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Title: Bilingual/ESL/Multicultural Education Resources
Body: An extensive annotated list of links to resources and full-text articles relating to bilingual, ESL, and multicultural education is available from the Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research. Visit this meta-site at http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/BEResources.html .
Source: Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research
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Title: Help for Parents Choosing a Second Language for their Child
Body: Here are some links to online resources to help parents who are choosing which second language they would like their child to learn: -An overview article from the Early Advantage website at http://www.early-advantage.com/articles/choosingthebestlanguage.aspx?adkey=17-5901 -An article about the relative difficulty of different languages for adult English speakers at http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/november/learningExpectations.html -Reasons to learn French from the AATF at http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/advofr.shtml -10 reasons to learn Spanish from Vistawide at http://www.vistawide.com/spanish/why_spanish.htm -German promotion from the AATG at http://www.aatg.org/content/view/256/44 -Why Chinese? from the Asia Society at http://www.askasia.org/chinese/whychinese.htm -The value of Latin in the middle school curriculum from the National Committee for Latin and Greek at http://www.promotelatin.org/latinmiddle.htm . -Why Study ASL is available from American Sign Language University at http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/whystudyasl.htm , and more information about ASL is available from the Deaf Resource Library at http://www.deaflibrary.org/asl.html .
Source: Various
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Title: Student’s Online Guide to Globalization
Body: From http://www.discoverlanguages.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4216 Globalization101.org provides students and teachers with information about interdisciplinary learning opportunities on this complex phenomenon. Check out the resources that include lesson plans, issue briefs, expert interviews, and news analyses. Featured also are the World Bank and IMF issue brief in Chinese and the Culture Issue Brief in Spanish. Visit this website at http://www.globalization101.org .
Source: Globalization101
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Title: 2009 ACTFL Student Video PODCAST Contest
Body: From http://www.discoverlanguages.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4754 This year the main focus of February as Discover Languages month will be encouraging students to reflect on the value of learning languages and the impact it has had on their lives. They can express their views in a one-minute video and teachers can easily upload the video to enter their students in the contest. Students over 18 years of age can enter on their own. Contest Theme: Languages for Life!! Contest Deadlines: Contest opens September 26, 2008. The video submission deadline is December 1, 2008. For more information, go to http://www.actflvideocontest.org .
Source: ACTFL
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Title: Hangman Word Games
Body: From http://www.mylanguageexchange.com From the website, which has games for at least 115 languages: Play Hangman word games in any language. Have fun while learning expressions, slang, proverbs, idioms and more. Create Hangman word games to exchange language and culture. Discuss each game using its message board. It's a fun way to learn, make friends or find language exchange partners for regular practice! Visit the hangman area at http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/Hangman.asp .
Source: My Language Exchange
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Title: Book: Opening Doors through Distance Language Education
Body: From https://calico.org Opening Doors through Distance Language Education: Principles, Perspectives, and Practices Editors: Senta Goertler and Paula Winke Published by CALICO View the table of contents and find out how to purchase this new book at https://calico.org/p-386-%20Distance%20Education.html .
Source: CALICO
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Title: Book: Language Learning Strategies in Independent Settings
Body: From http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781847690975&TAG=&CID= Language Learning Strategies in Independent Settings Edited by Stella Hurd and Tim Lewis Publisher: Multilingual Matters Summary: In recent years traditional, classroom-based language tuition has been increasingly overshadowed by innovative approaches, such as distance learning, supported independent learning and blended learning (with an online component). This volume examines the use of language learning strategies in a range of independent settings, and addresses key issues for independent learners such as autonomy, strategic awareness and self-regulation. Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781847690975&TAG=&CID= .
Source: Multilingual Matters
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Title: Guide: Celebrating the World's Languages: A Guide to Creating a World Languages Day Event
Body: From http://clear.msu.edu This publication provides a step-by-step guide to planning "World Languages Day," a university event for high school students designed to stimulate interest in learning languages and to highlight the importance of cultural awareness. Co-authored by personnel from CLEAR, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Minnesota, the guide gives perspectives and advice from three different universities. The guide is organized chronologically, outlining the steps needed to organize an event like World Languages Day at your institution. Download this guide for free at http://clear.msu.edu/clear/store/moreinfo.php?product_ID=47 . CLEAR will be giving a session “Opening Minds to the World through a ‘World Languages Day’” at ACTFL 2008, November 21-23 in Orlando, FL.
Source: CLEAR
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Title: Call for Papers: 2009 University of Oregon Conference on Biliteracy
Body: From http://biliteracy09.uoregon.edu/?action=content&ID=10 The College of Education Teacher Education Department at the University of Oregon seeks proposals for papers, discussion sessions, workshops, and symposia on all aspects that affect the educational and social experiences of English Learners (EL) and their communities. Proposals are are being considered for the 2009 University of Oregon Conference on Biliteracy, June 25-27, 2009 in Eugene, Oregon. Conference Theme: New Destinations Deadline for Submissions: January 15, 2009 For more information, go to http://biliteracy09.uoregon.edu/?action=content&ID=10 .
Source: University of Oregon
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Title: Call for Papers: Workshop on Automatic Analysis of Learner Language
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/19/19-3197.html CALICO '09 Pre-Conference Workshop on Automatic Analysis of Learner Language (AALL '09): From a better understanding of annotation needs to the development and standardization of annotation schemes March 10 or 11, 2008, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. In this workshop, we want to bring together researchers working on the analysis of learner language in the broad sense, including work on annotation schemes for learner corpora and NLP techniques used to detect learner errors and other learner language properties. Submission Deadline: December 1, 2008 For more information, go to http://linguistlist.org/issues/19/19-3197.html .
Source: LINGUIST List
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