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Title: Update on Discontinuation of 3 AP Courses
Body: As you are aware, the College Board announced this past spring the discontinuation of three AP courses after their May 2009 exam administrations: AP Computer Science AB, AP French Literature, and AP Latin Literature. In response to concerns we heard from AP teachers about the impact this decision could have to other courses in the discipline, we have sent a letter to principals explaining the decision and providing recommendations for ways that schools can realign their programs to best serve students who study these disciplines. This letter is being mailed to principals at schools that offer these courses, as well as district officials who participate in the course audit. It will arrive this week and early next week. Teachers are being advised of the letter through APCentral (available now), electronic discussion groups (later this week), and AP teacher newsletters (later this month). A copy of the letter can be found here: http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/ap-discontinuation-september-2008.pdf Please forward this information as appropriate to your constituents and/or feel free to post updates on your organization’s web site if desired. Note: External fund-raising efforts are under way in support of AP Italian, and educators can expect an update by October 2008 announcing whether sufficient funds have been raised to ensure the future of that subject. Marcia Wilbur The College Board Executive Director, Curriculum & Content Development Advanced Placement Program 3700 Crestwood Parkway, Suite 700 Duluth, GA 30096 770.225.4079 770.225.4062 (fax)
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Title: Update on Discontinuation of 3 AP Courses
Body: As you are aware, the College Board announced this past spring the discontinuation of three AP courses after their May 2009 exam administrations: AP Computer Science AB, AP French Literature, and AP Latin Literature. In response to concerns we heard from AP teachers about the impact this decision could have to other courses in the discipline, we have sent a letter to principals explaining the decision and providing recommendations for ways that schools can realign their programs to best serve students who study these disciplines. This letter is being mailed to principals at schools that offer these courses, as well as district officials who participate in the course audit. It will arrive this week and early next week. Teachers are being advised of the letter through APCentral (available now), electronic discussion groups (later this week), and AP teacher newsletters (later this month). A copy of the letter can be found here: http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/ap-discontinuation-september-2008.pdf Please forward this information as appropriate to your constituents and/or feel free to post updates on your organization’s web site if desired. Note: External fund-raising efforts are under way in support of AP Italian, and educators can expect an update by October 2008 announcing whether sufficient funds have been raised to ensure the future of that subject. Marcia Wilbur The College Board Executive Director, Curriculum & Content Development Advanced Placement Program 3700 Crestwood Parkway, Suite 700 Duluth, GA 30096 770.225.4079 770.225.4062 (fax)
Source: OFLA
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Title: Meta-site: Native Languages of the Americas
Body: From http://www.native-languages.org Native Languages of the Americas is a small non-profit organization dedicated to the survival of Native American languages, particularly through the use of Internet technology. This site is a compendium of online materials about more than 800 indigenous languages of the Western Hemisphere and the people that speak them. Visit this website and its numerous links at http://www.native-languages.org .
Source: Native Languages of the Americas
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Title: Meta-site: Native Languages of the Americas
Body: From http://www.native-languages.org Native Languages of the Americas is a small non-profit organization dedicated to the survival of Native American languages, particularly through the use of Internet technology. This site is a compendium of online materials about more than 800 indigenous languages of the Western Hemisphere and the people that speak them. Visit this website and its numerous links at http://www.native-languages.org .
Source: Native Languages of the Americas
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Title: Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2008
Body: From http://www.jflalc.org/?act=tpt&id=23 In response to this growing demand, The Japan Foundation and the Association of International Education, Japan have devised the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test and administered it since 1984 both in Japan and abroad. 2008 JLPT TEST DATE: Sunday, December 7th, 2008 REGISTRATION PERIOD: August 1 at 10:00AM (PDT) through September 26 at 5:00 PM (PDT). To register, go to http://www.jflalc.org/?act=tpt&id=23 .
Source: Japan Foundation
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Title: Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2008
Body: From http://www.jflalc.org/?act=tpt&id=23 In response to this growing demand, The Japan Foundation and the Association of International Education, Japan have devised the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test and administered it since 1984 both in Japan and abroad. 2008 JLPT TEST DATE: Sunday, December 7th, 2008 REGISTRATION PERIOD: August 1 at 10:00AM (PDT) through September 26 at 5:00 PM (PDT). To register, go to http://www.jflalc.org/?act=tpt&id=23 .
Source: Japan Foundation
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Title: Japanese Teachers and Instructional Technology Listserv
Body: A listserv for Japanese Teachers and Instructional Technology is active and available to join at http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=JTIT-L . Postings are archived and available to search at http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=JTIT-L .
Source: JTIT-L
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Title: Japanese Teachers and Instructional Technology Listserv
Body: A listserv for Japanese Teachers and Instructional Technology is active and available to join at http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=JTIT-L . Postings are archived and available to search at http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=JTIT-L .
