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Title: Call for Papers: National Association for Bilingual Education 2009
Body: From http://convention3.allacademic.com/one/nabe/nabe09/index.php?cmd=nabe09&id= The 38th Annual Conference of the National Association for Bilingual Education will be held on February 18-21, 2009 in Austin, Texas. In addition to the abstract guidelines set forth for the particular category to which you are applying, the NABE Reviewers will judge proposals based on the following criteria: * The relevance of the session to the needs of conference participants * The ability of the proposal to demonstrate innovative approaches * The interest level of the topic * The applicability to instruction * The relevance to current research * Quality of the proposal For more detailed information please visit the NABE Home Page at http://nabe.org .
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Title: Call for Papers: National Association for Bilingual Education 2009
Body: From http://convention3.allacademic.com/one/nabe/nabe09/index.php?cmd=nabe09&id= The 38th Annual Conference of the National Association for Bilingual Education will be held on February 18-21, 2009 in Austin, Texas. In addition to the abstract guidelines set forth for the particular category to which you are applying, the NABE Reviewers will judge proposals based on the following criteria: * The relevance of the session to the needs of conference participants * The ability of the proposal to demonstrate innovative approaches * The interest level of the topic * The applicability to instruction * The relevance to current research * Quality of the proposal For more detailed information please visit the NABE Home Page at http://nabe.org .
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Title: Call for Papers: Conference on and for Arabic Programs in US Military Academies and Government Institutes
Body: The US Naval Academy invites submissions of paper abstracts for a conference on U.S. Government Arabic Programs to be held at the U.S. Naval Academy February 19-21, 2009. The central topics of the conference are: •Impediments to the teaching and learning of Arabic •Assessment of Arabic students, classes and programs •Creative responses to the DOD framework for regional and cultural expertise In addition to these topics, we invite student demonstrations of Arabic skills and presentations of other academic and linguistic products by students of U.S. Government Arabic Studies programs. Please refer to the attachment below for detailed descriptions of conference topics and outlines for student participation. Please send proposal forms, including paper abstracts (approx. 200 words) and proposals for student demonstrations by October 25th, 2008 to: Conference on Arabic Toward Greater Expertise Clarissa Burt c/o Language and Culture Studies Department U.S. Naval Academy 589 McNair Rd. Stop 10-C Annapolis, MD 21402 410 293 6353 wk 410 293 2729 fax Or email burt@usna.edu Notifications of proposal acceptances will be sent by November 30th, 2008. Please indicate in your proposal the language (Arabic or English) in which you intend to deliver your paper. We wish to encourage the use of Arabic in this conference to the furthest possible extent, but proposals for presentations in English are most welcome. Student presenters from USAFA and USMC may be housed at USNA. Other participants requiring housing will be able to book hotel rooms within walking distance of the Naval Academy. There may be funds to help defray some of the travel costs of participation for some presenters. Details of such arrangements will be discussed in conjunction with acceptance of proposals for participation.
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Title: Call for Papers: Conference on and for Arabic Programs in US Military Academies and Government Institutes
Body: The US Naval Academy invites submissions of paper abstracts for a conference on U.S. Government Arabic Programs to be held at the U.S. Naval Academy February 19-21, 2009. The central topics of the conference are: •Impediments to the teaching and learning of Arabic •Assessment of Arabic students, classes and programs •Creative responses to the DOD framework for regional and cultural expertise In addition to these topics, we invite student demonstrations of Arabic skills and presentations of other academic and linguistic products by students of U.S. Government Arabic Studies programs. Please refer to the attachment below for detailed descriptions of conference topics and outlines for student participation. Please send proposal forms, including paper abstracts (approx. 200 words) and proposals for student demonstrations by October 25th, 2008 to: Conference on Arabic Toward Greater Expertise Clarissa Burt c/o Language and Culture Studies Department U.S. Naval Academy 589 McNair Rd. Stop 10-C Annapolis, MD 21402 410 293 6353 wk 410 293 2729 fax Or email burt@usna.edu Notifications of proposal acceptances will be sent by November 30th, 2008. Please indicate in your proposal the language (Arabic or English) in which you intend to deliver your paper. We wish to encourage the use of Arabic in this conference to the furthest possible extent, but proposals for presentations in English are most welcome. Student presenters from USAFA and USMC may be housed at USNA. Other participants requiring housing will be able to book hotel rooms within walking distance of the Naval Academy. There may be funds to help defray some of the travel costs of participation for some presenters. Details of such arrangements will be discussed in conjunction with acceptance of proposals for participation.
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Title: COFLT-WAFLT Fall Conference
Body: From http://www.coflt.net COFLT ・ WAFLT FALL CONFERENCE Cross-cultural Communication: Building a Better Future October 10-11, 2008 ・Vancouver WA Hilton Hotel For more information, go to the COFLT website at http://www.coflt.net/conferences.htm .
