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Title: New ACTFL Special Interest Group: Comprehension-based Communicative Language Teaching
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The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages has a new Special Interest Group (SIG): Comprehension-based Communicative Language Teaching. The mission of the Comprehension-based Communicative Language Teaching (CCLT) SIG includes the following:
 
• To foster among members a better understanding of the role of input and comprehension in the development of language proficiency;
• To share curricular ideas regarding comprehension-based language teaching within the contemporary communicative and proficiency-oriented classroom;
• To explore appropriate assessments and outcome measurements for comprehension-based language teaching;
• To advocate for materials and resources that emphasize input and communication in the contemporary classroom;
• To connect with other SIGs (e.g., immersion, technology, language learning for children, LCTL, teacher education, critical and social justice) to explore common ground and promote collaboration.
 

Source: ACTFL
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Title: Free Webinar: Virtual Reality in the Language Classroom: Student-Created VR Panoramas
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From the Calico-L listserv:

IALLT's August 17 webinar features Trent Hoy, University of Colorado, who will be discussing the use of virtual reality in the language classroom. 

IALLT webinars are free and open to all interested participants. Details and link to registration can be found at: http://iallt.org/webinars/8-17-18/. Recordings of all webinars are available to IALLT members. Learn about membership at: http://iallt.org/about/membership/. 


Source: Calico-L
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Title: CODES Act, Now Introduced in House as well as Senate, Could Threaten Foreign Language Instruction
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Last week (http://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/25439) we noted the CODES Act, which would allow the substitution of a computer coding class for foreign language, math, or science to satisfy high school graduation requirements. 

Read more about what is happening with this proposed act at https://languagepolicy.org/the-codes-act-incentivizes-replacing-math-science-and-foreign-languages-courses/, and take action at http://capwiz.com/actfl/issues/alert/?alertid=80509626&queueid=11719777496.


Source: Various
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Title: Speaking My Language: Weeklong Radio Series on Language
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Last week WBUR ran a weeklong series on language. Here are the episodes: 
 
• Meet One Family that Speaks Greek, Swedish and English at Home: http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/07/20/multilingual-family-kids-greek-swedish-english
• Translation Technology Is Getting Better. What Does That Mean for the Future?: http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/07/19/translation-technology-future-language
• 'You Have to Have Speed': What It Takes to Be a United Nations Interpreter: http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/07/18/former-un-interpreter-language
• These Polyglots Have Tips for How to Learn as Many Languages as You Want: http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/07/17/polyglots-language-learning-advice
• Why There's a Language Learning Gap in the United States: http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/07/16/foreign-language-gap-united-states

Source: WBUR
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Title: In Bengkala, Bali, 80% of Population Speaks Kata Kolok, a Sign Language
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From https://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/wells-fargo-the-village-of-the-deaf

Bengkala, a small village tucked away in the jungles of Bali, is a demographic anomaly. Of a total 3,000 people, 40 are Deaf. Their condition is linked to a recessive gene that’s been passed down through seven generations. Rather than ostracize Deaf community members, the people of Bengkala created Kata Kolok, a distinctly local sign language that’s spoken by 80 percent of the population. 

Watch a short video about Bengkala at https://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/wells-fargo-the-village-of-the-deaf


Source: Great Big Story
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Title: New Law Will Help Preserve Cherokee Language
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From http://wfae.org/post/new-law-will-help-preserve-cherokee-language#stream/0

New Law Will Help Preserve Cherokee Language
By Gwendolyn Glenn
July 18, 2018

Last month, North Carolina General Assembly members passed legislation that will allow Cherokees without degrees or certification to teach the tribe’s language and cultural practices to native students. Eastern Band Cherokee officials say they don’t have enough licensed teachers fluent in their language to reach all students, and they fear it will die out.

...Under the legislation, the state superintendent would recommend teachers to the state board of education. If approved, they would be trained and teach only language and cultural classes.

“While this is groundbreaking for North Carolina, in Indian country this is a relationship that we saw already in other states that have federally recognized tribes with living language," [Renissa] McLaughlin said. "They had legislation at the state level and the tribes entered into MOUs (memorandum of understanding) with the state or their department of education."

Read or listen to the full article at http://wfae.org/post/new-law-will-help-preserve-cherokee-language#stream/0


Source: WFAE
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Title: A Brief History of Chinese Characters
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Here is a short English-language history of Chinese writing: https://www.thechairmansbao.com/brief-history-chinese-characters/


Source: The Chairman's Bao
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Title: North American Dostoevsky Society's Graduate Student Essay Contest
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From the SEELANGS listserv: 

The Readers’ Advisory Board of the North American Dostoevsky Society invites members of NADS in good standing to nominate an outstanding graduate-student essay on a Dostoevsky-related topic. (If you are not a member of NADS, you can join at https://dostoevsky.org/). Current M.A. and PhD students are also welcome to nominate their own work, NADS membership not required. The winner of the contest will receive: 1) Free membership to NADS for one year, 2) Free registration at the International Dostoevsky Society Symposium in Boston, July 15-19, 2019 (http://www.bu.edu/wll/dostoevsky-2019/), and 3) a guaranteed spot as a presenter on the NADS-sponsored panel at AATSEEL, 2020. 

To submit a nomination, please send an email containing the student’s name, email address, and institutional affiliation, along with a .doc file of the essay (which should be no more than 8000 words in length and contain no identifying information about the author) to Greta Matzner-Gore at matzner@usc.edu by September 15, 2018. 

Matzner-Gore, G. Reminder: The North American Dostoevsky Society's Graduate Student Essay Contest. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, 19 Jul 2018).


Source: SEELANGS
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Title: German Conversation Group in Washington, DC
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From https://www.goethe.de

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 participants 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.

For more details, go to https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/wsh/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=21159623


Source: Goethe-Institut
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Title: Student Learning Objectives: Timed Writes and Vocabulary Growth
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From https://spanishplans.org

In many school systems, teachers are expected to establish Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) and track student progress over the course of the teaching year. 

In this series of blog posts, a Spanish teacher presents how you can use timed writes to assess gains in student fluency in the target language (https://spanishplans.org/2018/07/23/slo-and-vocabulary/) and how you can use repeated iterations of a vocabulary test to track vocabulary growth (https://spanishplans.org/2018/07/23/slo-and-vocabulary/).


Source: SpanishPlans.org
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