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Title: Article: Going Global Would Assure Kiswahili’s Eminent Status
Body: From http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Going-global-would-assure-Kiswahilis-eminent-status/-/1214/1759636/-/vbs6vs/-/index.html Going global would assure Kiswahili’s eminent status By KIRIMI MITAMBO April 28, 2013 In 2004, Kiswahili made history by becoming the first African language to be recognized as an official African Union (AU) language. The then AU chairman and Mozambique President, Mr. Joaquim Chissano delivered more than a third of his speech in Kiswahili. Spoken by slightly over 120 million people across the world, and with over 150 universities teaching it in USA alone, Kiswahili has proven to be one of the golden languages of Africa whose reach extends both to the West and the East. Since the 1980s, many popular titles have been translated in an attempt to capture the Kiswahili market. However, the marketing carried out by publishing houses is not enough. Instead, the solution to popularizing these many translated versions will rely heavily on the adoption of an eMarket. The eMarket provides an unlimited audience forum that if utilized for Kiswahili literary and academic materials would open them up to many eager readers across the globe. Read the full article at http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Going-global-would-assure-Kiswahilis-eminent-status/-/1214/1759636/-/vbs6vs/-/index.html
Source: Daily Nation, Kenya
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Title: Article: Going Global Would Assure Kiswahili’s Eminent Status
Body: From http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Going-global-would-assure-Kiswahilis-eminent-status/-/1214/1759636/-/vbs6vs/-/index.html Going global would assure Kiswahili’s eminent status By KIRIMI MITAMBO April 28, 2013 In 2004, Kiswahili made history by becoming the first African language to be recognized as an official African Union (AU) language. The then AU chairman and Mozambique President, Mr. Joaquim Chissano delivered more than a third of his speech in Kiswahili. Spoken by slightly over 120 million people across the world, and with over 150 universities teaching it in USA alone, Kiswahili has proven to be one of the golden languages of Africa whose reach extends both to the West and the East. Since the 1980s, many popular titles have been translated in an attempt to capture the Kiswahili market. However, the marketing carried out by publishing houses is not enough. Instead, the solution to popularizing these many translated versions will rely heavily on the adoption of an eMarket. The eMarket provides an unlimited audience forum that if utilized for Kiswahili literary and academic materials would open them up to many eager readers across the globe. Read the full article at http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Going-global-would-assure-Kiswahilis-eminent-status/-/1214/1759636/-/vbs6vs/-/index.html
Source: Daily Nation, Kenya
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Title: Professional Success Stories of Students of Middle Eastern Languages
Body: From http://nmelrc.org The National Middle East Language Resource Center is collecting success stories of professionals who acquired significant language and cultural proficiency as students and have become outstanding individuals in their field of expertise. Access Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish success stories here: http://nmelrc.org/professional-success-stories-students-middle-eastern-languages For more resources that encourage student perseverance towards high levels of proficiency, check out NMELRC’s Project Perseverance at http://nmelrc.org/Pathways
Source: NMELRC
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Title: Professional Success Stories of Students of Middle Eastern Languages
Body: From http://nmelrc.org The National Middle East Language Resource Center is collecting success stories of professionals who acquired significant language and cultural proficiency as students and have become outstanding individuals in their field of expertise. Access Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish success stories here: http://nmelrc.org/professional-success-stories-students-middle-eastern-languages For more resources that encourage student perseverance towards high levels of proficiency, check out NMELRC’s Project Perseverance at http://nmelrc.org/Pathways
Source: NMELRC
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Title: Chinese Publishing Group Teams Up with Yale in US$5.5m Language Drama
Body: From http://www.asianewsnet.net/Chinese-publishing-group-teams-up-with-Yale-in-US$-47978.html Chinese publishing group teams up with Yale in US$5.5m language drama by Cheng Yingq June 15, 2013 China International Publishing Group and Yale University have launched what they claim is the world's first drama series aimed at helping to teach Mandarin to beginners. The two sides held a launch event for the new integrated multimedia program, Encounters: Chinese Language and Culture, in Beijing on Friday. The 20-episode series tells the story of several US citizens during their stay in China, and the stories of their Chinese friends. Based around the video series, they have created accompanying textbooks for teachers and students, and developed other products, including DVDs, audio and a rap song. Read the full article at http://www.asianewsnet.net/Chinese-publishing-group-teams-up-with-Yale-in-US$-47978.html Learn more about the program on the Encounters website: http://encounterschinese.com
Source: Asia News Network
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Title: Chinese Publishing Group Teams Up with Yale in US$5.5m Language Drama
