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Title: Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research
Body: From http://www.let.uu.nl/~Frans.Adriaans/personal/emlar06.html EMLAR III Utrecht, November 7th-9th 2006 After the success of EMLAR I in 2003 and EMLAR II in 2005, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS will hold its third workshop on the issue of Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research from the 7th to 9th of November 2006. This workshop, which is part of the Netherlands Graduate School of Lingustics (LOT) graduate programme, aims to provide PhD and MA students with the opportunity to learn more about the different methods used in the field of (first and second) language acquisition research. The programme will consist of a series of lectures (each on a different method), and several more hands-on sessions on more practical aspects of language acquisition research. Each session addresses issues such as: subject selection, rationale behind a given method, practicalities involved in the actual execution of the experiment, advantages and disadvantages of a given method and do's and don't's. The details of the complete programme will be announced early June and registration will be open from then until September 29th. If you have any questions in the meantime, please don't hestitate to get in touch at emlar@let.uu.nl. For more information, visit http://www.let.uu.nl/~Frans.Adriaans/personal/emlar06.html .
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Title: Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research
Body: From http://www.let.uu.nl/~Frans.Adriaans/personal/emlar06.html EMLAR III Utrecht, November 7th-9th 2006 After the success of EMLAR I in 2003 and EMLAR II in 2005, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS will hold its third workshop on the issue of Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research from the 7th to 9th of November 2006. This workshop, which is part of the Netherlands Graduate School of Lingustics (LOT) graduate programme, aims to provide PhD and MA students with the opportunity to learn more about the different methods used in the field of (first and second) language acquisition research. The programme will consist of a series of lectures (each on a different method), and several more hands-on sessions on more practical aspects of language acquisition research. Each session addresses issues such as: subject selection, rationale behind a given method, practicalities involved in the actual execution of the experiment, advantages and disadvantages of a given method and do's and don't's. The details of the complete programme will be announced early June and registration will be open from then until September 29th. If you have any questions in the meantime, please don't hestitate to get in touch at emlar@let.uu.nl. For more information, visit http://www.let.uu.nl/~Frans.Adriaans/personal/emlar06.html .
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Title: Turn Interesting Stories into Interesting Role-Plays
Body: This idea for creating an engaging oral exercise came from a teacher of adult English learners, but it could easily be adapted for use with any language and a variety of levels. ---- Getting a suggestion such as the idea of transforming a simple reading/comprehension exercise into the basis for roleplays is one reason why this list and others like it are so valuable. I have often passed out stories that I've culled from newspapers or the internet for my students to read accompanied by a worksheet. Typically, I have the students read the article, discuss it with me as a group and complete the worksheets. It never occurred to me to transform such an exercise into a roleplay before now. Taking Dave's lead, I experimented with a story found in my regularly received "This is True"* newsletter (http://www.thisistrue.com) in which a mortuary delivery service van driver loses his job because he was pulled over while using the van to deliver pizzas for his second job. I prepared my typical worksheet with reading and comprehension questions, but this time I added 4 possible roleplays from which to choose: the driver and the police officers who pulled him over, the driver explaining to his mortuary boss what happened, the driver and the judge in the courtroom, and the driver and some customers who have ordered a pizza but don't want it because they saw it being delivered in a mortuary van. It was a tremendous success. The conversations the students (Intermediate Low adults) came up with and performed for their classmates were realistic and also funny. p.s. This is True is a monthly emailed newsletter. You can get a free version or pay a minimal subscription fee for a longer version with more stories. Bakin, B. Re: Role plays - Quirky news stories. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (28 June 2006).
