[lg policy] Edling Digest, Vol 32, Issue 5
Harold Schiffman
haroldfs at GMAIL.COM
Fri May 14 14:02:43 UTC 2010
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Today's Topics:
1. Taiwan now a key Chinese learning camp center (Francis Hult)
2. US: Program uses cyberspace to reach in-demand Chinese
instructors (Francis Hult)
3. US: Sign Language Fosters Better Speech (Francis Hult)
4. NFLC Language Opportunities (Francis Hult)
5. Talking seriously with children is good for their language
proficiency (Francis Hult)
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Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 17:38:16 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Taiwan now a key Chinese learning camp center
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The China Post
Taiwan now a key Chinese learning camp center
More schools and agencies in Taiwan are offering compact
Chinese-learning and Taiwan cultural summer camps to attract overseas
students to the island as Chinamania in recent years is drawing a
growing number of people from the West to the Greater China area to
learn Chinese.
Without a doubt the country faces strong competitions from the other
side of the strait. Some businesses in the mainland provide summer
camps that combine language learning with visits to attractions like
the World Expo in Shanghai. Others, with subsidies from
Overseas China associations, are putting up really attractive prices.
In response, Taiwan is hoping that its status as a democracy and home
to the best preserved Chinese culture and artifacts in the world can
help make it the Chinese summer camp destination of choice for most
foreigners.
Full story:
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/05/10/255817/Taiwan-now.htm
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Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 17:40:48 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] US: Program uses cyberspace to reach in-demand
Chinese instructors
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
A new way to study abroad
Program uses cyberspace to reach in-demand Chinese instructors.
The cyberspace program, MyChinese360, is believed to be the only
Chinese-language course in the United States that conducts real-time
lessons via Web cam with instructors halfway around the globe.
It's also a powerful example of how schools are trying to prepare
students for the global economy of the 21st century, despite a great
wall hindering Chinese language instruction in the United States - a
dearth of teachers.
Quakertown signed up for the program at a cost of $600 per student in
September, taking its cues from the kids.
"We asked them, 'Why Chinese?' " Superintendent Lisa Andrejko said.
"They go, 'There are six billion Chinese people.' They look at you
like, 'Why wouldn't we want this?' They seem to be more in tune with
what's going on in the world than adults are."
Full story:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20100509_A_new_way_to_study_abroad.html
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Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 17:43:37 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] US: Sign Language Fosters Better Speech
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Mail Tribune
Sign Language Fosters Better Speech
Mercedes Delacruz still doesn't know why her daughter wasn't talking.
But she does know learning sign language unlocked the door to
understanding her 7-year-old's wants, needs and desires.
"I am so grateful," Delacruz said. "It really helps."
Delacruz, along with about 20 other parents, enrolled in a sign
language program at Swindells Center of Southern Oregon designed to
help them communicate with their speech-delayed but
nonhearing-impaired children.
The free classes, funded by a grant from the West Family Foundation,
teach the visual language as a bridge between children who are slow to
speak for a variety of reasons and their parents and teachers, said
Kathy Keesee, Swindells resource coordinator.
Full story:
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100508/NEWS/5080317/-1/NEWSMAP
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Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 14:19:57 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] NFLC Language Opportunities
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Via ILR-INFO...
NFLC Language Opportunities
The National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of
Maryland is a research institute dedicated to promoting communication
within the United States in languages other than English. We are
currently working on a project that provides adult language learners
with interactive online tools to reinforce their foreign language
skills. We focus on less commonly taught languages. We are currently
looking for several individuals to help us launch projects in the
following languages:
* African French, including Sub-Saharan African French
* Chinese Min
* Chinese Wu
* Dari
* Iraqi Arabic
* North Korean
* Pashto (Afghani and Pakistani)
* Persian Farsi
* Sorani
* Urdu
* Western Punjabi (Shahmukhi script)
Specifically, we need educated native speakers of these languages (or
individuals with equivalent proficiency levels) to create online
activities in their native languages using software we provide. In
addition, we are looking for speakers to find authentic reading and
audio passages, to record audio files, and to perform various editing
tasks in these languages. The work is part-time, and most of the work
can be done from your home computer. All candidates must have
permission to work in the United States. If you are interested in
working with us, or if you know a qualified candidate who would be
interested in working with us, please contact the NFLC via email at
recruitment at nflc.org and send your current resume or CV with your
language in the subject line. Thank you!
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Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:07:31 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Talking seriously with children is good for their
language proficiency
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Physorg.com
Talking seriously with children is good for their language proficiency
Children at a primary school need a certain type of language
proficiency: academic language. Academic language is not an
independent, new language, but is the language that teachers use and
expect from the pupils. It enables children to understand instructions
and to demonstrate their knowledge in an efficient manner. Academic
language is characterised by difficult, abstract words and complex
sentence structures. The language often contains a lot of clauses and
conjunctions and due to the methods of argument and analysis it has a
scientific appearance.
Henrichs demonstrated that children are already confronted with
academic language in the nursery school. They already hear a lot
academic language from the teacher and are often expected to use
academic language themselves.
Full story:
http://www.physorg.com/news192907116.html
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Harold F. Schiffman
Professor Emeritus of
Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Phone: (215) 898-7475
Fax: (215) 573-2138
Email: haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/
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