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Title: New Black Box Podcast: Student Choice
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In the latest Black Box podcast, Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell looks at Anastasia Mozgalina’s 2015 article, “More or Less Choice? The Influence of Choice on Task Motivation and Task Engagement.” Her finding will be especially interesting to teachers who use task-based learning and those who use or are thinking about implementing a genius hour with their students.
Watch this podcast at http://musicuentos.com/2015/12/bb10choice/
Source: Musicuentos
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Title: Some Strategies for Teaching New Vocabulary
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Here is a recent blog post with suggested principles for teaching new vocabulary to language learners: http://frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2015/12/some-strategies-for-teaching-new.html
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Title: Federal Service Language Academy for High School Students
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From http://ung.edu/global-engagement/fsla/index.php
The FSLA has received national recognition for its high-quality high school language program. FSLA students come from all across the USA, from many foreign countries and from public, private and home schools. If a high school student is interested in international affairs or in a federal service career in organizations such as the FBI, CIA, Department of State, or US Military after graduation from college, then he or she should consider applying to the FSLA.
At the end of one of the three-week sessions, students will have a solid understanding of the fundamentals of your language of study, a grasp of general cultural norms, and a jump-start in preparing for college-level foreign language or international affairs education leading toward a potential career in federal service. Students may (with the agreement of their school) also be awarded one or two high school unit(s) of academic credit for successful completion of first and/or second-year Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Korean, German, Japanese, Cherokee, or Portuguese language.
Learn more about FSLA opportunities for 2016 at http://ung.edu/global-engagement/fsla/index.php
Source: University of North Georgia
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Title: 5 Tips For Using A Blindfold In Your Foreign Language Classroom
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Students learn best when their communication is meaningful - that is, when they are communicating something that the listener wouldn’t otherwise know. One way to easily create a communication gap for students to fill is to use a blindfold. If one person can see something that another person can’t, then spoken language can fill in the necessary information for the blindfolded person. Get five ideas for using a blindfold in your class in this recent blog post: http://senorhoward.com/blog/2015/12/08/tips-for-using-a-blindfold-in-your-foreign-language-classroom/
Source: Tuesday’s Tips for Staying in the Target Language
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Title: H-Net: Humanities Resource
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From https://networks.h-net.org/node/513/pages/1301/about
H-Net is an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web. H-Net’s edited networks publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and discussion for colleagues and the interested public.
Networks include African History/Studies, Chicana/o History/Studies, Chinese History/Studies, East Asian History/Studies, Eastern European History/Studies, European History/Studies, French History/Studies, German History/Studies, Italian History/Studies, Japanese History/Studies, Jewish History/Studies, Latin American and Caribbean History/Studies, Middle East History/Studies, Native American History/Studies, Northeast Asia, Russian or Soviet History/Studies, Slavic Studies, South Asian History/Studies, and Spanish and Portuguese History/Studies.
Find a network to join here: https://networks.h-net.org/networks
Source: H-Net
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Title: Blog Post: Feedback That Matters
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From http://www.creativelanguageclass.com/
Megan Smith of the Creative Language Class blog suggests the following three tips for giving students effective feedback that will help them to grow: it must be individualized, information about language structures may be better absorbed by a student after he/she has made errors with it, and feedback needs to be simple so that students can apply it easily.
Read the full blog post here: http://www.creativelanguageclass.com/planning/feedback-that-matters/
Source: Creative Language Class
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Title: December 2015 Issue of Language Magazine
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The December 2015 issue of Language Magazine is available for free online at http://languagemagazine.com/?p=124782. In this issue:
2016 Year Planner: Conferences, workshops, observances and grant deadlines
Open Doors Report: More students than ever are U.S.-bound to learn
Nail Polish and Baseball Bats: Diana Kennedy suggests “googling for content” to inspire students to read
Growing Global Educators: Deborah Ellis engages students in rigorous learning by harnessing their enthusiasm
Toward Biliteracy: Spanish and Californian Trajectories: As demands grow for biliteracy in California, Cynthia García Dehbozorgi and Nehemias Giménez García compare the state’s initiatives to those of Spain
STEM in a Chaotic Classroom: Lydia Withrow uses a CSI-themed project, creating a mock crime scene to incorporate STEM into her English curriculum
Last Writes: Richard Lederer with a Dog’s ‘Night Before Christmas’
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: Book: English for Academic Purposes: Approaches and Implications
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From http://www.cambridgescholars.com/english-for-academic-purposes
English for Academic Purposes: Approaches and Implications
Edited by Paul Thompson and Giuliana Diani
Published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
The analysis of academic genres and the use of corpus resources, methods and analytical tools are now central to a great deal of research into English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Both genre analysis and corpus investigations have revealed the patterning of academic texts, at the levels of lexicogrammar and discourse, and have led to richer understandings of the variations in such patterning between genres and between disciplines.
The thirteen contributions included in this volume address issues in academic discourse studies from a range of perspectives: namely, corpus-based research into EAP at the lexicogrammatical and genre levels (Section 1); intercultural EAP research (Section 2); English as a Lingua Franca in academic communication (Section 3); and the relationships between corpus, genre and pedagogy in EAP, with an emphasis on implications and applications (Section 4).
The collection is aimed primarily at teachers, students and researchers of EAP and applied corpus linguistics, but will also interest applied linguists in general. The emphasis of the contributions varies from studies with predominantly linguistic orientations to those focusing on practical applications.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.cambridgescholars.com/english-for-academic-purposes
Source: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Title: Book: New Techniques and Technologies in Teaching Foreign Languages
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From http://www.cambridgescholars.com/the-magic-of-innovation
The Magic of Innovation: New Techniques and Technologies in Teaching Foreign Languages
Edited by Dmitry A. Kryachkov, Elena B. Yastrebova, and Olga A. Kravtsova
Published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
This volume focuses on innovative approaches to teaching foreign language courses offered to non-language degree students. It includes essays related to the innovative use of ICTs, new developments in methodology, approaches to course and materials design, and the contribution of language theory to foreign language teaching. As the book brings together researchers and practitioners working in a variety of contexts, it provides detailed insight into ways the same challenges are dealt with in different educational environments.
The ideas and experiences analyzed in this collection of essays will appeal to anyone interested in the current trends in foreign language teaching and learning, particularly educationalists. The best practices in FLT that the book offers will be a source of inspiration for in-service teachers and course designers, while the theoretical backgrounds provided in each chapter will be valuable to pre-service teachers and stimulating to researchers.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.cambridgescholars.com/the-magic-of-innovation
Source: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Title: Book: WorldCALL: Sustainability and Computer-Assisted Language Learning
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WorldCALL: Sustainability and Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Edited by Ana María Gimeno Sanz, Mike Levy, Françoise Blin, and David Barr
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing
This volume focuses on computer- and digitally-assisted language learning in all of its forms: technology-enhanced language learning, network-based language learning, mobile-assisted language learning and so on, in close relation to the topic of sustainability. How can these technologies and techniques be implemented in a sustainable and repeatable way? The book covers a wide range of areas in terms of this "sustainability". These include:
(1) education (teacher/learner training)
(2) normalization (integration)
(3) systems (reliability, support, development)
(4) mobility (mobile-assisted language leaning)
(5) innovation (trends, research)
The volume samples research and practice in CALL from around the world, organized into sections. It has an introduction and a conclusion written by the editors (Ana Gimeno, Mike Levy, Françoise Blin and David Barr) which covers the state of the art at the moment and directions it is likely to take in the future.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/worldcall-sustainability-and-computer-assisted-language-learning-9781474248303/
Source: Bloomsbury Publishing
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