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Title: CALPER 2017 Summer Workshops
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From http://calper.la.psu.edu/
Our sister LRC the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research at The Pennsylvania State University has been offering professional development opportunities for language educators since 2003.
In 2017, CALPER will conduct four workshops:
L1 Use in the Language Classroom, June 19-20
Teaching Social Meaning in Language, June 21-22
L2 Vocabulary Teaching and Learning, June 23
Chinese Program and Curriculum Design, June 23-24
For more details about these workshops, go to http://sites.psu.edu/calperworkshops/
Source: CALPER
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Title: Become an Oral Proficiency Interview Tester
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From https://www.actfl.org/professional-development/training-certification/ilr-opi-candidate-application
ACTFL is seeking language professionals to serve as part-time language testers. The Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) is a nationally recognized method of assessing spoken language proficiency. The test assesses what a speaker can do with the language rather than focusing on the structures and abstract vocabulary that a speaker knows. The test is administered over the telephone by an ACTFL Certified Tester and rated (graded) by a second Certified Tester.
ACTFL has space available in upcoming training sessions for native speakers of the following languages: Afrikaans, Arabic-Libyan, Armenian, Assyrian, Baluchi, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chechen, Danish, Dhivehi, Dutch, Finnish, Fon, Fula-Toucouleur, Greek, Hmong, Icelandic, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kuwaiti, Lingala, Luganda, Malayam, Mandingo-Bambara, Mossi, Norwegian, Pahari, Quechua, Sindhi, Sinhalese, Slovenian, Tamazight, Tibetan, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Uighur, and Zulu.
For more details go to https://www.actfl.org/professional-development/training-certification/ilr-opi-candidate-application
Source: ACTFL
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Title: Robert Panara to Be Featured on a Stamp
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From http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2017/pr17_012.htm
Robert Panara: Teacher and Pioneer of Deaf Studies to be Immortalized on a Stamp
March 15, 2017
The Postal Service’s 16th stamp in the Distinguished Americans series honors Robert Panara (1920-2014), an influential teacher and a pioneer in the field of Deaf Studies. He inspired generations of students with his powerful use of American Sign Language to convey works of literature. At age 10, Panara was profoundly deafened after contracting spinal meningitis, which damaged his auditory nerves.
Panara taught English for two decades, beginning in 1948, at Gallaudet College (now University), in Washington, DC. In 1967, he helped found the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) and became its first deaf faculty member. He taught English to both deaf and hearing students at NTID, part of the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York State for the next 20 years.
The two-ounce Forever stamp features a photograph of Panara signing the word “respect.” The issuance coincides with the 200th anniversary of the founding in 1817 of the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, CT — marking the beginning of formal education for deaf students in America.
For more information go to http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2017/pr17_012.htm
Source: United States Postal Service
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Title: Arabic Short Film Blog
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Find short films that you can use in your Arabic classes on this website: http://arabicshortfilms.blogspot.com/
Source: Arabic Short Film Blog
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Title: Free Reading Time in Chinese Classes
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From http://tprsforchinese.blogspot.com/
Free, voluntary reading (FVR) is most commonly associated with the TPRS method, but it can be used as a component of any language class. Read now Diane Newbauer uses FVR in her Chinese classes here: http://tprsforchinese.blogspot.com/2017/03/free-reading-time-in-chinese-classes.html
Source: Ignite Language
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Title: Opposites Matching Activity
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Here is a quick activity for matching adjectives with opposite meanings in Chinese: http://blogs.transparent.com/chinese/chinese-adjectives/
Source: Transparent Language
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Title: Reasons and Resources for Learning Welsh
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From http://www.lindsaydoeslanguages.com
Here are some reasons to learn Welsh, along with links to resources for learning the language: http://www.lindsaydoeslanguages.com/9-reasons-to-learn-welsh/
Source: Lindsay Does Languages
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Title: Blog Post: Things that Kill Americans but not Germans, and Vice Versa
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Your InterCom editor’s family had a teenage guest from Kazakhstan several decades ago who noted, “At home, I would get a cold and then possibly die if I walked around outside barefoot, but here I can walk barefoot with you all in your backyard because it works differently here in America.” I’ve always admired her approach to examining her culturally-ingrained beliefs while maintaining her respect for her parents’ and grandparents’ wisdom.
In this recent blog post, an American expat living in Germany describes similar contrasts between German and American beliefs: whether it’s safe to leave food at room temperature overnight, for example, or to open all the windows in your home to let a good breeze circulate on a stuffy day: http://bhejl.blogspot.com/2017/03/things-that-kill-americans-but-not.html
Source: Ami im Schwabenland
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Title: Expand Your Range of German Adjectives
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From http://blogs.transparent.com
Move beyond “gut” and “schlect” with a wider variety of descriptive adjectives. For commonly-used adjective, there are suggestions for more specific words: http://blogs.transparent.com/german/express-yourself-in-german-with-these-adjectives/
Source: Transparent Language
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Title: Martia Dementia 2017
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From http://bcpublishers.blogspot.com
It’s March Madness - people everywhere are engaging in the popular pastime of betting on the outcome of the men’s college basketball tournament in the United States. Meanwhile, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers' are running their third annual Martia Dementia contest. The contest has two components, a bracket and a survey. Here are details:
Bracket: “You will need to download a bracket from below, when it's made available on March 6, and save it as a PDF file. Having done this, simply advance the authors of your choosing through the bracket, writing in your picks and eliminating the others, until one remains above the rest. Send the completed bracket to the email provided on the bracket.”
Survey: “To further improve your chances of winning, a survey will be available for each round (below) where you can vote for your picks or, as it gets closer to the championship, vote against any picks that might hurt your chances of winning. This aspect is separate from the bracket and not necessarily required, but actively participating in the survey betters your chances at winning.”
For full details go to http://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2017/03/martia-dementia-2017.html
Source: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
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