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Title: Brain Break Idea: Photo Roulette at the Library of Congress
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From http://palmyraspanish1.blogspot.com
Photo Roulette (https://loc-photo-roulette.glitch.me/) is an online game from the Library of Congress, in which a random historical photo is shown, and you guess the year it was taken. In this blog post, you can learn how to use this site as a brain break for your language learners, using the photos and discussion of the year as props to generate lots of target language use: http://palmyraspanish1.blogspot.com/2018/06/brain-break-photo-roulette.html
Source: Teaching Spanish w/ Comprehensible Input
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Title: Selecting Authentic Resources Based on Student Interest
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From https://passion4theprofession.com
In this latest installment of blog posts about using authentic resources in the classroom, you can get some ideas for using student interest to find and use authentic resources. Read more for ideas on how to learn student interests, sources of authentic resources, and examples of their use in curriculum design: https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/06/29/selecting-high-interest-authentic-resources-to-engage-language-learners/
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Title: More World Cup Resources
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Here are a few more resources relating to the World Cup, which will end with its final match on July 15.
Remember that if you type World Cup into Google, you will have quick access to brackets, news, and more.
An interesting 15-minute podcast about soccer-related multilingualism: https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-06-18/how-soccer-became-multilingual
Learn another Brazilian Portuguese expression based on soccer, entrar de sola, from StreetSmart Brazil at https://streetsmartbrazil.com/learn-colloquial-portuguese-entrar-de-sola-verb-entrar-expressions-soccer-4/
Find the latest recommendations for using correct Spanish usage when talking about the World Cup here: https://www.fundeu.es/recomendacion/mundial-de-rusia-2018-claves-de-redaccion/
Source: Various
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Title: Snapchat in the Language Classroom
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From https://discoveringci.wordpress.com
Arianne Dowd discusses different ways to incorporate Snapchat use into language instruction in this blog post: https://discoveringci.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/snap-to-it-with-snapchat-sbtlc18/
Source: Discovering CI
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Title: Waves of Consequences
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Using this week’s topic of the week as a springboard for reflection, think of an ideal you strive to uphold in your classroom. What is an ideal that you believe strongly in and know supports a productive learning environment but is difficult to uphold? Write it in the box below (you can print out this worksheet here).
My cherished (& productive) ideal is:
Use this diagram to help you visualize how a moment of decision (the black dot) has various waves of consequences that play out on different timescales. The numbers correspond with the questions below.
0- Think about the moment of decision. Why is this ideal difficult to uphold in some cases? What are the common situations were I find myself transgressing the ideal and flagging on my commitment to it? What immediate consequences am I avoiding by setting my ideal aside and choosing a different path?
1- Think about the initial consequences of your decision. What experience are you avoiding by deviating from your original plan. What are the immediate consequences (positive and/or negative) of your choice to deviate from your original plan?
2- Think about the mid-range consequences of your decision. What are the medium range implications of deviating from your plan? Is it worth enduring these consequences for the relief (or satisfaction) you experienced initially?
3- Think about the long range implications of your decision to deviate from your ideal. What are the likely long term consequences of deviating from your initial position?
4- What are some possible positive and negative externalities (unforeseen consequences) that might arise as a result of deviating from your original plan?
