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Title: Parent Guide for English Learners
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From http://educationnorthwest.org/
For families of English learners there is a lot to know, including how their children are:
• Identified as English learners
• Taught English and other subjects
• Tested, tested, and tested some more
• Designated as proficient in academic English and moved out of English learner services
"The Parent Guide for English Learners" gives you basic information about each of these topics. It will help you talk with your child’s school, ask the right questions, and support your child on their journey as an English learner. English and Spanish versions are available.
Access the guide at http://educationnorthwest.org/resources/parent-guide-english-learners-english-and-spanish-versions
Source: Education Northwest
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Title: Apply Now for the U.S. Department of State’s English Language Programs
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From http://elprograms.org/about/
Through the U.S. Department of State’s English Language Programs, the world is your classroom. Since 1969, the English Language Programs have sent thousands of highly qualified and experienced U.S. educators in the field of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) abroad to assist U.S. embassies in delivering and maintaining quality English language programs.
These programs are competitive and challenging, and the professionals selected to participate represent the best of the U.S. TESOL community. Program participants have the opportunity to gain deeper experience in areas such as teacher training and curriculum development, create innovative cultural programming, and hone other skills that can greatly enhance their TESOL careers.
The 2017-2018 application is now open. Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until all projects are filled, though you are encouraged to apply early in order to have the best chance of being considered for all available projects. Candidates that apply before the priority application deadline of November 30 are the first to enter the project matching phase when it begins in January. Candidates that apply after the priority deadline will only be considered for projects that remain available at the time they enter the applicant pool.
For full details go to http://elprograms.org/fellow/prospective-applicants/application-instructions-fellows/
Source: U.S. Department of State
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Title: Activity: Scavenger Hunt
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Here is a ready-made activity that has students looking for and talking about common items that they’re likely to have with them. The activity is estimated to take 25 minutes.
Access the scavenger hunt activity at http://teachingrecipes.com/scavenger-hunt-2/
Source: EFL Teaching Recipes
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Title: Where to Find Open Educational Resources for Language Classes
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This post from Transparent Language describes several good places to find free online resources that you can use for teaching and learning languages: http://blogs.transparent.com/language-news/2016/10/05/where-to-find-oers-for-your-language-classes/
Source: Transparent Language
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Title: Portfolios, Reflection, and Writing
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From http://leesensei.edublogs.org/
Colleen Lee has written a helpful blog post describing how she unpacks rubrics for her students’ written work and has them build a portfolio and use it as a resource before undertaking a new writing task. It serves as wonderful food for thought regarding how to incorporate formative assessment more thoroughly into instruction. Read the blog post here: http://leesensei.edublogs.org/2016/09/30/fine-tuning-writing-fine-tuning-language/#.V_6sgNzHs5Q
Source: Language Sensei
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Title: 5 Tips for Low-Stress Interpersonal Assessment
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From http://www.pblinthetl.com
Laura K. Sexton shares some ideas for keeping your students’ anxieties low and their performance high during recorded interpersonal assessments in this blog post: http://www.pblinthetl.com/2016/10/5-tips-for-low-stress-interpersonal.html
Source: PBL in the TL
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Title: New OFLA Tech Resource and IPAs
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Bryan R. Drost of the Ohio Foreign Language Association Technology Integration Committee recently posted the following on the FLTEACH listserv:
Over the course of the 2016-2017 school year, the OFLA tech team is in the process of updating our free resources that you can use to help support students with their language proficiency. As we are editing and adding new resources we are making sure that:
· Culture is embedded throughout each task,
· Each task can be used with or without technology,
· Each technology tool is a free resource, available on multiple platforms,
· Technology-based tasks are at higher levels of the SAMR model,
· Each task conforms to the major levels of ACTFL proficiency guidelines,
· Authentic resources are used throughout each activity in multiple languages,
· Each technology tool helps teachers progress to higher levels of technology proficiency, as defined by OFLA Tech’s Integration Rubric.
We are proud to release today, an updated IPA that can be found at our new resource location OFLA Tech Resources, <https://goo.gl/0McGSs>. We encourage you to check this IPA out – it ties social media to personal descriptions and is anchored with an essential question in three languages! I want to especially thank Angela Gardner for her work with this task.
