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Title: Digital Language Diversity in Europe: Basque, Breton, Karelian, and Sardinian
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Four new reports from the Digital Language Diversity Project examine the digital presence of Basque, Breton, Karelian, and Sardinian. They are available at http://www.dldp.eu/content/reports-digital-language-diversity-europe
Source: Digital Language Diversity Project
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Title: Book: Short Films in Language Teaching
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From http://narr-starter.de/magento/index.php/short-films-in-language-teaching.html
Short Films in Language Teaching
Edited by Engelbert Thaler
Published by narr\francke\attempto
The second volume in the new academic series SELT (Studies in English Language Teaching) is also divided into three parts: A. Theory – B. Methodology – C. CIassroom. Part A highlights the topic from the perspectives of different academic disciplines, in this case from a TEFL as well as from a film-didactic and a cultural-literary viewpoint. In part B, methodological contributions on selected short films and suitable procedures are assembled. Part C is a collection of concrete sample lessons for teaching English with short films at various levels. These lesson plans have been designed at university, carried out and evaluated by 11 experienced teachers, and finally revised by the editor. Peer reviewing is guaranteed by an academic advisory council consisting of six well-known TEFL professors. The new series, above all, aims at bridging didactic research and classroom practice. Thus it is intended for foreign language lecturers, students, teacher trainers and teachers.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://narr-starter.de/magento/index.php/short-films-in-language-teaching.html
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Title: Book: Current Issues in Intercultural Pragmatics
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From https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/pbns.274/main
Current Issues in Intercultural Pragmatics
Edited by Istvan Kecskes and Stavros Assimakopoulos
Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
Having been established as a field in its own right for the last decade, intercultural pragmatics is increasingly being recognized as an important area of research among scholars working in pragmatics. The present volume is a collection of selected papers from the 6th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication – admittedly the biggest venue for researchers in the area, and comprises contributions that report on recent research that deals with or can directly inform work in intercultural pragmatics. Given the breadth of research areas that are represented herein, ranging from lingua franca and business communication to the study of cultural perceptions, translation and pragmatic development, this volume is bound to be of interest to not only students and scholars engaged in the area of intercultural pragmatics, but also to all those with a more general interest in the sociocultural turn in the study of pragmatics.
Visit the publisher’s website at https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/pbns.274/main
Source: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Title: Book: International Student Engagement in Higher Education
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From http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781783098194
International Student Engagement in Higher Education: Transforming Practices, Pedagogies and Participation
By Margaret Kettle
Published by Multilingual Matters
Hand-in-hand with the continuing drive to recruit international students to Western universities goes an interest in student engagement. However, it is often unclear exactly what is meant by engagement. This book goes beyond the policy rhetoric to provide a practice-based explication of international student engagement and its enabling institutional conditions. By utilizing a social practice conceptual model, the book explains the multiple dimensions of engagement that are often conflated in policy: the antecedents to engagement, the actions of engaging, and the achievements and outcomes of engagement. As a result, the book is able to address issues such as how English comes to matter in international student academic practice; the teaching and assessment approaches that promote international student engagement; and the metacognitive, cognitive and affective strategies that international students use to achieve academic and personal transformation.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781783098194
Source: Multilingual Matters
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Title: Call for Papers: Russia and the Pacific Northwest
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Russia and the Pacific Northwest: Russians from Fort Ross to the Aleutian Islands
To mark its fiftieth anniversary, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Oregon will be holding an interdisciplinary conference on Russia and the Pacific Northwest on Friday, April 6 and Saturday, April 7, 2018. Presentations on all aspects of the topic, such as the history of Russian trade and colonization, Russian émigré literature of the area, environmental and immigrant history, as well as topics centered in such disciplines as linguistics, anthropology, religious studies and art, are solicited. The Pacific Northwest is understood as encompassing northern California, Oregon, Washington, Western coastal Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. The working language of the conference will be English.
The deadline for receipt of proposals is September 1, 2017.
