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Title: Arabic Summer Institute
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From https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/languages/arabic/arabic-summer-institute/index.php
The Arabic Flagship Program and the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at The University of Texas at Austin are proud to offer the Arabic Summer Institute (ASI), providing an intensive language and culture program for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of Arabic.
Program Dates
Orientation and mandatory listening and reading tests will be administered June 5 - 6, 2018
All ASI courses consist of two sessions: June 7 – July 12 (session 1), and July 16 – August 17 (session 2), with an intersession break July 13-15, 2018.
This program is open to all qualified students (competitive admission by application), must be at least 18 years old by the start of the program.
For full details go to https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/languages/arabic/arabic-summer-institute/index.php
Source: University of Texas at Austin
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Title: Unicode Rohingya Script Being Developed
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From https://qz.com/1161582/the-language-of-myanmars-persecuted-minority-rohingya-will-be-digitized/
The language of the persecuted minority Rohingya will be digitized
by Aamna Mohdin
December 20, 2017
The Rohingya, the persecuted Muslim ethnic minority in Myanmar, will soon be able to text, write emails, and post online in their own language.
The move marks a big step for a group of stateless people who have long been denied recognition—in real life and online. The script of the Rohingya language will be included in the next version of Unicode, the international standard for encoding characters and symbols on computers.
“After I learned about the Hanifi Rohingya script in 2011, I wanted to make sure that the people who use the script would someday have a chance to use it on computers,” says Anshuman Pandey, a US-based language technologist who conducted the research to develop the Rohingya script for Unicode standard.
Read the full article at https://qz.com/1161582/the-language-of-myanmars-persecuted-minority-rohingya-will-be-digitized/
Source: Quartz
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Title: Video: The Ultimate Guide to は vs. が
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Here is a 40-minute in-depth explanation of the Japanese particles wa and ga from the Japanese Ammo with Misa YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FknmUij6ZIk
Read an enthusiastic review of this resource on Tofugu at https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-learning-resources-november-2017/
Source: YouTube
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Title: Article: “Inemuri,” the Japanese Art of Taking Power Naps
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Here is an English-language article and accompany video about the culture of sleeping away from one's bed at home in Japan: http://www.openculture.com/2017/12/inemuri-the-japanese-art-of-taking-power-naps-at-work-on-the-subway-and-other-public-places.html
Source: Open Culture
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Title: Wales Hopes for One Million Welsh Speakers by 2050
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From https://inews.co.uk/news/education/well-million-speaking-welsh-2050-says-government/
Wales plans to revive Welsh language with one million speakers by 2050
by Liane Wimhurst
December 18, 2017
Wales has launched bold plans to revive the Welsh language, which is deemed “vulnerable” to extinction by UNESCO. The Welsh government has set a target of one million speakers of the minority language by 2050.
Read the full article at https://inews.co.uk/news/education/well-million-speaking-welsh-2050-says-government/
Source: iNews
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Title: "After the Escape": Documentary about Refugees in Germany
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From http://www.dw.com/en/after-the-escape-dw-documentary-about-exile-and-integration-launches/a-41879317
“No one understood us and we didn’t understand anyone. The only thing that we could say in German was ‘Lothar Matthäus,’” said German-Bosnian author Saša Stanišic, who came to Germany as a refugee.
Stanišic is one of five protagonists in “After the Escape.” These cultural personalities reflect in a virtuous, poetic and intelligent way about their experiences as refugees trying to find their way in a new place. They hail from four continents, fled war, disaster or persecution only to land in a foreign country.
Four of them ended up in Germany: Syrian pianist Aeham Ahmad, Nigerian-German musician Nneka Egbuna, Chilean author and director Antonio Skármeta and Stanišic. Writer Judith Kerr, who fled Nazi Germany for England, also talks about her experiences after the escape.
Read more about the project at http://www.dw.com/en/after-the-escape-dw-documentary-about-exile-and-integration-launches/a-41879317
Read profiles of the featured artists at http://www.dw.com/en/artists-after-the-escape-finding-home-in-a-foreign-land/a-41316726
The documentary itself, a combination of text and video clips, is available at http://multimedia.dw.com/artists-after-the-escape#1492
Source: Deutsche Welle
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Title: German Conversation Group in Washington DC
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From https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/wsh/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=21069833
Goethe-Institut Washington, in cooperation with DC Public Library, presents a lunchtime German-language conversation group every third Thursday of the month.
Come practice your German conversation skills, talk about ideas and events, and make new friends. The facilitator will start the group off with a topic, but bring your own for the group to discuss. This event will be held in German only; all proficiency levels are welcome to participate.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own brown bag lunches. No refreshments provided.
For full details go to https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/wsh/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=21069833
Source: Goethe-Institut
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Title: Upcoming Classical Exams
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Here are some upcoming exams that your students can participate in:
2018 ACL/NJCL National Greek Examinations
Early Administration: Monday February 19 - Saturday February 23, 2018
Regular Administration: Monday February 26 - Saturday March 3, 2018
Application deadline: January 20
More information: https://aclclassics.org/pages/national-greek-exams
National Mythology Exam
Grades 3-12
Exam administration: February 19 - March 2, 2018
Registration deadline: January 15
More information: http://www.etclassics.org/pages/national-mythology-exam
National Latin Exam
February 26-March 2, 2018 (Early Administration)
March 5-9, 2018 (Early Administration)
March 12-16, 2018 (Regular Administration)
Application deadline: January 20
More information: https://nle.org/
National Roman Civilization Exam
Grades 7-12
Administration: February 7 - March 16, 2018
Register by February 2
More information: http://www.njcl.org/pages/on-line-tests-nrce
National Latin Vocabulary Exam
Administration: February 7 - March 16, 2018
Register by February 2
More information: http://www.njcl.org/pages/on-line-tests-nlve
Exploratory Latin Exam
Grades 3-6
Exam administration is open: Oct 1, 2017 - April 1, 2018
Deadline for ordering: March 1, 2018
More information: http://www.etclassics.org/pages/the-exploratory-latin-exam
Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest
High school students
Entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2018
More information: https://department.monm.edu/classics/Department/FoxContest/
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Title: Bellum Civile: Gaming Caesar's Civil War
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From http://pomegranatebeginnings.blogspot.com/
Rachel Ash has shared her role-play game exploring Caesar's civil war, in this blog post: http://pomegranatebeginnings.blogspot.com/2017/12/bellum-civile-gaming-caesars-civil-war.html
Source: Pomegranate beginnings
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Title: Allons en Martinique: A Unit for Intermediate Low French Students
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From http://madameshepard.com/
If you've had some cold temperatures in the last week, imagine spending a few weeks contemplating life in Martinique. Lisa Shepard makes it easy for you and your Intermediate Low French students with this unit outline and associated resources: http://madameshepard.com/?p=1424
Source: Madame's Musings
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