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Title: Two Articles about Dual-Immersion in Texas
Body: Dual language education is generating a lot of public interest in Texas since House Bill 2814, in which legislators created a six-year pilot program that will test a dual language plan in up to 10 Texas public school districts and 30 campuses. Here are two recent pieces in the Houston Chronicle about the bill and its potential effects: Dual-language classes in Texas stir debate (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4952081.html ) More is more: Dual language education strengthens children in two idioms (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4967346.html )
Source: Houston Chronicle
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Title: Two Articles about Dual-Immersion in Texas
Body: Dual language education is generating a lot of public interest in Texas since House Bill 2814, in which legislators created a six-year pilot program that will test a dual language plan in up to 10 Texas public school districts and 30 campuses. Here are two recent pieces in the Houston Chronicle about the bill and its potential effects: Dual-language classes in Texas stir debate (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4952081.html ) More is more: Dual language education strengthens children in two idioms (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4967346.html )
Source: Houston Chronicle
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Title: Blog and Podcasts about Language Teaching Technology
Body: From http://www.languagelabunleashed.com Are you wondering the best way to record your students? How to use Skype and other such tools? The Language Lab Unleashed website is dedicated to sharing information about technology and language teaching. It includes a blog, podcasts, a user-friendly topically-organized archive, useful links, and more. Visit Language Lab Unleashed at http://www.languagelabunleashed.com .
Source: Language Lab Unleashed
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Title: Blog and Podcasts about Language Teaching Technology
Body: From http://www.languagelabunleashed.com Are you wondering the best way to record your students? How to use Skype and other such tools? The Language Lab Unleashed website is dedicated to sharing information about technology and language teaching. It includes a blog, podcasts, a user-friendly topically-organized archive, useful links, and more. Visit Language Lab Unleashed at http://www.languagelabunleashed.com .
Source: Language Lab Unleashed
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Title: Online Geography Quizzes
Body: Ilike2learn.com has a wide variety of online geography quizzes. It is available at http://www.ilike2learn.com .
Source: Ilike2learn.com
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Title: Online Geography Quizzes
Body: Ilike2learn.com has a wide variety of online geography quizzes. It is available at http://www.ilike2learn.com .
Source: Ilike2learn.com
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Title: Global Village: Resources for Language Learners and Teachers
Body: From http://www.richmond.edu/~jpaulsen/cvanetgv.html The University of Richmond and Central Virginia's Community On Line’s “Global Village" has resources for the following: French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, African, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic, English, Turkish, Multilingual, and Pedagogical. The site has not been updated since 2003, but it still has useful resources. Visit the Global Village at http://www.richmond.edu/~jpaulsen/cvanetgv.html .
Source: University of Richmond
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Title: Global Village: Resources for Language Learners and Teachers
Body: From http://www.richmond.edu/~jpaulsen/cvanetgv.html The University of Richmond and Central Virginia's Community On Line’s “Global Village" has resources for the following: French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, African, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic, English, Turkish, Multilingual, and Pedagogical. The site has not been updated since 2003, but it still has useful resources. Visit the Global Village at http://www.richmond.edu/~jpaulsen/cvanetgv.html .
Source: University of Richmond
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Title: Explore the World Online with the Smithsonian
Body: Students can select a continent, and then select among different educational resources having to do with that continent, such as articles about cultures, history, and art. Available at http://smithsonianeducation.org/students/explore_by_topic/history_culture.html .
Source: Smithsonian Education
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Title: Explore the World Online with the Smithsonian
Body: Students can select a continent, and then select among different educational resources having to do with that continent, such as articles about cultures, history, and art. Available at http://smithsonianeducation.org/students/explore_by_topic/history_culture.html .
Source: Smithsonian Education
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Title: New Book: Instructional Adaptation as an Equity Solution for the English Learners and Special Needs Students
Body: From http://tinyurl.com/3dm73m Instructional Adaptation as an Equity Solution for the English Learners and Special Needs Students: Practicing Educational Justice in the Mainstream Classroom Authors: Jose Lalas and Margaret Solomon Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company Publisher’s Summary: This book develops teachers who can make subject-matter content comprehensible and academic success reachable for English learners and students with special needs, despite their evident obstacles. This book integrates theory, research and best practice in adaptation strategies and recommendations. The variety of inequities that exist in K-12 settings are examined, as well as their impact on academic achievement. Visit the publisher’s website at http://tinyurl.com/3dm73m .
Source: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
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Title: New Book: Instructional Adaptation as an Equity Solution for the English Learners and Special Needs Students
Body: From http://tinyurl.com/3dm73m Instructional Adaptation as an Equity Solution for the English Learners and Special Needs Students: Practicing Educational Justice in the Mainstream Classroom Authors: Jose Lalas and Margaret Solomon Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company Publisher’s Summary: This book develops teachers who can make subject-matter content comprehensible and academic success reachable for English learners and students with special needs, despite their evident obstacles. This book integrates theory, research and best practice in adaptation strategies and recommendations. The variety of inequities that exist in K-12 settings are examined, as well as their impact on academic achievement. Visit the publisher’s website at http://tinyurl.com/3dm73m .
Source: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
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Title: New Guide: Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades
Body: From http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20074011.asp This guide addresses the challenge of providing effective literacy instruction for English learners in the elementary grades. Although the target audience is a broad spectrum of school practitioners such as administrators, curriculum specialists, coaches, staff development specialists and teachers, the more specific objective is to reach district-level administrators with a Practice Guide that will help them develop practice and policy options for their schools. The Guide offers five specific recommendations for district administrators and indicates the quality of the evidence that supports these recommendations. For more information and to download the guide, go to http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20074011.asp .
