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Title: Ideas for Practicing Descriptions
Body: Here are some ideas from FLTEACH users for practicing descriptions: Describing famous characters is always fun. I start with a description of someone obvious like Santa Clause...es gordo y simpático, lleva pantalones rojos y una chaqueta roja, tiene botas negras.... (He’s fat and nice, he wears red pants and a red jacket, he has black boots) usually someone will raise their hand and say SANTA, then I'd give groups of three 5 minutes to develop an description of their own (keeping it limited to cartoon characters because they have exaggerated features. Gibbs, A. Re: Descriptions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 31 Aug 2007). --- At the beginning of class, I gave each student three ruled 3x5 index cards. Then, on one card students had to write a description of someone in the class. On another card students wrote a description of one of the faculty members on campus. On the last card students were to write a description of a famous person. At the end of class I read some of the cards and the students had to guess who the person was. Hanson, D. Re: Descriptions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 1 Sept 2007). --- Another way to do description is similar to 20 questions. Come up with a list of people-- characters sometimes work best. Write the name on long strip of paper that can be wrapped around someone's head and then clipped with a binder clip so that it stays on. The person wearing the name does not know what it says, but the students in the class can see it. version 1 Person wearing name asks questions ¿Soy animal? ¿Soy una persona famosa? ¿De ficción? ¿vive? etc. (Am I an animal? Am I a famous person? Fictional? Living?) ¿Tengo pelo largo/corto? etc. (Do I have long/short hair?) version 2 you can do this as teams Students give descriptive clues. If student can guess they win points. Example 5 points: For each additional clue, if student correctly guesses, they earn fewer points - 4 points if one more clue, 3 points if two more clues etc. Achorn, E. Re: Descriptions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 1 Sept 2007). --- I like to have each student write the name of a celebrity (I try to make sure that no one has the same name as another). Then I call up 4 people to sit on a panel in the front of the room. On the side board I write 5 celebrity names (I collect their papers make up one of my own). The audience has to question the panel members and try to guess which celebrity they are. They can only ask YES/NO questions, so we practice a couple ... ¿Eres guapo? ¿Eres rubio? ... (Are you cute? Are you blond?) etc. Delzer, R. Re: Descriptions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 3 Sept 2007). --- I do an activity where students listen to me describe a person and they have to draw it. Each student has whatever colored pencils you would need. I give a symbol for the adjectives that are harder to draw (glasses for smart, sun rays around the head for pretty, a circle with lines coming out of it for ugly and some are just random symbols like triangle for nice etc.) The first time through they listen to me and draw, I usually have the drawing ready on an overhead so when we are done they can check to see if they heard correctly. The next round they are divided into groups of three and are given some descriptions (or you could have them write these first or give them another picture that needs to be described), one person gives the description and the other two draw (more listening and speaking). After they have all had a turn, then they draw their own picture and trade with someone else and write a description of that. Case, M. Re: Descriptions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 6 Sept 2007).
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Title: Ideas for Practicing Descriptions
Body: Here are some ideas from FLTEACH users for practicing descriptions: Describing famous characters is always fun. I start with a description of someone obvious like Santa Clause...es gordo y simpático, lleva pantalones rojos y una chaqueta roja, tiene botas negras.... (He’s fat and nice, he wears red pants and a red jacket, he has black boots) usually someone will raise their hand and say SANTA, then I'd give groups of three 5 minutes to develop an description of their own (keeping it limited to cartoon characters because they have exaggerated features. Gibbs, A. Re: Descriptions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 31 Aug 2007). --- At the beginning of class, I gave each student three ruled 3x5 index cards. Then, on one card students had to write a description of someone in the class. On another card students wrote a description of one of the faculty members on campus. On the last card students were to write a description of a famous person. At the end of class I read some of the cards and the students had to guess who the person was. Hanson, D. Re: Descriptions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 1 Sept 2007). --- Another way to do description is similar to 20 questions. Come up with a list of people-- characters sometimes work best. Write the name on long strip of paper that can be wrapped around someone's head and then clipped with a binder clip so that it stays on. The person wearing the name does not know what it says, but the students in the class can see it. version 1 Person wearing name asks questions ¿Soy animal? ¿Soy una persona famosa? ¿De ficción? ¿vive? etc. (Am I an animal? Am I a famous person? Fictional? Living?) ¿Tengo pelo largo/corto? etc. (Do I have long/short hair?) version 2 you can do this as teams Students give descriptive clues. If student can guess they win points. Example 5 points: For each additional clue, if student correctly guesses, they earn fewer points - 4 points if one more clue, 3 points if two more clues etc. Achorn, E. Re: Descriptions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 1 Sept 2007). --- I like to have each student write the name of a celebrity (I try to make sure that no one has the same name as another). Then I call up 4 people to sit on a panel in the front of the room. On the side board I write 5 celebrity names (I collect their papers make up one of my own). The audience has to question the panel members and try to guess which celebrity they are. They can only ask YES/NO questions, so we practice a couple ... ¿Eres guapo? ¿Eres rubio? ... (Are you cute? Are you blond?) etc. Delzer, R. Re: Descriptions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 3 Sept 2007). --- I do an activity where students listen to me describe a person and they have to draw it. Each student has whatever colored pencils you would need. I give a symbol for the adjectives that are harder to draw (glasses for smart, sun rays around the head for pretty, a circle with lines coming out of it for ugly and some are just random symbols like triangle for nice etc.) The first time through they listen to me and draw, I usually have the drawing ready on an overhead so when we are done they can check to see if they heard correctly. The next round they are divided into groups of three and are given some descriptions (or you could have them write these first or give them another picture that needs to be described), one person gives the description and the other two draw (more listening and speaking). After they have all had a turn, then they draw their own picture and trade with someone else and write a description of that. Case, M. Re: Descriptions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 6 Sept 2007).