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Title: COFLT-WAFLT Fall Conference
Body: From http://www.coflt.net COFLT ・ WAFLT FALL CONFERENCE Cross-cultural Communication: Building a Better Future October 10-11, 2008 ・Vancouver WA Hilton Hotel For more information, go to the COFLT website at http://www.coflt.net/conferences.htm .
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Title: Hawai'i Association of Teachers of Japanese Fall Workshop 2008
Body: From http://eastasia.hawaii.edu/hatj Hawai'i Association of Teachers of Japanese Fall Workshop 2008 "Using Technology in Teaching and Learning Japanese" November 1, 2008 Kapiolani Community College RSVP by October 17, 2008. For more information, go to http://eastasia.hawaii.edu/hatj .
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Title: Hawai'i Association of Teachers of Japanese Fall Workshop 2008
Body: From http://eastasia.hawaii.edu/hatj Hawai'i Association of Teachers of Japanese Fall Workshop 2008 "Using Technology in Teaching and Learning Japanese" November 1, 2008 Kapiolani Community College RSVP by October 17, 2008. For more information, go to http://eastasia.hawaii.edu/hatj .
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Title: Bolchazy-Carducci Fall Webinars for Teaching Latin
Body: From http://www.bolchazy.com/webinars.html Whether you’re a new Latin teacher looking for teaching tips or a seasoned veteran seeking professional education credits for recertification, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers offers a diverse menu of options. More than just an online lecture, attendees can dialogue with each other and the speakers, view presentations, and explore teaching materials used by the speakers themselves. Sessions last approximately two hours, with a mid-point break. Upcoming webinars include the following: -Thurs., October 16, 4-6 EST (3-5 CST): “Oral Interpretation of Latin Poetry: The Delight of Latin Aloud” Robert P. Sonkowsky, University of Minnesota, Emeritus Professor of Classics -Tues., October 21, 7-9 EST (6-8 CST): “Unlocking Catullus” LeaAnn Osburn, Teacher Emerita and Helena Dettmer, University of Iowa -Thurs., Nov. 6, 3-5 EST (2-4 CST): “The Pleasures of Teaching Lucretius” Bonnie Catto, Assumption College For fuller descriptions of upcoming webinars and to register, go to http://www.bolchazy.com/webinars.html .
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Title: Bolchazy-Carducci Fall Webinars for Teaching Latin
Body: From http://www.bolchazy.com/webinars.html Whether you’re a new Latin teacher looking for teaching tips or a seasoned veteran seeking professional education credits for recertification, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers offers a diverse menu of options. More than just an online lecture, attendees can dialogue with each other and the speakers, view presentations, and explore teaching materials used by the speakers themselves. Sessions last approximately two hours, with a mid-point break. Upcoming webinars include the following: -Thurs., October 16, 4-6 EST (3-5 CST): “Oral Interpretation of Latin Poetry: The Delight of Latin Aloud” Robert P. Sonkowsky, University of Minnesota, Emeritus Professor of Classics -Tues., October 21, 7-9 EST (6-8 CST): “Unlocking Catullus” LeaAnn Osburn, Teacher Emerita and Helena Dettmer, University of Iowa -Thurs., Nov. 6, 3-5 EST (2-4 CST): “The Pleasures of Teaching Lucretius” Bonnie Catto, Assumption College For fuller descriptions of upcoming webinars and to register, go to http://www.bolchazy.com/webinars.html .
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Title: Position Announcement at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Body: The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs announces a opening for an Interim Director of the Excel Language Technology Center. This appointment will be for one year. Masters required, Ph.D. preferred, in a language-related field from an accredited college or university. Two to three years experience teaching foreign language at the university level and experience working in a professional capacity in a college/university language resource center are required. Experience and expertise in computer-aided instruction, multimedia, and other technologies for language learning is a plus. Salary is commensurate with experience and education. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, complete academic transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to: Diana Cook, Office of the Vice-Chancellor of Student Success, UCCS, P.O. Box 7150, Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150. The University of Colorado is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and encourages a diversity of applicants. Receipt of materials will be acknowledged by letter. Review of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled. For full job description and application requirements, visit their Web site at http://web.uccs.edu/affirm/fac.html. The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment.
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Title: Position Announcement at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Body: The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs announces a opening for an Interim Director of the Excel Language Technology Center. This appointment will be for one year. Masters required, Ph.D. preferred, in a language-related field from an accredited college or university. Two to three years experience teaching foreign language at the university level and experience working in a professional capacity in a college/university language resource center are required. Experience and expertise in computer-aided instruction, multimedia, and other technologies for language learning is a plus. Salary is commensurate with experience and education. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, complete academic transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to: Diana Cook, Office of the Vice-Chancellor of Student Success, UCCS, P.O. Box 7150, Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150. The University of Colorado is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and encourages a diversity of applicants. Receipt of materials will be acknowledged by letter. Review of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled. For full job description and application requirements, visit their Web site at http://web.uccs.edu/affirm/fac.html. The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment.
