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Title: Editorial: The Hearing World Must Stop Forcing Deaf Culture to Assimilate
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The Hearing World Must Stop Forcing Deaf Culture to Assimilate
Too many hearing people view deafness as a deficiency rather than a separate linguistic context, worldview and culture.
by Sara Nović
October 25, 2017
[W]hat is Deaf culture? Like many others, it is rooted its language.
The manual modality of signed language gives rise to common mannerisms and codes of behavior in Deaf settings. By incorporating gestures, movement and facial expressions, Deaf people tend to be far blunter with one another than considered appropriate in hearing company. Stomping on the floor, for example, or throwing something at a Deaf person (known as “beanbagging”) are accepted ways of getting someone’s attention.
What the hearing world calls “hearing loss,” the Deaf community counters with “Deaf gain.” It avoids terminology like “handicapped,” “hearing impaired” or “mute.”
Read the full article at https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/hearing-world-must-stop-forcing-deaf-culture-assimilate-ncna812461
Source: NBC News
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Title: Grammar in Context: Materials for Chinese Learners
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These online learning materials have been developed as part of the 2010-2014 program of the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at The Pennsylvania State University.
The materials are intended for high-intermediate, low-advanced and advanced learners of Mandarin Chinese. Grammar in Context includes Learn-Practice, Self-check and Vocabulary Support for 16 commonly used particles in Mandarin Chinese. The units can be used in blended learning environments, for self-study, and traditional classroom settings.
Access the materials at https://sites.google.com/site/calperadverbs/
Source: CALPER
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Title: Chinese Resultative Verb Compounds
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From http://www.saporedicina.com/
Here is a short online explanation of Chinese resultative verb compounds, including a summary table: http://www.saporedicina.com/english/chinese-resultative-verb-compounds/
Source: Sapore di Cina
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Title: Ohayo Ohio II: A Japanese Symposium and Cultural Event
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Ohayo Ohio II: A Japanese Symposium and Cultural Event returns to Antioch College this fall, with events on campus November 11-12, 2017. Events include "Kyogen and Butoh Wearing the Universe" Kyogen and Butoh Performances by Antioch Alumni and “ORIZURU 2015" Short Film Screening, Symposium & Paper Crane Making.
For full details go to http://www.antiochcollege.edu/news/archive/antioch-college-hosts-fall-2017-ohayo-ohio-ii-symposium-november-11-12-2017
Source: Antioch College
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Title: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary and Upcoming Workshop
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From http://www.gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/eng/pages/home
OJAD is an online Japanese accent database for learners and teachers of Japanese. The goal of this tool is to enhance the awareness and understanding of the Japanese pitch accent with a suite of four features. The words in the dictionary encompass over 9000 nouns and 35 declinable words including verbs, i-adjectives, and na-adjectives, making it possible to search approximately 42,300 conjunctions of words. What’s more, each conjugated form given in the dictionary is accompanied by both male and female audio. This suite provides three other useful tools in addition to word search. With Verb-Suffix Search, you can look up the accent types for a verb followed by a suffix. With Text-Search, you can look up the accent types for words in an excerpt of text. Lastly, with Suzuki-kun, you can predict and display the pitch contour for an excerpt of text.
Access OJAD at http://www.gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/eng/pages/home
Japanese teachers and students near Eugene, Oregon, will be interested in an upcoming workshop by Dr. Nobuaki Minematsu of Toyko University to be held November 21, 2017, 5-7 PM. Here is the summary:
“In Japanese, dialect variations are often heard as lexical accent variations, and native Japanese generally use Tokyo Japanese (TJ) when they speak in public. This means that 1) Japanese spoken with non-TJ accents is still intelligible enough, 2) but it is often unnatural as Japanese spoken in public. Why are you learning Japanese? If you’re learning Japanese to do some social activities in Japan, learning TJ is strongly recommended. In this talk, fundamentals of TJ are introduced and it is explained now to use OJAD to learn TJ. Tokyo accented Japanese or my own accent Japanese (オレオレ日本語), that is the question.”
Source: OJAD
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Title: Russian Flagship Program at Portland State University
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From the SEELANGS listserv:
The Russian Flagship Program at Portland State University (PSU) invites inquiries from high school juniors and seniors, as well as community college students, who are interested in developing professional level proficiency in Russian, while they complete the undergraduate major of their choice. Supported by The Language Flagship, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, PSU’s Russian Flagship Program prepares students for exciting careers using foreign language skills in a globalized world.
An urban university, located in Portland, Oregon, PSU hosts one of only four federally-funded Flagship programs for Russian in the United States. Flagship students study in an innovative language program that helps them develop fluency in Russian through small classes taught in the target language, one-on-one conversation practice, and immersive study abroad programs, including a yearlong capstone program in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
PSU is committed to keeping undergraduate education affordable, and students can qualify for grants and scholarships, such as the Out-of-State Opportunity scholarships for non-residents. Prospective students from Western states may qualify for reduced tuition through the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE).
Interested students can learn more about our program at www.pdx.edu/russian-flagship.
William J. Comer
Director, Russian Flagship Program
Portland State University
Comer, W. Russian Flagship Program at Portland State University. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, 31 Oct 2017).
Source: SEELANGS
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Title: Article about the Persistence of Pennsylvania Dutch
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Pennsylvania Dutch: A language that persisted
By Douglas J. Madenford
November 1, 2017
“Guder Mariye, liewe Kinner!” (Good morning, dear children!)
I start most of my mornings with these four words. What’s most interesting about that statement is that I am an American. My family immigrated to the colony of Pennsylvania in the early 1700s and has been here ever since. Twelve generations later, we still speak the language that our forefathers brought with them across the Atlantic: Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvaanisch Deitsch, or PD).
There are very few immigrant languages that have stood the test of time in America. Most immigrants stop using their native language within a generation or two of immigrating in the hopes of assimilating to American culture and society. My forefathers decided that yes, assimilation is important, but we would continue to maintain our language.
Read the full article at https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/german-dialect-in-the-us_pennsylvania-dutch-a-language-that-persisted/43403674
Source: SWI
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Title: Network for the Study of Archaic and Classical Greek Song
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From http://www.ru.nl/greeksong/about/about/
The Network for the Study of Archaic and Classical Greek Song was founded in 2007 at the initiative of Ewen Bowie (University of Oxford) and André Lardinois (Radboud University Nijmegen) with the aim of promoting the exchange of information and ideas between scholars engaged in the study of archaic and classical lyric, elegiac and iambic poetry.
Today, it is overseen by Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi (Stanford University) and Lucia Athanassaki (University of Crete), who act as the Network's choragoi, and its principal activity is the organization of annual conferences on themes identified as key to advancement of the field by an international team of core members or choreutai.
Additionally, this website hosts a Bibliography of scholarship on Greek song published by its members.
Visit the Network’s website at http://www.ru.nl/greeksong/
Source: Radboud University
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Title: Tournées Film Festival at Samford University
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From https://theawla.wildapricot.org/news/5393346
To celebrate National French Week and International Education week, Samford University invites you its Tournées Film Festival October 30-November 16. The festival is sponsored in part by Samford University Department of World Languages and Cultures, the Samford Film Club, and the Alabama Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French. All films are appropriate for middle school and high school students and will be followed by a short discussion.
For full details, go to https://theawla.wildapricot.org/news/5393346
Source: Samford University
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Title: Monarch Butterfly Activities for Spanish Learners
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From http://www.spanishplayground.net/
Here is a collection of ideas and resources for young Spanish learners to explore the life cycle of monarch butterflies: http://www.spanishplayground.net/monarch-butterfly-activities-spanish/
Source: Spanish Playground
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