From Patrick Wallace, Program Specialist, Georgia Department of Education Curriculum & Instruction / World Languages and Global Workforce Initiatives There is a great deal happening in our area and I’m excited to share some updates with you as we move further into 2022. I struggle to think of a time when world languages had more […]
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Greg Nedved interviews Brandon Locke, Director of World Languages and Immersion Programs for the Anchorage School District. Locke has also written about the Alaska Native History Curriculum. See the article here. The text below is automatically generated from the captions in the video. Any errors are the fault of the editors, not the speakers. Morning,
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Thirty-four Ways of Looking at the Moon in Warsaw The current edition of the Loch Raven Review, a periodical devoted to showcasing the works of new and established writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and reviews, has published a remarkable project conceived by its long-time Translations Editor, Danuta E. Kosk-Kosicka. For this global project, she selected
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With the global pandemic that started in 2020, practices around teaching and learning were changed forever. Many schools were forced to pivot to online education very quickly in early 2020, and online education prevailed for many schools throughout the pandemic. While some schools reopened fully, others stayed in a hybrid or fully online stance for
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Spain is a country with many different linguistic and cultural wonders. There are several different languages spoken in the country, one of which is Aragonese. This language is also known as Aragoieraz, Altoaragonés, Aragonés, Fabla Aragonesa, Patués, or High Aragonese. This language is an Indo-European language spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in the Aragon
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Tuesday November 30, 2021 is Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday is an opportunity for us to reflect on and support our community. We hope that you will consider supporting the National Museum of Language (NML) on this Giving Tuesday by joining the Museum and/or donating if you are able. The National Museum of Language is a
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The Niimíipuu (“The People”) or Nez Perce are a tribe in present day Idaho consisting of around 3,500 citizens. It is a federally recognized tribe by the United States government (Nez Perce, 2018). The Nez Perce were a nomadic people, traveling with the seasons as they hunted buffalo (Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, 2021). The
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Speak for Yersel: new resources will create a digital snapshot of how language is used on the island of Ireland When you’re talking to a group of people, would you say you, youse, or ye? Would you ever say I’m pure ragin’? And do you pronounce meat the same as mate? These are the kinds of questions asked in
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Our Liaison from the District of Columbia is Ms. Ewa Zeoli. The Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools is excited to invite you to participate in its 11th annual conference! This conference brings together everyone who is interested in learning about and collaborating with community-based HL schools. Attendees typically include directors and administrators of community-based HL schools, teachers, members
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You might not think of lesson planning as teaching innovation, lesson planning actually can help educators to focus their teaching style, technology use, and delivery techniques. Lesson planning is often taught in language teacher preparation programs, but have you thought about why we promote lesson planning (other than a response “you have to”)? While often
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