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Title: South Africa's New Curriculum Includes Stiffer Language Standards
Body: South Africa's education department recently released a new, internationally benchmarked curriculum, which for the first time requires students to meet standards in two South African languages. The new curriculum is said to broaden areas of study, raise achievement requirements, and provide many new challenges for teachers. Read the allAfrica.com article at: http://allafrica.com/stories/200507180869.html
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Title: South Africa's New Curriculum Includes Stiffer Language Standards
Body: South Africa's education department recently released a new, internationally benchmarked curriculum, which for the first time requires students to meet standards in two South African languages. The new curriculum is said to broaden areas of study, raise achievement requirements, and provide many new challenges for teachers. Read the allAfrica.com article at: http://allafrica.com/stories/200507180869.html
Source: allAfrica.com
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Title: New Issue: International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching
Body: The Summer 2005 issue of the International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching features the following articles and is available for download at the URL below (paid members only). Excerpts may be accessed for free. Light Reading for Intermediate ESL Students: Adult ESL students react enthusiastically to teen romances by Kyung-Sook Cho Junk Food is Bad for You, but Junk Reading is Good for You by Stephen Krashen and Joanne Ujiie The Robustness of Extensive Reading: Evidence from Two Studies by Sy-ying Lee Another Win for Harry Potter: More Evidence of the Value of Free Reading by Bryce Hedstrom My Experience with the Reading Rainbow by Amy OConnor Please Rock the Babies: Casa Hogar, Puerto Vallarta by Karen Rowan Multi-Level Classes with TPRS: Unexpected Gains by Blaine Ray Writing for Levels 1 and 2 Pulling Proficiency Out of a Hat... Magic Tricks Can Be Your Curtain-Opener by Judi Mazziotti List of Spanish Nicknames Silly French Nicknames Student Interest Inventory http://www.tprstories.com/ijflt
Source: IJFLT
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Title: New Issue: International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching
Body: The Summer 2005 issue of the International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching features the following articles and is available for download at the URL below (paid members only). Excerpts may be accessed for free. Light Reading for Intermediate ESL Students: Adult ESL students react enthusiastically to teen romances by Kyung-Sook Cho Junk Food is Bad for You, but Junk Reading is Good for You by Stephen Krashen and Joanne Ujiie The Robustness of Extensive Reading: Evidence from Two Studies by Sy-ying Lee Another Win for Harry Potter: More Evidence of the Value of Free Reading by Bryce Hedstrom My Experience with the Reading Rainbow by Amy OConnor Please Rock the Babies: Casa Hogar, Puerto Vallarta by Karen Rowan Multi-Level Classes with TPRS: Unexpected Gains by Blaine Ray Writing for Levels 1 and 2 Pulling Proficiency Out of a Hat... Magic Tricks Can Be Your Curtain-Opener by Judi Mazziotti List of Spanish Nicknames Silly French Nicknames Student Interest Inventory http://www.tprstories.com/ijflt
Source: IJFLT
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Title: The Case for Preserving Indigenous Language
Body: The URL below features an audio recording of an SBS Radio editorial on the many reasons for preserving indigenous languages. The piece features an Aboriginal Education Officer with the Australian Education Union and Indigenous representative on the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Listen at: http://www9.sbs.com.au/radio/index.php?page=wv&newsID=116273
Source: SBS Radio
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Title: The Case for Preserving Indigenous Language
Body: The URL below features an audio recording of an SBS Radio editorial on the many reasons for preserving indigenous languages. The piece features an Aboriginal Education Officer with the Australian Education Union and Indigenous representative on the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Listen at: http://www9.sbs.com.au/radio/index.php?page=wv&newsID=116273
Source: SBS Radio
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Title: Invitation to Exhibitors: Oregon Language Teachers' Fall Conference
Body: From: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/enews/2005/0726.htm#InvitationTo October 14-15, 2005 Deadline: August 15, 2005 Location: Inn of the Seventh Mountain 18575 SW Century Drive, Bend, Oregon Theme: "Never Too Early, Never Too Late" Program will include workshops on: Revised State Second Language Standards; Connecting the Five Cs; Assessor Renewal. Plus other activities including special sessions for teachers of Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Chinese. Exhibit Area: The Pavilion (winterized tent with permanent flooring), also serves as the conference meeting and dining area, and site of conference coffee service. Display tables: 8 x 30 tables will be assigned as registrations are received. Initial commitment is restricted to two tables per exhibitor but may be increased if space permits. To reserve a space, send the reservation form to COFLT. Exhibitor Presentations: a limited number of Exhibitor Presentation slots are available. If interested send a proposal form by August 15 to: Conference Chair Mary Hansen 63334 Majestic Loop, Bend, OR 97701-8594 email: mhansen@cocc.edu For more information about the conference, visit: http://www.open.org/~coflt/coflt_homepage_index.htm
Source: OELA Newsline - July 26, 2005 edition
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Title: Invitation to Exhibitors: Oregon Language Teachers' Fall Conference
