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Title: Japanese Site for Learners
Body: TheJapanesePage.com is a friendly site for beginners and beyond. With quick-reference grammar and vocabulary tips, in-depth articles on more subtle points, and an active discussion forum, learners of varying levels should find some useful information here. http://www.thejapanesepage.com/grammarpage.php
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Title: Call for Papers: Quantitative Sociolinguistic Studies of Indigenous Minority Languages
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-754.html Quantitative Sociolinguistic Studies of Indigenous Minority Languages Edited by James N. Stanford and Dennis R. Preston Michigan State University This anthology will explore language variation in indigenous minority language groups. Such lesser-known languages have rarely been the focus of quantitative (variationist) sociolinguistic research, so this anthology will promote a more diverse and inclusive perspective on the understanding of language variation. We will present a wide range of studies that can be placed side-by-side in order to highlight both the similarities and differences in language variation processes among such underrepresented languages and cultures. In this way, the anthology can serve as a platform for examining universal sociolinguistic tendencies across cultures and at the same time perhaps isolate new aspects of the study of language variation, allowing us to ask what aspects of current sociolinguistic models may need to be reconsidered in light of lesser-known languages and cultures. To this end, we are seeking papers with a focus on quantitative (variationist) sociolinguistic research in indigenous minority language communities. Specifically, we are looking for research studies that use quantitative sociolinguistic approaches (in the ''Labovian'' tradition) rather than qualitative, ethnographic work. The studies will focus on language variation and change with regard to both influential linguistic and social factors but will not be descriptive accounts only of the grammars or ethnographic settings of such languages, although we recognize that some such material may be necessarily included to give readers a sufficient understanding of both the linguistic and social detail to appreciate the contribution. For more information, visit http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-754.html .
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Title: Courses for Italian Teachers
Body: From http://www.scuoladantealighieri.it/CorsoAgg.htm La Sede Centrale della Società Dante Alighieri in collaborazione con il Comitato di Mondavio (PU) organizza un corso di aggiornamento per docenti di italiano L2 “Metti l’italiano nel piatto” 24 / 29 luglio 2006 Percorso metodologico didattico nell’italiano attraverso il cibo, i sapori, i profumi e gli aromi d’Italia Articolazione L'articolazione del seminario prevede i seguenti moduli formativi: 1. Cibo e letteratura: a cena con gli scrittori 2. Cibo e poesia: il cibo tra i versi e le rime 3. Cibo e parole: di bocca in bocca -riflessioni sul linguaggio corrente 4. Cibo e musica: canzoni da mangiare 5. Cibo e cinema: tavola con vista – un festival di cortometraggi e film dedicato interamente all’amore per il cibo 6. Cibo e società: comportamenti, attese, valori condivisi dagli Italiani a tavola 7. Cibo e civiltà: le feste della gola e gli artigiani del gusto For more information, visit http://www.scuoladantealighieri.it/CorsoAgg.htm .
Source: Società Dante Alighieri
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Title: 1st International Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish as a First and Second Language
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-745.html#2 We announce the organization of the First Internacional Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish as a First and Second Language, to be held in Rosario, Argentina, on June 1, 2 and 3, 2006. This Conference is organized by the M.A. Program in Linguistic Theory and Language Acquisition, the Center for the Study of Language Acquisition, and the Center of Theoretical Linguistics, of the Facultad de Humanidades y Artes, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina. Language contact and interaction in Latin America generate specific political, economic, educational and social situations. Transnational webs as the ones established through MERCOSUR create and make explicit language situations in which L2 Spanish plays a central role. The study of languages in contact and of their contexts becomes increasingly necessary. Teaching Spanish as a Second Language is proposed through language academies in a more coordinated and explicit way than it used to be and gradually occupies an increasingly more prominent role in the field of Language Teaching. The complexity of the linguistic situation generated demands that its study be conducted through a number of autonomous and interacting approaches. At the same time, this perspective has an impact on the studies of the acquisition and teaching of L1 Spanish in general. Having this goal in mind, the First International Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish as a First and Second Language propose the study, discussion, and evaluation of Spanish as a First and Second Language from multiple perspectives, mainly but not exclusively, from the perspective of L1 and L2 Acquisition Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Computational Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Anthropological Linguistics,L1 Spanish Teaching, Foreign Language Teaching, Language and Education Policies, Government and NGOs Language Programs, and other areas linked to the study of language. This Conference seeks the participation and interaction of specialists, teachers, and professionals in general in the areas mentioned above in order to create a specialized and collaborative environment for the study of Spanish. For more information, see http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-745.html#2 .
