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Title: Irish Language Weekend and Teachers’ Workshop in New York
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From http://www.daltai.com/email/html/index.html
Daltaí na Gaeilge will hold its Irish Language Immersion Weekend, February 12th - 14th, 2016 in Esopus, New York. Online registration and payment are available. Attendees who register by January 29th will receive a $10 discount.
General Information, Directions and a Registration Form are available through this link: http://daltai.com/shop/products.php?product=Irish-Immersion-Weekend-%252d-February-12-to-14%2C-2016
A teachers’ workshop will take place immediately afterwards, on February 14-15, also in Esopus. Online registration and payment are available for the Teachers' Workshop.
General Information, Directions and a Registration Form are available through this link: http://daltai.com/shop/products.php?product=Ceardlann-na-Muinteoiri-%2814-%252d-15-Feabhra-2016%29
Source: Daltaí na Gaeilge
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Title: German Podcasts for Intermediate Learners
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Here are some arguments for listening to German podcasts, suggestions for how to choose one at the intermediate level, and a list of 10 recommended podcasts for intermediate level: http://www.fluentu.com/german/blog/intermediate-german-podcast/
Source: FluentU
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Title: Seattle’s French Fest
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From http://www.fenpnw.org/events/french-fest/
Seattle’s French Fest is a celebration of French-speaking cultures. This year it will take place on March 20 at the Seattle Center. Now in its fourth year, this event is free and open to the public. Enjoy live music, theater and dance performances, French cuisine, book sales, informative seminars and demonstrations, a “best baguette” contest, games, and more.
For more information, see this online flyer: http://files.ctctcdn.com/c35ef808001/2277c086-bc2c-40a6-9a7b-23ac30355d26.pdf
Source: Seattle’s French Fest
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Title: Idea for Disrupted Days: Café y conversación
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From http://theactivelearner.blogspot.de/
What do you do when the weather forces a late-start day that throws your schedule and lesson plans for a loop? How do you establish a classroom culture where students look forward to communicating in their target language? Here is a great idea: you provide hot chocolate and snacks, your students bring mugs, desk are arranged into a circle, and you spend the class period conversing.
Read how here: http://theactivelearner.blogspot.de/2016/01/cafe-y-conversacion.html
Source: The Active Learner
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Title: Speaking Prompts and 10 Ways to Use Them
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From http://www.throwawayyourtextbook.com
Here are some sets of speaking prompts, sorted by difficulty (yes/no and either/or questions first, then content questions, then questions that require more detailed answers, and finally situation prompts), and 10 suggestions for using speaking prompts: http://www.throwawayyourtextbook.com/blog/10-ways-to-use-speaking-prompts
Source: Throw Away Your Textbook!
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Title: Future Selves
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How do you inspire students to think about their aspirations for their future selves? Here, from the FLTEACH listserv, is one teacher’s idea for using the year 2035 as the backdrop for her entire school year in her Spanish 3 class: https://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1601&L=FLTEACH&P=R11840&I=-3&d=No+Match%3BMatch%3BMatches
One online tool that was recently suggested is Querido Futuro Yo, which allows people to send emails to themselves, which will be delivered at a date in the future: http://www.queridofuturoyo.com/
Source: Various
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Title: Ideas for Teaching about the Environment in Spanish
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An FLTEACH listserv user recently requested ideas, resources, etc. to teach Spanish learners about the environment. Go to https://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1601&L=FLTEACH&P=R12065&I=-3&d=No+Match%3BMatch%3BMatches to see the original query and then click on “Next” by “By Topic” to see other users’ suggestions.
Source: FLTEACH
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Title: Do You Teach Young Learners? Try the #earlylang Hashtag on Twitter
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If you’re looking for posts about teaching young language learners, try searching for #earlylang on Twitter. Here’s a sampling of recent tweets: https://twitter.com/hashtag/earlylang
Source: Twitter
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Title: 39th Portland International Film Festival
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From http://www.nwfilm.org/festivals/piff/
39th Portland International Film Festival
February 11-27
Drawing an audience of 38,000, the Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is the biggest film event in Oregon, premiering more than 140 international shorts and feature films to Portland audiences each February. Audiences can experience a variety of parties, visiting artists, and plenty of festival adventure taking in this feast of cinematic fare.
Find out more about this year’s festival at http://www.nwfilm.org/festivals/piff/
Source: Portland Art Museum
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Title: Children’s Stories for Early Language Learning
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Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell writes, “Where is the magic intersection of great children’s literature and stories particularly helpful for early language acquisition?” Read about three books that she uses and recommends, and how you can use them for teaching young language learners in her blog post: http://musicuentos.com/2016/01/early-lang-books/
Source: Musicuentos
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