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Title: New President and COO for U.S.-China Strong Foundation
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The U.S.-China Strong Foundation has recently selected a new president, Travis Trainer, and also a new Chief Operations Officer, Morgan Jones. As we mentioned in a previous spotlight, CASLS was named as one of the implementation partners for U.S.-China Strong Foundation’s 1 Million Strong initiative. CASLS is part of the technology platform, along with VIPKID and Mandarin Matrix, and will help by developing and using technology to improve and create greater access to Mandarin language classes. CASLS is working with the technology implementation partners and the U.S.-China Strong Foundation to identify funding opportunities that would allow the initiative to provide an integrated and sustainable suite of tools accessible to all Mandarin learners.
Source: CASLS Spotlight
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Title: Three Ideas for Including L2 Pragmatics in Your Classroom
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By Julie Sykes, CASLS Director
For classroom purposes, it can be helpful to define pragmatics as “meaning as communicated by a speaker (or writer) and interpreted by a listener (or reader)" (Yuul, 1996, pp.3-4). This focus on meaning is critical for successful communication and can help learners move beyond a one-to-one association with words and structures towards a more comprehensive approach to the language they are learning. While often the source of funny anecdotes, pragmatic missteps can cause frustration for learners as they interact with expert speakers of their target language.
Explicit pragmatic instruction and attention to pragmatic behaviors in the language classroom can help learners avoid miscommunication, and, when missteps occur, analyze their implications. While complex approaches are possible, and in some cases, feasible, attention to pragmatic details in the everyday classroom is also possible.
- Ask learners to observe the ways people around them greet one another, make a list, and then analyze them in class by social dimensions, such as age, power, and closeness. This adds to the greetings often learned in a textbook and expands learners’ understanding of possible greetings.
- Have learners watch the ways people tell stories in 1 or 2 films being watched and then have them make a list of three pragmatic strategies for increasing the intensity of a story or lessening the importance of a detail, for example. Then, demonstrate to learners the ways stories can be used in making apologies.
- Offer learners three lexical phrases used for complimenting and have them look for those items in a corpus. Then, ask them to categorize the type of compliment associated with each item as well as the three most typical responses.
Source: CASLS Topic of the Week
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Title: Book: Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching in Polish State Colleges
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Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching in Polish State Colleges
By Piotr Romanowski
Published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
This volume provides a strong theoretical introduction to the field of intercultural communication, offering practical examples of classroom activities, as well as presenting empirical research which demonstrates that intercultural communicative competence (ICC) can be developed effectively in specially tailored courses adjusted to the needs of learners. It presents a novel model of intercultural sensitivity assessment, and outlines the results of research into intercultural communicative competence conducted among the students of English Language Studies in state colleges in Poland. The cultural component in developing ICC as an extra-linguistic determinant is assigned particular prominence in the book. A thorough analysis of the empirical material collected from participant observation, the administered questionnaires and interviews allowed the most common values and attitudes held as components of intercultural sensitivity to be identified. The obtained findings are subsequently analyzed to predict the potential areas of communication misunderstandings and failures between Polish learners of English and representatives of other cultures.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.cambridgescholars.com/intercultural-communicative-competence-in-english-language-teaching-in-polish-state-colleges
Source: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Title: Book: Reflecting on Critical Incidents in Language Education
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From http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/reflecting-on-critical-incidents-in-language-education-9781474255837/
Reflecting on Critical Incidents in Language Education: 40 Dilemmas For Novice TESOL Professionals
By Thomas S. C. Farrell and Laura Baecher
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing
Novice Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL) teachers are often surprised by the full range of issues their jobs involve, and learning how to successfully address these issues takes considerable skill and experience, built up throughout a teaching career. This book is about such critical incidents and how a problem-solving mindset can help.
Complex issues covered in this book are often not adequately dealt with in teacher training. This book takes up "critical incidents" which fall into the gap between what the teacher has learned about in their course of study and the classroom realities they face. By directly reflecting on these particular incidents, teachers can be empowered to continue their own professional development.
