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Title: September 2015 Issue of Language Magazine
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The September 28 issue of Language Magazine is available online at http://languagemagazine.com/?p=124313
In this issue:
Namer of Thrones
Game of Thrones’ language creator, David J. Peterson, details his extraordinary career as Hollywood’s linguist-in-chief
Building to Code
Virginia “Jenny” Williams uses assessment and scaffolding to support the five stages of second-language acquisition
Focus on the Student
Adisack Nhouyvanisvong explains how improved assessment can increase personalized learning for all students
The Home Run Experience
Vinnie Jordan Henkin and Stephen Krashen chronicle the Naruto Breakthrough: How the discovery of manga books was a catalyst in the English language development of a teen
True to Form
A compilation of formative assessment programs to complement the Common Core-aligned tests
Investing in German
Why and where to learn the übercool language of economics, engineering, and design
Last Writes
Richard Lederer explains how our last names reveal a lot about our days of labor
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: New Issue: East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies
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East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies has just published its latest issue. It is a special thematic number devoted to "Women and Gender Studies in Ukrainian Society, Politics, and Literature."
Access the latest issue at http://ewjus.com/ojs/index.php/ewjus. Articles are free for registered users.
Source: East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies
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Title: Book: Language for Specific Purposes
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Language for Specific Purposes
By Sandra Gollin-Kies, David R. Hall, and Stephen H. Moore
Published by Palgrave Macmillan
Language for Specific Purposes provides a concise history of the roots of LSP, and an analysis of the current trends in globalization, technology and applied linguistics that directly affect the learning, teaching and researching of LSP. The book provides insights into language course planning, design and implementation, assessment and evaluation, as well as issues in pedagogy, classroom management and professional development of particular interest to LSP practitioners. Another important focus of the book is research: the nature of research in LSP, typical research methods in the field, and ideas for researchable projects. Numerous case studies and lists of useful resources for further study and research make this book a rich resource, not only for graduate students planning to teach LSP, but also for professionals looking to update or extend their knowledge of the field.
Visit the publisher’s website at https://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/language-for-specific-purposes-sandra-gollinkies/?sf1=barcode&st1=9781403946393&loc=uk
Source: Palgrave Macmillan
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Title: Book: Germanic Heritage Languages in North America
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From https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/silv.18/main
Germanic Heritage Languages in North America: Acquisition, attrition and change
Edited by Janne Bondi Johannessen and Joseph C. Salmons
Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
This book presents new empirical findings about Germanic heritage varieties spoken in North America: Dutch, German, Pennsylvania Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, West Frisian and Yiddish, and varieties of English spoken both by heritage speakers and in communities after language shift. The volume focuses on three critical issues underlying the notion of ‘heritage language’: acquisition, attrition and change. The book offers theoretically-informed discussions of heritage language processes across phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics and the lexicon, in addition to work on sociolinguistics, historical linguistics and contact settings. With this, the volume also includes a variety of frameworks and approaches, synchronic and diachronic. Most European Germanic languages share some central linguistic features, such as V2, gender and agreement in the nominal system, and verb inflection. As minority languages faced with a majority language like English, similarities and differences emerge in patterns of variation and change in these heritage languages. These empirical findings shed new light on mechanisms and processes.
Visit the publisher’s website at https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/silv.18/main
Source: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Title: Book: Literature and Language Learning in the EFL Classroom
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Literature and Language Learning in the EFL Classroom
Edited by Masayuki Teranishi, Yoshifumi Saito, and Katie Wales
Published by Palgrave Macmillan
Literature and Language Learning in the EFL Classroom is a collection of chapters that examines how literary texts can be incorporated into teaching practices in an EFL classroom. The book takes multiple approaches to literature and language education, such as the use of extensive and close reading, pedagogical stylistics, translation, and the evaluation of successful foreign language learners, and consequently exemplifies how English language teaching and learning can best be developed through presentation and exploration of literary texts. The international perspectives provide invaluable insights into how to deal with issues potentially caused by social, cultural and native language differences in English language teaching contexts, presenting readers with useful teaching methods and materials that can be replicated in their own classrooms.
Visit the publisher’s website at https://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/literature-and-language-learning-in-the-efl-classroom-masayuki-teranishi/?sf1=barcode&st1=9781137443656
Source: Palgrave Macmillan
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Title: Call for Proposals: AATJ Annual Spring Conference
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From http://www.aatj.org/conferences-spring
The 2016 Annual Spring Conference will be held on Thursday, March 31, 2016, in Seattle, WA, in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS).
Proposals are invited for individual papers and panels. A proposal must be in one of the following areas/categories: (1) pedagogy, (2) literature, (3) linguistics, (4) second language acquisition, or (5) special interest groups.
The submission deadline is October 30, 2015.
View the full call for papers at http://www.aatj.org/conferences-spring
Source: AATJ
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Title: Call for Papers: Texas Language Education Research Conference
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From http://linguistlist.org/issues/26/26-3941.html
The 17th annual Texas Language Education Research (TexLER) Conference is pleased to announce their Call for Papers for their 2016 conference, February 19-20 in San Antonio, Texas. The Texas Language Education Research (TexLER) Conference, formerly known as TexFLEC, is an annual conference that brings together researchers, educators, and students in the fields of foreign language education, TEFL/TESL (Teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language), linguistics, and applied linguistics. The organizers have changed the name this year to reflect an evolving emphasis on supporting research in language education more broadly amongst graduate students, faculty, and educators. This year TexLER will also host the “3rd International Research Colloquium: Educational Linguistics and Language Education”, which seeks to connect language education researchers in the U.S. and Mexico and beyond.
View the full call for papers at http://www.texler.org/submit-a-proposal.html.
The submission deadline is December 4, 2015.
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Polyglot Conference in New York City
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From http://linguistlist.org/issues/26/26-3966.html
Polyglot Conference NYC 2015 will bring hundreds of polyglots, linguists, and language enthusiasts from around the world to Manhattan this October for two days of wide-ranging language talks. It is the first event of its kind to be held in North America, uniting language lovers from all walks of life at the SVA Theatre in the bustling Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea.
Presenters include the inventor of the language Dothraki for the HBO hit Game of Thrones, forensic linguist Robert A. Leonard, the scholar Loraine Obler, teen polyglot Tim Doner, the head of the Endangered Language Alliance, linguist-writer John McWhorter, linguist-writer Michael Erard, representatives of major language-learning publishers, and more. The organizers are polyglots Richard Simcott, Ellen Jovin, and Alex Rawlings.
Visit the conference website at http://polyglotconference.com/
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Fall 2015 German Teacher Immersion Retreat in Colorado
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From http://www.aatg.org/events/event_details.asp?id=671884
The Colorado / Wyoming Chapter will be hosting a teacher immersion weekend September 18-20 at Estes Park YMCA of the Rockies. Cost will only be $125 for the weekend - meals and training included with stay.
For more details go to http://www.aatg.org/events/event_details.asp?id=671884
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Title: Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program
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From http://www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org/
The Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE). It seeks to promote mutual understanding among teachers, their schools and communities in the U.S. and abroad by:
• Building teachers’ and students’ global competence
• Sharing of best educational practices internationally
Participants in this three to six month program are based at university-level schools of education. They take courses, lead master classes and seminars, visit local schools, collaborate with each other online and in person, and complete an inquiry project of their own design.
Application deadline for U.S. teachers: November 4, 2015
Learn more about this program at http://www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org/
Source: Fulbright
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