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Title: News Article: Chinese Classes Online in North Carolina
Body: From http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/542385.html Courses may speed spread of Chinese Shifting global economy draws more students to the complex language Todd Silberman, Staff Writer February 12, 2007 Levi Harder's friends think he's crazy. After all, learning a foreign language is difficult enough. But Chinese? The sophomore at Enloe High School in Raleigh says he's only thinking ahead: Levi sees himself as an engineer, but he's also betting that China will be a part of that future. "China is becoming a very important country," the 15-year-old said. North Carolina's educators agree, which is why the state is pioneering online instruction in Chinese so it will no longer be the most exotic of foreign languages taught in the state's schools. Numerous questions about the class must still be resolved, including the best way to hold useful conversations as part of an online class. Its scheduled debut this fall will be small, with maybe two dozen students. But state officials hope the online courses eventually will open Chinese to more students. Underwritten by the federal government with $300,000 over three years, the program could eventually be offered to other states that want to boost Chinese language classes. Read the entire article at http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/542385.html .
Source: The News & Observer
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Title: News Article: Chinese Classes Online in North Carolina
Body: From http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/542385.html Courses may speed spread of Chinese Shifting global economy draws more students to the complex language Todd Silberman, Staff Writer February 12, 2007 Levi Harder's friends think he's crazy. After all, learning a foreign language is difficult enough. But Chinese? The sophomore at Enloe High School in Raleigh says he's only thinking ahead: Levi sees himself as an engineer, but he's also betting that China will be a part of that future. "China is becoming a very important country," the 15-year-old said. North Carolina's educators agree, which is why the state is pioneering online instruction in Chinese so it will no longer be the most exotic of foreign languages taught in the state's schools. Numerous questions about the class must still be resolved, including the best way to hold useful conversations as part of an online class. Its scheduled debut this fall will be small, with maybe two dozen students. But state officials hope the online courses eventually will open Chinese to more students. Underwritten by the federal government with $300,000 over three years, the program could eventually be offered to other states that want to boost Chinese language classes. Read the entire article at http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/542385.html .
Source: The News & Observer
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Title: News Article: English Language Learners in New Jersey Schools
Body: From http://www.nj.com/newsflash/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-24/117087834438600.xml&storylist=jersey&thispage=1 In NJ schools, lots of languages and little time to teach English BY GEOFF MULVIHILL The Associated Press February 7, 2007 For educators in schools as diverse as Ventnor Elementary in New Jersey, the challenges of teaching are growing. The complicated business of teaching children the English language, as well as how to read, write and do math is nothing new. But the pressure to do it quickly is increasing. Under federal education policy, the students who are just learning English are now held to the same expectations on standardized tests given in English as children who uttered their first words in English. According to data released Wednesday in the Department of Education's annual New Jersey School Report Card, three-fourths of the state's 2,400 public schools have three or more native languages among students. More than one-third have at least eight native languages represented. Ventnor, a seaside bedroom community whose year-round population of about 11,000 includes many employees of the casinos in neighboring Atlantic City, is an extreme case. Its 1,000 students speak a total of 19 languages. Read the entire article at http://www.nj.com/newsflash/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-24/117087834438600.xml&storylist=jersey&thispage=1 .
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Title: News Article: English Language Learners in New Jersey Schools
Body: From http://www.nj.com/newsflash/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-24/117087834438600.xml&storylist=jersey&thispage=1 In NJ schools, lots of languages and little time to teach English BY GEOFF MULVIHILL The Associated Press February 7, 2007 For educators in schools as diverse as Ventnor Elementary in New Jersey, the challenges of teaching are growing. The complicated business of teaching children the English language, as well as how to read, write and do math is nothing new. But the pressure to do it quickly is increasing. Under federal education policy, the students who are just learning English are now held to the same expectations on standardized tests given in English as children who uttered their first words in English. According to data released Wednesday in the Department of Education's annual New Jersey School Report Card, three-fourths of the state's 2,400 public schools have three or more native languages among students. More than one-third have at least eight native languages represented. Ventnor, a seaside bedroom community whose year-round population of about 11,000 includes many employees of the casinos in neighboring Atlantic City, is an extreme case. Its 1,000 students speak a total of 19 languages. Read the entire article at http://www.nj.com/newsflash/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-24/117087834438600.xml&storylist=jersey&thispage=1 .