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Title: Turn Interesting Stories into Interesting Role-Plays
Body: This idea for creating an engaging oral exercise came from a teacher of adult English learners, but it could easily be adapted for use with any language and a variety of levels. ---- Getting a suggestion such as the idea of transforming a simple reading/comprehension exercise into the basis for roleplays is one reason why this list and others like it are so valuable. I have often passed out stories that I've culled from newspapers or the internet for my students to read accompanied by a worksheet. Typically, I have the students read the article, discuss it with me as a group and complete the worksheets. It never occurred to me to transform such an exercise into a roleplay before now. Taking Dave's lead, I experimented with a story found in my regularly received "This is True"* newsletter (http://www.thisistrue.com) in which a mortuary delivery service van driver loses his job because he was pulled over while using the van to deliver pizzas for his second job. I prepared my typical worksheet with reading and comprehension questions, but this time I added 4 possible roleplays from which to choose: the driver and the police officers who pulled him over, the driver explaining to his mortuary boss what happened, the driver and the judge in the courtroom, and the driver and some customers who have ordered a pizza but don't want it because they saw it being delivered in a mortuary van. It was a tremendous success. The conversations the students (Intermediate Low adults) came up with and performed for their classmates were realistic and also funny. p.s. This is True is a monthly emailed newsletter. You can get a free version or pay a minimal subscription fee for a longer version with more stories. Bakin, B. Re: Role plays - Quirky news stories. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (28 June 2006).
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Title: Maintaining the Russian Press
Body: At the 8th World Congress of Russian Press, held in Kazakhstan last month, of major concern were issues related to the use of Russian in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Some areas in which goals were established are translation, national literature, general education, and online systems in Russian language studies. Read the complete story from the ITAR-TASS News Agency at http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10567682&PageNum=0 .
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Title: Maintaining the Russian Press
Body: At the 8th World Congress of Russian Press, held in Kazakhstan last month, of major concern were issues related to the use of Russian in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Some areas in which goals were established are translation, national literature, general education, and online systems in Russian language studies. Read the complete story from the ITAR-TASS News Agency at http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10567682&PageNum=0 .
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Title: Informal English Classes Break Barriers
Body: Students in the Conversational English for Adults program in Madison, Wisconsin, are required only to immerse themselves in English media and conversation during the week and to bring a notebook to the Sunday afternoon sessions, but they say their confidence and skills are growing rapidly. The program aims to "break the language barrier" in six months and relieve the students' children of daily translation duties. Read the complete article from The Capital Times at http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=89060&ntpid=0 .
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Title: Informal English Classes Break Barriers
Body: Students in the Conversational English for Adults program in Madison, Wisconsin, are required only to immerse themselves in English media and conversation during the week and to bring a notebook to the Sunday afternoon sessions, but they say their confidence and skills are growing rapidly. The program aims to "break the language barrier" in six months and relieve the students' children of daily translation duties. Read the complete article from The Capital Times at http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=89060&ntpid=0 .
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Title: Thailand Rejects Yawi Language Proposal
Body: 80 percent of the residents in Thailand's southern provinces speak a language other than Thai, and many claim that the government ignores their language and culture and treats them as second-class citizens. A recent proposal to make one dialect an official language was rejected by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Read the complete article from IslamOnline.net at http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2006-06/26/06.shtml .
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Title: Thailand Rejects Yawi Language Proposal
Body: 80 percent of the residents in Thailand's southern provinces speak a language other than Thai, and many claim that the government ignores their language and culture and treats them as second-class citizens. A recent proposal to make one dialect an official language was rejected by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Read the complete article from IslamOnline.net at http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2006-06/26/06.shtml .
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Title: Literacy Posters in Spanish
Body: An appropriateness check is advised, but there are a number of good 8-½ x 11 " posters type materials here to encourage reading, gracias a Librerías gandhi de México. http://www.gandhi.com.mx/gandhi/publicidad/home_publicidad.html Widergren, P. Mi signo es Leo. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (1 June 2006).
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Title: Literacy Posters in Spanish
Body: An appropriateness check is advised, but there are a number of good 8-½ x 11 " posters type materials here to encourage reading, gracias a Librerías gandhi de México. http://www.gandhi.com.mx/gandhi/publicidad/home_publicidad.html Widergren, P. Mi signo es Leo. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (1 June 2006).
