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Title: Call for Papers: Sydney Papuanists’ Workshop
Body: From http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/index.php?cf=19 The linguistics departments at Sydney University and in RSPAS at the ANU are organizing the second Papuanists' Workshop. It will be held on Saturday and Sunday 28-29 June 2008 at the University of Sydney, right before Lingfest gets started (http://www.lingfest.arts.usyd.edu.au/). Anyone who has an interest in Papuan languages and linguistics is invited to come and present a paper or just listen to other people's papers and join in the discussion. Papers should be 20 or 40 mins long and on a topic related to Papuan languages or linguistics. We're hoping to have one day dedicated to talks on the theme of 'giving back to the community', making practical use of our linguistic research for the benefit of the community by such means as developing orthographies and producing educational materials. Talks related to topics of this sort are especially welcome. For more information on the conference, see the conference website, http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/index.php?cf=19 , which is being constantly updated. The closing date for abstracts is 20 April 2008. To submit a title and abstract for a paper or to register, e-mail James McElvenny at james.mcelvenny at arts.usyd.edu.au .
Source: University of Sydney, Australia
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Title: Call for Papers: Academic Exchange Quarterly
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-2264.html Academic Exchange Quarterly (Fall 2008; Volume 12, Issue 3) is going to have a special edition that focuses on 'Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy.' This issue aims to explore helpful cutting-edge knowledge on second language acquisition and pedagogy. The target language may be any second/foreign language, including English as a second language (ESL). Both quantitative and qualitative studies are welcome. More specific topics encompass, but are not limited to 1. input and interaction 2. teacher talk (the language of instruction that second/foreign language teachers use in the classroom) 3. interlanguage or learner language analysis (i.e., error, discourse, pragmatics, and conversation analyses) 4. learner variables (such as motivation, personality characteristics, age, aptitude, and learning styles) 5. study abroad 6. task or content based instruction (including immersion program) 7. language for specific purposes (LSP) (including science and technology) 8. form-focused instruction 9. teaching cultural understanding in a second/foreign language class 10. teaching listening, speaking, reading, and/or writing skills. Submission deadline: May 31, 2008. For more information, go to http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/5lang.htm .
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Central Association of Russian Teachers of America Conference
Body: "Giving Voice: Discoveries, Methods, Ideas in the Russian Studies Classroom" Tenth Annual Conference Central Association of Russian Teachers of America April 4-6, 2008 Colcord Hotel, Oklahoma City, OK For more information, go to http://carta.us .
Source: CARTA
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Title: 2008 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition
Body: 2008 AERA Annual Meeting and Exhibition Monday, March 24 - Friday, March 28 New York, NY 2008 AERA Program Theme: Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility For more information about the conference and to register, go to http://www.aera.net/meetings/Default.aspx?menu_id=22&id=50 .
Source: AERA
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Title: Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference
Body: The conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese (CATJ) will be held May 31 - June 1, 2008 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The theme of the conference is "Towards Advanced Japanese Language Proficiency." More information is available at http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/catj2008 .
Source: CALPER E-News
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Title: Japanese Association of Language Teachers CALL Conference (JALTCALL 2008)
Body: JALTCALL 2008 International Conference May 31st - June 1st, 2008 Nagoya, Japan New Frontiers in CALL: Negotiating Diversity For more information, go to http://jaltcall.org/content/course/view.php?id=14 .
