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Title: AATG German Summer Study Program
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From http://www.aatg.org/?page=SummerStudy
Are you a high school student looking for adventure in Germany? Are you a parent looking to provide your child a summer study opportunity with a proven track record? Are you a teacher looking for a three-week immersion program where students connect with German language and culture?
The American Association of Teachers of German's (AATG) German Summer Study Program for High School Students provides a three-week homestay and school experience. Students attend classes at a Gymnasium, live with the family of a host brother or sister who attends the school, visit regional attractions, and experience the German language and culture firsthand. Students return speaking German better—with a greater sense of confidence, maturity, and independence.
2018 Course Sites and Dates
Leipzig June 7 - June 29, departing Atlanta, Wilhelm-Ostwald-Gymnasium
Nauen June 12 - July 4, departing Chicago, Leonardo da Vinci Campus
Brandenburg an der Havel June 12 - July 4, departing New York, von Saldern-Gymnasium Europaschule
Kiel June 13 - July 5, departing New York, Gymnasium Wellingdorf
Passau June 20 - July 12, departing New York, Gisela-Gymnasium
Learn more at http://www.aatg.org/?page=SummerStudy
Interested in being a chaperone? Details at http://www.aatg.org/default.asp?page=ChaperoneAppInstruct
Source: AATG
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Title: Article: 50 Years After Latin Disappeared from High School Classrooms, These Educators Are Bringing It Back
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50 Years After Latin Disappeared from High School Classrooms, These Educators Are Bringing It Back
by Kevin Mahnken
December 6, 2017
When Father Reginald Foster was chosen to serve as the Vatican’s Latinist, translating the pope’s correspondence and decrees into the Church’s mother tongue, he couldn’t foresee the ancient language’s approaching decline.
...Today, although Latin is still commonplace in papal writings, it is not a fixture of religious life or education. Foster, who served under four popes, presided over a period of sagging Latin usage that only now shows signs of passing. As one step toward arresting the decline, the Pontifical Academy of Latin, established in 2012 with the explicit purpose of preserving the language’s place in the modern world, is awarding a 20,000-euro prize for innovations in Latin instruction.
Now living in a retirement home in his native Milwaukee, where he still works with students at all levels of experience, Foster is not sanguine about the future of his discipline or the Church’s latest attempts to revive it. “To get down now and start a whole new generation of people speaking Latin … I don’t know, it’s probably impossible.”
Not everyone shares his pessimism. After a long phase of disuse in the late 20th century, Latin enrollment has stabilized over the past few decades, and a cadre of young educators — Foster’s own students among them — are devising new methods to dust off the language of the Romans.
Read the full article at https://www.the74million.org/article/50-years-after-latin-disappeared-from-high-school-classrooms-these-educators-are-bringing-it-back/
Source: The 74
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Title: Learn about French Enlightenment Genius Émilie du Châtelet
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French teachers who ask their students to learn about influential French speakers throughout history will enjoy this article about Émilie du Châtelet, who excelled at intellectual pursuits including science and mathematics. Read an English-language article about her at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-things-know-about-french-enlightenment-genius-emilie-du-chatelet-180967561/
Source: Smithsonian
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Title: Collection of Activities: Empowering Learners of Spanish
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From https://heritagespanish.coerll.utexas.edu/resources/activities/
Empowering Learners of Spanish is a collection of activities created by Claudia Holguín Mendoza (University of Oregon), Robert L. Davis (University of Oregon), Munia Cabal Jiménez (Western Illinois University) and Julie Weise (University of Oregon). These activities, based on Critical Pedagogies, serve to introduce students to a range of concepts in sociolinguistics and critical inquiry into language ideologies. The activities are written in both English and Spanish, and resources are also in both languages.
Available at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YllTzzIEm8Dg8585NejqdTyWuO576NJ2p7fpnkCyMp0/edit
Here is more information about this resource: http://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/empowering-learners-of-spanish/
Source: COERLL
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Title: Best Hispanic Albums of 2017
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Do you use music in your Spanish classroom? Here are the Zambombazo website's picks for the best Ibero-American (and neighboring countries) albums for 2017: http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/lista-de-los-mejores-discos-de-2017-discos2017/
Source: Zambombazo
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Title: Making State Report Cards Work for English Learners
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From https://www.newamerica.org
Janie T. Carnock explains about annual state "report cards" on K-12 student performance, new requirements that these documents include more meaningful data on English learners, and potential consequences of the changes in this article: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/report-cards-els/
Source: New America
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Title: Brain Break Activity: Find Momo
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From http://palmyraspanish1.blogspot.com/
Find Momo is a book by Andrew Kapp in which his adorable dog is hidden in plain sight in a collection of beautiful landscape photos. You can also practice finding Momo on this website: http://letsfindmomo.com/
Teacher Cynthia Hitz describes how the images from the book or the website can be used as a brain break, a re-charging activity between other, more demanding activities. It's a great way to reinforce describing location. Read her blog post at http://palmyraspanish1.blogspot.com/2017/12/brain-breaks-in-mfl-class-with-momo.html
Source: Teaching Spanish w/ Comprehensible Input
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Title: Language Attrition in the News
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Language attrition is the process of losing a language one once spoke; it refers most commonly to the process of losing one's first language. Here is a recent article in Quartz that explores the issue of language attrition in detail: https://qz.com/1155289/even-if-youve-forgotten-the-language-you-spoke-as-a-child-it-still-stays-with-you/
Here is a touching article by Andi Sharma about her experience losing Hindi: http://www.cbc.ca/2017/the-quiet-tragedy-of-forgetting-your-first-language-1.4341850
Here is a website dedicated to the issue of language attrition by a scholar who specializes in this area: https://languageattrition.org/
Source: Various
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Title: We Teach Languages Episode 32: Reflective, Principled, Proficiency-Oriented Teaching with Walter Hopkins
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In episode 32, We Teach Languages shares an interview with Walter Hopkins, instructor and assistant director of the Michigan State University Spanish language program. Walter discusses his perspective on excellent language teaching, unpacks some of the issues faced by new language instructors, and explains how his language program has developed around proficiency goals.
Listen to the podcast at https://weteachlang.com/2017/12/15/ep-32-reflective-principled-with-walter-hopkins/
Source: We Teach Languages
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Title: Creating Virtual Reality Worlds
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From https://quickshout.blogspot.co.uk
Are you interested in trying out virtual reality? In this recent blog post, Nik Peachey describes several different apps and websites that you can use to create virtual reality worlds: https://quickshout.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/getting-into-virtual-reality-part-1.html
Source: Nik's QuickShout
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