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Title: Webinar: Incorporating Corpora into Language Teaching
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From http://iallt.org

Incorporating Corpora into Language Teaching
Presenter: Nina Vyatkina, University of Kansas
March 21, 2019
Time: 12:00pm PST / 1:00pm MST / 2:00pm CST / 3:00pm EST
Webinar Duration – 1 hour

Webinar description: Data-Driven Learning (DDL), or teaching and learning languages with the help of corpora (large electronic collections of texts), has been shown to be effective and efficient in instructed second language acquisition. Nevertheless, it is still far from becoming a common pedagogical practice. In my presentation, I will discuss how corpora can be used as Open Educational Resources (OER) and exemplify it with a case of implementing DDL in German language courses at the University of Kansas.

Registration information is available at http://iallt.org/webinars/3-21-19/


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Title: Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program
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The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program provides short-term seminars abroad for U.S. educators in the social sciences and humanities to improve their understanding and knowledge of the peoples and cultures of other countries. Each seminar features educational lectures and activities specifically designed for the group, including visits to local schools and organizations, meetings with teachers and students, and visits to cultural sites. Participants draw on their experiences during the program to create new, cross-cultural curricula for their classrooms and school systems back in the U.S.

In 2019, summer programs will be offered in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic, Taiwan, and Uruguay. A total of 48 awards are available (16 per program). The program covers airfare, room and board, and program costs. Teacher participants are responsible for a cost-share of $600.

The FY 2019 program competition (for summer 2019 seminars) is now open. The deadline to apply is March 27, 2019.

For more information, go to https://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/applicant.html


Source: U.S. Department of Education
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Title: Summer Workshop in Language Pedagogy, Technologies, Research and Proficiency Testing
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From the SEELANGS listserv:
 
Slavic and Eurasian Language Resource Center 
Summer Workshop in Language Pedagogy, Technologies, Research and Proficiency Testing
at Duke University, July 22-24, 2019
 
The Duke Slavic and Eurasian Language Resource Center will host a summer workshop from July 22 to July 24, 2019 on Language Pedagogy, Research & Proficiency Testing, and is pleased to invite applications from interested K-12 and university faculty, scholars, graduate students, and professionals to enroll in the workshop. 
 
There is an additional session devoted exclusively to Russian language proficiency testing training and certification in CEFR proficiency testing from July 25-27, 2019.
 
Topics of presentations at previous workshops have included:
• Neuroimaging and multilingualism
• Teaching language and culture through film
• Language proficiency testing
• Specialized language instruction at the advanced and superior levels
• The use of technology in the language classroom
• Integrating heritage students in the language classroom
• Addressing the needs of differently-abled students
• Using computer technologies to create pedagogical materials
• The role of grammar in proficiency-based instruction
• Popular culture and language instruction
• Web resources for language teachers
 
Individuals interested in enrolling in the workshop should write to Michael Newcity at mnewcity@duke.edu no later than March 15, 2019. There are no registration or participation fees for the workshop. Modest funding support to defray expenses for travel and accommodations is available for participants.
 
Newcity, M. Summer Workshop in Language Pedagogy, Technologies, Research and Proficiency Testing. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, 26 Feb 2019).

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Title: Games2Teach Collaboratory
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CASLS and our sister Language Resource Center, the Center for Open Educational Resources & Language Learning, will host an interactive workshop where language teachers experience collaborative, game-oriented play, learn how game design principles promote language acquisition, and learn to implement games in their classrooms. Based on the Games2Teach project from CASLS and another sister LRC, the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy, the workshop will take place August 1 and 2, 2019.

For more information, go to http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/games2teach-2019
You can register at http://utdirect.utexas.edu/txshop/item_details.WBX?application_name=LITXLANG&component=0&dept_prefix=LI&item_id=97&cat_seq_chosen=01&subcategory_seq_chosen=000
You can also apply for an honorarium to help pay for your expenses to participate: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3rq6kxrKbqX7ajb


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Title: Delaware Doubles English Learner Funding
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From https://www.languagemagazine.com/2019/02/25/delaware-doubles-el-funding/

Delaware Doubles EL Funding
February 25, 2019

Delaware has more than doubled its spending to support English learner students (ELs), as well as those who come from low-income households, with a $60 million plan over the next three years.

