Stipends Available for UMN Carla Seminars

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

Stipends of $600 are available to attend the 
CARLA summer institutes for lesser taught 
languages. See details below.

Elizabeth

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>LCTL Teachers  for Professional Development at 
>the CARLA Summer Institutes
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>Special Funding Support for LCTL Teachers 
>for Professional Development at the CARLA Summer Institutes
>
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>
>To support the improvement of instruction of 
>Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs), the 
>University of Minnesota's National Resource 
>Centers offer a limited number of $600 stipends 
>for LCTL teachers to help defray the cost of 
>attending any of the CARLA summer institutes. 
>The University NRCs­­the Consortium for the 
>Study of the Asias (CSA), the European Studies 
>Consortium (ESC) and the Institute for Global 
>Studies (IGS)­­are funded by the U.S. Department 
>of Education and sponsor this program as part of 
>their mission to support LCTL 
>teachers. Applications are due by April 10, 2009.
>
>
>
>See the following for more information and application materials:
>
>
>
>	European LCTL teachers 
>see: <http://ecommunication.umn.edu/t/29047/2581612/17472/0/>http://www.esc.umn.edu/CARLA.htm
>  	Asian LCTL teachers 
>see: <http://ecommunication.umn.edu/t/29047/2581612/17473/0/>http://asias.umn.edu/funding/k16.html
>  	All other LCTLs 
>see: <http://ecommunication.umn.edu/t/29047/2581612/17474/0/>http://igs.cla.umn.edu/outreach/language.html
>
>For more details about the stipend program 
>see:<http://ecommunication.umn.edu/t/29047/2581612/17475/0/>http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/scholarships.html
>
>CARLA Summer Institutes 2009
>
>
>
>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 2009 are:
>
>
>
>Meeting the Challenges of Immersion Education: 
>Language and Learning Disorders and the Struggling Immersion Learner
>July 13­17, 2009
>Instructor: Tara Fortune
>
>
>Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom
>July 13­17, 2009
>Instructors:  Francine Klein and Wendy Allen
>
>
>Developing Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs)
>July 20­24, 2009 
>Instructors: Bill Johnston and Louis Janus
>
>
>Improving Language Learning: 
>Styles- and Strategies-Based Instruction
>July 20­24, 2009 
>Instructor: Martha Nyikos with guest presenter Andrew Cohen
>
>
>Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development 
>July 20­24, 2009 
>Instructor: Laurent Cammarata
>
>
>Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching 
>July 20­24, 2009 (Session 1) -or- July 27­31, 2009 (Session 2)
>Instructors: Diane Tedick, Tara Fortune, Maureen 
>Curran Dorsano, and Mandy Menke
>
>
>Focusing on Learner Language: 
>Second Language Acquisition Basics for Teachers
>July 27­31, 2009
>Instructors: Elaine Tarone and Maggie Broner
>
>
>Developing Assessments for the Second Language Classroom
>July 27­31, 2009
>Instructor: Ursula Lentz with guest presenter Donna Clementi
>
>
>Language and Culture in Sync: 
>Teaching the Pragmatics of a Second Language 
>July 27­31, 2009
>Instructor: Noriko Ishihara with guest presenter Andrew Cohen
>
>
>More information about each institute is 
>available on the CARLA website 
>at: <http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/>http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/
>
>
>
>The cost of each of the CARLA summer institutes 
>is $350 if registration is received by May 31, 
>2009 and $400 after that date. More information 
>and registration forms are available on the 
>CARLA website 
>at: <http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/>http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/ or 
>you can request a print copy of the brochure by 
>contacting the CARLA office 
>at: <mailto:carla at umn.edu>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.
>
>
>
>**our apologies for cross-posting**
>** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** CARLA's Less Commonly 
>Taught Languages Project sponsors this list and 
>many other resources. 
>http://www.carla.umn.edu/LCTL ** ** ** ** ** ** 
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