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Title: GURT Pre-Conference Workshop: Useful Evaluation in Language Programs
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From http://aelrc.georgetown.edu/
The Georgetown University Round Table (GURT) on Languages and Linguistics will take place March 11-13; for full details go to https://sites.google.com/site/gurt2016/.
The Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center (AELRC) will offer a pre-conference workshop on Thursday, March 10. The topic is “USEFUL EVALUATION IN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS.” Presenters are John Davis, Amy Kim, Todd McKay, Mina Niu, Young A Son, and Francesca Venezia. The workshop is introductory and relevant for language educators new to program evaluation and looking to learn practical techniques to implement in their courses and programs. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance after completing the workshop.
For more details about the workshop go to https://sites.google.com/site/gurt2016/program#workshop
Learn more about AELRC at http://aelrc.georgetown.edu/
Source: AELRC
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Title: Summer Seminar: Roman Daily Life
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From https://gustavus.edu/events/romandailylife/
Roman Daily Life
NEH Summer Seminar, July 18-August 5, 2016
for K-12 Teachers
The most important and engaging sources for Roman daily life are the Satyricon of Petronius and the city of Pompeii. This three-week summer seminar for K-12 teachers offers an opportunity to explore various topics of Roman daily life through an in-depth examination of these two bodies of evidence.
For full details go to https://gustavus.edu/events/romandailylife/
Source: Gustavus Adolphus College
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Title: Webinar: Occupied Paris: Creating a Virtual Learning Experience
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From http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/
Occupied Paris: Creating a Virtual Learning Experience
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 13:00
Presenter: Terri Nelson (California State University, San Bernardino)
Results from student testing of Paris Occupé, a presenter-created role-playing game set in Nazi-occupied Paris, show student progress in linguistic production, complex reasoning and empathy. In the game, students take on fictional identities to learn about Nazi-occupied Paris. The combination of historical information learned through the game, as well as more traditional course materials (fiction and nonfiction in a variety of media) plus the personal, emotional engagement with their RPG (role-playing game) character, helps students engage in higher level critical thinking skills and express more nuanced emotional, moral and philosophical stances in French while also developing a more comprehensive and realistic understanding of the complex time period. This presentation will demonstrate the game design features underlying the content delivery and linguistic scaffolding.
Learn more and register at http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/event/occupied-paris-creating-virtual-learning-experience
Source: COERLL
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Title: Ohio State’s Summer Seminars Abroad for Spanish Teachers
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From http://u.osu.edu/ssast/about/
The Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The Ohio State University announce this year’s intensive Summer Seminars Abroad, a 17-day workshop in Spanish linguistics in Barranquilla, Colombia. The purpose of the program is to provide participants with an opportunity to analyze and practice the Spanish language in a natural linguistic and cultural context, and to receive graduate university credit for that experience.
The program, scheduled for July 11-28, 2016, is intended primarily for Spanish teachers. Application is open, however, to graduate students from Spanish and other disciplines who have a demonstrated ability in the use of the Spanish language and a need for this type of course. Both native and non-native speakers of Spanish are invited to apply.
For full details go to http://u.osu.edu/ssast/
Source: The Ohio State University
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Title: National Coalition of Native American Language Schools and Programs
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The National Coalition of Native American Language Schools and Programs is a non-partisan group of organizations, families, parents and allies formed in January 2014 at the stabilizing indigenous languages symposium (SILS) conference in Hilo, Hawaii. Coalition members include Bureau of Indian Education schools, standard public schools, charter schools, and private schools. All members provide education through a Native American language for one half or more of all education in targeted grades. The Coalition represents existing programs in fifteen different states and offers assistance to groups seeking to start programs in these and other states and American territories.
Visit the Coalition’s website to learn more and to access resources for teaching and advocating for Native American languages: http://www.ncnalsp.org/
Source: National Coalition of Native American Language Schools and Programs
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Title: Dictionaries on the Living Arabic Project Website
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From http://www.livingarabic.com/
This site is an effort to show Arabic as a living language by allowing users to search in both a Classical Arabic dictionary and a dialect dictionary at the same time. It includes an Egyptian Arabic dictionary, a Levantine Arabic dictionary, and a Classical Arabic dictionary, as well as search features that allow to search for Arabic roots and words.
Access this resource at http://www.livingarabic.com/
Source: The Living Arabic Project
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Title: Orange County Resident Teaches Telugu in her Home
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From http://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-lost-language-20160201-story.html
Orange County teacher is on a mission to preserve Telugu, a language that's endangered in U.S.
by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
January 31, 2016
Three nights a week, Vidya Tandanki works at trying to save an ancient language perceived as threatened in some parts of the globe.