Source: JALTCALL
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Title: CALPER Summer Workshops at Penn State
Body: CALPER Summer Workshops at Penn State CALPER E-News During June, the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research will again hold a series of one–day and two-day workshops for language educators on the Penn State campus. This year, they offer seven workshops on a range of topics: June 20 Projects in Foreign Language Courses Projects are a way of bringing culture into the foreign language classroom in a meaningful way. In this workshop, participants will become familiar with developing appropriate projects for their students, how to design them, and how to assess their students' language development and content learning. June 21 Language Portfolios In this workshop participants will be guided through the process of using a language portfolio with their students to assess development. As well as learning about key elements of portfolio assessment, participants will work through activities that promote reflective learning in their students and strategies that encourage self-assessment of their students. Detailed information on LinguaFolio and the European Language Portfolio will also be provided. June 23-24 Investigating Real Language The workshop covers the basics of building language corpora (collections of texts) and how to analyze them using simple software. There will be hands-on opportunities to work with spoken, written, and learner corpora. You will see a demonstration and be able to use the new CALPER GOLD software where you can build and analyze your own corpus. June 23-24 New Technologies for Language Teaching and Learning This workshop will focus on recent and emerging technologies as they relate to the needs of foreign language teachers and learners. Specific areas include: new media literacies and self-expression in Internet-mediated communication, the use of the Internet to foster language learning through intercultural dialogues, and the use of a number of multi-modal Internet tools and environments including blogs, wikis, chat, online gaming, podcasting, and data driven learning pedagogies supported by online corpus tools. June 25-26 Challenges in Teaching Heritage and Domestic Language Learners This workshop will focus on the challenges that language teachers face as they seek to meet the linguistic, cultural and instructional needs of both heritage and domestic language learners enrolled in post-secondary Less-Commonly-Taught-Language (LCTL) courses. June 25-26 Investigating Language Use in Study Abroad Participants in this workshop will explore three trends in research on language learning in study abroad: 1) investigation of sociolinguistic and pragmatic aspects of language development; 2) scrutiny of communicative settings, including the classroom and the home stay; and 3) inquiry into language socialization and learner identity. June 27-28 Dynamic Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom Foreign language educators and testers have been exploring ways of bringing instruction and assessment closer together. Dynamic Assessment is an innovative response to this issue whereby instruction and assessment are unified into a single process that not only reveals learners' language ability but at the same time helps them move beyond this ability to higher levels of development. In this workshop, participants will become familiar with the basics of dynamic assessment, including its theoretical framework. Participants will have the opportunity to do practical work with DA procedures. Deadline for registration is: June 9, 2008. More information is available at http://calper.la.psu.edu/profdev.php?page=workshops .
Source: CALPER E-News
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Title: Vermont Workshop: World Languages Vertical Teaming and Curriculum
Body: From http://www.vfla.org/events.htm World Languages Vertical Teaming and Curriculum Articulation Dates: June 25 - June 28, July 2 from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. and September 10, 2007 from 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. Instructor: Ann J. Sorrell Description: World Language Teachers, in vertical school district teams, will use backward planning to articulate curriculum so that students reach a high level of target language proficiency during their study of world language in their respective districts. ACTFL Guidelines, National Standards in Foreign Language for the 21st Century, Grade Expectations for Vermont’s Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities and the Advanced Placement Language and Literature suggested curricula. will be used to help in backward planning. Grade Level: K- 12 Location: South Burlington HS – World Language Lab Room 111 at 550 Dorset Street, South Burlington, Vermont. Cost: $850.00 for CVEDC/ ESA Members and $900 for Non-Members Credits: 3 UVM Enrollment Limit: 20 For detailed information please see the CVEDC website Register on-line: http://cvedc.champlain.edu
Source: VFLA
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Title: LCTL Teacher Stipends for CARLA Summer Institutes
Body: To support the improvement of instruction of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs), the University of Minnesota's National Resource Centers offer a limited number of $600 stipends for LCTL teachers to help defray the cost of attending any of the CARLA summer institutes. The University NRCs––the Consortium for the Study of the Asias (CSA), the European Studies Consortium (ESC) and the Institute for Global Studies (IGS)––are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and sponsor this program as part of their mission to support LCTL teachers. Applications are due by April 11, 2008. European LCTL teachers see: http://www.esc.umn.edu/CARLA.htm Asian LCTL teachers see: http://asias.umn.edu/funding/k16.html All other LCTLs see: http://igs.cla.umn.edu/outreach/language.html For more details about the stipend program see: http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/scholarships.html For descriptions and dates of CARLA summer institutes, see http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/2008/schedule.html .
Source: CARLA
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Title: Gilman Scholarship Program Announcement
Body: The Gilman International Scholarship Program provides awards of up to $5,000 for U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad for up to one academic year. The program aims to diversify the kinds of student who study abroad and the countries and regions where they go. The program serves students who have been under-represented in study abroad. The Gilman Program seeks to assist students from a diverse range and type of two-year and four-year public and private institutions from all 50 states. The Gilman Program is pleased to announce an increase in the amount of awards to be given this academic year. Additionally, an increased number of $3000 Critical Need Language Supplements are available for students studying a critical need language for a total possible award of $8000. A list of eligible languages can be found on the Gilman website at http://www.iie.org/gilman. Eligibility: Students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application and cannot be studying abroad in a country currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba. Fall 2008/Academic Year 2008-2009 Application Open - Deadline: April 15, 2008. For more information, full eligibility criteria and the online application visit: http://www.iie.org/gilman .
Source: Institute of International Education
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