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Title: NYSAFLT Summer Institute 2007
Body: From http://www.nysaflt.org/conferences/summerinstitute/index.htm New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers Summer Institute 2007 Literacies in LOTE: They're FUNdamental! July 31 - August 3, 2007 SUNY Oneonta For more information, visit http://www.nysaflt.org/conferences/summerinstitute/index.htm .
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Title: NYSAFLT Summer Institute 2007
Body: From http://www.nysaflt.org/conferences/summerinstitute/index.htm New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers Summer Institute 2007 Literacies in LOTE: They're FUNdamental! July 31 - August 3, 2007 SUNY Oneonta For more information, visit http://www.nysaflt.org/conferences/summerinstitute/index.htm .
Source: NYSAFLT
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Title: Article: School District to Begin Offering Languages in Kindergarten or First Grade
Body: From http://www.startribune.com/106/story/1124670.html Earlier language study gains ground: The Eden Prairie School District could begin offering world languages as early as kindergarten or first grade By Patrice Relerford, Star Tribune Last update: April 17, 2007 – 10:48 AM Every student in Eden Prairie could begin learning a world language as early as kindergarten or first grade in the near future. The potential change comes at a time when some west metro districts have centralized their elementary language programs in immersion programs and largely dropped language instruction for non-immersion students. School board members last week discussed the task force's recommendation to offer world languages as early as kindergarten or first grade. "We felt we were missing a critical opportunity by waiting until fifth grade," said Jean Lubke, Eden Prairie's director of curriculum and instruction. Eden Prairie fifth-graders currently take an exploratory language program at Oak Point Intermediate School. It introduces them to several languages throughout the course of the school year. Read the entire article at http://www.startribune.com/106/story/1124670.html .
Source: Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
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Title: Article: School District to Begin Offering Languages in Kindergarten or First Grade
Body: From http://www.startribune.com/106/story/1124670.html Earlier language study gains ground: The Eden Prairie School District could begin offering world languages as early as kindergarten or first grade By Patrice Relerford, Star Tribune Last update: April 17, 2007 – 10:48 AM Every student in Eden Prairie could begin learning a world language as early as kindergarten or first grade in the near future. The potential change comes at a time when some west metro districts have centralized their elementary language programs in immersion programs and largely dropped language instruction for non-immersion students. School board members last week discussed the task force's recommendation to offer world languages as early as kindergarten or first grade. "We felt we were missing a critical opportunity by waiting until fifth grade," said Jean Lubke, Eden Prairie's director of curriculum and instruction. Eden Prairie fifth-graders currently take an exploratory language program at Oak Point Intermediate School. It introduces them to several languages throughout the course of the school year. Read the entire article at http://www.startribune.com/106/story/1124670.html .
Source: Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
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Title: Jobs: Research Assistants for Mandarin Chinese and Standard Arabic
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-1182.html The National Foreign Language Center seeks two Faculty Research Assistants or Associates (title to be determined according to credentials): one with a specialization in Arabic and the other with a specialization in Chinese to provide expertise in the teaching of these languages in a K-12 setting and/or in the training of teachers for these languages for its STARTALK sponsored research project. Required: MA in Chinese, Arabic, or a discipline related to K-16 education, or language teaching; or MA in another field with equivalent experience and training as a teacher of Chinese or Arabic. High level of oral and written proficiency in Chinese or Arabic. Demonstrated understanding of best practices in language teaching and in underlying principles of teaching and learning, particularly language learning highly desirable: demonstrated effectiveness as a teacher in US K-12 settings. Application Deadline: 16-May-2007 For more information, go to http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-1182.html .
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Jobs: Research Assistants for Mandarin Chinese and Standard Arabic
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-1182.html The National Foreign Language Center seeks two Faculty Research Assistants or Associates (title to be determined according to credentials): one with a specialization in Arabic and the other with a specialization in Chinese to provide expertise in the teaching of these languages in a K-12 setting and/or in the training of teachers for these languages for its STARTALK sponsored research project. Required: MA in Chinese, Arabic, or a discipline related to K-16 education, or language teaching; or MA in another field with equivalent experience and training as a teacher of Chinese or Arabic. High level of oral and written proficiency in Chinese or Arabic. Demonstrated understanding of best practices in language teaching and in underlying principles of teaching and learning, particularly language learning highly desirable: demonstrated effectiveness as a teacher in US K-12 settings. Application Deadline: 16-May-2007 For more information, go to http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-1182.html .
