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Title: 2016 Arabic SLA Conference
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From https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/arabic-sla-conference/
2016 Arabic SLA Conference
Investigating Arabic Second Language Learning: Empirical Findings and Trends
September 23-25, 2016
University of Michigan
This conference is an open forum for scholars interested in exploring empirically the different aspects of Arabic second/foreign language learning.
Visit the conference website to learn more: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/arabic-sla-conference/
You can register at https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/arabic-sla-conference/registration/
Source: University of Michigan
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Title: Midwest Association of Language Testers Annual Conference
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From http://mwalt.msu.edu/conference/
The eighteenth annual MwALT conference will be held Saturday, October 1, 2016, at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The 18th Annual MwALT Conference theme, “Policy and Practice in Language Testing and Assessment,” addresses not only the philosophical and ethical aspects of politics and policy-making in relation to language test and assessment, but also the practical concerns regarding development, validation, and administration of assessment methods and procedures as situated within the social, economic, and historical contexts.
Visit the conference website at http://www.purdue.edu/oepp/MwALT2016/index.html
Source: MwALT
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Title: 2016 Annual Conference for Community-Based Heritage Language Schools
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2016 Annual Conference for Community-Based Heritage Language Schools: Promoting Collaboration and Advocacy Among Educators, Families, and Researchers
September 30-October 1, 2016
American University, Washington, DC
This annual conference brings together teachers, administrators, and parents involved in community-based language schools, along with language researchers and educators in other bilingual programs, to learn about and address issues related to heritage language education in community-based schools.
Visit the conference website for full details: http://www.american.edu/cas/education/bilingual/Community-Based-Heritage-Language-Schools-Conference.cfm
Source: American University
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Title: Japanese Tadoku Workshop
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From https://jsis.washington.edu/japan/tadoku-workshop/
Japanese Tadoku Workshop 日本語多読ワークショップ —多読とその実践—
September 24, 2016
University of Washington Seattle campus (Communication Hall 120)
Recently, the method of Tadoku is being advocated and is attracting a great deal of attention in the field of Japanese language teaching. Tadoku can help students improve their language skills, as well as promote their motivation in continuing to study Japanese.
This workshop offers an opportunity for Japanese language instructors to become familiar with the theory of Tadoku, and learn how to establish a collection of reading materials, and brainstorm how to implement Tadoku in their curricula or organize extra-curricular reading groups. Actual examples of how Tadoku was incorporated in some programs will also be presented.
For full details about this workshop go to https://jsis.washington.edu/japan/tadoku-workshop/
Source: University of Washington
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Title: New Season of Tea with BVP
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From http://www.teawithbvp.com/#tea-with-bvp-section
Season 2 of Tea with BVP, a weekly online call-in radio show by applied linguist Bill VanPatten along with Angelika Kraemer and Walter Hopkins, will start on August 25. The show always airs on Thursdays at 3 PM Easter Time.
Learn more about Tea with BVP at http://www.teawithbvp.com/.
Listen to episodes from Season 1 at http://www.teawithbvp.com/#listen-section
Source: Tea with BVP
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Title: Making a Phone Call in Chinese
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Here is a lesson with helpful vocabulary, phrases, a sample conversation, and a video phone conversation in Chinese, all dealing with making phone calls: http://blogs.transparent.com/chinese/how-to-make-a-phone-call-in-chinese/
Source: Transparent Language
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Title: Book: The Social Life of the Japanese Language
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The Social Life of the Japanese Language: Cultural Discourse and Situated Practice
By Shigeko Okamoto and Janet S. Shibamoto-Smith
Published by Cambridge University Press
Why are different varieties of the Japanese language used differently in social interaction, and how are they perceived? How do honorifics operate to express diverse affective stances, such as politeness? Why have issues of gendered speech been so central in public discourse, and how are they reflected and refracted in language use as social practice? This book examines Japanese sociolinguistic phenomena from a fascinating new perspective, focusing on the historical construction of language norms and its relationship to actual language use in contemporary Japan. This socio-historically sensitive account stresses the different choices which have shaped Japanese and Western sociolinguistics and how varieties of Japanese, honorifics and politeness, and gendered language have emerged in response to the socio-political landscape in which a modernizing Japan found itself.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/asian-language-and-linguistics/social-life-japanese-language-cultural-discourse-and-situated-practice?format=HB
Source: Cambridge University PRess
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Title: Twelve Food-Related Expressions in Italian
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Here are twelve common expressions in Italian that have to do with food: http://becomingitalianwordbyword.typepad.com/becomingitalian/2016/08/12-tasty-expressions-in-the-italian-language.html
Source: La Bella Lingua
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Title: Question Words in Swedish
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Here is a short lesson about content question words in Swedish: http://blogs.transparent.com/swedish/who-what-when-where-why-and-how-in-swedish/
Source: Transparent Language
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Title: Italian Family Festa in San Jose
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From http://www.italianfamilyfestasj.org/
Italian Family Festa
San Jose, California
August 27 and 28
Italian Family Festa was started in 1980 by the founders of the Italian American Heritage Foundation as a way of sharing Italian heritage with the community. It is an extension of the foundation’s love of family, friends, music, food, cultural, arts, fun and games.
For full details about this year’s celebration visit the event website at http://www.italianfamilyfestasj.org/
Source: Italian Family Festa
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