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Title: Save the Date: Innovating Undergraduate French Studies
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Innovating Undergraduate French Studies: Making Curricular and Pedagogical Change Happen
April 20, 2019
University of Texas at Austin
This colloquium will convene faculty from different US institutions of higher learning in order to discuss ways to innovate and improve today’s undergraduate French Studies curriculum.
The most recent MLA Report paints a rather grim picture of declining enrollments in foreign language departments. In particular, national enrollments in undergraduate French programs have declined by approximately 11% between 2013-2016. Even more concerning is that the decline seems to be accelerating. What can French faculty do to reverse the decline? Can we attract more students with a rejuvenated French Studies major? If so, what would it look like? In short, how can we redefine our field to maintain its relevance in today’s changing intellectual marketplace? These are the questions that the colloquium seeks to address.
For more information, go to https://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/french-colloquium
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Title: Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Linguistics Conference
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From https://sites.google.com/asu.edu/8thhispanicluso-brazilianlingu/home?authuser=0
The Spanish Linguistics Graduate Students at Arizona State University is pleased to invite you to their seventh annual Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Linguistics Conference, which will be held in Tempe, AZ on March 29 and 30, 2019. The conference offers an opportunity for graduate students of Spanish and Portuguese Linguistics to share their current research.
Our plenary speakers this year will present on topics in Spanish Heritage Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, Sociolinguistics, and Second Language Acquisition.
Visit the conference website for full details and to register: https://sites.google.com/asu.edu/8thhispanicluso-brazilianlingu/home?authuser=0
Source: Arizona State University
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Title: COFLT Spring Conference
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The Confederation in Oregon for Language Teaching's annual spring conference this year is workshops-only. There are five tracks:
1. Harnessing Technology in the World Language Classroom: Explore, Create and Integrate Workshop presenter: Tara Miller
2. Integrated Performance Assessment and Instruction – Linking the Three Modes of Communication (Interpretive, Interpersonal and Presentational) to answer the question: What can learners do with what they know? Workshop presenter: Deborah Lindsay
3. Moving Beyond the Textbook: Building Authentic Language Skills in the L2 Classroom Workshop presenter: Darcy Rogers
4. Japanese Language Teachers Workshop: ACTFL Global Competence & Core Practice Feedback (for Japanese language teachers only) Workshop presenter: Dr. Watanabe
5. German Language Teachers Workshop: Culture in the Language Classroom and Curriculum (for German language teachers only) Workshop presenters: Lorely French and Natascha Milde
The conference will take place on March 2 at Linfield College in McMinnville.
Learn more and register at http://cofltoregon.org/event-3222774
Source: COFLT
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Title: Professional Development for Arabic Teachers: Vocabulary
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From https://aldeenfoundation.org/online-arabic-training/upcoming-sessions/
The Aldeen Foundation's winter/spring professional development session for Arabic teachers will run February 15 to April 15. The topic is "Building Language Foundation: Vocabulary."
What vocabulary do students learn first? When can you expect your students to produce language? Why is vocabulary retention a challenge? Can you make learning vocabulary a fun and productive experience? How many words do your students need to know to be considered Arabic speakers? Is the language all about vocabulary learning?!
This interactive course provides instructors with the latest research, strategies and techniques designed for students of various ages and proficiency levels.
Spend about 90 minutes per week, listening to lectures, watching the best teaching strategies in a real classroom setting, taking quizzes and networking with experts and colleagues in the US and worldwide.
Learn more and register at https://aldeenfoundation.org/online-arabic-training/upcoming-sessions/
Source: Aldeen Foundation
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Title: Language Documentation Workshops Going Online
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Source: Language Documentation Training Center
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Title: Classical Association of New England Summer Institute
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From http://caneweb.org/new/?page_id=165
The Classical Association of New England Summer Institute brings together students, educators, and lifelong learners for an intensive week of lectures, mini-courses, reading groups, professional development workshops, and special events. Each institute considers the literature, history, and arts of the ancient Greeks and Romans — and how we engage with those cultures today.
The 2019 institute will take place July 8-13, 2019, at Brown University, with the theme “E Pluribus Unum.”
Please note that lectures and courses at the institute are given in English; participation in the institute does not require knowledge of the ancient languages. CANE welcomes interested individuals who are new to the study Classics to attend the institute. Participants may board at Brown University for the institute or commute to campus for the week.
For full details, go to http://caneweb.org/new/?page_id=165
Source: CANE
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Title: Arabic Narrative of American Slave Available Online
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From https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2019/01/new-online-rare-autobiography-in-arabic-by-enslaved-american/
Omar Ibn Said was an educated, well-do-do man living between the two rivers of Senegal and Gambia when he was captured and taken to the United States as a slave. His short autobiography, written in Arabic, is now digitized and available at the Library of Congress.
Learn more about this primary document and about Ibn Said's life at https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2019/01/new-online-rare-autobiography-in-arabic-by-enslaved-american/ and at http://www.openculture.com/2019/01/the-only-surviving-text-written-in-arabic-by-an-american-slave-has-been-digitized.html.
The digitized collection is available at https://www.loc.gov/collections/omar-ibn-said-collection/about-this-collection/?loclr=blogloc
Source: Library of Congress
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Title: Short Film about Yamabushi, Japanese Ascetic Mountain Hermits
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From http://www.openculture.com
Here is a 10-minute film in Japanese with English subtitles about the Yamabushi, "ascetic mountain hermits who have practiced ShugendÅ, a hybridization of versions of esoteric Buddhism, Taoism, and Shinto that goes back to the eighth century."
Watch the video at http://www.openculture.com/2019/01/mountain-monks.html
Source: Open Culture
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Title: Learn Russian for Free: 47 Russian Lessons for Learners on a Budget
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From https://www.fluentin3months.com/learn-russian-free/
The author of this article writes about her experience learning Russian and the resources she found useful. All these 47 resources are available online and for free.
To read the full article, visit https://www.fluentin3months.com/learn-russian-free/
Source: Fluent in 3 Months
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Title: More Bauhaus Resources
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Last week (http://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/26378) we noted events and resources for learning about the Bauhaus movement as Germany celebrates 100 years since its inception. Here are two more resources and events:
The Goethe-Institut in Boston is hosting an exhibition, The Bauhaus and Harvard. Learn more at https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/bos/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=21466198
Beginning February 19, you can also access a virtual exhibition. Learn more at https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/bos/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=21409351
Source: Goethe-Institut
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