Body: From: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/enews/2005/0726.htm#InvitationTo October 14-15, 2005 Deadline: August 15, 2005 Location: Inn of the Seventh Mountain 18575 SW Century Drive, Bend, Oregon Theme: "Never Too Early, Never Too Late" Program will include workshops on: Revised State Second Language Standards; Connecting the Five Cs; Assessor Renewal. Plus other activities including special sessions for teachers of Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Chinese. Exhibit Area: The Pavilion (winterized tent with permanent flooring), also serves as the conference meeting and dining area, and site of conference coffee service. Display tables: 8 x 30 tables will be assigned as registrations are received. Initial commitment is restricted to two tables per exhibitor but may be increased if space permits. To reserve a space, send the reservation form to COFLT. Exhibitor Presentations: a limited number of Exhibitor Presentation slots are available. If interested send a proposal form by August 15 to: Conference Chair Mary Hansen 63334 Majestic Loop, Bend, OR 97701-8594 email: mhansen@cocc.edu For more information about the conference, visit: http://www.open.org/~coflt/coflt_homepage_index.htm
Source: OELA Newsline - July 26, 2005 edition
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Title: Call for Papers: Academic Exchange Quarterly's Annual Feature on Online Learning
Body: From: http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/4onlin.htm Web-based instructional delivery has resulted in an explosion of online learning initiatives, technological innovations in education, and creative uses of the Internet. This focus is on ways of delivering instruction through asynchronous or synchronous methods either through online courses or by hybrid or blended courses. There are shifts in course reconceptualizations, course designs, instructional pedagogy, faculty training, and course learning outcomes. For instance, what are the best methods of teaching students to evaluate what they find on the Internet? How does placing a course online change the needs of students who seek information? How are teachers using smart classrooms, bulletin boards, listservs, blogs, and wikis? All innovative suggestions for instruction and technology for online learning are welcome. If you have useful experiences to share or have new ideas regarding instruction, technology, or information-gathering on the Web, please consider submitting an article. Submissions are welcome from teachers, trainers, administrators, and graduate students (who must have a letter of support from a professor) who actively use computer-based instruction in some form. Regular deadline: any time until the end of August 2005.
Source: Academic Exchange Quarterly
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Title: Call for Papers: Academic Exchange Quarterly's Annual Feature on Online Learning
Body: From: http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/4onlin.htm Web-based instructional delivery has resulted in an explosion of online learning initiatives, technological innovations in education, and creative uses of the Internet. This focus is on ways of delivering instruction through asynchronous or synchronous methods either through online courses or by hybrid or blended courses. There are shifts in course reconceptualizations, course designs, instructional pedagogy, faculty training, and course learning outcomes. For instance, what are the best methods of teaching students to evaluate what they find on the Internet? How does placing a course online change the needs of students who seek information? How are teachers using smart classrooms, bulletin boards, listservs, blogs, and wikis? All innovative suggestions for instruction and technology for online learning are welcome. If you have useful experiences to share or have new ideas regarding instruction, technology, or information-gathering on the Web, please consider submitting an article. Submissions are welcome from teachers, trainers, administrators, and graduate students (who must have a letter of support from a professor) who actively use computer-based instruction in some form. Regular deadline: any time until the end of August 2005.
Source: Academic Exchange Quarterly
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Title: Standards Based Curriculum
Body: A recent request on the FLTEACH listserv for an example of a standards-based curriculum received a suggestion to view the Web site of the Maine Department of Education. The site shows Local Assessment Development tasks, which are all standards-based assessments aligned with Learning Results. http://www.state.me.us/education/lsalt/LAD
Source: Maine Department of Education
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Title: Standards Based Curriculum
Body: A recent request on the FLTEACH listserv for an example of a standards-based curriculum received a suggestion to view the Web site of the Maine Department of Education. The site shows Local Assessment Development tasks, which are all standards-based assessments aligned with Learning Results. http://www.state.me.us/education/lsalt/LAD
Source: Maine Department of Education
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Title: Middle School Summer ESL Program Materials Online
Body: The Web site below contains pages that were created for a 3-week summer ESL middle school program. The materials include several songs and lyrics (with sound files that play when you access the page) and links to information on English-speaking countries. http://www.lynguista.com/summeresl.html
Source: lynguistica.com
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Title: Middle School Summer ESL Program Materials Online
Body: The Web site below contains pages that were created for a 3-week summer ESL middle school program. The materials include several songs and lyrics (with sound files that play when you access the page) and links to information on English-speaking countries. http://www.lynguista.com/summeresl.html
Source: lynguistica.com
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Title: Guide to Teaching Culturally Sensitive Issues Available Online
Body: The United States Institute for Peace (usip.org) has a Teaching Guide for English Language Learners that is downloadable from http://www.usip.org/class/guides/conflict.html The guide is built around various problem-solving exercises that are meant to foster active and supportive listening habits, and ways of generating well-informed opinions that can be expressed in socially acceptable ways. The guide is divided into five sections: trust building, defining conflict, prejudice awareness and reduction, communication, and conflict management. Each section focuses on one segment of conflict resolution. Friis, M. Teaching about culturally sensitive issues - resource. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (26 July 2005).
