[lg policy] Fwd: Edling Digest, Vol 36, Issue 2

Tue Sep 14 16:21:27 UTC 2010

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Date: Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:33 PM

Today's Topics:

  1. US: Federal Officials give Arizona 30 days to create new  ELL
     test (Francis Hult)
  2. Canadian diplomats don't have necessary foreign language
     skills (Francis Hult)
  3. Louisiana State University to eliminate 4 foreign languages
     (Francis Hult)
  4. CFP: New Dynamics of Language Learning (Francis Hult)
  5. Job ad: Southern Illinois University Edwarsdville (Joel Hardman)

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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 08:40:14 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] US: Federal Officials give Arizona 30 days to create
       new     ELL test
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KOLD News

Federal Officials give Arizona 30 days to create new ELL test

The clock is ticking for the state superintendent's office to create a
new English Language Learning test after the current one failed.

The U.S. Department of Education investigated Arizona's English
Language Learning test procedures after a complaint was filed.

Full story:

http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=13091580

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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 08:41:46 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Canadian diplomats don't have necessary foreign
       language        skills
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Toronto Sun

Canadian diplomats don't have necessary foreign language skills: Harder

Only 33% of Canada's diplomats have the necessary foreign language
skills to do their job, recently released figures show.

Auditor General Sheila Fraser took the federal government to task in
2007 after discovering only 16% of the 180 foreign service officers
who were required to have advanced foreign languages skills for their
positions, could speak the needed language.

Full story:

http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/09/02/15229446.html

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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 08:46:14 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Louisiana State University to eliminate 4 foreign
       languages
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LSU Reveille

University to eliminate 4 foreign languages

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in the College of
Arts and Sciences will have to cut $700,000, 14 full-time instructors
and one part-time instructor to accommodate next year's budget cuts,
according to department chair Emily Batinski.

Full story:

http://www.lsureveille.com/news/university-to-eliminate-4-foreign-languages-1.2314025#3

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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 08:54:00 -0500
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] CFP: New Dynamics of Language Learning
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https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/newdynamics2011/submission/call

New Dynamics of Language Learning: Spaces and places - Intentions and
opportunities

International Conference and 29th Summer School of Applied Language Studies

Jyv?skyl?, Finland, June 6 -9, 2011

FIRST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

We would like to invite you to the international conference, "New
Dynamics of Language Learning: Spaces and Places - Intentions and
Opportunities". The conference will be held in Jyv?skyl?, Finland, on
June 6-9, 2011. The event will also serve as the university's 29th
Summer School of Applied Language Studies. It will be hosted by the
Department of Languages, the Centre for Applied Language Studies, and
the Language Centre of the University of Jyv?skyl?.

The conference will offer new insights into the learning and teaching
of languages, acknowledging the complexity and dynamism of the
processes involved (including motivation), the multiplicity of
contexts where learning can take place nowadays (in school,
out-of-school, across spaces) and the key role learners play as agents
in what they eventually learn or do not learn.

Keynote speakers include

Zolt?n D?rnyei (Psycholinguistics), University of Nottingham, UK

Gr?inne Conole (e-Learning), Open University, UK

Constant Leung (Educational Linguistics), King's College, London, UK

The conference programme will consist of plenary talks, invited
workshops, and parallel paper and poster sessions.  Participants can
also propose a thematic or symposium session, consisting of 3-4
presentations or a panel.

The language of the conference is English, but we encourage the use
and visibility of other languages in bi/multilingual handouts, slides,
etc.  To submit a paper or poster abstract, or a symposium proposal
please go to the conference website at
https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/newdynamics2011/ and follow the
instructions (to be provided shortly). The closing date for
submissions will be January 15, 2011.

Notification of acceptance (or rejection) will be given by February
26, 2011, after the proposals have been reviewed.

If you have any further queries please contact us by email  at
newdynamics2011 at jyu.fi

We look forward to seeing you in Jyv?skyl? in June 2011!

Organizing Committee

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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:21:43 -0500
From: Joel Hardman <jhardma at siue.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Job ad: Southern Illinois University Edwarsdville
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The Department of English invites applications for a tenure-track
position in general linguistics, with secondary specialization in
applied linguistics. The candidate will teach courses in the MA TESL
program, along with undergraduate courses in linguistics, composition
(ESL and regular), and some general education courses. Desirable: record
of ESL and/or TESL experience. Academic year: 3/3 load. Ph. D. in
Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, or related field required. If Ph.D. is
not completed by the beginning of the contract period, appointment will
be at rank of Instructor until all degree requirements are fulfilled.
Salary commensurate with experience and credentials. Position open until
filled; completed applications postmarked by  Nov. 15, 2010 will have
priority. Possible interviews at LSA in January. Send cover letter,
vita, unofficial transcript, statement of teaching philosophy and
research agenda, and three letters of recommendation to: Linguistics
Search Committee, Department of English, Box 1431, Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1431. Electronic
applications will not be accepted for this position.

SIUE is a premier metropolitan university located twenty miles from St.
Louis MO, with a diverse faculty and student body. As an affirmative
action employer, SIUE offers equal opportunity without regard to race,
color, creed or religion, age, sex, national origin, or handicap. Women
and minorities are urged to apply. SIUE is a state university. Benefits
under state sponsored plans may not be available to holders of F1 or J1
visas.

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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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