Body: From http://www.asianewsnet.net/Chinese-publishing-group-teams-up-with-Yale-in-US$-47978.html Chinese publishing group teams up with Yale in US$5.5m language drama by Cheng Yingq June 15, 2013 China International Publishing Group and Yale University have launched what they claim is the world's first drama series aimed at helping to teach Mandarin to beginners. The two sides held a launch event for the new integrated multimedia program, Encounters: Chinese Language and Culture, in Beijing on Friday. The 20-episode series tells the story of several US citizens during their stay in China, and the stories of their Chinese friends. Based around the video series, they have created accompanying textbooks for teachers and students, and developed other products, including DVDs, audio and a rap song. Read the full article at http://www.asianewsnet.net/Chinese-publishing-group-teams-up-with-Yale-in-US$-47978.html Learn more about the program on the Encounters website: http://encounterschinese.com
Source: Asia News Network
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Title: Exhibition in San Francisco: Italy of the Future
Body: Do your Italian students wonder about job prospects? The exhibition ‘Italy of the Future’ aims to display Italy’s cutting-edge contributions to international cultural, scientific and technological developments, thereby promoting an international understanding of contemporary Italy, emphasizing strategically important facets thereof – such as research, industry and medicine – which have traditionally been less known to the greater public. The exhibition will take place July 12th to August 23rd at the Italian Cultural Institute San Francisco. For full details go to http://www.sfyic.org/italy-of-the-future
Source: San Francisco Bay Area 2013 Year of Italian Culture
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Title: Exhibition in San Francisco: Italy of the Future
Body: Do your Italian students wonder about job prospects? The exhibition ‘Italy of the Future’ aims to display Italy’s cutting-edge contributions to international cultural, scientific and technological developments, thereby promoting an international understanding of contemporary Italy, emphasizing strategically important facets thereof – such as research, industry and medicine – which have traditionally been less known to the greater public. The exhibition will take place July 12th to August 23rd at the Italian Cultural Institute San Francisco. For full details go to http://www.sfyic.org/italy-of-the-future
Source: San Francisco Bay Area 2013 Year of Italian Culture
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Title: Online German Course for Advanced Beginners
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/lrn/all/fer/enindex.htm The Goethe-Institut is offering a new online group course for advanced beginners from the USA and Canada from July 8 – November 8, 2013. The course will be tutored by the Goethe-Institut Chicago. The “Online Group Course A2” uses real life situations to provide an authentic context in which to learn the German language. The goal of the program is to further develop the following essential skills needed to communicate: oral and written comprehension, oral and written expression, vocabulary, and grammar. The learning program consists of exercises that you complete on your own at your own pace and exercises in which you work together with the other course participants in your group. virtual classroom sessions with your tutor to discuss the exercises and practice communication skills. As you progress through the course, your tutors will provide you with regular feedback about your work and will be able to offer you additional exercises to enhance your learning progress. The learning program uses Windows and will not run on a Mac. For full details go to http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/lrn/all/fer/enindex.htm
Source: Goethe-Institut
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Title: Online German Course for Advanced Beginners
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/lrn/all/fer/enindex.htm The Goethe-Institut is offering a new online group course for advanced beginners from the USA and Canada from July 8 – November 8, 2013. The course will be tutored by the Goethe-Institut Chicago. The “Online Group Course A2” uses real life situations to provide an authentic context in which to learn the German language. The goal of the program is to further develop the following essential skills needed to communicate: oral and written comprehension, oral and written expression, vocabulary, and grammar. The learning program consists of exercises that you complete on your own at your own pace and exercises in which you work together with the other course participants in your group. virtual classroom sessions with your tutor to discuss the exercises and practice communication skills. As you progress through the course, your tutors will provide you with regular feedback about your work and will be able to offer you additional exercises to enhance your learning progress. The learning program uses Windows and will not run on a Mac. For full details go to http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/lrn/all/fer/enindex.htm
Source: Goethe-Institut
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Title: Perseus Digital Catalog Released
