[CELTIC-T] [Fwd: Special Opportunity for LCTL teachers!!]

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

FYI - Funding oppurtunity to attend University of 
Minnesota's CARLA Institute for less commonly 
taught languages. See details below.



>Date:         Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:50:36 -0500
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>From: "Louis Janus, coordinator, LCTL project" <lctl at umn.edu>
>Subject: [CELTIC-T] [Fwd: Special Opportunity for LCTL teachers!!]
>
>/Please post and/or distribute/
>
>*Special Funding Support for LCTL Teachers *
>*To Attend CARLA Summer Institutes*
>
>
>
>The University's National Resource Centers 
>Institute for Global Studies (IGS) and the 
>European Studies Consortium (ESC) are pleased to 
>provide a limited number of $600 scholarships 
>for teachers of *less commonly taught languages* 
>to attend any of the CARLA summer institutes. 
>Applications are due by *April 16, 2007*.
>
>
>/See the following for more information and application materials:/
>
>
>
>*European LCTLs*
>
>If you teach a European LCTL, you should use the 
>ESC scholarship application at: 
>http://www.esc.umn.edu/CARLA.htm
>For more information, contact Laura Seifert at 
>esc at umn.edu <mailto:esc at umn.edu>.
>
>
>*Non-European LCTLs*
>
>If you teach a LCTL from any country outside of 
>Europe, you should use the IGS scholarship 
>application at:
>http://igs.cla.umn.edu/outreach/language.html
>
>For more information, contact Klaas van der 
>Sanden at vande001 at umn.edu 
><mailto:vande001 at umn.edu>.
>
>
>*CARLA Summer Institutes 2007*
>
>
>
>The Center for Advanced Research on Language 
>Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of 
>Minnesota has sponsored a summer institute 
>program for second language teachers since 1996. 
>These internationally-known institutes reflect 
>CARLA's commitment to  link research and theory 
>with practical applications for the classroom.
>
>Each institute is highly interactive and 
>includes discussion, theory-building, hands-on 
>activities, and plenty of networking 
>opportunities. Participants at the CARLA summer 
>institutes have come from all over the world. 
>They have included foreign language and ESL 
>teachers at all levels of instruction, program 
>administrators, and curriculum specialists. Over 
>2,000 language teachers have participated in the 
>summer institute program since it began in 1996.
>
>
>
>/The institutes for summer 2007 are:/
>
>
>
>*Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching for Chinese/Japanese*
>/June 25­29//, 2007 (Session 1) /
>
>
>
>*Focusing on Learner Language: *
>*/Second Language Acquisition Basics for Teachers/*
>/July 16­20, 2007/
>
>
>
>*Teaching and Learning Pragmatics: *
>*/Enhancing Learners' Ability to Use Second 
>Language in Culturally Appropriate Ways/*
>/July 16­20, 2007/
>
>*Meeting the Challenges of Immersion Education: *
>*/"How well do students speak the immersion language?"/*
>/July 16­20, 2007/
>
>*Developing Assessments for the Second Language Classroom*
>/July 23­27, 2007/
>
>*Improving Language Learning: *
>*/Styles- and Strategies-Based Instruction/*
>/July 23­27, 2007/
>
>*Developing Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs)*
>*/July 23­27, 2007/*
>
>*Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching*
>/June 23­27//, 2007 (Session 1) -or- July 30­August 3, 2007 (Session 2)/
>
>*Maximizing Study Abroad:*
>*/Teaching Strategies for Language and Culture Learning and Use/*
>/July 30­August 3, 2007/
>
>*Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom*
>/July 30­August 3, 2007/
>
>
>
>*Using Technology in Second Language Teaching*
>/July 30­August 3, 2007/
>
>
>
>The cost of each of the CARLA summer institutes 
>is $300 if registration is received by May 31, 
>2007 and $350 after that date. More information 
>and registration forms are available on the 
>CARLA website at: 
>/http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes// or you 
>can request a print copy of the brochure by 
>contacting the CARLA office at: carla at umn.edu 
><mailto:carla at umn.edu>.
>
>/Note: The summer institutes were developed and 
>are supported, in part, by the U.S. Department 
>of Education¹s Title VI Language Resource Center 
>program and by the University of Minnesota¹s 
>College of Education and Human Development and 
>College of Liberal Arts. The LCTL stipends are 
>supported by the University of Minnesota's Title 
>VI National Resource Centers./
>
>** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
>CARLA's Less Commonly Taught Languages Project sponsors this list and
>many other resources.
>http://www.carla.umn.edu/LCTL
>** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **


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