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Title: Tusculum Virginianum: Summer Latin Immersion for High School Students
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From http://www.latinperdiem.com/tusculum17/
High school students are invited to apply for a weeklong, immersive experience speaking Latin in the mountains of southwestern Virginia with Dr. Patrick M. Owens and Dr. David C. Noe. The program will convene July 30 and conclude August 5. Activities include the following:
• Reading and discussing in Latin a wide variety of authors from all eras of the language
• Sharing meals, games, athletics, and campfires all in Latin
• Recitations, competitions, dramatic interpretations, and lots of hilarity in Latin
• The formation of abiding, literary friendships with other young people your own age who are learning Latin and loving the humanities
For full details go to http://www.latinperdiem.com/tusculum17/
Source: LatinPerDiem
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Title: L’Impressionnisme
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Lisa Shepard writes, “As I mentioned in this previous post, one of my French 3 students’ favorite units each year is my unit on French Impressionism. Although I’ve taught this topic for over 20 years, I modify my lessons each year based on my current understanding of best practices and access to technology.” Access the agenda for the first half of the unit, along with lesson descriptions, in this blog post: http://madameshepard.com/?p=1296
Source: Madame's Musings
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Title: 10 Songs for Spanish Class 2017
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From http://www.pblinthetl.com
Here are 10 recent songs that your Spanish students should enjoy in the coming year, along with a few really cool activity suggestions:
• “Dance moves - post a video of yourself singing or lip syncing with the song and doing the moves.
• “Lyrics collage - post a collage or Snapchat story of you and a friend acting out each line with the lyrics on each photo.
• “Theme Spark- post an Adobe Spark video with inspiring your own photos or stock photos that convey the overall message of the song with the chorus lyrics.”
Read the blog post at http://www.pblinthetl.com/2017/01/10-songs-for-spanish-class-2017.html
Source: PBL in the TL
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Title: 15-Second Vocabulary Video Challenge
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The New York Times’s Learning Network has been publishing a Word of the Day every school day since 2009. They have an annual Vocabulary Video Contest in which students aged 13-19 are invited to create a short (15-second) video that defines or teaches any of the words in the collection. This contest is for all students, not just English language learners, but English learners may excel at it. The deadline to enter is February 28, 2017.
For full details go to https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/learning/student-contest-15-second-vocabulary-video-challenge.html
Source: New York Times
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Title: ACICS Suffers Loss of Accreditation
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From http://languagemagazine.com/?p=126373
“The U.S. Department of Education has withdrawn recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) as a nationally-recognized accreditation agency. This decision will affect nearly 16,000 international students studying English language and other subjects.
“ACICS previously accredited around 250 institutions in the U.S., among them 130 ESL and higher education institutes that recruit international students. Problems arose with institutions such as the now-defunct Northwestern Polytechnic University in California, which was accredited by the ACICS, that was exposed as a visa mil[l] last year. NPU was found to be inflating students’ grades in order to ensure that they didn’t fail and lose their visas. ACICS was informed of these practices by a whistle-blower, yet continued to accredit the institution.”
Read the full article at http://languagemagazine.com/?p=126373
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: Resources for Struggling Immersion Learners
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The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition has assembled an online book about struggle immersion learners. Topics include the suitability of immersion programs for disabled learners and best practices.
Access this resource at http://carla.umn.edu/immersion/sl/index.html
Source: CARLA
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Title: YouGlish: Find Words in YouTube Videos
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YouGlish is a handy online tool for hearing a word pronounced and used in context. Simply type a word or phrase in the search box, and the tool will find YouTube videos containing the word, jumping to the spot in the video where it is used.
Access this tool at http://youglish.com/
Source: YouGlish
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Title: Your Students Can Make Online Personality Quizzes
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From http://www.creativelanguageclass.com
Several months ago your InterCom editor and others on a language teaching team tried making online quizzes in our target language; we created and shared quizzes like “What’s your best color?” and “What animal are you like?” Megan Smith of the Creative Language Class blog has a similar idea. Read how she uses the quizzes for reading and writing tasks here: http://www.creativelanguageclass.com/a-quiz-they-will-want-to-take/
Source: Creative Language Class
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Title: Interactive Student Notebooks Set Up
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From https://lugarparapensar.wordpress.com
If you’re interested in starting interactive (paper) notebooks with your students, or you’ve tried but struggled with the details, here’s a helpful blog post by Spanish teacher Andrea Brown about how she implements them: https://lugarparapensar.wordpress.com/2017/01/11/interactive-student-notebooks-set-up/
Source: Lugar para pensar
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Title: 5-Minute Brain Breaks for the World Language Classroom
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From http://www.secondaryspanishspace.com
Here’s a great collection of active, short, communication-focused language activities for when your students are having trouble maintaining their focus: http://www.secondaryspanishspace.com/2017/01/5-minute-brain-breaks-for-world.html
Here’s a recent Edutopia article emphasizing the need for brain breaks: https://www.edutopia.org/article/tyranny-of-on-task-andrew-miller
Source: Secondary Spanish Space
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