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Title: Foreign Language Teacher Shortage in Maine
Body: From http://fanset6.blogspot.com/2007/02/foreign-language-teacher-shortage-grows.html Foreign language teacher shortage grows By LARRY GRARD Staff Writer, Kennebec Journal, Sunday, February 04, 2007 The Carrabec school district in Maine advertised for months for someone to teach both Spanish and French at Carrabec Community School. But by the time the current school year was half over, the ads still had not managed to attract someone who could teach Spanish. School officials decided to settle for a teacher of French. "There aren't that many applicants no matter how you word it," said School Administrative District 74 Superintendent Regina Campbell. "We're not producing language teachers, and offerings have been expanded to the middle school and elementary levels. The supply has been depleted and the demand has been increasing." Last year, not a single student graduating from the University of Maine School of Education and Human Development -- in other words, someone who wants to be a teacher -- earned a foreign language degree. In the past five years, there have been only nine. Read the entire article at http://fanset6.blogspot.com/2007/02/foreign-language-teacher-shortage-grows.html .
Source: Kennebec Journal
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Title: Foreign Language Teacher Shortage in Maine
Body: From http://fanset6.blogspot.com/2007/02/foreign-language-teacher-shortage-grows.html Foreign language teacher shortage grows By LARRY GRARD Staff Writer, Kennebec Journal, Sunday, February 04, 2007 The Carrabec school district in Maine advertised for months for someone to teach both Spanish and French at Carrabec Community School. But by the time the current school year was half over, the ads still had not managed to attract someone who could teach Spanish. School officials decided to settle for a teacher of French. "There aren't that many applicants no matter how you word it," said School Administrative District 74 Superintendent Regina Campbell. "We're not producing language teachers, and offerings have been expanded to the middle school and elementary levels. The supply has been depleted and the demand has been increasing." Last year, not a single student graduating from the University of Maine School of Education and Human Development -- in other words, someone who wants to be a teacher -- earned a foreign language degree. In the past five years, there have been only nine. Read the entire article at http://fanset6.blogspot.com/2007/02/foreign-language-teacher-shortage-grows.html .
Source: Kennebec Journal
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Title: Japanese Teaching Materials
Body: From http://www.japaneseteaching.org/projects/JLTNQ/index.html The Japanese Language Teachers Network (JLTN) Quarterly began in the 1990’s to include with each issue printed classroom materials authored and contributed by classroom teachers. These materials, focusing not only on language learning but on aspects of Japanese culture and society, were offered as an early version of "freeware," which could be freely copied and used by teachers in their own classes. Although they were designed for high school classrooms, many of the published units were also adapted by individual users for college-level class use. Recent contributions have also come from elementary school teachers. The JLTN Quarterly ceased printed publication with the April 2002 issue. However, materials from back issues that are available in electronic form will be posted on this site, with the permission of the authors. Other materials from back issues are still available in printed form on request from the Alliance of Associations of Teachers of Japanese. Available online materials are accessible at http://www.japaneseteaching.org/projects/JLTNQ/index.html .
Source: Japanese Language Teachers Network
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Title: Japanese Teaching Materials
Body: From http://www.japaneseteaching.org/projects/JLTNQ/index.html The Japanese Language Teachers Network (JLTN) Quarterly began in the 1990’s to include with each issue printed classroom materials authored and contributed by classroom teachers. These materials, focusing not only on language learning but on aspects of Japanese culture and society, were offered as an early version of "freeware," which could be freely copied and used by teachers in their own classes. Although they were designed for high school classrooms, many of the published units were also adapted by individual users for college-level class use. Recent contributions have also come from elementary school teachers. The JLTN Quarterly ceased printed publication with the April 2002 issue. However, materials from back issues that are available in electronic form will be posted on this site, with the permission of the authors. Other materials from back issues are still available in printed form on request from the Alliance of Associations of Teachers of Japanese. Available online materials are accessible at http://www.japaneseteaching.org/projects/JLTNQ/index.html .
