THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LANGUAGES

CALL FOR CONSORTIUM GRANT PROPOSALS for Summer Projects — CAMPUS COMPETITION

PROPOSALS DUE Friday, May 31, 2013

The Spring deadline for Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning grant proposals is Friday, May 31, 2013. Proposals submitted at this time will compete at the campus level. Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded from the Center for the Study of Languages web site ( http://languages.uchicago.edu/faculty/faculty_project.html). Please submit completed proposals as MS Word email attachments to mb35@uchicago.edu (Michael Berger); proposals will be reviewed by the Consortium Committee in early June, 2013.

The proposed project must pertain to the teaching or the learning of language. We are urging those of you involved with language teaching to consider in particular a project that might explore new ways of making use of already existing technologies and materials, such as commercially available audio and video files or computer programs. We also encourage you to formulate projects that are aimed at developing teaching skills–your own and your colleagues–using the hardware presently in use at the University, in the Center for the Study of Languages, and in the various multimedia-equipped classrooms around campus.

On Monday, April 8 (12:30pm-1:30pm), Amy Chan, University Community Service Center (UCSC) Director and Associate Dean of students in the University, and Veronica Vegna, Italian Language Coordinator and Senior Lecturer, will give a presentation on the Chicago Studies Program.

As you plan for your courses in the spring quarter and the next academic year, the UCSC invites you to take advantage of the resources of the Chicago Studies Program. The goal of Chicago Studies is to help you and your students make connections between coursework and the wealth of resources available in the city of Chicago, in the form of (1) guest speakers, (2) field trips, or (3) experiential learning projects. In addition to providing consultation and logistical support, UCSC also offer Chicago Course Connection grants (up to $750) to defray expenses.

Lunch will be provided.

Michael Berger will review ways to use the Berkeley Language Center’s Library of Foreign Language Film Clips: from registering and logging on, to searching, and choosing clips to distribute to your students.

Refreshments

Veronica Vegna, Italian Coordinator, will show the work she presented at the November 2012 ACTFL Conference under the title “Social Issues and Cultural Awareness in Language Teaching”. Veronica will also provide suggestions for internet resources, based on her ACTFL attendance.

A discussion will follow.

Refreshments

Join the CSL’s Rod Edwards when he talks about basic video editing, using Apple’s most recent version of iMovie.

Refreshments

On November 9th and 10th, 2012, the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning held a symposium, “Rethinking the Language Center in the Age of Globalization” on Yale’s campus. Three panels of three speakers addressed the mission, structure, and governance of language centers on their campuses. Cathy Baumann will give an overview of the event, which looked to the past and into the future of the language center. (To view the panel talks and Claire Kramsch’s opening keynote, go to www.languageconsortium.org/ and click on “Rethinking the Language Center” on the right.)

Refreshments

At present, we would like to solicit proposals for activities in Spring, Summer, or Autumn 2013 programs, i.e., any programs, conferences, workshops, or other events through the end of the calendar year 2013. If you would like to apply, please bring or send a cover letter to the CSL, describing your professional, linguistic, and scholarly interests and how the proposed program or travel fits in with your overall academic plans or career goals. Please provide a description of the program and a proposed budget. Proposals can be submitted from January 20th to June 1st. Proposals will be considered by the Advisory Council to the CSL and awards will be announced at various times until mid-June.

For those of you looking for sample programs, here are some suggestions from previous summers:

ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview training (4-day workshops) http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3354

CARLA (Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition) http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/index.html


CLEAR (Center for Language Education and Research) http://clear.msu.edu/clear/professionaldev/summerworkshops.php


CALPER (Center for Advanced Language Proficiency and Research) 
http://calper.la.psu.edu/profdev.php?page=workshops


NCLRC (National Capital Language Resource Center) http://nclrc.org/profdev/nclrc_inst_pres/summer_inst.html

Please let the CSL know if you have any questions. We hope many of you will have ideas for taking advantage of this opportunity for professional development.

The Spring deadline for Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning grant proposals is Friday, March 8, 2013. Proposals submitted at this time will compete at the campus level. Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded from the Center for the Study of Languages web site ( http://languages.uchicago.edu/faculty/faculty_project.html). Please submit completed proposals as MS Word email attachments to mb35@uchicago.edu (Michael Berger); proposals will be reviewed by the Consortium Committee in March, 2013.

The proposed project must pertain to the teaching or the learning of language. We are urging those of you involved with language teaching to consider in particular a project that might explore new ways of making use of already existing technologies and materials, such as commercially available audio and video files or computer programs. We also encourage you to formulate projects that are aimed at developing teaching skills–your own and your colleagues–using the hardware presently in use at the University, in the Center for the Study of Languages, and in the various multimedia-equipped classrooms around campus.

- Monday – Friday / 8 AM to 5 PM

• Interim Hours

- December 17th – December 21st / 9 AM to 5 PM

- December 24th to January 1st / CLOSED

- January 2nd to January 4th / 9 AM to 5 PM

• Resume Regular Hours

- January 7th

The presenter is Ute Lahaie, Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Walsh University in Ohio. She is a former professor of world languages currently chairing a Learning Spaces Task Force, designed to prepare the faculty for the use of 21st century learning spaces that go beyond the walls of the existing classrooms. She will address questions about the design and management of spaces that support interdisciplinary and global projects.

21st century refreshments provided – within the walls of the CSL!

RSVPlease to Michael Berger, mb35@uchicago.edu. Limited to 16 participants.