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Article: Chinese Teacher Shortage in the US
Body: From http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0327/p03s03-legn.htm Chinese-language classes full, but teachers scarce in US: The shortage has school officials traveling to China for recruits and offering guest-worker visas. By Ben Arnoldy | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor March 27, 2007 It takes brute memorization, meticulous pronunciation, and compared with Spanish, a good deal more time spent in bug-eyed incomprehension. Nevertheless, American students are clamoring to learn Chinese. The problem: There aren't enough teachers to meet the demand. Enrollment has soared, going from 5,000 primary and secondary school students in 2000 to estimates as high as 50,000 today, according to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. When the College Board surveyed schools in 2004 about their interest in a Chinese advanced-placement test, 2,400 schools expressed interest – but many also said they couldn't find a teacher to start a program. Three years later, the topic still tops concerns. At the first national conference of Chinese teachers, held in San Francisco earlier this month, school administrators spoke of beating a path to China and its roughly 1 billion speakers of Mandarin in search of teachers. Superintendents are also keeping an eye on the growing number of college graduates from Asian-language programs, as well as tapping Saturday schools that teach Chinese-American children their ancestral tongue. Just as the United States has built up a huge trade deficit with China, the teacher shortage reveals America's language deficit. In China, some 200 million students are studying English through programs put in place decades ago. In the US, the sudden attention on Mandarin has exposed a serious lack of infrastructure. Read the entire article at http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0327/p03s03-legn.htm .
Source: Christian Science Monitor
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Title: Article: Chinese Teacher Shortage in the US
Body: From http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0327/p03s03-legn.htm Chinese-language classes full, but teachers scarce in US: The shortage has school officials traveling to China for recruits and offering guest-worker visas. By Ben Arnoldy | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor March 27, 2007 It takes brute memorization, meticulous pronunciation, and compared with Spanish, a good deal more time spent in bug-eyed incomprehension. Nevertheless, American students are clamoring to learn Chinese. The problem: There aren't enough teachers to meet the demand. Enrollment has soared, going from 5,000 primary and secondary school students in 2000 to estimates as high as 50,000 today, according to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. When the College Board surveyed schools in 2004 about their interest in a Chinese advanced-placement test, 2,400 schools expressed interest – but many also said they couldn't find a teacher to start a program. Three years later, the topic still tops concerns. At the first national conference of Chinese teachers, held in San Francisco earlier this month, school administrators spoke of beating a path to China and its roughly 1 billion speakers of Mandarin in search of teachers. Superintendents are also keeping an eye on the growing number of college graduates from Asian-language programs, as well as tapping Saturday schools that teach Chinese-American children their ancestral tongue. Just as the United States has built up a huge trade deficit with China, the teacher shortage reveals America's language deficit. In China, some 200 million students are studying English through programs put in place decades ago. In the US, the sudden attention on Mandarin has exposed a serious lack of infrastructure. Read the entire article at http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0327/p03s03-legn.htm .
Source: Christian Science Monitor
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Title: Western-Chinese Calendar Converter
Body: This on-line tools converts between dates using the Chinese lunar calendar and the western solar calendar. It is available at http://www.mandarintools.com/calendar.html .
Source: mandarintools.com
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Title: Western-Chinese Calendar Converter
Body: This on-line tools converts between dates using the Chinese lunar calendar and the western solar calendar. It is available at http://www.mandarintools.com/calendar.html .
Source: mandarintools.com
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Title: Online American Sign Language Browser
Body: From http://commtechlab.msu.edu:16080/sites/aslweb The Michigan State University's ASL Browser web site is an online American Sign Language (ASL) browser where you can look up video of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them. The browser is available at http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm .
Source: Michigan State University
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Title: Online American Sign Language Browser
Body: From http://commtechlab.msu.edu:16080/sites/aslweb The Michigan State University's ASL Browser web site is an online American Sign Language (ASL) browser where you can look up video of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them. The browser is available at http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm .
Source: Michigan State University
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Title: German Games and Quizzes for Beginners
Body: From http://german.about.com/library/quiz/blqz_beginners.htm?nl=1 This webpage contains links to the following types of games and quizzes for beginners: # German Grammar # Online Word Games - Fun Java games # Vocabulary - Games and quizzes for German # Review Tests (German for Beginners) # History and Culture Quizzes Available at http://german.about.com/library/quiz/blqz_beginners.htm?nl=1 .
