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National Foreign Language Resource Center | 2006 Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) Conference
CALICO 2006 will again feature uses of cutting edge technologies in foreign language teaching and learning with a focus on collaboration. Workshops, presentations, and courseware showcase demonstratio .. (more) | May 16 - May 20, 2006 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | Pragmatics in the CJK Classroom: The State of the Art
The University of Hawai'i at Manoa National Resource Center East Asia (NRCEA) in conjunction with the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) is pleased to announce a forum on teaching and l .. (more) | Jun 5 - Jun 7, 2006 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | Conversation Analysis Seminar: L2 Learning as Discursive Practice
Conversation Analysis (CA) is increasingly adopted to examine second language interactions as sites for and evidence of L2 learning as a discursive practice. The purpose of this NFLRC summer institute .. (more) | Aug 7 - Aug 11, 2006 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2006 Arabic Summer Workshop for Teachers
NMELRC sponsored a workshop for Arabic high school and college professors at UT Austin, that was attended by 24 teachers. .. (more) | Aug 11 - Aug 16, 2006 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2006 Hebrew Summer Workshop
NMELRC sponsored a teacher workshop for Hebrew high school and university teachers at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles, CA, that was attended by 12 educators. .. (more) | Aug 13 - Aug 17, 2006 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | NAKEM Conference: Imagination and Critical Consciousness in Ilokano Language, Culture, and Politics
The overarching aim of Nakem Conference is to bring into focus the various critical practices of the Ilokanos in the Philippines and abroad and to reflect on these practices under the prism of the nex .. (more) | Nov 9 - Nov 12, 2006 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | NMELRC Assessment Workshop
NMELRC commissioned Dr. Ray Clifford, Associate Dean at BYU and President of ACTFL, to offer a workshop on assessment to teachers and administrators of Middle Eastern language departments and centers .. (more) | Nov 21 - Nov 21, 2006 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | Education for Peace Workshop
Presentation on Arab Culture and Language and the importance of teaching and learning a foreign language (such as Arabic) in Conflict Resolution. Attended by 28 educators. .. (more) | Dec 13 - Dec 13, 2006 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Teaching Arabic Using the Communicative Language Approach
This workshop given by Dr. Hanada Taha-Thomure at the CSU at Long Beach focused on how to teach intensive beginning level Arabic using the Communicative Language Approach. Everyday life experiences w .. (more) | Jan 15 - Jan 15, 2007 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Teaching & Developing Materials for Advanced Intensive Iraqi
This workshop given at LARC by Dr. Ahmed Ferhadi focuses on the best approaches to developing instructional materials for LARC's intensive Advanced Iraqi courses and highlights the best teaching pract .. (more) | Mar 22 - Mar 23, 2007 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | 17th International Conference on Pragmatics & Language Learning
The conference will address a broad range of topics in pragmatics, discourse, interaction and sociolinguistics in their relation to second and foreign language learning, education, and use, approached .. (more) | Mar 26 - Mar 28, 2007 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2007 Hebrew Summer Workshop
NMELRC sponsored a teacher workshop for Hebrew high school and university teachers at in Austin, TX, that was attended by 17 educators. .. (more) | Apr 14 - Apr 15, 2007 |
National African Language Resource Center | Professional Horizons in LCTLs: Reality and Promise
The Tenth Annual Meeting of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) is scheduled for April 27-29, 2007, in Madison, WI (with a pre-conference workshop scheduled for Thursday, .. (more) | Apr 26 - Apr 29, 2007 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2007 Persian Summer Workshop
NMELRC sponsored a teacher workshop for Persian high school and university teachers in College Park, MD, that was attended by 8 educators. .. (more) | May 14 - May 16, 2007 |
National African Language Resource Center | Standards / Curriculum Development and Evaluation
As interest in African language learning and teaching increases, so does the need to
develop content standards -- what students should know and be able to do -- in these
languages.
The following wi .. (more) | May 21 - May 25, 2007 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Intensive MSA Arabic 101, 102
In this intensive Arabic 101, 102 MSA course given by LARC students will learn the basics of the arabic language and culture using the communicative language approach. The class will meet everyday fo .. (more) | May 24 - Jun 22, 2007 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | Developing Useful Evaluation Practices in College Foreign Language Programs
This NFLRC Summer Institute is designed to help college foreign language administrators and teachers engage in useful, practical, and effective program evaluations to meet a variety of purposes. The I .. (more) | May 28 - Jun 6, 2007 |
National African Language Resource Center | Professional Development Workshop
The National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) is organizing a workshop for
active instructors towards their professional development on the following topics.
• Teaching Grammar in a Commun .. (more) | May 29 - Jun 1, 2007 |
National African Language Resource Center | A Second Language Acquisition Certificate Program for African Language Instructors
As interest in African language learning and teaching increases, so does the need to prepare graduate students, teaching assistants who are planning to pursue African language teaching as a profession .. (more) | May 29 - Jun 6, 2007 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | NMELRC Hebrew OPI Training
NMELRC has been offering scholarhips to train and certify Hebrew testers. The workshops took place in Atlanta, Boston, and Jerusalem. .. (more) | Jun 1 - Jun 3, 2007 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | Turkish Professional Development
NMELRC Associate Director Dr. Erika Gilson spearheads several training initiatives for the Turkish community of educators that are held throughout the year. .. (more) | Jun 1 - Jun 2, 2007 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2007 Startalk Arabic Summer Camp for high school students
NMELRC Arabic Startalk Camp offered BYU credit for Arabic 101 along with an immersion cultural experience for high school students. 17 students attended. .. (more) | Jun 1 - Jun 21, 2007 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2007 OPI Testing Training
NMELRC partnered with ACTFL and held an OPI tester-training workshop at BYU for teachers of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish. This one event was a quantum leap forward for Persian and Turkish, which each .. (more) | Jun 5 - Jun 9, 2007 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | 2007 ADFL Summer Seminar West
Each June the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) arranges two seminars where chairs and chairs' designees of ADFL-member departments share information and consult about issues faci .. (more) | Jun 6 - Jun 10, 2007 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2008 Startalk Arabic Summer Camp for high school students
NMELRC Arabic Startalk Camp offered BYU credit for Arabic 101 along with an immersion cultural experience for high school students. 32 students attended. There were two sessions, one starting on Jun .. (more) | Jun 23 - Jul 13, 2007 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | América Latina: Temas Trascendentes para el Siglo XXI
With US and media attention focused on the Middle East and Asia these days, it can be challenging to stay abreast of what is going on in other parts of the world. In response, the Center for Latin Ame .. (more) | Jun 25 - Jun 29, 2007 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2007 Startalk Arabic Summer Teacher Workshop and Apprenticeship
