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Title: Japanese Language Advocate Search
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From http://jflalc.org/pub-breeze107-JLEU34.html
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles is in the planning stage of a video project to promote the study of the Japanese language. They are gathering the contact information of Japanese-speaking professionals who learned Japanese as a second language. Would you like to be interviewed about your experiences studying Japanese and speaking it at work?
At this stage, Japan Foundation Los Angeles welcomes professionals from all over the United States, and even those who are currently working in Japan.
Depending on where you live, they might:
Send a camera crew to you to interview you at work and maybe even film you speaking, reading, or typing in Japanese (if possible).
Bring you to LA to interview you!
If you are interested, fill out a questionnaire at http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07ed0uusbfircdwqn6/a014sit2axlb8/questions
Source: Japan Foundation Los Angeles
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Title: History of Russia Portal Hosts Photographs from 1860 to 1999
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From http://hyperallergic.com/319300/a-history-of-russia-in-a-massive-photo-archive/
Moscow’s Multimedia Art Museum and Yandex — the country’s largest search engine — recently joined forces to launch an online photo bank that is ridiculously massive, bringing together photographs not only from museums and public archives but also from personal collections across the world’s largest nation. The portal, simply called “The History of Russia,” received support from the Ministry of Culture and the Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications and is intended to acquaint visitors with Russian history through visuals. It is written in Russian, but you don’t necessarily have to read the language to navigate it, especially if your browser is able to translate the texts.
The portal is available at https://russiainphoto.ru/
Read reviews of this resource at http://www.openculture.com/2016/09/the-history-of-russia-in-70000-photos.html and at http://hyperallergic.com/319300/a-history-of-russia-in-a-massive-photo-archive/
Source: Various
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Title: Article about Oktoberfest
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Here is an English-language article about Oktoberfest in Germany: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/04__W__t__G/03/03/04-OctFest/Oktoberfest.html
Source: Germany.info
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Title: Fictional Rome Website: Information about Historical Novels Set in Ancient Rome
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At the Fictional Rome website, you can:
1. search a data base of over 1500 titles of novels available in English that are set in ancient Rome, the city itself or the Roman world, from the time of the monarchy to the empire. The search form will allow you to specify author, title, publication date, topic and period, individually or in combination. In addition, you can search for specific historical characters or for all titles that are mysteries.
2. find further information on any title by clicking the title. The information will include all normal bibliographical data plus much that is specific to this database, such as cross-references to published reviews or listings in standard reference works. You can find short evaluations in that screen.
3. read reviews of several titles. You will find on the Authors page a blue dot preceding several novelists' names. This indicates that a review can be found on that specific page.
4. read essays on the historical novel in general and suggestions on how to use them in classes, high school through college.
5. participate in the ongoing development of the site by providing added information: titles that have been omitted or more information about titles that are not completely annotated. Even if a title has a review, you may add a review/evaluation of your own. This is most easily done by using the e-mail option.
6. talk with others interested in the topic by posting comments to the bulletin board. If a need develops for different bulletin boards for sub-topics, they will be created.
7. see listings for other sites that deal with ancient Rome or historical novels.
8. research historical figures. Find out what their lives were really like by searching other sites and reading about them in novels.
9. use the timeline to further aid in your reading experience and understanding of it.
Visit this website at http://intraweb.stockton.edu/eyos/page.cfm?siteID=78&pageID=1
Source: Stockton University
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Title: All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day Resources and Discussion
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At the end of next month, children in the United States and elsewhere will be wearing their Halloween costumes, and Spanish teachers will be wrestling with presenting Day of the Dead customs in Mexico. Recently on the FLTEACH listserv, a first-year teacher asked colleagues what they thought about an ofrendas project and having students prepare and eat pan de los muertos. The resulting discussion, about teaching culture, protecting students who have suffered a loss, cultural appropriation, and focus on one aspect of Mexican culture when traditions vary across the Spanish-speaking world, is fascinating and helpful for any Spanish teacher at this time of year.
Start with the original thread here: https://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=FLTEACH;14d5b7fb.1609
Then click on “Next” by “By Topic” to see listserv users’ replies.
The thread continued under another subject line; you can continue to read responses here: https://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=FLTEACH;d8e25406.1609
Bill Heller contributed an excellent, reflective, insightful response: https://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=FLTEACH;14f02343.1609
Here are a few more resources about Day of the Dead:
https://www.inside-mexico.com/common-misconceptions-about-the-day-of-the-dead-celebration/
http://personal.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/ofrendas/index.html
Source: Various
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Title: Printable Puppets to Go with “Los pollitos dicen”
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Here are some printable chick puppets that young Spanish learners can use when they sing the song “Los pollitos dicen.” The materials also include words to the song.
Available at http://spanishmama.com/los-pollitos-dicen-printable-puppets/
Source: Spanish Mama
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Title: Activities for Young Spanish Learners in the First Days of School
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Here are several activity ideas and resources for the first days of school, for young Spanish learners: http://funforspanishteachers.blogspot.com/2016/09/activities-and-resources-for-first-days.html
Source: Fun for Spanish Teachers
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Title: Card Trick with Story in Spanish
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From http://www.spanishplayground.net/
Here is a cute card trick with a storyline about a policeman who captures three thieves trying to rob a bank. The post includes a video of the trick along with a transcript and an explanation of how to do the trick. The combination of the trick and story should captivate children.
Learn the trick and story here: http://www.spanishplayground.net/easy-card-trick-story-tres-ladrones/
Source: Spanish Playground
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Title: ELTon Awards for English Teaching
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From http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/eltons-awards-2017-call-applications-now-open
The British Council is calling English language teaching professionals around the world to enter the ELTons 2017.
The annual awards, run by the British Council, are now in their fifteenth year and celebrate innovation and excellence in English Language Teaching (ELT) around the world.
ELT professionals can apply in five categories this year:
Excellence in course innovation
Innovation in learner resources
Innovation in teacher resources
Digital innovation
Local innovation
Any ELT professional can apply for consideration for one of the categories including authors, teachers, trainers and publishers. Application packs can be downloaded from the ELTons web pages.
Applications will be judged by a panel of ELT experts and the winners are announced at a prestigious ELTons awards ceremony, held in London in June 2017.
The deadline for applications is 4 November 2016.
For more details go to http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/eltons-awards-2017-call-applications-now-open
Source: British Council
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Title: Giving Feedback on English Learners’ Writing
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Elena Shvidko writes, “When I first started teaching writing, I remember asking myself questions that Joy Reid addressed in her article ‘Responding to ESL Students’ Texts: The Myths of Appropriation’ (1994): ‘When might I interfere with their objectives or crush their creativity? In what ways might I assume control or ownership over their texts? What might I say that would deter them from becoming independent writers?’ (p. 277).”
Ms. Shvidko goes on to describe three approaches that guide feedback in a way that preserves writers’ autonomy: writing conferences, allowing students to request feedback, and balancing praise and criticism.
Read the full blog post at http://blog.tesol.org/3-ways-to-avoid-appropriating-student-writing/
Source: TESOL Blog
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