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Title: NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements: A Framework for Considering What Your Students Can Do
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by Julie Sykes, CASLS Director.
In 2014, the National Council of State Supervisors for Foreign Languages (NCSSFL) and the American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL) released the results of a collaborative effort towards aligning NCSSFL Linguafolio®/Can-Do Statements with ACTFL’s Language Proficiency Benchmarks. The resulting cohesive document provides benchmarks for instructors in curriculum design that can be targeted at a variety of modes and levels, as well across all proficiency levels. The document can be found at: http://www.actfl.org/publications/guidelines-and-manuals/ncssfl-actfl-can-do-statements
NCSSFL also provides guidelines for using the Can-Do Statements in classroom instruction and classroom design. They suggest Linguafolio is especially useful for:
- Differentiated Instruction - using the Can-Do Statements as a diagnostic tool allows instructors to tailor instruction to the needs of their learners.
- Curriculum Design and Unit/Lesson Design - the Can-Do's serve as benchmarks to set time-specific learning outcomes. (See an example application in this week’s Activity of the Week)
- Assessment - evaluation can be designed around a variety of assessment and evaluation needs.
More resources related to using the Can-Do statements in your classroom can be found on NCSSFL’s website and through CASLS’ professional development resources.
NCSSFL: http://www.ncssfl.org/LinguaFolio/index.php?linguafolio_index
Linguafolio Online Network: http://lfonetwork.uoregon.edu
CASLS’ Linguafolio Online is a digital e-portfolio that includes the newly released NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements. For more information see: https://casls.uoregon.edu/pages/assessment/linguafolio.php
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Title: Book: The L2 Acquisition of Spanish Subjects
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From http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/211116
The L2 Acquisition of Spanish Subjects: Multiple Perspectives
By Margaret Quesada
Published by de Gruyter
There is a long overdue need to address the sharp philosophical and methodological divide between formal/generative and functional/discourse perspectives in contemporary theoretical linguistics and L2 acquisition. Language structure in general, and the use of subjects in particular, is dependent upon multiple syntactic, lexico-semantic, and discourse-pragmatic factors. Therefore, the study of L2 acquisition must be equally multi-faceted.
This volume examines data from over twenty years of research in the L2 acquisition of Spanish subjects from several theoretical perspectives, including generative approaches, processing theory, discourse-pragmatics and sociolinguistic-variationist models. By so doing, the author seeks to fulfill two principal objectives: the first is to determine the many linguistic and extra-linguistic properties of Spanish subjects that constrain their acquisition and use; and the second is to establish common ground among researchers from varied theoretical persuasions in acquisition studies. The author argues throughout the volume that central to native speaker use and L2 acquisition are universal properties ranging from highly specific syntactic principles to more general characteristics of human cognition and a range of these properties is responsible for language acquisition. An examination of the diverse body of research that considers a wider scope of universal properties of language can thus bring us closer to a unified account of the L2 acquisition of Spanish subject expression.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/211116
Source: de Gruyter
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Title: Call for Articles: Time in Language Learning and Teaching
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From http://linguistlist.org/issues/26/26-3355.html
Call for articles
Special Issue on 'Time in language learning and teaching' in the journal Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching
Call Deadline: 30-Oct-2015
Time has always been a part of second language acquisition and language learning and teaching research. Acquisition and learning and teaching are essentially about change, and change is about being in different states at different times. In this special issue, the editors take a critical stance on the nature of 'time' as a construct and reflect on how our perspectives on time inform our understandings of research and language learning and teaching processes. The editors are open to any suggestions for articles that engage fundamentally with the concept of time in language learning and teaching. Some of the particular areas we hope to reflect on in the special issue include:
- Chronological or linear versus experiential or nonlinear time
- Prediction and experimentation versus retrodiction and explanation
- Individual, cultural, and subjective notions of time
- Remembered past time, ongoing experienced time, future anticipated time
- Longitudinal research (on multiple timescales)
- Individual and cultural orientations to time
- Language learning and teaching as historically situated in time
- Linguistic notions of time
View the full call for papers at http://linguistlist.org/issues/26/26-3355.html
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Culture, Language, and Social Practice Conference
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From http://www.colorado.edu/clasp/conference.html
CLASP IV
October 2-4, 2015
University of Colorado Boulder
The CLASP Program at the University of Colorado is an interdisciplinary forum for scholars with interrelated research interests in the sociocultural and sociopolitical analysis of language. The CLASP Conference, organized at all levels by graduate students in the program, is a friendly conference designed for students and faculty to showcase new work. The conference brings in an array of national and international scholars from diverse countries and subdisciplines within sociocultural linguistics, such as sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, bilingualism, literacy studies, ethnography of speaking, and language policy.
