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What's going to happen now that
the "2005: Year of Languages" initiative has ended?
Click on the logo above to find out.
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Five Day Spanish Class & TPRS
Workshop
Monday through Friday, August 18
- 22
Spanish Class - 8:30 a.m. - 12:00
p.m. (daily)
COST: $149 before June 1st; $199 after
June 1st
TPRS Workshop - 1:00 pm. (daily)
COST: $79 before June 1st; $99 after June
1st
Location: JFK Middle
School, 155 Raffia Road, Enfield, CT 06082
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Center for
Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER)
Summer Workshops
All workshops will be
held on campus from 9:00am - 4:30pm. Program Costs are $40
for a one-day and $80 for a two-day workshop.
Registration deadline is June 9, 2008. Descriptions and more
details are on our professional development page at our web
site at
http://calper.la.psu.edu/profdev.php.
June 20
Projects in Foreign Language Courses
Presenter: Gabriela Appel
June 21
Language Portfolios
Presenter: Gabriela Appel
June 23-24
Investigating Real Language (data-driven learning and on
assessing student language development)
Presenter: Michael McCarthy
June 23-24
New Technologies for Language Teaching and Learning
Presenters: Steven L. Thorne and Jonathon Reinhardt
June 25-26
Challenges in Teaching Heritage and Domestic Language
Learners
Presenters: Karen E. Johnson and Joan Kelly Hall
June 25-26
Investigating Language Use in Study Abroad
Presenter: Celeste Kinginger
June 27-28
Dynamic Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom
Presenters: James P. Lantolf and Matthew E. Poehner
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Spring Conference for Language
Teachers
Languages in the Community
Connecting the Language Classroom to the Multilingual Reality
Central CT State University
Vance Academic Center, Room 105
Saturday - April 26, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
For more information
about the conference
Registration
for this conference is now CLOSED!!!
Sponsored by the CCSU
Department of Modern Languages, the Italian Resource
Center, the CT Italian Teachers Association, the CT
Council of Language Teachers, the CT Association of
Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, the Center for the
Teaching of French, the Chinese Cultural Center, and the
Center for International Education, and the American
Association of Teachers of German - CT Chapter.
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Summer Institute
for Teachers of Spanish (SITS)
Central CT State University
June 27 to August 3, 2008
The Department of
Modern Languages at Central Connecticut State University
announces the 8th
session of its Summer Institute for Teachers of Spanish
(SITS) to be held at CCSU from June 27 to August 3, 2008.
For more
information and to download an application, please visit our
website at
http://www.modlang.ccsu.edu
and follow the link to SITS.
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Tea ching
about Global Child Labor and Human Trafficking Conference
at Drew University 4/25-26
Drew
University’s Master of Arts in Teaching Program (MAT)
and the International Center on Child Labor and
Education (ICCLE) are co-hosting a conference on
Teaching about Global Child Labor and Human Trafficking.
The
conference which is geared towards secondary Social
Studies, English and Spanish teachers, offers educators
the opportunity to meet and interview former child
laborers and trafficking victims, and attend a film
festival and lectures by top scholars and human rights
activists working in the field. The conference will
provide the first forum in the United States for
intensive training in the internationally acclaimed
interdisciplinary program SCREAM--Supporting Children’s
Rights through Education, the Arts and Media-- developed
by the International Labour Organization, International
Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO/IPEC).
SCREAM offers cutting edge pedagogy, ideal for adapting
and differentiating instruction to accommodate students’
different learning needs and styles.
The
highlight of the program will be the forum where former
child laborers from South America and trafficking
victims from the US will share their stories. These
stories will be videotaped for classroom use and
conference participants will develop teaching ideas to
accompany these narratives which will be published for
use in the schools.
Credits: 12.5 Professional
Development Hours (1.25 CEUs) available.
Location: Drew University, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison,
NJ
Date &Time: From 4/25/2008, 8:00 A.M. to 4/26/2008,
5:30, P.M.
Website:
www.depts.drew.edu/gsdean/mat/conference/2008.htm
Contacts:
Linda Swerdlow
Phone: (973) 408-3046
E-mail:
lswerdlo@drew.edu
OR
Beth Lindley
Phone: (202) 974-8124
E-mail:
blindley@iccle.org
For More Information
about this conference, click here.
