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Title: Book: The Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner
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The Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner
Edited by Jim King
Published by Palgrave Macmillan
Traditionally dominant approaches in applied linguistics have tended to emphasize cognitive aspects of second language acquisition, and have placed the language learner as being largely independent from the context. This volume offers a timely challenge to this notion by bringing together a state-of-the-art collection of chapters which acknowledge that learner characteristics and behavior are in fact dynamic and can be influenced by a multitude of competing temporal and situational factors. An international team of scholars (based in Austria, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States) specializing in a range of language learning-related disciplines contribute cutting edge conceptual papers and data-based studies, making this book essential reading for graduate students, researchers and second language practitioners with an interest in psychological and social aspects of language learning.
Visit the publisher’s website at https://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/the-dynamic-interplay-between-context-and-the-language-learner-jim-king/?sf1=barcode&st1=9781137457127
Source: Palgrave Macmillan
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Title: New Media Consortium Seeks Examples of Language Innovation in Higher Education
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From http://www.nmc.org/nmc-horizon-news/submit-your-project-for-the-2015-nmc-language-ed-brief/
The New Media Consortium — the producer of the NMC Horizon Report series — is seeking examples of innovation across the language education field in higher education. Of particular interest are programs, projects, services, and products that leverage enabling technology in ways that not only bolster language proficiency and improve teaching practices, but also heighten cultural and contextual awareness within language learners. If you submit a project, it may be included in a special NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief, “Innovating Language Education,” set to be published in Winter 2016.
Learn more and submit your project at http://www.nmc.org/nmc-horizon-news/submit-your-project-for-the-2015-nmc-language-ed-brief/
Source: NMC
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Title: 24th Annual National Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Summer Conference
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From http://atdle.org/
The Association of Two-Way & Dual Language Education is happy to announce that registration to the 24th National Two-Way Conference in Sacramento is open. The conference will take place June 27-29, 2016.
Learn more and register at http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ebt86euf099c4c4b&llr=khlmnheab
Source: ATDLE
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Title: Southern Conference on Language Teaching 2016
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From http://scolt.org/index.php/conferences/current-conference
Southern Conference on Language Teaching 2016
February 18-20, 2016
Charlotte, NC
This year's conference features a truly regional flair, as SCOLT partners with FLANC, SCFLTA and SEALLT to offer you a dynamic program!
Early bird registration ends January 8.
Visit the conference website at http://scolt.org/index.php/conferences/current-conference
Source: SCOLT
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Title: Online SOPA/ELLOPA Training in 2016
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From http://www.cal.org/ela/profdev/onlinetraining.html
CAL now offers periodic online instructor-mediated courses that teach participants how to administer and rate oral language proficiency for students in grades K-8 using the Student Oral Proficiency Assessment (SOPA) and the Early Language Listening and Oral Proficiency Assessment (ELLOPA).
Courses are offered when a minimum number of participants are interested in purchasing the course. Each course has a two month registration window. Participants have access to the course 24/7 and may work at their own pace with guidance from an experienced SOPA/ELLOPA trainer.
View the 2016 course schedule and learn more about the courses here: http://www.cal.org/ela/profdev/onlinetraining.html
Source: CAL
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Title: Webinar: Building Community in a Highly Successful Inner-City STARTALK Program
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From http://nnell.org/webinars/
The National Network for Early Language Learning has an upcoming session in its Professional Development Webinar series:
Building Community in a Highly Successful Inner-City STARTALK Program
December 3, 2015 at 4:00 pm (ET)
In her article, "Building Community in a Highly Successful Inner-City STARTALK Program", Ann Ferriter states, “We listened intently to programmatic suggestions from key stakeholders resulting in one very successful project last summer.”
Join Dr. Kelly Davidson Devall as she asks Ferriter to elaborate on the success of the program and what she has in planned for future programs!
