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Title: Letter to 100-year-old Me
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Objective: Learners will be able to evaluate, embellish, and reflect on their own work.
Mode: Presentational Writing
Materials Needed: envelopes, paper for letter writing (provided), ff appropriate, a container to hold the letters (consider using culturally relevant realia to serve as your “time capsule”).
Procedure:
- Students compose a letter to their 100 year old self. (A separate sheet has been provided for this.)
- When done, students place their letter in an envelope with their own name on it. The instructor collects and stores the letters. Consider adding some drama by storing the letters in a time capsule type container (like a shoebox).
- Periodically pass the letters back out to students. It is recommended that students revisit the letter at least 3 times through the year. If possible, incorporate material being covered in class into the subsequent work with the letter (e.g. embellish the details of the letter using new vocabulary. This can be done through annotations or a rewrite, or both.)
- Each time the students work with the letter they add another layer of information to the original assignment, and they continue to return the letter into its original envelop and to re-submit it all together. The revisions can be formal or functional, but it is a good idea that there always be a reflective component.
- The more self directed the process can be the better. The idea is that students are seeing themselves, their choices, and their language ability unfold over time. The more agency they exercise through the process the more accurately the work will reflect their development and inspire them to act autonomously.
Source: CASLS Activity of the Week
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Title: Book: Novel Perspectives on German-Language Comics Studies
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Novel Perspectives on German-Language Comics Studies: History, Pedagogy, Theory
Edited by Lynn M. Kutch
Published by Rowman & Littlefield
Novel Perspectives on German-Language Comics Studies: History, Pedagogy, Theory gathers an international team of contributors from two continents whose innovative scholarship demonstrates a regard for comics and graphic novels as works of art in their own right. The contributions serve as models for further research that will continue to define the relationship between comics and other traditional “high art” forms, such as literature and the visual arts. Novel Perspectives on German-Language Comics Studies is the first English-language anthology that focuses exclusively on the graphic texts of German-speaking countries. In its breadth, this book functions as an important resource in a limited pool of critical works on German-language comics and graphic novels. The individual chapters differ significantly from one another in methodology, subject matter, and style. Taken together, however, they present a cross-section of comics and graphic novel scholarship being performed in North America and Europe today. Moreover, they help to secure a place for these works in a globalized culture of comics. This volume’s contributors have helped create a new critical language within which this rapidly expanding medium can be read and interpreted.
Visit the publisher’s website at https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498526234/Novel-Perspectives-on-German-Language-Comics-Studies-History-Pedagogy-Theory#
Source: Rowman & Littlefield
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Title: Book: Early Bilingualism and Multilingualism
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From https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/24112
Early Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Parents’ and Caregivers’ Attitudes and Observations
By Zofia Chłopek
Published by Peter Lang
The author investigates the development of children raised bilingually or multilingually. Parents and caregivers completed a questionnaire, providing information on 36 children growing up with two or more languages. Their responses indicate that bilingual and multilingual children usually develop as well as their monolingual peers, and sometimes even better. Some drawbacks of early bilingualism or multilingualism, such as a slight delay in the onset of speech production or asymmetrical language competences, are compensated for by several benefits of early acquisition of two or more mother tongues and early contacts with two or more cultures.
Visit the publisher’s website at https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/24112
Source: Peter Lang
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Title: Book: Flipped Instruction Methods and Digital Technologies in the Language Learning Classroom
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From http://www.igi-global.com/book/flipped-instruction-methods-digital-technologies/150394
Flipped Instruction Methods and Digital Technologies in the Language Learning Classroom
By John Paul Loucky and Jean L. Ware
Published by IGI Global
The flipped classroom methodology is one of the latest innovations in the field of education, challenging traditional notions of the classroom experience. Applying this methodology to language learning has the potential to further engage students and drive their understanding of key concepts.
