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Title: CASLS Pilots Japanese Assessment Tool
Body: Dear Japanese language teachers, Konnichiwa! My name is Miyoko Nakajima and I work as the pilot coordinator for the National Online Early Language Learning Assessment (NOELLA) at the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS). I am happy to announce that the pilot test for Japanese NOELLA is now online and seeking participant classes. As the first affordable, universally accessible, and nationally norm-based assessment of proficiency of early language learning, NOELLA will provide schools throughout the country with the means to measure the performance of young students accurately and reliably. Professional Japanese teachers from different programs and regions gathered in Portland in late June and created hundreds of NOELLA items, which CASLS developed for online delivery during the summer. It is now time to pilot those items with your students, in order to check the items’ reliability and accuracy. This pilot test will help us select only the best items to include in the final version. CASLS has started piloting the Japanese NOELLA items and will continue piloting through the beginning of November. We invite all teachers of Japanese in Grades 3 through 6 to participate in this exciting project. There are a few steps to follow before being able to administer the assessment to your students: 1. Go to the NOELLA website at www.noella.uoregon.edu and read over the FAQ page. Have your technical support person at the school check the technology requirement page. 2. Click on “register here” and fill out the online registration form. 3. I will then send you an email to confirm your participation, asking for a date and time during which you think you will administer the test to your students. 4. I will send you two consent forms, one of which will be given to the parents and the other one that will be read to the students before the test itself. 5. Once you have confirmed your test date and time with me, you will be able to go to the website and log in to take the test! 6. Please note that the writing portion for Japanese NOELLA will not be available until the next round of pilots in spring 2007. Please let us know if you need a letter for your school or district supervisor. We also strongly encourage you to recruit colleagues at your school and in your area for any of our NOELLA pilots in Japanese, Spanish, French, and Mandarin Chinese. Please, feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have. Sincerely, Miyoko Nakajima Japanese NOELLA Pilot Coordinator Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) 541-346-5705 jpnoella@uoregon.edu
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Title: New Newsletters for Teachers of Young Learners
Body: The National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL) has released two new newsletters full of useful information about language education. Home & School Connection is a monthly flier for parents which may be copied and distributed freely in your classes. Newsworthy features active links to online resources for teachers. To download, visit the NNELL homepage at http://www.nnell.org and click on “Home/School Connection” or one of the article titles next to “Newsworthy”. Both are in PDF format.
Source: NNELL
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Title: Japanese Kana Speed-Reading Game
Body: This site encourages learners to improve their recognition time when reading hiragana and katakana. Match the kana with the same sounds to move to higher levels. http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/javagame1.html
Source: airnet.ne.jp
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Title: Provoking Thought about Culture
Body: This site features an outline for a presentation on cultural perspective in the foreign language classroom by Bob Ponterio and Jean Leloup, professors at SUNY Cortland and moderators of the FLTEACH listserv (Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU). The outline includes links to activities and lesson plans designed to help teachers meet the National Standard model (Products-Practices-Perspectives). http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/wksp/nysaflt06.html
Source: Ponterio & Leloup
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Title: School Matchng System for Educational Trips to Japan
Body: From http://www.japantravelinfo.com/press/press_20061006.html The Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO), by establishing a direct link to the National Council for Promoting Educational Trips to Japan, has introduced a new system to help American schools (or companies/organizations working on their behalf) find a matching school in Japan for educational visits or exchange programs. Statistically speaking, 6,385 students made educational trips to Japan in fiscal 2004. It is hoped that this new system will alleviate the difficulties in finding counterpart Japanese schools and greatly increase the amount of educational trips to Japan. Read the complete press release and find out how to apply at http://www.japantravelinfo.com/press/press_20061006.html .
Source: JNTO
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Title: National Indian Education Association 2007 Conference
Body: From http://niea.org/events/overview.php 37th Annual Convention: Anchorage, Alaska Plan to join us in Anchorage, Alaska, October 19th through the 22nd to celebrate NIEA's 37th Annual Convention! All school administrators, school board members, teachers, students, parents, elders, and Tribal leaders are invited to attend!! Convention Sites: William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center Alaska Center for the Performing Arts For more information, visit http://niea.org/events/overview.php . See a schedule of events at http://niea.org/events/ataglance.php .