Source: CASLS Activity of the Week
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Title: New Articles in FLTMAG
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FLTMAG is an online publication of the International Association for Language Learning Technology (https://iallt.org/). Several new articles about tech tools have been posted lately:
Lincoln Bain describes how to use Perusall, a collaborative reading tool: http://fltmag.com/perusall/
Heidi Trude talks about using Google Geo Tools to bring virtual reality into the language classroom: http://fltmag.com/google-geo-tools-virtual-reality-in-the-language-classroom/
Margot Riemer describes how to use Kaizena, an add-on tool for Google Docs, to provide feedback on student work: http://fltmag.com/kaizena/http://fltmag.com/kaizena/
Shannon Donnally Spasova talks about finding and creating visuals for your language class: http://fltmag.com/finding-and-creating-visuals/
Joan Palmiter Bajorek talks about Google speech technology, specifically Gboard and Google Voice Typing, that you can use to "facilitate multilingual language use and learning": http://fltmag.com/google-speech-technology-gboard-voice-typing/
Anna V. Torres Mallma talks about using Recap as a video-response tool in a language classroom: http://fltmag.com/recap/
Carmen Granda talks about doing literary scavenger hunts with GooseChase: http://fltmag.com/literary-scavenger-hunts/
Cheryl Gil talks about using Padlet, a collaborate bulletin board, in her classes: http://fltmag.com/padlet/
Theresa Schenker directs our attention to the CAPL (Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon) website: http://fltmag.com/capl/
Amy Burden talks about using Adobe Reader to practice and assess note-taking skills: http://fltmag.com/practicing-and-assessing-note-taking-skills/http://fltmag.com/practicing-and-assessing-note-taking-skills/
Source: FLTMAG
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Title: Book: Language Policy and Language Acquisition Planning
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From https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319759623
Language Policy and Language Acquisition Planning
Edited by Maarja Siiner, Francis M. Hult, and Tanja Kupisch
Published by Springer
In the sociopolitics of language, sometimes yesterday’s solution is tomorrow’s problem. This volume examines the evolving nature of language acquisition planning through a collection of papers that consider how decisions about language learning and teaching are mediated by a confluence of psychological, ideological, and historical forces. The first two parts of the volume feature empirical studies of formal and informal education across the lifespan and around the globe. Case studies map the agents, resources, and attitudes needed for creating moments and spaces for language learning that may, at times, collide with wider beliefs and policies that privilege some languages over others. The third part of the volume is devoted to conceptual contributions that take up theoretical issues related to epistemological and conceptual challenges for language acquisition planning. These contributions reflect on the full spectrum of social and cognitive factors that intersect with the planning of language teaching and learning including ethnic and racial power relations, historically situated political systems, language ideologies, community language socialization, relationships among stakeholders in communities and schools, interpersonal interaction, and intrapersonal development. In all, the volume demonstrates the multifaceted and socially situated nature of language acquisition planning.
Visit the publisher's website at https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319759623
Source: Springer
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Title: Book: CALL for Mobility
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From https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/80492?format=HC
CALL for Mobility
Edited by Joanna Pitura and Shannon Sauro
Published by Peter Lang
This book investigates various aspects of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) that address the challenges arising due to increasing learner and teacher mobility. The chapters deal with two broad areas, i.e. mobile technology for teacher and translator education and technology for mobile language learning. The authors allow for insights into how mobile learning activities can be used in educational settings by providing research on classroom practice. This book aims at helping readers gain a better understanding of the function and implementation of mobile technologies in local classroom contexts to support mobility, professional development, and language and culture learning.
Visit the publisher's website at https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/80492?format=HC
Source: Peter Lang
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Title: Book: Plurilingual Literacy Practices at School and in Teacher Education
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From https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/80776?format=HC
Plurilingual literacy practices at school and in teacher education
Edited by Silvia Melo-Pfeifer and Christian Helmchen
Published by Peter Lang
This book offers a variety of theoretical and empirical foundations regarding the development of plurilingual literacy practices in primary school contexts around Europe. It presents a range of concepts related to multilingual education and multilingual teacher education, such as pluriliteracy, identity, the pluralistic approaches (namely intercomprehension and «éveil aux langues») and translanguaging in pedagogy. From an empirical perspective, the authors present and discuss suggestions regarding the integration of multilingual activities in the classroom and in teaching education programs.
Visit the publisher's website at https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/80776?format=HC
Source: Peter Lang
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Title: Workshop: Then and Now: FL Methodology Revisited
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From https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/tlc/events/46828
Then & Now: FL Methodology Revisited
Summer workshop with Carl Blyth, Thomas J. Garza, Orlando Kelm, and Anousha Shahsavari
July 27, 2018
University of Texas at Austin
This workshop brings together four language and culture experts, who have all witnessed transformations in teaching and learning languages over the past decades. In four separate presentations, they will examine critical changes in the methods, materials, and means that are employed in and out of the classroom that have reshaped language learning in the 2010s. The workshop will take on the topics of changes in technology applications, the teaching of reading, the teaching of culture, and the language “textbook” in recent decades. Each presenter will focus on practical applications for use in and out of class, as well as ways to adapt these recommendations to various languages, levels, and learning environments for use by the participants.
For full details and to register, go to https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/tlc/events/46828
Source: Texas Language Center
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