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Title: Call for Workshop Proposals: Languages of Asia LEARN Workshop
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The Foreign Language Program Office (FLPO) of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and the National Cryptologic School (NCS), are pleased to announce the Language Education and Resources Network (LEARN) Languages of Asia workshop. The workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 26th and Thursday September 27th, at Universities of Shady Grove in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
The LEARN workshops provide foreign language professionals from U.S. Government (USG)-affiliated schools and institutions a venue to interact with their colleagues where they can:
• Share their knowledge, experience, unique perspective, and educational best practices with peers;
• Discuss and explore issues related to the science and technology of foreign language education;
• Develop networks of teachers to create communities of practices,
• Reduce duplication of effort in areas such as curriculum design, course delivery and assessment.
This LEARN Workshop is open to foreign language professionals including instructors and course developers from any USG-affiliated institution. Presentations related specifically to Asian languages are encouraged. The three main themes are: Instructional Technology and Design, Innovation in Teaching Approaches and Innovation and Accountability in Language Assessment and Placement.
Proposals for workshop presentations should be submitted now through midnight 18 July 2018 at https://www.fbcconferences.com/e/learn/e/ASIA/submissions.aspx
Registration for the Languages of Asia LEARN will be open on 30 July, 2018. To attend please visit the LEARN website at www.fbcconferences.com/learn.
Mcginnis, S. [ILR-INFO] CFP: Languages of Asia LEARN Workshop -- DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 18 JULY. ILR-INFO listserv (ILR-INFO@fsilist2.fsi.state.gov, 3 Jul 2018).
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Title: FLENJ Summer Refresher 2018: “Catch the Wave of Proficiency”
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Source: FLENJ
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Title: Article about Bahasa Indonesia
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From http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180703-why-no-one-speaks-indonesias-language
Why no-one speaks Indonesia's language
Bahasa Indonesia was adopted to make communication easier across the vast Indonesian archipelago, but its simplicity has only created new barriers.
by David Fettling
July 4, 2018
The goal for Bahasa Indonesia was to break down communication barriers and facilitate inclusion of more than 300 ethnic groups in the new nation, whose independence was officially recognized in 1949. Because no major ethnic group, including the Javanese (whose highly complex language was at the time spoken by about 40% of the population), would have its mother tongue as the official language, inequality would not be created or reinforced. Bahasa Indonesia would help draw unity out of diversity.
But in reality, things aren’t so simple. Today, standard Bahasa Indonesia, which hasn’t evolved too drastically from Malay, is rarely spoken in casual conversations. People think it’s too ‘kaku’, meaning rigid and stiff, my language teacher Andini told me after I admitted my difficulties at the roadside stall. Moreover, people sometimes find Bahasa Indonesia inadequate to express what they want. Andini confessed she often shares this frustration, wanting to use words and expressions from a sub-dialect of East Javanese spoken in her hometown.
Read the full article at http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180703-why-no-one-speaks-indonesias-language
Source: BBC
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Title: Teaching Chinese through Games
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From https://www.hackingchinese.com
Olle Linge's recent article, "Teaching Chinese through Games," discusses what makes a game a game and why games are advantageous for learning languages. Linge goes on to discuss different kinds of games, including those that focus on language or communication, story-telling games, games that use Chinese, board games, sports games, and teacher-created games. Read his article at https://ci.ioe.ac.uk/learning-and-teaching-chinese-through-games/ or in blog post form at https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-and-why-to-teach-chinese-through-games/
For more about using games for language learning, visit CASLS’ Games 2 Teach website at https://games2teach.uoregon.edu/
Source: Hacking Chinese
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Title: How to Keep a Conversation Going in Chinese
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Here is a 3-minute video with some helpful suggestions and phrases for keeping a conversation going in Chinese: https://mandarinhq.com/2018/07/keep-a-conversation-going-in-chinese/
Source: Mandarin HQ
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Title: Returning to Manzanar: Interactive Feature about Japanese Internment Camps
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Here is a recent interactive feature by Inyoung Kang of the New York Times featuring Mas Okui, who was sent to the Manzanar internment camp in 1942, when he was ten years old: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/06/multimedia/returning-to-manzanar.html
Source: New York Times
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Title: Videos Games for Learning Japanese
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In this article, Caitlin Sacasas provides suggestions for using commercial video gameplay as a language learning tool, along with a list of ten games with lots of Japanese language content: https://www.fluentin3months.com/japanese-video-games/
Source: Fluent in 3 Months
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Title: HG Podcast: Japanese Conversations between a Non-Native and Native Speakers
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HG is a new podcast between a Japanese learners and native Japanese speakers, targeted at other Japanese learners. Access it on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/hgpodcast or on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/%E3%83%98%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AC%E5%A4%96%E4%BA%BApodcast/id1376011407. Read a review of this resource at https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-learning-resources-may-june-2018/
Source: Tofugu
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Title: Detailed Explanation of German Preposition Zu
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From https://yourdailygerman.com
Here is a detailed explanation of the uses of the preposition zu, along with sound clips: https://yourdailygerman.com/zu-location-german-in/
Source: German is easy!
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Title: Naumburg Cathedral Is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Here are a few articles about the Naumburg Cathedral, which recently has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site:
http://germanyinusa.com/2018/07/03/travel-tuesday-naumburg-cathedral/
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-naumburg-cathedral-wins-world-heritage-designation/a-44481701
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1470
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