Source: JTIT-L
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Title: German Pop Star Helps Students Learn the Language
Body: From http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_258215355.html Most of the students taking German at Beverly High School don't consider themselves very good singers. But that's not stopping them from writing a song — in German — using professional recording equipment to create a CD, and then performing on stage with Sebastian Krumbieael, a lead singer for the band Die Prinzen (The Princes) and a famous German rock star who's flying in for a special concert at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School with the kids. In a whirlwind week, Beverly High School became the first high school in the country to try out the program, which is designed to teach German to American students using music and pop culture. The German musicians will be at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School this week. Read the entire article at http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_258215355.html . More information about this program is available from the Goethe Institut at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/en3663407v.htm .
Source: The Salem News, Massachusetts
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Title: German Pop Star Helps Students Learn the Language
Body: From http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_258215355.html Most of the students taking German at Beverly High School don't consider themselves very good singers. But that's not stopping them from writing a song — in German — using professional recording equipment to create a CD, and then performing on stage with Sebastian Krumbieael, a lead singer for the band Die Prinzen (The Princes) and a famous German rock star who's flying in for a special concert at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School with the kids. In a whirlwind week, Beverly High School became the first high school in the country to try out the program, which is designed to teach German to American students using music and pop culture. The German musicians will be at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School this week. Read the entire article at http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_258215355.html . More information about this program is available from the Goethe Institut at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/en3663407v.htm .
Source: The Salem News, Massachusetts
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Title: German Award of Excellence
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/lhr/wer/aoe/deindex.htm The annual contest, the Award of Excellence, is gearing up. The Goethe Institut expects to send out materials for the contest by the end of October so teachers have time to plan the materials into your curriculum. For those who are not already registered, the Award of Excellence is contest in which teachers show a DVD to their students, which examines one facet of German culture. The students in turn have to answer questions based on the video, and the instructor sends back an entry form based on these results. Schools across the U.S. and Canada have taken part in this contest, and in the past, we've had numbers exceeding 80,000 students. The grand prize is a trip to Germany and a free course at a Goethe-Institut. Participating schools will also receive consolation prizes just for taking part. If you are interested in participating or would like more information, please visit our website: www.goethe.de/aoe . If you have not yet registered, there is a link to form where you can submit your school's profile information on the online form. Information about this year's contest is online on the main page under the '2008-2009' section. The topic for this year is the environment.
Source: Goethe-Institut
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Title: German Award of Excellence
Body: From http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/lhr/wer/aoe/deindex.htm The annual contest, the Award of Excellence, is gearing up. The Goethe Institut expects to send out materials for the contest by the end of October so teachers have time to plan the materials into your curriculum. For those who are not already registered, the Award of Excellence is contest in which teachers show a DVD to their students, which examines one facet of German culture. The students in turn have to answer questions based on the video, and the instructor sends back an entry form based on these results. Schools across the U.S. and Canada have taken part in this contest, and in the past, we've had numbers exceeding 80,000 students. The grand prize is a trip to Germany and a free course at a Goethe-Institut. Participating schools will also receive consolation prizes just for taking part. If you are interested in participating or would like more information, please visit our website: www.goethe.de/aoe . If you have not yet registered, there is a link to form where you can submit your school's profile information on the online form. Information about this year's contest is online on the main page under the '2008-2009' section. The topic for this year is the environment.
Source: Goethe-Institut
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Title: Oktoberfest Resources
Body: Here are some resources for Oktoberfest: -An official Oktoberfest website available in English or German with all sorts of facts and information about Oktoberfest is available at http://www.oktoberfest.de . -The AATG Jugendliteratur website has materials at http://kjl.aatg.org/level3.htm . Scroll down to Oktoberfest (the topics are in alphabetical order). -Bayerischer Rundfunk Online has a German-language website dedicated to Oktoberfest and containing video and audio material, available at http://www.br-online.de/oktoberfest . -The Hueber Verlag has downloadable worksheets with Internet activities at http://www.hueber.de/seite/downloads_landeskunde_daf (scroll down to Okterberfest). --- An AATG listserv user suggests the following activity: Last year I created a 'scavenger hunt' of sorts asking for different facts from both the official Oktoberfest website and the city of Munich's tourism page... at the end the students had to write a one page 'story' of their imaginary trip to Oktoberfest (including which events they were most excited about, etc.) Pedregosa, C. Re: [AATG-L] Oktoberfest Assignment. American Association of Teachers of German listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 2 Sept 2008).
