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Title: Online Spanish Vocabulary Flash Cards
Body: The following sites were recently recommended on FLTEACH as a good resource for virtual vocabulary flash cards. This site has simple vocabulary practice with audio for a variety of topics: http://members.tripod.com/spanishflashcards/ This site focuses on everyday vocabulary such as words associated with houses and activities we do there. Links are provided to writing and discussion activities as well as flash cards with soundfiles. http://doncarlos123.tripod.com/begspancasa.html
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Title: Online Spanish Vocabulary Flash Cards
Body: The following sites were recently recommended on FLTEACH as a good resource for virtual vocabulary flash cards. This site has simple vocabulary practice with audio for a variety of topics: http://members.tripod.com/spanishflashcards/ This site focuses on everyday vocabulary such as words associated with houses and activities we do there. Links are provided to writing and discussion activities as well as flash cards with soundfiles. http://doncarlos123.tripod.com/begspancasa.html
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Title: Improve Your Vocabulary with Spanish Word of the Day
Body: From: http://www.spanishwordoftheday.com/ Are you studying Spanish? Spanish Word of the Day.com offers a unique free method in which to build your vocabulary. Daily we send you an email with new vocabulary words to your email box. The vocabulary includes the definition and examples of the proper use of the word. Proverbs and idioms are also provided. There are beginning, intermediate, and advanced vocabulary. Mailings will begin on January 1, 2005, as we rebuild our database. The editor is Nicholas Crowder who is the author of "Culture Shock! Ecuador" and the webmaster of Latin America Links.com/. Be sure to sign up today for this free educational tool.
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Title: Improve Your Vocabulary with Spanish Word of the Day
Body: From: http://www.spanishwordoftheday.com/ Are you studying Spanish? Spanish Word of the Day.com offers a unique free method in which to build your vocabulary. Daily we send you an email with new vocabulary words to your email box. The vocabulary includes the definition and examples of the proper use of the word. Proverbs and idioms are also provided. There are beginning, intermediate, and advanced vocabulary. Mailings will begin on January 1, 2005, as we rebuild our database. The editor is Nicholas Crowder who is the author of "Culture Shock! Ecuador" and the webmaster of Latin America Links.com/. Be sure to sign up today for this free educational tool.
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Title: The Digitization of Heritage Languages Symposium, NYC
Body: Friday, February 25, 2005, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Venue: Room 141, Carman Hall, Lehman College 9:30-10:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast 10:00-11:00 Introduction: Barbara Buckner Higginbotham, Brooklyn College, CUNY 11:00-12:00 Icelandic Saga Literature - Patrick Stevens, Cornell University 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:00 Chinese Digitization - Ed Galloway, University of Pittsburgh 2:00-3:00 Gaelic Script Digitization - Peter Flynn, University College, Cork 3:00-3:30 Closing remarks Each of the presenters have directed major grant-funded digitization projects to preserve and increase access to materials in languages other than English. They have been asked to focus on the following four questions: 1. How was your digitization project related to the curriculum needs at your campus? 2. How was the project related to the faculty reserach needs? 3. What difficulties did you experience as a result of working with a language other than English? 4. What motivational forces existed beyond the campus to make the preservation of the identified language material important? McGinnis, Scott. Conference: Digitization of HL symposium -- NYC, 2/25/05. Heritage List. heritage-list@Majordomo.umd.edu (3 Jan. 2005). To download a PDF of the symposium flyer, with registration information, click below: http://www.lehman.edu/lehman/irishamericanstudies/symposium.pdf
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Title: The Digitization of Heritage Languages Symposium, NYC
Body: Friday, February 25, 2005, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Venue: Room 141, Carman Hall, Lehman College 9:30-10:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast 10:00-11:00 Introduction: Barbara Buckner Higginbotham, Brooklyn College, CUNY 11:00-12:00 Icelandic Saga Literature - Patrick Stevens, Cornell University 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:00 Chinese Digitization - Ed Galloway, University of Pittsburgh 2:00-3:00 Gaelic Script Digitization - Peter Flynn, University College, Cork 3:00-3:30 Closing remarks Each of the presenters have directed major grant-funded digitization projects to preserve and increase access to materials in languages other than English. They have been asked to focus on the following four questions: 1. How was your digitization project related to the curriculum needs at your campus? 2. How was the project related to the faculty reserach needs? 3. What difficulties did you experience as a result of working with a language other than English? 4. What motivational forces existed beyond the campus to make the preservation of the identified language material important? McGinnis, Scott. Conference: Digitization of HL symposium -- NYC, 2/25/05. Heritage List. heritage-list@Majordomo.umd.edu (3 Jan. 2005). To download a PDF of the symposium flyer, with registration information, click below: http://www.lehman.edu/lehman/irishamericanstudies/symposium.pdf
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Title: Conference: Central States 2005
Body: This year the Ohio Foreign Language Association is sponsoring a joint conference with the Central States Conference, which means we will be hosting folks from 16 other states! Participants will have the opportunity to choose from around 200 sessions and workshops (double the usual number for our own conferences), which include "Best of" sessions from most of the 17 states. Myriam Met, Acting Director of the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, will give the Keynote Address. Wayne P. Lawson of the Ohio Arts Council will speak at the conference luncheon. This year's program includes a wide variety of sessions and workshops for all levels and languages, and, for the first time in Ohio, a TPRS strand. Nationally-known TPRS presenters Susan Gross and Karen Rowan will each be doing workshops there. The AATF is sponsoring a concert by Josée Vachon, and several other language-specific organizations will offer receptions.
