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Title: Article: Doyle Plan Would Give $250K to Preserve Indian Languages
Body: From http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/03/02/doyle_plan_would_giv.php Doyle plan would give $250K to preserve Indian languages Governor hopes to keep culture alive, GOP has concerns by Alicia Yager March 2, 2009 As part of his budget proposal, Gov. Jim Doyle set aside $250,000 a year to help the state’s Native American tribes preserve their endangered languages. The funding will go toward an existent competitive grant program for school districts and cooperative educational service agencies who work with tribal education authorities to support instruction in Native American languages, according to Doyle spokesperson Lee Sensenbrenner. “This [program] is something unique to Wisconsin that the governor saw an opportunity to protect and save,” Sensenbrenner said. Read the entire article at http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/03/02/doyle_plan_would_giv.php .
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Title: Article: Doyle Plan Would Give $250K to Preserve Indian Languages
Body: From http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/03/02/doyle_plan_would_giv.php Doyle plan would give $250K to preserve Indian languages Governor hopes to keep culture alive, GOP has concerns by Alicia Yager March 2, 2009 As part of his budget proposal, Gov. Jim Doyle set aside $250,000 a year to help the state’s Native American tribes preserve their endangered languages. The funding will go toward an existent competitive grant program for school districts and cooperative educational service agencies who work with tribal education authorities to support instruction in Native American languages, according to Doyle spokesperson Lee Sensenbrenner. “This [program] is something unique to Wisconsin that the governor saw an opportunity to protect and save,” Sensenbrenner said. Read the entire article at http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/03/02/doyle_plan_would_giv.php .
Source: Badger-Herald, Madison, Wisconsin
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Title: Pearson Unveils New Automated Test of Spoken Arabic
Body: From http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2179034.htm Pearson Unveils New Automated Test of Spoken Arabic, Developed for U.S. Defense Language Institute: Arabic Language Assessment Developed Using Patented Speech Evaluation Technologies February 24, 2009 Today Pearson unveiled a new automated test of spoken Arabic that will allow organizations to accurately and efficiently evaluate the language skills of candidates for employment or participants in language training programs. The new language assessment is now commercially available for government agencies, corporations or universities to use for evaluating spoken Arabic language skills. Test takers are measured for proficiency in sentence mastery, vocabulary, fluency and pronunciation in spoken Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). The Versant Arabic Test can be taken on any landline telephone or on a computer, with no scheduling requirement, and lasts about 15 minutes. Results are available online shortly after the test is completed. Read the full press release at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2179034.htm . For more information about the test, visit http://www.ordinate.com .
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Title: Pearson Unveils New Automated Test of Spoken Arabic
Body: From http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2179034.htm Pearson Unveils New Automated Test of Spoken Arabic, Developed for U.S. Defense Language Institute: Arabic Language Assessment Developed Using Patented Speech Evaluation Technologies February 24, 2009 Today Pearson unveiled a new automated test of spoken Arabic that will allow organizations to accurately and efficiently evaluate the language skills of candidates for employment or participants in language training programs. The new language assessment is now commercially available for government agencies, corporations or universities to use for evaluating spoken Arabic language skills. Test takers are measured for proficiency in sentence mastery, vocabulary, fluency and pronunciation in spoken Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). The Versant Arabic Test can be taken on any landline telephone or on a computer, with no scheduling requirement, and lasts about 15 minutes. Results are available online shortly after the test is completed. Read the full press release at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2179034.htm . For more information about the test, visit http://www.ordinate.com .
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Title: Pinyin Info Website
Body: From http://pinyin.info/index.html This website is aimed at contributing to a better understanding of the Chinese languages and how romanization can be used to write languages traditionally associated with Chinese characters (such as Japanese, Korean, and especially Mandarin Chinese). The website is available at http://pinyin.info/index.html .
Source: Pinyin Info
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Title: Pinyin Info Website
Body: From http://pinyin.info/index.html This website is aimed at contributing to a better understanding of the Chinese languages and how romanization can be used to write languages traditionally associated with Chinese characters (such as Japanese, Korean, and especially Mandarin Chinese). The website is available at http://pinyin.info/index.html .
Source: Pinyin Info
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Title: Database of Summer Programs in the US in Russian, other Slavic, and Eastern European Languages
Body: From http://www.american.edu/research/CCPCR The American University Committee on College and Pre-College Russian maintains a database of stateside summer programs in Russian, other Slavic, and Eastern European languages at http://www.american.edu/research/CCPCR/Summer%20programs.htm .
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Title: Database of Summer Programs in the US in Russian, other Slavic, and Eastern European Languages
Body: From http://www.american.edu/research/CCPCR The American University Committee on College and Pre-College Russian maintains a database of stateside summer programs in Russian, other Slavic, and Eastern European languages at http://www.american.edu/research/CCPCR/Summer%20programs.htm .
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Title: Alle Lernen Deutsch: German Multicultural Resources
Body: From http://www.ald.aatg.org The AATG "Alle lernen Deutsch" Committee is devoted to promoting awareness of the diversity and multiculturalism in the German-speaking world. The materials on their website are designed to provide teachers of German with up-to-date information designed to be used in the classroom to present an accurate picture of the incredibly diverse face of the populations of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other German-speaking communities around the world. Under "Resources" you will find current facts and figures, as well as texts, images, links, slide presentations, and lesson plans to help you teach your students about the exciting reality of German language and culture within the global community. Visit the Alle lernen Deutsch website at http://www.ald.aatg.org .