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Title: Oktoberfest Resources
Body: Here are some resources for Oktoberfest: -An official Oktoberfest website available in English or German with all sorts of facts and information about Oktoberfest is available at http://www.oktoberfest.de . -The AATG Jugendliteratur website has materials at http://kjl.aatg.org/level3.htm . Scroll down to Oktoberfest (the topics are in alphabetical order). -Bayerischer Rundfunk Online has a German-language website dedicated to Oktoberfest and containing video and audio material, available at http://www.br-online.de/oktoberfest . -The Hueber Verlag has downloadable worksheets with Internet activities at http://www.hueber.de/seite/downloads_landeskunde_daf (scroll down to Okterberfest). --- An AATG listserv user suggests the following activity: Last year I created a 'scavenger hunt' of sorts asking for different facts from both the official Oktoberfest website and the city of Munich's tourism page... at the end the students had to write a one page 'story' of their imaginary trip to Oktoberfest (including which events they were most excited about, etc.) Pedregosa, C. Re: [AATG-L] Oktoberfest Assignment. American Association of Teachers of German listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 2 Sept 2008).
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Title: Exhibit: A Day in Pompeii
Body: From http://www.discoveryplace.org/pompeii/home/pompeii-home.php A Day in Pompeii has only appeared in three U.S. cities with Charlotte being the fourth and final U.S. destination. Now journey back in time to experience everyday life in Pompeii the day before it vanished and marvel at precious and authentic pieces of ancient life. A Day in Pompeii is on exhibition from July 11, 2008 through January 4, 2009. For more information and to get tickets, go to http://www.discoveryplace.org/pompeii/home/pompeii-home.php . Looking for more Pompeii resources? A good starting point is Jim Deem’s Pompeii Page website, available at http://www.jamesmdeem.com/page.pompeii.htm .
Source: Discovery Place
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Title: Exhibit: A Day in Pompeii
Body: From http://www.discoveryplace.org/pompeii/home/pompeii-home.php A Day in Pompeii has only appeared in three U.S. cities with Charlotte being the fourth and final U.S. destination. Now journey back in time to experience everyday life in Pompeii the day before it vanished and marvel at precious and authentic pieces of ancient life. A Day in Pompeii is on exhibition from July 11, 2008 through January 4, 2009. For more information and to get tickets, go to http://www.discoveryplace.org/pompeii/home/pompeii-home.php . Looking for more Pompeii resources? A good starting point is Jim Deem’s Pompeii Page website, available at http://www.jamesmdeem.com/page.pompeii.htm .
Source: Discovery Place
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Title: Profeland: Videos for Spanish Teachers
Body: A collection of videos organized by topic and language level for teaching Spanish is available at http://profeland.blogspot.com . The levels are referenced to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. You can learn more about this framework at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages .
Source: Profeland
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Title: Profeland: Videos for Spanish Teachers
Body: A collection of videos organized by topic and language level for teaching Spanish is available at http://profeland.blogspot.com . The levels are referenced to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. You can learn more about this framework at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages .
Source: Profeland
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Title: Spanish Language News for Spanish Language Learners
Body: From http://www.spanishnewsbites.com Spanish NewsBites is a free language-learning website designed to help people learn Spanish. * Three to four times a week, they choose a news story from Spain or Latin America and adapt it for language learners. Often, it's the kind of story you won't easily find anywhere in English. * Then they add mouse rollover translation into English of key vocabulary. * Then they prepare an audio transcript of the text. This can be done straight from your browser, or it can be downloaded as an MP3 file. * Then they add a PDF file of the text and glossary, so you can print it out and take it away with you. * Then they add links which we think will give a little further context and generally enhance your reading. * Then they add an online self-correction exercise. * The news stories are classified into categories by theme or by Spanish level - beginner, intermediate or advanced. So you can choose what you read according to your interests or your level. To learn more and to try it out, go to http://www.spanishnewsbites.com .
Source: Spanish NewsBites
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Title: Spanish Language News for Spanish Language Learners
Body: From http://www.spanishnewsbites.com Spanish NewsBites is a free language-learning website designed to help people learn Spanish. * Three to four times a week, they choose a news story from Spain or Latin America and adapt it for language learners. Often, it's the kind of story you won't easily find anywhere in English. * Then they add mouse rollover translation into English of key vocabulary. * Then they prepare an audio transcript of the text. This can be done straight from your browser, or it can be downloaded as an MP3 file. * Then they add a PDF file of the text and glossary, so you can print it out and take it away with you. * Then they add links which we think will give a little further context and generally enhance your reading. * Then they add an online self-correction exercise. * The news stories are classified into categories by theme or by Spanish level - beginner, intermediate or advanced. So you can choose what you read according to your interests or your level. To learn more and to try it out, go to http://www.spanishnewsbites.com .
Source: Spanish NewsBites
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