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Title: Listening exercise: travel and eating out in France
Body: About.com's French language site has added two new listening exercises, with normal- and slow-speed audio, exercises, transcript, translation, and tests. Accessible at: http://french.about.com/library/listening/blff-resto-listen.htm
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Title: Listening exercise: travel and eating out in France
Body: About.com's French language site has added two new listening exercises, with normal- and slow-speed audio, exercises, transcript, translation, and tests. Accessible at: http://french.about.com/library/listening/blff-resto-listen.htm
Source: About.com
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Title: Culture plays a role in dyslexia
Body: Full article available at: http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2004/09/01/ hscout520983.html A new study reveals that cultural factors influence how dyslexia manifests itself by finding that the disorder affects the brains of Chinese and English speakers differently. "Our findings argue against a simple biological unit theory of dyslexia," said the study's corresponding author, Lihai Tan, a research fellow at the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health and associate professor of linguistics at the University of Hong Kong. "Dyslexia is part of culture." Gardner, A. Culture plays a role in dyslexia. http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/ health/feeds/hscout/2004/09/01/hscout520983.html (1 Sep. 2004).
Source: Forbes
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Title: Culture plays a role in dyslexia
Body: Full article available at: http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2004/09/01/ hscout520983.html A new study reveals that cultural factors influence how dyslexia manifests itself by finding that the disorder affects the brains of Chinese and English speakers differently. "Our findings argue against a simple biological unit theory of dyslexia," said the study's corresponding author, Lihai Tan, a research fellow at the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health and associate professor of linguistics at the University of Hong Kong. "Dyslexia is part of culture." Gardner, A. Culture plays a role in dyslexia. http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/ health/feeds/hscout/2004/09/01/hscout520983.html (1 Sep. 2004).
Source: Forbes
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Title: France promotes language learning in EU
Body: Full article available at: http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17247 The French Foreign Ministry yesterday announced the three-year plan, designed, they say, to promote the language in the 10 new EU member states as well as Bulgaria and Romania. Each wave of enlargement in the European Union in recent decades has resulted in an increase in the prominence of English in Europe, often to the detriment of French. Indeed, the number of European Commissioners from the new member states who speak Russian is said to be more than those who speak French. Beatty, A. France to train 2000 in fight to promote language. http:// www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17247 (9 Oct. 2004).
Source: EUobserver.com
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Title: France promotes language learning in EU
Body: Full article available at: http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17247 The French Foreign Ministry yesterday announced the three-year plan, designed, they say, to promote the language in the 10 new EU member states as well as Bulgaria and Romania. Each wave of enlargement in the European Union in recent decades has resulted in an increase in the prominence of English in Europe, often to the detriment of French. Indeed, the number of European Commissioners from the new member states who speak Russian is said to be more than those who speak French. Beatty, A. France to train 2000 in fight to promote language. http:// www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17247 (9 Oct. 2004).
Source: EUobserver.com
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Title: Students of Arabic in US double
Body: Prompted partially by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the number of students at U.S. colleges who are enrolled in Arabic language courses nearly doubled from late 1998 through 2002. It's the fastest growth rate for any foreign language during that period and there's no sign that interest is waning. About 100 Americans traveled to rural Vermont this summer to study Arabic in one of the world's best-known language programs. Kuo, K. Number of Arabic language students nearly doubles in US. http:// www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=3639A010-EB4B-4C9D- B998DA1B7479B6F4 (25 Aug. 2004).
Source: VOAnews.com
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Title: Students of Arabic in US double
Body: Prompted partially by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the number of students at U.S. colleges who are enrolled in Arabic language courses nearly doubled from late 1998 through 2002. It's the fastest growth rate for any foreign language during that period and there's no sign that interest is waning. About 100 Americans traveled to rural Vermont this summer to study Arabic in one of the world's best-known language programs. Kuo, K. Number of Arabic language students nearly doubles in US. http:// www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=3639A010-EB4B-4C9D- B998DA1B7479B6F4 (25 Aug. 2004).
