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Title: Bilingual Education on the Brink of Return in Boston
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From https://www.languagemagazine.com/2017/08/bilingual-education-brink-return-boston/
The Massachusetts Senate has unanimously approved the LOOK (Language Opportunity for Our Kids) bill that would allow school systems to bring back bilingual education, potentially ending a 15-year-old ban on schools teaching students academic courses in their native language.
The LOOK bill updates MGL Ch 71A English Language Education in Public, allowing all districts to choose high quality alternate language acquisition programs based on the educational and linguistic needs of students, in addition to Sheltered English Immersion.
The bill also:
• Encourages parent involvement by establishing parent advisory councils and providing a mechanism for parents to advocate as a group for a district to adopt a specific language acquisition program (including dual-language programs).
• Directs districts to monitor FLEP and former FLEP students who have exited language acquisition programs.
• Recognizes experienced educators in Language Acquisition Programs by requiring instruction by licensed ESL teachers, as well as directing DESE to establish an educator endorsement for teachers in dual-language programs, and an administrator pathway for directors of Language Acquisition Programs.
• Removes provisions that discourages alternative language acquisition programs, including time limits, the restrictive waiver process, and liability for educators and districts.
• Recognizes the value of bilingualism and biliteracy skills by establishing a state Seal of Biliteracy that districts can award to high school graduates who demonstrate proficiency in two or more languages.
Read more at https://www.languagemagazine.com/2017/08/bilingual-education-brink-return-boston/
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: BBC in West African Pidgin English
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The BBC has launched a digital platform for West African Pidgin English, based in Nigeria. Learn more about the new platform at https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-08-21/new-digital-platform-west-africa-targets-speakers-pidgin-language and at https://www.languagemagazine.com/2017/08/bbc-launches-pidgin-portal/, and access it at https://www.bbc.com/pidgin
Source: Various
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Title: Chinese Tutoring Program at Columbia University
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The Chinese Tutoring Program is offered by the Center for International Foreign Language Teacher Education (CIFLTE) at Teachers College, Columbia University. The program provides one-on-one and group Chinese lessons to help learners develop communicative skills in Mandarin Chinese.
The instructors for the upcoming module are outstanding graduates from the Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (TCSOL) Certificate Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Instructions are customized to individual learners’ needs and can take place in person, online, or both.
TCSOL Program faculty supervise the progression of the tutoring sessions. Upon successful completion of the program, attendees will receive a Certificate of Completion issued by the TCSOL Program.
For full details and to apply, go to http://www.tc.columbia.edu/arts-and-humanities/tcsol-certificate/program-offerings/chinese-tutoring-program/
Source: Columbia University
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Title: New Videos for Chinese Language Teachers
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Asia Society has released more instructional videos from its TEQ series dedicated to Chinese language teaching. This month’s videos include an activity from Shwu-fen Lin at Princeton High School in New Jersey, for 11th and 12th graders at an intermediate-mid level and a full lesson from teacher Guo Ruijian at Kensington Elementary School in North Carolina, for kindergarten children in Chinese immersion at a novice-mid level.
Access both videos at http://asiasociety.org/china-learning-initiatives/teaching-fellows-program
Source: Asia Society
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Title: Japanese Lesson: koto, kara, and kotokara
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Here is a lesson about koto, kara, and kotokara: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-grammar-kotokara/
Source: Tofugu
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Title: Italian Film Festival in San Rafael
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From http://italianfilm.com/ticketing.html
The Italian Film Festival will take place in Marin Center, San Rafael, California. This year's dates for the Italian Film Festival are September 23 through November 4, 2017.
For full details go to http://italianfilm.com/index.html
Source: Italian Film Festival
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Title: Armenian Dual Language Classes in Los Angeles Unified School District
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Inside the first Armenian dual-language classes in L.A. Unified
by Sonali Kohli
August 15, 2017
At Mountain View Elementary School in Tujunga about three-fourths of the population is of Armenian heritage. Parents have been looking for years for a way to pass on the language and culture to their children. …
Shakeh Ayvazian, a Los Angeles Unified School District parent community facilitator, noticed that parents were making moves to leave for other districts, and worked with them to push for a similar program in L.A. Unified.
That was five years ago, she said. Last year, Mountain View launched a pilot program with two kindergarten classes. Students spent half their time in a classroom in which their teacher spoke only Armenian to them and half their time in an English-speaking classroom.
Read the full article at http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-essential-education-updates-southern-inside-the-first-armenian-dual-language-1502822077-htmlstory.html
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Title: TEDEd Lesson: The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
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From https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-konrad-h-jarausch/
Here is a recently-created lesson about the rise and fall of the Berlin wall: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-konrad-h-jarausch/
Here are additional resources that Richard Byrne has found to augment a lesson about the wall: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/08/the-berlin-job-and-rise-and-fall-of.html#.WaLZuXeGPEY
Source: TEDEd
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Title: How the German General Election Works
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Here is an English-language article explaining the upcoming German general election: http://www.dw.com/en/race-for-the-bundestag-2017-how-does-the-german-general-election-work/a-37805756
Source: Deutsche Welle
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Title: Rodolfo Lanciani Digital Archive Allows Access to Roman Artifacts
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The Rodolfo Lanciani Digital Archive offers virtual access to a premier collection of historic depictions amassed by Rodolfo Lanciani (1845–1929). Throughout his long career Lanciani collected a vast archive of his own notes and manuscripts, as well as works by others including rare prints and original drawings by artists and architects stretching back to the sixteenth century.
The digital archive is available at https://exhibits.stanford.edu/lanciani
Source: University of Oregon
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