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Title: Funding Opportunity: Endangered Language Grants
Body: From: http://www.ogmios.org/home.htm Foundation for Endangered Languages The aims of the Foundation are: - to raise awareness of endangered languages, both inside and outside the communities where they are spoken, through all channels and media; - to support the use of endangered languages in all contexts: at home, in education, in the media, and in social, cultural and economic life; - to monitor linguistic policies and practices, and to seek to influence the appropriate authorities where necessary; - to support the documentation of endangered languages, by offering financial assistance, training, or facilities for the publication of results; - to collect together and make available information of use in the preservation of endangered languages; to disseminate information on all of the above activities as widely as possible. The Foundation awards grants to projects that further these aims, as and when funds permit. Editor's note: Information on grant application is available at: http://www.ogmios.org/grant.htm
Source: Foundation for Endangered Languages
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Title: Funding Opportunity: Endangered Language Grants
Body: From: http://www.ogmios.org/home.htm Foundation for Endangered Languages The aims of the Foundation are: - to raise awareness of endangered languages, both inside and outside the communities where they are spoken, through all channels and media; - to support the use of endangered languages in all contexts: at home, in education, in the media, and in social, cultural and economic life; - to monitor linguistic policies and practices, and to seek to influence the appropriate authorities where necessary; - to support the documentation of endangered languages, by offering financial assistance, training, or facilities for the publication of results; - to collect together and make available information of use in the preservation of endangered languages; to disseminate information on all of the above activities as widely as possible. The Foundation awards grants to projects that further these aims, as and when funds permit. Editor's note: Information on grant application is available at: http://www.ogmios.org/grant.htm
Source: Foundation for Endangered Languages
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Title: Foreign Language Advocacy Resources
Body: Editor's note: The following sites, recently suggested on the FLTEACH listserv, contain information that might be useful for developing a foreign language advocacy group in your area. ----- The California Language Teachers Association Foreign Language Advocacy Committee http://clta.net/advocacy/advocacy.html Foreign Language Association of Georgia - Advocacy for Foreign Languages http://www.flageorgia.org/advocacy.htm Georgia Coalition for Language Learning http://www.gsu.edu/%7Ewwwgcl/ Massachusetts Foreign Language Association (see "Advocacy Video") http://mafla.org/ Foreign Language Association of Missouri - Foreign Language Advocacy http://www.flamnet.org/fl_advocacy.html Local Advocacy for Second Language Education: A Case Study in New Mexico. ERIC Digest. http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9218/local.htm NYSAFLT Foreign Language Advocacy http://www.nysaflt.org/advocacy.htm The Alliance for Language Learning (FLANC) http://www.wfu.edu/education/vision2010/advocacy.html World Language Advocacy (PSMLA) http://psmla.mercyhurst.edu/Advocacy.asp South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers' Association - Advocacy http://www.scflta.org/advocacy/Advocacy.html Why study a foreign language in Tennessee? http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/why.html TFLTA Web Sites for Advocacy http://www.tflta.org/advocacylinks.htm Texas Foreign Language Association - Advocacy http://www.tfla.info/advocacy.htm Vermont Foreign Language Association Advocacy Page http://www.vfla.org/film.htm Foreign Language Association of Virginia Advocacy Page http://www.flavaweb.org/advocacy.htm Peckham, B. State FL advocacy (TBob). Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (22 Dec. 2004). ----- Ohio has an advocacy page: http://www.ofla-online.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op= view_page&PAGE_id=34&MMN_position=40:10 (www.ofla-online.org then click on committees, then political advocacy) Rauschenberg, J. Re: state FL advocacy (TBob). Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (23 Dec. 2004).
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Title: Foreign Language Advocacy Resources
Body: Editor's note: The following sites, recently suggested on the FLTEACH listserv, contain information that might be useful for developing a foreign language advocacy group in your area. ----- The California Language Teachers Association Foreign Language Advocacy Committee http://clta.net/advocacy/advocacy.html Foreign Language Association of Georgia - Advocacy for Foreign Languages http://www.flageorgia.org/advocacy.htm Georgia Coalition for Language Learning http://www.gsu.edu/%7Ewwwgcl/ Massachusetts Foreign Language Association (see "Advocacy Video") http://mafla.org/ Foreign Language Association of Missouri - Foreign Language Advocacy http://www.flamnet.org/fl_advocacy.html Local Advocacy for Second Language Education: A Case Study in New Mexico. ERIC Digest. http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9218/local.htm NYSAFLT Foreign Language Advocacy http://www.nysaflt.org/advocacy.htm The Alliance for Language Learning (FLANC) http://www.wfu.edu/education/vision2010/advocacy.html World Language Advocacy (PSMLA) http://psmla.mercyhurst.edu/Advocacy.asp South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers' Association - Advocacy http://www.scflta.org/advocacy/Advocacy.html Why study a foreign language in Tennessee? http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/why.html TFLTA Web Sites for Advocacy http://www.tflta.org/advocacylinks.htm Texas Foreign Language Association - Advocacy http://www.tfla.info/advocacy.htm Vermont Foreign Language Association Advocacy Page http://www.vfla.org/film.htm Foreign Language Association of Virginia Advocacy Page http://www.flavaweb.org/advocacy.htm Peckham, B. State FL advocacy (TBob). Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (22 Dec. 2004). ----- Ohio has an advocacy page: http://www.ofla-online.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op= view_page&PAGE_id=34&MMN_position=40:10 (www.ofla-online.org then click on committees, then political advocacy) Rauschenberg, J. Re: state FL advocacy (TBob). Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (23 Dec. 2004).
