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Title: Spanish Teacher Sought for UC Curriculum Integration Institute
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From http://www.bayregionrht.com/ucci-institute
The Bay Region Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Initiative has joined forces with the Bay Region Small Business Sector to develop innovative courses that integrate core academic subjects with Career Technical Education, these courses will be available for any high school in California to teach.
BRRHT are looking for interested high school, community college and CSU educators that specialize in the following areas:
Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation
Business & Finance (particularly entrepreneurship)
Spanish
History
Math
Teams of six educators will work together over a two and a half day period to create innovative curriculum. Stipends will be paid to attendees along with some accommodation for travel. The institute will be hosted at Skyline College in San Bruno, CA on August 4-6, 2014.
For full details go to http://www.bayregionrht.com/ucci-institute
Source: Bay Region RHT
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Title: 12 Ideas for Using Word Clouds
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Here is a Spanish-language article with 12 ideas for using the Tagxedo app to make word clouds that you can use in your classes: http://www.totemguard.com/aulatotem/2011/07/nubes-de-palabras-doce-ideas-de-como-usar-tagxedo-en-el-aula-tic
Source: TotemGuard
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Title: 40 Ways To Be a Better English Teacher
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From http://eltexperiences.com
Are you looking for inspiration and ideas as you set your professional goals? Here are two blog posts, each with 20 suggestions for goals to strive for:
Part 1: http://eltexperiences.com/2014/06/05/20-ways-to-be-a-better-english-language-teacher-part-1
Part 2: http://eltexperiences.com/2014/06/10/20-more-ways-to-be-a-better-english-language-teacher-part-2
Source: ELT Experiences
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Title: Principal Surveys to Help Build Better ELL Policy
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From http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2014/07/principal_reports_to_build_bet.html
Principal Surveys to Help Build Better ELL Policy
By Sarah D. Sparks
July 1, 2014
Advocates and researchers have launched a new tool to help policymakers better analyze and report the needs of shifting English-learner populations at schools from year to year.
The English Language Learner Program Survey for Principals, created by the English Language Learners Alliance and the Regional Education Laboratory Northeast & Islands at the Education Development Corp., collects data on how schools serve English learners in an array of areas, including:
Whether and how staff monitor ELL-student progress;
Teachers' and principals' beliefs about English learners, such as cultural differences or language proficiency and learning disabilities;
How English-language teachers are evaluated; and
Types of professional development around English learners that principals have taken or would like to have.
Learn more about and access the survey at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2014/07/principal_reports_to_build_bet.html
Source: Education Week
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Title: List of Word Lists for English
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Here is a recent blog post describing several corpus-based word lists that are commonly used for curriculum design: http://esltech.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/the-list-of-lists
Source: ESL Technology
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Title: Article: From Language Skills to Teaching Prowess
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From http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=56416
From Language Skills to Teaching Prowess
by Montserrat Villar González
There are many paths to becoming a teacher of a second or foreign language: for some, it’s the natural progression from studying a language; others start by giving informal individual, private, or group classes or helping friends study their own language. Having lived in a country where demand for your language is high doesn’t count as concrete training, but it may make you realize that teaching is a skill worth developing. In the moment in which, in a constant and conscious way, someone starts to work in this field (not as mere fun or to help friends), this person becomes a language teacher and, in many cases, will become a professional who will develop their career throughout their life.
Read the full article: http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=56416
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: More World Cup Resources
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Here are more FIFA World Cup resources:
For Japanese teachers, soccer vocabulary at http://japanese.about.com/od/japanesevocabulary/fl/Soccer-Vocabulary-in-Japanese.htm?nl=1 and a bilingual article about the Japanese team at http://japanese.about.com/od/Grammar/fl/The-2014-FIFA-World-Cup.htm?nl=1
More new resources that teacher and blogger Larry Ferlazzo has found: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/06/30/several-new-excellent-new-world-cup-resources
An interesting essay about languages and the World Cup: http://www.k-international.com/blog/translating-the-world-cup
Oops! The ESPN-commissioned poster for the Greek team has a language error: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/06/world-cup-greek-poster_n_5460158.html
Source: Various
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Title: Wiki: The Standards-Based World Languages Classroom
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Educational consultant David Burrous’s wiki is full information, links, and ideas to create or enhance your Standards-Based World Languages Classroom. Available at http://davidsworldlanguageswiki.wikispaces.com
Source: The Standards-Based World Languages Classroom
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Title: Quick Games for Language Classes
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Here are descriptions of several quick-and-easy games you can play with your students when you have some extra time in class: http://myeltrambles.blogspot.gr/2014/06/games.html
Source: My ELT Rambles
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Title: Students at UO Complete Only Residential STARTALK Swahili Program by Mandy Gettler, CASLS Associate Director
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Twenty-four high school students from across the country gathered at the University of Oregon campus in June 2014 for the third annual Shule ya Umoja: Swahili College Readiness Academy, the only residential STARTALK Swahili program, offered by the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS).
For two weeks, students attended classroom instruction in the morning led by UO Swahili Instructor and co-PI Mokaya Bosire and participated in hands-on activities in the afternoon facilitated by long-time CASLS staff member Lindsay Marean.
"I really enjoyed being able to have an environment where communication during classes was encouraged," one student said of the program and its instructional activities.
In an effort to give students a taste of college life, they stayed in the premiere Global Scholars Residence Hall for the duration of the program under the guidance of CASLS staff member and co-PI Li-Hsien Yang and graduate student Marko Mwipopo.
"The program has allowed me a glimpse of college life and how to pick the right college for me," a program student shared.
On the final day of the program, students shared their classroom project work, gave a presentation on a topic of their choice, and sang songs in Swahili. A student-led group also gave a dance performance.
Students have the option of continuing their Swahili study by enrolling in an online language and culture learning program offered by CASLS. Those who complete both the summer program and the fall online program earn one high school language credit.
Shule ya Umoja: Swahili College Readiness Academy is funded by the STARTALK program administered by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland. The University of Oregon Office of International Affairs and the Yamada Language Center also provided financial support.
Source: CASLS Spotlight
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