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Title: 27th Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference
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From https://alc.wisc.edu/wisconsin-idea/catj
The 27th Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference
Imagining the Future of Japanese Language Education
Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29, 2018
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Visit the conference website at https://alc.wisc.edu/wisconsin-idea/catj
Source: University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Title: Washington Association for Bilingual Education Annual Conference
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From http://wabewa.org/event/conference/
WABE Annual Conference 2018: Language, Literacy, and Learning: 3Ls for ELs
March 22 - March 24
Tacoma
Keynote Presenters: Karen Beeman and Jeff Zwiers
Visit the conference website at http://wabewa.org/conference/
Source: WABE
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Title: Chicago Workshop: Can-Do Learning for Arabic Programs
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From http://mailchi.mp/qfi/arabic-k-12-bulletin-may-1-993077?e=feb2c9cab6
The Chicago Arabic Teachers Council is excited to invite you to their workshop hosted at Lindblom Math & Science Academy (6130 S Wolcott Ave., Chicago, IL) on February 17, 2018 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 a.m. This workshop will be presented by Paul Sandrock, the Director of Education at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Learn to use the benchmarks, learning indicators, and examples to identify characteristics of Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced language levels and then apply those characteristics to design effective tasks for your classroom. Focus on how to effectively guide the development and assess the progress of learners' growth in using Arabic. Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJ6j9__KtfHi_4LmNVg0s-9ereiDcY6STaDrbKYIwcqoiDWA/viewform
Source: Arabic K-12 Bulletin
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Title: 2018 Fundamentals of Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Online Institute
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From http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/109/
Become part of a network of colleagues who have a common interest in quality PBLL implementation as experts guide you through the generation of project ideas and the skills you will need to create a project. Join the National Foreign Language Resource Center and learn about the elements of high quality, rigorous Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) and explore PBLL's connections with pragmatics, task-based language teaching, and performance assessment.
Register today for Option 1 (facilitated) or Option 2 (self-study). Successfully complete all assigned tasks to earn an NFLRC Digital Badge by the deadline, which qualifies you to apply for the NFLRC PBLL Intensive Summer Institute offered in Honolulu in 2018.
Source: NFLRC
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Title: NEH Summer Seminar for Pre-Collegiate Teachers: Roman Daily Life in Petronius and Pompeii
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From http://www.massclass.org/index.php/archives/1011
In the summer of 2018 (July 16-August 3), there will be an NEH Summer Seminar for pre-collegiate teachers on the topic of Roman Daily Life. This seminar is an opportunity to read Petronius and some graffiti in Latin and look at Pompeian archaeology for various topics of Roman daily life. The Petronius reading forms a central core of the seminar, and thus an intermediate level of Latin proficiency (1 year of college level Latin) is required. The seminar will be held in St. Peter, Minnesota (1 hour from Minneapolis) on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College. The NEH pays each person $2700 to participate, which will more than cover the living and food expenses (approximately $1500) - note that each participant is responsible for their own travel expenses. The seminar has been organized by Matthew Panciera (Gustavus Adolphus College) and will be co-taught by him, Beth Severy-Hoven (Macalester), Jeremy Hartnett (Wabash), and Rebecca Benefiel (Washington and Lee).
The application deadline is March 1. More information and directions on applying can be found at the seminar website https://gustavus.edu/events/romandailylife/.
Source: Classical Association of Massachusetts
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Title: Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute
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The Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI) is an eight-week summer intensive language program for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and professionals. CESSI currently offers courses in the following Central Asian languages: Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, and Uzbek.
Languages are offered at the beginning and intermediate level, although advanced level courses may be offered with sufficient student interest. Additional languages such as Kyrgyz or Azeri may also be offered with sufficient interest. Language courses are supplemented by a rich program of cultural events, excursions, and a weekly academic lecture series.
The 2018 CESSI will take place between June 18 and August 10. The priority deadline for registration is February 1.
Learn more at https://cessi.wisc.edu/
CESSI is part of the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI), which offers training in more Less Commonly Taught Languages than any other university in the U.S. For more information, visit the WISLI website at http://wisli.wisc.edu/
Source: University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Title: Webinar Series on European Higher Education and Research
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From https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/resources/webinars
The University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and East European Studies announces the launch of professional development webinars offered by the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East-Central Europe. Are you a scholar or academic professional curious about European higher education and research? Discover opportunities to enhance your career mobility and research. This series is sponsored by the American Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and the European Studies Center.
Schedule:
February 7, 12 p.m. (EST)
The German-speaking Academia: A Road Map to Navigating Research Institutions Beyond Universities
Dr. Peter Haslinger, Director, Herder Institute
March 7, 12 p.m. (EST)
Introducing the Herder Institute: Collections, Funding Opportunities, and Higher Education Partnerships
Dr. Peter Haslinger, Director, Herder Institute
April 11, 12 p.m. (EST)
Doing Research on Eastern Europe in the EU: Research Infrastructures, Grant Models, and Career Mobility
Dr. Peter Haslinger, Director, Herder Institute
August
How to Work in Archives in Eastern Europe and Germany
September
Archival Skills
October
Strategies for Career Building and Publishing in the EU versus the US
Learn more at https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/resources/webinars
Source: University of Pittsburgh
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Title: CALPER 2018 Summer Workshops
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Our sister LRC the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research will be offering six summer workshops in 2018:
Designing Tasks, Prompts, and Feedback Protocols in L2 Writing
June 18, 2018
This workshop provides hands-on interactive activities for teachers to use in guiding L2 students to take more risks in their writing and to venture out beyond the comfort of convention, structure, and basic grammatical rules. To this end, we explore the importance of writing task development, writing prompt design, and instructor/peer feedback. Using actual L2 writing samples and multi-modal materials for teaching and thinking, participants will engage in activities that zero-in on all three areas of writing pedagogy.