NMELRC offered a hands-on experience for K-12 teachers of Arabic to apprentice with a master teacher during the Startalk Camp for high school students held every summer on BYU campus. The training op .. (more) | Jul 1 - Jul 1, 2007 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Intensive Course in Distinguished Level Arabic
The Intensive Course in Distinguished Level Arabic is offered by the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) through its Center for the Advancement of Distinguished Level Proficiency (ADLP). The g .. (more) | Jul 9 - Aug 7, 2007 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Intensive Course in Distinguished Level Persian
The Intensive Course in Distinguished Level Persian is offered by the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) through its Center for the Advancement of Distinguished Level Proficiency (ADLP). The .. (more) | Jul 9 - Aug 7, 2007 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Conducting Action Research in the Foreign Language Classroom
Action research is research conducted by practitioners (i.e., language teachers) with the aim of making positive changes in teaching practices and learning outcomes. This workshop is designed for prac .. (more) | Jul 9 - Jul 11, 2007 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Developing Instructional Media for Web Interface Technology
Internet interactive technology now affords learner control and enables communicative learning that has become the web replacement for static online language learning content. This summer institute is .. (more) | Jul 9 - Jul 13, 2007 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Integrating Technology and Assessment for Language Teaching and Learning
Advances in technology and developments in the field of language assessment come together in this CLEAR workshop, which is designed for teachers of all languages. The overall goal is to show how techn .. (more) | Jul 12 - Jul 14, 2007 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Using E-Portfolios in Language Teaching
.. (more) | Jul 15 - Jul 17, 2007 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Focus on Form in the L2 Classroom
This workshop will address the issue of how to integrate attention to accurate use of language within activities that are designed to promote fluent oral production. Many second language classes inclu .. (more) | Jul 16 - Jul 18, 2007 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Keeping Teacher and Student Talk in the Target Language
Most teachers and teacher educators believe that maximal use of the target language in foreign language classrooms is best for facilitating language acquisition. Sometimes, however, various obstacles .. (more) | Jul 19 - Jul 21, 2007 |
National Heritage Language Resource Center | First Annual Heritage Summer Research Institute: Developing a Research Base for the Heritage Field
The cornerstone project for the National Heritage Language Resource Center is an annual research institute, created to support the center's principal mission of establishing a research base for herita .. (more) | Jul 29 - Aug 2, 2007 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Making the Most of Video in the Foreign Language Classroom
Teachers and researchers agree that video materials can enhance the learning environment in foreign language classrooms by providing rich, contextualized input. The combination of aural and visual cue .. (more) | Jul 30 - Aug 1, 2007 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Maximizing Study Abroad: Teaching Strategies for Language and Culture Learning and Use
This institute is targeted at language instructors, study abroad program coordinators/advisors, and others who facilitate language and culture learning for study abroad, language learning, or other co .. (more) | Jul 30 - Aug 3, 2007 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Language Teaching and Technology
Technology in the classroom can ease your classroom management tasks, provide a change of pace for your students, provide you with an opportunity to include the target community, and provide you with .. (more) | Aug 2 - Aug 4, 2007 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Principles of Online Testing and Assessment
This workshop will be offered by the Language Acqusition Resource Center in San Diego this summer. It designed to assist instructors and administrators in planning, implementing and evaluating on-lin .. (more) | Aug 13 - Aug 17, 2007 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2007 Arabic Summer Workshop for Teachers
NMELRC sponsored a workshop for Arabic high school and college professors at UT Austin, that was attended by 25 teachers. .. (more) | Aug 31 - Sep 2, 2007 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | BYU Arabic Teaching Methodology Class
A class offered to 15 BYU students of Arabic and Arabic teachers in Utah. Taught by Kirk Belnap. .. (more) | Sep 5 - Dec 11, 2007 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | 2nd International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching
The theme of the 2nd International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching is “TBLT: Putting Principles to Work”. We look forward to bringing together both researchers and educators from aroun .. (more) | Sep 20 - Sep 22, 2007 |
National East Asian Languages Resource Center | 2007 US Language Summits: Ohio Language Roadmap for the 21st Century
Developing foreign language proficiency and cultural competencies in Ohio will facilitate job creation, foreign investment and will support state and local government agencies
as they expand services .. (more) | Oct 25 - Oct 25, 2007 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | NMELRC MESA Assessment Workshop
NMELRC commissioned Dr. Ray Clifford, Associate Dean at BYU and President of ACTFL, to offer a workshop on assessment to teachers and administrators of Middle Eastern language departments and centers .. (more) | Nov 1 - Nov 1, 2007 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Online Language Environments (OLE) and Second Language Teaching
On December 6 (reading day) we will be offering a morning workshop on the OLE project of CERCLL. This will be an informal hands on workshop, where we will demonstrate different uses of OLE for second .. (more) | Dec 6 - Dec 6, 2007 |
National East Asian Languages Resource Center | The OSU-ODE second annual conference on K-12 Chinese
NEALRC, collaborating with OSU K-12 Chinese Flagship Program and The Ohio Department of Education, hosted the first statewide conference on K-12 Chinese last December. It attracted more than 200 admin .. (more) | Dec 12 - Dec 12, 2007 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Beyond Kimchi: Exploring Korean Culture & Language through Children's Literature
Immerse your students in exploring Korean culture and language through engagements around children’s literature. Literature can open the world for students and build a bridge to international unders .. (more) | Jan 26 - Jan 26, 2008 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | Filipino as a Global Language: Future Directions and Prospects (1st international conference)
The conference will be a venue for bringing together scholars, writers, language teachers, researchers and other practitioners from around the world to discuss issues pertaining to the role of Filipin .. (more) | Mar 17 - Mar 19, 2008 |
South Asia Language Resource Center | CORPUS METHODS IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY
*Topics*
* corpus linguistics: collection, annotation, statistical analysis and interpretation of corpus data; assembling your own corpora, the web as corpus
* visualization techniques
* use of .. (more) | Mar 26 - Mar 29, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Communities and Connections: Hardest Standards to Meet or Greatest Opportunities
"What are the hardest standards to incorporate in your teaching?" we asked teachers nationally. 58% answered Communities, and 24% said Connections. Discuss and see ways of meeting these standards and .. (more) | Mar 28 - Mar 28, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | "A mission to learn": Strategy Advice from Intermediate LCTLs Students
Presenters introduce video clips of candid guided interviews and think-alouds with second-year university learners of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Students reveal their strategies for meetin .. (more) | Mar 28 - Mar 28, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Interacting with Chinese Language and Culture: Tools for the iGeneration