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Title: Online Maps Show Where Languages Are Spoken in the U.S.
Body: The Modern Language Association Web site features maps which display the population density of speakers of more than thirty languages. Viewers may choose the language(s) and the region(s) before generating the map. Visit the site at: http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/headlinedetails.cfm?id=31
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Title: Online Maps Show Where Languages Are Spoken in the U.S.
Body: The Modern Language Association Web site features maps which display the population density of speakers of more than thirty languages. Viewers may choose the language(s) and the region(s) before generating the map. Visit the site at: http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/headlinedetails.cfm?id=31
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Title: Call for Papers: Spanish Native Speakers Special Interest Group (SIG)
Body: ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) 2005 November 18-20, Baltimore, Maryland The Spanish for Native Speakers Special Interest Group seeks abstract submissions for the 38th ACTFL Convention to be held in Baltimore, Maryland from November 18-20, 2005. The SNS SIG is soliciting proposals in Spanish or English for twenty-minute presentations related to the specific linguistic and social characteristics of Spanish Native Speakers in the United States. Please submit by e-mail a one-page 350-word abstract including the title and main focus of the paper. Include your name, affiliation, address, phone and e- mail address at the end of your abstract. Abstracts must be received no later than January 31, 2005 to be considered. They should be sent to Glenn Martinez, chair of the SNS SIG, at martinezg@utpa.edu. All abstracts will be read anonymously by a committee composed of SIG members, and authors will be notified by mid-March if their presentations or posters have been accepted. Please include your abstract in the body of your e-mail message. Attachments cannot be accepted. Presenters must be members of ACTFL and of the SNS SIG and be registered for the conference. To join ACTFL, visit the website at www.actfl.org. Be sure to add the SNS SIG to your "cart" before "checking out." McGinnis, S. CFP: ACTFL 2005, SNS SIG -- Deadline 31 January. Heritage List. heritage-list@Majordomo.umd.edu (26 Dec. 2004).
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Title: Call for Papers: Spanish Native Speakers Special Interest Group (SIG)
Body: ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) 2005 November 18-20, Baltimore, Maryland The Spanish for Native Speakers Special Interest Group seeks abstract submissions for the 38th ACTFL Convention to be held in Baltimore, Maryland from November 18-20, 2005. The SNS SIG is soliciting proposals in Spanish or English for twenty-minute presentations related to the specific linguistic and social characteristics of Spanish Native Speakers in the United States. Please submit by e-mail a one-page 350-word abstract including the title and main focus of the paper. Include your name, affiliation, address, phone and e- mail address at the end of your abstract. Abstracts must be received no later than January 31, 2005 to be considered. They should be sent to Glenn Martinez, chair of the SNS SIG, at martinezg@utpa.edu. All abstracts will be read anonymously by a committee composed of SIG members, and authors will be notified by mid-March if their presentations or posters have been accepted. Please include your abstract in the body of your e-mail message. Attachments cannot be accepted. Presenters must be members of ACTFL and of the SNS SIG and be registered for the conference. To join ACTFL, visit the website at www.actfl.org. Be sure to add the SNS SIG to your "cart" before "checking out." McGinnis, S. CFP: ACTFL 2005, SNS SIG -- Deadline 31 January. Heritage List. heritage-list@Majordomo.umd.edu (26 Dec. 2004).