Our team is very excited for this project and hope that you will find it useful.
As always, if you have questions or need additional supports, please feel free to contact any of our teammates.
Drost, B. [FLTEACH] New OFLA Tech Resource and IPAs. FLTEACH listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 28 Sep 2016).
Source: FLTEACH
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Title: Job Openings at CASLS
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CASLS is looking for translators of Arabic, Persian/Farsi, Pashto, and German. Go to http://pcs.uoregon.edu/content/business-opportunities and filter for "Trade Services" to view the posting, or download directly from https://apps.ideal-logic.com/files/public/b2ffc3e84e27f924_V1C9-239VG/orig/RFQ_for_Translation_POSTED_101916_gb.docx
Source: CASLS
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Title: Free Bialystok Article about Bilingual Gains in Executive Function
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From http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-4186.html
Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, published by John Benjamins Publishing, is honored to announce a new special issue “Bilingualism and Executive Functions: An Interdisciplinary Approach,” edited by Irina A. Sekerina and Lauren Spradlin. With papers by many of the leading experts on this topic, the special issue deals with the current debate/discussion revolving around the question of what the experience of bilingualism has on the brain, especially as regards potential “cognitive reserve” as reflected in executive functioning (i.e., the so-called bilingual advantage). A main feature of this special issue is the article by Professor Ellen Bialystok -- the pioneer researcher in this general field -- in which, for the first time, she addresses the recent claims that gains in executive functions are either non-existent, task-specific or extremely limited. Her article details the complexities involved in testing for the effects of bilingualism on executive functioning, ranging from methodological and statistical issues to understanding bilingualism as a nuanced (non-categorical) variable and what this entails for the comparability across different datasets. Given the importance of this article in particular, Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism is offering this free of charge to all.
Article link: http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/lab.15040.bia
The Signal and the Noise: Finding the Pattern in Human Behavior
Ellen Bialystok
Studies on the effect of bilingualism on executive functioning have sometimes failed to find significant differences between performance of monolingual and bilingual young adults. This paper examines the interpretation of these null findings and considers the role of three factors: definition of bilingualism, appropriateness of statistical procedures and interpretations, and the range of data considered. The conclusion is that a correct interpretation of this important issue will require careful consideration of all the data and scrupulous attention to design details.
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: New Issue of KinoKultura
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The October 2016 issue of KinoKultura, an online journal dedicated to new Russian cinema, is available at http://www.kinokultura.com/2016/issue54.shtml
In this issue:
Articles
Connor Doak: The malen'kii chelovek in Almaty: Masculinity in Nariman Turebaev's Films & Interview with Nariman Turebaev
Festival Reports
Elena Markova: Desperately Searching for a Hero: New Russian Cinema at MIFF 2016
Reviews/Double View:
Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Japar Uulu: A Father’s Will (KYR)
reviewed by Gulbara Tolomushova
reviewed by Gulnara Abikeyeva
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Roman Artem’ev: The Man from the Future by Masha Kisel
Nicola Belluci: Grozny Blues (doc.) by Åsne Ø. Høgetveit
Anton and Il’ia Chizhikov: The Guy from Our Cemetery by Anna Nieman
Dmitrii D’iachenko: The Super Bobrovs by Muireann Maguire
Maksim Fadeev: Savva, Heart of a Warrior (anim.) by Laura Pontieri
Arsenii Gonchukov: The Last Night by Dane Reighard
Oksana Karas: Good Boy by Lilya Nemchenko
Harutyun Khachatryan: Deadlock (ARM) (doc.) by Raisa Sidenova
Zhora Kryzhovnikov: Best Day Ever by Rachel Stauffer
Nikolai Lebedev: Flight Crew by Laura Todd
Erlan Nurmukhambetov: Walnut Tree (KAZ) by Beach Gray
Pavel Ruminov: Love Machine by Ksenia Ragot-Konstantinova
Alena Semenova: Red Queen (TV) by Sergei Toymentsev
Denis Shabaev: Not My Job (doc.) by Elise Thorsen
Daniil Zinchenko: Elixir by Birgit Beumers
Source: KinoKultura
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