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Title: Jobs: University of Oregon Adjunct Positions: Arabic, Korean, Portuguese, Swahili
Body: The World Languages Academy, University of Oregon, is seeking qualified applicants for possible adjunct instructor positions in its Arabic, Korean, Portuguese, and Swahili language programs for the 2008/2009 academic year. Positions are part or full-time, limited duration appointments subject to possible renewal for up to three years, depending on need, funding and performance. Beginning salary $30,000/academic year. Applications will be accepted on a continuous basis, and interviews will be conducted as positions become available. Applicants must possess a minimum of the following qualifications: -Masters degree in a relevant foreign language, TESOL, Linguistics or a closely related field -Experience teaching in a college/university/public schools based foreign language program -Experience in communicative language methodology, task-based learning, and skills integration -Ability to develop and adapt classroom materials to meet students' needs -Proficiency using technology in classroom activities -Ability to work collaboratively as a member of an instructional team and faculty committee(s) -Native, or near-native proficiency in the respective language (Arabic, Korean, Portuguese, Swahili) Candidates with experience serving the needs of diverse populations are strongly desired. Please submit a complete vita, three references, and a letter of application describing how your qualifications, experience and professional interests demonstrate the above qualities and have prepared you for this position to: Jeff Magoto, Director Yamada Language Center 1236 University of Oregon Phone: (541) 346-4319 Fax: (541) 346-3917 Email: ylc@uoregon.edu The University of Oregon is an EO/AA/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity. The successful candidate will support and enhance a diverse learning and working environment.
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Title: Jobs: University of Oregon Adjunct Positions: Arabic, Korean, Portuguese, Swahili
Body: The World Languages Academy, University of Oregon, is seeking qualified applicants for possible adjunct instructor positions in its Arabic, Korean, Portuguese, and Swahili language programs for the 2008/2009 academic year. Positions are part or full-time, limited duration appointments subject to possible renewal for up to three years, depending on need, funding and performance. Beginning salary $30,000/academic year. Applications will be accepted on a continuous basis, and interviews will be conducted as positions become available. Applicants must possess a minimum of the following qualifications: -Masters degree in a relevant foreign language, TESOL, Linguistics or a closely related field -Experience teaching in a college/university/public schools based foreign language program -Experience in communicative language methodology, task-based learning, and skills integration -Ability to develop and adapt classroom materials to meet students' needs -Proficiency using technology in classroom activities -Ability to work collaboratively as a member of an instructional team and faculty committee(s) -Native, or near-native proficiency in the respective language (Arabic, Korean, Portuguese, Swahili) Candidates with experience serving the needs of diverse populations are strongly desired. Please submit a complete vita, three references, and a letter of application describing how your qualifications, experience and professional interests demonstrate the above qualities and have prepared you for this position to: Jeff Magoto, Director Yamada Language Center 1236 University of Oregon Phone: (541) 346-4319 Fax: (541) 346-3917 Email: ylc@uoregon.edu The University of Oregon is an EO/AA/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity. The successful candidate will support and enhance a diverse learning and working environment.
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Title: Job: Test Rater, ETS, Telecommute
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/19/19-2824.html The TOEIC test is the world's leading test of English-language proficiency in the international workplace. It measures the everyday English skills of people working in an international environment. ETS is launching the TOEIC Speaking and Writing Tests and is currently seeking qualified raters. Rater Tasks - Raters will score spoken or written constructed responses for the TOEIC test using a secured computer from their home or office. Raters will evaluate examinees' responses by using ETS's Online Scoring Network (OSN) system. Rater Training - Approved TOEIC raters will self-train using the online tutorial followed by certification. Successful certification for the operational version of TOEIC (called STOEIC) is required to become a rater. Certified raters will be eligible to score the practice test (TOEIC), operational test (STOEIC), and institutional test (ITOEIC). Work Schedule and Compensation - TOEIC rating sessions will be scheduled on a monthly basis. Raters will work in four- or eight-hour increments and earn $15 per hour. Raters are invited to score based upon test administrations and volumes. For more information and application instructions, go to http://linguistlist.org/issues/19/19-2824.html .