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ACC-CLASS
SUMMER CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHERS INSTITUTE
FOR
NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF CHINESE
(FULL SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE)
INTRODUCTION
With a generous grant from the USED Fulbright-Hays GPA
program, Associated Colleges in China (ACC), in
collaboration with Chinese Language Teachers Association
of Secondary Schools (CLASS), is pleased to announce its
first Summer K-12 Chinese Teachers Institute to be held
in Beijing and Chengdu, China during June 30-August 5,
2008. This six-week summer institute will provide
refresher language courses, cultural lectures, and
pedagogical workshops to K-12 in-service and pre-service
Chinese language teachers whose first language is not
Chinese. Ten full scholarships will be awarded to highly
qualified participants to attend the program.
PROGRAM
FEATURES
Six-week refresher Chinese language courses focusing
on participants’ language skills through
a highly
interactive and performance-based curriculum.
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A series of well organized cultural lectures and
tours to expand participants’ knowledge of Chinese
culture.
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Bi-weekly pedagogical workshops on National Foreign
Language Standards, K12
curriculum
design, best teaching practices, classroom
process, teaching needs of non-native CFL teachers,
and assessment.
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Weekly experience sharing sessions, local school
visit, hands-on teaching practicum, task design,
lesson
planning, and portfolio and test design.
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Authentic teaching material collection and
development.
ELIGIBILITY
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A citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United
States who is not a native Chinese speaker.
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The
current status qualifies at least one of the following:
A
Chinese language teacher in an elementary or
secondary school in the US.
Ø A
graduate student or senior in an institution of
higher education, who is a prospective teacher of
Chinese language teachers or who has demonstrated a
strong commitment to K-12 Chinese language
education.
SCHOLARSHIPS
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Ten full scholarships available through a grant provided
to ACC by the Fulbright-Hays GPA Program.
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International travel up to $1500, program tuition,
in-country travel, and lodging in China will be covered.
APPLICATION
DEADLINE
April 10, 2008 -
For
more information and application materials, visit
www.hamilton.edu/academic/acc
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CANE Summer Institute
Revolution and Reaction:
Radical Changes and Continuities in the Ancient World
July 7 - 12,
2008
Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH
For the
last 26 years, CANE has presented a session of classes,
lectures by first class scholars and academic fellowship
on the campus of Dartmouth College in Hanover NH. The
program for 2008 concentrates on the idea of revolution
in all its aspects in the classical world and on the
continuing influence of the perspectives of the Greeks
and Romans on the many revolutionary movements in the
modern world.
For
more information about this institute, please click
here.
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Spanish
Office of Education Program:
North American Language and Culture Assistants
in Spanish Public Schools
The
Office of Education at Embassy of Spain sponsors the
program North American Language and Culture Assistants,
which allows students graduating from university this
school year to work in Spanish public schools as
classroom assistants for the next school year 2008-2009.
The application period has started and will be open
through April 15, 2008. There are more than 1,200
positions! Students interested can also directly access
the Spanish Office of Education link:
www.mec.es/exterior/en
and ones there it is in the Programs section.
Please click here for more information
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Travelessons
for Teachers--Grand Valley State University
Travel to
Spain, Mexico or France to increase your use and
knowledge of Spanish or French. Learn new methods to use
in the classroom. Immerse yourself in the country's
culture. Make new contacts with fellow teachers. Have
fun! These travel/study programs are in summer 2008 and
provide an opportunity for you to also earn graduate
credit. To learn more visit
www.gvsu.edu/training.
Email phelpsd@gvsu.edu
for additional information.
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CT COLT BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OPENINGS
CT COLT is looking for dynamic,
dedicated language teachers interested
in working on our board!
The following regional directorships
will be available
beginning July 1, 2007: Southeast Region.
You may apply or nominate another
CT COLT member by completing the "Board
of Directors Nomination Form,"
which can be found by
clicking on the link below.
Completed applications are due
ASAP. All
applications
will receive careful
consideration.
Board of
Directors Nomination Form
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Concordia Language Villages
Second Language Methodologies for World
Language Teachers
Four-credit Graduate Course June 22 – July2, 2008
Join language teachers from across the United States for
this ten-day four-credit graduate course at Concordia
Language Villages, Bemidji, Minnesota. Learn about and
discuss current practices and issues related to second
language teaching and learning. Observe the strategies
in action at one of the 15 Language Villages. The course
is open to all K-12 second language educators including
ESL educators, college educators with an interest in
K-12 second language methodologies, and pre-service
education majors.