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: The Romance Turn II
Body: From http://www.let.uu.nl/romanceturn Workshop on the Acquisition of Romance Languages September 7-9 2006 Utrecht The second Workshop on the Acquisition of Romance Languages will take place at the UiL OTS, Utrecht University. The workshop intends to gather people working on the acquisition of Romance languages. All topics in the fields of first, second and impaired language acquisition from a generative perspective will be considered. Invited speakers: Larisa Avram (University of Bucharest) Anne Christophe (CNRS Paris) Ludovica Serratrice (University of Manchester) For more information, visit http://www.let.uu.nl/romanceturn .
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Title: Native American Language Community Survey
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-925.html#2 Date: 24-Mar-2006 From: Ardis Eschenberg Subject: Endangered Language Community Survey Our institution is in the midst of developing a community survey for an Administration for Native Americans Endangered Language Preservation grant. I was wondering of other members have developed such instruments and, if so, if they would be willing to share them? If I receive responses, I will compile everything received and make it available. Thank you for any and all help! Ardis Eschenberg, Ph.D. Dean of Academics Nebraska Indian Community College College Hill Macy, NE 68039 aeschenbergthenicc.edu
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Title: Meeting of American Indigenous Languages
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-914.html#2 Full Title: Meeting of American Indigenous Languages Short Title: ELIA Date: 15 Jun 2006 - 17 Jun 2006 Location: Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina Web Site: http://www.fchst.unlpam.edu.ar/cartelera/reuniones_cientificas.php Meeting Description: This first Meeting of American Indigenous Languages is an attempt to open a space of discussion on topics related to indigenous language research in Argentina and other Latin American countries. The aim will be to share common ground experience in the diversity of the language studies, and to promote new research lines in the different fields of study related to indenous languages in Latin America. Dates: The Meeting of American Indigenous Languages (1st ELIA conference) will be held June 15-17, 2006, on the University of La Pampa, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina. Keynote speaker: Dra. Zarina Estrada Fernández (Sonora University, Mexico); . Dra. Angelita Martínez (UBA, Argentina); Dr. César Fernández ( Comahue University, Argentina); Dra. Cristina Messineo (UBA, Argentina)
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Title: New Book: A Semantic Approach to English Grammar, Second Edition
Body: From http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-924740-4 A Semantic Approach to English Grammar Second Edition R. M. W. Dixon Description This book shows how grammar helps people communicate and looks at the ways grammar and meaning interrelate. The author starts from the notion that a speaker codes a meaning into grammatical forms which the listener is then able to recover: each word, he shows, has its own meaning and each bit of grammar its own function, their combinations creating and limiting the possibilities for different words. He uncovers a rationale for the varying grammatical properties of different words and in the process explains many facts about English - such as why we can say I wish to go, I wish that he would go, and I want to go but not I want that he would go. - New edition of the most lucid, and the wittiest, introduction to English grammar - New chapters on tense and aspect, nominalizations and possession, and adverbs and negation - Wide appeal to linguistics and ESl students - Explains recent changes such as the decline and fall of the tabooed he New to this edition - New chapters on tense and aspect, nominalizations and possession, and adverbs and negation - New discussion of comparative forms of adjectives - Explains recent changes in English grammar, including how they has replaced the tabooed he as a pronoun referring to either gender, as in When a student reads this book, they will learn a lot about English grammar in a most enjoyable manner. For more information, visit http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-924740-4 .
Source: Oxford University Press
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Title: New Book: Language Planning and Education
Body: From http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/edition_details.aspx?id=12015 Language Planning and Education Gibson Ferguson Language Planning is a resurgent academic discipline, reflecting the importance of language in issues of migration, globalisation, cultural diversity, nation-building, education and ethnic identity. Written as an advanced introduction, this book engages with all these themes but focuses specifically on language planning as it relates to education, addressing such issues as bilingualism and the education of linguistic minority pupils in North America and Europe, the educational and equity implications of the global spread of English, and the choice of media of instruction in post-colonial societies. Contextualising this discussion, the first two chapters describe the emergence and evolution of language planning as an academic discipline, and introduce key concepts in the practice of language planning. The book is wide-ranging in its coverage, with detailed discussion of the context of language policy in a variety of countries and communities across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Key features - Accessible and readable introduction to the field. - Wide coverage of issues with illustrative examples from a range of countries in different continents. - Discussion exercises and suggestions for further reading. - Explores and comments on controversial issues. Gibson Ferguson is a Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Sheffield, where he convenes the MA programme in applied linguistics. For more information, visit http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/edition_details.aspx?id=12015
Source: Edinburgh University Press
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Title: National Poetry Month
Body: April is National Poetry Month. This month's MarcoGram is full of activities -- for a wide range of levels -- which incorporate poetry into lessons on history, science, math, and contemporary culture. Some Spanish-English bilingual activities are also provided. http://www.marcopolo-education.org/MarcoGrams/Apr2006.html
Source: MarcoGram
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