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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 Capital Language Resource Center | BRAIN, LANGUAGE, AND BILINGUALISM
Michael Ullman, Ph.D. (Georgetown University), Catharine Keatley, Ph.D. & Abbe Spokane, M.A
Teachers interested in mind, memory, language and the brain learn from Dr. Michael Ullman (Georgetown Cen .. (more) | May 19 - May 20, 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 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 |
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 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM EVALUATION WORKSHOP
Margaret Malone, Ph.D (Center for Applied Linguistics)
May 29 - 30
Cost: $200 / Early: (before 5/1): $150
Learn about different approaches to language program evaluation and the basic steps to d .. (more) | May 29 - May 30, 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 Capital Language Resource Center | ARABIC K-12 CURRICULUM SUMMIT
Iman Hashem (Occidental College), Muhammed Eissa (University of Chicago), Christine Brown (Glastonbury Public Schools), & invited guests from government and private organizations
June 1 - 3
Cost: $ .. (more) | Jun 1 - Jun 3, 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 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | HOW TO WRITE PROPOSALS TO GET FUNDING FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROJECTS
Anna Uhl Chamot, Ph.D., Catharine Keatley, Ph.D. and Invited guests from government programs
Cost: $200 / Early: (before 5/1): $150
Designed to help professors, instructors, administrators, teache .. (more) | Jun 9 - Jun 10, 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 |
Center for Applied Second Language Studies | Southern Institute for Language Leadership (SILL)
This is the first summer institute in a two-year series. After learning about action research, participants will design a plan to make improvements to their classes. Participants spend the 2008-09 s .. (more) | Jun 16 - Jun 20, 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 |
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 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Projects in Foreign Language Courses
Projects are a way of bringing culture into the foreign language classroom in a meaninful way. In this workshop, participants will become familiar with developing appropriate projects for their studen .. (more) | Jun 20 - Jun 20, 2008 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Language Portfolios
In this workshop participants will be guided through the process of using a language portfolio with their students to assess development. As well as learning about key elements of portfolio assessment .. (more) | Jun 21 - Jun 21, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | USE FILM CLIPS IN YOUR SPANISH CLASSROOM: A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP
Sheila Cockey, M.A.
June 23
Cost: $100 / Early: (before 5/1): $80
Spanish teachers are guided to view films with an eye toward selecting 3-5 minute clips that can easily be integrated into an ex .. (more) | Jun 23 - Jun 23, 2008 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Investigating Real Language
The workshop covers the basics of building language corpora (collections of texts) and how to analyze them using simple software. There will be hands-on opportunities to work with spoken, written, and .. (more) | Jun 23 - Jun 24, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | UNPACKING THE STANDARDS: CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Eddy, Ph.D., (Queens College)
June 23
Cost: $100 / Early: (before 5/1): $80
How do I design a curriculum based on the Standards with performance as the goal? What does performance asses .. (more) | Jun 23 - Jun 23, 2008 |
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)
Cost: $600 single; $500 double. / Early: (before 5/1): $550 single /$450 double
An enjoyable, informa .. (more) | Jun 23 - Jun 25, 2008 |
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 23 - Jun 27, 2008 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | New Technologies for Language Teaching and Learning
This workshop will focus on recent and emerging technologies as they relate to the needs of foreign language teachers and learners. We will address the creation of innovative, technology-enhanced meth .. (more) | Jun 23 - Jun 24, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | UNDERSTANDING ASSESSMENT: APPLICATIONS FOR FL TEACHERS
Margaret Malone, Ph.D. (Center for Applied Linguistics)
Cost: $100/ Early: (before 5/1): $80
Focuses on differences between assessment and testing, distinguishing between various kinds of tests, le .. (more) | Jun 24 - Jun 24, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | YOU-TUBE VIDEO AND BEYOND
Richard Robin, Ph.D., (George Washington University)
June 24 - 27 Cost: $400/ Early: (before 5/1): $350
Every language teacher can learn to make foreign language videos for distribution on YouTube .. (more) | Jun 24 - Jun 26, 2008 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Investigating Language Use in Study Abroad
