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Title: Call for Proposals: ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo
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From https://www.actfl.org/actfl2017/call-proposals
The 2016 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Convention & World Language Expo will take place in Boston next week, November 18-20. The call for proposals for the 2017 convention, which will take place in Nashville November 17-19, is now available. The Convention Committee is seeking sessions that help language educators be better able to develop their students’ critical-thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills.
The entire selection process is designed to provide attendees with a broad array of sessions and events to further their knowledge and skills to become better, well-informed teachers, professors, and administrators. The committee welcomes language educators at all levels and of all languages to submit a proposal.
The submission deadline is Friday, January 13, 2017.
View the full call for proposals at https://www.actfl.org/actfl2017/call-proposals
Source: ACTFL
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Title: Oregon Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Fall Conference
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From http://www.ortesol.org/fall2016.html
Oregon Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Fall Conference 2016
November 18-19
Portland Community College
To attend the conference, you must be a member of ORTESOL at the time of the event.
For full details go to http://www.ortesol.org/fall2016.html
Source: OR TESOL
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Title: Oregon Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Fall Conference
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From http://www.ortesol.org/fall2016.html
Oregon Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Fall Conference 2016
November 18-19
Portland Community College
To attend the conference, you must be a member of ORTESOL at the time of the event.
For full details go to http://www.ortesol.org/fall2016.html
Source: OR TESOL
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Title: Arabic K-16 Forum at ACTFL Convention
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Qatar Foundation International is hosting a free day-long forum on Arabic in the K-16 classroom in Boston this coming November 17 during the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention. The event will bring together K-12 and university-level professors and instructors of Arabic to discuss issues of relevance to the Arabic K-16 pipeline, especially “speedbumps” on the path towards building Arabic proficiency, and to better understand each others’ experiences. The event will span multiple media of presentation, including workshops, roundtable discussions, panels, and will be capped off with a keynote speaker.
For full details and to RSVP, go to http://www.qfi.org/events/arabic-k-16-forum/
Source: QFI
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Title: Workshop: Proficiency GO! How to Power Up and Evolve Your Classroom
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From http://www.csctfl.org/committees/professional-development/cwew.html
As part of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, to be held March 9-11, 2017, Kathy Shelton will present a workshop, “Proficiency GO! How to Power Up and Evolve Your Classroom.” This collaborative workshop is designed to help Power Up and Evolve the classroom and student learning! Participants will share specific resources and strategies to facilitate the evolution to proficiency-based planning, teaching and assessing. They will walk away with ideas and materials for design of curriculum, thematic units and performance assessments; student-friendly rubrics for performance and proficiency; real-world activities across the three modes of communication; implementing Can-Do statements for communication and culture; and using authentic resources to effectively integrate culture in the target language. “Brain breaks” specifically designed for the world language classroom will also be included.
The workshop will take place on March 9. Participants apply in advance to attend this daylong workshop. For more details and to apply, go to http://www.csctfl.org/committees/professional-development/cwew.html
Source: CSCTFL
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Title: Massive Open Online Courses on Philippine Arts and Culture
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From http://www.upou.edu.ph/188-upou-to-offer-moocs-on-philippine-arts-and-culture
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) will be offering three Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as follows:
• Understanding Philippine Art and Culture: This MOOC talks about the relationship of arts and culture.
• Critical Approaches to Philippine Art and Culture: This MOOC discusses Philippine art in a cultural critical perspective through grounding research, teaching, and learning approach in a multidisciplinary platform and making use of interpretive areas of History, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Media Studies and Art Studies in making sense and meaning of art, artworks, artifacts, and artists as situated in public and private spaces.
• Philippine Art as Cultural Text: This MOOC examines Philippine art as cultural text -- social practice, popular culture, and also looks at art and the other disciplines. It likewise takes up Philippine art and culture in the global context, the region, the nation, and art in diaspora and transnationalism.
These MOOCs will be offered from November 15 to December 29, 2016, and can be accessed at the UPOU MODeL site. As these are MOOCs, anyone interested can enroll in these courses for free. A certificate will be given upon completion of an individual MOOC and upon completion of all three MOOCs within the course.
Through discussions from various experts in art and culture, the course seeks to reinforce a sense of Filipino identity by understanding the role of Philippine art in life, its relationship with cultural practices in national communities, and its evolution in the context of societal changes. The student will be expected to read literary texts, listen to music, watch films or videos, theater plays, and performances, visit galleries and museums, experience art in the immediate environment, and create a cultural map of these art forms.
Learn more at http://www.upou.edu.ph/188-upou-to-offer-moocs-on-philippine-arts-and-culture
Source: University of the Philippines
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Title: Indiana University Summer Language Workshop
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From http://www.indiana.edu/~swseel/
Offering intensive summer language training at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University since 1950, the IU Summer Language Workshop provides over 200 participants annually the opportunity to complete a full year of college language instruction in eight and nine-week summer sessions. 2017 languages being offered are Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian, Chinese, Estonian, Haitian Creole, Hungarian, Japanese, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian. The 2017 program will take place June 5 through July 28.
Learn more at http://www.indiana.edu/~swseel/
Source: Indiana University
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Title: Online Professional Development: Teaching Strategies for Italian Language Instruction
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From http://igl.rutgers.edu/wlimain/287-teaching-strategies-for-italian-language-instruction
The Department of Italian at Rutgers University offers three fully online professional development courses for teachers of Italian. These interactive and engaging courses equip teachers with dynamic and effective ways to introduce students to the richness of the Italian experience through current events, food, and culture. These topics allow teachers to better prepare their students for the AP exam/college courses, while simultaneously earning professional development hours (4 hours per module). Since they are conducted online, teachers will not be required to attend class sessions during specific time slots.
Modules are offered in the fall, spring, and summer on a rotating basis, and any number can be taken in any sequence. A certificate is awarded by the Department of Italian for completion of ALL three modules.
The three modules are Teaching Italian through Food, Teaching Italian through Culture, and Teaching Italian through Current Events.
Learn more about the courses at http://igl.rutgers.edu/wlimain/287-teaching-strategies-for-italian-language-instruction
Source: Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences
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Title: Article about Apsaalooke Immersion Program in Crow Agency, Montana
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Identity in words
Crow Agency school builds language instruction from the ground up
by Matt Hoffman
November 6, 2016
Teachers at the small elementary school on the Crow Reservation have informally incorporated Apsaalooke into their lessons for years. But this is the first year the school is coordinating a cohesive approach, anchored by a kindergarten immersion class.
…Language immersion preschools received a political boost with the passage legislation from Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, who represents the Rocky Boy Reservation, opening state funding for teaching Native languages with dwindling speakers. Montana’s Indian Education for All provision, which requires the teaching of Native American culture and history in public schools and is backed up by dedicated funding, has been held up as a model of curriculum integration. But language instruction has lagged.
Read the full article at http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/education/crow-agency-school-builds-language-instruction-from-the-ground-up/article_412d8e18-cd1a-56a4-a19f-20d523048a61.html
Source: Billings Gazette
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Title: Nine Excellent Documentaries About Asia That You Can Watch on Netflix
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From http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/nine-excellent-documentaries-about-asia-you-can-watch-netflix
Michelle FlorCruz writes, “Netflix isn't just for binge-watching old TV shows — the streaming network also boasts an impressive collection of documentary films, many of which are set in Asia. From the painstaking traditions of creating sake in Japan, the scourge of gendercide across India, and a look at North Korea from the inside-out, here are some of the best Asia-related documentaries currently streaming on Netflix.”
See her picks at http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/nine-excellent-documentaries-about-asia-you-can-watch-netflix
Source: Asia Society
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