[lg policy] Edling Digest, Vol 38, Issue 7

Mon Nov 29 17:54:52 UTC 2010

Forwarded From:   edling at lists.sis.utsa.ed

Today's Topics:

  1. Position at the University of Athens (Bessie Dendrinos)
  2. New Issue of Language, Culture and Curriculum (Francis Hult)
  3. North Dakota: Lakota language program fills void (Francis Hult)
  4. Brunei: Learn Foreign Languages, Tourist Guides Told
     (Francis Hult)
  5. Georgia opens its Confucius Institute (Francis Hult)

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:25:12 +0200
From: "Bessie Dendrinos" <vdendrin at enl.uoa.gr>
Subject: [Edling] Position at the University of Athens
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TENURE-TRACK POSITION IN LINGUISTICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

The Department of Language and Linguistics, Faculty of English
Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens plans to
announce a tenure track position in Linguistics, with special emphasis
on empirical methods of analysis. There is interest in candidates with
expertise in one or more of the following areas:

 a.. corpus linguistics
 b.. computational linguistics
 c.. phonetics
 d.. language acquisition/learning

Requirements

Candidates must hold a PhD in Linguistics or Applied linguistics and
should demonstrate expertise in one of the aforementioned areas
through quality publications. They must have excellent command of
English and good command of Greek, as well as teaching experience at
tertiary level. They will be required to teach both undergraduate and
postgraduate courses -two per semester. The ideal candidate should be
able to teach a wide range of (Applied) Linguistics courses in English
and, depending on their area of expertise, to contribute to the
research profile of the Department.

If interested, send resume and cover letter:

Ms Victoria Chryssafi, Department Secretary

Department of Language and Linguistics

Faculty of English Studies

School of Philosophy

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

University Campus Zographou

GR - 15784 Athens

Electronically:

vichry at enl.uoa.gr)
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Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:41:13 -0600
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] New Issue of Language, Culture and Curriculum
To: <edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu>
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Language, Culture and Curriculum

Volume 23 Number 3

Special Issue: Re-thinking Bilingualism - Challenges of
Multilingualism and Communication in Classroom Settings

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g929204916

Preface

Lazaro Moreno Herrera and ?sa Wedin

171 - 171

The complexity turn in educational linguistics

Francis Hult

173 - 177

Code-switching and code-mixing in Welsh bilinguals' talk: confirming
or refuting the maintenance of language boundaries?

Nigel Musk

179 - 197

Bilingual lexical interillumination in the foreign language classroom

Oliver St John

199 - 218

Narration in Swedish pre- and primary school: a resource for language
development and multilingualism

?sa Wedin

219 - 233

Bilingualism and bilingual education in a complex context

Lazaro Moreno Herrera and ?sa Wedin

235 - 249

Creating and (re)negotiating boundaries: representations as mediation
in visually oriented multilingual Swedish school settings

Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta

251 - 276

Book Reviews

Minority languages, education and communities in China

Anwei Feng

277 - 280

Language learner autonomy: policy, curriculum, classroom - a
Festschrift in honour of David Little

Larissa Aronin

280 - 284

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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:50:50 -0600
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] North Dakota: Lakota language program fills void
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Argus Leader

Lakota language program fills void

Once, the Lakota language was suppressed in South Dakota schools.

Now, many schools on or near reservations give children a taste of the
language, with words for colors, numbers and family members.

Full story:

http://www.argusleader.com/article/20101129/VOICES01/11290308/1052/OPINION01

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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:54:55 -0600
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Brunei: Learn Foreign Languages, Tourist Guides Told
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BruDirect.com

Learn Foreign Languages, Tourist Guides Told

Local tour guides were told to take the initiative to learn foreign
languages as it will not only help them communicate effectively with
tourists but also enhance their market value as a tour guide, the
Chief Executive Officer of Brunei Tourism Board said yesterday.

Full story:

http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/2010112934279/Local-News/learn-foreign-languages-tourist-guides-told.html

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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:01:58 -0600
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Georgia opens its Confucius Institute
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English.news.cn

Georgia opens its Confucius Institute

The South Caucasus country of Georgia on Friday opened its Confucius
Institute to enhance the country's Chinese teaching and learning
capability.

The Georgian Confucius Institute has already started its first class
of 12 students who get three lectures a week to begin with.

Full story:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/culture/2010-11/27/c_13624282.htm

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End of Edling Digest, Vol 38, Issue 7
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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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