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Title: 'Populismo' Picked as 2016 Spanish Word of the Year
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The Fundación del Español Urgente, also known as Fundéu, has picked “populismo” as the 2016 Spanish Word of the Year. The word has been in existence for some time, but it has acquired a new negative connotation.
Other finalists included “abstenciocracia,” “ningufoneo,” “vendehúmos,” and “youtubero.”
Read more at http://spanish.about.com/od/spanishlanguageculture/fl/Populismo-Picked-as-2016-Spanish-Word-of-the-Year.htm
Source: About.com
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Title: “Current Affairs” Site for Heritage Spanish Instructors and Students
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The Center for Open Education Resources and Language Learning recently added a new section to their website called "Current Affairs". They will be using this section to post relevant, current information that might be interesting or helpful for heritage Spanish instructors and/or students. The first items they have posted are some useful documents with information about the situation for undocumented students, given the uncertainty brought on by the new administration.
The new website is available at https://heritagespanish.coerll.utexas.edu/current-affairs/
Source: COERLL
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Title: Resources from ¡Colorín Colorado! for Teaching Immigrants
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Here are several resources for teachers of immigrants:
Fact Sheet for Families and School Staff: Limitations on DHS Immigration Enforcement Actions at Sensitive Locations, from the U.S. Department of Education: http://www.colorincolorado.org/guide/fact-sheet-families-and-school-staff-limitations-dhs-immigration-enforcement-actions-sensitive
A resource guide from the U.S. Department of Education, Building a Bright Future for All: Success in Early Learning Programs and Elementary Schools for Immigrant Families, available at http://www.colorincolorado.org/guide/building-bright-future-all-success-early-learning-programs-and-elementary-schools-immigrant
Information compiled by ¡Colorín Colorado!, Serving and Supporting Immigrant Students: Information for Schools: http://www.colorincolorado.org/ell-basics/serving-and-supporting-immigrant-students-information-schools
Source: ¡Colorín Colorado!
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Title: New Jersey Podcast about Bilingual/ESL Education
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From http://www.nj.gov/education/bilingual/podcasts/
The New Jersey Department of Education has started a podcast series about English learners and bilingual education. Here are the first three podcasts:
Episode 1 - - Equity for ELLs with Karen Campbell
Karen Campbell, Director of the Office of Supplemental Educational Programs at the NJ Department of Education, explains the importance of equity.
Episode 2 - - WIDA and Supporting ELL Educators with Tim Boals
Tim Boals, the Founder and Executive Director of the WIDA Consortium, describes what WIDA is doing to support ELLs.
Episode 3 - - Newcomer ELLs with Yasmin Hernandez-Manno
Yasmin Hernandez-Manno is the Executive County Superintendent for Mercer and Middlesex counties in New Jersey. In this episode, she describes best practices for programs working with newcomer English language learners based on her experience as the director of a newcomer center.
Access all of the podcasts at http://www.nj.gov/education/bilingual/podcasts/
Source: State of New Jersey Department of Education
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Title: My Shakespeare: Multimedia Resources for Making Shakespeare More Accessible
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From https://myshakespeare.com/
My Shakespeare is a website that links the text of Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth with multimedia resources, such as complete audio recordings, a translation into contemporary language, popup notes on literary devices, animated videos that explore the play and its context, and performances of key scenes. Teacher resources include lesson plans, ideas for projects, quizzes, and tips for teaching Shakespeare.
Explore this website at https://myshakespeare.com/
Source: My Shakespeare
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Title: Article: Colorado Educators to Train for Teaching English Learners
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Colorado educators will soon be required to take training for teaching English learners
by Nicholas Garcia
February 8, 2017
Aspiring and existing Colorado educators soon will be required to get additional training in an effort to better teach the state’s growing English language learner population.
The State Board of Education on Wednesday directed the education department to begin drafting new guidelines that will lay out what sort of new training will be required.
The new requirements come in response to an eight-year U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights inquiry into whether Colorado was doing enough to ensure students learning English as a second language had teachers who could effectively communicate with them. The federal government raised concerns that the state was out of compliance with federal law that requires the Colorado Department of Education to ensure that districts have adequately trained and qualified teachers to teach English learners.