The iGeneration expects, indeed, demands, interaction with authentic target language and cultural resources. Chinese teachers seek to integrate technology and the teaching of culture in a holistic app .. (more) | Mar 28 - Mar 28, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Bringing Teachers Together for an Immersion Experience
Is conducting an immersion experience for colleagues or students in your future? Learn how to plan, execute, and evaluate a successful immersion experience. Learn from experienced facilitators about h .. (more) | Mar 28 - Mar 28, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Arabic Standards in Action: Ways of Classroom Applications
Attendees will be able to grasp the idea of linking classroom activities to the 5 C's of the Standards of Arabic as a Foreign Language. Samples of learning activities for multiple levels will be prese .. (more) | Mar 29 - Mar 29, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Arabic K-12 Curriculum Development
Arabic K-12 is at a juncture where attention to curriculum development has become crucial. In this session, we will share experiences and materials from the summer 2007 curriculum development institut .. (more) | Mar 29 - Mar 29, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | iKid: Funny Resources for Foreign Language
Research on SLA has shown that humor in the classroom lowers students' affective filter, lessening anxiety and making learning less stressful. Using authentic resources such as comic strips, online vi .. (more) | Mar 29 - Mar 29, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | ES: NCLRC: How to Find and Use Free Internet Resources from NCLRC
This session provides participants with a tour through the free, downloadable internet resources of the National Capital Language Resource Center: The Language Resource, a monthly newsletter, the Cult .. (more) | Mar 29 - Mar 29, 2008 |
Center for Language Education and Research | World Languages Day
On Saturday, April 12, 2008, MSU will invite hundreds of high school students, teachers, administrators, and parents to campus to explore a world of languages during the Third Annual World Languages D .. (more) | Apr 12 - Apr 12, 2008 |
National African Language Resource Center | African Languages and Globalization: Challenge, Expectations, and Possibilities
.. (more) | Apr 24 - Apr 26, 2008 |
National African Language Resource Center | LCTLs and Globalization: Challenge, Expectations, and Possibilities
.. (more) | Apr 24 - Apr 26, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | The Linguists: Documenting Vanishing Voices
Date & Time: Friday April 25, 2008, 7:30 pm
Location: Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W. River Rd., Tucson, AZ
The Linguists, is a documentary funded in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF) .. (more) | Apr 25 - Apr 25, 2008 |
South Asia Language Resource Center | Action Research in the South Asia Language Classroom
In conjunction with the 2008 NCOLCTL conference, SALRC will host a workshop entitled Action Research in the South Asia Language Classroom, led by Dr. Sally Sieloff Magnan, Professor of French at the U .. (more) | Apr 26 - Apr 26, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Teach Foreign Language Students to Read More in the Target Language!
Location & Time: Saturday, April 26th, 2008 9 a.m. to Noon CCIT, Room 337
Workshop Participants: K-16 Workshop
Registration: $25 regular; $12 students (includes refreshments) Registration deadline .. (more) | Apr 26 - Apr 26, 2008 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | Jerusalem: Hebrew Study Abroad Meeting
NMELRC sponsored a meeting for directors of Hebrew programs in the U.S. and their counterparts in Israel to discuss challenges and opportunities in the field as well as ways to collaborate on projects .. (more) | May 1 - May 1, 2008 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | Jordan: Arabic Study Abroad Meeting
NMELRC sponsored a meeting for directors of Arabic programs in the U.S. and their counterparts in Jordan to discuss challenges and opportunities in the field as well as ways to collaborate on projects .. (more) | May 1 - May 1, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Improvisation and Role Plays in the Foreign Language Classroom
Location & Time: Saturday, May 10th, 2008 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. CCIT, Room 337
Workshop Participants: K-16 Workshop
Registration: $25 regular; $12 students (includes refreshments) Registration deadlin .. (more) | May 10 - May 10, 2008 |
National Heritage Language Resource Center | Connecting Your Classroom to the Heritage Language Community
This workshop was aimed at language teachers in community, pre-college, and college programs. Workshop presenters discussed ongoing research and approaches for understanding language communities in th .. (more) | May 16 - May 17, 2008 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2008 Arabic Summer Workshop for Teachers
NMELRC co-sponsored an Arabic workshop for teachers with NCLRC/Startalk in Washington D.C. .. (more) | May 19 - May 23, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | TEACHING ARABIC IN THE UNIVERSITY: THE ESSENTIALS
TEACHING ARABIC TO UPPER HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
Mahmoud Al-Batal and Kristin Brusted
May 19-23, 2008 Cost: $500/ Early: (before 5/1): $450
Location: Georgetown University, 37th and O .. (more) | May 19 - May 23, 2008 |
National African Language Resource Center | Standards / Curriculum Development and Evaluation Guidelines
The following will be addressed in order to develop standards for your different African
languages at the end of the workshop.
• COMMUNICATION: Communicate in Languages Other Than English
• CUL .. (more) | May 19 - May 23, 2008 |
National African Language Resource Center | A Second Language Acquisition Certificate Program for African Language Instructors
The program consists of a two-week intensive introduction to:
a) Teaching the skills of Speaking and Listening in the African Language Classroom
b) Teaching the Skills of Writing and Reading in .. (more) | May 27 - Jun 4, 2008 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Intensive Summer Russian 101/102
This intensive 10-unit course is designed to teach practical language skills and cultural awareness. Students shall learn & expand their four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing of the .. (more) | May 28 - Jul 3, 2008 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Intensive Summer Arabic 201/202
This intensive 8-unit course will help students develop intermediate level skills in Arabic speaking, listening, reading and writing. Through the use of authentic materials and field trips, the studen .. (more) | May 28 - Jul 3, 2008 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Intensive Summer Persian 201/202
This intensive 8-unit course will help students develop intermediate level skills in Persian speaking, listening, reading and writing. Through the use of authentic materials and field trips, the stude .. (more) | May 28 - Jul 3, 2008 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Intensive Summer Arabic 101/102
This intensive 8-unit course is designed to teach practical language skills and cultural awareness. Students shall learn & expand their four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing of the A .. (more) | May 28 - Jul 3, 2008 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Intensive Summer Persian 101/102
This intensive 8-unit course is designed to teach practical language skills and cultural awareness. Students shall learn & expand their four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing of the P .. (more) | May 28 - Jul 3, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Teaching about the Middle East
Location & Time: coming soon, June 1-6
Workshop Participants: coming soon
Registration: $200 without academic credit; University of Arizona tuition rate for 3 graduate credits (this was about $950 .. (more) | Jun 1 - Jun 6, 2008 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2008 Startalk Arabic Summer Teacher Workshop and Apprenticeship
NMELRC offered a hands-on experience for K-12 teachers of Arabic to apprentice with a master teacher during the Startalk Camp for high school students held every summer on BYU campus. The training op .. (more) | Jun 1 - Jun 1, 2008 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Passage Rating
Presenters from the U.S. Government who have worked with James Child's model of text typology will be offering a special workshop on passage rating. June 2-4, 2008.