For more conference information go to http://www.colorado.edu/clasp/conference.html
Source: University of Colorado Boulder
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Title: Midwest Association of Language Testers Conference
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From http://www.education.uiowa.edu/teach/foreign-esl/mwalt-2015
MwALT 2015
Writing Assessments and Assessing Writing: Research and Practice
October 3, 2015
University of Iowa
Early registration ends on August 20.
Visit the conference website at http://www.education.uiowa.edu/teach/foreign-esl/mwalt-2015
Source: MwALT
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Title: National Association for Multicultural Education 25th Annual International Conference
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From http://www.nameorg.org/2015_name_conference_name2015.php
NAME’s 25th Annual International Conference
Past Achievements, Present Successes, Future Aspirations: 25 Years of NAME
Conference Dates: October 1-4, 2015
(pre-conference events on Sept. 30)
Conference Location: Sheraton New Orleans
Visit the conference website at http://www.nameorg.org/2015_name_conference_name2015.php
Source: NAME
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Title: East Coast Organization of Language Testers Annual Conference
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From http://www.cal.org/ecolt/
The East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT) is pleased to announce its fourteenth annual conference. Please save the date and plan on attending this informative, interactive conference.
ECOLT 2015
Friday, October 9, 2015
Georgetown University, Washington DC
Plenary speaker: Dr. Paula Winke, Michigan State University
Visit the conference website for more information at http://www.cal.org/ecolt/
Source: ECOLT
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Title: edCamp for World Language Educators in New Jersey
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From https://sites.google.com/site/edcampwl/sessions
The first edCamp for World Language Educators will take place on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Piscataway High School located in Piscataway Township, New Jersey. Edcamp for World Languages is a part of the global edcamp "un-conference" movement which brings local educators together to pitch ideas to their colleagues and to participate in customized workshops.
Learn more about the edCamp at https://sites.google.com/site/edcampwl/
Source: edCampWL
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Title: Bipartisan Language Education Bill Introduced
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From http://languagemagazine.com/?p=124173
Reps. David Price (D-NC), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Joe Crowley (D-NY), and Don Young (R-AK) have introduced the World Language Advancement Act (H.R. 3096), which would help state and local school districts implement innovative K-12 language programs.
…The World Language Advancement Act would fill the gap created by the demise of the Foreign Language Assistance Program in 2012 and foster the language learning pipeline by providing competitive grants to states and local school districts to support the establishment, improvement, or expansion of innovative programs in language learning in grades K-12.
Read the full article at http://languagemagazine.com/?p=124173
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: Senate Bill Includes Native Language Amendments
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From http://languagemagazine.com/?p=124149
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (Hawaii) introduced two amendments aimed at promoting Native language education and improving school facilities, which were adopted by the Senate as part of the Every Child Achieves Act in an 81 to 17 vote last week. One of the amendments authorizes a study of native language immersion schools, which Schatz said would provide critical data to help determine best practices for educating students enrolled in native immersion programs. The other amendment is aimed at improving school facilities.
Read the full article at http://languagemagazine.com/?p=124149
Read a related article at http://mauinow.com/2015/07/20/amendments-aim-to-promote-native-language-education-improve-school-facilities/
Source: Language Magazine
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