Connecting Content With Language
Four-Credit Graduate Course for Teachers of Arabic and
Chinese
Concordia Language Villages is the site for a
STARTALK professional development program for teachers
of Arabic and Chinese. Participants will examine the
principles of content-based instruction and how these
principles can be applied to the Arabic and Chinese
language classrooms. The course for Arabic teachers is
June 22 – July 2 in Bemidji, Minnesota; the course for
Chinese teachers is August 3 -13 in Bemidji, Minnesota.
Full tuition scholarships are provided to participants
through the STARTALK program.
FOR INFORMATION ON ALL THESE PROGRAMS:
Call: 800.222.4750 Extension 8002
Email:
educators@cord.edu
Web:
http://clvweb.cord.edu/prweb/educators/teacher_seminar.asp
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UQAM University
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Montreal -
Canada
Université du
Québec à Montréal
Are you a teacher wanting to
practise your French intensively, expand your knowledge
of French culture and improve your teaching methods?
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Awesome Travel Opportunity to Oaxaca,
Mexico
Dates: June 30 - July 9th
(3 nights in Mexico City, 6
nights in Oaxaca)
Cost: $2,929.00 + $235.00 (US: tax/inspection fee)
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National
Endowment for the Humanities
Seminar for School Teachers for Summer,
2008
CITIZENSHIP AND CULTURE: FRENCH IDENTITY IN CRISIS
June 29 -
July 25, 2008
Dickinson College
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Co-Directors
Nancy Mellerski, Ph. D
Michael Kline, Ph. D
This
four-week seminar invites school teachers of French, social
studies and allied areas to explore the construction of
Republican identity in France and to study challenges to the
ideal, foundational French Republic since the Revolution of
1789. The goal will be to understand how France has evolved
over time through the unfolding of the master narrative of
French republicanism and nationhood. The seminar examines
the question of how French identity, as a product of the
centralizing heritage of Jacobinism, has been pressured by
the demands of ethnic and regional voices that are
increasingly demanding of recognition and autonomy. Two case
studies will guide us. The first concerns regional
identities and languages from the perspective of language
policy and the formation of the state, seen through
autobiographical writings and essays on regional culture and
in debates on the European Charter on Regional and Minority
Languages. The seminar will then look at how decolonization
has brought new pressures on Republican universalism as the
Muslim community asserts its cultural identity. For this
topic, 19th and 20th century fiction, essays and film will
culminate in discussion on both the "Headscarf Affair" and
the architecture of disaster and the social fracture,
leading to the riots of 2005, the most important dramas in
contemporary France. The final week of the seminar will
allow participants to create their own projects in French
cultural identity for the classroom and for professional
workshops. The seminar is conducted in French, providing a
linguistic immersion.
Participants receive a stipend of $3000. Graduate credit
granted and CEUs endorsed.
For detailed information and application forms please email:
mellersk@dickinson.edu
or
klinem@dickinson.edu
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An Interesting
Free World Language Related Web Site
Bill Zimmerman wants to share with you news of his newest
educational project and also ask for your help to make it
succeed.
A year ago he launched a new
web site --
http://
www.makebeliefscomix.com
-- where children and adults can create their own comic
strips. They can select from 15 fun characters with
different moods -- happy, sad, angry, worried – and write
words for blank talk and thought balloons to make their
characters talk and think. There also are story ideas and
prompts to help users create graphic stories.
This site can be used by educators to teach language,
reading and writing skills, and also for students in
English-as-a-Second-Language programs to facilitate
self-expression and storytelling, as well as computer
literacy. It is now being used in 150 countries by
educators.
Some educational therapists use it with deaf and autistic
people to help them understand concepts and communicate.
Parents and children can create stories together, print them
to create comic books or email them to friends and family.
Others will find the site a resource to be creative, calm
down and have fun.
Because so many Spanish-speaking users asked us for the
ability to write their cartoons in Spanish as well as in
English, we recently upgraded the site to accept words
written in Spanish, including appropriate accent marks. This
can be a useful tool for someone who is learning Spanish as
well as someone whose first language is Spanish. This
feature is being expanded to other languages, such as
French, Italian and German.
