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Title: LANGUAGE LESSON: READING COMPREHENSION & CULTURE EXPLORATION ON THE WEB
Body: From: NCLRC In this reading comprehension and Italian cultural exploration activity, students will use the internet to gather, analyze, and report information on Italian art and artists. Through this exercise, students will also explore related disciplines such as History and Mythology while expanding their descriptive vocabulary and developing reading comprehension skills. This activity meets the Communication, Culture and Connection goals of the ACTFL standards. As usual, this lesson can be adapted to suit all languages and levels. Link: http://www.nclrc.org/caidlr76.htm#ll
Source: Christine Meloni
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Title: WEB SITES FOR TEACHERS
Body: From: NCLRC As language teachers, we are constantly searching for outside resources to supplement our classroom materials. We aim to save you some time by exploring and recommending language and education websites we find interesting and effective. This month: - A Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching - An Authentic Pictorial German Online Dictionary - Language and culture lessons plans from the National Endowment for the Humanities Link: http://www.nclrc.org/caidlr76.htm#web
Source: Abigail Bartoshesky & Abbe Spokane
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Title: Foreign Language Immersion Symposium
Body: From: NCLRC http://www.gwatfl.org/immsymup2.pdf In conjunction with The Greater Washington Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages (GWATFL), the NCLRC is holding a Foreign Language Immersion Symposium at the Georgetown Day High School on Saturday, November 8 2003. There will be a national speaker on immersion, workshops for full/partial/2-way immersion, a networking session, and materials on display. The symposium will be preceded by a reception at the Embassy of France at 7:00pm on Friday, November 7th. If you are interested in presenting a session, or for more information, please visit the website or contact Roberta Lavine, Conference Coordinator, at rlavine@gwatfl.org.
Source: Georgetown Day High School, Washington, DC
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Title: American Translators Association Annual Conference
Body: From: NCLRC Phoenix, Arizona November 5-8, 2003 http://www.atanet.org/conf2003 The ATA's 44th annual conference will provide over 175 sessions, over 50 exhibits featuring the latest publications, software, and services, a Job Exchange where individuals can promote their services and companies, and opportunities to network with over 1,200 translators and interpreters from the U.S. and around the world. For more information, please visit the website or contact the ATA by phone: 703-683-6100, or by email: ata@atanet.org
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Title: The National Association for Multicultural Education 13th Annual Conference
Body: From: NCLRC "From Rhetoric to Reality: Student Achievement in Multicultural Societies" November 5-9, 2003 Sheraton Seattle Hotel and Towers, Seattle, Washington http://www.nameorg.org/conferences.html The National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) will hold their 13th Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington, November 5-9, 2003. The conference provides a unique opportunity to interact with other educators dedicated to ensuring the achievement of diverse students through multicultural education. For more information, email Jill Moss Greenberg, at jill@nameorg.org
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Title: Middle East Studies Association
Body: From: NCLRC Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Anchorage, Alaska November 6-9, 2003 http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/index.html The meeting features panels and special sessions on a variety of topics related to Middle East studies. It is complemented by a 3-day film festival, a comprehensive book exhibit featuring the latest books and software in the field, and other informal events. The meeting provides an opportunity for colleagues from a variety of disciplines to gather to share their common bond: the study of this important region of the world.
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Title: THE NCLRC LANGUAGE RESOURCE
Body: From: NCLRC NATIONAL CAPITAL LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTER Georgetown University The George Washington University The Center for Applied Linguistics ******************************************************************************************* VOL. 7, NO. 6 THE NCLRC LANGUAGE RESOURCE NOVEMBER 2003 ******************************************************************************************* For Your FREE SUBSCRIPTION, or to UNSUBSCRIBE, email: nclrc@gwu.edu ******************************************************************************************* The Language Resource is a monthly publication of the National Capital Language Resource Center, www.nclrc.org. The purpose of the newsletter is to provide practical teaching strategies, share insights from research, and announce professional development opportunities for elementary, secondary, and post-secondary foreign language educators. The center is funded by the US Department of Education through Title VI of the Higher Education Act. We are a consortium of Georgetown University, The George Washington University, and the Center for Applied Linguistics. On line at : http://www.nclrc.org/
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Title: First Call for Papers: FIRST RUSSIAN CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Body: From: "Andrej Kibrik" FIRST RUSSIAN CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE SCIENCE October 9-12, 2004, Kazan First Call for Papers The goal of the conference is to create a joint forum for representatives from various disciplines exploring cognition and its evolution, intellect, thinking, perception, consciousness, knowledge representation and acquisition, language as a means of cognition and communication, brain mechanisms of cognition, emotion and higher forms of behavior. Psychologists, linguists, neurophysiologists, specialists in artificial intelligence and neuroinformatics, computer scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, as well as other scientists interested in interdisciplinary issues in cognitive studies, are invited to take part in the conference. The conference will be held in one of the major university cities of Russia, Kazan. Among the invited speakers will be: Konstantin V. Anokhin (Institute of Normal Physiology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, neurobiology) Wallace Chafe (University of California at Santa Barbara, linguistics) Sandro V. Kodzasov (Moscow State University, linguistics) Michael Posner (University of Oregon, Eugene, neuropsychology) Helge Ritter (University of Bielefeld, neuroinformatics and robotics) Michael Tomasello (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, psychology, anthropology) The working languages of the conference will be Russian and English. Those willing to participate in the conference are requested to send a short e-mail message, in Russian or in English, no later than January 15, 2004. The program committee needs these messages in order to have a preliminary estimate of the number and range of paper proposals. Deadline for submitting paper proposals: March 1, 2004. Decisions on acceptance of paper proposals will be made by June 1, 2004 For details, see conference web site: www.ksu.ru/cogsci04. Conference e-mail address: cogsci04 at s2s.msu.ru Andrej Kibrik Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, Russia
Source: Andrej Kibrik
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Title: National American Indian Heritage Month
Body: From: Jenny S LEE The month of November has been designated National American Indian Heritage Month. In the weeks to come, many events are planned throughout communities across the state to celebrate Native American culture and heritage. Oregon is unique because of Senate Bill 770 that establishes state-tribal relations through open, results-oriented approaches to the working relationships between tribal governments and state agencies. The calendar can be downloaded at: www.healthoregon.org/omh. Vicki Nakashima, DHS Office of Multicultural Health Jenny Lee, DHS, Office of Multicultural Health
Source: Jenny Lee, DHS, Office of Multicultural Health
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Title: Video: Going to School -- Ira a la Escuela
Body: From: "Anselmo Villanueva" This documentary examines the gains that the Los Angles Unified School District has made in complying with civil rights laws on inclusion for special-education students. It highlights the story of three Latino special education students in Los Angeles, both at home and as they participate in classroom activities. Parents speak about the difficulty of finding schools that would accept and not segregate students from their peers. And students talk about making friends and learning how to get along in regular classrooms. It includes a touching story of a girl who survived a grenade attack by the El Salvadoran military during that country's civil war. A useful resource for teachers, counselors, and administrators. Directed and produced by Richard Cohen. 2001. 64 minutes (Available in English or with narration and subtitles in Spanish) VHS $49 for K-12 teachers and libraries, $99 for colleges, sliding scale for parents of children with disabilities. Available at www.richard-cohenfilms.com From Rethinking Schools, Fall 2003 issue www.rethinkingschools.org
Source: Rethinking Schools
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