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Title: An Evening of Italian Literature in Chicago
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An Evening of Italian Literature
Selected Readings of Italian Short Stories in English Translation
performed and translated by Lawrence Garner
Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Free and open to the public.
Learn more and register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-of-italian-literature-tickets-22465918166
Source: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
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Title: KINO! 2016 - Festival of German Films in New York
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From https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/ney/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=20722829
KINO! 2016 - Festival of German Films
April 7-14, 2016
With screenings and events at Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street, and other locations
KINO! is a long-running fixture on New York’s cultural calendar, having been showcased at the Museum of Modern Art before going independent in 2014. Programmed by a jury of leading film professionals, KINO! 2016 presents a selection of twelve feature premieres plus the US premiere of the Short Export Made in Germany program.
As part of this year's festival lineup, the Goethe-Institut co-presents B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West Berlin 1979-1989 (2015) on April 9 and 11, with co-director and producer Klaus Maeck in attendance.
On April 12, the Goethe-Institut also presents a special screening of Decoder, a 1984 cult classic co-written and produced by Maeck. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Klaus Maeck and cast member Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, moderated by Ryan Martin.
KINO! 2016 is organized by German Films, in collaboration with Bertelsmann and supported by the Goethe-Institut New York and other partners.
For more information about Kino! 2016, go to https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/ney/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=20722829
Source: Goethe-Institut of New York
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Title: Babylon 3D
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Explore the ancient city of Babylon on this graphics-oriented website: http://www.kadingirra.com/index.html
Source: Babylon 3D
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Title: Free Online Course: Hadrian's Rome
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From http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/hadrians-rome/content-section-0
This free course, Hadrian's Rome, explores the city of Rome during the reign of the emperor Hadrian (117-38 CE). What impact did the emperor have on the appearance of the city? What types of structures were built and why? And how did the choices that Hadrian made relate to those of his predecessors, and also of his successors?
Duration: 10 hours
Learn more and enroll at http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/hadrians-rome/content-section-0
Source: OpenLearn
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Title: Performance Assessments to Accompany Le Petit Prince
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Do your French students read Le Petit Prince? Here are three different assessments for different points in the novel: http://madameshepard.com/?p=1167
Source: Madame's Musings
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Title: Article: La mosaïque des Francophones aux Etats-Unis
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Here is a French-language article about La Francophonie in the United States: http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/2015/03/05/les_francophones_aux_etats-unis.html
Source: France-Amérique
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Title: Authentic Resources: Using the Song “El Mole” in a Gastronomy Unit
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From http://reflecciones-kj.blogspot.com/
Kara Jacobs writes about how she incorporates the song “El Mole” by Virulo along with other authentic resources into her unit on “La Diversidad de la Gastronomía” in her Spanish 4/5 class. Read how she does it here: http://reflecciones-kj.blogspot.com/2016/02/el-mole-una-cancion-para-una.html
Source: Teaching Spanish...
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Title: Cover Letter for Job Applications in Spanish
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Here is an example of a cover letter that you could use to apply for a job in a Spanish-speaking country, along with a description of each element in the letter, including the contents of each paragraph: http://quijotesancho.com/quieres-buscar-trabajo-en-espana-o-hispanoamerica/
Source: Quijote & Sancho
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Title: Report: English Learner Student Characteristics and Time to Reclassification: An Example From Washington State
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From http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=434
A report, “English learner student characteristics and time to reclassification: An example from Washington state” by Jason Greenberg Motamedi, Malkeet Singh, and Karen D. Thompson, has been released and is available online at http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northwest/pdf/REL_2016128.pdf.
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This study examined how long it typically takes English learner students to become proficient in English and how this time differs by student characteristics, such as gender, home language, or initial proficiency in English. The authors analyzed state data for 16,957 English learner students who entered kindergarten between 2005/06 and 2011/12 in seven cohorts. The students attended seven school districts that comprise the Road Map Project, an initiative designed to double the number of students in South King County (Washington) who are on track to graduate from college or earn a career credential by 2020. The study looked at five language groups in the region, each of which comprises at least 3 percent of the total sample: Spanish, Vietnamese, Somali, Russian and Ukrainian combined, and Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese combined. All other languages, 160 in total, were combined into an “other language” category. The findings show that students who entered kindergarten as English learners took a median of 3.8 years to be reclassified by Washington state as former English learners. Those who entered kindergarten with advanced English language proficiency were more likely to be reclassified than English learner students with basic or intermediate English proficiency. Also, female English learner students were more likely to be reclassified than male English learner students. Speakers of Chinese, Vietnamese, and Russian and Ukrainian were more likely to be reclassified than Somali or Spanish speakers. In addition to contributing to the research base, the study findings may be of interest to state education agencies as they create new targets and standards for English language proficiency. State agencies may wish to consider taking initial English language proficiency into account when determining appropriate targets for federal accountability measures, for example by setting longer expected times to reclassification and providing additional support to students entering school with basic or intermediate levels of English language proficiency. Many states are also implementing new standards for college and career readiness and overhauling their assessment and accountability systems, both of which involve setting additional targets for English learner students. A better understanding of the factors related to variation in time to proficiency may allow states to establish targets that take particular factors, such as initial English language proficiency, into account.
Source: Institute of Education Sciences
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Title: 10 Online Resources to Improve EL Literacy
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In this blog post, Judie Haynes shares online resources for fiction and non-fiction that is accessible to English language learners. Many of the resources were shared by teachers on a recent #ELLCHAT discussion on Twitter.
Read the annotated list of resources here: http://blog.tesol.org/10-online-resources-to-improve-el-literacy/
Source: TESOL
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