From http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local_schools/madison-schools-dual-language-program-prompts-concerns/article_5754a16e-19b6-11e1-9e0a-001cc4c002e0.html
Madison Schools' dual-language program prompts concerns
by Matthew DeFour
November 28, 2011
Students in the Madison School District's dual-language immersion program are less likely than students in English-only classrooms to be black or Asian, come from low-income families, need special education services or have behavioral problems, according to a district analysis.
School Board members have raised concerns about the imbalance of diversity and other issues with the popular program.
As a result, Superintendent Dan Nerad wants to put on hold expansion plans at Hawthorne, Stephens and Thoreau elementaries and delay the decision to the spring on how to expand the program to La Follette High School in 2013.
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December 3, 2011
Editorial: United States Needs More Multilingualism
From http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2011/11/you_know_the_joke_and_its_not_funny.html
You Know the Joke, And It's Not Funny
By Anthony Jackson
November 30, 2011
What do you call someone who speaks two languages? Bilingual. What do you call someone who can speak one language? American. It's an old joke that's no longer funny.
U.S. national security and American businesses alike have called for greater language capacity among Americans, but schools have not been able to help meet this need.
In this rapidly changing and increasingly global economy, there is a growing need for workers with the skills to work across different languages and cultures. In fact, according to the Committee for Economic Development, a non-profit organization of more than 200 business leaders and university presidents, "to compete successfully in the global marketplace, both U.S.-based multinational corporations as well as small businesses, increasingly need employees with knowledge of foreign languages and cultures to market products to customers around the globe and to work effectively with foreign employees and partners in other countries."
Beyond the clear economic and professional advantages of achieving facility in a language other than English, language learning also has clear cognitive benefits for students of all ages.
Read the full editorial at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2011/11/you_know_the_joke_and_its_not_funny.html
You Know the Joke, And It's Not Funny
By Anthony Jackson
November 30, 2011
What do you call someone who speaks two languages? Bilingual. What do you call someone who can speak one language? American. It's an old joke that's no longer funny.
U.S. national security and American businesses alike have called for greater language capacity among Americans, but schools have not been able to help meet this need.
In this rapidly changing and increasingly global economy, there is a growing need for workers with the skills to work across different languages and cultures. In fact, according to the Committee for Economic Development, a non-profit organization of more than 200 business leaders and university presidents, "to compete successfully in the global marketplace, both U.S.-based multinational corporations as well as small businesses, increasingly need employees with knowledge of foreign languages and cultures to market products to customers around the globe and to work effectively with foreign employees and partners in other countries."
Beyond the clear economic and professional advantages of achieving facility in a language other than English, language learning also has clear cognitive benefits for students of all ages.
Read the full editorial at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2011/11/you_know_the_joke_and_its_not_funny.html
Job: Director of Intensive English Center, St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud State University in Minnesota seeks a director of the Intensive English Center (IEC). Appointment will begin in Fall 2012 with the possibility of Summer 2012 employment.
Application Deadline: 01-Feb-2012 (Open until filled)
View the full job posting at http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-4739.html
Application Deadline: 01-Feb-2012 (Open until filled)
View the full job posting at http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-4739.html
Job: Instructor, Various Languages, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Organization: Monterey Institute of International Studies
Department: Summer Intensive Language Program
Job Location: California, USA
Language Instructors (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Japanese)
View the full job posting at http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-4801.html
Department: Summer Intensive Language Program
Job Location: California, USA
Language Instructors (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Japanese)
View the full job posting at http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-4801.html
Call for External Research from Pearson
From http://www.pearsonpte.com/research/Pages/Research2012.aspx
Pearson invites researchers in the field of language testing and assessment, second/foreign language education, linguistics, applied linguistics, and other related areas of research to participate in our 2012 external research program. They offer funded research, in-kind supported research, and new tender opportunities.
Application deadline: February 28, 2012
Learn about these opportunities at http://www.pearsonpte.com/research/Pages/Research2012.aspx
Pearson invites researchers in the field of language testing and assessment, second/foreign language education, linguistics, applied linguistics, and other related areas of research to participate in our 2012 external research program. They offer funded research, in-kind supported research, and new tender opportunities.
Application deadline: February 28, 2012
Learn about these opportunities at http://www.pearsonpte.com/research/Pages/Research2012.aspx
Webinar: Assessing Writing
From http://larc.sdsu.edu/events/webinars
Writing Assessments
Presented by Sara C. Weigle
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011
Time: 12:30 – 1:40 pm Los Angeles Time (3:30 – 4:40 pm New York Time)
Location: Online Webinar (Free)
The assessment of student writing is an essential task for language teachers, and yet many graduate programs do not require students to take a course in assessment or evaluation, and courses on teaching writing often devote only a limited amount of time to the discussion of assessment. Furthermore, teachers frequently need to prepare their students for externally mandated large-scale writing assessments, and thus they need to have an understanding of the uses and misuses of such tests. In this webinar we will explore the essential considerations in classroom and large-scale writing assessments. Topics to be discussed include designing tasks for writing assessment, scoring rubrics, computer scoring of writing, and portfolio assessment.
Learn more and sign up at http://larc.sdsu.edu/webinar-sara-weigle
Writing Assessments
Presented by Sara C. Weigle
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011
Time: 12:30 – 1:40 pm Los Angeles Time (3:30 – 4:40 pm New York Time)
Location: Online Webinar (Free)
The assessment of student writing is an essential task for language teachers, and yet many graduate programs do not require students to take a course in assessment or evaluation, and courses on teaching writing often devote only a limited amount of time to the discussion of assessment. Furthermore, teachers frequently need to prepare their students for externally mandated large-scale writing assessments, and thus they need to have an understanding of the uses and misuses of such tests. In this webinar we will explore the essential considerations in classroom and large-scale writing assessments. Topics to be discussed include designing tasks for writing assessment, scoring rubrics, computer scoring of writing, and portfolio assessment.
Learn more and sign up at http://larc.sdsu.edu/webinar-sara-weigle
2012 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
From http://www.csctfl.org
2012 Central States Conference
Touch the World
March 8-10
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The annual Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages includes approximately 140 workshops and sessions presented by world language teachers at all levels of instruction.
The Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages serves the seventeen states of: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
Early registration ends January 16, 2012.
For full details go to http://www.csctfl.org/conferences/2012conference.html
2012 Central States Conference
Touch the World
March 8-10
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The annual Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages includes approximately 140 workshops and sessions presented by world language teachers at all levels of instruction.
The Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages serves the seventeen states of: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
Early registration ends January 16, 2012.
For full details go to http://www.csctfl.org/conferences/2012conference.html
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