[EDLING:916] "Talkin' About Talk" Available

[Francis M Hult]

By way of ILR...


>  "Year of Languages" Radio Series Available 
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>     As part of the "Year of Languages" (YOL) celebration, the College of
> Charleston and National Museum of Language have jointly sponsored
> development and distribution of a series of fifty-two radio spots on
> languages and linguistics. The spots are 5-minutes long and address a wide
> range of questions that a general audience might have about language, such
> as: Which language is the oldest?  How do babies learn to talk? Where did
> the southern dialect come from? Whatever happened to Esperanto?  The
> materials were written by 48 language experts from 23 states and the United
> Kingdom under the direction of Dr. Rick Rickerson of the College of
> Charleston.  Information about the series, including brief biographies of
> the authors, can be found at:  <http://www.cofc.edu/linguist>
> www.cofc.edu/linguist 
> 
> The series has been aired on public radio stations in several states as well
> as on campus radio stations.  It will soon be available for use by language
> professionals as part of a curriculum, a motivator in the spirit of the YOL,
> or in many other ways.  High schools have played the spots through their
> intercom systems; a middle-school teacher has used them as part of a
> Language Arts class; universities are using them to supplement courses that
> prepare new language teachers.  Above all, their purpose is to raise
> awareness about languages and the language profession during this year of
> celebration. 
> 
>     Audio files for the series are available on the website of the American
> Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (  <http://www.actfl.org/>
> www.actfl.org) and its YOL site (  <http://www.yearoflanguages.org/>
> www.yearoflanguages.org).  The materials will also be available in September
> on compact disks at cost ($9.65 plus postage for the set of 4 disks,) from
> Georgia Schlau, Director, Michael Pincus Language Resource Center (
> <mailto:schlaug at cofc.edu> schlaug at cofc.edu), College of Charleston.  Campus
> radio stations may be particularly interested in broadcasting the series in
> Fall 2005. If you wish to have the series broadcast in your area or on your
> campus, send the name of the station and e-mail address of the station
> manager -- or other questions or comments about the series -- to Dr.
> Rickerson at:  <mailto:erickerson at comcast.net> erickerson at comcast.net 
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> 
> E.M. Rickerson, Ph.D
> Professor Emeritus
> Director Emeritus, Division of Languages
> College of Charleston
> 66 George St
> Charleston, SC 29414
>  <mailto:erickerson at comcast.net> erickerson at comcast.net