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Title: Report: Innovating Language Education
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In a special project commissioned by the Language Flagship Technology Innovation Center (LFTIC) at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, the New Media Consortium is releasing Innovating Language Education: An NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief. This report aims to inform an unprecedented strategic planning effort to devise technology-supported activities and programs for LFTIC, as well as to aid in decision-making and policymaking across the higher education sector.
Recommendations from the report include:
- Integrate Design Thinking into Curricula
- Build Smart Partnerships
- Enhance the User Experience
- Foster More Authentic Exchanges Through Collaborative Tools
- Adopt Data-Driven Approaches
These recommendations are framed by discussions of major trends, challenges, and technology developments in language education, along with key definitions and proofs of concept.
For more information about the report and to download it, go to http://www.nmc.org/nmc-horizon-news/nmc-and-lftic-collaborate-on-strategic-brief-to-innovate-language-education/
Source: New Media Consortium
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Title: Classroom Resources on the Refugee Crisis
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Here is a curated collection of online resources about the refugee crisis, separated in sections for elementary and middle/high school learners: http://arabicalmasdar.org/classroom-resources-on-the-refugee-crisis/
Source: Al-Masdar
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Title: Scenes from 21st-Century China
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Here is a photo collection from early February depicting contemporary China: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/02/scenes-from-21st-century-china/459582/
Source: The Atlantic
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Title: 2016 Regents STARTALK Foreign Language Academy for Chinese and Russian
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From http://www.kent.edu/mcls/fla
The Regents STARTALK Foreign Language Academy at Kent State University is an opportunity for Ohio high school students to study Chinese and Russian this summer. The academy will run June 19-July 16. This residential program is intended for students with no prior knowledge of Chinese and Russian. In addition to the summer academy, students must participate in a follow-up academic year session consisting of distance learning and monthly Saturday sessions.
For full details about this opportunity go to http://www.kent.edu/mcls/fla
Source: Kent State University
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Title: Festival du Film Francophone in Chicago
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The Alliance Française de Chicago will be hosting a Festival du Film Francophone on March 26. To see the schedule of films go to http://www.af-chicago.org/app/Calendar.php?event=1401&type=61
Source: Alliance Française de Chicago
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Title: Pacific Northwest Featured in French News
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Oregon was recently featured in a long article in LeFigaro.fr; read the French-language article here: http://www.lefigaro.fr/voyages/2016/02/19/30003-20160219ARTFIG00282-l-ouest-americain-facon-oregon.php. An article about Seattle appeared in The Good Life, available here: http://www.thegoodlife.fr/en
Source: Alliance Française de Portland
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Title: Spanish CD Recommendations for Young Learners
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A Ñandutí listserv user recently requested recommendations of Spanish CDs with songs appropriate for her young learners. Read her colleagues’ suggestions at http://caltalk.cal.org/read/messages?id=59986#59986
Source: Ñandutí
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Title: Hidden Messages and Secret Codes for Spanish Learners
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From http://www.spanishplayground.net/
Your InterCom Editor remembers writing secret messages as a child. Encoding a message makes the process of writing it more engaging for young learners. In this blog post you can learn about several different ways to write secret messages (for example, with lemon juice) or to create a code or cipher for a message, as well as how to use secret messages with young learners: http://www.spanishplayground.net/secret-messages-kids-learning-spanish/
Source: Spanish Playground
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Title: Pull-Out Versus Push-In ESL Programs in Elementary Schools
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Monica Schnee, an ESL practitioner in River Edge, a K–6 district in New Jersey, has written a guest blog about the issue of pull-out versus push-in programs for young English language learners. Read her post at http://blog.tesol.org/pull-out-vs-push-in-esl-programs-in-elementary-schools/
Source: TESOL
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Title: March Music Madness
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The NCAA men’s basketball tournament begins March 15, and the women’s basketball tournament begins March 18. Many people will be filling out brackets in which the winner of a game advances to the next round. Meanwhile, in the language teaching world, teachers are setting up brackets with popular songs in the target language. Students will vote on their favorite from a given pair on each day. You can see the original idea described here: https://aventurasnuevas.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/mania-musical-de-marzo-march-musical-madness/.
View two Spanish teachers’ choices from this year’s brackets here: http://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com/2016/02/march-musica-miercoles-madness.html and https://spanishplans.org/2016/02/23/marzodemusica-2016/.
View a French teacher’s picks here: https://mmefarab.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/la-manie-musicale-de-mars/
May the “best” song win!
Source: Various
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