Language Acquisition Resource Ce .. (more) | Jun 2 - Jun 4, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Lesson Delivery in Student Centered Instruction: Putting Students First
Location & Time: coming soon, June 13-14
Workshop Participants: K-16 Workshop
Registration: $80 regular; $40 students Registration deadline: Thursday, May 22, 2008
AZ Continuing Education: 12 h .. (more) | Jun 13 - Jun 14, 2008 |
Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region | Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages
Intensive language training has been offered at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University since 1950. The Summer Workshop provides up to 200 participants in Slavic (Albanian, BCS, Macedonian), East .. (more) | Jun 15 - Aug 13, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Game to Learn
Time: June 16, 10am to 1pm
Workshop Participants: K-16 Workshop
Registration: $30 regular; $15 students. Registration deadline: Thursday, May 22, 2008
AZ Continuing Education: 3 hours
Partic .. (more) | Jun 16 - Jun 16, 2008 |
National East Asian Languages Resource Center | Summer Programs East Asian Concentration (SPEAC), The Ohio State University
The NEALRC and the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the Ohio State University offer summer programs - SPEAC in (1) intensive Chinese 1, and Japanese 1, 2, and 4 (June 16 - August .. (more) | Jun 16 - Aug 15, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Writing Sytems of the World
Time: June 17, 10am to 4pm
Workshop Participants: K-16 Workshop
Registration: $50 regular; 25 students. Registration deadline: Thursday, May 22, 2008
AZ Continuing Education: 6 hours
"Writin .. (more) | Jun 17 - Jun 17, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Heritage Language Learners in the Foreign Language Class: Recognizing Resources and Overcoming Challenges
Time: June 17, 2pm to 5pm
Workshop Participants: K-16 Workshop
Registration: $30 regular; $15 students. Registration deadline: Thursday, May 22, 2008
AZ Continuing Education: 3 hours
This wo .. (more) | Jun 17 - Jun 17, 2008 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | Online Cafés for Heritage Learners
During this 5-day NFLRC summer institute workshop, invited team members (representing Filipino, Japanese, and Samoan) will work on developing an online community for learners of their target languages .. (more) | Jun 17 - Jun 21, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Technology and Language Instruction
Location & Time: June 18, 10am to 1pm
Workshop Participants: K-16 Workshop
Registration: $30 regular; $15 students. Registration deadline: Thursday, May 22, 2008
AZ Continuing Education: 3 hour .. (more) | Jun 18 - Jun 18, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Constructing Proficiency with Moodle
Time: June, 2pm - 5pm
Workshop Participants: K-16 Workshop
Registration:$30 regular; $15 students. Registration deadline: Thursday, May 22, 2008
AZ Continuing Education: 3 hours
A course ma .. (more) | Jun 18 - Jun 18, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Building from the Ground-Up: Global Simulation and Foreign Language Teaching/Learning
Time: June 19-21, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Workshop Participants: K-16 Workshop
Registration: $150 regular; $80 students. Registration deadline: Thursday, May 22, 2008
AZ Continuing Education: 18 ho .. (more) | Jun 19 - Jun 21, 2008 |
National Heritage Language Resource Center | Second Heritage Language Summer Institute: Developing a Research Base for the Heritage Field
The second annual 2008 institute met at Harvard University, the home institution of director Maria Polinsky. Presenters discussed their research in progress and other readings with participants, who i .. (more) | Jun 23 - Jun 27, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | CONNECTING LINGUAFOLIO TO CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION FOR DOCUMENTING LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Faye Rollings-Carter, Rollings-Carter Consulting, LLC, and Jill Robbins, Ph.D.
Cost: $200/ Early: (before 5/1): $150
For language teachers of all levels who want to connect classroom activities to L .. (more) | Jun 25 - Jun 26, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | WRITING AND IMPLEMENTING AN ARABIC CURRICULUM K-12
Iman Hashem (Occidental College), Muhammed Eissa (University of Chicago), and Christine Brown (Glastonbury Public Schools)
May 28 - 31
Cost: $400 / Early: (before 5/1): $350
Are you developing o .. (more) | Jun 28 - Jul 2, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | TEACHING SPANISH TO HERITAGE SPANISH SPEAKERS
Conducted in Spanish by Anna Uhl Chamot, Ph.D, George Washington University, and Claudia Bezaka, DCPS.
June 29 – 30, 9 am - 4 pm. Early: $170 / Regular $200
Level: Secondary / College / Adult
S .. (more) | Jun 29 - Jun 30, 2008 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Persian Startalk
Through the generosity of the STARTALK program, administered by The National Foreign Language Center, we are able to offer a unique language experience
for middle and high school students.
This non- .. (more) | Jun 29 - Jul 28, 2008 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | Cairo: Arabic Study Abroad Meeting
NMELRC sponsored a meeting for directors of Arabic programs in the U.S. and their counterparts in Egypt to discuss challenges and opportunities in the field as well as ways to collaborate on projects. .. (more) | Jul 1 - Jul 1, 2008 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Dsitinguished/Professional Level Intensive Summer Persian
The goal of this course is to advance highly proficient learners of Persian (ACTFL Advanced High/Superior/ ILR2+ to 3+ DLPT 3) along the road to ultimate achievement of Distinguished/level 4 linguisti .. (more) | Jul 7 - Aug 5, 2008 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Distinguished Level/Professional Intensive Summer Arabic Institute
This intensive Arabic language & culture course emphasizes the development of higher level skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing for native and non-native speakers. Through the use of aut .. (more) | Jul 7 - Aug 5, 2008 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Teaching in a Digital Age
Internet interactive technology now affords learner control and enables communicative learning that has become the web replacement for static online language learning content. Today's students are tun .. (more) | Jul 7 - Jul 11, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR YOUNG LEARNERS: PLAYING AMONG THE FIVE CS
Anna Uhl Chamot, Ph.D.; Jill Robbins, Ph.D. & Carol Nezzo, Ph.D.
Cost: $100/ Early: (before 5/1): $80
Young language learners can have fun while learning to effectively integrate language learning a .. (more) | Jul 7 - Jul 7, 2008 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Making the Most of Video in the Foreign Language Classroom
Teachers and researchers agree that video materials can enhance the learning environment in foreign language classrooms by providing rich, contextualized input. The combination of aural and visual cue .. (more) | Jul 10 - Jul 12, 2008 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Tech Up Your Classroom: Enhancing Your Foreign Language Classroom with Technology
We use technology in our everyday lives, and so do our students. Why not use it for teaching? Technology can help make the language classroom more efficient, more authentic, more learner-centered, and .. (more) | Jul 14 - Jul 16, 2008 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Next-Generation Tools for Language Teaching: Rich Internet Applications for the Classroom
Technology never stops advancing. Just when you thought you knew it all, along comes something new! Web 2.0 is all about interactivity, which is a perfect fit for language learning. Learn how to use C .. (more) | Jul 17 - Jul 19, 2008 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Designing Online Language Teaching Materials with an Accompanying Online Assessment Portfolio
The goal of this workshop is for you to create computer-assisted language teaching materials and a complimentary online portfolio assessment program specifically for your classes and the language prog .. (more) | Jul 21 - Jul 23, 2008 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Incorporating Communicative Speaking Activities into the Teaching of Reading, Writing, Grammar, and Vocabulary
One concern from teachers and students is that students do not get enough talking time in class. Furthermore, many researchers have argued for the importance of language production in the development .. (more) | Jul 24 - Jul 26, 2008 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Language Program Development
Do you want to start a Saturday School, an After-School Program, a FLEX Program, a Heritage Language Program, a Language Maintenance Program, a Summer Language Program, or any other language program? .. (more) | Jul 28 - Jul 30, 2008 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | 2nd Annual Testing Seminar
This summer, LARC is offering the second annual workshop on testing, with a special focus on oral skills assessment. The workshop will take place in the LARC language labs.