REGISTER ONLINE NOW FOR $90. After January 10, the price goes up to
$100. On-site registration (after Feb. 14) is $120. Students and retired
teachers can register for $55. Advisory council members can register for free,
but MUST REGISTER to attend the conference.
Andrews, B. Register NOW for Central States 2005 in Ohio! Foreign
Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (4
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Title: Conference: Central States 2005
Body: This year the Ohio Foreign Language Association is sponsoring a joint conference with the Central States Conference, which means we will be hosting folks from 16 other states! Participants will have the opportunity to choose from around 200 sessions and workshops (double the usual number for our own conferences), which include "Best of" sessions from most of the 17 states. Myriam Met, Acting Director of the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, will give the Keynote Address. Wayne P. Lawson of the Ohio Arts Council will speak at the conference luncheon. This year's program includes a wide variety of sessions and workshops for all levels and languages, and, for the first time in Ohio, a TPRS strand. Nationally-known TPRS presenters Susan Gross and Karen Rowan will each be doing workshops there. The AATF is sponsoring a concert by Josée Vachon, and several other language-specific organizations will offer receptions.
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Title: Online Listening Practice: La Galette des Rois
Body: About.com's French language site this week adds to its collection of online listening activities for advanced-beginner to intermediate learners a passage on la galette des rois. Part of this installment is spoken by a little girl, which may provide an extra challenge. Access the site at: http://french.about.com/library/listening/blff-galette-listen.htm
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Title: Online Listening Practice: La Galette des Rois
Body: About.com's French language site this week adds to its collection of online listening activities for advanced-beginner to intermediate learners a passage on la galette des rois. Part of this installment is spoken by a little girl, which may provide an extra challenge. Access the site at: http://french.about.com/library/listening/blff-galette-listen.htm
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Title: Oshogatsu Traditions
Body: About.com's Japanese language site this week features a description of some traditions surrounding the New Year's celebration in Japan, including song lyrics, food, games, and links to photo essays explaining common rites and practices. Access the site at: http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa123100.htm?nl=1
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Title: Oshogatsu Traditions
Body: About.com's Japanese language site this week features a description of some traditions surrounding the New Year's celebration in Japan, including song lyrics, food, games, and links to photo essays explaining common rites and practices. Access the site at: http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa123100.htm?nl=1
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Title: Japanese Listening Pilot Test Extension
Body: Dear Sensei, The Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) is extending the pilot test period of the Japanese Assessment of Listening Proficiency (ALP). We are looking for teachers who would be willing to pilot the Japanese ALP between now and February 28, 2005. Japanese teachers at all levels are welcome to give this test to their students. Your help will be greatly appreciated. The participation procedure is as easy as following the steps below: Step 1. Send an e-mail to jppilot@uoregon.edu saying that you are interested. Step 2. Visit the Japanese ALP FAQ page at http://www.languageassessment.net/language/japanesealp/index.htm Step 3. Follow the steps on the FAQ page to do a Technology check to make sure that your computers are compatible. Step 4. From the FAQ page, submit the teacher registration form. Once we have your complete information, we will work with you to schedule a test date before February 28. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at jppilot@darkwing.uoregon.edu. Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon! Sincerely, Sachiko Kamioka Japanese ALP Pilot Coordinator E-mail: jppilot@uoregon.edu Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) The Northwest National Foreign Language Resource Center 5290 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-5290 Phone: 541-346-5995 Fax: 541-346-0322 Kamioka, S. Japanese listening pilot test extension. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (6 Jan. 2005).
