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Title: Earn $300 for Your Classroom from ACTFL
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The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages is always looking for excellent photos to consider for the cover of "The Language Educator." Please upload your best photo illustrating language learning; if ACTFL uses it on the cover, you will receive $300 for your school or classroom. Photos need to be high-quality depictions of language learning, in or out of the classroom. They should be a minimum of 300 dpi resolution. Please upload no more than three images per person per month. Contact scutshall@actfl.org with questions or to get additional specifications.
ACTFL SmartBrief (actfl@smartbrief.com, 3 Dec 2015).
Source: ACTFL
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Title: Article: Graphic Designer Creates New Font for Cherokee Syllabary
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Portland graphic designer helps the Cherokee Nation update its language for the digital age
Mark Jamra created Phoreus Cherokee, the first commercially available and most complete typeface for the Cherokee language.
By Bob Keyes
November 29, 2015
Until recently, if members of the Cherokee Nation wanted to send a text message in their traditional language, they could do so only with a typeface that just partially captured their language. Now, they can send that text with all the nuance of the Cherokee language, expressed in looping, gestural glyphs that more closely resemble small drawings or doodles than letters from a Latin-based alphabet.
Mark Jamra is the reason why. The type designer from Portland is helping the Cherokee Nation adapt a writing system based on centuries-old traditions for the digital age.
Read the full article at http://www.pressherald.com/2015/11/29/portland-graphic-designer-helps-the-cherokee-nation-update-its-language-for-the-digital-age/
Source: Portland Press Herald
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Title: Foreign Language Arabic Website
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From http://foreignlanguagearabic.com/about/
This site by Summer Loomis is for Arabic learners who are interested in increasing their knowledge of the Arabic-speaking world through English and Arabic content found on and offline. There is a special emphasis on materials that are free or inexpensive, and materials for learners beyond the first year.
Explore the resources on this website at http://foreignlanguagearabic.com/
Source: Foreign Language Arabic
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Title: Read Chinese!
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From http://readchinese.nflc.org/
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, these Read Chinese! materials were developed to provide online e-learning reading lessons aimed at beginning and intermediate students of the language.
The materials respond to a rapidly growing interest in Chinese language study among American secondary school students. Using a variety of topics selected to interest high school students, the materials also reflect the national standards established for Chinese by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, as well as the latest principles in online instructional design. The materials may be easily used by individual learners studying on their own or by teachers assigning them for individual or group study.
Each lesson is available in both the Simplified characters used now in the People's Republic of China and in the Traditional "Full-Form" characters that are still used in Taiwan, in Singapore, and many overseas Chinese communities.
Access this resource at http://readchinese.nflc.org/
Source: NFLC
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Title: Chinese Voices Project: Recordings with Transcripts
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From http://www.clavisinica.com/
Clavis Sinica itself is a collection of for-sale applications for students of Chinese. However, the website also includes a collection of mini-essays with audio for students of Chinese language and culture. All of the selections are written by savvy young Beijingers and are read in their own voices. Each piece offers a perspective on modern life in Beijing you won't find in a Chinese language textbook or the China Daily.
The recordings are available here, organized by topic: http://www.clavisinica.com/voices.html
Source: Clavis Sinica
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Title: Russian Literature Week 2015
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From http://readrussia.org/journal/russian-literature-week-2015
Read Russia is pleased to announce the launch of RUSSIAN LITERATURE WEEK 2015, the second in an annual series of live and online events and publications every December celebrating and promoting the translation of classic and contemporary Russian literature into English.
Described more formally as “a celebration of Russian literature in translation featuring distinguished authors, translators, editors, publishers, journalists, filmmakers, broadcasters, and arts, education, and cultural institutions,” RUSSIAN LITERATURE WEEK 2015 will celebrate & promote in particular new translations of Russian literature and new film and online initiatives about Russian literature and book culture from publishers and producers large and small.
RUSSIAN LITERATURE WEEK 2015 will run December 7-11, 2015, and include readings, panel presentations, roundtables, discussions, plus online events and film screenings in New York City.
View a calendar of event this week at http://readrussia.org/journal/russian-literature-week-2015
Source: Read Russia
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Title: 2015 Germany.info Advent Calendar
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Here is a 2015 electronic Advent calendar from Germany.info, featuring different locations around Germany: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/04__W__t__G/01/09-Christmas/Advent2015-Link.html
Source: Germany.info
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Title: German-Style Christmas Markets in the United States
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From http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/04__W__t__G/01/09-Christmas/Markets__in__America.html
Ringing in the holiday season, cities across the United States are celebrating with their own versions of the traditional German Christmas market. Not unlike the Christmas markets in Germany, each of its American cousins has a flair that is unique to the city or region where it takes place.
Find a Christmas market near you here: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/04__W__t__G/01/09-Christmas/Markets__in__America.html
Read more about Christmas markets here: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/04__W__t__G/01/09-Christmas/Markets.html
Source: Germany.info
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Title: Gaudium Mundo: Latin Holiday Songs
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From http://gaudium-mundo.blogspot.com/
Gaudium Mundo is Laura Gibbs’ blog full of Latin holiday songs. There are some traditional Latin hymns, some English carols translated into Latin, and also some Polish carols translated into Latin.
You can access all of the songs now, but they are also presented in the blog as one song each day in December.
Gaudium Mundo is available at http://gaudium-mundo.blogspot.com/
Source: Bestiaria Latina
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Title: 2016 National French Contest: Le Grand Concours
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From http://frenchteachers.org/concours/index.html
The National French Contest/Le Grand Concours is an annual competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French.
Students of French in grades 1-12, in all 50 states and abroad, take a written test and compete against students with similar educational background for prizes. Grades 1-6 participate in the FLES Contest. Grades 7-12 in the Secondary Contest.
Students enter via their French teacher. All students are eligible -- home school parents or private tutors can request information on participation from the nearest Chapter Administrator. Students of non-AATF members are also welcome to participate.
The 2016 contest registration is now available; some deadlines are coming up fast. Learn more here: http://frenchteachers.org/concours/Resources/Contest%20Registration%20Information.html
For full details about le Grand Concours, go to http://frenchteachers.org/concours/index.html
Source: AATF
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