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Title: Book: Voice and Vision in Language Teacher Education
Body: From http://www.carla.umn.edu/resources/working-papers Voice and Vision in Language Teacher Education: Selected Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Language Teacher Education Edited by Bill Johnston and Kristen Walls Published by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition Summary: This volume of fourteen selected papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Language Teacher Education showcases work from eight different national contexts in settings as diverse as English as a Foreign Language (EFL), English as a Second Language (ESL), French immersion education, and Spanish and Japanese language instruction. Echoing the theme of the conference, these papers highlight a diverse range of teacher educator voices as they interact with the vision of conceptual frameworks teacher educators have come to share. The ideas and insights presented in these papers help to push forward our understandings and our practice of language teacher education. For purchasing information, go to http://www.carla.umn.edu/resources/working-papers .
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Title: Book: Voice and Vision in Language Teacher Education
Body: From http://www.carla.umn.edu/resources/working-papers Voice and Vision in Language Teacher Education: Selected Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Language Teacher Education Edited by Bill Johnston and Kristen Walls Published by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition Summary: This volume of fourteen selected papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Language Teacher Education showcases work from eight different national contexts in settings as diverse as English as a Foreign Language (EFL), English as a Second Language (ESL), French immersion education, and Spanish and Japanese language instruction. Echoing the theme of the conference, these papers highlight a diverse range of teacher educator voices as they interact with the vision of conceptual frameworks teacher educators have come to share. The ideas and insights presented in these papers help to push forward our understandings and our practice of language teacher education. For purchasing information, go to http://www.carla.umn.edu/resources/working-papers .
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Title: Call for Papers: Asian EFL Journal
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-739.html The Asian EFL Journal is conducting a call for papers for book reviews of recently published (within the last three years) professional books, textbooks, and course materials dealing with theory or practice in the fields of teaching English as second or foreign language, acquisition, assessment, linguistics, and related disciplines. Call Deadline: 01-Jan-2008 For more information, go to http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-739.html .
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Title: Call for Papers: Asian EFL Journal
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-739.html The Asian EFL Journal is conducting a call for papers for book reviews of recently published (within the last three years) professional books, textbooks, and course materials dealing with theory or practice in the fields of teaching English as second or foreign language, acquisition, assessment, linguistics, and related disciplines. Call Deadline: 01-Jan-2008 For more information, go to http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-739.html .
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Title: American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Annual Meeting
Body: AATSEEL Annual Meeting Chicago, IL 27-30 December 2007 For more information, go to http://www.aatseel.org/program .
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Title: American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Annual Meeting
Body: AATSEEL Annual Meeting Chicago, IL 27-30 December 2007 For more information, go to http://www.aatseel.org/program .
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Title: Selected Sign Language Books for Young Readers
Body: From http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/503.html Do you want to learn sign language? Do you know a child who would like to learn? Each of the books listed in the document found on this page introduces sign language. The selections are presented in grade levels, with the specific grade range of particular books given after the citation. Download the document in PDF form at http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/infotogo/signlanguagebooks.pdf or in MicroSoft Word format at http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/infotogo/signlanguagebooks.doc .
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Title: Selected Sign Language Books for Young Readers
Body: From http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/503.html Do you want to learn sign language? Do you know a child who would like to learn? Each of the books listed in the document found on this page introduces sign language. The selections are presented in grade levels, with the specific grade range of particular books given after the citation. Download the document in PDF form at http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/infotogo/signlanguagebooks.pdf or in MicroSoft Word format at http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/infotogo/signlanguagebooks.doc .
