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Bring a Chinese Guest Teacher to Your School |
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The College Board is pleased to announce the new Chinese Guest Teacher Program . The program will provide qualified language teachers from China to work in your school or district at minimal cost for up to three years. This is your chance to build a Chinese program efficiently and affordably
[check the website for details...]
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| http://www.collegeboard.com/k12chinese |
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Parents Begin Spanish Language Lessons with Toddlers (NPR: Morning Edition, May 31, 2006) |
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Companies and educators are cashing in on a wave of interest among some parents to teach their children Spanish. The trend sometimes involves very young children who are just beginning to learn English. Research suggests this is an ideal time for kids to pick up a second language.
[check the website for details...] |
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| http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5441257 |
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A Response to the National Security Language Initiative by the Language Profession |
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The Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Council for Languages and International Studies (JNCL/NCLIS) are composed of sixty-four member organizations representing approximately 200,000 language educators and professionals. JNCL/NCLIS members deal with the languages taught, studied and used in the United States including the commonly taught and less-commonly taught languages, English as a Second Language, American Sign Language, the classics and bilingual education. Our member organizations are involved across all educational levels (Pre-K to adult learners) and are engaged in teaching, research, translation and interpretation, distance learning/computer-assisted instruction, materials development, assessment, student and faculty exchanges, and study abroad, among other areas.
[check the website for details...] |
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| http://www.nnell.org/documents/language_in_news/JNCL Response to NSLI.doc |
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Opportunity for U.S. Schools-Teachers of Critical Languages Program |
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The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State is pleased to announce the Teachers of Critical Languages Program, an international educational exchange program under the new National Security Language Initiative. This program seeks to strengthenthe teaching of Chinese and Arabic at U.S. schools, while also providing the international teachers the opportunity to learn about U.S. teaching methodologies, culture and society.
For the 2006-2007 academic year, U.S. primary or secondary schools may apply for the opportunity to host a teacher from China or Jordan to teach Mandarin Chinese or Arabic, respectively, and also to serve as cultural resources in the school and community. The Department of State will provide J-1 visa sponsorship, airfare, accident and illness insurance, and a living allowance for the teacher. U.S. schools must provide a mentor teacher and must demonstrate a plan for how both the U.S. school and the international teacher will benefit from the program.
The deadline for applications is Wednesday, May 31, 2006. For more information, or to request an application, e-mail tclp@state.gov.
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| tclp@state.gov |
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THE FOREIGN-LANGUAGE CHALLENGE: What America Must Do to Achieve Competence |
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At the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education, in January, which I attended, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings set out to make Americans' foreign-language competency a central component of U.S. national policy. If what they proposed comes to fruition, the United States would be more secure and better able to compete in the global marketplace. Americans would also engage the world in a fundamentally different way — with more linguistic and cultural competence and, as a result, with greater confidence.
[check the website for details]
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| http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i29/29b01001.htm |
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Foreign Language Assistance Program |
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Purpose: To improve the quality and extent of foreign language instruction, particularly in the Nation’s elementary schools.
Discretionary provisions authorize the Department to make 3-year grants to State Education Agencies and Local Education Agencies.
The grants pay the Federal share of the cost of innovative model programs for the establishment, improvement, or expansion of foreign language study for elementary and secondary school students.
[check the website for details] |
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| http://www.nnell.org/documents/language_in_news/FLAP_2006.doc |
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Grants for North American Language and Culture Assistants in Spain |
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The Ministry of Education and Science of Spain (MEC), by agreement with the Autonomous Regions, is expanding the Language and Culture Assistant Program.
The Assistants have the opportunity to learn about Spanish language and culture and use their experience upon their return to the United States or Canada, thus helping to develop cultural understanding between the citizens of Spain and the United States and Canada. At the same time, the program provides Spanish students and teachers of English an opportunity to broaden and increase their knowledge of the English language and American or Canadian culture through interaction with native speakers.
[check the website for details]
For more information : http://www.sgci.mec.es/usa/AC/indexing.shtml
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| http://www.nnell.org/documents/language_in_news/lang_asst_spain.pdf |
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Education for Global
Leadership:The Importance of International Studies and Foreign Language
Education for U.S. Economic and
National Security |
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As we begin the twenty-first century, technological,
economic, political, and social forces have created a new
era. Technological advancements and lower trade
barriers have paved the way for the globalization of
markets, bringing intense competition to the U.S.
economy.
[check the website for details]
Full report (http://www.ced.org/docs/report/report_foreignlanguages.pdf)
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| http://www.ced.org/docs/summary/summary_foreignlanguages.pdf |
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CED urges increased investment in international eduation and foreign language studies |
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WASHINGTON, D.C., February 9, 2006 – The United States will become less competitive in the global economy because of a shortage of strong foreign language and international studies programs at the elementary, high school and college levels, warns a new statement from the Committee for Economic Development (CED), a business-led policy group.
[check the website for details...] |
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| http://www.ced.org/newsroom/press/press_foreignlanguages.pdf |
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iPods helping languages click: Students use the technology to fine-tune their speaking skills. |
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Tiphinnie Brown quickly identified a mistake in her Spanish class assignment.
The high school sophomore heard the mispronunciation in a recording minutes later on an iPod, the handheld devices more often used to play downloaded music.
At Moorestown Friends in Burlington County, iPods are the newest learning tool for world language teachers. Students use them to practice speaking and critique their pronunciations.
[check the website for details...] |
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| http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/education/13834582.htm |
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Bigger Ed. Dept. Role Seen in Bush Foreign-Language Plan By Mary Ann Zehr (Education Week, January 18, 2006) |
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Foreign-language experts are praising the Department of Education for taking a larger role in promoting the teaching of other languages as part of a proposed Bush administration initiative to bolster national security and the economy.
[check the website for details...] |
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| http://www.nnell.org/documents/Ed Week article 1.pdf |
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US-China Education Initiatives |
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Increasingly leaders across public and private sectors are recognizing the rise of Asia as one of the central facts of the twenty-first century. China, with its tremendous economic growth and emergence as a social and political leader in the region, is fundamental to this shift. The following programs and resources represent beginning efforts in the American educational system that promote greater US-China understanding and communications.
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| http://www.internationaled.org/chinainitiatives.htm |
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National Security Language Initiative |
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President Bush today launched the National Security Language Initiative (NSLI), a plan to further strengthen national security and prosperity in the 21st century through education, especially in developing foreign language skills. The NSLI will dramatically increase the number of Americans learning critical need foreign languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Hindi, Farsi, and others through new and expanded programs from kindergarten through university and into the workforce. The President will request $114 million in FY07 to fund this effort.
[check the website for details...] |
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| http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/58733.htm |
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