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Title: Alle Lernen Deutsch: German Multicultural Resources
Body: From http://www.ald.aatg.org The AATG "Alle lernen Deutsch" Committee is devoted to promoting awareness of the diversity and multiculturalism in the German-speaking world. The materials on their website are designed to provide teachers of German with up-to-date information designed to be used in the classroom to present an accurate picture of the incredibly diverse face of the populations of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other German-speaking communities around the world. Under "Resources" you will find current facts and figures, as well as texts, images, links, slide presentations, and lesson plans to help you teach your students about the exciting reality of German language and culture within the global community. Visit the Alle lernen Deutsch website at http://www.ald.aatg.org .
Source: AATG
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Title: Ides of March Resources
Body: A Latinteach user suggests the following Ides of March resources: http://latinteach.blogspot.com/2008/03/better-late-than-never-beware-ides.html (National Public Radio broadcast archives featuring the Ides of March. Also pages from the BBC mostly having to do with the Shakespeare play.) http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/acans/caesar/Home.htm The Coinage of Julius Caesar from the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney Some Teaching Caesar resources are here: http://www.latinteach.com/Site/RESOURCES/Entries/2008/7/17_Teaching_Caesar.html or http://www.latinteach.com (Click on Resources, then Teaching Caesar) [Latinteach] The Ides of March. The Teaching of the Latin Language listserv (latinteach@nxport.com, 4 Mar 2009).
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Title: Ides of March Resources
Body: A Latinteach user suggests the following Ides of March resources: http://latinteach.blogspot.com/2008/03/better-late-than-never-beware-ides.html (National Public Radio broadcast archives featuring the Ides of March. Also pages from the BBC mostly having to do with the Shakespeare play.) http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/acans/caesar/Home.htm The Coinage of Julius Caesar from the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney Some Teaching Caesar resources are here: http://www.latinteach.com/Site/RESOURCES/Entries/2008/7/17_Teaching_Caesar.html or http://www.latinteach.com (Click on Resources, then Teaching Caesar) [Latinteach] The Ides of March. The Teaching of the Latin Language listserv (latinteach@nxport.com, 4 Mar 2009).
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Title: The Latin Library: Online Texts
Body: From http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/about.html The Latin Library contains links to online classical texts. These texts have been drawn from different sources. Many were originally scanned and formatted from texts in the Public Domain. Others have been downloaded from various sites on the Internet (many of which have long since disappeared). Most of the recent texts have been submitted by contributors around the world. Access the texts at http://www.thelatinlibrary.com .
Source: The Latin Library
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Title: The Latin Library: Online Texts
Body: From http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/about.html The Latin Library contains links to online classical texts. These texts have been drawn from different sources. Many were originally scanned and formatted from texts in the Public Domain. Others have been downloaded from various sites on the Internet (many of which have long since disappeared). Most of the recent texts have been submitted by contributors around the world. Access the texts at http://www.thelatinlibrary.com .
Source: The Latin Library
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Title: Core French Research Bibliography Now Online
Body: The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers research bibliography contains approximately 290 annotated entries of both published and unpublished works (theses, articles, books, reports and ministerial documents) focusing on Core French and Intensive French research from 1986 to 2006. This is a new addition to their growing Web site and they hope it will be useful to help educators and researchers. Consult the bibliography at http://www.caslt.org/what-we-do/what-we-do-resources-research_en.php .
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Title: Core French Research Bibliography Now Online
Body: The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers research bibliography contains approximately 290 annotated entries of both published and unpublished works (theses, articles, books, reports and ministerial documents) focusing on Core French and Intensive French research from 1986 to 2006. This is a new addition to their growing Web site and they hope it will be useful to help educators and researchers. Consult the bibliography at http://www.caslt.org/what-we-do/what-we-do-resources-research_en.php .
Source: CASLT
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Title: Spanish Weather Resources
Body: From http://www.bablingua.com Bablingua has a new video available for Spanish language teachers who are looking for new materials to teach the weather. They have just published a new video that shows the weather news in Spanish. That video also comes with audio and writing activities, and also four silent videos that your students can use to make their own weather news. You can preview it at www.bablingua.com If you're interested in receiving a free sample you must join their mailinglist.
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Title: Spanish Weather Resources
Body: From http://www.bablingua.com Bablingua has a new video available for Spanish language teachers who are looking for new materials to teach the weather. They have just published a new video that shows the weather news in Spanish. That video also comes with audio and writing activities, and also four silent videos that your students can use to make their own weather news. You can preview it at www.bablingua.com If you're interested in receiving a free sample you must join their mailinglist.
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Title: Spanish Resources at Centro Virtual RD
Body: From http://www.unsfrd.org A variety of Spanish resources is available at this Spanish professor’s website, including the following: -Grammar notes and charts at http://www.unsfrd.org/Apuntes/index.html -An extensive collection of useful links at http://www.unsfrd.org/Enlaces/index.html -Online tools at http://www.unsfrd.org/herramientas.htm And more. Visit the website at http://www.unsfrd.org/index.html .
Source: Centro Virtual RD
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Title: Spanish Resources at Centro Virtual RD
Body: From http://www.unsfrd.org A variety of Spanish resources is available at this Spanish professor’s website, including the following: -Grammar notes and charts at http://www.unsfrd.org/Apuntes/index.html -An extensive collection of useful links at http://www.unsfrd.org/Enlaces/index.html -Online tools at http://www.unsfrd.org/herramientas.htm And more. Visit the website at http://www.unsfrd.org/index.html .
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