Source: Institute of Education Sciences
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Title: New Guide: Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades
Body: From http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20074011.asp This guide addresses the challenge of providing effective literacy instruction for English learners in the elementary grades. Although the target audience is a broad spectrum of school practitioners such as administrators, curriculum specialists, coaches, staff development specialists and teachers, the more specific objective is to reach district-level administrators with a Practice Guide that will help them develop practice and policy options for their schools. The Guide offers five specific recommendations for district administrators and indicates the quality of the evidence that supports these recommendations. For more information and to download the guide, go to http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20074011.asp .
Source: Institute of Education Sciences
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Title: June Issue of Language Learning Available Online
Body: From http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/lang/57/s1 The June 2007 issue of Language Learning is largely dedicated to the issue of bilingualism and literacy. The following articles are available for download at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/lang/57/s1 . Reading and Language Learning: Crosslinguistic Constraints on Second Language Reading Development Keiko Koda Acquisition of Literacy in Bilingual Children: A Framework for Research Ellen Bialystok Schema Theory and Knowledge-Based Processes in Second Language Reading Comprehension: A Need for Alternative Perspectives Hossein Nassaji Inhibition or Compensation? A Multidimensional Comparison of Reading Processes in Dutch and English Marie Stevenson, Rob Schoonen, Kees de Glopper The Relationship Between Text Comprehension and Second Language Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition: A Matter of Topic Familiarity? Diana Pulido Commonalities and Differences in Word Identification Skills Among Learners of English as a Second Language Min Wang, Keiko Koda
Source: Blackwell
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Title: June Issue of Language Learning Available Online
Body: From http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/lang/57/s1 The June 2007 issue of Language Learning is largely dedicated to the issue of bilingualism and literacy. The following articles are available for download at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/lang/57/s1 . Reading and Language Learning: Crosslinguistic Constraints on Second Language Reading Development Keiko Koda Acquisition of Literacy in Bilingual Children: A Framework for Research Ellen Bialystok Schema Theory and Knowledge-Based Processes in Second Language Reading Comprehension: A Need for Alternative Perspectives Hossein Nassaji Inhibition or Compensation? A Multidimensional Comparison of Reading Processes in Dutch and English Marie Stevenson, Rob Schoonen, Kees de Glopper The Relationship Between Text Comprehension and Second Language Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition: A Matter of Topic Familiarity? Diana Pulido Commonalities and Differences in Word Identification Skills Among Learners of English as a Second Language Min Wang, Keiko Koda
Source: Blackwell
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Title: Call for Papers: TESOL Electronic Village Online 2008
Body: From http://dafnegonzalez.com/evo08/Cfproposals.htm The CALL Interest Section of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) offers language teachers worldwide the opportunity to participate in the Electronic Village Online (EVO), a professional development project and virtual extension of the TESOL 2008 Convention in New York, USA. The intended audience for this project includes both TESOL 2008 convention-goers and those who can participate only virtually. Interest Sections, Caucuses, and other member groups of TESOL in particular are invited to sponsor sessions related to the convention. The convention will be January 14-February 24, 2008. Deadline for proposals is September 20, 2007. For more information, go to http://dafnegonzalez.com/evo08/Cfproposals.htm .
Source: TESOL
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Title: Call for Papers: TESOL Electronic Village Online 2008
Body: From http://dafnegonzalez.com/evo08/Cfproposals.htm The CALL Interest Section of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) offers language teachers worldwide the opportunity to participate in the Electronic Village Online (EVO), a professional development project and virtual extension of the TESOL 2008 Convention in New York, USA. The intended audience for this project includes both TESOL 2008 convention-goers and those who can participate only virtually. Interest Sections, Caucuses, and other member groups of TESOL in particular are invited to sponsor sessions related to the convention. The convention will be January 14-February 24, 2008. Deadline for proposals is September 20, 2007. For more information, go to http://dafnegonzalez.com/evo08/Cfproposals.htm .
Source: TESOL
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Title: Call for Papers: Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia 2007
Body: From http://pbi.uinjkt.ac.id/teflin.php?id=11 TEFLIN 2007 Theme: Human Resources Development in English Language Teaching December 4-6, 2007 State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta Indonesia TOPIC AREAS: * Teacher qualifications * Learning styles and strategies * Research in English Language Learning and Teaching * The good language teacher * Teachers Certification * English for Specific Purposes (ESP) * English Language Teaching Materials * Autonomous Learning * Information technology in TEFL * Professionalism of the teaching profession * English Language Teaching (ELT) Education * Empowering Teachers through Literature * Training in the region and beyond * Language Assessment The summary (not abstract) of the presentation should be sent to the Conference Secretariat no later than September 28, 2007. For more submissions information, go to http://pbi.uinjkt.ac.id/teflin.php?id=11 .
Source: TEFLIN
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Title: Call for Papers: Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia 2007
Body: From http://pbi.uinjkt.ac.id/teflin.php?id=11 TEFLIN 2007 Theme: Human Resources Development in English Language Teaching December 4-6, 2007 State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta Indonesia TOPIC AREAS: * Teacher qualifications * Learning styles and strategies * Research in English Language Learning and Teaching * The good language teacher * Teachers Certification * English for Specific Purposes (ESP) * English Language Teaching Materials * Autonomous Learning * Information technology in TEFL * Professionalism of the teaching profession * English Language Teaching (ELT) Education * Empowering Teachers through Literature * Training in the region and beyond * Language Assessment The summary (not abstract) of the presentation should be sent to the Conference Secretariat no later than September 28, 2007. For more submissions information, go to http://pbi.uinjkt.ac.id/teflin.php?id=11 .
Source: TEFLIN
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