9.45, FYI: Research Fellowship,Quechua en UPenn,URL Update
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Subject: 9.45, FYI: Research Fellowship,Quechua en UPenn,URL Update
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Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 13:23:10 +0000
From: Lorraine Williams <Lorraine_Williams at flannet.middlebury.edu>
Subject: Baker Research Fellowship
2)
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 16:44:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Gonzalo Rubio <gonzalor at jhu.edu>
Subject: Quechua en UPenn
3)
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 15:41:22 -0500
From: kroch <kroch at linc.cis.upenn.edu>
Subject: URL correction for online corpus
-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 13:23:10 +0000
From: Lorraine Williams <Lorraine_Williams at flannet.middlebury.edu>
Subject: Baker Research Fellowship
THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
1998 Guidelines for Proposals
The Robert L. Baker Summer Research Fellowship for Second Language
Acquisition in an Environment of Immersion
Program Description
The Baker Research Fellowship will be awarded for an eight-week
residency on the Middlebury College campus to study adult language
acquisition. Research will be carried out during the summer session of
the Language Schools in 1998. Each fellow may hold only one summer
fellowship. Applicants should be experienced researchers in
second-language acquisition or applied linguistics. They must be
native or near-native speakers of one or more of the eight languages
taught at Middlebury: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian,
Japanese, Russian or Spanish. Researchers who have interests or
expertise in secondary education, or in teacher preparation are
encouraged to apply. Successful fellows will live with the faculty and
students of the target Language School, will be expected to
participate linguistically and socially in the life of the School and
to return the following summer to present findings. The fellowship
carries a stipend of $3,000-$4,000, depending upon the fellow's
experience and the scope of the project.
An applicant's proposed research plan should address the questions:
-How do adults learn second languages?
-What are the strategies used by expert learners of second
languages?
-What results does an immersion program produce? Why?
Selection Criteria
Middlebury will not determine specific projects but will consider the
following criteria in evaluating proposals:
-The achievement of the project's objectives will add significantly to
our understanding of how adult learners learn languages.
-The achievement of the project's objectives will add significantly
to our knowledge of effective language teaching methods.
-The project design takes the immersion conditions of language
learning at Middlebury into consideration, e.g., by incorporating
both classroom and non-classroom activities.
-Methods of data collection will be seamlessly incorporated in the
curriculum and therefore non-intrusive in nature.
-The methods of data collection will make appropriate use of
technology to ensure accurate and objective results.
-The conclusions drawn from the research project will create a
framework of assumptions about language acquisition upon which
curriculum development can be based.
We assume that each project will adhere to a commonly accepted
typology of educational research with such necessary components as
participant observation, surveys, in-depth interviews, case
studies, computer-aided tracking of learner behavior, data
collection and analysis.
Applicants should submit a three-page application consisting of the
following:
-A one page narrative describing the proposed project.
-A one page outline of the plan of action to be followed in carrying
out research.
-A one page resume that should reflect the applicant's experience
in language research, linguistics, teaching, materials development,
or any work done in furthering language pedagogy in secondary or
higher education that would support the candidacy for a research
fellowship.
The complete application should consist of no more than three
pages. If supporting material is needed we will request that it be
forwarded after reviewing the initial application. Applications should
be submitted to:
Professor Michael R. Katz
Dean of Languages and International Studies
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont 05753
Deadline for Receipt of Applications is
March 15, 1998
If you have any questions, please e-mail Elizabeth Karnes:
Karnes at FlanNet.middlebury.edu
-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 16:44:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Gonzalo Rubio <gonzalor at jhu.edu>
Subject: Quechua en UPenn
*Elementary Quechua I and II will be offered at The University of
Pennsylvania in Summer 1998.* These courses are open to graduate
students, advanced undergraduates, professionals and other interested
individuals. They will be taught by Serafin Coronel-Molina, a native
speaker of Quechua, using a combination of traditional and multimedia
texts. The course has been developed in close consultation with Dr.
Nancy H. Hornberger of the Graduate School of Education at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Elementary Quechua I (LING 140 for undergraduates; LING 508 for
graduates) will be offered in the first summer session (May 19 to June
26, 1998), and will meet five days a week from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon.
Elementary Quechua II (LING 141 for undergraduates; LING 509 for
graduates) will be offered in the second summer session (June 29 to
August 7, 1998), and will also meet five days a week from 10:00 am to
12:00 noon.
Elementary Quechua I is intended for students with no previous study
experience in Quechua. It introduces students to the language and
culture of the Quechua people. This is the language that was spoken
by the ancient Incas and is still spoken today by more than 10 million
speakers throughout the Andean countries of South America. The variety
taught will be from the Southern Quechua family spoken in Peru. The
course will promote the development of the four language skills:
speaking, listening, reading and writing, providing a good practical
command of oral and written skills appropriate for everyday
situations. In addition, classwork will include discussion of native
Andean culture, as well as the changing face of Quechua culture in
light of recent migration trends.
Elementary Quechua II is a continuation of Elementary Quechua I for
students who have taken the first session course or who have
previously studied Southern Peruvian Quechua at the beginning level.
The format will be the same as for Elementary Quechua I, with
continued building of the four essential language skills: speaking,
listening, reading and writing. Grammatical structures will be
continually reviewed throughout this course, while a rich input of
material in Quechua is provided with the goal of increasing the range
of vocabulary and linguistic structures as well as knowledge of the
culture.
For further information and registration, contact the Penn Language
Center, 401 Lauder-Fischer Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6330.
Telephone (215) 898-6039, fax (215) 573-2139. E-mail
<vassilie at sas.upenn.edu> (Ms. Lada Vassilieva).
-------------------------------- Message 3 -------------------------------
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 15:41:22 -0500
From: kroch <kroch at linc.cis.upenn.edu>
Subject: URL correction for online corpus
The URL you have for the Penn-Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Middle English is out
of date.
correct URL is: http://www.ling.upenn.edu/mideng. Thanks for updating it.
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