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Title: Computer Lab Ideas
Body: Looking for ideas of things to do with your class on the Internet? A More TPRS subscriber has the following suggestions: I am in our lab about once per week. We do a variety of things, mostly cultural - ALL of it has to do with making the language useful and relevant. We plan trips to French-speaking countries. We watch music videos and commercials. We find and furnish an apartment in Paris. We visit the MJC and sign up for a course. We research tourist monuments and attractions. We practice verb conjugation on conjuguemos.com. We practice vocabulary at quia.com. We visit schools in France and compare them to our school. We go grocery shopping. We go Christmas shopping. We buy clothing at French stores. We take the French driving test and buy a car. We look for a job on monster.fr and write a resume/cover letter. We use Rosetta Stone and Ma France online. We watch the news on tf1. If you want to see what we've done, I have a website at www.maryvalefrench.com - go to the lab assignments. Frackiewicz, H. [moretprs] Re: tprs and language labs? More TPRS listserv (moretprs@yahoogroups.com, 14 Feb 2007).
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Title: Computer Lab Ideas
Body: Looking for ideas of things to do with your class on the Internet? A More TPRS subscriber has the following suggestions: I am in our lab about once per week. We do a variety of things, mostly cultural - ALL of it has to do with making the language useful and relevant. We plan trips to French-speaking countries. We watch music videos and commercials. We find and furnish an apartment in Paris. We visit the MJC and sign up for a course. We research tourist monuments and attractions. We practice verb conjugation on conjuguemos.com. We practice vocabulary at quia.com. We visit schools in France and compare them to our school. We go grocery shopping. We go Christmas shopping. We buy clothing at French stores. We take the French driving test and buy a car. We look for a job on monster.fr and write a resume/cover letter. We use Rosetta Stone and Ma France online. We watch the news on tf1. If you want to see what we've done, I have a website at www.maryvalefrench.com - go to the lab assignments. Frackiewicz, H. [moretprs] Re: tprs and language labs? More TPRS listserv (moretprs@yahoogroups.com, 14 Feb 2007).
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Title: Mardi Gras Activity Idea
Body: With a beamer I showed pictures from the Carnaval at Dunkerque and Nice (but Menton is very nice also; I did not show those). Also we listened to carnaval songs from Dunkerque. We compared the two carnavals and I made a list of adjectives to be used, which had to do with the five senses (what do you hear, smell, see, feel, taste ?). You can also talk about preferences and the forms ''plus/le, la plus, aussi ...que''. Links: http://www.linternaute.com/sortir/sorties/evenements/carnavals/index.shtml (photos carnaval France) http://www.nicecarnaval.com/carnaval4.html (site officiel carnaval Nice) http://www.whebdo.org/211/video/03.php (video corso Nice 2006) http://www.whebdo.org/211/video/04.php (video corso nocturne Nice 2006) http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnaval_de_Dunkerque (Wikipédia) http://mincoin.free.fr/dunkerque.htm (photos, videos etc. Dunkerque) http://www.carnaval-dunkerque.com/chanson-mp3.html (mp3 chansons carnaval Dunkerque) http://www.feteducitron.com (fête du citron à Menton) Anderson, T. Re: [moretprs] Mardi Gras TPRS ideas for French teacher? More TPRS listserv (moretprs@yahoogroups.com, 16 Feb 2007).
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Title: Mardi Gras Activity Idea
Body: With a beamer I showed pictures from the Carnaval at Dunkerque and Nice (but Menton is very nice also; I did not show those). Also we listened to carnaval songs from Dunkerque. We compared the two carnavals and I made a list of adjectives to be used, which had to do with the five senses (what do you hear, smell, see, feel, taste ?). You can also talk about preferences and the forms ''plus/le, la plus, aussi ...que''. Links: http://www.linternaute.com/sortir/sorties/evenements/carnavals/index.shtml (photos carnaval France) http://www.nicecarnaval.com/carnaval4.html (site officiel carnaval Nice) http://www.whebdo.org/211/video/03.php (video corso Nice 2006) http://www.whebdo.org/211/video/04.php (video corso nocturne Nice 2006) http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnaval_de_Dunkerque (Wikipédia) http://mincoin.free.fr/dunkerque.htm (photos, videos etc. Dunkerque) http://www.carnaval-dunkerque.com/chanson-mp3.html (mp3 chansons carnaval Dunkerque) http://www.feteducitron.com (fête du citron à Menton) Anderson, T. Re: [moretprs] Mardi Gras TPRS ideas for French teacher? More TPRS listserv (moretprs@yahoogroups.com, 16 Feb 2007).