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Title: Celebrating Educational Opportunities for Hispanic Students
Body: From: http://www.osba.org/leadrshp/ceo/ Searching for Model Programs Do you have a successful program for your Hispanic students and community? This years Northwest Celebrating Opportunities for Hispanic Students Conference will be April 22-24 in Boise, Idaho. OSBA, which co- sponsors this annual conference, is looking for model programs to highlight. Requests for speakers will be mailed to superintendents in the next few weeks. For more information, visit: http://www.osba.org/leadrshp/ceo/
Source: Idaho and Oregon School Boards Associations
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Title: Celebrating Educational Opportunities for Hispanic Students
Body: From: http://www.osba.org/leadrshp/ceo/ Searching for Model Programs Do you have a successful program for your Hispanic students and community? This years Northwest Celebrating Opportunities for Hispanic Students Conference will be April 22-24 in Boise, Idaho. OSBA, which co- sponsors this annual conference, is looking for model programs to highlight. Requests for speakers will be mailed to superintendents in the next few weeks. For more information, visit: http://www.osba.org/leadrshp/ceo/
Source: Idaho and Oregon School Boards Associations
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Title: Seeking Model Heritage Language Programs
Body: The Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages (AAHL) is compiling an online collection of heritage language programs and related resources within and beyond the formal education system. If you work in or know about a program or resources that others should know about, please contact Joy Peyton, Center for Applied Linguistics, joy@cal.org, for guidelines. Thank you!! BACKGROUND In 1999, the Heritage Language Initiative (HLI) launched coordinated efforts across languages and instructional settings to develop a national infrastructure of information and resources to support the development of heritage language speakers' competencies. Efforts included the Second National Heritage Languages in America Conference (2002) and the Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages, which needs the collaboration of all constituents. Our current goal is to compile and make available information about promising heritage language programs -- K-12, higher education, and community-based. McGinnis, S. Request for input: Collection of promising HL programs. Heritage List. heritage-list@Majordomo.umd.edu (21 Dec. 2004).
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Title: Seeking Model Heritage Language Programs
Body: The Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages (AAHL) is compiling an online collection of heritage language programs and related resources within and beyond the formal education system. If you work in or know about a program or resources that others should know about, please contact Joy Peyton, Center for Applied Linguistics, joy@cal.org, for guidelines. Thank you!! BACKGROUND In 1999, the Heritage Language Initiative (HLI) launched coordinated efforts across languages and instructional settings to develop a national infrastructure of information and resources to support the development of heritage language speakers' competencies. Efforts included the Second National Heritage Languages in America Conference (2002) and the Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages, which needs the collaboration of all constituents. Our current goal is to compile and make available information about promising heritage language programs -- K-12, higher education, and community-based. McGinnis, S. Request for input: Collection of promising HL programs. Heritage List. heritage-list@Majordomo.umd.edu (21 Dec. 2004).
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Title: Deadline Extended: SOCALLT 2005
Body: The proposal deadline for the 2005 meeting of the South Central Association for Language Learning Technology has been extended to January 5, 2005. More information is available at: http://www.tulane.edu/~socallt/
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Title: Deadline Extended: SOCALLT 2005
Body: The proposal deadline for the 2005 meeting of the South Central Association for Language Learning Technology has been extended to January 5, 2005. More information is available at: http://www.tulane.edu/~socallt/
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Title: Job Posting: HS German Sub, MN
Body: Burnsville High School, a suburb south of the cities, is looking for a part-time, long-term sub. I am going on maternity leave in March until the end of the year. If you're interested and would like to know more about the students and the position, feel free to contact me and I can answer questions as well as put you in touch with the AP in charge of hiring the position. Brooke Delmont Burnsville Senior High School Math and German teacher bdelmont@burnsville.k12.mn.us 952-707-2213 Delmont, B. [AATG-L] Long term sub in MN. American Association of Teachers of German listserv. AATG@listserv.iupui.edu (21 Dec. 2004).
Source: American Association of Teachers of German listserv
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Title: Job Posting: HS German Sub, MN
Body: Burnsville High School, a suburb south of the cities, is looking for a part-time, long-term sub. I am going on maternity leave in March until the end of the year. If you're interested and would like to know more about the students and the position, feel free to contact me and I can answer questions as well as put you in touch with the AP in charge of hiring the position. Brooke Delmont Burnsville Senior High School Math and German teacher bdelmont@burnsville.k12.mn.us 952-707-2213 Delmont, B. [AATG-L] Long term sub in MN. American Association of Teachers of German listserv. AATG@listserv.iupui.edu (21 Dec. 2004).
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Title: Online Listening Practice: Provençal Accent
Body: About.com's French language site continues their series of online listening exercises. This week's lesson features an interview with a Provençal man who makes "les fruits confits." As usual, both normal- and slower-speed versions are available. Access the site at: http://french.about.com/library/listening/blff-fruitsconfits-listen.htm
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Title: Online Listening Practice: Provençal Accent
Body: About.com's French language site continues their series of online listening exercises. This week's lesson features an interview with a Provençal man who makes "les fruits confits." As usual, both normal- and slower-speed versions are available. Access the site at: http://french.about.com/library/listening/blff-fruitsconfits-listen.htm
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Title: Recommended Arabic Study Materials
Body: For those who are interested in studying Arabic on their own, the National Capital Language Resource Center's January newsletter provides a brief review of a number of materials currently available. Follow the link below, and scroll down to question 3. http://www.nclrc.org/caidlr89.htm#dora
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Title: Recommended Arabic Study Materials
Body: For those who are interested in studying Arabic on their own, the National Capital Language Resource Center's January newsletter provides a brief review of a number of materials currently available. Follow the link below, and scroll down to question 3. http://www.nclrc.org/caidlr89.htm#dora
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