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Title: Online Course: Teaching Foreign/Second Languages at a Distance
Body: This is a fully online 6-week course offered from October 4th through November 15th. The cost is $145. This course supports faculty working with any foreign or second language course. It addresses the conceptualization, development, and implementation of online language courses and/or course components. Participants will learn fundamental design and instructional strategies for making optimal use of technologies in their online language teaching. Topics include: - Principles of Online Language Teaching and Learning - Designing Online Interactive Exercises - Audio for Effective Instruction - Effective Use of Video - Introducing the Virtual Classroom - Discussion Boards: Anatomy of Online Instructional Conversations - Integrating Web - based Materials Participants are expected to have basic computer skills such as word processing, communicating via email, Internet searching, etc. Examples are not specific to a particular language. To learn more about the course, please contact Natasha Anthony at anthonat@hvcc.edu.
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Title: Online Course: Teaching Foreign/Second Languages at a Distance
Body: This is a fully online 6-week course offered from October 4th through November 15th. The cost is $145. This course supports faculty working with any foreign or second language course. It addresses the conceptualization, development, and implementation of online language courses and/or course components. Participants will learn fundamental design and instructional strategies for making optimal use of technologies in their online language teaching. Topics include: - Principles of Online Language Teaching and Learning - Designing Online Interactive Exercises - Audio for Effective Instruction - Effective Use of Video - Introducing the Virtual Classroom - Discussion Boards: Anatomy of Online Instructional Conversations - Integrating Web - based Materials Participants are expected to have basic computer skills such as word processing, communicating via email, Internet searching, etc. Examples are not specific to a particular language. To learn more about the course, please contact Natasha Anthony at anthonat@hvcc.edu.
Source: Natasha Anthony
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Title: Call for Proposals: 17th International Conference on Pragmatics & Language Learning
Body: From http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/pll 17th International Conference on Pragmatics & Language Learning March 26-28, 2007 Hawaii Imin International Conference Center University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii PROPOSALS for presentation are welcome on topics such as: - L2 talk and text - Developmental L2 pragmatics - Pragmatics in language education - Pragmatics in language assessment - Pragmatics in computer-mediated communication - Theory and methodology in pragmatics Proposals may be submitted for PAPERS (20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for discussion) and POSTERS. Abstracts for all presentation formats undergo blind peer review. ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS: DEADLINE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 For more information, visit http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/pll .
Source: University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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Title: Call for Proposals: 17th International Conference on Pragmatics & Language Learning
Body: From http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/pll 17th International Conference on Pragmatics & Language Learning March 26-28, 2007 Hawaii Imin International Conference Center University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii PROPOSALS for presentation are welcome on topics such as: - L2 talk and text - Developmental L2 pragmatics - Pragmatics in language education - Pragmatics in language assessment - Pragmatics in computer-mediated communication - Theory and methodology in pragmatics Proposals may be submitted for PAPERS (20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for discussion) and POSTERS. Abstracts for all presentation formats undergo blind peer review. ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS: DEADLINE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 For more information, visit http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/pll .
Source: University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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Title: New Site for Teachers and Learners of German
Body: From http://www.mygerman.net Welcome to MyGerman.net, a new and exciting way of resource building and learning for Deutsch als Fremdsprache (DAF). MyGerman.net is a Web-based course management system, allowing for the development and delivery of online based materials. Available to teachers of German and their students, the goal is to provide cutting edge technology to support the learning and teaching of German. Using award winning software and personal commitment, MyGerman.net opens the doors to online learning to everybody: Tutors, small groups, large groups, private schools, community schools, volunteer groups, public schools, school districts and businesses. MyGerman.net can be used in many ways: As a stand alone online course management system. As a supplement resource to in-class instruction. As a communication tool. As a demonstration tool. As a file sharing repository. Chatting, forums, podcasting, individual Web pages, test development, quizzes, marking, internal email system, calendars and more. For more information, visit http://www.mygerman.net .
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Title: New Site for Teachers and Learners of German
Body: From http://www.mygerman.net Welcome to MyGerman.net, a new and exciting way of resource building and learning for Deutsch als Fremdsprache (DAF). MyGerman.net is a Web-based course management system, allowing for the development and delivery of online based materials. Available to teachers of German and their students, the goal is to provide cutting edge technology to support the learning and teaching of German. Using award winning software and personal commitment, MyGerman.net opens the doors to online learning to everybody: Tutors, small groups, large groups, private schools, community schools, volunteer groups, public schools, school districts and businesses. MyGerman.net can be used in many ways: As a stand alone online course management system. As a supplement resource to in-class instruction. As a communication tool. As a demonstration tool. As a file sharing repository. Chatting, forums, podcasting, individual Web pages, test development, quizzes, marking, internal email system, calendars and more. For more information, visit http://www.mygerman.net .