View the full call for papers at https://creees.stanford.edu/russia-and-pacific-northwest-russians-fort-ross-aleutian-islands-university-oregon
Source: Stanford University
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Title: Call for Papers: Journal of Second and Multiple Language Acquisition
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From https://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-3179.html
The editors of the Journal of Second and Multiple Language Acquisition, a free, quarterly published, peer-reviewed journal, cordially invite you to submit your manuscripts on any topics within second or multiple language acquisition or foreign language learning to be evaluated for possible publication in Vol. 5 Issue 3.
Submit a manuscript by August 15 to be considered for the September 2017 issue.
View the full call for papers at https://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-3179.html
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Call for Chapters: Assessment in CLIL
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From https://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-3169.html
Call for Papers for an edited volume in "Assessment for learning in the CLIL classroom"
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) has a dual focus: simultaneously promoting the content mastery and language acquisition, an amalgam of both subject learning and language learning, flexible and adaptable to many contexts (Coyle, Hood, & Marsh, 2010). This implies that foreign/second language plays a dual role in the CLIL classroom, on the one hand, being the medium of instruction and, on the other hand, the target of it. The efficacy of such instruction for language acquisition has been studied rather extensively, research findings showing the positive impact of CLIL on language acquisition (Marsh & Wolff, 2007) and providing a holistic educational experience for the learner.
This edited volume will aim at conceptualizing CLIL and establishing the theoretical basis/bases for assessment practices in the CLIL classroom. It will focus on the theoretical perspectives of assessment linked with CLIL in foreign language or second language contexts, or in tool-mediated online learning management systems.
The editors welcome theoretical, conceptual, and empirical contributions pertaining to the state-of-the-art research in CLIL assessment in both foreign and second language contexts with the specific emphasis on assessment that supports learning and/or is considered to be indivisible from teaching and learning. While the language of the contributions should be English we encourage submissions reporting on assessment in CLIL where target of instruction are languages other than English.
Expressions of interest and extended abstracts are due September 29, 2017.
See the full call for chapters at https://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-3169.html
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Call for Chapters: Technology and Language Learner Psychology
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From https://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-2329.html
This is a call for chapters for a compendium tentatively entitled:
Technology and Language Learner Psychology
The volume’s editors are looking for proposals for chapters that address the crossroads of technology and language learner psychology. In particular, the editors are interested in theoretical or empirical studies that address the interaction between technology and the psychological issues involved in learning a second language. Submitted chapters may focus on (but are not limited to):
- Technology-Assisted Language Learning, Teaching Methods and Learner Psychology
- Language Courseware Design and Learner Psychology
- Psychology, Multimodal and Multicultural Communication
- Computers and Individual Differences in L2 Learning (e.g., motivation, anxiety, WTC, self-efficacy)
- Computerized Language Testing Systems and Language Learners
- New Learning Environments and Learners’ Motivation, Identity and Engagement
- Computer-Mediated Communication and L2 Learners
- New Technologies and Language Learners
- Mobile-Assisted Communication and L2 Learners
- Gaming and Language Learners
Proposals representing various methodological paradigms are welcome, including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches. Proposals that represent specific, pedagogically creative uses of TALL are also welcome, provided that researchers address how language learners have been affected by the use of the technology.
Potential contributors are invited to submit a 500-word proposal by October 15th, 2017.
View the full call for chapters at https://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-2329.html
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Be an Advocate for World Languages
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The Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers has a helpful blog post describing different ways that you can advocate for world languages: http://www.waflt.org/advocacy-in-action/
Source: WAFLT
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Title: Courses from TESOL
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Here are some upcoming professional development opportunities from TESOL:
ESL for the Secondary Mathematics Teacher
September 25-October 22
More information: http://www.tesol.org/events-landing-page/2017/09/25/default-calendar/esl-for-the-secondary-mathematics-teacher
ESL for the Secondary Science Teacher
October 2-29
More information: http://www.tesol.org/events-landing-page/2017/10/02/default-calendar/esl-for-the-secondary-science-teacher
Separating Difference from Disability with Students Learning English as an Additional Language
October 23-November 19
More information: http://www.tesol.org/events-landing-page/2017/10/23/default-calendar/separating-difference-from-disability-with-students-learning-english-as-an-additional-language
Source: TESOL
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