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Title: Recommended Readers for Adult Learners
Body: I'd recommend the newspaper from Reader's Press called News for You for your adult students. Adult students who aren't in pre-college programs like to read the simplified news stories that are often geared towards immigrants' problems and concerns. It also has a little international news as well as a couple of fluff pieces in each issue. It also comes with exercises (often including a crossword) that students can do. It's not a very large paper, and last time I checked it wasn't very expensive. Here's the website: http://www.news-for-you.com/index_h.html . Said, T. Re: readers for adults. Teachers of English as a Second Language (Grades K-12). TESLK-12@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (3 May 2006). ---- Black Cat readers - full-color readers with a range of classic & contemporary titles. Each reader has its own audio CD and there are comprehension and classroom activities every few chapters. These readers encourage students to pick them up and read. The audio is also available in MP3 format, I think. Black Cat/Cideb seem to be based in Italy, but they have distribution outlets throughout the world. iT's Activity Books. A series of resource books for teachers to encourage reading and discussion. There are 6 titles available - Travel, Living, Personal, Movies, Music & Festive. Each of the activity books includes photocopiable teaching material, teaching notes, a CD with audio activities, interactive exercises, and PDF- format colour pages for printing & class use. The Q Book - this has been around a few years and has recently been republished in its current format. It's a teacher's resource book in which the use of questions is central. There are three sections, one of which covers reading & discussion. Communication Spotlight. Not strictly within the reading brief, but a very useful title, nevertheless. This is a new book (North American English) which is is designed to draw student attention to important aspects of English while practicing and using the language. It is designed to give students the means to control their communication and as such has lots of pair work and group work to practice their English. Multiple Intelligences in EFL: a new teacher's resource book by Mario Rinvolucri & Herbert Puchta. Again, not focused entirely on reading, but full of activities and lessons enabling students to 'springboard' from the classroom into reading. Forrester, A. Re: Graded readers for adults. Teachers of English as a Second Language (Grades K-12). TESLK-12@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (4 May 2006).
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Title: Recommended Readers for Adult Learners
Body: I'd recommend the newspaper from Reader's Press called News for You for your adult students. Adult students who aren't in pre-college programs like to read the simplified news stories that are often geared towards immigrants' problems and concerns. It also has a little international news as well as a couple of fluff pieces in each issue. It also comes with exercises (often including a crossword) that students can do. It's not a very large paper, and last time I checked it wasn't very expensive. Here's the website: http://www.news-for-you.com/index_h.html . Said, T. Re: readers for adults. Teachers of English as a Second Language (Grades K-12). TESLK-12@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (3 May 2006). ---- Black Cat readers - full-color readers with a range of classic & contemporary titles. Each reader has its own audio CD and there are comprehension and classroom activities every few chapters. These readers encourage students to pick them up and read. The audio is also available in MP3 format, I think. Black Cat/Cideb seem to be based in Italy, but they have distribution outlets throughout the world. iT's Activity Books. A series of resource books for teachers to encourage reading and discussion. There are 6 titles available - Travel, Living, Personal, Movies, Music & Festive. Each of the activity books includes photocopiable teaching material, teaching notes, a CD with audio activities, interactive exercises, and PDF- format colour pages for printing & class use. The Q Book - this has been around a few years and has recently been republished in its current format. It's a teacher's resource book in which the use of questions is central. There are three sections, one of which covers reading & discussion. Communication Spotlight. Not strictly within the reading brief, but a very useful title, nevertheless. This is a new book (North American English) which is is designed to draw student attention to important aspects of English while practicing and using the language. It is designed to give students the means to control their communication and as such has lots of pair work and group work to practice their English. Multiple Intelligences in EFL: a new teacher's resource book by Mario Rinvolucri & Herbert Puchta. Again, not focused entirely on reading, but full of activities and lessons enabling students to 'springboard' from the classroom into reading. Forrester, A. Re: Graded readers for adults. Teachers of English as a Second Language (Grades K-12). TESLK-12@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (4 May 2006).
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Title: Online Toolkit for English Instructors of All Levels
Body: From http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/practice/itc/index.htm The "In the Classroom" Toolkit is designed to bring research and practice together for those involved in the education of culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Initiated by National Clearinghouse staff with experience in English as a second language (ESL)/bilingual classroom teaching, the project has the specific goal of making research-based lessons, activities, and curriculum accessible to all teachers of English language learners (ELLs), whether within bilingual education, ESL, or English-only settings. It is intended to be an ongoing effort. Contributions of lessons for the Toolkit are welcome. - School Skills - Elementary - Secondary - Addressing Diverse Needs - Home/School Connection - Interrupted Formal Schooling About the toolkit areas: A set of teaching tools/strategies accompanies each challenge. Every tool is linked to at least one lesson plan or activity illustrating its use for classroom teachers. Each lesson/activity includes information on the grade, content area, and challenge addressed. Lessons in the Toolkit reflect the Principles of Effective Practice for educating limited English proficient (LEP) students developed by the Center for Equity and Excellence in Education at The George Washington University and the National TESOL Standards. The Toolkit can be viewed as the practical extension of broad recommendations made by these two resources. For more information, visit http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/practice/itc/index.htm .