Read the full article at http://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/02/08/colorado-educators-will-soon-be-required-to-take-training-for-teaching-english-learners/
Source: Chalkbeat
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Title: News in Slow French, Spanish, Italian, and German
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From http://www.newsinslow.com/
We have referred to News in Slow Spanish in the past, but actually this service is available in French, Spanish, Italian, and German. Recorded news stories have transcripts and are searchable by level of difficulty. They are also accompanied by other learning materials.
Access all available languages at http://www.newsinslow.com/
Source: NewsinSlow
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Title: Blog Post: Feeding Proficiency with Effective Feedback
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From http://www.path2proficiency.com
Betsy Taylor writes about providing effective feedback that leads to students’ gains in language proficiency. The questions she asks herself when assessing students work are as follows:
1. Have I tied my feedback to the specific learning goal of the lesson?
2. Have I found something positive to say about this work, using concrete goals for proficiency?
3. Have I focused on both the task and the process?
4. Have I asked at least one question to stimulate the student’s thinking about his/her work?
5. Have I given a concrete suggestion for improvement and proficiency growth?
Read the full blog post at http://www.path2proficiency.com/food-for-thought-feeding-proficiency-with-effective-feedback/
Source: path to proficiency
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Title: National Foreign Language Center eLearning Portal
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From the ILR-INFO listserv:
For nearly seventeen years, the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland has been a developer of foreign language learning and assessment materials for Government clients. To date, the NFLC has worked in more than one hundred languages and regional dialects to produce for the Government over 13,700 units, including Assessment Objects, Language Learning Objects, Video Learning Objects, and Thematic Units. While all of these materials have been available through the Joint Language University (JLU), the majority of them have not been available outside of the JLU system.
In 2014, the NFLC built an e-learning portal to make this vast resource available to wider audience. A small monthly subscription helps the NFLC to keep the website updated with new learning materials as they are created. Subscriptions are available to individuals and groups, with groups receiving the added benefit of central management of their users and tiered discounts on subscription rates.
More information about NFLC language materials and samples of each type are available at the NFLC website.
Assessment Objects: http://www.nflc.umd.edu/projects/language/assessment_objects
Language Learning Objects: http://www.nflc.umd.edu/projects/language/lo
Video Learning Objects: http://www.nflc.umd.edu/projects/language/VLO
Thematic Units: http://www.nflc.umd.edu/projects/language/tu
To preview the languages, levels, modalities, and topics available, please visit the portal website at http://portal.nflc.umd.edu/lessons.
Please contact Taimur Khan at NFLC if you need more information about the eLearning Portal.
Taimur Khan
Director Business Development
National Foreign Language Center at University of Maryland tkhan@nflc.umd.edu
Crocoli, C. [ILR-INFO] FYI: NFLC eLearning Portal. ILR-INFO (ILR-INFO@fsilist2.fsi.state.gov, 10 Feb 2017)
Source: ILR-INFO
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Title: Critical Thinking and Fact-Checking
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Here are a few recent articles dealing with critical thinking and fact-checking.
First, here is a way to use short sayings in your target language as a launch point for student discussion and critical thinking: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/jump-start-critical-thinking-with-aphorism-ben-johnson
In this article, “Teaching Why Facts Still Matter,” American history, government, and journalism teacher David Cutler presents strategies for motivating students to pursue true information: https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-why-facts-still-matter-david-cutler
Here are 8 strategies to improve fact-checking skills: http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/8-ways-to-hone-your-fact-checking-skills/
Buster Benson discusses cognitive bias and presents a graphic that can help people to recognize cognitive biases: https://betterhumans.coach.me/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18#.c6uffnoks
Education Week has a recent article, “Four Ideas for Approaching Political Conversations with Students,” at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2017/02/four_ideas_for_talking_about_politics_with_students.html
Here’s a recent NPR feature, “5 Ways Teachers Are Fighting Fake News”: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/02/16/514364210/5-ways-teachers-are-fighting-fake-news
Writing for the New York Times, Larry Ferlazzo is publishing news-literacy lesson plans: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/learning/lesson-plans/ideas-for-ells-finding-reliable-sources-in-a-world-of-fake-news.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
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