She hosts children in her Irvine home, where she has converted her garage into a classroom. It is painted bright turquoise with colorful posters and paintings hanging on the walls and also has a computer station, white boards, supply cabinets and rugs covering the floors.
There she teaches them Telugu, the children's mother tongue, which is mainly spoken in India.
…According to Bayapa Dadem, president of the Telugu Assn. of Southern California, about 5,000 Telugu families live between Los Angeles and San Diego, with Orange County being the biggest hub in the region. Orange County's Telugu population is the fourth- or fifth-largest in the country, he said, and it has been growing for the last decade.
Tadanki's first public class had seven students — her son and some of his friends — and was held in an extra room in the family house.
Read the full article at http://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-lost-language-20160201-story.html
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Title: Grants from the Japan Foundation
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Here are four grants from the Japan Foundation with approaching deadlines:
Japanese Teaching Material Purchase Grant
This program is intended to assist educational institutions in the U.S. to purchase teaching materials (textbooks, audio-visual materials, dictionaries, digital learning software, teachers’ reference books, etc.) for their Japanese-language courses by providing financial support not exceeding $1,000.
Deadlines: March 15, 2016, and September 15, 2016
Details: http://www.jflalc.org/grants-jle-materials.html
Japanese-language Education Project Grant
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles (hereafter “JFLA”) provides financial assistance for projects which promote Japanese language education on the national/state/regional levels, not exceeding $5,000. The project should benefit a wide range of educators/learners in the region or nationwide. JFLA accepts applications from educational institutions/organizations (Japanese language teachers’ associations, higher educational institutions, etc.) in the U.S., not from individuals.
Grant Amount: Up to $5,000 per project
Deadline: two months prior to project start date
Details: http://www.jflalc.org/grants-jle-language.html
Japanese-language Learners Event Grant
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles (hereafter "JFLA") provides financial support (up to $1,000) for Japanese-language related events on the national/state/regional levels (speech contests, quiz contests, or presentational events, etc.) that are intended to motivate a large number of Japanese-language learners in multiple schools featuring different educational levels (primary, secondary, collegiate levels, and adults) and promote Japanese-language education in the area. Closed events for a single school are not eligible.
Deadlines: March 1, 2016, and September 1, 2016
Details: http://www.jflalc.org/grants-jle-contest.html
Salary Assistance Grant for Japanese-Language Courses
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles (hereafter “JFLA”) supports educational institutions or school districts (hereafter “applicant”) in the U.S. that are facing temporary financial difficulties in either (1) starting up a new Japanese program or (2) expanding or maintaining a current program. JFLA provides one-year grant support to supplement the instructor’s salary, not exceeding $30,000.
Deadline: April 10, 2016
Details: http://www.jflalc.org/grants-jle-courses.html
Source: Japan Foundation
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Title: Learn Welsh at the 2016 Cwrs Cymraeg
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From http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/cwrs-cymraeg/cwrs-cymraeg-eleni
Cymdeithas Madog is proud to announce that the 2016 Cwrs Cymraeg will be held in the Rocket City of Huntsville, AL, July 17th - 24th, 2016. Join old friends and make new ones in this week long Welsh Course for beginners and accomplished users of the language alike.
Cwrs Cymraeg (which simply means "Welsh Course") emphasizes the spoken language, with classroom instruction at various levels ranging from absolute beginners to quite advanced. The teaching staff of experienced Welsh-speaking instructors is brought from Wales and North America. There are approximately 5 hours of language class each day, supplemented by further language and culture-related activities in the afternoon. Evening events such as singing, folk dancing, Welsh-language films, and a Noson Lawen (talent night) provide additional opportunities to relax while enjoying a Welsh-language atmosphere.
For more details go to http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/cwrs-cymraeg/cwrs-cymraeg-eleni
Source: Cymdeithas Madog
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Title: Italian Film & Cultural Festival 2016 in New Mexico
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From http://www.italianfilmfest.org/about_ifcf.php
Now in its 9th year, the 2016 New Mexico Italian Film & Culture Festival brings to The Land of Enchantment another strong line-up of recent, award-winning and highly-acclaimed Italian films in their local premieres. All films are in Italian with English subtitles and include a great mix of genres, from comedy to drama to romance.
This year’s festival takes place February 16-21.
For full details go to http://www.italianfilmfest.org/about_ifcf.php
Source: Italian Festivals of New Mexicao
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