Mr. Zimmerman hopes that you
will share
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com
with your colleagues, teachers, students or readers of your
publications and resource lists. The site is free with no
advertising. Any help you might offer in getting word out
about this project will be greatly appreciated.
If you can suggest other people or groups whom he might
contact to make them aware of the site please send me their
names, email addresses or phone numbers. Any list-servs he
might join? Relevant Internet resource sharing groups would
be helpful, too. It takes a community to build a useful
resource like this one.
As one
who learned to read with comic books, he knows that creating
comic strips can help people tap into their creativity and
practice their language and storytelling skills. The site
is free and stems from his lifelong mission to create
resources that help people find their voice and express
themselves. The concept for makebeliefscomix.com
is derived from his earlier books, Make Beliefs
and Make Beliefs for Kids of All Ages (which can be
found on his other web site: http://www.billztreasurechest.com.
A Make Beliefs interactive feature appeared for 13 years on
his syndicated Student Briefing Page for Newsday, and in
National Geographic’s World Magazine.
He hope you like
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com
and will use it in your work
and personal life. Your feedback is welcome and very
helpful. Mr. Zimmerman may be reached at
wmz@aol.com.
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Southern Oregon
University's Summer Language Institute for Spanish Teachers
Please share the
attached brochure with any Spanish teachers you know who
might be interested in studying in Guanajuato, Mexico to:
(Click here to download the
brochure.)
a) Earn their
Master's degree over three summers
b) Obtain additional college credit to maintain state
certification, or
c) Update their current skills
Our program is
unique in that it offers an immersion experience and is
designed to meet the distinct needs of middle school, high
school, and community college Spanish teachers. The Summer
Language Institute combines pedagogy courses on second
language acquisition with language and culture courses to
allow our students to improve both their language
proficiency and cultural understanding while becoming better
teachers.
Students can
attend both or one of our three-week sessions:
1. June 22-July 11
2. July 13 - August 1
Application
deadline is February 15, 2008. Download an application and
find more information online at: www.sou.edu/summerlanguageinstitute
Please feel free
to contact me directly with any questions you may have.
Thank you,
Anne Connor, Ph.D.
SLI Director and Associate
Professor of Spanish
Southern Oregon University
(541) 552-6743
connora@sou.edu
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New Summer Immersion Program for Students
Starting in the Summer of 2008
Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy,
a new initiative building on the expertise of both
Middlebury College and the Monterey Institute of
International Studies, offers one-month language
immersions for middle and high school students in a
summer-camp setting. MMLA combines the fun of summer camp with the
opportunity to live in a foreign language, guided by skilled faculty
and staff. Next summer MMLA will offer four languages -- Arabic,
Mandarin Chinese, French, and Spanish. Each summer camp adapts the
renowned Middlebury Language Schools immersion with a curriculum and
activities developed specifically to create all the fun of summer
camp in the target language. The summer
camps will run June 28-July 26, 2008, at St. Michael's College near
Burlington, VT, Menlo College in Atherton, CA, and Hampshire College
in Amherst. MA (student participation at Hampshire is through the
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth).
Whether you're interested in becoming part of a cutting-edge
teaching team or have students who would love to join a vibrant
language community, you can find out more at
www.mmla.middlebury.edu or 802-296-2459.
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Summer Courses in Spain
The
Office of Education of the Embassy of Spain
has recently posted the list for summer
courses in Spain.
The classes are taught at prestigious
universities by university professors who
are specialists in each designated subject.
They encompass teaching and the practice of
various linguistic skills at different
levels of mastery over the Spanish language.
And additional activities are included both
as part of the courses and as optional
activities, such as culture classes, visits
to important sites, daytrips,
For general information, dates, and
registration, visit the following links:
http://www.mec.es/exterior/usa/es/programas/cursos/portada.shtml
http://www.mec.es/sgci/usa/en/programs/courses/index.shtml
or write for information to:
cursosprofesores.usa@mec.es
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Exchange
Students Coming to Connecticut
for Academic
Semester
Terra Lingua, USA, is a not-for-profit, educational
organization dedicated to promoting language education
and international understanding by providing family
homestay immersion experiences. We offer affordable and
quality cultural exchanges through an experienced and
caring network.