Get more information and register at http://nnell.org/webinars/
Source: NNELL
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Title: Fulbright-Hayes 2016 Summer Institute on China for Middle and High School Teachers
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From http://www.smcoe.org/about-smcoe/superintendents-office/2015-summer-institute-on-china.html
The Institute of East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley, UCLA Confucius Institute, San Mateo County Office of Education and Shanghai Jiao Tong University are pleased to announce the 2016 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Summer Institute on China. For the third year, these organizations will partner with the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) in coordination with their upcoming Los Angeles exhibit on the Mogao Caves. With pre-travel sessions being hosted by the UCLA Confucius Institute, the program will begin in Los Angeles before leaving for China. The theme “Landscape and Perspective" will focus on Dunhuang and the Mogao Caves, located along the Silk Road, as well as examine other evidence of cross cultural landscapes found in Shanghai, Suzhou, Xi'an and Beijing. The dates of the program are June 13 - July 16, 2016. This program is open to California middle and high school full-time classroom teachers.
For more information, please follow this link: http://www.smcoe.org/about-smcoe/superintendents-office/2015-summer-institute-on-china.html
Applications are due by December 1, 2015
Source: San Mateo County Office of Education
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Title: Path 2 Proficiency: Blogging Platform Based on TELL Framework
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From http://www.path2proficiency.com/about-this-blog/
Your InterCom editor spends hours each week reading teachers’ blog posts, seeking out posts that exemplify best practice and will be helpful for other practicing teachers. Now, here is a new source of excellent blog posts: the Path 2 Proficiency (P2P) website. P2P serves as a platform for teachers to share their ideas for and reflections on language teaching and learning. Each post addresses a domain within the Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning (TELL) framework, and posts are searchable by TELL domain or author.
The first entry, posted a week and a half ago, is by Spanish teacher Rosalyn Rhodes and deals with the many ways that she uses the walls of her classroom to facilitate her students’ learning: http://www.path2proficiency.com/classroom-connections/
Visit the Path 2 Proficiency website to read the latest posts, browse all posts, and subscribe by email to receive notification of new posts: http://www.path2proficiency.com/
Learn more about the TELL framework at http://www.tellproject.org/
Source: Path 2 Proficiency
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Title: “Backgrounder” Document about Refugees from Syria
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The Cultural Orientation Resource Center at the Center for Applied Linguistics has published a Refugee Backgrounder with basic information about Syrian refugees.
A country profile provides a brief guide to Syria’s history, people, and cultures. The backgrounder then looks at the crisis in Syria and the conditions refugees face in first asylum countries. Finally, it considers some of the strengths and resources resettled refugees may be able to draw on in their new communities and some of the challenges they are likely to face.
Access this publication at http://www.cal.org/resource-center/publications/refugees-from-syria
Source: CAL
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Title: Arabic Units for First Graders
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From http://arabicalmasdar.org/resources/lasalle-first-grade-arabic-lesson/
This Arabic lesson for first graders, developed by Wael Fawzy at LaSalle II Magnet School in collaboration with Qatar Foundation International, includes six units packed with interactive activities to help students quickly grasp everyday vocabulary.
Unit One is titled Things in My Backpack and Classroom and spans seventeen days, by the end of which students should be able to ask for common objects around the classroom. Unit Two, Calendar, teaches students the numbers in Arabic and has them use month and date words in conversation. The unit also features cards that let students color in the names of the months and days. Unit Three, Pets and Animals, focuses on animal vocabulary and has students express their pet preferences in Arabic. The conclusion of the unit has students perform an Arabic animal song.
Unit Four, Describing Family and Friends, teaches students adjectives to describe people in their community and how to comparatively describe their physical characteristics. Unit Five, Weather and Seasons, teaches students how to describe the weather and express their likes and dislikes. The unit also features review songs for the months, colors, and numbers. Unit Six, Our Bodies, covers basic anatomical vocabulary and ends with a song that displays what students have learned.
All the units include vocabulary lists, interactive activities, and student pre-assessments. The unit aims to have students speak. read, and listen in the novice-low range and focuses on introducing them to the cultural aspects of the Arabic language as well.
Access these units at http://arabicalmasdar.org/resources/lasalle-first-grade-arabic-lesson/
Source: Al-Masdar
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