Source: VOAnews.com
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Title: Call For Papers: 5th Annual Graduate Conference, University of Toronto
Body: From: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/easgsc/ MOVEMENT: THE CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF EAST ASIA Saturday, March 5, 2005 The graduate students in East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto will host their Fifth Annual Graduate Conference entitled "Movement: The Cultural Dynamics of East Asia" on March 5, 2005. The conference will explore notions of movement in literature, art, philosophy, religion, politics, commerce, and demographics within and beyond China, Korea and Japan. Movement, broadly interpreted, might encompass topics such as the evolution of artistic styles; the spread of religious and philosophical ideas; political and commercial relations; displacement and migration; travel and tourism; translation and textual transmission. We shall examine East Asian cultures in flux, emerging, and under influence in all periods. All disciplines and approaches are welcome. The conference features Prof. Zhang Longxi from City University of Hong Kong as a keynote speaker and other prominent scholars in their fields as panel discussants.We would like to invite all those interested in presenting papers to submit a one-page abstract and a brief CV by November 30, 2004. The deadline for submitting completed papers is January 1, 2005. Presenters will be given 15 minutes to present their work. As a guideline, papers may be around 10 pages. Presentations of research in progress are welcome. Panelists are also encouraged to submit as panels of three. You may email your submissions and enquiries to conference coordinator Luo Hui at easgsc@chass.utoronto.ca or h.luo@utoronto.ca. On-line application will also become available soon at the conference website: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/easgsc/
Source: University of Toronto
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Title: Call For Papers: 5th Annual Graduate Conference, University of Toronto
Body: From: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/easgsc/ MOVEMENT: THE CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF EAST ASIA Saturday, March 5, 2005 The graduate students in East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto will host their Fifth Annual Graduate Conference entitled "Movement: The Cultural Dynamics of East Asia" on March 5, 2005. The conference will explore notions of movement in literature, art, philosophy, religion, politics, commerce, and demographics within and beyond China, Korea and Japan. Movement, broadly interpreted, might encompass topics such as the evolution of artistic styles; the spread of religious and philosophical ideas; political and commercial relations; displacement and migration; travel and tourism; translation and textual transmission. We shall examine East Asian cultures in flux, emerging, and under influence in all periods. All disciplines and approaches are welcome. The conference features Prof. Zhang Longxi from City University of Hong Kong as a keynote speaker and other prominent scholars in their fields as panel discussants.We would like to invite all those interested in presenting papers to submit a one-page abstract and a brief CV by November 30, 2004. The deadline for submitting completed papers is January 1, 2005. Presenters will be given 15 minutes to present their work. As a guideline, papers may be around 10 pages. Presentations of research in progress are welcome. Panelists are also encouraged to submit as panels of three. You may email your submissions and enquiries to conference coordinator Luo Hui at easgsc@chass.utoronto.ca or h.luo@utoronto.ca. On-line application will also become available soon at the conference website: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/easgsc/
Source: University of Toronto
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Title: Expressing disagreement in Spanish
Body: Here is a page of suggested phrases for expressing disagreement in Spanish, such as "on the contrary,...". Also available are links to pages on adverbial phrases, the use of "no", negation, and causation. http://spanish.about.com/od/idiomsandphrases/qt/contrary.htm?nl=1
Source: About.com
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Title: Expressing disagreement in Spanish
Body: Here is a page of suggested phrases for expressing disagreement in Spanish, such as "on the contrary,...". Also available are links to pages on adverbial phrases, the use of "no", negation, and causation. http://spanish.about.com/od/idiomsandphrases/qt/contrary.htm?nl=1
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Title: Editor's Picks from OELA Newsline - October 12
Body: Among this week's OELA Newsline articles: - New Students, New Program, New Dictionary - Key Weapon: Language - Engaging Latino Communities - Panel Outlines Strategy for Raising Minority Achievement - Speaker Advocates 'Multicultural Literacy Descriptions and links available at: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/enews/2004/1012.htm
Source: OELA Newsline
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Title: Editor's Picks from OELA Newsline - October 12
Body: Among this week's OELA Newsline articles: - New Students, New Program, New Dictionary - Key Weapon: Language - Engaging Latino Communities - Panel Outlines Strategy for Raising Minority Achievement - Speaker Advocates 'Multicultural Literacy Descriptions and links available at: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/enews/2004/1012.htm
Source: OELA Newsline
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Title: Editor's Picks from OELA Newsline - Oct. 19 edition