Source: NIEA
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Title: National Indian Education Study, Part II
Body: This report, National Indian Education Study, Part II: The Educational Experiences of Fourth- and Eighth-Grade American Indian and Alaska Native Students (NCES 2007-454), presents results from a national survey conducted in 2005 by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) with support from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Indian Education (OIE). Part I of the NIES, released in May 2006, describes the performance of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2005 mathematics and reading and assessments. Performance results from Part I are not linked to the survey findings from Part II, but such links will be possible in the NIES data collection scheduled for 2007. Part II describes the educational experiences of AI/AN students in grades 4 and 8, with particular emphasis on the native language and culture. Findings are presented in four broad areas: characteristics of the American Indian/Alaska Native students, their schools, their teachers, and their curriculum. Among the many findings are these: - Fifty percent of AI/AN students at grade 4 and 45 percent in grade 8 attended schools with 25 percent or more AI/AN enrollment. - More than 60 percent of AI/AN students at each grade level qualified for free or reduced-price school lunch under the National School Lunch Program. - About one-quarter of the AI/AN students at each grade level reported attending tribal or village ceremonies and gatherings several times a year. About one-quarter also reported that members of their family spoke to each other in their traditional tribal or village languages about one-half the time or more often. - Twenty-eight percent of grade 4 AI/AN students had teachers who spoke and understood, at least to some extent, tribal or village languages spoken by AI/AN students in their schools. At grade 8, the corresponding percentages were 25 percent for mathematics teachers and 23 percent for reading teachers. Find the Executive Summary for Part II: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/studies/2007454.asp Download the full NIES Part II report: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007454 Read about the NIES on the NAEP website: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nies New on the NAEP Website: National Indian Education Study, Part II. National Center for Education Statistics Newsflash Service. IESNcesWebmaster@ed.gov (10 Oct. 2006).
Source: NCES Newsflash Service
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Title: New Spanish-Language Math Program Available Online
Body: From http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/9/prweb438902.htm Heritage of America Educational & Cultural Foundation of Bakersfield, California, a leading California educational foundation announced today the launch of a Beta web site for its Spanish language mathematics program for grades 1-3, www.apremat.org. The site will make available the APREMAT audio math instruction program via podcast online to any student free of charge. APREMAT/USA is the world’s most effective Spanish language radio based math instruction program and is used by over one million students in five Latin American countries. The APREMAT (Aprendamos Mathematica) program was created in 1998 to improve the academic performance of more than 500,000 Honduran children from first to third grade. APREMAT is the most efficient and effective mathematics instructor in many parts of Latin America. This program is now available online to any Spanish speaking student who needs to improve their level of math achievement. The program consists of 450, 24-28 minute, Spanish language math lessons, broadcast free, via commercial radio, 150 each for grades 1, 2 and 3. There is an ongoing paper component to the program distributed by a variety of means. The program is designed to be used either as an after school program within or without the school system as well as by parents on their own. Read the complete press release at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/9/prweb438902.htm . Visit the APREMAT Web site at http://www.apremat.org/bienvenidos.html .
Source: Heritage of America Educational & Cultural Foundation
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Title: Free Writing Exercise Suggestions (Part 2)
Body: Here are some more ideas for free writing prompts. Many of these involve bringing in objects to get students’ creative juices flowing. ---- I have an idea that has worked well for journal writing and may work for free writing, too. I ask the students to write a question or topic that interests them on a slip of paper (each student can have as many slips of paper as s/he likes), and I collect the slips in an envelope, tossing in some of my own ideas as well. When I ask the class to write a journal entry for homework, there's a choice: a student can either write on a topic of his/her own choosing or answer the question-du-jour that I pull out of the envelope and write on the board. I've also brought to class a grab bag of small items to inspire freewriting. Toys, stuffed animals, tools, kitchen supplies, travel souvenirs, etc. This would work in small classes only, where everyone could easily see the object you pulled out of the bag. Butler, L. Unique free write prompts. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (27 Sept. 2006). ---- Take in several physical and quite unique, characterful prompts, e.g. an old book, a pair of well-worn leather boots, a large silvery, old-fashioned-looking alarm clock, a boomerang, a small wind-up music box. Physical, whimsical, any collection of fairly unique objects can stimulate some very interesting writing. Our students lead interesting lives and have some good stories to tell us. We just need to let them. And all of us have something at home that is small, portable, and carries with it a wealth of potential meaning, usually not the same meaning that we ascribe ourselves. Graham, A. Re: unique free write prompts. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (28 Sept. 2006).
Source: TESL-L
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Title: The French Song Compendium -- by Topic (Part 2)
Body: The second installment in this mini-series recommends French songs for learners interested in topics from French Language to Wanderlust. ---- French Language - Le Coeur de ma vie/Michel Rivard - Jours de plaine/Daniel Lavoie - Language-toi/Loco Locass Geography - La belle province/Gilles Valiquette (geography of Québec) Household Tasks - L’homme de la maison/Gaston Mandeville (household tasks, family roles) Human Rights - Par delà l’océan/Richard Séguin - Amère América/Luc dela Rochellière Land - Jours de plaine/Daniel Lavoie Love - Savoir aimer/Florent Pagny - Aimer- Bruno Pelletier - Drapeau blanc/Mitsou - Seul/Garou Nationality - L’amour animal/Marc Drouin (animals and nationality) On the road, “Wanderlust” - Sur la route/Pierre Flynn - L’ange vagabond/Richard Séguin (Jack Kerouac song) - Terre promise/Eric Lapointe - Gitan/Garou - Je roule/Gildor Roy Graham, D. Re: French songs for beginners. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (17 Sept. 2006).
Source: FLTEACH
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