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Title: Call for CALICO Book Proposals for 2015
Body: CALICO is now soliciting proposals for the next volume in its series to be published in spring 2015. The volume may be a single-authored monograph or edited volume and may treat any topic related to the field of CALL. Proposals should include the following information: 1. name of the author(s)/editor(s) with CV or short bio; 2. tentative title; 3. description of how the book will contribute to the discipline; 4. outline of the scope and sequence of the book, including the number of chapters, their titles, and a brief synopsis of each; 5. if an edited volume, description of the procedures for soliciting and refereeing manuscripts for the chapters; and 6. if the book lends itself to multimedia inclusion, please describe what might be incorporated if the book were to be published in an e-book version as opposed to print. Proposals should be submitted as a Word document attached to an email message sent toec06 at txstate dot edu or info at calico dot org no later than December 1, 2013. Final decision will be made by the end of February 2014. Recent volumes in this series: 2006 Calling on CALL: From theory and research to new directions in foreign language teaching, eds. Lara Ducate and Nike Arnold. 2007 Preparing and Developing Technology-proficient L2 Teachers, eds. Margaret Ann Kassen, Roberta Lavine, Kathryn Murphy-Judy, and Martine Peters 2008 Opening Doors through Distance Language Education: Principles, Perspectives, and Practices, eds. Senta Goertler and Paula Winke 2009 Next Generation: Social Networking and Online Collaboration in Foreign Language Teaching, eds. Lara Lomicka and Gillian Lord 2010 CALL in Limited Technology Contexts, ed. Joy Egbert 2011 Present and Future Promises of CALL (2nd edition of 2006), eds. Nike Arnold and Lara Ducate 2012 Technology Across Writing Contexts and Tasks, eds. Greg Kessler, Ana Oskoz, and Idoia Elola 2013 Design-Based Research in CALL, eds. Julio Rodríguez and Cristina Pardo-Ballester Horn, E. Call for CALICO Book Proposals for 2015. CALICO-L listserv (CALICO-L@LISTSERV.CALICO.ORG, 19 Jun 2013).
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Title: Call for Papers: Second International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages
Body: From http://nhlrc.ucla.edu/events/conference/2nd Second International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages March 7-8, 2014 Covel Commons @ UCLA The conference will focus on heritage/community language studies as a multidisciplinary field. The call for proposals seeks proposals for papers, posters, and panels relevant to heritage language studies, from disciplines including: anthropology demographics linguistics sociology applied linguistics policy psychology bilingualism education assessment Submission Deadline: August 31, 2013 View the full call for proposals at http://www.nhlrc.ucla.edu/events/conference/2nd/call-for-proposals.asp
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Title: Conference: Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching
Body: From http://pslltconference.com Fifth Annual Conference: Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Iowa State University Pronunciation in the Language Teaching Curriculum September 20-21, 2013 Plenary Speaker: Lynda Yates, Macquarie University Visit the conference website at http://pslltconference.com
Source: Iowa State University
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Title: 2013-2014 Foreign Language Technology Workshops at Colorado University Boulder
Body: The Anderson Language Technology Center (http://altec.colorado.edu ) is planning on re-offering the K12 Language Technology Program next year. We're looking for input on the technologies, tools and pedagogies you would like to learn about in our Saturday workshops. We would also welcome suggestions for local speakers to invite. Just email your suggestions to edwige.simon at Colorado dot edu. The K-12 Foreign Language Technology Program is a series of Saturday workshops dedicated to technology integration in the secondary foreign language classroom. All workshops are held on the CU Boulder campus (3 in fall, 3 in spring + portfolio intensive in April). You maybe obtain re-certification or graduate credit for attending. Want to learn more? Check out the program page: http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/K12.shtml Simon, E. [CCFLT] 2013-2014 FL tech workshops at CU Boulder. CCFLT listserv (CCFLT@yahoogroups.com, 17 Jun 2013).