Participants will be .. (more) | Aug 11 - Aug 14, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Developing and Assessing Intercultural Competence
Although the term is increasingly used today, there is by no means consensus about what it is. So what is Intercultural Competence? How can we help students develop it? How do we assess it? These are .. (more) | Oct 10 - Oct 11, 2008 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | 2008 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF)
"Exploring SLA: Perspectives, Positions, and Practices"
Through this year's theme, we investigate various professional interests and practices of the field of Second Language Acquisition. The o .. (more) | Oct 17 - Oct 19, 2008 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | NMELRC Assessment Training
NMELRC has held three assessment-specific training workshops at BYU and University of Texas, Austin, for teachers of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish. The three-day workshops, led by Dr. Ray Cliff .. (more) | Nov 1 - Nov 2, 2008 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | Annual Arabic Teaching Round Table Discussion
NMELRC hosts an annual round table discussion for teachers of Arabic at the annual Middle East Studies Association Conference to discuss challenges and opportunities in the field. .. (more) | Nov 1 - Nov 1, 2008 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2008 Seminar for Hebrew Language Educators
The 2008 Seminar for Hebrew Language Educators (K-12th & College Level), offered by the National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC), will be hosted by Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, .. (more) | Nov 2 - Nov 3, 2008 |
National East Asian Languages Resource Center | Third Annual K-12 Chinese Conference with ODE
The OSU K-12 Chinese Flagship Program and Ohio Department of Education are planning for the third annual K-12 Chinese conference on December 16, 2008. The conference will be for half a day and located .. (more) | Dec 16 - Dec 16, 2008 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Introducing Children to the World: Exploring Middle Eastern Cultures and the Arabic Language through Children's Literature
Have you ever wanted to introduce your students to children around the world? This workshop will help you in immersing your students in global cultures and languages through engagements around childre .. (more) | Jan 24 - Jan 24, 2009 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Beyond Kimchi: Exploring Culture & Language through Children’s Literature
Immerse your students in exploring Korean culture and language through engagements around children’s literature. Literature can open the world for students and build a bridge to international unders .. (more) | Feb 21 - Feb 21, 2009 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | 1st International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC): Supporting Small Languages Together
The 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC) will be held at the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, on the east side of the University of Hawai‘i at .. (more) | Mar 12 - Mar 14, 2009 |
Center for Language Education and Research | World Languages Day
On Saturday, April 18, 2009, MSU will invite hundreds of high school students, teachers, administrators, and parents to campus to explore a world of languages during the Fifth Annual World Languages D .. (more) | Apr 18 - Apr 18, 2009 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Exploring Universals in the Reading Process from a Psycho-Sociolinguistic, Transactional Perspective: Applications Across Chinese, Japanese and Korean
This 2-day workshop will focus upon the reading process and comprehension of written texts in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean from a psycho-sociolinguistic, transactional point of view. Day 1 w .. (more) | Jun 2 - Jun 3, 2009 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Teaching Portuguese to Spanish-Speaking Learners (L1, L2 and Heritage): A Structured/Enhanced Input Approach
Building on the language skills of Spanish speakers (native speakers, heritage speakers, FL/SL learners of Spanish), this project focuses on teaching Portuguese through the early introduction of readi .. (more) | Jun 3 - Jun 3, 2009 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Developing Foreign Language Courses Using A Multiple Literacies Approach
Foreign language curricula often separate courses focused on language, cultural studies, or literature; however, this practice has been called into question by scholars in recent years and was critici .. (more) | Jun 4 - Jun 4, 2009 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Technology and Language Instruction
This workshop will provide demonstrations and hands-on practice with technology tools for language teaching. We will discuss choosing the right tool for each task, integrating curriculum requirements .. (more) | Jun 5 - Jun 5, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Joan Rubin, Ph.D. Rubin Associates
Through interactive, experiential demonstrations, participants experience and identify listening comprehension strategies and learn how to teach them to language .. (more) | Jun 10 - Jun 11, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | LANGUAGE PROGRAM EVALUATION
Margaret Malone, Ph.D (Center for Applied Linguistics)
June 15 - 16, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Early $170 / Regular $200
Learn about different approaches to language program evaluation and the basic step .. (more) | Jun 15 - Jun 16, 2009 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Web 2.0 – Interactive Technologies in the World Language Classroom
This workshop will be a survey to explore the learning possibilities in these current trends during the morning sessions. The afternoon development sessions provide each participant the opportunity to .. (more) | Jun 15 - Jun 16, 2009 |
National East Asian Languages Resource Center | Chinese Flagship Summer Program
The Chinese Flagship Summer Program is part of the requirement of the Chinese Flagship Program which leads towards a Master of Arts degree.
Contact Person:
Dr. Jianqi Wang
wang.551@osu.edu
.. (more) | Jun 15 - Aug 13, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | WRITING PROPOSALS
Anna Uhl Chamot, Ph.D., George Washington University, Catharine Keatley, Ph.D., NCLRC, and invited officials from government programs.