Presenter: Susan Strauss (Penn State)
Project Work in Language Courses
June 19, 2018
In this workshop we present the fundamentals of project work as a way of creating student-centered learning environments that allow to strengthen the link between content and language instruction. We address the rationale, design, development, and implementation of project work. Participants will begin to construct a project work learning unit for their own instructional contexts.
Presenter: Gabriela Appel (Penn State)
Language ePortfolios, Badges, and Seals
June 20 and 21, 2018
In this workshop we will explore an innovative approach to assessing communicative and cultural proficiency using ePortfolios and mini-credentials. We will discuss Lafayette College's LaFolio initiative and showcase samples of transcurricular student ePortfolios, the badges awarded for achievement, and their corresponding assessment rubrics, as well as the technologies employed to construct, implement, and disseminate these learning materials. Special attention will be paid to the use of ePortfolios and corresponding rubrics as an important part of the new Seals of Biliteracy initiative. Small presentations and hands-on activities. Info on "How-to set-up portfolios" using free or open-source technologies will be provided
Presenter: Mary Toulouse (Lafayette College)
Effective Use of Technology in K-16 Chinese Classrooms
June 22 and 23, 2018
This two-day workshop introduces a wide range of resources and tools that are useful for Chinese language learning and teaching, facilitates discussions and provides hands-on practice on how to apply the technologies effectively in K-16 Chinese language classrooms for the purpose of improving student Chinese proficiency and empowering them with 21st century world language skills.
This is a CLTNet workshop.
Presenter: Shijuan Liu (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Designing Articulated Performance Assessments in the Three Modes of Communication
June 25 and 26, 2018
This workshop will guide participants in designing performance assessment tasks in the three modes of communication, articulated across three levels. We will explore Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational mode tasks and design integrated assessment around a theme and context. We will also develop specific Can-Do Statements from them, a key implementation piece, keeping transfer and intercultural competence in mind. Examples of integrated tasks with novice high, intermediate mid, and advanced low performance targets will be presented and explored.
Presenter: Jennifer Eddy (Queens College, CUNY)
Evidence-based Grammar Teaching in the Language Classrooms
June 27 and 28, 2018
In this workshop, we will address the current debate about grammar teaching and the different ways in which teachers can design classroom activities to increase the effectiveness of learners' grammatical development. Participants will learn about critical research evidence about grammar learning with an emphasis on what we know about how learners' process and use language. We will implement this research evidence to explore with examples how evidenced-based grammar teaching can significantly benefit learners' grammatical development in the language classroom.
Presenter: Kevin McManus (Penn State)
Registration opens on February 1. Learn more at http://sites.psu.edu/calperworkshops/
Source: CALPER
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Title: Being Bilingual May Be a Plus for Kids with Autism
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From https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/01/16/being-bilingual-plus-autism/24597/
Being Bilingual May Be a Plus for Kids with Autism
by Michelle Diament
January 16, 2018
Speaking more than one language may offer a significant advantage for children with autism that goes well beyond communication, a new study suggests.
Kids on the spectrum who are bilingual appear to be able to switch gears more quickly than their peers who speak only a single language, according to findings published recently in the journal Child Development.
Read the summary at https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/01/16/being-bilingual-plus-autism/24597/
Here is a link to the original study: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.12979/full
Source: Disability Scoop
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Title: New Kazakh Alphabet
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Your InterCom editor has been involved in helping communities create agreed-upon shared writing systems for languages that previously had a strong oral tradition but not a shared tradition of writing. The process is often surprisingly difficult, socially and politically. For this reason we are especially interested in the current coverage of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev's proposed new writing system for Kazakh using a Latin character set. Here are some articles about the proposed system and reactions to it:
Why the change is taking place:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41800186 (BBC)
https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-11-09/kazakhstans-switch-cyrillic-latin-about-more-just-alphabets (PRI)
https://thewire.in/199016/kazakhstan-changing-alphabet-heres/ (The Wire)
https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21730917-its-going-take-lot-diacritical-marks-kazakhstan-wants-kazakh-written-latin-not (The Economist)
History of different scripts used to write Kazakh:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_alphabets (Wikipedia)
More background on the proposed system and reactions to it:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2018/01/16/rewriting-alphabet-kazakhstan-leader-looks-leave-his-mark/kXaB7dIEksHYaWcrjyb6wN/story.html (Boston Globe)
A chart of the new alphabet: https://astanatimes.com/2017/10/kazakhstan-to-switch-to-latin-alphabet-by-2025/ (Astana Times)
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