Body: This week's OELA Newsline is available at: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/enews/2004/1019.htm Articles of interest this week include: Language Skills Limit Immigrants Latino Students Recruited Making a Second Language a First Priority: Ellie Wen's Honored Website Uses Speech and Literature to Help People Learn English More Foreign Teachers Employed In South Carolina Spanish Studies Might Boost Latinos' English Skills Taking On the Language Gap Learn About the Muslim Religious Holiday Ramadan New Book: Contemporary Perspectives on Language Policy and Literacy Instruction in Early Childhood Education New Book: Bilingual Language Development and Disorders in Spanish English Speakers New Book: Dual Language Development and Disorders: A Handbook on Bilingualism and Second Language
Source: OELA Newsline
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Title: Editor's Picks from OELA Newsline - Oct. 19 edition
Body: This week's OELA Newsline is available at: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/enews/2004/1019.htm Articles of interest this week include: Language Skills Limit Immigrants Latino Students Recruited Making a Second Language a First Priority: Ellie Wen's Honored Website Uses Speech and Literature to Help People Learn English More Foreign Teachers Employed In South Carolina Spanish Studies Might Boost Latinos' English Skills Taking On the Language Gap Learn About the Muslim Religious Holiday Ramadan New Book: Contemporary Perspectives on Language Policy and Literacy Instruction in Early Childhood Education New Book: Bilingual Language Development and Disorders in Spanish English Speakers New Book: Dual Language Development and Disorders: A Handbook on Bilingualism and Second Language
Source: OELA Newsline
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Title: Call for Proposals: MATSOL/MABE K-12
Body: From: http://www.matsol.org/ Massachusetts Association of Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages K-12 Conference The Reform Agenda: Leave No ELL Behind Policies Practices Programs MATSOL and MABE will host our second annual joint conference on March 11-12, 2005 at the Four Points Sheraton in Leominster. Mark the date in your calendar and register early! Consider submitting a proposal today! Encourage your colleagues to share their successful and innovative classroom practices by responding to the Call for Proposals. Click below for proposal and registration information! Check back for publisher/exhibitor information and new conference updates at matsol.org and at massmabe.org, MABE's new website!
Source: MATSOL
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Title: Call for Proposals: MATSOL/MABE K-12
Body: From: http://www.matsol.org/ Massachusetts Association of Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages K-12 Conference The Reform Agenda: Leave No ELL Behind Policies Practices Programs MATSOL and MABE will host our second annual joint conference on March 11-12, 2005 at the Four Points Sheraton in Leominster. Mark the date in your calendar and register early! Consider submitting a proposal today! Encourage your colleagues to share their successful and innovative classroom practices by responding to the Call for Proposals. Click below for proposal and registration information! Check back for publisher/exhibitor information and new conference updates at matsol.org and at massmabe.org, MABE's new website!
Source: MATSOL
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Title: Scholarships for bilingual students
Body: From: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/enews/2004/1019.htm Scholarships for Students Interested in Becoming Bilingual School Counselors Application Deadline: December 8, 2004 The Brooklyn Campus of LIU was recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to offer scholarships for students who are interested in becoming bilingual school counselors, but who are not proficient enough in Spanish reading and writing to pass the required language test for state certification as a bilingual counselor. This is an opportunity for someone to take counseling classes on a part-time basis, improve their ability in Spanish through course work in the language attached to select counseling courses, and get the master's degree in 2 1/2 years. The student is responsible for only 1/3 of the tuition. Recipients of the scholarship will begin the program in January, 2005. For further information, contact: Ketrin Saud, PhD Director, Project ACCESS Long Island University, School of Education Department of Human Development & Leadership Tel: (718) 780-4369 Email: Ketrin.saud@liu.edu
Source: OELA Newsline - Oct. 19, 2004
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Title: Scholarships for bilingual students
Body: From: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/enews/2004/1019.htm Scholarships for Students Interested in Becoming Bilingual School Counselors Application Deadline: December 8, 2004 The Brooklyn Campus of LIU was recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to offer scholarships for students who are interested in becoming bilingual school counselors, but who are not proficient enough in Spanish reading and writing to pass the required language test for state certification as a bilingual counselor. This is an opportunity for someone to take counseling classes on a part-time basis, improve their ability in Spanish through course work in the language attached to select counseling courses, and get the master's degree in 2 1/2 years. The student is responsible for only 1/3 of the tuition. Recipients of the scholarship will begin the program in January, 2005. For further information, contact: Ketrin Saud, PhD Director, Project ACCESS Long Island University, School of Education Department of Human Development & Leadership Tel: (718) 780-4369 Email: Ketrin.saud@liu.edu
Source: OELA Newsline - Oct. 19, 2004
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