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Title: Call for Papers: Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand 2006 Symposium
Body: First Things First: Focus on the Learner October 14, 2006 University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 2nd Call for Papers You are cordially invited to participate in the 2006 ALANZ Symposium "First things first: focus on the learner", October 14, 2006, in Dunedin, New Zealand. The symposium will be hosted by the Linguistics Programme, University of Otago. The symposium offers a forum for scholarly discussions focusing on the language learner. Papers related to the following areas of interest are invited: - the classroom L2 learner; - the adult L2 learner; - the child L2 learner; - the independent L2 learner; - learner autonomy; - individual differences; - learners' beliefs and perceptions. The deadline for the submission of proposals for papers is September 8, 2006. Download the entire call for papers at http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/about/alanz/alanz.html .
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Title: Call for Papers: Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand 2006 Symposium
Body: First Things First: Focus on the Learner October 14, 2006 University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 2nd Call for Papers You are cordially invited to participate in the 2006 ALANZ Symposium "First things first: focus on the learner", October 14, 2006, in Dunedin, New Zealand. The symposium will be hosted by the Linguistics Programme, University of Otago. The symposium offers a forum for scholarly discussions focusing on the language learner. Papers related to the following areas of interest are invited: - the classroom L2 learner; - the adult L2 learner; - the child L2 learner; - the independent L2 learner; - learner autonomy; - individual differences; - learners' beliefs and perceptions. The deadline for the submission of proposals for papers is September 8, 2006. Download the entire call for papers at http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/about/alanz/alanz.html .
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Title: Resources for ESL Teachers Online
Body: Topeka Teachers, Today and Tomorrow (T-4) is a grant-funded project which allows free online access to some of the best ESL teaching resources on the Web. These include activities, songs, and games; thematic units; and links to useful Web sites for teachers, students and parents, providing teaching materials, information on professional development, and more. http://t4grant.org
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Title: Resources for ESL Teachers Online
Body: Topeka Teachers, Today and Tomorrow (T-4) is a grant-funded project which allows free online access to some of the best ESL teaching resources on the Web. These include activities, songs, and games; thematic units; and links to useful Web sites for teachers, students and parents, providing teaching materials, information on professional development, and more. http://t4grant.org
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Title: Multilingual Wiki-Links
Body: Last week's edition of wwwtools for Education (August 30, 2006) focuses on wiki-based tools for learning. Here are the links to multilingual sites and several articles on controversial new sites in other languages. Wikipedia - the well-known and sometimes controversial multilingual general encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wiktionary - a multi-language dictionary and thesaurus. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikiquote - quotations in every language: sources, translations, and links to Wikipedia for further information. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page Self-Censoring 'Chinese Wikipedia' Launched (Zonk / Slashdot: May 11, 2006) - Baidu, China's largest search engine, launches Baidupedia. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/11/1841224 Building Wikipedia in African Languages (Noam Cohen / The New York Times: August 27, 2006) - creating an online encyclopedia in a language in which few native speakers have access to the Internet. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/27/business/wiki.php Read the entire edition of wwwtools for Education at http://m.fasfind.com/wwwtools/m/26594.cfm?x=0&rid=26594 .
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Title: Multilingual Wiki-Links
Body: Last week's edition of wwwtools for Education (August 30, 2006) focuses on wiki-based tools for learning. Here are the links to multilingual sites and several articles on controversial new sites in other languages. Wikipedia - the well-known and sometimes controversial multilingual general encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wiktionary - a multi-language dictionary and thesaurus. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikiquote - quotations in every language: sources, translations, and links to Wikipedia for further information. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page Self-Censoring 'Chinese Wikipedia' Launched (Zonk / Slashdot: May 11, 2006) - Baidu, China's largest search engine, launches Baidupedia. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/11/1841224 Building Wikipedia in African Languages (Noam Cohen / The New York Times: August 27, 2006) - creating an online encyclopedia in a language in which few native speakers have access to the Internet. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/27/business/wiki.php Read the entire edition of wwwtools for Education at http://m.fasfind.com/wwwtools/m/26594.cfm?x=0&rid=26594 .
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Title: NALDIC Annual Conference 14
Body: From http://www.naldic.org.uk/docs/events/events_listing.cfm National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum Working for Pupils with English as an Additional Language NALDIC Annual Conference 14 - Advocacy, Entitlement and Expectations DATE: Saturday November 11th, 2006 VENUE: SOAS, London NALDIC's 14th Annual Conference features Professor Jo Lo Bianco from the University of Melbourne as the keynote speaker.The conference will include perspectives on the education of pupils learning English as an additional language from around the British Isles. The conference will explore the range of expectation and entitlements and consider how, in a situation of funding uncertainty,practitioners can help to ensure high expectations and full entitlement for EAL learners. Confirmed speakers include: Constant Leung - Kings College London Joanna McPake - Univeristy of Stirling Matthew Wallen - University of Limerick Meirion Prys Jones - Welsh Language Board For more information, visit http://www.naldic.org.uk/docs/events/events_listing.cfm .