Flipped Instruction Methods and Digital Technologies in the Language Learning Classroom explores the latest educational technologies and web-based learning solutions for effective language learning curricula. Featuring emergent research on critical topics and innovations in the field of education, this publication is intended as a resource for educators, administrators, instructional designers, pre-service teachers, and researchers in the field of education.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.igi-global.com/book/flipped-instruction-methods-digital-technologies/150394
Source: IGI Global
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Title: Call for Papers: Classical Association of the Atlantic States Annual Meeting
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From http://caas-cw.org/wp/2016/12/05/call-for-papers-annual-meeting-2017/
The Classical Association of the Atlantic States
Call for Papers: 2017 Annual Meeting, October 5-7
New York City, New York
The organizers invite individual and group proposals on all aspects of the classical world and classical reception, and on new strategies and resources for improved teaching. Especially welcome are presentations that aim at maximum audience participation and integrate the concerns of K-12 and college faculty, and that consider ways of communicating about ancient Greece and Rome outside of our discipline and profession. We are hoping to include an undergraduate research session featuring presentations based on outstanding term papers, senior theses or other scholarly projects.
All submitters and all Program participants must be current members of CAAS.
Deadline for submissions: March 6, 2017
View the full call for papers at http://caas-cw.org/wp/2016/12/05/call-for-papers-annual-meeting-2017/
Source: CAAS
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Title: Call for Submissions: FLTMAG
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The FLTMAG is a free online magazine about technology integration in language teaching and learning. FLTMAG strongly encourages submissions from the most creative, enthusiastic and innovative language teachers, language center directors and their staff, language technology coordinators/consultants/ assistants/ gurus/ wizards.
View the guidelines for submissions at http://fltmag.com/submissions/
Source: FLTMAG
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Title: ESL Symposium 2017
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From https://www.ncsu.edu/mckimmon/cpe/opd/ESL/index.html
ESL Symposium 2017
Raleigh, North Carolina
May 19-20, 2017
The ESL Symposium of 2017 will bring together as many as 1,000 ESL teachers, specialists, and publishers for an enriching two days of professional development and community-building. Teachers will have the opportunity to earn up to 1.2 CEUs.
Plenary speakers will address current topics in ESL ranging from curriculum to culture, and participants will engage in discussions sharing knowledge, ideas, and resources with a variety of other ESL professionals.
Visit the symposium website at https://www.ncsu.edu/mckimmon/cpe/opd/ESL/index.html
Source: North Carolina State University
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Title: Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture
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From https://conference.viu.edu/cllc/
Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture
Enhancing and Advancing Teacher Education: Professional identities, communities, beliefs, and practices
April 7-8, 2017
Virginia International University
In the spirit of promoting self-driven, collaborative, meaningful, and sustainable professional development, the Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture (CLLC) 2017 focuses on the professional identities, communities, beliefs, and practices of educators and how they can all be harnessed to enhance and advance the lifelong learning we recognize as the ideal meaning of the phrase “teacher education.”
The organizers’ goal for CLLC 2017 is to involve educators at all stages of their careers in a multidirectional sharing of experiences and expertise with the potential to contribute to all attendees’ future exploratory practice and professional growth.
Visit the conference website at https://conference.viu.edu/cllc/
Source: Virginia International University
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Title: Registration Open for SALVI 2017 Programs
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From http://caas-cw.org/wp/2016/12/05/salvi-2017-programs-registration-now/
Registration for the North American Institute of Living Latin Studies (SALVI) summer Latin immersion programs is now open. Summer 2017 will feature Rusticatio Tironum (June 30-July 6) led by John Kuhner, Rusticatio Omnibus (July 7-13) led by Nancy Llewellyn, and Rusticatio Veteranorum (July 18-24) led by Justin Bailey. SALVI is also hosting weekend Latin immersion programs: look for one in your area.
For more information go to http://caas-cw.org/wp/2016/12/05/salvi-2017-programs-registration-now/
Source: Classical World
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Title: New Platform: Humanities Commons
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Humanities Commons is a scholarly communication network brought to you by the Modern Language Association for people working in the humanities. Discover the latest open-access scholarship and teaching materials, make interdisciplinary connections, build a WordPress Web site, and increase the impact of your work by sharing it in the repository.
Explore the Humanities Commons at https://hcommons.org/
Source: Humanities Commons
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