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Title: Resources for Chinese Study
Body: This section of the Virginia Community College System’s Virtual Foreign Language Classroom houses an annotated list of links related to Chinese language and culture. The Chinese website is available at http://www.nvcc.edu/vflc/chinese.htm .
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Title: Resources for Chinese Study
Body: This section of the Virginia Community College System’s Virtual Foreign Language Classroom houses an annotated list of links related to Chinese language and culture. The Chinese website is available at http://www.nvcc.edu/vflc/chinese.htm .
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Title: Japanese Online Self-Help Utility
Body: From http://www.laits.utexas.edu/japanese/joshu/basics.htm The Japanese Online Self-Help Utility, or JOSHU for short, is an online tutor to anyone interested in learning the Japanese language. Topics include basic, vocabulary, conjugation, grammar, counters, kana/kanji, video, and culture. JOSHU is available at http://www.laits.utexas.edu/japanese/joshu/index.htm .
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Title: Japanese Online Self-Help Utility
Body: From http://www.laits.utexas.edu/japanese/joshu/basics.htm The Japanese Online Self-Help Utility, or JOSHU for short, is an online tutor to anyone interested in learning the Japanese language. Topics include basic, vocabulary, conjugation, grammar, counters, kana/kanji, video, and culture. JOSHU is available at http://www.laits.utexas.edu/japanese/joshu/index.htm .
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Title: Concert: Made in Germany II
Body: Made in Germany II Friday, October 5, 2007, 8 pm Tsai Performance Center (Boston University) 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston To begin its 39th season, Boston Musica Viva will present MADE IN GERMANY II. It is the ensemble’s second program in their series of concerts exploring the music of today’s Germany. The concert will feature two German composers well known in Europe but still not widely known in America: Jörg Widmann and Detlev Glanert. In addition, the ensemble will premiere a new work written specifically for this concert by renowned composer Gunther Schuller, his first for BMV. Also on the program is Paul Hindemith’s poignant song cycle to a text by the Austrian expressionist poet Georg Trakl. Free Tickets! Boston Musica Viva has generously donated a small number of free tickets for their upcoming concert Made in Germany II. The tickets are being held at the Goethe-Institut Boston and will be available on a first come first serve basis. If you are interested, please contact Annette Klein at (617) 262 6050 ext. 11 or program2@boston.goethe.org to reserve tickets. More information is available at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/en2501455.htm .
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Title: Concert: Made in Germany II
Body: Made in Germany II Friday, October 5, 2007, 8 pm Tsai Performance Center (Boston University) 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston To begin its 39th season, Boston Musica Viva will present MADE IN GERMANY II. It is the ensemble’s second program in their series of concerts exploring the music of today’s Germany. The concert will feature two German composers well known in Europe but still not widely known in America: Jörg Widmann and Detlev Glanert. In addition, the ensemble will premiere a new work written specifically for this concert by renowned composer Gunther Schuller, his first for BMV. Also on the program is Paul Hindemith’s poignant song cycle to a text by the Austrian expressionist poet Georg Trakl. Free Tickets! Boston Musica Viva has generously donated a small number of free tickets for their upcoming concert Made in Germany II. The tickets are being held at the Goethe-Institut Boston and will be available on a first come first serve basis. If you are interested, please contact Annette Klein at (617) 262 6050 ext. 11 or program2@boston.goethe.org to reserve tickets. More information is available at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/en2501455.htm .
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Title: “Cool French”
Body: Want to keep up on the latest French slang? Here is BBC Languages’ essential guide to young French people's slang, divided into different categories, such as Argument, Going Out, Money, Moods, and Politics. Visit the website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/cool .
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Title: “Cool French”
Body: Want to keep up on the latest French slang? Here is BBC Languages’ essential guide to young French people's slang, divided into different categories, such as Argument, Going Out, Money, Moods, and Politics. Visit the website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/cool .
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Title: ESL Printables: Resource Sharing for English Language Teachers
Body: From http://www.eslprintables.com ESL Printables is a website where English Language teachers exchange resources: worksheets, lesson plans, teaching activities, etc. Only registered users can get full access to downloads. In order to register you have to send one of your own printables. You'll get 10 points for each printable you send. That means that you can download 10 printables for each one you send. ESL Printables is available at http://www.eslprintables.com/whatisthis.htm .
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Title: ESL Printables: Resource Sharing for English Language Teachers
Body: From http://www.eslprintables.com ESL Printables is a website where English Language teachers exchange resources: worksheets, lesson plans, teaching activities, etc. Only registered users can get full access to downloads. In order to register you have to send one of your own printables. You'll get 10 points for each printable you send. That means that you can download 10 printables for each one you send. ESL Printables is available at http://www.eslprintables.com/whatisthis.htm .
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