Source: About.com
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Title: German Games and Quizzes for Beginners
Body: From http://german.about.com/library/quiz/blqz_beginners.htm?nl=1 This webpage contains links to the following types of games and quizzes for beginners: # German Grammar # Online Word Games - Fun Java games # Vocabulary - Games and quizzes for German # Review Tests (German for Beginners) # History and Culture Quizzes Available at http://german.about.com/library/quiz/blqz_beginners.htm?nl=1 .
Source: About.com
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Title: Spanish Sayings, Tongue Twisters, and Riddles
Body: This website contains lists of Spanish sayings (Dichos), tongue twisters (Trabalenguas), and riddles (Adivinanzas). Available at http://web.mac.com/pconley3/iWeb/Site/Home.html .
Source: Paul Conley’s Website
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Title: Spanish Sayings, Tongue Twisters, and Riddles
Body: This website contains lists of Spanish sayings (Dichos), tongue twisters (Trabalenguas), and riddles (Adivinanzas). Available at http://web.mac.com/pconley3/iWeb/Site/Home.html .
Source: Paul Conley’s Website
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Title: Power Point Presentations Available for Spanish and French
Body: Free downloads on a variety of topics for teaching French and Spanish are available at this site. The French presentations are intended for students at Key Stage 3 (British modern foreign language standard), and the Spanish ones are for Key Stage 4. The downloads can be accessed from http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/download/mfl-ppt/index.html .
Source: University of Cambridge
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Title: Power Point Presentations Available for Spanish and French
Body: Free downloads on a variety of topics for teaching French and Spanish are available at this site. The French presentations are intended for students at Key Stage 3 (British modern foreign language standard), and the Spanish ones are for Key Stage 4. The downloads can be accessed from http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/download/mfl-ppt/index.html .
Source: University of Cambridge
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Title: Article: Dual Immersion in Texas
Body: From http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/stategov/stories/MYSA033007.01A.dual.language.36a6d2a.html Bilingual education tool faces hurdles locally Web Posted: 03/29/2007 11:38 PM CDT Jeanne Russell Express-News In majority Hispanic San Antonio, where most elementary schools serve at least some non-native English speakers, a highly regarded program for teaching them that also benefits students fluent in English remains a boutique rather than mainstream approach. The reasons are varied and include a national political debate over bilingual education. But not putting such a well-regarded tool to more use for the 30,081 Spanish-speaking students in Bexar County public schools — more than 10 percent — comes at the kids' expense, advocates say. They fear that dual language, though it is growing, remains stymied by misconceptions and a powerful national commitment to English first. A number of impoverished border districts — among them Hidalgo, Ysleta and Canutillo — have won acclaim for excellent test scores using the dual language model. Though every local school district serves some Spanish speakers, two of the districts with the largest percentage — San Antonio and Edgewood — have scaled back their programs, despite research proving its effectiveness. Read the entire article at http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/stategov/stories/MYSA033007.01A.dual.language.36a6d2a.html .
Source: My San Antonio
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Title: Article: Dual Immersion in Texas
Body: From http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/stategov/stories/MYSA033007.01A.dual.language.36a6d2a.html Bilingual education tool faces hurdles locally Web Posted: 03/29/2007 11:38 PM CDT Jeanne Russell Express-News In majority Hispanic San Antonio, where most elementary schools serve at least some non-native English speakers, a highly regarded program for teaching them that also benefits students fluent in English remains a boutique rather than mainstream approach. The reasons are varied and include a national political debate over bilingual education. But not putting such a well-regarded tool to more use for the 30,081 Spanish-speaking students in Bexar County public schools — more than 10 percent — comes at the kids' expense, advocates say. They fear that dual language, though it is growing, remains stymied by misconceptions and a powerful national commitment to English first. A number of impoverished border districts — among them Hidalgo, Ysleta and Canutillo — have won acclaim for excellent test scores using the dual language model. Though every local school district serves some Spanish speakers, two of the districts with the largest percentage — San Antonio and Edgewood — have scaled back their programs, despite research proving its effectiveness. Read the entire article at http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/stategov/stories/MYSA033007.01A.dual.language.36a6d2a.html .
Source: My San Antonio
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