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Title: Herculaneum in Pictures
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Several years ago we noted PompeiiinPictures (http://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/16691), which features a clickable map of Pompeii that leads to a large collection of photographs.
Recently a companion site, HerculaneuminPictures, was released. Explore the site at http://www.herculaneum.uk/
Source: HerculaneuminPictures
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Title: Food Truck Day: Field Trip Idea for Spanish Class
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Courtney Nygaard describes how she organizes an annual Food Truck Day for her high school Spanish students and also how to use it as a fundraiser in this blog post: http://spanishmama.com/field-trip-ideas-for-spanish-class/
Source: Spanish Mama
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Title: Spanglish Is Here to Stay - and It's Good Exercise for Your Brain
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From https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/love-it-or-hate-it-spanglish-here-stay-it-s-n859211
Love it or hate it, Spanglish is here to stay — and it's good exercise for your brain
"That's the beauty of Spanglish. It’s not inferior to Spanish; it's just different."
by Vanessa Chesnut
April 5, 2018
The use of Spanglish or other language combinations has been seen by many as a sign of laziness or poor language skills. In recent years, however, scholars have found there is sophisticated brain work behind code-switching, or CS, the linguistic term for switching between two languages in one conversation.
...Arturo E. Hernandez, a professor of psychology at the University of Houston and author of "The Bilingual Brain," has found that what English-Spanish code-switchers do when they speak is similar to what people do when they multitask — for example, driving and talking on a cellphone at the same time.
Read the full article at https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/love-it-or-hate-it-spanglish-here-stay-it-s-n859211
Source: NBC
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Title: Model United Nations Offers Structured Practice for English Language Learners
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Model United Nations Offers Structured Practice for English Language Learners
by Katrina Schwartz
April 9, 2018
One of the challenges of working with newcomer English language learners who have only basic English skills is keeping content on grade level. At the ENLACE Academy for newcomers at Lawrence High School in Massachusetts, teachers have found that the structures of Model United Nations offer a good way to get students discussing a grade-level topic with materials that support language acquisition.
"We find it very important for our students to not just develop the reading and writing habits of English language learners, but also to really feel comfortable engaging in academic conversation," said Joe Burkett, a ninth-grade world studies teacher. "And Model UN presents a really structured way to enter into that."
Read the full article and watch a Teaching Channel video at https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50977/model-united-nations-offers-structured-practice-for-english-language-learners
Source: KQED
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Title: Fast Facts on English Learners
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The Office of English Language Acquisition has published two new infographic-style "Fast Facts" sheets about English learners: English Learner Populations by Local Education Agency (https://ncela.ed.gov/files/fast_facts/LEAs_Fact_Sheet_2018_Final.pdf) and Profiles of English Learners (https://ncela.ed.gov/files/fast_facts/Profiles_of_ELs_4.12.18_MM_Final_Edit.pdf).
Source: NCELA Nexus Newsletter
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Title: Article: Advocating for English Language Learners through Culturally Responsive Approaches
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Sara Howell writes, "The growing population of English Language Learners in public schools presents a unique set of needs and strengths that educators must address. ELLs and their families require strong advocacy schools to foster truly inclusive and supportive educational environments for all students. At my school, we began a targeted effort to advocate for ELL students on multiple levels, and saw positive results almost immediately. We advocated for our students in the classroom, with the support of our school leadership and through our community."
Read the full article and access links to classroom resources and advocacy tips at https://www.participate.com/blog/advocating-for-english-language-learners-through-culturally-responsive-approaches
Source: participate
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Title: Blog Post: No More Bad Rubrics!
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From http://www.pblinthetl.com/
Laura K. Sexton has written a thought-provoking blog post about blog posts - how they can be bad (by using deficiency descriptors and empty descriptors), and how they can be good ("there is freedom in framework").
Read the post at http://www.pblinthetl.com/2018/04/no-more-bad-rubrics.html
Source: PBL in the TL
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Title: ACTFL Core Practice "Hack": Get R.E.A.L.
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Meredith White has written the first of three articles that highlight the American Council on the Teaching Foreign Languages' six core practices (access a presentation on these practices by Pet Swanson and Marty Abbott at https://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/pd/presentations/2016/Building%20Your%20Core%20-%20Effective%20Practices.pdf and read a 6-part series about each of the six practices at http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/subjects/global-competency-world-languages/2017/01/world-languages-strengthen-your-core/). Her first article talks about the insights she has gained by video recording herself teaching. Read it at http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/subjects/global-competency-world-languages/2018/04/core-practice-hacks-lets-get-r-e-a-l/
Source: Kentucky Teacher
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Title: Book: Pragmatic Transfer and Development
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From https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/pbns.287/main
Pragmatic Transfer and Development: Evidence from EFL learners in China
By Wei Li
Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
Email has become a ubiquitous medium of communication. It is used amongst people from the same speech community, but also between people from different language and cultural backgrounds. When people communicate, they tend to follow rules of speaking in their native language, termed by scholars as pragmatic transfer, which may cause misunderstandings and lead to cross-cultural communication breakdown. This book examines pragmatic transfer by Chinese learners of English at different proficiency levels when writing email requests and refusals. To meet the need for developmental research in L2 pragmatics, it also explores whether pragmatic transfer increases or decreases as language proficiency improves. This book will appeal to researchers and students in interlanguage and intercultural pragmatics, second language acquisition, English as a second/foreign language, and intercultural communication.
Visit the publisher's website at https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/pbns.287/main
Source: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Title: 21st Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Folklore
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From http://msubillings.edu/conference/
21st Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Folklore
May 24-26, 2018
Montana State University Billings
Visit the conference website at http://msubillings.edu/conference/
Source: Montana State University Billings
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