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Title: Pearson Call for External Research 2014
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From http://www.pearsonpte.com/research/Pages/Research2014.aspx
Pearson invites researchers in the fields of language testing and assessment, second/foreign language education, linguistics, applied linguistics, and other related areas of research to participate in their 2014 external research program. The program offers funded research, in-kind supported research, and new tender opportunities.
All application materials must be received by February 28, 2014.
For full details about all three opportunities go to http://www.pearsonpte.com/research/Pages/Research2014.aspx
Source: Pearson
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Title: Arabic Teachers Workshop at Cornell University
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Cornell University will be holding an Arabic Teachers Workshop , August 15 & 16, 2014 in Ithaca, NY.
The workshop will be open to about 20 Arabic teachers and program directors who are interested in learning about the Integrated Approach and its actual implementation in the Arabic classroom.
The two-day workshop will be led by Jonathan Featherstone, Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh; Maher Awad, Senior Lecturer of Arabic and Certified ACTFL & ILR Tester at Rice University; and Munther Younes, Reis Senior Lecturer in Arabic Language and Linguistics and Director of the Arabic Program at Cornell University.
Munther Younes will focus on the rationale behind the "Integrated Approach" and the problems and challenges raised against it. He will also demonstrate the use of materials from the three-volume, fully-integrated textbook series 'Arabiyyat al-Naas, which he coauthored and which is due to be published by Routledge in the fall of 2013 and the spring of 2014.
Jonathan Featherstone will deliver training sessions focusing on applying the Integrated Approach to communicative reading and speaking activities and will help teachers design their own language drills.
Maher Awad will focus on issues of assessment, especially proficiency assessment, and discuss similarities and differences between the assessment tools employed in the Integrated vs. the non-integrated approaches, with special reference to the ACTFL proficiency guidelines.
For more information and to reserve your spot in the workshop, please email Chris Capalongo at cmc40 at cornell dot edu
Capalongo, C. Arabic-L:PEDA:Cornell Arabic Teachers Workshop. Arabic-L listerv (ARABIC-L@LISTSERV.BYU.EDU, 8 Jan 2014).
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Title: Read Arabic! Lessons for High School Students
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From http://readarabic.nflc.org/?page=to_the_learner
The Read Arabic! Internet lessons have been developed at the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland primarily to meet the needs of American high school students who want to learn to read Arabic and have already learned to recognize the alphabet and a few basic written words. Others will also find the materials useful, however, including people who wish to review and practice their reading ability in Arabic.
Access this resource at http://readarabic.nflc.org/?page=home
Source: NFLC
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Title: 2014 Chinese Guest Teacher and Trainee Program
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The Chinese Guest Teacher and Trainee Program is designed to help U.S. schools develop Chinese language and culture study programs and to promote international exchange between the United States and China. Made possible through a collaboration between the College Board and Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban), the program has grown to be the largest Chinese visiting teacher program in the U.S. Each year, the program serves hundreds of K–12 schools and districts nationwide and reaches tens of thousands of U.S. students.
This program provides an experienced language teacher from China to fill full-time Chinese language instruction positions in a host school or district for a period of one to three years. The guest teachers have at least three years of teaching experience, and have gone through a rigorous selection and training process before arriving at the host schools. Participating institutions are responsible for providing a partial salary to the guest teacher, and the remainder is subsidized by a stipend from Hanban.
The Guest Teacher and Trainee Program is now accepting applications for the 2014–2015 school year. To learn more and apply, go to http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/awards/chinese/guest
You can also attend an online informational webinar on Wednesday, January 29.
