Fw: AATG-SC E-NL #4: 1) Great turnout for AATG-SC March 10th meeting at UCI; 2) USA Foreign Language Instruction Imperiled (See article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.)

[Elena Kobzeva]

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From: Rose Marie Sarkis <rsarkis at rccd.cc.ca.us>
To: <elenakh at rccd.cc.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 12:27 PM
Subject: AATG-SC E-NL #4: 1) Great turnout for AATG-SC March 10th meeting at
UCI; 2) USA Foreign Language Instruction Imperiled (See article from the
Chronicle of Higher Education.)


> >X-Sender: ccloughly/polytechnic.org at pop3.norton.antivirus
> >Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 23:58:30 -0800
> >To: ccloughly at polytechnic.org
> >From: Cecilia Cloughly <ccloughly at polytechnic.org>
> >Subject: AATG-SC E-NL #4:  1)  Great turnout for AATG-SC March 10th
> >  meeting at UCI;  2) USA Foreign Language Instruction Imperiled (See
> >  article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.)
> >
> >   AATG-SC Spring Meeting, March 10th
> >
> > If you can't make it for the whole day, how about coming
> > for the morning or afternoon session?
> >
> > Full information for map, site, and schedule below.
> >
> >   USA Foreign Language Instruction Imperiled?
> > Drake University closes all Foreign Language Departments, firing 15
> > tenured and part-time faculty members!
> >
> > Anyone concerned about the future of foreign language instruction in
> > this country should take a look at this article in the online edition of
> > the Chronicle of Higher Education"A University Plans to Promote
Languages
> >"
> > http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i26/26a01401.htm
> >
> > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> >   AATG-SC SPRING 2001 MEETING, Saturday, March 10, 2001
> > Please join us on Saturday, March 10, 2001 for the spring meeting of the
> > AATG-SC. The meeting will be held on the campus of the University of
> > California, Irvine in Building HH (Humanities Hall) in Room 254. Please
> > note: This is not the HIB (Humanities Instructional Building) which some
of
> > you may know. HH is across the way from HIB.
> > Apart from great conversation with colleagues and friends, there will be
a
> > business meeting for AATG-SC, two workshops, and an open
> > Chapter Board meeting. Each workshop will provide participants
> > with valuable information, ideas, and materials to use at any level
> > of German language instruction.
> > Breakfast, lunch, coffee break, and parking for those who RSVP's by Feb.
21
> > are being paid for by AATG-SC, the UCI Department of German,
> > and the UCI Center for Educational Partnerships.
> > You can attend the meeting without RSVPing, but you won't be able
> > to park for free ($4).
> > SCHEDULE:
> > 8:00-10:00 Full continental breakfast buffet (bagels, danish, coffee,
juice)
> > 8:30-9:45 AATG-SC Business Meeting.
> > 10:00-12:00 Workshop: TARGET-LANGUAGE USE IN THE GERMAN CLASSROOM.
> > Glenn Levine, Asst. Prof. UCI,
> > Language Program Director. This workshop with include detailed
information
> > from a recent study of student and instructor
> > attitudes and beliefs about target language use, discussion of effective
> and
> > comprehensible means of employing the target
> > language exclusively or nearly exclusively and getting students to do
> > likewise, as well as of when and how to employ
> > English in the German classroom.
> > 12:00-2:00 Lunch buffet including deli sandwiches, pasta salad, dessert,
> > beverages, etc. (accommodation made for vegetarians as well).
> > 2:00-4:00 Workshop: EFFECTIVE AND ENJOYABLE USES OF THE INTERNET AS A
> >"" CULTURAL CONTENT.
> > Kai Herklotz, Susan Morse, and Magdalena Tarnawska,
> > UCI German Department. This workshop will present a range of ideas on
> ways to
> > employ internet-based activities, both in
> > class and outside of class. The presenters will provide participants
with
> > basic theoretical guidelines for designing effective
> > activities, as well as actual materials that can be used or adapted by
> > participants.
> >
> > PARKING
> > Parking will also be paid for by the sponsors of the meeting. Give your
> name
> > to the attendant when you enter the garage.
> > You must arrive between 7:30 and 10:00 in order to receive free parking
> > (there will be no attendant after 10:00am). Please
> > park in Parking Garage 4, which is on Pareira near West Peltason. A map
can
> > be viewed at
> > http://www.uci.edu/campusmap/. Click on the upper left map, then on the
> > central portion of the campus. The garage is in the
> > upper part of grid D6. The meeting will take place in Humanities Hall
(HH,
> > Building 601) on the map (grid E 6).
> > DIRECTIONS:
> > Please see the website http://www.uci.edu/campusmap/area/index.html for
> > detailed driving directions, or contact Glenn
> > Levine at glevine at uci.edu or 949-824-6406.
> >
>
>

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