From http://www.spanishplayground.net
From the Spanish Playground blog: Traditional games in Spanish teach language and culture. These 12 games are from Latin America and Spain. All of them incorporate language, so they are excellent to play with children learning Spanish. In addition to vocabulary and common grammatical structures, the games are culturally relevant and fun. They are played every day by children around the world.
Read descriptions of the 12 games at http://www.spanishplayground.net/12-traditional-games-spanish
October 6, 2013
Open Access Textbooks and Language Primers Relating to the Ancient World
Here is a list of open access textbooks and language primers relating to the ancient world: http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2009/09/open-access-textbooks.html
German Poetry Online
AATG listserv subscribers have been sharing websites with German poetry. Here are some of them:
http://www.lyrikline.org
http://gutenberg.spiegel.de
http://www.vorleser.net
http://www.rezitator.de/gdt
http://www.lyrikline.org
http://gutenberg.spiegel.de
http://www.vorleser.net
http://www.rezitator.de/gdt
Registration Open for National German Exam
From http://www.aatg.org
The National German Exam is administered each year to nearly 22,000 high school students in the second, third and fourth level of German. The Exam, now in its 54th year, provides individual diagnostic feedback, rewards students through an extensive prize program, and creates a sense of accomplishment. Exam results provide a means of comparing students in all regions of the country, as well as programmatic data. Exam results are among the criteria used in selecting the recipients of chapter awards and the national AATG/PAD Study Trip Awards, a four-week study trip program in Germany.
The 2014 Exam period will be December 2, 2013 to February 1, 2014.
Registration for the 2014 National German Exam is now open. Learn more and register at http://www.aatg.org/NGE
The National German Exam is administered each year to nearly 22,000 high school students in the second, third and fourth level of German. The Exam, now in its 54th year, provides individual diagnostic feedback, rewards students through an extensive prize program, and creates a sense of accomplishment. Exam results provide a means of comparing students in all regions of the country, as well as programmatic data. Exam results are among the criteria used in selecting the recipients of chapter awards and the national AATG/PAD Study Trip Awards, a four-week study trip program in Germany.
The 2014 Exam period will be December 2, 2013 to February 1, 2014.
Registration for the 2014 National German Exam is now open. Learn more and register at http://www.aatg.org/NGE
Theaterfest: German Theatre Festival and Competition
From https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/german/theaterfest
The 37th Annual German Theatre Festival and Competition which will take place on Thursday, April 17, 2014.
The Theaterfest is held in Chapin Auditorium on the campus of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Dramatic presentations in German of no more than 15 minutes in length will be judged by a jury of secondary school German teachers, members of Mount Holyoke's German studies and theatre arts faculty as well as representatives of the German Consulate and the Goethe Institute in Boston. Prizes will be awarded on the elementary, secondary and college/university levels.
The deadline for entry is March 21, 2014.
For full details go to https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/german/theaterfest
The 37th Annual German Theatre Festival and Competition which will take place on Thursday, April 17, 2014.
The Theaterfest is held in Chapin Auditorium on the campus of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Dramatic presentations in German of no more than 15 minutes in length will be judged by a jury of secondary school German teachers, members of Mount Holyoke's German studies and theatre arts faculty as well as representatives of the German Consulate and the Goethe Institute in Boston. Prizes will be awarded on the elementary, secondary and college/university levels.
The deadline for entry is March 21, 2014.
For full details go to https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/german/theaterfest
Free Film Screenings of Verdi Operas in Their Original Settings
Two films which celebrate Verdi will be shown for free at the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco.
22 October: La Traviata a Paris (2000; 115 minutes) is a filming of Verdi's opera La Traviata shown in the original Parisian scenes and times of day described in the libretto. Given the distance between the numerous locations, the film required a high level of technological sophistication and received a 2001 Emmy award as well as a Prix Italia.
Register at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e8a5f7gse63a7138&oseq=&c=&ch= for La Traviata a Paris.
29 October: likewise, Rigoletto a Mantova (2010, 129 minutes) shows Verdi's Rigoletto in the settings in Mantova and hours of the day identified by the libretto. With Placido Domingo and conducted by Zubin Mehta.
Register at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e8a5g5zj90a74940&oseq=&c=&ch= for Rigoletto a Mantova.
Both films are in the original Italian with English subtitles and will be shown at 6:30pm.
22 October: La Traviata a Paris (2000; 115 minutes) is a filming of Verdi's opera La Traviata shown in the original Parisian scenes and times of day described in the libretto. Given the distance between the numerous locations, the film required a high level of technological sophistication and received a 2001 Emmy award as well as a Prix Italia.
Register at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e8a5f7gse63a7138&oseq=&c=&ch= for La Traviata a Paris.
29 October: likewise, Rigoletto a Mantova (2010, 129 minutes) shows Verdi's Rigoletto in the settings in Mantova and hours of the day identified by the libretto. With Placido Domingo and conducted by Zubin Mehta.
Register at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e8a5g5zj90a74940&oseq=&c=&ch= for Rigoletto a Mantova.
Both films are in the original Italian with English subtitles and will be shown at 6:30pm.
European Language Fair: A Taste of Europe
From https://www.eventbrite.com/event/5056052790
European Language Fair: A Taste of Europe
October 18, 2013
San Francisco
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Istituto Italiano Scuola, the Goethe-Institut, the Alliance Française, the Swiss and Greek Consulates and the Center for Modern Greek Studies at San Francisco State University invite you to an evening of social mingling, sample language classes, and delicious food from each participating country.
For full details and to register go to https://www.eventbrite.com/event/5056052790
European Language Fair: A Taste of Europe
October 18, 2013
San Francisco
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Istituto Italiano Scuola, the Goethe-Institut, the Alliance Française, the Swiss and Greek Consulates and the Center for Modern Greek Studies at San Francisco State University invite you to an evening of social mingling, sample language classes, and delicious food from each participating country.
For full details and to register go to https://www.eventbrite.com/event/5056052790
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