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Title: Japanese Listening Pilot Test Extension
Body: Dear Sensei, The Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) is extending the pilot test period of the Japanese Assessment of Listening Proficiency (ALP). We are looking for teachers who would be willing to pilot the Japanese ALP between now and February 28, 2005. Japanese teachers at all levels are welcome to give this test to their students. Your help will be greatly appreciated. The participation procedure is as easy as following the steps below: Step 1. Send an e-mail to jppilot@uoregon.edu saying that you are interested. Step 2. Visit the Japanese ALP FAQ page at http://www.languageassessment.net/language/japanesealp/index.htm Step 3. Follow the steps on the FAQ page to do a Technology check to make sure that your computers are compatible. Step 4. From the FAQ page, submit the teacher registration form. Once we have your complete information, we will work with you to schedule a test date before February 28. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at jppilot@darkwing.uoregon.edu. Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon! Sincerely, Sachiko Kamioka Japanese ALP Pilot Coordinator E-mail: jppilot@uoregon.edu Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) The Northwest National Foreign Language Resource Center 5290 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-5290 Phone: 541-346-5995 Fax: 541-346-0322 Kamioka, S. Japanese listening pilot test extension. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (6 Jan. 2005).
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Title: Spanish Listening Pilot Test Extended
Body: The Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) is extending the pilot test period of the Spanish Assessment of Listening Proficiency (ALP). We are looking for teachers who would be willing to pilot the Spanish ALP between now and February 28, 2005. Spanish teachers of students from grades 6 to university level are welcome to give this test to their students. Your help will be greatly appreciated. The participation procedure is as easy as following the steps below: Step 1. Visit the Spanish ALP FAQ page at http://www.languageassessment.net/language/spanishalp/index.htm Step 2. Follow the steps on the FAQ page to do a Technology check to make sure that your computers are compatible. Step 3. From the FAQ page, submit the teacher registration form. Once we have your complete information, we will work with you to schedule a test date before February 28. If you have any questions, please feel free to e- mail me at sppilot@darkwing.uoregon.edu. Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon! Sincerely, Melissa Tucker Spanish ALP Pilot Coordinator E-mail: sppilot@uoregon.edu Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) The Northwest National Foreign Language Resource Center 5290 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-5290 Phone: 541-346-5719 Fax: 541-346-0322 Hopper-Moore, G. Spanish listening pilot test extended. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (7 Jan. 2004).
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Title: Spanish Listening Pilot Test Extended
Body: The Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) is extending the pilot test period of the Spanish Assessment of Listening Proficiency (ALP). We are looking for teachers who would be willing to pilot the Spanish ALP between now and February 28, 2005. Spanish teachers of students from grades 6 to university level are welcome to give this test to their students. Your help will be greatly appreciated. The participation procedure is as easy as following the steps below: Step 1. Visit the Spanish ALP FAQ page at http://www.languageassessment.net/language/spanishalp/index.htm Step 2. Follow the steps on the FAQ page to do a Technology check to make sure that your computers are compatible. Step 3. From the FAQ page, submit the teacher registration form. Once we have your complete information, we will work with you to schedule a test date before February 28. If you have any questions, please feel free to e- mail me at sppilot@darkwing.uoregon.edu. Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon! Sincerely, Melissa Tucker Spanish ALP Pilot Coordinator E-mail: sppilot@uoregon.edu Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) The Northwest National Foreign Language Resource Center 5290 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-5290 Phone: 541-346-5719 Fax: 541-346-0322 Hopper-Moore, G. Spanish listening pilot test extended. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (7 Jan. 2004).
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Title: German Words of the Year, 2004
Body: About.com's German language site this week features a description of The German Language Society's (Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache, or GfdS) practice of choosing the top-ranked German words of the year. Read about the chosen words of this and past years at: http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa010300a.htm?nl=1
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Title: German Words of the Year, 2004
Body: About.com's German language site this week features a description of The German Language Society's (Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache, or GfdS) practice of choosing the top-ranked German words of the year. Read about the chosen words of this and past years at: http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa010300a.htm?nl=1
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Title: Hamburg Museum Will Document German Emigration
Body: A museum set to open in 2007 in Hamburg hopes to attract some of the 43 million Americans who claim German ancestry. Among the attractions will be renovated residence buildings dating to the 1850s, where Germans stayed while waiting for ships to take them to America during the 100-year emigration boom, and displays representing the lifestyle and stories of the time. Read the article from The Week in Germany at: http://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/info/publications/week/2005/050107/ misc3.html
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Title: Hamburg Museum Will Document German Emigration
Body: A museum set to open in 2007 in Hamburg hopes to attract some of the 43 million Americans who claim German ancestry. Among the attractions will be renovated residence buildings dating to the 1850s, where Germans stayed while waiting for ships to take them to America during the 100-year emigration boom, and displays representing the lifestyle and stories of the time. Read the article from The Week in Germany at: http://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/info/publications/week/2005/050107/ misc3.html
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