[EDLING:1446] NCLRC Summer Institutes for Foreign Language Teachers

[Shannon Sauro]

The National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC) is happy to  
announce its 2006 Summer Institutes for Foreign Language Teachers.  
These include special institutes for teachers of Chinese and Arabic,  
and immersion institutes in French and Spanish. Please pass this  
along to any colleagues whom you think might be interested. 

Full details available at http://nclrc.org/profdev/si2006.html

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Summer Institutes 2006

TEACHING ARABIC K-12 HANDS-ON WORKSHOP
Monday July 10, Tuesday, July 11 & Wednesday, July 12
Cost: $225.00

ARABIC K-12: ASSESSMENT
Thursday, July 13
Cost: $75.00

ARABIC: TEACHING STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Wafa Hassan, Friday, July 14
Cost: $75.00

UNDERSTANDING ASSESSMENT: APPLICATIONS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Margaret Malone, Center for Applied Linguistics
Wednesday June 21
Cost: $75.00
Location: The Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, D.C.

TEACHING TECHNIQUES FOR EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM INTERACTION
Hong Gang Jin, Hamilton College
Thursday, May 25
Cost: $75.00

CHINESE LANGUAGE & CULTURE: TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE EFFECTIVE LEARNING  
ACTIVITIES
Phyllis Zhang, George Washington University 
Friday, May 26
Cost: $100.00

CHINESE LANGUAGE & CULTURE:  UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING
Phyllis Zhang, George Washington University
Wednesday, June 28 and Thursday, June 29
Cost: $150.00

HOW STRUGGLING STUDENTS CAN BECOME GOOD LANGUAGE LEARNERS: THE PATH TO
INDEPENDENT LEARNING
Anna Uhl Chamot & Jill Robbins
Monday, June 26
Cost: $75.00

DEVELOPING AN ACTION PLAN FOR READING
Joan Rubin, Joan Rubin Associates
Wednesday, June 28
Cost: $75.00

DEVELOPING LISTENING COMPREHENSION SKILLS
Joan Rubin, Joan Rubin Associates
Thursday, June 29
Cost: $75.00

BRAIN & LANGUAGE
Catharine Keatley & Abbe Spokane 
Friday, July 7th
Cost: $75.00

CREATING THE CAREER E-PORTFOLIO
Jill Robbins & Dorcas Francisco 
Tuesday, June 27
Cost: $75.00

HOW TO WRITE PROPOSALS TO GET FUNDING FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROJECTS
Catharine Keatley & Anna Chamot 
Friday, June 16th
Cost: $75.00

FRANCOPHONE CULTURE: NCLRC/EMBASSY OF FRANCE
3-DAY IMMERSION PROGRAM
Presenters: The NCLRC and the Embassy of France
Location: The Embassy of France, Washington, DC
Monday June 26, 4 pm - Thursday, June 29, 12 pm
Cost: Day session: $300; Full-immersion double room: $450; Full- 
immersion single room: $550

All breakfasts included, light buffet Monday night, and 2 full  
dinners (restaurant and private dinners). (Other costs for full- 
immersion: bring at least $100 for incidentals, transportation,  
lunches, snacks, etc.


SPAIN: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: NCLRC/EMBASSY OF SPAIN
3-DAY IMMERSION PROGRAM
Presenters: The NCLRC and the Embassy of Spain
Location: The Embassy of Spain, Washington, DC 
Tuesday, June 20, 4 pm - Friday, June 23, 12 pm
Cost: Day session: $300; Full-immersion double room: $450; Full- 
immersion single room: $550

All breakfasts included, lunch at a Tapas restaurant on Wednesday, a  
light buffet dinner Tuesday evening, reception at Spanish embassy  
Wednesday evening, dinner at private home Thursday night with embassy  
and NCLRC staff. (Other costs for full-immersion: bring at least $100  
for incidentals, transportation, light lunch, extra food, etc.)  
Limit: 20 participants.

SPANISH FOR LOW-LITERACY NATIVE SPEAKERS
Conducted in Spanish by Anna Uhl Chamot 
Tuesday, June 20
Cost: $75.00

TASK-BASED INSTRUCTION FOR ADVANCED LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University
Thursday, June 22 – Friday, June 23, 2006.
Cost: 150.00

DIVERSIFICATION OF INSTRUCTION IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM
Anne Biggins, The George Washington University
Thursday, July 6
Cost: $75.00

VIDEO PRODUCTION FOR TEACHERS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Rich Robin, George Washington University 4 days: 
Monday, July 10 – Thursday, July 13
Cast: $300.00

BLOGGING OUR WAY TO CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
Christine Meloni, Jill Robbins & Laura Blythe Friday, June 30th
Cost: $75.00

Sincerely,

Jill Robbins, Ph.D.
Associate Project Director
National Capital Language Resource Center
http://nclrc.org
2011 Eye St., NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 973-1086
Fax: (202) 973-1075
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