Each critical incident is based on actual experiences shared by novice TESOL practitioners and the book organizes these incidents in an easy-to-use, structured manner. Within connected themes, the text presents the incident from the teacher's point of view, provides the reader critical background questions, offers insight into how the teacher wrestled with the issue, and shares questions and engagement opportunities to further engage with the topics raised.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/reflecting-on-critical-incidents-in-language-education-9781474255837/
Source: Bloomsbury Publishing
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Title: Book: Raising Multilingual Children
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From http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781783097562
Raising Multilingual Children
By Julia Festman, Gregory J. Poarch, Jean-Marc Dewaele
Published by Multilingual Matters
Have you ever been told that raising your child to speak multiple languages will harm their development? Are teachers or other professionals suspicious of your efforts? Are you sometimes unsure if you are helping your child’s language development, or are you uncertain where to start? It is increasingly recognized among researchers that, far from harming a child’s development, being exposed to multiple languages from birth or early childhood can result in linguistic, creative and social advantages. The authors, all multilinguals themselves, parents of multilingual children, and researchers on language and multilingualism, aim to provide advice and inspiration for multilingual families across the world. The latest research on multilingualism and the authors’ own experiences are used to provide a friendly, accessible guide to raising and nurturing happy multilingual children.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781783097562
Source: Multilingual Matters
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Title: Call for Proposals: Southern Conference on Language Teaching 2018 Conference
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From http://www.scolt.org/index.php/conferences/current-conference
SCOLT 2018
March 15-17, 2018
Atlanta, Georgia
Conference theme: Proficiency ATL (ALL THE LEVELS)
Proposals will be accepted from March 20 - September 1.
Visit the conference website at http://www.scolt.org/index.php/conferences/current-conference
Submit a proposal at https://scoltconf.wufoo.com/forms/wdp7x3u1cb17c1/
Source: SCOLT
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Title: Call for Proposals: Sixth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence
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From http://cercll.arizona.edu/development/conferences/2018_icc
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Intercultural Competence and Mobility: Virtual and Physical
Sixth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence
January 25-28, 2018 Wyndham Grand Westward Look Resort Tucson, Arizona
In 2018, the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy will host the Sixth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence which will focus on Intercultural Competence and Mobility: Virtual and Physical. The conference will feature presentations and workshops that consider intercultural competence in connection with global trends of migration, travel, and digitally-enabled mobility. Of particular interest are contributions that address the changing state of intercultural competence in a mobile world.
CERCLL invites proposals for individual papers, symposia, roundtables, posters, and workshops (half-day/full-day) with preference given to topics related to the conference theme of Intercultural Competence and Mobility: Virtual and Physical.
The proposal deadline is May 22, 2017
For more details go to http://cercll.arizona.edu/development/conferences/2018_icc
Source: CERCLL
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Title: Washington Association for Bilingual Education 2017 Annual Conference
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From http://wabewa.org/
Washington Association for Bilingual Education 2017 Annual Conference
Yakima
April 20-22
“Inspire Teachers, Empower Students”
Visit the conference website at http://wabewa.org/conf/
Source: WABE
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Title: 39th Language Testing Research Colloquium
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From http://www.iltaonline.com/page/LTRC2017
39th Language Testing Research Colloquium
Universidad de los Andes, Las Aguas, Bogotá, Colombia
July 17–18 Pre-conference workshops
July 19–21 39th LTRC
Visit the conference website to learn more and to register at http://www.iltaonline.com/page/LTRC2017
Source: ILTA
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Title: Language Is Life Gathering for California Indian Languages
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From http://aicls.org/language-is-life/
The 13th Biennial Language is Life Gathering will be held in Wonder Valley Ranch and Resort in Sanger CA on October 6-8, 2017
Language is Life biennial conference involves California Indians coming together to share their experiences and aspirations for language revitalization. During Language is Life participants get ideas from each other, and attend a wide array of workshops and lectures on language teaching and learning methods, family language and cultural practices, funding, recording and computer technology, language research, and other relevant topics.
Are you involved in a language program, teaching, learning, or administrating?
Tell AICLS about it and be a presenter or show a poster.
Have an interesting teaching method you want to share?
Hold a workshop.
Have some traditional hand crafted cultural items to sell?
AICLS needs vendors, and donations to the raffle and silent auction.
All registration, presentation, and vendor application forms are available now at aicls.org
Source: AICLS
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