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Title: Call for Papers: American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages 2015 Conference
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From http://www.aatseel.org/cfp_main
The AATSEEL National Meeting is a forum for scholarly exchange of ideas in all areas of Slavic and East/Central European languages, literatures, linguistics, cultures, and pedagogy. The Program Committee invites scholars in these and related areas to form panels around specific topics, organize roundtable discussions, propose forums on instructional materials, and/or submit proposals for individual presentations for the 2015 Conference, which will be held on January 8-11, 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The conference regularly includes panels in the following areas:
Linguistics
Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Historical Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Semantics, Dialectology, Sociolinguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, and Linguistics and Pedagogy.
Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition
Second Language Acquisition, Empirical Studies in Language Learning, Study Abroad, Teaching of Individual Skills (pronunciation, reading, listening, writing, speaking), Content-based Instruction (in film, history, politics, culture, literature, etc.), Curriculum Design, Language Teaching for Special Purposes, Teaching of Languages other than Russian (Polish, Czech, BCS, Romanian, etc.), Use of Technology in Language Teaching.
Literature and Culture
Individual Writers and Poets (Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Akhmatova, Bulgakov, Nabokov and others), Themes (history and literature, travelogues, gendered readings, etc.), Critical approaches (including various theoretical approaches), Genre (avtorskaia pesnia, ode, drama), Periods (medieval to contemporary), Culture, Film, Dance, Music, Philosophy, and Religion.
Proposal deadlines are April 15, 2014 and July 1, 2014.
The first deadline allows for revision and resubmission of proposals, should reviewers deem that necessary. The second deadline does not allow for resubmission.
View the full call for proposals at http://www.aatseel.org/cfp_main
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Title: Call for Presentations: Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Fall Conference 2014
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From http://www.ictfl.org/content/fall-conference
The Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Board and Conference Co-Chairs, Leslie Rathunde and Ellen Ericson, are excitedly planning for this year's 2014 Fall Conference. The theme "A Gallery of Strategies: Touch up your Professional Portrait" has been intentionally designed to help Illinois language educators prepare for the new PERA Teacher Evaluation system and to add new strategies that effectively move language learners towards greater language proficiency. Plan to attend October 24-25, 2014 at the Tinley Park Conference Center, Tinley Park, IL.
Start planning now to learn how you, as a language teacher, can improve your techniques and touch up your professional portrait in all four Domain areas. Why not plan now to add a new brushstroke to Domain 4 and become a presenter? You'll earn 8 PDs (Activity #18) and receive a year's free ICTFL membership. To submit a session, you'll need a title of 8 words or less, identify the learning outcomes for your session and activities planned with a description of no more than 75 words. Sessions are being sought that focus on advancing learning in the following areas: Planning, Learning Experiences, Performance, Feedback (Assessment), Collaboration, Learning Tools and Professionalism. All proposals must be submitted online by March 30, 2014.
For full details and to submit a proposal go to http://www.ictfl.org/content/fall-conference
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Title: Call for Chapter Proposals: Researching Language Learner Interaction Online
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CALL FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
The 2015 Volume in CALICO's Monograph Book Series.
Guest editors
Dr. Ed Dixon (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Dr. Michael Thomas (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
Book Title
Researching Language Learner Interaction Online: From Social Media to MOOCs
Overview
This timely volume aims to publish new empirical research on language learning in digitally-mediated environments and conceptual chapters that address new research approaches for effectively understanding the complex interactions taking place online. This dual focus distinguishes the volume from existing books in the field and is based on a recognition of the need for qualitative, multimodal and mixed methods research approaches that aim to capture a holistic understanding of learner interaction in online spaces.
According to advocates, social network sites and new learning spaces like Coursera, Instreamia and other MOOCs are set to have an unprecedented impact on educational practice and affect the ways students engage with language and culture over the next decade. The volume will also examine the process of language acquisition in globally networked learning environments and the role that international interactions play in enriching the language learning experience and perspectives of world cultures. Chapter authors will make important contributions towards a better understanding of how international online interactions in online environments such as social networking sites can achieve proficiency goals and aid learner interaction, intercultural understanding and digital literacy skills. Chapters are requested which explore how digital environments provide learners with opportunities to:
• Engage in meaningful conversations and exchange viewpoints with like-minded learners worldwide;
• Compare one’s own cultural reference with a multiplicity of different cultural perspectives of the target language and culture;
• Connect with other disciplines through online courses that offer professional and academic courses in foreign languages;
• Continue their study of the target language beyond the school setting in multicultural online communities of practice.