Body: From http://sites.tufts.edu/perseuscatalog/2013/05/10/release The Perseus Digital Library is pleased to announce the 1.0 Release of the Perseus Catalog. The Perseus Catalog is an attempt to provide systematic catalog access to at least one online edition of every major Greek and Latin author (both surviving and fragmentary) from antiquity to 600 CE. Still a work in progress, the catalog currently includes 3,679 individual works (2,522 Greek and 1,247 Latin), with over 11,000 links to online versions of these works (6,419 in Google Books, 5,098 to the Internet Archive, 593 to the Hathi Trust). The Perseus interface now includes links to the Perseus Catalog from the main navigation bar, and also from within the majority of texts in the Greco-Roman collection. Read more about the release of this new resource at http://sites.tufts.edu/perseuscatalog/2013/05/10/release The Perseus Catalog is available at http://catalog.perseus.org Learn more about the Perseus Digital Library at http://casls.uoregon.edu/intercom/site/view-article.php?ArticleID=10512
Source: Perseus Digital Library
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Title: Perseus Digital Catalog Released
Body: From http://sites.tufts.edu/perseuscatalog/2013/05/10/release The Perseus Digital Library is pleased to announce the 1.0 Release of the Perseus Catalog. The Perseus Catalog is an attempt to provide systematic catalog access to at least one online edition of every major Greek and Latin author (both surviving and fragmentary) from antiquity to 600 CE. Still a work in progress, the catalog currently includes 3,679 individual works (2,522 Greek and 1,247 Latin), with over 11,000 links to online versions of these works (6,419 in Google Books, 5,098 to the Internet Archive, 593 to the Hathi Trust). The Perseus interface now includes links to the Perseus Catalog from the main navigation bar, and also from within the majority of texts in the Greco-Roman collection. Read more about the release of this new resource at http://sites.tufts.edu/perseuscatalog/2013/05/10/release The Perseus Catalog is available at http://catalog.perseus.org Learn more about the Perseus Digital Library at http://casls.uoregon.edu/intercom/site/view-article.php?ArticleID=10512
Source: Perseus Digital Library
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Title: Spanish Immigration Unit Based on Understanding by Design
Body: From http://reflecciones-kj.blogspot.com Here is a thematic unit called Perspectivas de la Inmigración, by Spanish teacher Kara Jacobs. The unit follow the principles outlined in Understanding by Design, centered around essential questions having to do with immigration. Read about the unit and access resources that go with it at http://reflecciones-kj.blogspot.com/2013/06/unidad-didactica-perspectivas-de-la.html
Source: Teaching Spanish: Thematic & Authentic
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Title: Spanish Immigration Unit Based on Understanding by Design
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Source: Teaching Spanish: Thematic & Authentic
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Title: Free Teaching Materials for Young Children Learning Spanish
Body: The Vecinitos website includes some nice free resources for elementary-age children learning Spanish, including audio books, flashcards, and worksheets. Browse the resources at http://www.vecinitos.org/free-materials
Source: Vecinitos
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Title: Free Teaching Materials for Young Children Learning Spanish
Body: The Vecinitos website includes some nice free resources for elementary-age children learning Spanish, including audio books, flashcards, and worksheets. Browse the resources at http://www.vecinitos.org/free-materials
Source: Vecinitos
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Title: Riddles, Sayings, and Tongue-Twisters in Spanish
Body: Here is a nice website with collections of riddles (adivinanzas), sayings (dichos), and tongue-twisters (trabalenguas) in Spanish: http://www.bienvenidosaplacitas.com/trabalenguas.html
Source: Bienvenidos a Placitas Blog
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Title: Riddles, Sayings, and Tongue-Twisters in Spanish
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Source: Bienvenidos a Placitas Blog
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Title: Project to Research How English is Learned
Body: From http://languagemagazine.com/?p=6584 Project to Research How English is Learned June 18, 2013 Why do students from certain countries learn English more easily than students in other places? Why do the most effective strategies for teaching English to Russian and Chinese students differ greatly from those used to teach native speakers? Could a better understanding of what influences the mastery of core English skills help educators design more effective ways to teach? EF Education First (EF) and faculty from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) will attempt to answer questions central to English language acquisition through an examination of language learning methodologies. Read the full article at http://languagemagazine.com/?p=6584
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: Project to Research How English is Learned
Body: From http://languagemagazine.com/?p=6584 Project to Research How English is Learned June 18, 2013 Why do students from certain countries learn English more easily than students in other places? Why do the most effective strategies for teaching English to Russian and Chinese students differ greatly from those used to teach native speakers? Could a better understanding of what influences the mastery of core English skills help educators design more effective ways to teach? EF Education First (EF) and faculty from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) will attempt to answer questions central to English language acquisition through an examination of language learning methodologies. Read the full article at http://languagemagazine.com/?p=6584
Source: Language Magazine
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