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Title: Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program
Body: The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program provides opportunities for overseas experience. The program is open to educators and administrators with responsibilities for curriculum development in fields related to humanities, languages, and area studies. Topics and host countries of the seminars vary from year to year. All seminars are in non-western European countries. Seminars are designed to provide a broad and introductory cultural orientation to a particular country (ies). The program is geared towards those educators with little or no experience in the host country (ies) who demonstrate the need to develop and enhance their curriculum through short-term study and travel abroad. There are nine seminars being offered for Summer 2009 with 16 positions per seminar, subject to the availability of funds. Seminars take place from late June to mid-August for a duration of four to six weeks. Application deadline: September 12, 2008 For more information, go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/sapfacts.html .
Source: OELA
Inputdate: 2008-06-08 11:21:36
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Title: Latin Teachers Needed in Norfolk, Virginia
Body: Norfolk Public Schools in Norfolk, Virginia is still accepting applications for Latin teachers for the coming school year. They are expanding their Latin program and need qualified candidates to help make this exciting initiative succeed. Norfolk is an urban district located in the Southeast corner of Virginia, minutes from the Atlantic Ocean, and home to the world's largest Navy base. Interested parties can find more information and application materials on the district website at www.npsk12.com. If you would like further information about their program, you may contact Lisa Harris, Senior Coordinator for foreign language, at laharris@nps.k12.va.us or Dr. Shirley Hart in Human Resources at shart@nps.k12.va.us or at (757) 628-3905.
Source: FLTEACH
Inputdate: 2008-06-08 11:24:09
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Title: STARTALK: U.S. Critical Foreign Languages Effort Doubling
Body: U.S. Critical Foreign Languages Effort Doubling 32 States, 5 Languages May 12, 2008 A 32-state, national security effort to train both teens and teachers in critical foreign languages will more than double in size and scope this summer and include younger students, says the program's coordinator at the University of Maryland. The STARTALK Program - administered by the University of Maryland National Foreign Language Center with funding from the U.S. Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Defense - will offer 81 programs this summer in five critical languages: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian and Urdu, with space for more than 2,600 students and nearly 1,100 teachers. Read the entire release at http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/uniini/release.cfm?ArticleID=1659 .
Source: University of Maryland
Inputdate: 2008-06-08 11:25:06
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Title: Articles: Jerome White Jr. Is Popular in Japan
Body: Two articles about Jerome White Jr., a young man from Pittsburgh, PA, who is finding success in Japan singing enka ballads with a hip-hop style, are available: A Far Cry From Home: An American Puts a Fresh Spin On Japan's Saddest Pop Songs By Blaine Harden Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, May 28, 2008 available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052703079.html . The Next Page: Our man in Japan -- Jero Pittsburgh Post-Gazette May 25, 2008 available at http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08146/884455-109.stm . Jero’s Japanese-language blog is available at http://blog.goo.ne.jp/jeroenka .
Source: Various
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Title: Film Series "Tatsuya Nakadai: Icon of Japanese Cinema" in New York and Washington D.C.
Body: Film Series "Tatsuya Nakadai: Icon of Japanese Cinema" 6/20-8/7 New York and Washington D.C. FILM FORUM and the Japan Foundation are proud to welcome Tatsuya Nakadai to the U.S. for the opening week of the retrospective and related events. Mr. Nakadai will be accompanied by his close friend Teruyo Nogami, right hand of director Akira Kurosawa for almost 50 years and a legend in her own right. For events and screening schedule, please access: http://www.filmforum.org/films/nakadai.html (Film Forum, New York) http://www.asia.si.edu/events/films.asp (Freer Gallery, Washington D.C.)
Source: Japan Foundation
Inputdate: 2008-06-08 11:28:07
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Title: Washington, D.C. Exhibition: Images of Germany
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/kue/bku/en3339719v.htm Images of Germany (Deutschlandbilder) Exhibition Thursday, 12 June – Friday, 29 August 2008 Goethe-Institut Washington Founded in Berlin in 1990 by seven renowned East German photographers, the Ostkreuz Photo Agency is now an established and acclaimed agency comprised of 17 members from the former East and West Germany. Focusing on different facets of German reality, this exhibition of works by eight members imparts an authentic, succinct view of the current political situation in Germany, and of the personal lifestyles and environments of Germans today. Visit the official website of the Ostkreuz Photo Agency at http://www.ostkreuz.de/index_e.html .
Source: Goethe-Institut
Inputdate: 2008-06-08 11:29:02
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Title: Spring 2008 Showcase of New German Books
Body: Twice yearly, German publishers schedule major releases of new titles and the staff of the Goethe-Institut Library selects those that have garnered special attention and critical acclaim. The result is a guide to the season’s best fiction, nonfiction, and children’s works, along with a few selections in English translation. Each Showcase feature contains a bibliographic citation, a summary of content, an excerpt from German literary reviews and biographical information about the author. The newly updated Showcase is available at http://www.goethe.de/showcase .
Source: Goethe-Institut
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Title: Nuntii Latini: Weekly News Broadcast in Classical Latin
Body: From http://www.yleradio1.fi/nuntii/id50.shtml Nuntii Latini - News in Latin - is a weekly review of world news in Classical Latin, the only international broadcast of its kind in the world, produced by YLE, the Finnish Broadcasting Company. Nuntii Latini is heard around the world on short or medium wave and via satellite on Radio Finland, the external service of the company. Nuntii Latini is now also available on the Internet, on RealAudio, at http://www.yleradio1.fi/nuntii . In Finland it is broadcast on the national FM network YLE Radio 1. For more information, go to http://www.yleradio1.fi/nuntii/id50.shtml .
Source: YLE
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Title: Webinar: Using Roman History to Help Learn Latin Reading Skills
Body: From http://eclassics.ning.com Using Roman History to Help Learn Latin Reading Skills June 12, 2008 at 3pm – On-line Emerita Latin teacher, Rose Williams, leads this two-hour session for Latin teachers interested in innovative ways to teach first- and second-year students how to approach reading Latin passages. For registration information, go to http://eclassics.ning.com/events .
Source: eClassics
Inputdate: 2008-06-08 11:32:23
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Title: 100 Most Common French Words
Body: A list of the most common 100 French words is available at http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/ss/mostcommonwords.htm?nl=1 .
Source: About.com
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