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Title: Online Toolkit for English Instructors of All Levels
Body: From http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/practice/itc/index.htm The "In the Classroom" Toolkit is designed to bring research and practice together for those involved in the education of culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Initiated by National Clearinghouse staff with experience in English as a second language (ESL)/bilingual classroom teaching, the project has the specific goal of making research-based lessons, activities, and curriculum accessible to all teachers of English language learners (ELLs), whether within bilingual education, ESL, or English-only settings. It is intended to be an ongoing effort. Contributions of lessons for the Toolkit are welcome. - School Skills - Elementary - Secondary - Addressing Diverse Needs - Home/School Connection - Interrupted Formal Schooling About the toolkit areas: A set of teaching tools/strategies accompanies each challenge. Every tool is linked to at least one lesson plan or activity illustrating its use for classroom teachers. Each lesson/activity includes information on the grade, content area, and challenge addressed. Lessons in the Toolkit reflect the Principles of Effective Practice for educating limited English proficient (LEP) students developed by the Center for Equity and Excellence in Education at The George Washington University and the National TESOL Standards. The Toolkit can be viewed as the practical extension of broad recommendations made by these two resources. For more information, visit http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/practice/itc/index.htm .
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Title: Funding Opportunity: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth
Body: From http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/multicultural/cobbs%20ginsberg.htm Caring Across Communities, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) initiative, will address the mental health needs of underserved children and youth by supporting school-connected mental health services for students who require them. Special emphasis will be given to projects that help children of immigrant and refugee families overcome the cultural and language barriers to mental health services. Application deadline: July 28, 2006. For more information, visit http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19607 .
Source: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Title: Funding Opportunity: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth
Body: From http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/multicultural/cobbs%20ginsberg.htm Caring Across Communities, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) initiative, will address the mental health needs of underserved children and youth by supporting school-connected mental health services for students who require them. Special emphasis will be given to projects that help children of immigrant and refugee families overcome the cultural and language barriers to mental health services. Application deadline: July 28, 2006. For more information, visit http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19607 .
Source: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Title: Second Annual Symposium on Second Language Acquisition and Diversity
Body: From http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline/archives/2006/06/second_annual_s.html Second Annual Symposium on Second Language Acquisition and Diversity University of North Texas Dallas, TX August 19, 2006 Registration deadline: July 17, 2006 The College of Education at the University of North Texas will host its Second Annual Symposium on Second Language Acquisition and Diversity on August 19, 2006 in Dallas, Texas. The symposium will feature several speakers and address issues such as challenges of the new Spanish proficiency tests for teacher certification; literacy strategies in bilingual education; academic success for English language learners; and strategies to improve parent involvement in bilingual/ESL programs. For more information about the symposium, contact Ana Coca by e-mail at: ACoca@coe.unt.edu.
Source: OELA Newsline - June 27, 2006 edition
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Title: Second Annual Symposium on Second Language Acquisition and Diversity
Body: From http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline/archives/2006/06/second_annual_s.html Second Annual Symposium on Second Language Acquisition and Diversity University of North Texas Dallas, TX August 19, 2006 Registration deadline: July 17, 2006 The College of Education at the University of North Texas will host its Second Annual Symposium on Second Language Acquisition and Diversity on August 19, 2006 in Dallas, Texas. The symposium will feature several speakers and address issues such as challenges of the new Spanish proficiency tests for teacher certification; literacy strategies in bilingual education; academic success for English language learners; and strategies to improve parent involvement in bilingual/ESL programs. For more information about the symposium, contact Ana Coca by e-mail at: ACoca@coe.unt.edu.
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