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Title: Call for Papers: East Coast Organization of Language Testers
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From https://sites.google.com/site/ecoltaelrc/home
The East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT) is pleased to announce its sixteenth annual conference on October 20, 2017. The conference will take place at Georgetown University.
The organizers invite proposals from colleagues in academia and education, government, and for-profit and not-for-profit organizations to present papers or posters related to language testing.
The submission deadline is June 5.
View the full call for papers at https://sites.google.com/site/ecoltaelrc/call-for-papers
Source: ECOLT
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Title: Call for Proposals: Africa in the 21st Century Classroom
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“Africa in the 21st century classroom”
September 29th-October 1st
St. Olaf College, Northfield Minnesota
Since its origins in decolonization and the Cold War, African studies has consistently had to reassert its relevance to university curricular trends and global historical forces. For many teaching African studies courses, consistent pedagogical goals have focused on deconstructing popular discourse about the world’s second largest continent, and centering African voices and experiences as vital to understanding global issues. These goals are unfinished and on-going, but how is African studies evolving to meet the demands of the 21st century classroom? What are the new opportunities and challenges to promoting the study of Africa within the liberal arts?
In higher education, declining interest and funding for the humanities and social sciences has taken its toll on fields which still dominate area studies. At the same time, universities are investing in STEM and global education in ways which could both strengthen and threaten the future of African studies. As teachers and scholars of African studies, how have we responded to these trends in the classroom and our university curricula? What pedagogical strategies best demonstrate the importance of understanding African experiences in students’ academic, personal or professional lives?
Abstracts and panel proposals are due by May 1, 2017.
View the full call for proposals at https://networks.h-net.org/node/28765/discussions/174117/cfp-%E2%80%9Cafrica-21st-century-classroom%E2%80%9D-africa-network-annual
Source: H-Africa
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Title: 2017 SLA Student Symposium
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From https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/2017-sla-student-symposium/
2017 SLA Graduate Student Symposium is titled Second Language Teaching and Learning: Diversity and Advocacy, and will be held on April 21 and 22, 2017, in Minneapolis. The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is excited to host the symposium for the first time, as part of a partnership formed with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Iowa in 2016.
Visit the conference website at https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/2017-sla-student-symposium/
Source: University of Minnesota
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Title: Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference
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The 23rd Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference will take place in Austin, Texas, April 20-22, 2017. Visit the conference website for full details: http://glac2017.weebly.com/
Source: Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference
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Title: Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
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From https://kflc.as.uky.edu/about
KFLC, the Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Conference, will take place April 20-22 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Visit the conference website for full details: https://kflc.as.uky.edu/
Source: University of Kentucky
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Title: COERLL Collaborators Program
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From http://fllite.org/project/collaborators/
The Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL)’s Collaborators Program aims to encourage collaboration on the use of open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP) for language learning. COERLL is actively seeking graduate student language teachers who are interested in learning how to create open language learning lessons using the FLLITE approach. To apply, all you have to do is complete the proposal form and submit it for consideration.
Once selected as a participant in the COERLL Collaborator program, you will work with leaders in the field of language teaching to design an original open educational lesson for your students. You will also share your innovations and expertise with a community of practice built around a COERLL project.
In order to participate, you will need to complete a FLLITE project proposal and submit it to COERLL by May 31, 2017.
For full details go to http://fllite.org/project/collaborators/
Source: COERLL
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Title: Professional Communities You Can Be Part Of
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From http://blog.coerll.utexas.edu
Open Education Week was March 27-31, and our sister LRC the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning has listed some vibrant, open online communities that you can be a part of: http://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/communities/#comment-196535
Source: COERLL
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Title: Article: Native American Hand Talkers Fight to Keep Sign Language Alive
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Native American Hand Talkers Fight to Keep Sign Language Alive
Cecily Hilleary
April 3, 2017
In early September 1930, the Blackfeet Nation of Montana hosted a historic Indian Sign Language Grand Council, gathering leaders of a dozen North American Nations and language groups.
The three-day council held was organized by Hugh L. Scott, a 77-year-old U.S. Army General who had spent a good portion of his career in the American West, where he observed and learned what users called Hand Talk, and what is today more broadly known as Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL). With $5,000 in federal funding, Scott filmed the proceedings and hoped to produce a film dictionary of more than 1,300 signs. He died before he could finish the project.
Scott’s films disappeared into the National Archives. Recently rediscovered, they are an important resource for those looking to revitalize PISL.
…Research has shown that Hand Talk is still being used by a small number of deaf and hearing descendants of the Plains Indian cultures.
"Hand Talk is endangered and dying quickly,” said Melanie McKay-Cody, who identifies herself as Cherokee Deaf and is an expert in anthropological linguistics.
McKay-Cody is the first deaf researcher to specialize in North American Hand Talk and today works with tribes to help them preserve their signed languages. She is pushing for PISL to be incorporated into mainstream education of the deaf.
Read the full article at https://www.voanews.com/a/native-american-hand-talker-fight-to-keep-signed-language-alive/3794333.html
Source: Voice of America
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Title: Arabic Fonts
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From http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d82d3f97985fc0799a5b2299e&id=40304d2f0b&e=feb2c9cab6
Dr. Zafer Lababidi (Assistant Director and Adviser, Middle Eastern Studies, Florida State University) recommends this site (http://www.designyourway.net/drb/34-free-arabic-fonts-available-for-download/) and this site (https://cooltext.com/Fonts-Unicode-Arabic) for access to many Arabic fonts for free! He says, "For anyone who wants to type Arabic using a calligraphic font, this link has many great options. Click on the font style and you will be directed to another page where you can download the PT Mirror. Open the file on your computer and click install. The font will be listed in your font list in Microsoft word. This works for both PCs and Macs. Diwani is one of my favorites."
Source: Arabic K-12 Bulletin
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Title: Thai Movie Central
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From https://www.thaimoviecentral.com/about
Thai Movie Central bills itself as “the web's #1 source of information about contemporary and classic Thai movies.” The website is in the process of cataloguing every Thai film ever made, in addition to publishing new reviews each week.
Visit Thai Movie Central at https://www.thaimoviecentral.com/
Source: Thai Movie Central
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