June 17 – 18, 9 am – 4 pm. Early $170 / Regular $200
This .. (more) | Jun 17 - Jun 18, 2009 |
Center for Applied Second Language Studies | Southern Institute for Language Leadership (SILL)
Participants in the Southern Initiative for Language Leadership (SILL) work as a collegial group supported by CASLS' staff, national experts, and previous WILL participants serving as mentors. Over tw .. (more) | Jun 17 - Jun 21, 2009 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2009 Startalk Arabic Summer Teacher Workshop and Apprenticeship
NMELRC offered a hands-on experience for K-12 teachers of Arabic to apprentice with a master teacher during the STARTALK Camp for high school students held every summer on BYU campus. The training op .. (more) | Jun 22 - Jun 22, 2009 |
National East Asian Languages Resource Center | Summer Programs East Asian Concentration (SPEAC), the Ohio State University
The NEALRC and the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the Ohio State University offer summer programs - SPEAC in (1) intensive Chinese 1, and Japanese 1, 2, and 4 at undergraduate l .. (more) | Jun 22 - Aug 21, 2009 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2009 Startalk Arabic Summer Camp for high school students
The National Middle East Center offers a summer Arabic language camp for high school students, as well as several professional development opportunities for prospective and current K-12 Arabic teacher .. (more) | Jun 22 - Aug 13, 2009 |
National Heritage Language Resource Center | Third Heritage Language Summer Institute: Developing a Research Base for the Heritage Field
The Third Annual 2009 Heritage Language Summer Institute met at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign focused on the implications of research for classroom instruction.The institute was led by M .. (more) | Jun 22 - Jun 26, 2009 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Immersion 101 for Chinese and Japanese: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching
A must for new Chinese or Japanese immersion teachers and administrators, this institute provides a research-based introduction to the challenges, options, and issues in the unique world of immersion .. (more) | Jun 22 - Jun 26, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | FILM CLIPS IN THE SPANISH CLASSROOM
Sheila Cockey, M.A. NCLRC
June 22, 9 am – 4 pm. Early $85 / Regular $100
Level: Elementary / Secondary / College
This 5-hour workshop helps Spanish teachers select 3-5 minute film clips which c .. (more) | Jun 22 - Jun 22, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | SPAIN: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: EMBASSY OF SPAIN/NCLRC 3-DAY IMMERSION SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS OF SPANISH
Embassy of Spain staff, Sheila Cockey, M.A. and Michele Harris-Padron (Guitars in the Classroom)
June 22 (5 pm) - 25 (to 12:00). Early $625 single, $525 double / Regular $675 single, $575 double.
In .. (more) | Jun 22 - Jun 24, 2009 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | 2009 NFLRC Online Summer Institute for Non-native Teachers of Chinese & Japanese
This workshop serves as an online professional development opportunity for non-native-speaking teachers of Chinese and Japanese language at the K-16 level, with a focus on teachers in underserved area .. (more) | Jun 22 - Jul 3, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | BRAIN, LANGUAGE, AND BILINGUALISM
Michael Ullman, Ph.D. (Georgetown University), Catharine Keatley, Ph.D. NCLRC
Dr. Ullman is a leading researcher in bilingualism, language learning, and the brain. In this institute for language te .. (more) | Jun 23 - Jun 24, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | UNDERSTANDING ASSESSMENT
Margaret Malone, Ph.D. (Center for Applied Linguistics)
June 25, 9 am – 4:30 pm. Early $85 / Regular $100
This institute focuses on differences between assessment and testing, distinguishing bet .. (more) | Jun 25 - Jun 25, 2009 |
Center for Applied Second Language Studies | Language Immersion Networking Group in Oregon
The Language Immersion Networking Group in Oregon (LINGO), a two-year professional development program for teachers and principals, facilitates the exchange of knowledge and curriculum among high-nee .. (more) | Jun 25 - Jun 26, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | GUITARS IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOM
Michele Harris-Padron, Guitars in the Classroom
June 25 (1 pm) - 26 (4 pm). Early $170 / Regular $200
Level: Elementary / Secondary / College / Adult
Music helps students integrate what they ha .. (more) | Jun 25 - Jun 26, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | BACKWARD DESIGN AND STANDARDS BASED INSTRUCTION
Jennifer Eddy, Ph.D., (Queens College)
June 30, 9 am – 4 pm. Early $85 / Regular $100
Level: All
How do I design a curriculum based on the Standards with performance as the goal? What does perf .. (more) | Jun 30 - Jun 30, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | LEARN RUSSIAN – A LEARNING STRATEGIES WORKSHOP FOR ALL FL TEACHERS
Anna Uhl Chamot, Ph.D., and Richard Robin, Ph.D. George Washington University
July 1, 9:00 m – 4 pm. Early $85 / Regular $100
Level: Secondary / College / Adult
The best way to learn how to eff .. (more) | Jul 1 - Jul 1, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF LANGUAGE
Jill Robbins, NCLRC, Sandy Bender, NML and Amelia Murdoch, Ph.D., NML (Location: National Museum of Language)
July 2, 10 am – 5 pm. Early $85 / Regular $100
Become a docent for a day at the Nati .. (more) | Jul 2 - Jul 2, 2009 |
Center for Language Education and Research | An Online Language Portfolio Approach to the Development of Speaking and Listening Proficiency
Advances in technology and developments in the field of language assessment come together in this CLEAR workshop which is designed for teachers of all languages. The premise is that formative assessme .. (more) | Jul 9 - Jul 11, 2009 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom
The national "Standards for Foreign Language Learning" state that students "cannot truly master...language until they have also mastered the cultural context in which the language occurs". Cultural l .. (more) | Jul 13 - Jul 17, 2009 |
Center for Applied Second Language Studies | Western Initiative for Language Leadership (WILL)
CASLS created a professional development program to support isolated second language teachers with five or fewer years of teaching.