In addition to discussing the potential contribution of MOOCs and social networks in terms of enriching the language-learning experience and preparing students for global citizenship through the study of a foreign language, authors will address a multiplicity of issues affecting language education at pedagogical and institutional levels. At the pedagogical level, this volume will examine instructional methods, learning strategies, student feedback, peer assessment and lifelong learning. At the institutional level, we will investigate issues of teacher readiness, accreditation and articulation.
The volume will have two parts,
• with the first addressing new approaches to researching online CALL environments using digital technologies and applications
• and the second providing examples of empirical research on learner interaction online e.g., in social networking sites such as Livemocha, virtual worlds, telecollaboration, and online and blended language learning contexts.
In the first stage, abstracts of no more than 250-300 words are requested on the following or related topics:
• Methods and approaches to language learning and teaching in MOOCS, social networks and blended environments
• Cultural and social approaches to online language study
• Language learner interaction in virtual worlds
• Proficiency and assessment of online learners
• Microblogging and language learning
• Input and output in digital-learning environments
• Institutional readiness and professional development
• Accreditation, curricular integration and articulation
• Using digital video and screen capture software
• Eye tracking software and digital literacy
• Multimodal and new approaches to researching language learning in social networks
• Big data and learner interaction
• The ethics of online research with language learners
Timeline:
First Call for Abstracts (1 March 2014)
Deadline for submission of abstracts (1 April 2014)
Notification of contributors (1 May 2014)
First draft of full papers to be submitted (1 October 2014)
Publication of the CALICO monograph (1 May 2015)
Call for Chapter Proposals - CALICO 2015 Book Volume. CALICO-L listserv (CALICO-L@LISTSERV.CALICO.ORG, 3 Mar 2014).
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Title: Call for Presentations: 44th Annual Conference of the New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
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From http://www.nystesol.org/annualconf/2014
NYS TESOL is currently inviting submissions for the 44th Annual Conference to be held at the Albany Hilton, Albany, NY November 14-15, 2014. This year’s conference theme is Empowering ELLs: Equity, Engagement, Enrichment and presenters are invited to submit proposals to share and discuss ideas related to this theme within the following categories:
-Adult Education
-Elementary Education
-Special Education
-Applied Linguistics
-Higher Education
-Teacher Education
-Bilingual Education
-Secondary Education
-Teaching English Internationally
The submission deadline is May 25, 2014.
Submit your proposal at http://www.nystesol.org/annualconf/2014/2014-proposals.php
Source: NYS TESOL
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Title: New York State Association of Foreign Languages Colloquium
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From http://www.nysaflt.org/conferences/colloquium/index.shtml
The NYSAFLT 2014 Colloquium will take place on May 3 in Albany.
The 2014 Colloquium will provide attendees with an opportunity to discuss and learn more about the Common Core. This NYSAFLT event, co-sponsored by COLT, will be given at a time in which politicians, educators, and parents are embroiled in a passionate discussion about its future. With the theme, “Bringing the Common Core to Life: Building Communication through Literacy”, the conference will feature a Panel Discussion by Lillian Carey, Laurie Clarcq, Nancy Ketz, and Marina Moran, as well as workshops covering an array of topics such as Common Core standards and assessments, close reading, alignment, speaking, graphic novels, and journaling.
For more details and to register visit http://www.nysaflt.org/conferences/colloquium/index.shtml
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Title: Workshop: Designing Learning. Integrating Common Core. Focusing Lenses.
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Common Core Workshop
Sponsored by the Modern and Classical Language Association of Southern California
Designing Learning. Integrating Common Core. Focusing Lenses.
April 5, 2014, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
With Toni Theisen, ACTFL 2009 Teacher of the Year, ACTFL 2013 President
Toni teaches French at Loveland High School in Loveland, Colorado where she is also the district WL Curriculum Representative. Theisen is a National Board Certified Teacher with a M.A. in Foreign Language Teaching and a M. A. in Education of Diverse Learners. She is also a Google Certified teacher.
Very active in the foreign language profession, Theisen has presented many workshops, keynotes and webinars for national, regional, and state conferences and has authored articles on Multiple Intelligences, Differentiated Instruction and Technology for the 21st century learner. Theisen presented “Activating Communication” as part of the first ACTFL Webinar series and also presented at the 2011 LARC STARTALK Institute at San Diego State University.
Most recently she chaired the ACTFL 21st Century Skills Map committee in collaboration with the Partnership for 21st Century Learning.
Our 21st century learners need a multi-sensory learning environment designed around authentic learning experiences that encourage collaboration, creativity and critical thinking, all essential 21st century skills.
So how can world language learning be designed to be meaningful and engaging?
How can focusing lenses be used to shape the instruction of a thematic unit?
