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Title: Editorial: Americans Can and Should Be Learning African Languages
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From http://qz.com/545232/americans-can-and-should-be-learning-african-languages/
Americans can and should be learning African languages
by Evan Fleischer
November 10, 2015
More Americans should learn to speak languages native to the African continent. There is a small, statistical base of speakers in the country—according to the 2011 US census, 884,660 individuals aged five years or older already speak a language originating in Africa. But we could have so much more.
Arguably, the most useful, indigenous African languages for Americans to learn are Yoruba (primarily spoken in Nigeria), Xhosa (South Africa), Swahili (Kenya, Tanzania, and much of East Africa), and Amharic (mainly Ethiopia). Four languages out of approximately 2,000 on a continent of 1.1 billion—but together, they share 210 million speakers.
Read the full article at http://qz.com/545232/americans-can-and-should-be-learning-african-languages/
Read a related article here: http://languagemagazine.com/?p=124722
Source: Quartz
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Title: Radio Series: Japan in Focus
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From http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/programs/japaninfocus/
ABC NewsRadio's Eleni Psaltis presents Japan In Focus, a new program that takes a close look at significant political and cultural developments in Japan.
Eleni is joined each week by an array of commentators and players who can provide a unique perspective on the island nation and its people, whether they're Samurai Blue fans, seismologists, experts on the Japanese mafia or political insiders.
Japan in Focus ensures listeners hear first-hand the issues important to Japan and the region.
Listen each Sunday after the 1300 AEDT news update on ABC NewsRadio nationally on radio, online and on mobile. Alternatively, use a podcast app to listen to past episodes.
Learn more and listen to the most recent episode here: http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/programs/japaninfocus/
Read a review of this resource here: https://readknowlearngo.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/japan-in-focus-podcast-overcast-app/
Source: ABC NewsRadio
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Title: Russian Overseas Flagship Program: Accepting Applications
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American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS would like to announce the opening of the application for the 2016-2017 Russian Overseas Flagship Program. The application deadline is January 14, 2016.
The Russian Overseas Flagship Program was established in 2004 to address the critical need for U.S. professionals able to speak, read, understand, and write in Russian at the highest levels of functional proficiency. The program is open to advanced-level learners of Russian who are committed to attaining "professional" or "distinguished-level" language proficiency (ILR 3, 3+, 4/ACTFL "Superior" or “Distinguished” levels) through an intensive nine-month language training program tailored to their professional interests and academic specialization.
The Russian Overseas Flagship Program prepares U.S. students to be able to communicate in Russian at the highest levels of functional proficiency. The program is located at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The academic program is structured around an integrated curriculum featuring classes in contemporary mass media, language and culture, expository writing, and advanced oral communication. Students are offered twenty hours per week of intensive language training and tutoring as well as content courses in any major at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, professional internships with local companies and organizations, and guided excursions. Optional Kazakh language and culture classes are available to interested students. A U.S. resident director and several local administrative staff provide 24/7 onsite logistical support to students. Participants receive academic credit through Bryn Mawr College. All participants live with Russian-speaking host families, where they can become fully immersed in Kazakh daily life.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for Boren Awards (www.borenawards.org), which may be used to support participation on the Russian Overseas Flagship Program.
At-large applicants (i.e., those who are not enrolled in the Russian Domestic Flagship programs) must satisfy the following requirements:
- Have a Bachelor's, or higher, degree before the beginning of the program in August 2016,
- Demonstrate ILR Level 2 or higher Russian in oral proficiency and at least two other skills (reading, listening, writing), with the fourth skill no less than ILR 1+, and
- Have at least six weeks of prior experience studying Russian in Russia or a Russian-speaking country.
Interested at-large applicants should contact Flagship Program Assistant Derek Groom (dgroom@americancouncils.org) by December 18, 2015, to request an online application account. Completed online applications, including all supporting documents, such as transcripts and letters of reference, must be submitted by 2 p.m. Eastern time, January 14, 2016.
To read more about the program, please go to http://flagship.americancouncils.org/russian/
Groom, D. [SEELANGS] RUSSIAN OVERSEAS FLAGSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATION 2016-2017 IS OPEN. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, 9 Nov 2015).