Source: College Board
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Title: Resources for Chinese New Year
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From http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
Chinese New Year will begin on January 31st, 2014 and marks the start of the Year of the Horse. Here is a collection of resources for the occasion from teacher Larry Ferlazzo: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/01/28/the-best-resources-for-chinese-new-year
Source: Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day
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Title: Award for Excellence in Japanese Language Teaching
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From http://www.aatj.org
The Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award will again be conferred in 2014, administered through the Association for Asian Studies. In accordance with the wishes of the Chaplin family, each year a prize of $1000 will be awarded to either a current graduate student or a full-time instructor of Japanese for excellence in Japanese language teaching. A full-time instructor who has completed graduate study within the last 3 years in an area that directly involves Japanese language teaching is eligible. Possible academic fields of specialization are Japanese language pedagogy, linguistics, anthropology, or literature. Current graduate students must demonstrate their intention to enter the teaching field in a North American university.
Completed applications must be received BY FEBRUARY 7, 2014.
For full details go to http://www.aatj.org/resources/prodev/CHAPLINAWARD2014.pdf
You can download an application from http://academics.hamilton.edu/japanese/chaplin-application-2014
Source: AATJ
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Title: 2014 National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest
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From http://www.languagepolicy.org/news/2014-national-post-secondary-russian-essay-contest-2
Students taking Russian in accredited colleges and universities are invited to participate in the fifteenth annual National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian.
All registrations must be received by January 31, 2014. Teachers whose students are participating in the contest will receive directions and the essay topic in late January 2014. Students will write their essays between Feb. 1 and Feb. 15, 2014 at a time selected by the instructor at each institution.
Awards will be announced in the ACTR Newsletter.
For full details go to http://www.languagepolicy.org/news/2014-national-post-secondary-russian-essay-contest-2
Source: JNCL-NCLIS
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Title: Official Winter Olympics Website in French, Russian, and English
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Here is a wonderful piece of realia in French, Russian, and English: the official website of the 2014 Winter Olympics. You and your students can scan the schedule of events for information, read news articles about the games, and learn something about the culture of Russia as part of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad.
The website is available at http://www.sochi2014.com/en ; you can change the language by looking for links in the upper right of the window.
Source: Sochi 2014
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Title: Exhibition: The Little Prince: A New York Story
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From http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?id=90
The Little Prince: A New York Story
January 24 through April 27, 2014
Since its publication seventy years ago, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince has captivated millions of readers throughout the world. It may come as a surprise that this French tale of an interstellar traveler who comes to Earth in search of friendship and understanding was written and first published in New York City, during the two years the author spent here at the height of the Second World War.
As he prepared to leave the city to rejoin the war effort as a reconnaissance pilot, Saint-Exupéry appeared at his friend Sylvia Hamilton's door wearing his military uniform. "I'd like to give you something splendid," he said, "but this is all I have." He tossed a rumpled paper bag onto her entryway table. Inside were the manuscript and drawings for The Little Prince, which the Morgan acquired from her in 1968.
Focusing on the story's American origins, this exhibition features twenty-five of the manuscript pages—replete with crossed-out words, cigarette burns, and coffee stains—and all forty-three of the earliest versions of drawings for the book. Also on view are rare printed editions from the Morgan's collection as well as personal letters, photographs, and artifacts on loan from the Saint-Exupéry estate, private collections, and museums and libraries in France and the United States.
The Little Prince: A New York Story is the first exhibition to explore in depth the creative decisions Saint-Exupéry made as he crafted his beloved story that reminds us that what matters most can only be seen with the heart.
For full details about the exhibition go to http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?id=90
Source: Morgan Library & Museum
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Title: Childhood Activities and Your Spanish Classroom
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Your InterCom editor is excited to have just learned the Spanish word for ‘tadpole’ in context, thanks to this lovely blog post, “30 cosas que los niños deberían experimentar antes de cumplir los 6 años.” You can read the list here: http://saraillamas.blogspot.com.es/2013/11/30-cosas-que-los-ninos-deberian.html
Then, you can get some ideas for how you can use this list as a warmup in your Spanish class on Maris Hawkins’ blog: http://marishawkins.wordpress.com/2014/01/09/childhood-memories
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