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Title: Call for Articles: Communication Studies and Language Pedagogy
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From http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-2313.html
Communication Studies and Language Pedagogy, a peer-reviewed international journal, is soliciting original work on or related to the scientific investigation of Language, Speech, Communication, and Pedagogy. The Journal particularly features research developments, applications and innovations on education and language that improve the teaching performance, provide solutions, share empirical findings, and place points of inquiries in a historical and epistemological perspective.
Works exploring the realm of language and communication as being crucial for understanding cognition, interaction, and culture; knowledge within language; ICT, professional communication; web-based language learning; communications technology; language pedagogy; and interdisciplinary efforts towards developing contacts across languages and cultures are of particular interest.
Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2016
View the full call for articles at http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-2313.html
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: National TPR Storytelling Conference
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Blaine Ray and the NTPRS TEAM 2016 invite you to attend a professional development opportunity that will immerse you in the experience of TPRS – Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling.
Summer Event: The 16th Annual National TPR Storytelling® Conference July 25-29, 2016
Reno, Nevada at the Atlantis Resort
Read all about the 2016 conference at http://www.ntprs.info
Note the registration price increase on June 2
See the online conference program at https://ntprs2016.sched.org/
The National TPR Storytelling® Conference is sponsored by Blaine Ray Workshops (http://www.tprsbooks.com).
Source: NTPRS
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Title: International Society for Language Studies Conference
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From http://www.isls.co/conference.php
The International Society for Language Studies will hold a conference from June 23-25, 2016, at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. The theme of the conference will be “A Critical Examination of Language and Society.” This conference is designed as a venue for individuals from all disciplines to come together and discuss language from a critical, interdisciplinary lens.
On-site registration starts June 23. For more information about the conference go to http://www.isls.co/conference.php
Source: ISLS
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Title: Calendar of 2016 Center for Applied Linguistics Institutes
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From http://www.cal.org/enews/cal-new-may-2016.html
The Center for Applied Linguistics’ institutes provide research-based strategies and practical, hands-on tools, and help teachers develop classroom activities that target the academic language demands of college and career readiness standards, including the Common Core State Standards.
See an expanded calendar of CAL’s 2016 offerings at http://www.cal.org/solutions/institutes/
Source: CAL
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Title: ACTFL Establishes Center for Assessment, Research and Development
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The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) announces the establishment of the ACTFL Center for Assessment, Research and Development. The ACTFL Board of Directors approved the proposal for the Center during its May 13-15 annual meeting.
The mission of the Center is to support PK-12 schools and institutions of higher education in areas of assessment and articulation; to develop and maintain high-quality language proficiency assessments; to train, certify and maintain highly reliable testers and raters; to conduct research on proficiency and performance outcomes; and to collaborate with other language organizations and government agencies to support and promote research in the areas of high quality language teaching and learning, including examining implications for teacher education.
Dr. Margaret Malone will be leading the Center as Director. Dr. Malone is currently Associate Vice-President of World Languages and International Programs at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL). The author of numerous publications on assessment, she brings extensive experience in language test development, data collection, survey research, and program evaluation to this position. She is also Co-Director of the Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center (AELRC) at Georgetown University, a position in which she will continue. Dr. Malone will join ACTFL on August 1.
Read the full press release at http://www.actfl.org/news/press-releases/actfl-establishes-center-assessment-research-and-development
Source: ACTFL
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Title: Learn K’iche’ on COERLL’s New Website
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From http://tzij.coerll.utexas.edu/
The Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning has a new website, Chqeta'maj le qach’ab’al K’iche’! Teachers and learners can now access 14 multimedia units for teaching and learning K'iche', a Mayan language of Guatemala. Units are available in both Spanish and English. The K'iche' team, made up of native speakers as well as language faculty and grad students from UT and Vanderbilt, will continue to enhance the site with more units and cultural materials.
Visit the new website at http://tzij.coerll.utexas.edu/
Source: COERLL
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Title: Lesson: Three Days in Tokyo
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From http://leesensei.edublogs.org/
Colleen Lee-Hayes turns a Google street view tour of Tokyo into a three-day target-language lesson focusing on travel. Read how here: http://leesensei.edublogs.org/2016/05/26/three-days-in-tokyo-an-exploratory-target-language-online-field-trip/#.V0n6sWaaw69
Source: Language Sensei
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Title: Istituto Italiano di Cultura in San Francisco Has a New Website
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From http://www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/iic_sanfrancisco/en/
Founded in 1978, the Italian Cultural Institute (Istituto Italiano di Cultura, or IIC) in San Francisco is an official branch of the Italian government, dedicated to the promotion of the Italian language and culture in the United States through the organization of cultural events. The Istituto has recently revamped its website; keep up with Italian events and opportunities here: http://www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/iic_sanfrancisco/en/
Source: Istituto Italiano di Cultura
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Title: Video Series in Haitian Creole
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This past year, Duke University lecturer Jacques Pierre and his students collaborated with the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, a Title VI National Resource Center, to develop online video teaching tools for Haitian Creole. Pierre’s series of memonèt (Creole for riddles) feature Haitian culture, history, geography, proverbs, and food:
Exploring Haiti while playing in Haitian Creole (https://youtu.be/_MzZq_WTW8Q)
Traveling through Haitian Creole Proverbs (https://youtu.be/t2KuPgtkV48)
Enjoying the Virtual Taste of Haitian Food (https://youtu.be/hYIN2STg7qI)
U.S. Department of Education. IFLE Newsletter - May 2016 (ed.gov@public.govdelivery.com, 24 May 2016).
Source: U.S. Department of Education
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Title: Lesson and Resources for Telling Directions in German
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Here is a short lesson for giving directions in German, along with links to helpful resources: http://www.fluentu.com/german/blog/directions-in-german/
Source: FluentU
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