January 4, 2013

Understanding Student Learning Objectives in Ohio: Workshops Coming Up

From http://ofla.memberlodge.org

The Ohio Foreign Language Association is hosting a series of workshops: Understanding Student Learning Objectives.

Currently there are three workshops planned:
Saturday, January 12, Delphos Jefferson High School
Saturday, February 23, Miami University
Saturday, March 2, Hudson High School

Learn how to write SLO’s aligned with the Ohio World Language Learning Objectives. Integrate the interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communication skills in your assessments. Take home examples of how to assess the students using LinguaFolio and Integrated Performance Assessments.

Register at http://ofla.memberlodge.org/Default.aspx?pageId=418057&eventId=598427&EventViewMode=EventDetails

Webinar: Common Core State Standards and English Learners

From http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e6rt8ofv5f94ea38&llr=yyts7ykab

Webinar: Common Core State Standards and English Learners
Friday January 18, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST

The Common Core State Standards mean greater rigor, higher expectations and considerable greater language demands. Leadership and professional development are needed to act collectively to implement supportive policies, build educator capacity and develop effective approaches for providing ELs with access to and opportunities for rigorous academic work. Join three experts as they outline what needs to be done for this population. Presenters: Judy Elliott, former Chief Academic Officer, Los Angeles Unified School
District, Lily Wong Fillmore, University of California, Berkeley, and Margarita Calderón, Professor Emerita, Johns Hopkins University.

For full details and to register, go to http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e6rt8ofv5f94ea38&llr=yyts7ykab

Applied Linguistics Winter Conference

From http://nystesol.org/sig/AppliedLinguistics

NYS TESOL 34th Annual Applied Linguistics Winter Conference
Targeting Tomorrow: TESOL, Applied Linguistics, and Technology
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Columbia University

Pre-registration opens January 7, 2013.

For more details go to http://nystesol.org/sig/AppliedLinguistics

Kentucky Society for Technology in Education 2013 Conference

From http://www.kyste.org/content_page.aspx?cid=2

KySTE 2013 is the conference of the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education. This year’s conference theme is “Mission/Possible.” The conference will be held at The Galt House Hotel, Louisville, KY March 13-15.

Learn more and register at http://www.kyste.org/content_page.aspx?cid=2

2013 American Association of Italian Studies Conference

From http://center.uoregon.edu/AAIS/2013

The 2013 AAIS Conference will be hosted by the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR on April 11–14, 2013.

The AAIS (American Association of Italian Studies) gathers scholars and intellectuals who conduct research in Italian literature and more broadly contribute to the study of the different aspects of Italian society and artistic production, including its influence on other cultures.

Registration is now open. Visit the conference website at http://center.uoregon.edu/AAIS/2013

There is some funding from the AAIS for travel expenses. For more information go to the AAIS website at http://www.aais.info

December 2012 Issue of TESL-EJ

The latest issue of TESL-EJ, an electronic journal for English as a second language, is available at http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress

In this issue:
-Ian Walkinshaw and Oanh Thi Hoang Duong, Native- and Non-Native Speaking English Teachers in Vietnam: Weighing the Benefits
-Ehsan Rassaei, The Effects of Input-based and Output-based Instruction on L2 Development
-Joseph Falout, Coping With Demotivation: EFL Learners’ Remotivation Processes
-Nassira Houat, Implementing a Wiki Collaborative Writing Project In a Blended Course
-Amir Ghorbanpour, Creating Interactive Web-based Exercises in Hot Potatoes -Brian E. Hutchinson, Google+: A CALL resource for English Language Learners

Read these articles and more at http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress

Vol 1. No 3. of Southeast Asian Studies Now Available Online

The latest issue of the journal Southeast Asian Studies is available online at http://englishkyoto-seas.org/2012/12/vol-1-no-3-of-southeast-asian-studies-now-available-online

The theme of this special issue is De-institutionalizing Religion in Southeast Asia.