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Title: News Article: Hijacker’s Inability to Speak French Causes His Arrest
Body: From http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070216/ap_on_re_eu/spain_hijacking_11 Mauritanian hijacker gets in hot water By JUAN MANUEL PARDELLAS, Associated Press Writer February 16, 2007 SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands - A fast-thinking pilot with passengers in cahoots fooled a hijacker by braking hard upon landing, then accelerating to knock the man down. When he fell, flight attendants threw boiling water in his face, and about 10 people pounced on him, Spanish officials said Friday. Along the way, speaking to the hijacker, the pilot realized the man did not speak French. So he used the plane's public address system to warn the passengers in French of the ploy he was going to try: brake hard upon landing, then speed up abruptly. The idea was to catch the hijacker off balance, and have crew members and men sitting in the front rows of the plane jump him, the Spanish official said. The pilot also warned women and children to move to the back of the plane in preparation for the subterfuge, the official said. Read the entire article at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070216/ap_on_re_eu/spain_hijacking_11 .
Source: Yahoo! News
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Title: News Article: Hijacker’s Inability to Speak French Causes His Arrest
Body: From http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070216/ap_on_re_eu/spain_hijacking_11 Mauritanian hijacker gets in hot water By JUAN MANUEL PARDELLAS, Associated Press Writer February 16, 2007 SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands - A fast-thinking pilot with passengers in cahoots fooled a hijacker by braking hard upon landing, then accelerating to knock the man down. When he fell, flight attendants threw boiling water in his face, and about 10 people pounced on him, Spanish officials said Friday. Along the way, speaking to the hijacker, the pilot realized the man did not speak French. So he used the plane's public address system to warn the passengers in French of the ploy he was going to try: brake hard upon landing, then speed up abruptly. The idea was to catch the hijacker off balance, and have crew members and men sitting in the front rows of the plane jump him, the Spanish official said. The pilot also warned women and children to move to the back of the plane in preparation for the subterfuge, the official said. Read the entire article at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070216/ap_on_re_eu/spain_hijacking_11 .
Source: Yahoo! News
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Title: Jobs Using French
Body: From http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa120800.htm Jobs Using French (or other languages) Here is an introduction to some of the jobs that languages can be used for, as well as links to further information and resources. Available at http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa120800.htm .
Source: About.com
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Title: Jobs Using French
Body: From http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa120800.htm Jobs Using French (or other languages) Here is an introduction to some of the jobs that languages can be used for, as well as links to further information and resources. Available at http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa120800.htm .
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Title: Article About German Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Body: From http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/oscars/articles/2007/02/10/oscar_nominated_german_director_no_wunderkind Oscar-nominated German director 'no wunderkind' By Christine Kearney February 9, 2007 NEW YORK (Reuters) - German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who has impressed critics worldwide with his Oscar-nominated debut feature film "The Lives of Others," modestly says that compared to say, Orson Welles, he is no wunderkind. The 33-year-old director had already received awards and rave reviews before his film, set in East Berlin in the 1980s, was nominated for best foreign-language Oscar. It was released in the United States this week. Von Donnersmarck's film has been hailed as an intelligent, honest look at how East Germany's Stasi security police shattered lives. The New Yorker magazine commented this week that "if there is any justice" the Academy Award would go to von Donnersmarck, "of whom we have every right to be jealous." Read the entire article at http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/oscars/articles/2007/02/10/oscar_nominated_german_director_no_wunderkind .
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Title: Article About German Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Body: From http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/oscars/articles/2007/02/10/oscar_nominated_german_director_no_wunderkind Oscar-nominated German director 'no wunderkind' By Christine Kearney February 9, 2007 NEW YORK (Reuters) - German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who has impressed critics worldwide with his Oscar-nominated debut feature film "The Lives of Others," modestly says that compared to say, Orson Welles, he is no wunderkind. The 33-year-old director had already received awards and rave reviews before his film, set in East Berlin in the 1980s, was nominated for best foreign-language Oscar. It was released in the United States this week. Von Donnersmarck's film has been hailed as an intelligent, honest look at how East Germany's Stasi security police shattered lives. The New Yorker magazine commented this week that "if there is any justice" the Academy Award would go to von Donnersmarck, "of whom we have every right to be jealous." Read the entire article at http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/oscars/articles/2007/02/10/oscar_nominated_german_director_no_wunderkind .
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Title: Guide to German Magazines
Body: This article contains links to over a dozen German magazines, with links to their online versions. Available at http://german.about.com/library/blmagazin01.htm .
Source: About.com
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Title: Guide to German Magazines
Body: This article contains links to over a dozen German magazines, with links to their online versions. Available at http://german.about.com/library/blmagazin01.htm .
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