you from? What does your photo show and what do you like about it? Why are you learning German? Take part and send us your “Wanted” poster! We will post the “Wanted” posters on Todo Alemán and will raffle book and DVD prizes among the participants. For more details go to http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/toa/mit/med/en10538665.htm
Source: Goethe-Institut
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Title: GOETHEGETHER: For German Teachers in the New York Area
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/lhr/en10663242v.htm The Goethe-Institut New York invites you to a GOETHEGETHER on March 21st for teachers of German in the New York metropolitan region. Mingle with your colleagues from schools and universities, find out about new projects, and get ideas for your own work. Join in for a glass of wine and conversation in the Goethe loft in SoHo! RSVP by March 15th. Full details at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/lhr/en10663242v.htm
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Title: GOETHEGETHER: For German Teachers in the New York Area
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/lhr/en10663242v.htm The Goethe-Institut New York invites you to a GOETHEGETHER on March 21st for teachers of German in the New York metropolitan region. Mingle with your colleagues from schools and universities, find out about new projects, and get ideas for your own work. Join in for a glass of wine and conversation in the Goethe loft in SoHo! RSVP by March 15th. Full details at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/lhr/en10663242v.htm
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