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Title: International Bilingual Conference: Academic Mobility
Body: From http://users.utu.fi/freder/Conf%20mobility/cat/mobility.htm INTERNATIONAL BILINGUAL CONFERENCE (English and French) 21, 22 and 23 September 2006 Turku, Finland Academic Mobility: Crossed perspectives Conference description: Academic mobility is growing year after year. University staff, students, researchers and officers in higher education are increasingly traveling Europe and the world as part of their work or studies. In Europe, several EU programs have proved to be successful within the European countries and are now extending to the whole world (ex: Erasmus Mundus). Yet, few studies are available on the hypermodern mobile academic individuals. What is known of the lives of these new strangers (Murphy-Lejeune)? How do they deal with their daily lives? What sort of relationships do they develop? What about the competences they develop while abroad? Do they alter their views on their own foreignness and that of the others? In what way do their experiences differ from those of normal migrants? For more information, visit http://users.utu.fi/freder/Conf%20mobility/cat/mobility.htm .
Source: The University of Turku, Finland
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Title: Technology Teaches English in Mexico
Body: Mexico wants all of its primary school students learning English, but recruiting enough capable teachers for thousands of positions has proved difficult. The Ministry of Education recently piloted a new program which has 5th and 6th grade students in 150 schools learning English through interactive computer software. Similar government-funded programs exist in other countries around the world. Read the Education Week article (free subscription required) at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2006/04/12/31tech.h25.html?levelId=1000&levelId=1000 .
Source: Education Week
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Title: Dene Languages Conference
Body: From http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/alc Dene Languages Conference Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, 13-15 June, 2006 The Dene Languages Conference will be held at the Explorer Hotel in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, June 13-15, 2006. The co-sponsors are Yamózha Kúé Society (Dene Cultural Institute) and the Department of Linguistics, University of Victoria. Invited speakers: - S. Neyooxet Greymorning (Arapaho; University of Montana) - Shirley Fontaine (Ojibway; Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs) For more information, visit http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/alc .
Source: Alaska Native Language Center
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Title: International Symposium on English for Medical Purposes
Body: From http://unit.xjtu.edu.cn/yyb/emp/sym/01.htm The Chinese Society of Foreign Languages for Medical Sciences is pleased to announce “2006 International Symposium on English for Medical Purposes” to be held from July 18 to 19, 2006, Beijing, P. R. China. Teachers, researchers, medical practitioners and other professionals from companies working in or related to this field are welcomed to attend this grand event. Some academics will be invited to deliver keynote speeches at the symposium. For more information, visit http://unit.xjtu.edu.cn/yyb/emp/sym/01.htm .
Source: Chinese Society of Foreign Languages for Medical Sciences
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Title: New Book: Bilingual Minds
Body: From http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/display.asp?K=510000000896114&sf_01=series&st_01=bilingual+bilingualism&sort=sort_date/d,isbn;ds&m=9&dc=99 Bilingual Minds: Emotional Experience, Expression and Representation Edited by: Aneta Pavlenko (Associate Professor of TESOL, College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA) Summary: Do bi- and multilinguals perceive themselves differently in their respective languages? Do they experience different emotions? How do they express emotions and do they have a favourite language for emotional expression? How are emotion words and concepts represented in the bi- and multilingual lexicons? This ground-breaking book opens up a new field of study, bilingualism and emotions, and provides intriguing answers to these and many related questions. For more information, visit http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/display.asp?K=510000000896114&sf_01=series&st_01=bilingual+bilingualism&sort=sort_date/d,isbn;ds&m=9&dc=99 .
Source: Multilingual Matters
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Title: Call for Papers: 38th Algonquian Conference
Body: From http://www.linguistics.ubc.ca/38AlgCallEng.htm 38th Algonquian Conference Special Theme: The Western Door October 27-29 2006, University of British Columbia The 38th Algonquian Conference will be held at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), 27-29 October 2006. The Algonquian Conference is the primary international meeting for scholars working in the field of Algonquian studies. This year’s conference will focus on the “western door” of contemporary and historical Algonquian communities. Featured languages and invited speakers will include: Arapaho • Andrew Cowell (UColorado, Boulder) & Alonzo Moss, Sr. (NALCC) Blackfoot • Inge Genee & Lena Russell (ULethbridge) Cheyenne • Richard Littlebear (Dull Knife College) Plains Cree • Orin Hatton (Washington, DC) Plains Cree • Walter Lightning (Samson) & Joseph Deschamps (Louis Bull) Kutenai • Matthew Dryer (SUNY Buffalo) Yurok • Andrew Garrett (UCBerkeley) Papers on any scholarly topic in the field of Algonquian studies are welcome, including anthropology, archaeology, art, biography, cultural education, cultural psychology, ethnobotany, ethnography, ethnohistory, ethnomusicology, folklore, geography, history, language pedagogy, language maintenance, linguistics, literature, music, politics, religion, and sociology. Papers may be delivered in English or French. This year, speakers have the choice of two formats: oral presentation or poster presentation. Oral presentations will be a maximum of 20 minutes with 10 minutes for discussion. Deadline for receipt of abstracts: Friday, September 8, 2006 For more information, visit http://www.linguistics.ubc.ca/38AlgCallEng.htm .
