[lg policy] Edling Digest, Vol 32, Issue 6

Mon May 17 21:30:01 UTC 2010

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Date: Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:39 PM

Today's Topics:

  1. Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 (Francis Hult)
  2. Text-speak: What tongue is this? (Francis Hult)
  3. US: Teaching Creole for a cause (Francis Hult)
  4. Japan school runs English classes in OpenSim (Francis Hult)
  5. Univ of MD - Job Announcements (Shannon Sauro)
  6. Sign Language Assessment Website (Francis Hult)

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Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:10:23 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Top 100 Language Blogs 2010
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Lexiophiles

Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 - Vote for Language Teaching

Here are all the Language Teaching blogs who have made it to the voting phase:

http://www.lexiophiles.com/language-blog-toplist/top-100-language-blogs-2010-vote-for-language-teaching

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Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:13:31 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Text-speak: What tongue is this?
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Philadelphia Inquirer

Text-speak: What tongue is this?

Scholarship America, the administrator for some of the country's
largest scholarships, receives a few applications each year that
really stand out - because they use a language other than English.

It's not Spanish. And it's not Chinese.

Tucked into their pleas for $10,000 packages rewarding academic
prowess is text-speak, said spokeswoman Janine Fugate.

"OMG," you say. "Dat dznt sound 2 gd :("

(Translation: Oh, my God. That doesn't sound too good.)

Full story:

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/technology/20100512_What_tongue_is_this_.html#axzz0nqHlWmmh

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Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:16:25 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] US: Teaching Creole for a cause
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CNN.com

Teaching Creole for a cause

When Max Adrien first heard that a massive earthquake had leveled
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, it hit close to home.

His brother lives in Haiti, and thankfully survived the January 12
disaster unharmed.

Adrien's first instinct was to help his home country.

"I said to myself, 'I need to go to Haiti.'"

After speaking to his brother, he realized that he would need a skill
that was in immediate demand. Otherwise he would just be in the way of
other relief efforts.

So he came up with a unique idea.

"I decided to give Haiti what I have, which is teaching," said Adrien,
who is a French professor at Hamline University in St. Paul,
Minnesota. "I don't think I can give Haiti a better gift."

Full story:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/05/11/haiti.teaching.creole/

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Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:19:26 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Japan school runs English classes in OpenSim
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Hypergrid Business

Japan school runs English classes in OpenSim

"Virtual English Conversation Class" Service Opens, Enabling
Avatar-Based Learning in 3D Virtual World

3Di, Inc. , which develops and offers 3D Internet solutions, announces
the deployment of its 3Di OpenSim and 3Di OpenViewer 3D virtual world
technologies as part of the "Virtual English Conversation Class," a
new style of English conversation education that leverages the
Internet and is being offered through ALC Press, Inc.  and NTT
Learning Systems Corporation.

Full text:

http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2010/05/japan-school-runs-english-classes-in-opensim/

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Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 11:15:38 -0500
From: Shannon Sauro <shannon.sauro at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Univ of MD - Job Announcements
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Via LTEST-L

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The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language
(CASL) is seeking to expand its research team in Second Language
Acquisition (SLA). CASL invites applications for three Research
Faculty positions in its interdisciplinary research program on
foreign/second language acquisition, maintenance, and assessment.

Appointments to CASL are as members of the research faculty of the
University of Maryland (ranks are equivalent to teaching faculty),
with a competitive salary (12-month) and benefits.

Please visit the CASL website via the links below for detailed
position announcements and application instructions.

Second Language Acquisition - Asst/Assoc/Senior Research Faculty
https://careers.casl.umd.edu/jobdetail.aspx?jid=200

Language Assessment - Asst/Assoc/Senior Research Faculty Position
https://careers.casl.umd.edu/jobdetail.aspx?jid=193

L2 Pedagogy and SLA - Asst/Assoc/Senior Research Faculty
https://careers.casl.umd.edu/jobdetail.aspx?jid=201

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Shannon Sauro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
University of Texas at San Antonio
http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/ssauro/

The CALLspot - a podcast about computer-assisted language learning
http://callspot.libsyn.com

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Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 15:28:41 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Sign Language Assessment Website
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>>From the NCLRC Language Resource

The Sign Language Assessment website has a fresh new look and also
includes a number of added features, such as: Test examples, Forum,
News.

http://www.signlang-assessment.info/

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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
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