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Title: NALDIC Annual Conference 14
Body: From http://www.naldic.org.uk/docs/events/events_listing.cfm National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum Working for Pupils with English as an Additional Language NALDIC Annual Conference 14 - Advocacy, Entitlement and Expectations DATE: Saturday November 11th, 2006 VENUE: SOAS, London NALDIC's 14th Annual Conference features Professor Jo Lo Bianco from the University of Melbourne as the keynote speaker.The conference will include perspectives on the education of pupils learning English as an additional language from around the British Isles. The conference will explore the range of expectation and entitlements and consider how, in a situation of funding uncertainty,practitioners can help to ensure high expectations and full entitlement for EAL learners. Confirmed speakers include: Constant Leung - Kings College London Joanna McPake - Univeristy of Stirling Matthew Wallen - University of Limerick Meirion Prys Jones - Welsh Language Board For more information, visit http://www.naldic.org.uk/docs/events/events_listing.cfm .
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Title: Hispanic Linguistics Symposium
Body: From http://www.uwo.ca/modlang/HLS2006 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium October 19-22, 2006 The University of Western Ontario Plenary Speakers David Heap, The University of Western Ontario Conxita Lleó, Universität Hamburg Pieter Muysken, Radboud University Nijmegen Bill VanPatten, University of Illinois at Chicago Lydia White, McGill University Karen Zagona, University of Washington For more information, visit http://www.uwo.ca/modlang/HLS2006 .
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Title: Hispanic Linguistics Symposium
Body: From http://www.uwo.ca/modlang/HLS2006 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium October 19-22, 2006 The University of Western Ontario Plenary Speakers David Heap, The University of Western Ontario Conxita Lleó, Universität Hamburg Pieter Muysken, Radboud University Nijmegen Bill VanPatten, University of Illinois at Chicago Lydia White, McGill University Karen Zagona, University of Washington For more information, visit http://www.uwo.ca/modlang/HLS2006 .
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Title: The East Coast Organization of Language Testers 2006 Conference
Body: From http://www.cal.org/ecolt ECOLT 2006 Current Practices in Language Testing October 13, 2006 With the support of the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), Second Language Testing, Inc. (SLTI), Georgetown University, The National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC), and the Region III Comprehensive Center, The East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT) will hold its fifth annual conference. The George Washington University Washington, DC Plenary Speaker Micheline Chalhoub-Deville University of North Carolina, Greensboro The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Defining Foreign/Second Language Proficiency Pre-Conference Workshop ILTA Code of Practice October 12, 2006 Fred Davidson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign For more information, visit http://www.cal.org/ecolt .
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Title: The East Coast Organization of Language Testers 2006 Conference
Body: From http://www.cal.org/ecolt ECOLT 2006 Current Practices in Language Testing October 13, 2006 With the support of the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), Second Language Testing, Inc. (SLTI), Georgetown University, The National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC), and the Region III Comprehensive Center, The East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT) will hold its fifth annual conference. The George Washington University Washington, DC Plenary Speaker Micheline Chalhoub-Deville University of North Carolina, Greensboro The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Defining Foreign/Second Language Proficiency Pre-Conference Workshop ILTA Code of Practice October 12, 2006 Fred Davidson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign For more information, visit http://www.cal.org/ecolt .
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Title: Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum
Body: From http://www.clas.pdx.edu/clac Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum: Building New Connections October 11-13, 2006 Portland, Oregon Hosted by Portland State University In collaboration with Baldwin-Wallace College, Binghamton University, The University of Iowa & the American Council on Education (ACE) Internationalization Collaborative This 2nd annual conference on Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum builds upon last year's conference at the University of Iowa by focusing on several topics: 1. how to prepare students for CLAC through better K-16 articulation 2. how to link foreign language instruction and cultural learning to discipline-specific content A major goal of the conference is to begin to build alliances among educators to achieve internationalization goals. For more information, visit http://www.clas.pdx.edu/clac .
Source: Portland State University
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Title: Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum
Body: From http://www.clas.pdx.edu/clac Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum: Building New Connections October 11-13, 2006 Portland, Oregon Hosted by Portland State University In collaboration with Baldwin-Wallace College, Binghamton University, The University of Iowa & the American Council on Education (ACE) Internationalization Collaborative This 2nd annual conference on Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum builds upon last year's conference at the University of Iowa by focusing on several topics: 1. how to prepare students for CLAC through better K-16 articulation 2. how to link foreign language instruction and cultural learning to discipline-specific content A major goal of the conference is to begin to build alliances among educators to achieve internationalization goals. For more information, visit http://www.clas.pdx.edu/clac .
Source: Portland State University
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