Source: University of British Columbia
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Title: More Ideas for Teaching Colors
Body: Here are some more ideas for practicing color names that may be new to you. These might be particularly useful for younger or hands-on learners. ---- I have my students get out magazines and cut objects, letters, etc. with the target colors. One way to organize it is to have everyone cut a specific number of objects of any of the target colors but then have small groups work on compiling specific color cards (usually 8 1/2 x 11 size card stock). The teams might have to present their card to the entire group and name a specific number of objects (5 out of 20 for example). Give each team a pre-printed label to incorporate into their card that is large enough to be read from across the room. Once they are assembled, presented and discussed, laminate them and get them up where they can be referenced. There is usually a lot of chatter during cutting time which tends to extend the vocabulary for higher students by bring in variants of the basic colors, i.e. light, dark, turquoise, lavender, etc. Writing extensions could be to have them name their favorite color and give a reason (I like blue because it is the color of my mom's eyes) or create a poem. I have used all of these ideas with K-12 beginner level students. K. Re: Creative ways to teach the names of colors? Teachers of English as a Second Language (Grades K-12). TESLK-12@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (16 Apr. 2006).
Source: TESLK-12
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Title: More Ideas for Lessons on Directions
Body: Here are some more activities for practicing directions and locations in class. These involve students planning routes and explaining them orally to the instructor. ---- I have my students brainstorm together to send me somewhere locally. I go outside of the room while they plan. When I return, they give me the directions orally, and I have to figure out where they have sent me. They enjoy this because they really try to stump me. They have me turning around in circles sometimes and stopping at landmarks along the way, but it really helps them to think in the language. It is a very simple activity. Sometimes I end up at the local Blockbuster, or a local restaurant... When I "arrive", I make them tell me what I will be doing there as well. Kozlan, D. Re: Asking/Giving Directions Activities. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (24 Apr. 2005). ---- I have students draw a map of our town including the school, but with only the major streets to get to the beach, the hospital or their home from school. They bring their map up to my desk, sit down and draw for one of the three locations. They have to verbally give me directions to one of the three places. They do not know ahead of time which one it is. They have a fixed time limit of 2 minutes to arrive at their destination. While they are speaking, I move a "matchbook" car along the map, so when they say the wrong thing they say, "oh no!" Moir, C. teaching directions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (27 Apr. 2006).
Source: FLTEACH
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Title: Bilingual Comic Strip Addresses Hispanic-American Topics
Body: In a recent discussion on the FLTEACH listserv, many teachers of Spanish recommended using the comic strip "Baldo" as a humorous, authentic source of classroom-appropriate material. Below are two addresses where the strip can be read in English or in Spanish, followed by one teacher's summary of and recommendation for the comic. http://www.ucomics.com/baldo http://www.ucomics.com/espanol/ baldoespanol ---- "Baldo" is a Universal Press Syndicate daily comic strip in Spanish (and English) by Hector Cantú & Carlos Castellanos. Baldo Bermudez is a hispanic teen living with his father Sergio, younger sister Gracie, and paternal great aunt Tía Carmen (who moved in with her nephew when his wife died). The strip touches on prejudice, teen angst, family issues, aging, generational issues, the hispanic community, integration, etc. It is most often humorous, and occasionally quite powerful (when Baldo applied for a job at Abercrombie and Fitch a couple of years back there was little humor, but LOTS of thought provoking content for students). You can also subscribe to have the daily strip sent to you via email. Herren, D. Re: Baldo. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (15 Apr. 2006).
Source: FLTEACH
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Title: Language Teaching Software from CLL
Body: From http://vetsky.narod.ru/CLL.html This Web site has been created by V. Yatsko (last name also spelt "Iatsko"), head of Computational Linguistics Laboratory (CLL), Professor in the Department of Information Technologies and Systems at Katanov State University of Khakasia (KSU) located in Abakan, Russia. The aim of the site is to provide information about the software developed at the CLL to be used in language teaching and foreign language teaching. By now there are four such products: - Compare - a program to be used in comparative linguistics; - PASS - a semi-automatic network text summarization system to be used in FLT; - TITE - a bilingual network translation system to be used in FLT; - ETS - event tracking summarizer. For more information, visit http://vetsky.narod.ru/CLL.html .
Source: Computational Linguistics Laboratory
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