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Title: Guide to Teaching Culturally Sensitive Issues Available Online
Body: The United States Institute for Peace (usip.org) has a Teaching Guide for English Language Learners that is downloadable from http://www.usip.org/class/guides/conflict.html The guide is built around various problem-solving exercises that are meant to foster active and supportive listening habits, and ways of generating well-informed opinions that can be expressed in socially acceptable ways. The guide is divided into five sections: trust building, defining conflict, prejudice awareness and reduction, communication, and conflict management. Each section focuses on one segment of conflict resolution. Friis, M. Teaching about culturally sensitive issues - resource. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (26 July 2005).
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Title: Keep Up Your French with TV Programs Viewable Online
Body: "Arrêt sur image" is a show with Arlette Chabot, one of the top French TV journalists, that explores events as they are seen in the media: http://www.france5.fr/asi/006869/39/126383.cfm The site has extensive video coverage. I am watching a video that explores the evolution of the media coverage of Nicolas Sarkosy's domestic troubles in the context of the French imperative about respecting the private lives of public figures. Another is a portrait of Dominique de Villepin, yet another on the referendum, one on loss of jobs due to relocation of industries. Finally, a very funny piece that is a review of literary terms (as if for the bac) done through am examination of excerpts from Kaamelott, a comic representation of King Arthur's court that is currently playing on M6. I don't know to what extent any of this is really usable with lower level students, but it looks like excellent exposure to language to keep French teachers sharp. Ponterio, B. And even more online French TV. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (16 June 2005).
Source: FLTEACH
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Title: Keep Up Your French with TV Programs Viewable Online
Body: "Arrêt sur image" is a show with Arlette Chabot, one of the top French TV journalists, that explores events as they are seen in the media: http://www.france5.fr/asi/006869/39/126383.cfm The site has extensive video coverage. I am watching a video that explores the evolution of the media coverage of Nicolas Sarkosy's domestic troubles in the context of the French imperative about respecting the private lives of public figures. Another is a portrait of Dominique de Villepin, yet another on the referendum, one on loss of jobs due to relocation of industries. Finally, a very funny piece that is a review of literary terms (as if for the bac) done through am examination of excerpts from Kaamelott, a comic representation of King Arthur's court that is currently playing on M6. I don't know to what extent any of this is really usable with lower level students, but it looks like excellent exposure to language to keep French teachers sharp. Ponterio, B. And even more online French TV. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (16 June 2005).
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Title: Exploratory Language Class Activity
Body: The following post on the FLTEACH listserv suggests an activity that might be useful for an exploratory language class. This activity was created by a French teacher, but it could be used for a variety of languages. ---- I do a francophone bookmark project with my kids (I just have 6th grade exploratory). Each student chooses a different francophone country. They find the following information: -Official name of country -Type of government -Currency -Capital -Languages spoken -Economy/industry -Major holidays -Flag -Several facts On one side of the bookmark they draw the flag and put all off the information except for the facts. On the back they draw and label the country and capital, then they add the "interesting facts" (I always ask for a minimum of 3), then on the bottom half they draw the continent and label the country on the continent. I then have them laminated for the students to keep. We do the research and make the bookmarks in class and usually take two 45-minute classes. Crenshaw, J. Re: 2nd call for ideas for exploratory French. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (20 June 2005).
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Title: Exploratory Language Class Activity
Body: The following post on the FLTEACH listserv suggests an activity that might be useful for an exploratory language class. This activity was created by a French teacher, but it could be used for a variety of languages. ---- I do a francophone bookmark project with my kids (I just have 6th grade exploratory). Each student chooses a different francophone country. They find the following information: -Official name of country -Type of government -Currency -Capital -Languages spoken -Economy/industry -Major holidays -Flag -Several facts On one side of the bookmark they draw the flag and put all off the information except for the facts. On the back they draw and label the country and capital, then they add the "interesting facts" (I always ask for a minimum of 3), then on the bottom half they draw the continent and label the country on the continent. I then have them laminated for the students to keep. We do the research and make the bookmarks in class and usually take two 45-minute classes. Crenshaw, J. Re: 2nd call for ideas for exploratory French. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (20 June 2005).
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