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Title: Portland Hosts New French Film Festival
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UniFrance and SpectiCast are expanding their French film festival (now in its 4th year) to big screens worldwide. At the Clinton Street Theater in SE Portland, January 10-12, the festival will feature six specially selected films from some of the world's leading directors and stars. Each evening of the three-day festival will include one comedy and one drama. Ticket prices are just $5 per film or $8 for a double-header. Visit the theater's website at http://cstpdx.com/upcoming to check out the descriptions and the trailers for the films, opening with the Belgian film Mobile Home and the Canadian film, Avant que mon coeur bascule. All will be subtitled in English.
Alliance Française. Quoi de neuf: Paris Apartment Exchange, French-Fluent Celebrities, Cool Film Festival. (29 Dec 2013).
Source: Alliance Française de Portland
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Title: New Years Resolutions Resources for Spanish
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Here are some visuals that go with common New Year’s resolutions, plus handouts to use with your students: http://www.espanol-extra.co.uk/christmas/christmasmenu.htm
Source: Español Extra
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Title: Five Senses in Spanish, for Children
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From http://www.spanishsimply.com
Here is a sequence of activities for elementary aged children having to do with the five senses: http://www.spanishsimply.com/2013/12/5-senses-in-spanish-cinco-sentidos.html
Source: Spanish Simply
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Title: Tic Tac Toe in Spanish with Young Children
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From http://www.spanishplayground.net
The Tic Tac Toe game is child-friendly and is played in different Spanish-speaking countries. Here is a blog post talking about how to get the most language practice out of the simple game when you play it with children: http://www.spanishplayground.net/spanish-games-for-kids-learn-vocabulary-with-tic-tac-toe
Source: Spanish Playground
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Title: Zambombazo’s Top 25 Videos of 2013
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Zambombazo, the website that offers culture-based Spanish language materials, has chosen its top 25 music videos of 2013. See what they are starting at http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/los-25-mejores-videoclips-del-2013-21-25
The videos are presented five at a time, so you will need to navigate by clicking on links near the top of each page to move on to the next five.
Source: Zambombazo
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Title: 38th ELT Blog Carnival: Resolutions
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From http://worldteacher-andrea.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-38th-elt-blog-carnival-resolutions.html?spref=tw
The topic of the 38th ELT Blog Carnival is “Resolutions.” See what teachers are resolving to do, get ideas for sticking with your resolutions, and access some lesson-ready resources dealing with resolutions and the new year for your classroom at http://worldteacher-andrea.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-38th-elt-blog-carnival-resolutions.html?spref=tw
Access past Blog Carnivals at http://www.eflclassroom.com/eltblogcarnival
Source: World Teacher
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Title: 2013 Retrospectives
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Now is a great time to reflect on this past year with your students. Here are some different “best of” collections and retrospectives:
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Here is an interactive timeline from Al Jazeera of the major events of 2013. Practice talking about past events with your students, and then you can make predictions for 2014.
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Here are TED Ed’s top 10 original lessons from 2013: http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=367d080dac70911f825f109f9&id=e3ef1d2b20&e=ddb16e3f26
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From Larry Ferlazzo, the best “Words of the Year” features for 2013: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/12/08/the-best-words-of-the-year-features-for-2013
Source: Various
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Title: Resource Collection: Academic Language for English Language Learners
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From http://www.colorincolorado.org
This resource section on the Colorín colorado website features information about academic language instruction for English language learners and provides a number of strategies and suggestions for ESL, content-area, and classroom educators.
Available at http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/academic
Source: Colorín Colorado
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Title: Resources for Meeting Your 2014 Goals
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Do you have plans to improve your practice in 2014? Here are some resources that can help you meet your goals:
From Edutopia, Habits of Mind for the New Year: 10 Steps to Actually Accomplish Your Resolutions - http://www.edutopia.org/blog/habits-of-mind-agency-vicki-davis
From Larry Ferlazzo, The Best Ways To Help Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Succeed - http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/12/31/the-best-ways-to-help-make-your-new-years-resolutions-succeed
From the Creative Language Class blog, here are some ideas to inspire you - http://creativelanguageclass.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/time-to-try-something-new
From the An Idea a Day blog, an example of re-wording goals to be more specific, and a link to a short TED talk - http://useenglisheveryday.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/start-your-year-off-with-an-achievable-goal
Record yourself on video working on your new skill, and post it for an appreciative audience - https://giveit100.com (Read more about this idea at http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2014/01/this-site-provides-a-supportive-audience-for-your-new-years-resolution )
And for something slightly different, if you are raising multilingual children, here are some ideas for goals to strive for in 2014 - http://www.multilingualliving.com/2013/12/31/top-10-new-years-resolutions-for-your-multilingual-family-in-2014
Source: Various
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Title: During-Reading Activity: “I Heard It”
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“I heard it!” (¡Lo escuché!) is a during-reading activity that can be used when the text is read aloud, either by the teacher or by a classmate in a small group.
Read the step-by-step instructions in the blog post: http://martinabex.com/2014/01/03/i-heard-it
Source: The Comprehensible Classroom
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