Announcing our new NFLRC Professional Development opportunities & Publications

[National Foreign Language Resource Center]

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The National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of
Hawaii at Manoa is pleased to announce its professional development
opportunities for 2006 and its latest publications.  For more information,
visit our website at http://nflrc.hawaii.edu


2006 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

1) "CONVERSATION ANALYSIS & LANGUAGE LEARNING" SEMINAR (AUGUST 7-11, 2006)

Conversation Analysis (CA) is increasingly adopted to examine second
language interactions as sites for and evidence of L2 learning as a
discursive practice. The purpose of the seminar is to further advance
this ongoing effort.  Topics will include: interactional competence as
resource and under construction, interaction & cognition, interaction &
grammar, interaction & learning, and membership categorization & social
identity.

The seminar does NOT offer an introduction to CA. Rather, it addresses
itself to researchers with a background in CA whose work focuses on, or
includes, CA as an approach to L2 learning. We hope to welcome veteran CA
analysts as well as graduate students with relevant training.  The maximum
number of accepted participants will be 20.

Our invited seminar leaders will be Gabriele Pallotti (University of
Modena and Reggio Emilia) & Johannes Wagner (University of Southern
Denmark).

For more information or the online application form (deadline - April 30,
2006), visit our seminar website:

		http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/si06c/


2) 2006 CALICO CONFERENCE (May 16-20, 2006)

The NFLRC is pleased to be hosting and co-sponsoring the 2006 Computer
Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) Conference, its first
time in Hawaii!  The theme of this year's conference will be "Online
Learning: Come Ride The Wave."

CALICO 2006 will feature uses of cutting edge technologies in foreign
language teaching and learning with a focus on collaboration.  Workshops,
presentations, and courseware showcase demonstrations will all present
information of vital importance to anyone interested in the field of
Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Come learn, share, and meet
colleagues in this dynamic and quickly evolving field.

For more information, visit the conference website at:

		http://calico1.modlang.txstate.edu/


NEW NFLRC PUBLICATIONS

1) LAS VOCES DE LAS MUJERES DE XELAJU (2 DVD set)

Women's voices are infrequently heard in the male-dominated
Spanish-speaking world. Yet the women interviewed in this DVD have much to
share regarding their values and choices.

Students of intermediate to advanced Spanish improve listening
comprehension while they learn about Guatemalan culture by watching twenty
Guatemalan women each answer the same seven questions. The repetition
reinforces vocabulary and grammatical structures in a meaningful context.
As students compare the women's answers and formulate their own responses,
they develop critical thinking and writing skills. Students can work
independently, in groups, or as a class.

For more information or to order, visit the Voces website:

		http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/voces/


2) TIM MURPHEY - BEST OF, VOLUME 1 (2 DVD set)

By popular demand! This "best of" collection includes four Tim Murphey
video presentations on two DVDs:

NPRM - Near Peer Role Modeling
Group Dynamics in the Language Classroom
Juggling with Language Learning Theories
Song and Music in Language Learning

Dr. Murphey's information is invaluable and his enthusiasm infectious.

For more information or to order, visit the NFLRC website:

		http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/publications.cfm


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