Participants in the Western Initiative for Language Leadership (W .. (more) | Jul 13 - Jul 17, 2009 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning: Introductory Techniques
This workshop is for language teachers who want to learn how to use CLEAR's free tools for creating interactive web-based multimedia language materials. The only computer skills that these tools requi .. (more) | Jul 13 - Jul 15, 2009 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Using Technology in Second Language Teaching
Intended for experienced and new teachers alike, this institute will help participants examine, evaluate, and apply the use of technology in teaching second languages. Through hands-on exploration, d .. (more) | Jul 13 - Jul 17, 2009 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Meeting the Challenges of Immersion Education: Language and Learning Disorders and the Struggling Learner
Over the course of two week-long summer institutes more than seventy professionals with experience in language immersion education gathered to engage issues relevant to educating the struggling immers .. (more) | Jul 13 - Jul 17, 2009 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning: Advanced Techniques
This workshop is intended for teachers who are already familiar with and are actively using CLEAR's RIA tools, and are interested in taking the tools to the next level. Participants from this summer's .. (more) | Jul 16 - Jul 18, 2009 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Developing Classroom Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages
Instructors of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) are often challenged by the lack of quality instructional materials. This institute will provide LCTL teachers with practical tools and hands-on .. (more) | Jul 20 - Jul 24, 2009 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching session a
A must for new immersion teachers and administrators, this institute provides a research-based introduction to the challenges, options, and issues in the unique world of immerison education (K-12). T .. (more) | Jul 20 - Jul 24, 2009 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development
This institute has been specifically designed for K-16 foreign language teachers desiring to familiarize themselves with and implement Content-Based Instruction (CBI) in the second language classroom. .. (more) | Jul 20 - Jul 24, 2009 |
Center for Language Education and Research | The Second 'C': Culture Teaching in the Language Classroom
This workshop is intended to assist language teachers at all levels in integrating culture into the language classroom. We will discuss pedagogical principles for teaching culture. First, we will lay .. (more) | Jul 20 - Jul 22, 2009 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Improving Language Learning: Styles-and Strategies-Based Instruction
Enhancing students' ability to learn a foreign language/second language through styles- and strategies based instruction (SSBI) is the focus of this institute. SSBI is a learner-focused approach to t .. (more) | Jul 20 - Jul 24, 2009 |
National Heritage Language Resource Center | Startalk/NHRLC Heritage Language Teacher Workshop
The workshop was sponsored by Startalk and the National Heritage Language Resource Center and cosponsored by the UCLA Asia Institute and the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.This workshop was desi .. (more) | Jul 20 - Jul 24, 2009 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Teaching Writing in the Foreign Language Classroom
This workshop will begin with a discussion of how writing fits into a general skills foreign language class and the role writing plays in meeting the National Standards for Foreign Language Teaching. .. (more) | Jul 23 - Jul 25, 2009 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | 2009 Arabic Summer Workshop for Teachers
A Hands-On Workshop for teachers conducted in Arabic by Mahmoud Al-Batal, Kristan Brustad, University of Texas and Chris Stone, Hunter College, CUNY
July 27 - August 1, 2009
NMELRC will cover wo .. (more) | Jul 27 - Aug 1, 2009 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Developing Assessments for the Second Language Classroom
Assessment aligned with standards and curriculum is essential to supporting teaching and learning. In this timely institute, participants will use the national Standards for Foreign Language Learning .. (more) | Jul 27 - Jul 31, 2009 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Language and Culture in Sync: Teaching the Pragmatics of a Second Language
One of the most challenging and important aspects of learning another language includes handling functional language appropriately in different sociocultural contexts. Acquiring acceptable ways to de .. (more) | Jul 27 - Jul 31, 2009 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Revisiting, Reinventing, and Restarting a Language Program: A Step by Step Approach
Federal policies and enrollment trends suggest an increased demand for foreign language instruction. However, in times of specialized language requirements and budget cuts, this requires creativity .. (more) | Jul 27 - Jul 29, 2009 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching session b
A must for new immersion teachers and administrators, this institute provides a research-based introduction to the challenges, options, and issues in the unique world of immerison education (K-12). T .. (more) | Jul 27 - Jul 31, 2009 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Focusing on Learner Language: Second Language Acquisition Basics for Teachers
Knowing the basics of second language acquisition can help language teachers better meet the needs of their students. This summer institute will focus on the analysis of learners' language output wi .. (more) | Jul 27 - Jul 31, 2009 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | CULTURA: Web-based Intercultural Exchanges (LLCMC pre-conference event)
The Cultura project, pioneered at MIT by Gilberte Furstenberg and her colleagues, has inspired a variety of online cultural exchanges based on a set of principles and best practices. The Cultura: Web- .. (more) | Oct 10 - Oct 11, 2009 |
National Foreign Language Resource Center | Language Learning in Computer Mediated Communities (LLCMC) Conference
Once, computers were seen as thinking machines or electronic tutors. Now the computer has become one of many devices that people use to form virtual communities of all kinds. In the field of language .. (more) | Oct 11 - Oct 13, 2009 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Social Media Webinars for Language Teachers and Students
The Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) at San Diego State University has a long history of helping language teachers and learners take advantage of emerging technologies. In this spirit, LARC .. (more) | Oct 15 - Oct 21, 2009 |
National Middle East Language Resource Center | NMELRC Hebrew Seminar
The 2009 NMELRC Seminar for College and K-12 Teachers of Hebrew will be hosted by the University of Arizona at Tucson, October 31-Nov 1, 2009. It will be co-chaired by Shmuel Bolozky and Anat Maimon. .. (more) | Oct 31 - Nov 1, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Free Resources for Every Educator
Anup Prakash Mahajan (National Capital Language Resource Center)
11:00am - 12:00pm
San Diego Convention Center / Room 2
Participants will learn about free web resources from the .. (more) | Nov 20 - Nov 20, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Attracting and Holding the Attention of Those Millennial Digital Natives
Jill Ann Robbins & Anup Prakash Mahajan
( National Capital Language Resource Center)
1:15pm - 2:15pm
San Diego Convention Center / Room 7A
Millennials are “digital natives .. (more) | Nov 20 - Nov 20, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Survey of Schools Teaching Arabic as a Core Course, 2009
Dora Johnson, Catharine Keatley & Michael Greer
(National Capital Language Resource Center)
5:30pm - 6:30pm, Marriott Hotel / Torrey 1
Since 2003 the NCLRC has been conducting s .. (more) | Nov 21 - Nov 21, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Meeting the Connections Goal through Differentiated Instruction
Anna Uhl Chamot (National Capital Language Resource Center)
Bruna Genovese (George Washington University)
10:00am - 11:00am
San Diego Convention Center / Room 7B
This presen .. (more) | Nov 21 - Nov 21, 2009 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Guitars in the Classroom, AMIGO and Song-Based Learning
Michele E Harris-Padron (National Capital Language Resource Center)
Jessica Baron (National Capital Language Resource Center and Guitars in the Classroom)
6:45pm - 7:45pm, San Diego .. (more) | Nov 21 - Nov 21, 2009 |
National East Asian Languages Resource Center | Making the Global Connection: Linking Students and China in the 21st Century
Organized by the Ohio State University K-12 Chinese Flagship Program, The Ohio Department of Education’s Office of Curriculum and Instruction, and co-sponsored by the Ohio Association of Teachers of .. (more) | Dec 15 - Dec 15, 2009 |
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy | Intercultural Competence Conference
Aiming for "the Third Place:' Intercultural Competence through Foreign Language Teaching and Learning. Second International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence at .. (more) | Jan 29 - Jan 31, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Making and Using Webcasts for Critical Languages
Date TBD: See NECTFL Website
Presenters share how they develop online Arabic and Russian listening materi .. (more) | Mar 26 - Mar 26, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | NECTFL Presentation Beyond Sputnik Moments: A 50-year History of US Language Policy
Date TBD: See NECTFL Website
Numerous foreign language policies have appeared during the past 50 years, b .. (more) | Mar 26 - Mar 26, 2010 |
Center for Language Education and Research | World Languages Day
On Saturday, April 17, 2010, MSU will invite hundreds of high school students, teachers, administrators, and parents to campus to explore a world of languages during the Sixth Annual World Languages D .. (more) | Apr 17 - Apr 17, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Backward Design and Standards-Based Instruction
How do I design a curriculum based on the Standards with performance as the goal? What does performance assessment look like? Participants are guided through a model protocol, aligning backward design .. (more) | May 24 - May 25, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Language Program Evaluation
Julie Sugarman, Margaret E. Malone, Ph.D., Francesca DiSilvio (Center for Applied Linguistics)
Learn about different approaches to language program evaluation and the basic steps to designi .. (more) | May 26 - May 27, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Developing Listening Comprehension Skills
Joan Rubin, Ph.D.
