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Title: Chinese Guest Teacher Program Accepting Applications
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From https://professionals.collegeboard.org/k-12/awards/chinese/guest
The Chinese Guest Teacher Program is designed to help U.S. schools develop Chinese language and culture study programs and to promote international exchange between the United States and China. Made possible through a collaboration between the College Board and Hanban, the program has grown to be the largest Chinese visiting teacher program in the U.S. Each year, the program serves hundreds of K–12 schools and districts nationwide and reaches tens of thousands of U.S. students.
This program provides an experienced language teacher from China to fill full-time Chinese language instruction positions in a host school or district for a period of one to three years. The guest teachers have at least two years of teaching experience and go through a rigorous selection and training process before arriving at the host schools. Participating institutions are responsible for providing a partial salary to the guest teacher, and the remainder is subsidized by a stipend from Hanban.
An online information webinar will be held on January 10.
The application priority deadline is January 14, 2019.
For full details, go to https://professionals.collegeboard.org/k-12/awards/chinese/guest
Source: College Board
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Title: Resources for Using Língua da Gente
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We've reported before (http://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/19431) on Língua da Gente, part of COERLL's Brazilpod. It's a free podcast for learning Brazilian Portuguese that focuses on everyday speech.
Here are ideas for using Língua da Gente and other Brazilpod materials: http://linguadagente.coerll.utexas.edu/how-to-use-linguadagente/
Recently, Dr. Orlando Kelm has written a series of can-do statements and recommendations for tasks to help you integrate Língua da Gente and other Brazilpod materials into your Portuguese learning and teaching. They are available in a Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q2rfoh-bVQwQlNge-BTFG1IED39hHqxV2NSv50QO9bg/view
Source: COERLL
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Title: Russian Word of the Day on Instagram
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Here's a Russian Word of the Day Instagram that you and your students can follow: https://www.instagram.com/russian.word/
Source: Instagram
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Title: Latest Resources from Step into German
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From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/prj/stg/enindex.htm
Step into German is a service of the Goethe-Institut and a perennial favorite of your InterCom editor. Here are a few of the latest opportunities for you and your students:
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The 2018-2019 season of the Youth 4 German Cinema program was designed to give high-school-age students input into the workings of an international film festival. Chosen from a pool of applicants from across North America, the Y4GC program of 2018-2019 will offer high-school-aged students across the U.S., Canada and Central America the opportunity to: go behind-the-scenes and participate at an international film festival; meet industry professionals; participate in artistic workshops; increase cross-cultural awareness through cinema; participate in the selection of two winning films for the Youth 4 German Cinema “Festival Field Trip” that will screen at the festival for hundreds of visiting students of middle schools and high schools from the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California.
The deadline for applicants is January 9, 2019. For full details, go to http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/prj/stg/flm/y4g/enindex.htm
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Teacher materials include resources for music, soccer, film, and Germany and German culture. Browse them here: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/prj/stg/tte/enindex.htm
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Students can compete in a Bundesligal Total! competition by watching a video with highlights of a Match of the Month, then responding to a few questions and making a game prediction. Winners may be invited to Bundesliga Festivals in San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington, DC, in March 2019. Grand prize winners get to travel to Germany. Learn more at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/prj/stg/soc/but/enindex.htm
Explore these and more resources on the Step into German website at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/prj/stg/enindex.htm
Source: Step into German
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Title: Article about Cuneiform
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From http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181207-how-ai-could-help-us-with-ancient-languages-like-sumerian
The key to cracking long-dead languages?
by Sophie Hardach
December 10, 2018
Developed more than 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where modern-day Iraq now lies, cuneiform captured life in a complex and fascinating civilisation for some three millennia. From furious letters between warring royal siblings to rituals for soothing a fractious baby, the tablets offer a unique insight into a society at the dawn of history.
...However, since cuneiform was first deciphered by scholars around 150 years ago, the script has only yielded its secrets to a small group of people who can read it. Some 90% of cuneiform texts remain untranslated.
That could change thanks to a very modern helper: machine translation.
Read the full article at http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181207-how-ai-could-help-us-with-ancient-languages-like-sumerian
Source: BBC
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Title: Society for Classical Studies YouTube Channel
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From https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHubvqqW_xtiQkDQ-d0y9tw/about?disable_polymer=1
The Society for Classical Studies is a non-profit organization dedicated to "advancing knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the ancient Greek and Roman world and its enduring value." This channel features interviews of people who have been touched by Classics in some way and who have found that the Classics have had a measurable impact on their life, whether they studied it professionally or not. They also post videos from our various conferences and events.
The YouTube channel is available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHubvqqW_xtiQkDQ-d0y9tw/featured?disable_polymer=1
The SCS main website is available at https://classicalstudies.org/
Source: YouTube
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Title: Using Flipgrid to Create a Simulated Conversation
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Here's a short (6 minute) video showing how to create a series of prompts for a conversation in Flipgrid that helps to prepare students for the interpersonal speaking of an AP test: http://www.ceauthres.com/2018/12/pre-ap-conversacion-simulada-en-flipgrid.html
Source: CEAUTHRES
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Title: Resources for Spanish Speakers from the U.S. Department of Education
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The U.S. Department of Education offers Education Resources for Spanish Speakers. This site provides resources for common topics of interest for Spanish-speaking parents of school-age children. Areas of focus include preschool through 12th grade, college, career, adult education, civil rights, and special education. The site also provides information for parents seeking financial assistance for their child’s education.
The site is available at https://www2.ed.gov/espanol/bienvenidos/es/index.htm
Source: NCELA Nexus
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Title: New Years Celebrations Resources
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From http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
Newcomers to the United States may be curious about New Years celebration traditions here; they may also want to share information about their own traditions. Here is Larry Ferlazzo's curated list on online resources related to New Years celebrations in the United States and all over the world: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/12/03/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-new-year-celebrations/
Source: Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day
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Title: Open Accessible Studies in Language Studies
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From https://oasis-database.org/?locale=en
OASIS is a new initiative to connect teachers with second language acquisition research. The core activity of OASIS is the writing and dissemination of one-page research article summaries from peer-reviewed journals, written to be easily read and digested by a non-specialist audience. Summaries are approved and often written or co-written by the original authors. The project already has 150 research summaries available. Here are a few that your InterCom editor would like to read:
The role of cognitive abilities in second-language development at home and abroad https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/c821gj76b?locale=en
Gesture and vocabulary learning in a second language https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/5d86p020k?locale=en
Bilinguals are not two monolinguals in one person https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/tt44pm85x?locale=en
Production or comprehension-based grammar teaching: which works better? https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/cj82k728n?locale=en
Search OASIS and learn more about the project at https://oasis-database.org/?locale=en
Source: OASIS
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