Through our foreign partners in Albania, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Ghana,
Ireland, Kosovo, Kyrgystan, Mongolia, Nepal, Russia,
South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and Viet Nam, we’ve helped
many young people discover a new appreciation for our
global community while enhancing their language skills.
We are currently seeking host families for the academic
semester beginning in January. Students speak English
and come with their own spending money and insurance.
They will join their host family in activities, and
daily routines while attending the local high school.
Their purpose is to master their English skills while
studying and learning about the American way of life.
Any family can be a host family. Families with or
without children, single or domestic partner households,
and empty-nesters are welcome to apply. The process is
easy. A simple application, references and criminal
background check and you’re ready to experience this
rewarding opportunity.
Please contact Kellie Iacovella,
CT State Representative at
TerraLinguaExchange@hotmail.com
for more information. We also invite you to
visit our website
www.TerraLinguaUSA.org.
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Full
Crossing
Cultures Senegal 2008
Crossing Cultures
offers a stimulating travel and educational program
focused on the French-speaking Republic of Senegal,
WestAfrica. The program dates for the 2008 Crossing
Cultures program are June 23 – July 8. It will be ID’s
19th program to Senegal.
Led by two
former Peace Corps volunteers, this well-established
program appeals to people in and out of academia. It
works well for those who want to experience family life
and community projects in the rural areas of this
diverse nation, and for those with special interests in
dance and music training, environment, government,
agriculture, language or education and health projects.
The Crossing
Cultures group is small, no more than five, allowing the
leaders to tailor activities to the participants’
interests. Reasonable cost. Extended stays for
volunteer work or field study can be facilitated. For
more information, contact:
Janet L. Ghattas, General Director
Intercultural Dimensions, Inc.
PO Box 391437
Cambridge MA 02139
Voice: 617 864 8442
E-mail: janet.ghattas@gmail.com
Website:
www.interculturaldimensions.org
Intercultural Dimensions, Inc.
is a tax-exempt 501(C)(3) educational organization.
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Creative Bridges for
Language Learning
is offering a unique hands-on/theory
immersion program; fun-filled with
unlimited exposure to language and culture,
on a variety of topics of interest that
embrace every one of the aspects related to
the Argentinean / Latino / Spanish culture such as:
Literature, Art, History, Music, Dance, Theater, and
Films; beneficial to educators at every level.
It is
designed to enhance teaching practices.
Participants will learn innovative teaching
strategies and how to create dynamic lessons that
incorporate authentic culture into daily instruction
based on their experiences.
We will create
DVDs with the field trips, workshops, dance classes,
and performances for sharing those incredible
experiences in meaningful ways with students,
teachers, and the community.
Participants
will have plenty of opportunities to enjoy one of
the most beautiful cities in the world!
New
Jersey Professional Development Provider# 4477
For
more information:
Creative Bridges for Language Learning
http://Connectionsdt.tripod.com/totalimmersion
(609) 895-2981
Creativebridges@aol.com
Creativebridgesinstitute@yahoo.com
Creative Bridges for Language
Learning is a non-profit organization.
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Last year, in an effort to
promote foreign languages, TFLTA
(Tennessee Foreign
Language Teaching Association)
sponsored a state-wide quilt project.
Their end result was
an amazing quilt which represented
several schools, elementary through university
levels in the state of
Tennessee.
This year, because
the TFLTA state
conference will be held in conjunction with
ACTFL, TFLTA is broadening
the scope of their original
project by making a “national” quilt.
They have encouraged
all the state organizations to send a quilt
square representing their
individual states.
The quilt squares from the
various states will then be made into a
quilt which will be on display in Nashville at
the ACTFL convention in November.
Above you will see CT COLT's contribution to
this national quilt that will be on display at
the ACTFL convention in Nashville, Tennessee.
CT COLT's quilt square was designed and created
by Lynne Campbell (Glastonbury Public Schools),
the ACTR representative to the CT COLT board of
directors. Great job, Lynne!
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 Downloadable
CT COLT Tri-fold Brochure
This
tri-fold brochure has been designed for members and
non-members of CT COLT. If you are a
member, you can download this brochure,
print it and pass it on to your non-member
colleagues. If you are not a member of
CT COLT, we encourage you to download this
brochure and check out the benefits that CT
COLT offers to its members.
CT COLT
Brochure
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