Participants in this workshop will explore three trends in research on language learning in study abroad: 1) investigation of sociolinguistic and pragmatic aspects of language development; 2) scrutiny .. (more) | Jun 25 - Jun 26, 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 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Challenges in Teaching Heritage and Domestic Language Learners
This workshop will focus on the challenges that language teachers face as they seek to meet the linguistic, cultural and instructional needs of both heritage and domestic language learners enrolled in .. (more) | Jun 25 - Jun 26, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | TEACHING SPANISH TO HERITAGE SPANISH SPEAKERS
Conducted in Spanish by Anna Uhl Chamot, Ph.D. and Héctor M. Enríquez, (University of Texas, El Paso)
Cost: $200/ Early: (before 5/1): $150
Secondary heritage Spanish speakers are fluent in oral S .. (more) | Jun 27 - Jun 28, 2008 |
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research | Dynamic Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom
Foreign language educators and testers have been exploring ways of bringing instruction and assessment closer together. Dynamic Assessment is an innovative response to this issue whereby instruction a .. (more) | Jun 27 - Jun 28, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | INTEGRATING ARTS IN THE CLASSROOM
Michele Harris-Padron (Guitars in the Classroom) and others TBA
June 27 - 28
Cost: $200/ Early: (before 5/1): $150
Expand the walls of your language class with music, dance, and visual arts. Exp .. (more) | Jun 27 - Jun 28, 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 |
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 Capital Language Resource Center | FRANCE: COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE: EMBASSY OF FRANCE/NCLRC 3-DAY IMMERSION SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS OF FRENCH
Embassy Of France/NCLRC & Marcel LaVergne, Ed.D. (Boston University)
Cost: $600 single; $500 double. / Early: (before 5/1): $550 single /$450 double
An enjoyable, informative live-in immersion semin .. (more) | Jun 30 - Jul 4, 2008 |
National Capital Language Resource Center | LA CULTURE, C'EST PLUS QUE DES PHOTOS DE VOYAGES, DES MONUMENTS ET DES RECETTES DE CUISINE
Marcel LaVergne Ed.D (Boston University)
June 30
Cost: $100/ Early: (before 5/1): $80
Le professeur de français a souvent de la difficulté à intégrer l'enseignement de la culture dans ses le .. (more) | Jun 30 - Jun 30, 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 |
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 |
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 Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Meeting the Challenges of Immersion Education: "How well do students speak the immersion language?"
Increasingly, immersion educators are looking for ways to assess target language development within and across program models, immersion languages, and grade-levels. At this institute, participants w .. (more) | Jul 14 - Jul 18, 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 Applied Second Language Studies | Western Initiative for Language Leadership (WILL)
This is the second summer institute in a two-year series. Participants spent the 2007-08 school year conducting action research in their classrooms. During this summer institute, they will report on .. (more) | Jul 14 - Jul 18, 2008 |
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 14 - Jul 18, 2008 |
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 langauges. Through hands-on exploration, d .. (more) | Jul 14 - Jul 18, 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 Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Focusing on Learner Language: Second Language Acquisition Basics for Teachers
Knowing the basics of second language acquistion can help language teachers better meet the needs of their students. This summer institute will focus on the analysis of learners' language output wit .. (more) | Jul 21 - Jul 25, 2008 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching
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 21 - Jul 25, 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 Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development
This institute will provide a unique opportunity for French, German, and Spanish language teachers to learn how to develop Content-Based Instruction (CBI) curricular materials using music as an overar .. (more) | Jul 21 - Jul 25, 2008 |
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 21 - Jul 25, 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 |
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 28 - Aug 1, 2008 |
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching
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 28 - Aug 1, 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 |
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 |