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Title: Job: Test Rater, ETS, Telecommute
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/19/19-2824.html The TOEIC test is the world's leading test of English-language proficiency in the international workplace. It measures the everyday English skills of people working in an international environment. ETS is launching the TOEIC Speaking and Writing Tests and is currently seeking qualified raters. Rater Tasks - Raters will score spoken or written constructed responses for the TOEIC test using a secured computer from their home or office. Raters will evaluate examinees' responses by using ETS's Online Scoring Network (OSN) system. Rater Training - Approved TOEIC raters will self-train using the online tutorial followed by certification. Successful certification for the operational version of TOEIC (called STOEIC) is required to become a rater. Certified raters will be eligible to score the practice test (TOEIC), operational test (STOEIC), and institutional test (ITOEIC). Work Schedule and Compensation - TOEIC rating sessions will be scheduled on a monthly basis. Raters will work in four- or eight-hour increments and earn $15 per hour. Raters are invited to score based upon test administrations and volumes. For more information and application instructions, go to http://linguistlist.org/issues/19/19-2824.html .
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Title: Article: County's Early Language Program Pays Off
Body: From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100100091.html?nav=rss_education County's Early Language Program Pays Off Enrollment, Fluency Up in Middle School By Michael Birnbaum October 2, 2008 The first students to be exposed to elementary Spanish classes in the Loudoun school system are now in ninth grade, and foreign language participation rates in middle school show the effects of the program. Spanish, long the most popular foreign language, hasn't grown in dominance over other languages, but total enrollment in language classes at the middle school level has surged, said Suzette F. Wyhs, who oversees foreign language instruction for the school district. Two years ago, before any of the students with elementary school Spanish had reached eighth grade, 16 percent of Loudoun eighth-graders did not take a foreign language. The number has plummeted. Wyhs said the figures suggest that students who have been through the elementary program are less intimidated about pursuing foreign language studies -- and with good reason, she said, pointing to research that shows that learning one nonnative language makes it easier to learn another. Read the entire article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100100091.html?nav=rss_education .
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Title: Article: County's Early Language Program Pays Off
Body: From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100100091.html?nav=rss_education County's Early Language Program Pays Off Enrollment, Fluency Up in Middle School By Michael Birnbaum October 2, 2008 The first students to be exposed to elementary Spanish classes in the Loudoun school system are now in ninth grade, and foreign language participation rates in middle school show the effects of the program. Spanish, long the most popular foreign language, hasn't grown in dominance over other languages, but total enrollment in language classes at the middle school level has surged, said Suzette F. Wyhs, who oversees foreign language instruction for the school district. Two years ago, before any of the students with elementary school Spanish had reached eighth grade, 16 percent of Loudoun eighth-graders did not take a foreign language. The number has plummeted. Wyhs said the figures suggest that students who have been through the elementary program are less intimidated about pursuing foreign language studies -- and with good reason, she said, pointing to research that shows that learning one nonnative language makes it easier to learn another. Read the entire article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100100091.html?nav=rss_education .
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Title: Editorial: Finding Our Way with Words
Body: From http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0810/worldlanguages.html Finding Our Way with Words Adapting to the global age means having a voice in it. Can America's schools break the language barrier? By Amanda Litvinov October 2008 What does it say about America that we are the only industrialized nation that routinely graduates high school students who speak only one language? Frankly, it says that if you want to talk to us—to do business with us, negotiate peace with us, learn from or teach us, or even just pal around with us—you'd better speak English. The fact that we're woefully behind in world language skills has long registered somewhere between, "Hmmm," and "Yeah, so?" on the national priority gauge. (Compare that to our panicky responses to indicators that we're not on top in math and science.) But the English-only-is-OK attitude may be on the way out. A series of wake-up calls relating to national security, diplomacy, and economics—for example, the scramble to find Arabic translators after 9/11 and the struggle federal agencies faced aiding the Gulf Coast's sizable Vietnamese community post-Katrina—elicited voices of concern from the business community, the Department of Defense, educators, and families, all dismayed by our collective ignorance of world languages and cultures. Read the entire article at http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0810/worldlanguages.html .
Source: NEA Today
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Title: Editorial: Finding Our Way with Words
Body: From http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0810/worldlanguages.html Finding Our Way with Words Adapting to the global age means having a voice in it. Can America's schools break the language barrier? By Amanda Litvinov October 2008 What does it say about America that we are the only industrialized nation that routinely graduates high school students who speak only one language? Frankly, it says that if you want to talk to us—to do business with us, negotiate peace with us, learn from or teach us, or even just pal around with us—you'd better speak English. The fact that we're woefully behind in world language skills has long registered somewhere between, "Hmmm," and "Yeah, so?" on the national priority gauge. (Compare that to our panicky responses to indicators that we're not on top in math and science.) But the English-only-is-OK attitude may be on the way out. A series of wake-up calls relating to national security, diplomacy, and economics—for example, the scramble to find Arabic translators after 9/11 and the struggle federal agencies faced aiding the Gulf Coast's sizable Vietnamese community post-Katrina—elicited voices of concern from the business community, the Department of Defense, educators, and families, all dismayed by our collective ignorance of world languages and cultures. Read the entire article at http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0810/worldlanguages.html .
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