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Title: Association of Departments of Foreign Languages Summer Seminars for 2015
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From http://www.adfl.org/
Each June the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages arranges two seminars where chairs of ADFL-member departments or their designees share information and consult about issues facing their departments and the field.
Lectures and discussions range in focus from the teaching and learning of language and literature in the broad context of the humanities and the changing university to concrete challenges of leadership and management.
Each seminar is preceded by a workshop for new chairs where experienced administrators lead practical discussions on the tasks of chairing for those who are about to start or have just completed their first year as department chair.
The 2015 Joint ADE-ADFL Summer Seminar East will take place in Arlington, Virginia, June 4-7.
The 2015 ADFL Summer Seminar West will take place in San Jose, California, June 25-27.
For more information about both seminars go to http://www.adfl.org/seminars/index.htm
Source: ADFL
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Title: Report: Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2013
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From http://www.mla.org/enrollments_surveys
Last Thursday the Modern Language Association released its most recent report about foreign language class enrollment in postsecondary institutions. The report is based on the most comprehensive survey of enrollments in the United States, and it covers 2013. You can read the full report here: http://www.mla.org/pdf/2013_enrollment_survey.pdf
For more information, including highlights, a press release, and a map, go to http://www.mla.org/pdf/2013_enrollment_survey.pdf
Access the database itself at http://www.mla.org/flsurvey_search
Source: MLA
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Title: Chinese Names for 50 Famous Foreign Companies
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From http://blogs.transparent.com/chinese/
In this blog post, Sasha highlights the importance for foreign companies to have a Chinese name if they are looking to set up in China. She provides some tips on how to choose a name and explores some of the existing names for famous fast food chains.
Access this site at http://blogs.transparent.com/chinese/famous-companies-chinese-names/
Source: Transparent Languages
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Title: 5 Essential Chinese New Year Dishes
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From www.yoyochinese.com
Diana Xin provides some insight into the Chinese New Year traditions, focusing specifically on food and useful phrases to say during the Spring Festival (New Year). She also provides a recipe for one of the dishes. The phrases and words are provided in pinyin, Chinese, and their English equivalents. There is also audio available so you can hear the phrases spoken. Enjoy the Spring Festival celebrations!
Access this resource https://www.yoyochinese.com/blog/learn-mandarin-chinese-spring-festival-dishes-greetings-niangao-tangyuan-chunjuan
Source: Yoyo Chinese
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Title: Integrating Kamishibai Performance Across the Curriculum
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From http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org
About Japan Editors’ recent lesson post is about how to integrate kamishibai performance into your curriculum. As they explain on their page: “...kamishibai can be used to teach about Japanese history, literature, and culture, but it is not limited to topics relating to Japan. Kamishibai stories have been developed to cover any topic or genre. Like a Power Point presentation or digital film, kamishibai offers a versatile format for students to publicly present almost any kind of research. As I often tell my students, any story that would make a good movie would make a good kamishibai because kamishibai are, in essence, hand-manipulated movies. One of the great strengths of kamishibai as an oral/visual storytelling form is that it provides an opportunity for students to put whatever research or reading they are doing into their own words in performance.” The complete lesson plan includes the Common Core standards that this lesson addresses.
Access the complete lesson at http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/integrating-kamishibai-performance-across-the-curriculum
Source: About.com
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Title: Opportunities, Resources, and News from the School of Russian and Asian Studies
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Josh Wilson of SRAS recently posted on the SEELANGS listserv about different resources and opportunities from SRAS:
"Our listing of grants and additional funding for educators and programs is now fully updated - http://www.sras.org/russian_educator_grants.
"If anyone knows of additional sources, I’ll be very happy to hear of them and add links where we can.
"Also for educators - those of you interested in pursuing faculty development this summer should check out our Food and Festivals program – designed to your boost your programs with food, history, culture, and current events from Ukraine and Georgia. http://www.sras.org/invite
"Also in SRAS news – our big back-to-school newsletter issue is out: http://www.sras.org/february_2015. This has free language lessons (on Russian apartments and dachas – with discussion of history, privatization, and current legislation), and lots of info on everything from Polish history to Turkmen geopolitics to Russian holidays, Koryo-Saram cooking, and Judaism in Central Asia. Much of it was written by our students! Anyone interested in the newsletter can sign up for free on our homepage http://www.sras.org – just click ‘subscribe’ in the middle-right of the page."
Wilson, J. [SEELANGS] Funding for Russian Educators / Programs. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, 11 Feb 2015).
Source: SEELANGS
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Title: Karneval Resources
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This coming Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, bringing Karneval to a close. Here are some resources so that your students can learn more about Karneval in the German-speaking world:
A nice listening and reading resource in German about Karneval, Fasching, and Fastnacht: http://www.kindernetz.de/infonetz/thema/fasching/fastnacht/-/id=76312/nid=76312/did=267838/1upx1r7/index.html
A detailed article in English about customs followed by an organized collection of links to Karneval-related resources: http://www.mrshea.com/germusa/customs/karneval.htm
An article in English about celebrations in Germany: http://gogermany.about.com/od/eventsandfestivals/p/germancarnival.htm
An English-language article discussing the differences between Karneval, Fasching, and Fastnacht: http://www.german-way.com/history-and-culture/holidays-and-celebrations/fasching-and-karneval/
Answers to frequently asked questions: http://german.about.com/od/culture/tp/Fasching-In-Germany.htm
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Title: Contests for Latin Students
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Here are some upcoming contest opportunities for Latin students:
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Excellence through Classics sponsors an Exploratory Latin Exam for elementary students. The deadline for ordering exams is March 1, 2015; they must be administered by April 1, 2015.
For more information about this contest go to http://www.etclassics.org/pages/the-exploratory-latin-exam
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Case Western Reserve University is sponsoring two contests in conjunction with its celebration of Vergil Week. First is an art contest for high school, art school, and university students; the work must be received on the CWRU by April 17, 2015. For more information go to http://www.bolchazy.com.phtemp.com/pdf/VW15ArtContestPoster.pdf
The second is a Latin recitation contest; high school and university students will be reciting a passage from Vergil's Aeneid. The certamen will be held on April 21, 2015. For more information go to http://www.bolchazy.com.phtemp.com/pdf/VW15-Certamen-1.pdf
Learn more about Vergil Week events at CWRU at http://classics.case.edu/vergil-week-2015/
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Title: French Resources for Black History Month
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February is Black History Month, and here are two sources of listening and reading:
A French perspective: http://tv5.ca/noirs-de-france
A Canadian perspective: http://www.rcinet.ca/histoiredesnoirs/
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Title: Francophone Destinations Series
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TV 5 Monde’s new episode of “Destination Francophonie” visits the French city of Montpellier. A 3 minute video in French introduces viewers to the city of Montpellier, including three more optional videos of interviews with city officials at the Montpellier tourist office. There is also an immense archive of past episodes of “Destination Francophonie” if you have missed any. Nice short videos to practice listening skills and explore the Francophone world. There are no transcripts, but speech is relatively slow and suitable for intermediate to advanced students. Beginners may also like to hear the French and see the video footage of the various destinations. You can also follow Destination Francophonie on FaceBook and Twitter @dfrancophonie so you never miss an episode.
To access this resource and see the archive visit http://www.tv5monde.com/cms/chaine-francophone/Revoir-nos-emissions/Destination-Francophonie/p-23140-Accueil.htm
Source: TV5 Monde
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