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Title: Professional Development in New Jersey
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From http://flenj.org/pd/
Here are upcoming professional development opportunities from the Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey in 2016 and 2017:
Helping Students Thrive in a 90+% Target Language Environment
Presented by: Caleb Howard
October 27, 2016
Inspire and Engage Learners through IPAs
Presented by: Yo Azama
December 8, 2016
Voices Carry: Authentic Resources, Authentic Audiences, Authentic Purpose
Presented by: Nicole Naditz
February 25, 2017
Preparing the Next Generation of WL Teachers: A Workshop for WL Supervisors and Mentors of New Teachers
Presented by: Joseph Goebel
March 16, 2017
Global Possibilities for Students: Helping Students Reach Their Linguistic Destinations
Presented by: Carmen Scoggins
May 18, 2017
For more details about all of these workshops, go to http://flenj.org/pd/
Source: FLENJ
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Title: New Policy Statement on Dual Language Learning
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The US Departments of Health and Human Services and Education released a 32-page policy statement week before last promoting the learning and development of dual language learners through policies and practices that accurately reflect the growing diversity and multilingualism of the early childhood population. The statement defines the dual language learner and details DLL demographics and the legal and scientific foundations of the statement, ultimately describing challenges and recommendations for states, early childhood programs, and language revitalization programs in tribal communities. Overall, the brief urged the cooperation of states, tribes, communities and early childhood programs to embrace diversity and address the specific needs of each child. Read the full policy statement at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ecd/dll_policy_statement_final.pdf
Source: JNCL-NCLIS
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Title: The Waheed Samy Award for Excellence in Arabic Writing
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From https://thewaheedsamyaward.org/
The Waheed Samy Award for Excellence in Arabic Writing: A Call for the 2016 Submissions
The American University in Cairo (AUC) and the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) invite advanced-level students of Arabic language to submit two samples of their writing for consideration for the 2016 award of $1000.
This award was established in honor of Dr. Waheed Samy who was a member of the Arabic faculty at the University of Michigan, the CASA program, and the Arabic Language Institute at AUC. During his teaching tenure at these institutions, Dr. Samy placed much focus on teaching writing and authored Arabic Writing for Style: al-Kitaba wa-l-uslub (1999) as a resource for writers of Arabic. It is our hope that this award will not only commemorate Dr. Samy’s work as a teacher of Arabic writing but will also bring attention to Arabic writing as a main ingredient of Arabic learning.
This award is presented annually to a student of Arabic as a Foreign/Second Language who has excelled in the area of writing. Competition for the award is open to students in Arabic programs around the world. Recipients of the award receive $1,000 dollars and a commemorative plaque in recognition of their outstanding achievement in Arabic writing.
All students of Arabic at the higher levels of proficiency are invited to apply.
Deadline for applications: September 30, 2016
For full details go to https://thewaheedsamyaward.org/
Source: Waheed Samy Award
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Title: Collection of Islamic Qur'ans Travels This Fall to the U.S.
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In a Historic First, a Large Collection of Islamic Qur'ans Travels This Fall to the U.S.
The art of the ancient Qur'an is showcased with the loan of some 48 manuscripts and folios from Istanbul, Turkey, and on view at the Smithsonian
By Jackson Landers
June 21, 2016
This October 15, [a magnificently crafted copy of the] Qur'an will arrive at Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Art as part of a collection of 68 of the finest examples of the art of the Qur'an ever to visit the United States. The exhibition will include 48 manuscripts and folios from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art in Istanbul dating from the eighth to the 17th-century, as well as several Qur'an boxes and stands and items from the museum's collections.
…"The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures form the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts" opens October 15 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Art. The show will be on view through February 20, 2016.
Read the full article here: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/in-historic-first-large-collection-islamic-qurans-travels-this-fall-to-the-us-180959421
Source: Smithsonian.com
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Title: Distance Learning Course: Beginning Burmese
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From http://niu.edu/clasep/specialevents/burmese/
Northern Illinois University is offering the world’s first distance learning course on Burmese, a language spoken by the majority of people in Burma/Myanmar. This course offers students the flexibility of studying the language from anywhere over the internet. All instruction will be live and conducted by Professor Tharaphi Than.
This course assumes no prior knowledge of the language. At the end of the course, students will be able to engage in everyday conversations and use the language for travel--from hiring a taxi to asking for a visa extension. Students will also learn how to read and write basic, colloquial Burmese. The course will be taught in English and Burmese.
Class size is limited to 15 people. This is a non-credit bearing course, designed for professionals and for community college students in Illinois who want to enroll in a minor in Southeast Asian Studies at NIU and apply for FLAS funding.
For full details go to http://niu.edu/clasep/specialevents/burmese/
Source: Northern Illinois University
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Title: Grants from the Association for Diversity in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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The Association for Diversity in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ADSEEES) is pleased to announce two separate competitive grants aimed at subsidizing attendance of the 2016 ASEEES Convention (http://www.aseees.org/convention) in Washington, DC (November 17-20th).
1. Convention Attendance Grant for Undergraduates from Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving-Institutions (MSIs)
2. Convention Travel Grant (for graduate students currently enrolled in an M.A. or Ph.D. program)
For full details about both of these programs go to http://nebula.wsimg.com/2da03ece6ced6b71b633269ecb9758fe?AccessKeyId=8474C8ED611273AA1C97&disposition=0&alloworigin=1
For more information about the ADSEEES go to http://www.adseees.org/resources.html
Source: ADSEEES
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Title: Morpheem: Russian Vocabulary Learning Program
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From https://russianportal.wordpress.com/2016/05/31/morpheem/
Morpheem is a vocabulary learning program that assesses your current Russian vocabulary knowledge, then provides you with new words in context to learn. It continues to repeat the words until you have mastered them. The novel thing about Morpheem is that it uses real sentences, so you see how the words are actually used in writing.
Morpheem is available at http://ru.morpheem.com/
Source: Russian Portal
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Title: Soviet Movies Website
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On this website you can watch Soviet movies in English or with English subtitles online: http://sovietmoviesonline.com/en/
Source: Советские Movies
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Title: Contest: Favorite Place in Germany
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Now through July 10, you can mark your favorite place on an interactive map of Germany and explain in German or English what that place means to you. Winners win a free course at Goethe-Institut New York.
For more details go to https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/ney/kur/moid_ny.html
Source: Goethe-Institut New York
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Title: Using Humans of Paris in French Class
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From http://www.thefrenchcorner.net/
Middle school French teacher Samantha Decker writes, “Many of you have probably heard of Humans of New York, the photo project featuring portraits and interviews of people seen on the streets of New York. The site has grown in popularity so much so that it has inspired a wealth of offshoots for various other cities around the world. One such offshoot is Humans of Paris. I recently decided to use Humans of Paris as photo prompts in class.”
Read how she did it and how you can adapt the Humans of Paris portraits to any level in her blog post: http://www.thefrenchcorner.net/2016/06/using-humans-of-paris-to-spark.html
Humans of Paris is available at http://humansof.paris/
Source: The French Corner
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