Source: SEELANGS
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Title: Roman Explorations Workshop for Elementary and Middle School Teachers
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From http://www.ascaniusyci.org/rome/
Roman Explorations
July 14 - 20, 2016
Roman Explorations is a workshop for elementary and middle school teachers* and homeschool instructors, on-site in Rome.
Participants will enjoy learning the basics of Latin, using a colorful, engaging, kid-friendly text called Minimus (Cambridge University Press). No previous experience with Latin is necessary.
In addition, participants will spend the bulk of their time journeying through the city of Rome, witnessing the monumental sites and museums firsthand. An accomplished instructor will provide commentary, lead discussion, and suggest lessons and activities for incorporating this material into the classroom.
Participants will receive myriad classroom-ready materials on all topics studied.
For full details go to http://www.ascaniusyci.org/rome/
Source: Ascanius
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Title: Custom Keyboard: GreekKeys 2015
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From https://classicalstudies.org/publications-and-research/about-greekkeys-2015
GreekKeys 2015 is the latest revision of a custom polytonic Greek keyboard program with accompanying fonts that has long been useful to many scholars, teachers, and students of the ancient and medieval Greek worlds. GreekKeys fonts and keyboards provide easy access to many specialized characters (e.g., for metrics, epigraphy, and papyrology) that are absent from most system fonts and that would otherwise have to be entered in roundabout or obscure ways.
If you need only the standard polytonic Greek characters, you may wish to try the free fonts and keyboards that come with Windows OS and Mac OS X. GreekKeys is intended for those with particular scholarly needs and for those who appreciate a simple scheme for the location of the accent characters.
GreekKeys 2015 is free to members of the Society for Classical Studies. Individuals who are not members of the SCS must first create an account on the SCS web site, but then may buy GreekKeys for $20.00 through the purchase page.
For more information about this resource go to https://classicalstudies.org/publications-and-research/about-greekkeys-2015
Source: Society for Classical Studies
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Title: Open Access Resource: Latinum Electronicum
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From http://www.degruyter.com/view/db/latinummi
Latinum Electronicum
Edited by Irene Burch, Simone Hiltscher, and Rudolf Wachter, Rudolf
Published by de Gruyter
The Latinum Electronicum is an interactive Latin course which teaches the basic knowledge of Latin. The course was developed within the framework of the “Virtual Campus Switzerland” in three languages – German, French, and Italian. In 23 lessons, students can learn Latin and also prepare for the qualification in Latin exam. Animated graphics facilitate the comprehension of those grammatical topics that are especially challenging: for example, the ablativus absolutus and six other syntactic phenomena are described through the use of example sentences which are analyzed and translated before the eyes of the learner.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.degruyter.com/view/db/latinummi
Source: De Gruyter
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Title: Online Spanish Film Collection: Filmoteca Española
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Here is an online collection of thousands of hours of different kinds of films in Spanish: http://www.rtve.es/filmoteca/
Source: RTVE
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Title: Clave al Éxito: Univision’s Bilingual Tool for Parents
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Clave al Éxito is a popular resource that Univision has created for parents whose children are in grades K-12. The site, which is available in Spanish and English, includes information about expectations for each grade level, an email translator that teachers and parents can use with each other, lessons for parents on how to be involved in their children’s education, and information about English language learners with disabilities.
Explore this resource at https://exito.univision.com/en/
Read a review of this resource at http://www.ewa.org/blog-latino-ed-beat/univisions-parent-engagement-tool-breaks-down-barriers
Source: Univision
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Title: Controlling Time in Your Classroom
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It’s been years since your InterCom editor taught in her own classroom, but she still has anxiety dreams about running out of time in her class to do the really cool activity because she took too long at the beginning of class to go over the day’s objectives, or to explain the activity. Here, from the Throw Away Your Textbook! blog, are some very practical suggestions for taking control of how time is spent in your classroom: http://www.throwawayyourtextbook.com/blog/controlling-time
Source: Throw Away Your Textbook!
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Title: Game Idea: “Word Sneak”
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Here is a game that Jimmy Fallon’s show made up: each player has 5 cards with words on them that they must sneak into a conversation as casually as possible. Read a description of this game being used in a Spanish classroom here: http://palmyraspanish1.blogspot.com/2015/11/word-sneak-in-mfl-classroom.html
Source: Teaching Spanish w/ Comprehensible Input
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