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Title: Next Week: Vocabulary
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Our October theme has been advocacy for language learning and teaching. We are beginning November with one more issue dedicated to advocacy, and then beginning next week our November focus will be vocabulary. We hope you enjoy today's InterCom!
Source: CASLS Announcement
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Title: November Issue of Language Magazine
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The November 2014 issue of Language Magazine is available online at http://languagemagazine.com/?p=122549
In this issue:
Elementary Practicals
Lisa Lucas discovers what we can learn from the UK’s mandating of world language education in all elementary schools from second grade
When Language and Learning Get Tough
John Carr offers strategies for identifying and serving the growing population of English learners with learning difficulties
The Play’s the Thing
Lori Langer de Ramirez recommends using suspension of disbelief and simulations as means of connecting to global communities
Italian Destinations A selection of schools representing the diversity of Italy
Italian Attraction
Dona De Sanctis explains why learning Italian is becoming more popular in the U.S.
Spanish Flavor
The distinct regions of Spain offer an array of choices for the language learner
Last Writes Richard Lederer demonstrates how animals are known by their deeds
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: New Platform: Modern Languages Open
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Liverpool University Press, one of the world's leading publishers in the modern languages, has announced the official launch of Modern Languages Open (MLO) - a groundbreaking new interdisciplinary platform for the modern languages. Selected by The American Association of University Presses (AAUP) for their 'Ideas Unbound' showcase, as a project 'that exemplifies innovation in scholarly publishing', MLO is a peer-reviewed platform for the open access publication of research from the modern languages to a global audience. View the website to find out more and join: http://www.modernlanguagesopen.org/
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Title: Book: Second Language Identities
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From http://bloomsbury.com/uk/second-language-identities-9781472526045/
Second Language Identities
By David Block
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing
Second Language Identities examines how identity is an issue in different second language learning contexts. It begins with a detailed presentation of what has become a popular approach to identity in the social sciences (including applied linguistics) today, one that is inspired in poststructuralist thought and is associated with the work of authors such as Anthony Giddens, Zygmunt Bauman, Chris Weedon, Judith Butler and Stuart Hall.
It then examines how in early SLA research focusing on affective variables, identity was an issue, lurking in the wings but not coming to center stage. Moving to the present, the book then examines in detail and critiques recent research focusing on identity in three distinct second language learning contexts. These contexts are: (1) adult migration, (2) foreign language classrooms and (3) study abroad programs. The book concludes with suggestions for future research focusing on identity in second language learning.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://bloomsbury.com/uk/second-language-identities-9781472526045/
Source: Bloomsbury Publishing
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Title: Book: Heteroglossia as Practice and Pedagogy
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From http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/book/978-94-007-7855-9
Heteroglossia as Practice and Pedagogy
Edited by Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese
Published by Springer
This volume presents evidence about how we understand communication in changing times, and proposes that such understandings may contribute to the development of pedagogy for teaching and learning. It expands current debates on multilingualism, asking which signs are in use and in action, and what are their social, political, and historical implications. The volume’s starting-point is Bakhtin’s ‘heteroglossia’, a key concept in understanding the tensions, conflicts, and multiple voices within, among, and between those signs. The chapters provide illuminating accounts of language practices as they bring into play, both in practice and in pedagogy, voices which index students’ localities, social histories, circumstances, and identities. The book documents the performance of linguistic repertoires in an era of profound social change caused by the shifting nature of nation-states, increased movement of people across territories, and growing digital communication.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/book/978-94-007-7855-9
Source: Springer
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Title: Call for Papers: Hmong Around the World
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From http://hmongstudies.wisc.edu/Conferences/spring2015hmongconinfo.htm
The Hmong Consortium is happy to announce their third conference, “Hmong Around the World,” which will be hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on April 10-11, 2015. “”Hmong Around the World” will focus on critical Hmong scholarship. Engagement between those conducting research in Asia, transnationally, and the U.S. will be encouraged. The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2014.
View the full call for papers at http://hmongstudies.wisc.edu/Conferences/spring2015hmongconinfo.htm
Source: Hmong Studies Consortium
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Title: Call for Papers: Chinese Language Education Forum
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The Chinese Language Education Forum (CLEF) is an annual event dedicated to bringing together PreK-16 teachers, scholars, educational administrators and other professionals in the field of Chinese language education worldwide to share best practices, new research findings and inspiring ideas.
CLEF 2015, co-hosted by the Chinese Language Education and Research Center (CLERC) and the Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS), will take place in San Francisco Bay on April 10-11. The conference theme is “World Readiness in PreK-16 Chinese Language Instruction”.
CLEF 2015 Call for Proposals is now open! The organizers welcome proposals for 30-minute sessions in the following topics and the topic of your choice.
Planning and Instruction
• Strategies and ways to create learning-centered, flipped, or constructivist classroom
• Articulation of K-16 learning standards for the Chinese learners
• Chinese language instruction and Common Core State Standards
• Strategies that promote proficiency in three modes of communication
• Engaging classroom activities
• Use of the target language in Chinese classrooms
• Good habits of mind and learning autonomy
• Total immersion and other program models
• Challenges and solutions in teaching Chinese heritage students
• Instruction on cultural products, practices and perspectives
• Movie as a media for language and culture learning
• Evaluation and assessment
Global Competence
• 21st century skills/world readiness
• International context and cross culture competence
• Partnership and international project/program for students or teachers
• Study abroad and international resources
• Program management, development and expansion
• Professional development and learning community
Technology and Innovation
• Technology incorporation into Chinese teaching
• Best practice of blending or online teaching/learning
• Exploration of mobile learning (e.g. using social media)
• Free online resources
• Effective new teaching or course management technology tools
Research and Findings
• Research on teaching Chinese as L2
• Research on learner’ motivation and psychology
• Research on learning styles and learner’s personality types
• Research on effective character, grammar, or phonetic instruction
• Latest research and findings
Please submit your proposal online by November 14, 2014.
View the full call for papers at http://www.nanhai.com/nanhai-presenters#CallForProposals
Source: NanHai
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Title: American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages 2015 Conference
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From http://www.aatseel.org/program/
The 2015 AATSEEL Conference will be held on January 8-11, 2015 at the Renaissance Harbourside in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It will feature scores of scholarly panels,supplemented by advanced seminars, less formal roundtables, workshops, informal coffee conversations with leading scholars, and other special events such as poetry readings and receptions.
For full details go to http://www.aatseel.org/program/
Source: AATSEEL
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Title: Graduate Student Pre-Conference in Turkish and Turkic Studies
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From http://www.turkishstudies.org/events/2014/event_112214.shtml
The American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) is pleased to announce the tenth annual "Graduate Student Pre-Conference in Turkish and Turkic Studies".
The tenth annual Pre-Conference will take place on November 22, 2014, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), taking place in Washington D.C. November 22-25, 2014. Pre-Conference participants are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to attend the MESA conference.
For more information about the pre-conference go to http://www.turkishstudies.org/events/2014/event_112214.shtml
Source: Institute of Turkish Studies
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Title: La Cosecha Dual Language Conference
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From http://www.dlenm.org/lacosecha2014/
La Cosecha: Dual Language Conference in New Mexico
November 19-22
Santa Fe
La Cosecha 2014 will bring together over 2,000 participants from throughout the U.S. representing two-way immersion, one-way developmental bilingual, and one-way heritage language immersion programs.
Learn more and register at http://www.dlenm.org/lacosecha2014/
Source: Dual Language Education of New Mexico
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