Source: CCFLT
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Title: Jobs at the Center for Applied Linguistics
Body: The Center for Applied Linguistics advertised several new positions this week. Here are short descriptions and links: The language Test Development Manager manages all aspects of the development activities of PODER, a Spanish academic language proficiency test for students in grades K through 5. http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-2514.html The Research Assistant I (PreK-12 ELL Assessment) provides research and development support for project-specific tasks and activities, and is responsible for carrying out project activities as assigned, contributing to the completion of project tasks and deliverables. http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-2515.html Assist with research and test development for large-scale, computer-delivered Spanish academic language assessment for Spanish language speakers and learners in Kindergarten, first grade and second grade. http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-2516.html This position involves creating and delivering professional development services (face to face and online) on a variety of topics including sheltered instruction (using the CAL SIOP Model), literacy instruction in English for students learning to read in a second language, and literacy instruction in Spanish for students in transitional, developmental, and dual language bilingual programs. The position also entails assisting the professional development team in enhancing the content of CAL’s professional development materials to work with various types of professionals who teach linguistically and culturally diverse students. http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-2517.html Develop test items for a large-scale academic English language proficiency assessment for kindergarten and first grade ELLs, with a special focus on innovative computer-based test development. http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-2518.html
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Job: Assistant Professor of Arabic, Carnegie Mellon University
Body: From https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/21745 The Department of Modern Languages at Carnegie Mellon University invites applications for a tenure track position in Arabic beginning in August 2014. Of particular interest are candidates at the rank of assistant professor whose research focuses on one or more of following areas: literary and cultural studies, second language acquisition and literacy, bilingual studies, technology enhanced learning. Applications should arrive not later than October, 31, 2013. View the full job posting at https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/21745
Source: Carnegie Mellon University
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Title: Article: Rosetta Stone Is No Replacement for In-Class Learning, Study Finds
Body: From http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/rosetta-stone-is-no-replacement-for-in-class-learning-study-finds/44269 Rosetta Stone Is No Replacement for In-Class Learning, Study Finds By Sara Grossman June 19, 2013 Rosetta Stone, the popular commercial language-instruction system, is no replacement for trained teachers and in-class learning, a new study has found. The company that makes the system says it has no interest in replacing teachers, though it has recently made deals with colleges to use its product as a teaching tool. The study found that the Rosetta Stone “software package is not a viable option for foreign-language learning” because of shaky theoretical foundations, mechanical inflexibility, and “cultural inauthenticity,” among other things. The author of the report, Lisa K. DeWaard, an assistant professor of Spanish and second-language acquisition at Clemson University, also took issue with what she described as misleading marketing claims by the company, Rosetta Stone Ltd. A representative of Rosetta Stone, however, disputed Ms. DeWaard’s assertions, saying that her findings were based on her personal view of language learning. “Her conclusions are very much her opinion,” said Jean Ku, director of industry marketing at Rosetta Stone. “We take the immersion approach. It’s very much to get people started in thinking in the language they’re learning. What she’s talking about is a critique of one particular approach.” Read the full article and the thought-provoking comments at http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/rosetta-stone-is-no-replacement-for-in-class-learning-study-finds/44269
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
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Title: Seeing Images of Home Can Make Speaking a Foreign Language More Difficult
Body: From http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/06/seeing-pictures-of-home-can-make-it-harder-to-speak-a-foreign-language Seeing Pictures of Home Can Make It Harder To Speak a Foreign Language Posted by Joseph Stromberg June 17, 2013 If you’ve ever attempted to move to a foreign country and learn to speak the local language, you’re aware that successfully doing so is an enormous challenge. But in our age of widely distributed Wi-Fi hotspots, free Skype video calls from one hemisphere to another and favorite TV shows available anywhere in the world over the web, speaking a foreign language may be more difficult than ever. That’s because, as new research shows, merely seeing faces and images that you associate with home could make speaking in a foreign tongue more difficult. In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from Columbia University and Singapore Management University found that for Chinese students who’d recently moved to the U.S., seeing several different types of China-related visual cues measurably reduced their fluency in English. Read more: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/06/seeing-pictures-of-home-can-make-it-harder-to-speak-a-foreign-language/#ixzz2WdGSgqOX
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Title: Comanche Nation College Tries to Rescue a Lost Tribal Language
Body: From http://chronicle.com/article/Comanche-Nation-College-Tries/139631 Comanche Nation College Tries to Rescue a Lost Tribal Language By Katherine Mangan June 9, 2013 A two-year tribal college in Lawton, Okla., is using technology to reinvigorate the Comanche language before it dies out. Two faculty members from Comanche Nation College and Texas Tech University worked with tribal elders to create a digital archive of what's left of the language. Only about 25 people nationwide speak Comanche, down from about 15,000 in the late 1800s, they estimate. The recording project was supported by $198,000 in grants from the Administration for Native Americans, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Each of three Comanche speakers—all women in their 60s and 70s—was handed a script in English, which she translated into spoken Comanche as the project director recorded her. The resulting 42 modules require students to match the audio of a sentence spoken in Comanche with a corresponding picture or photograph. For more advanced students, the sentences became more elaborate. A sentence might describe a boy ducking under a fence and running across the prairie to find his older brother fishing and tell him his mother said that supper was ready. Read the full article at http://chronicle.com/article/Comanche-Nation-College-Tries/139631
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
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Title: Reviews of Indigenous Language Mobile Apps
Body: Rachael Peterson has put together a list of all of the mobile apps for learning indigenous languages that she could find, along with reviews of her favorites. Read her blog post at http://globalnativenetworks.com/2013/06/18/idecolonize-indigenous-language-learning-mobile-apps
Source: Global Native Networks
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