...In the meantime, [Delaware Department of Education Secretary Susan Bunting]'s office will be developing a template for the plan, which will extend funding to schools with a lower percentage of ELs. “In the past, the schools that qualified for the opportunity grants had 60% low-income or they had a concentration of 20% English learners,” she added. “We’ve worked in collaboration with the superintendents. We’ve listened, talked, and considered—and so every English learner student will receive monies and every low-income student. So, even if you had a school with 10% English learner students, you’re going to get money for each of those students, which is very different.”

Read the full article at https://www.languagemagazine.com/2019/02/25/delaware-doubles-el-funding/


Source: Language Magazine
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Title: Editorial: Montana Universities Should Require Language Study for Admission
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Alice Nation, the president of the Montana Association of Language teachers, writes, "At MSU, the following statement is at the end of the list of classes you must complete to gain admission:
• Two years of elective courses: foreign language (preferably two years), computer science, visual and performing arts, or approved vocational education units.
 
"The statement from U of M is very similar:
• Two years chosen from the following: foreign language (preferably two years), computer science, visual and performing arts, or vocational education.
 
"However, these entrance requirements only tell part of the story. When you look at the list of General Education Requirements for graduation from U of M, the Group III Requirement is for Modern and Classical Languages. To me this is where the importance of what we do at the high school level often gets lost in translation. U of M’s statement is as follows:
 
The study of foreign language is a core component of a liberal arts education. Students must complete the first-year sequence of a language or demonstrate comparable proficiency to fulfill the General Education language requirement (test-out provisions apply)."
 
Read her full editorial in which she urges administrators and counselors to encourage high school students to take at least two years (preferably more) of a second language: https://www.montanalanguageteachers.org/malt-nation-presidents-corner/foreign-language-in-february

Source: MALT
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Title: Educators Rising Campaign Encourages Students to Become Language Teachers
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From https://www.actfl.org/assessment-professional-development/educators-rising

Your language learners may be future language educators! Join ACTFL’s Educators Rising initiative and engage your students to explore language teaching as a career. ACTFL has developed 5 ready-to-use modules for leading activities with your students. Over 60% of teachers teach within 20 miles of where they went to high school! Use these modules as the solution for schools or districts interested in establishing a pathway to turn language learners into language teachers.

Learn more about this initiative and how you can use these modules at the following sites: 
https://www.actfl.org/assessment-professional-development/educators-rising
https://www.pathlms.com/actfl/courses/4080
https://www.actfl.org/assessment-professional-development/educators-rising-faqs


Source: ACTFL
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Title: Intermediate Chinese Conversation: “The Best Thing About WeChat is…”
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Here is a short (3:25) video in which different people talk briefly about WeChat. The video is accompanied by a transcription with translation. Access this resource at https://mandarinhq.com/2019/02/wechat/


Source: Mandarin HQ
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Title: Pinyin and Tones in Mandarin
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Here is a webpage with a table of Chinese Pinyin. If you click on a cell, you can hear that syllable in all four tones. Available at http://www.quickmandarin.com/chinesepinyintable/pinyintable_vertical.php


Source: Quick Mandarin
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Title: Japanese Game: The Doll Shop
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From a recent Tofugu review (https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-learning-resources-january-2019/):

For several years now, French duo Atelier Sentô has been creating point-and-click adventure games using watercolor art inspired by their travels in Japan. The results are beautiful. Their latest game, The Doll Shop, a "half romance, half horror" story, is about a dollmaker who lives in a small Japanese village. You can change the language to Japanese and, because it's an adventure game with branching paths and different endings, comprehending what’s being said is important. Your reading and kanji skills will get a workout.

Read the full review at https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-learning-resources-january-2019/

For ideas on how to use commercial games for language learning, see our Games2Teach website: https://games2teach.uoregon.edu/


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