Participants will explore and create learning activities, thematic units and assessments using the concepts of focusing lenses and the rigor and relevance framework. Participants will also experience strategies that integrate the language arts and math common core standards. Participants will finish by examining and experimenting with technology tools that can enhance communication in all three modes.
April 5, 2014, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Check-in and Continental Breakfast begin at 8:00 am.
Windward School, 11350 Palms Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066
$50 for MCLASC members / $65 for non-members, Includes continental breakfast and lunch
Registration Postmark Deadline: March 20, 2014 NO on-site registration
Participants should bring their laptop or tablet.
Download information at http://www.iefla.org/theiseninformation.pdf
Download registration form at http://www.iefla.org/theisenregistration.pdf
Source: Modern and Classical Language Association of Southern California
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Title: Northwest Indian Language Institute Summer Institute 2014
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From http://pages.uoregon.edu/nwili/summer-institute
NILI Summer Institute 2014
June 23-July 3, 2014
Eugene, Oregon
At NILI Summer Institute we:
Learn how to teach whole language (moving from words to sentences)
Have guided teaching opportunities
Create needed language materials for your community
Learn more about the structure, vocabulary and pronunciation of your language
Experience language learning from a student point of view
Become more familiar with a variety of teaching practices and methods
Speak in your language with your team members and classmates
The scholarship deadline is March 31, 2014.
Registration is deadline is May 31, 2014.
Learn more, apply, and register at http://pages.uoregon.edu/nwili/summer-institute
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Title: Two MOOC’s from Stanford Address Common Core and Language Study
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From http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7b6d4ab533d076294848eed78&id=b56bf63a18&e=7894354fa9
Last week, a team from the Understanding Language initiative at Stanford University that includes Drs. Kenji Hakuta, Jeff Zwiers, and Sara Rutherford-Quach, launched their second set of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). These MOOCs cover similar material but are split into two separate courses, one designed for elementary educators (i.e. PreK-5 grades), Constructive Classroom Conversations: Mastering Language for the Common Core State Standards (Elementary) and the other targeted at secondary educators (i.e. 6-12 grades), Constructive Classroom Conversations: Mastering Language for the Common Core State Standards (Secondary). The courses focus specifically on how educators – and particularly educators of English language learners- can foster the kind of rigorous student-to-student academic discussions required by the Common Core State Standards. An original version of these courses was offered last fall, with more than 2,000 teachers actively participating. Potential participants should have access to a K-12 classroom, as the course assignments will require them to listen carefully to real conversations among their students, reflect upon this discourse, and plan instruction accordingly. Both courses are free of charge, but if a participant would like to receive continuing studies units from Stanford University for the course, he or she may pay a modest fee to do so.
Learn more about the Understanding Language initiative at http://ell.stanford.edu
For more information about the elementary course, go to https://novoed.com/classroom-conversations-elementary
For more information about the secondary course, go to https://novoed.com/classroom-conversations-secondary
Source: Stanford University
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Title: 2014 STARTALK Teacher Leadership Academy for Chinese and Russian Teachers
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K-12 teachers of Chinese (Mandarin) and Russian are invited to participate in the 2014 STARTALK Teacher Leadership Academy sponsored by Kent State University. This program will be held at the KSU Honors College from July 6 - 15, 2014.
Participating teachers will receive three graduate credits upon successful completion of the program. This program, including technology, room and board, and tuition, is entirely free for teachers accepted into the program. Teacher participants will have the opportunity to observe and participate in the KSU STARTALK Student Academy. Travel support is available for teachers of Russian. Travel is supported by the OSU Center for Slavic and East European Studies.
For more information or to get an application, please contact program co- director Theresa Minick at tminick@kent.edu
Minick, T. [OFLA] Kent State STARTALK - Teachers of Chinese (Mandarin) / Teachers of Russian. OFLA listserv (OFLA@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU, 7 Mar 2014).
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Title: Call for Nominations: Exemplary Multicultural Education Teachers
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From http://nameorg.org/call-for-exemplary-mce-teachers
The National Association for Multicultural Education is looking for outstanding multicultural education teachers. NAME is developing a web resource that will feature one exemplary teacher per year of multicultural, social justice, culturally responsive teaching. NAME welcomes teachers who teach in P-university levels, across all subject areas, and across rural, suburban, and urban contexts.
Nominations will be evaluated in relationship to these five areas of Student Outcomes of Multicultural Education in the Classroom:
• Develop Positive Social Identities:
• Develop Positive Academic Identities:
• Engage Respectfully with Diverse People:
• Develop Social Justice Consciousness:
• Take Action for Social Justice:
NAME members may submit nominations any time before 12 midnight, EDT, May 15, 2014.
For full details go to http://nameorg.org/call-for-exemplary-mce-teachers
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