June 3-4
Registration: Before May 1: $200; Regular: $225
Level: All
Through interactive, experiential demonstrations, participants experience and iden .. (more) | Jun 3 - Jun 4, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Understanding Assessment
Center for Applied Linguistics
Registration: Before May 1: $100; Regular: $125
Level: All
Victoria Nier, Anne Donovan, Meg Malone (held at the Center for Applied Linguistics)
.. (more) | Jun 8 - Jun 8, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Writing Proposals for Language Education Projects
Anna Uhl Chamot, Ph.D., George Washington University, Catharine Keatley, Ph.D., NCLRC, and invited officials from government programs.
Registration: Before May 1: $200; Regular: $225
Leve .. (more) | Jun 9 - Jun 10, 2010 |
National East Asian Languages Resource Center | The Sixth International Conference and Workshops on Techniology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century
To bridge the gap between technology and teaching methodology as well as curriculum and to enhance the exchange on technology-based Chinese language teaching, a biennial conference TCLT1 (The 1st Conf .. (more) | Jun 12 - Jun 14, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | STARTALK's Professionalize Your Chinese
No Registration Fee - Registration will be open after funding is received
Level: All
Phyllis Zhang, Anna Helm, Margaret Gonglewski, George Washington University
This intensive .. (more) | Jun 14 - Jun 15, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Brain, Language and Bilingualism
Michael Ullman, Ph.D. (Georgetown University), & Anna Uhl Chamot, Ph.D. (The George Washington University).
Registration: Before May 1: $225 Regular: $245
Level: All
Dr. Ullman .. (more) | Jun 14 - Jun 15, 2010 |
National East Asian Languages Resource Center | Summer Programs East Asian Concentration (SPEAC)
SPEAC, Summer Programs East Asian Concentration, are offered by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (DEALL), in collaboration with the OSU National East Asian Language Resource Cent .. (more) | Jun 21 - Aug 19, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Spain: Language and Culture: Embassy of Spain/NCLRC 3-day Immersion Summer Institute for Teachers of Spanish
June 21 (5 pm) - 24 (1 pm). (Monday - Thursday)
Embassy of Spain staff, Sheila Cockey, M.A.
Registration: Before May 1: $675 single, $575 double.
Regular: $675 single; $575 .. (more) | Jun 21 - Jun 24, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Teaching Spanish to Heritage Speakers
Registration: Before May 1: $200; Regular: $225
Level: Secondary/College/Adult
Conducted in Spanish by Anna Uhl Chamot, Ph.D. and Claudia Bezaka, FL Supervisor, DC Public Schools
.. (more) | Jun 23 - Jun 24, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | An Ivory Coast Cultural Immersion in French
Karen Willetts, Montgomery County Public Schools & Retired Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire Pascal D. Kokora, Ph.D, Georgetown University.
Registration: Before May 1: $625 single /$525 double .. (more) | Jun 28 - Jul 1, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | Arts Integration in the Foreign Language Classroom
Kristin Gomez, Teacher of French at Arlington County Public Schools
Registration: Before May 1: $100; Regular: $125
Level: Secondary/College/Adult
In this workshop, langua .. (more) | Jun 28 - Jun 28, 2010 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | STARTALK Learner-Centered Arabic Instruction
Wafa Hassan, Michigan State University & Muhammad Eissa, Eissa Associates
* Registration will be open after funding is received
* Teacher stipends will be available to qualified applic .. (more) | Jul 6 - Jul 16, 2010 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Tracking Language Development with Learner Corpora
.. (more) | Jul 12 - Jul 14, 2010 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Making the Most of a Corpus
.. (more) | Jul 12 - Jul 14, 2010 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Developing Content-based Thematic Units to Enhance Curricula
.. (more) | Jul 12 - Jul 14, 2010 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Using Video to Promote Language Development in the Classroom
Teachers and researchers agree that video materials can enhance the learning environment in foreign language classrooms by providing rich, contextualized input. The combination of aural and visual cue .. (more) | Jul 12 - Jul 14, 2010 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Language Focused Tasks for Communicative and Content-based Classrooms
.. (more) | Jul 12 - Jul 14, 2010 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Meeting the Challenges of Teaching Heritage and Domestic Language Learners
.. (more) | Jul 12 - Jul 14, 2010 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Grammar Meaning a Grammar of Meanings: Teaching Concepts in the FL Classroom
.. (more) | Jul 15 - Jul 17, 2010 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Blending Language Classes 101
In light of continuing budget cuts, many schools and universities are re-evaluating foreign language programs and some language programs face elimination. Particularly in urban districts, foreign lang .. (more) | Jul 15 - Jul 17, 2010 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Assessment for Learning in the L2 Classroom
.. (more) | Jul 15 - Jul 17, 2010 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Discourse Analysis and L2 Teaching
.. (more) | Jul 15 - Jul 17, 2010 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Language and Culture
.. (more) | Jul 15 - Jul 17, 2010 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning: Introductory Techniques
This workshop is for language teachers who want to learn how to use CLEAR's free tools for creating interactive web-based multimedia language materials. The only computer skills that these tools requi .. (more) | Jul 19 - Jul 21, 2010 |
Center for Language Education and Research | Rich Internet Applications for Language Assessment
This workshop is intended for teachers who are already familiar with and are actively using CLEAR's Rich Internet Applications tools and are interested in using the tools for formative (i.e. portfolio .. (more) | Jul 22 - Jul 24, 2010 |
Center for Language Education and Research | The Second “C”: Culture Teaching in the Language Classroom
This workshop is intended to assist language teachers at all levels in integrating culture into the language classroom. We will discuss pedagogical principles for teaching culture. First, we will lay .. (more) | Jul 26 - Jul 28, 2010 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview Training
The Full OPI Workshop is an intensive four-day introduction to the techniques of administering and rating the Oral Proficiency Interview. The rating scale and techniques for eliciting a ratable sample .. (more) | Aug 2 - Aug 5, 2010 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Social Media Workshop
What’s happening with blogs, wikis, podcasts and social networking? How can we use the tools our students use to connect, share, and inform in the language classroom? We’ll answer those question .. (more) | Aug 9 - Aug 13, 2010 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Passage Rating Workshop
Participants will come away from these seminar/ workshops with clear guidelines about how textual properties contribute to the definition of language difficulty. They will then be able to select among .. (more) | Aug 16 - Aug 20, 2010 |
Language Acquisition Resource Center | Testing and Assessment Workshop
The spoken test can be a vehicle for better understanding the learner language and shaping the curriculum. Come join us as we write test items for intermediate and advanced tests using CAST, Skype rec .. (more) | Aug 16 - Aug 19, 2010 |
