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Title: Word Variation Map of Germany
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Here is a map of Germany mapping out the use of different words in different areas. You can use this map to discuss dialect regions and variation in German.
The map is available at http://www.atlas-alltagssprache.de/runde-1/f01/
Source: Universität Salzburg
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Title: Martia Dementia: Tournament of Ancient Authors
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The brackets for the college basketball tournaments were released yesterday. In tandem with March Madness, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers will bring back Martia Dementia, the tournament that put ancient authors against one another last year. This year’s bracket also includes philosophers and political figures.
Each participant fills out a bracket, and then responds to a survey sent out for each round. Bolchazy-Carducci will offer book credit as prizes for the top scores (and one for the worst!).
For full details go to http://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2016/02/martia-dementia-2016.html
Source: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
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Title: Pelagios: Digital Map of the Roman Empire
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Here is an interactive map of the Roman Empire: http://pelagios.dme.ait.ac.at/maps/greco-roman/. You can learn more about the map at http://pelagios.dme.ait.ac.at/maps/greco-roman/about.html and keep up with the Pelagios project at http://pelagios-project.blogspot.com/
Source: Pelagios
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Title: Circumlocution Activities for Spanish Learners
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From http://www.path2proficiency.com/
Jaime Basham describes how he introduced the concept of circumlocution to his Spanish 2 students by breaking the strategy into three types. After looking at examples, students played a game called “Juego de Tarjetas” to practice their circumlocution skills.
Read how to introduce circumlocution and how to play the game at http://www.path2proficiency.com/finding-the-right-word/
Source: path to proficiency
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Title: 12 Ideas for Teaching Prepositions
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From http://palmyraspanish1.blogspot.com/
Here are twelve ideas for introducing and reinforcing prepositions with your Spanish learners: http://palmyraspanish1.blogspot.com/2016/02/12-ideas-for-teaching-prepositions-in.html
Source: Teaching Spanish w/ Comprehensible Input
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Title: How to Teach Senior Language Learners
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Here are tips for teaching older adult language learners: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/how-maximise-language-learning-senior-learners
Source: British Council
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Title: Grammar Resources for English Teachers and Learners
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Kristen Lindahl writes, “Grammar is one of the most taught, most judged, and least understood concepts of language. Over hundreds of years, language teachers and textbook authors have attempted to reduce grammar to a digestible set of rules for students to remember and practice, only to realize that 1) the rules didn’t apply to every instance of use, and 2) the students didn’t really remember them anyway. Teachers can also be wary of grammar instruction, feeling less confident about teaching it than other aspects of language that seem more consistent and stable, such as vocabulary.” Read her full blog post for ideas and resources on teaching (and not teaching) grammar: http://blog.tesol.org/great-grammar-for-tesol-teachers/
Source: TESOL
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Title: Local Engagement Through Global Questions
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Shanna Peeples, a high school English teacher in Texas and the Council of Chief State School Officers 2015 National Teacher of the Year, writes,
“Each day, teachers are charged with the invaluable task of preparing tomorrow's citizens. As educators, we have the agency to make instructional decisions that affect how students perceive the world around them. We can equip them with the essential knowledge and skills to thrive in this era of globalization—even beyond graduation.
“…In the 21st century, the world is a global village that can be engaged in with as little as the click of a mouse. This unique moment in time provides teachers the foundation to cultivate a classroom culture of globally themed student inquiry, in the class, the community, and beyond. Student questions are authentic, engaging, and self-motivating ways of disrupting the narrative of disengagement and classroom apathy by helping students sees themselves as global citizens.”
Read the full article at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2016/03/teacher_of_the_year_local_engagement_through_global_questions.html
Source: Education Week
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Title: Availability of Foreign Language Materials as Open Educational Resources
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From http://blog.coerll.utexas.edu
Our sister Language Resource Center, the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning, recently posted a blog entry listing repositories with language learning materials as well as criteria for evaluating their content. You may want to bookmark this post; it contains many resources that we at InterCom have also found to be useful in addition to some others that we hadn’t seen before.
Read the blog post at http://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/availability-of-fl-materials-in-oer-repositories/
Source: COERLL
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Title: Foreign Language and International Studies Day at the University of Oregon
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From http://babel.uoregon.edu/flis-day
The University of Oregon’s 38th Annual Foreign Language and International Studies Day
May 6, 2016
FLIS is Oregon's largest foreign language and culture event. FLIS presenters are UO faculty and students from more than 40 different countries, who represent UO's outstanding foreign language, linguistics, and international studies programs.
Accompanying them are 20+ presentations from international students in the UO's cultural outreach program, ICSP. And, as always, there will be special guest performers, like Azucar, Parfait Bassale and UO's own Dance Africa, K-Aire, and the Wushu Team.
High school students and their teachers from throughout Oregon are invited to attend. The final deadline for registration is April 15.
For full details about FLIS Day, go to http://babel.uoregon.edu/flis-day.
Source: University of Oregon
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