http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/csl news and information from the Center for the Study of Languages (CSL) Wed, 07 May 2008 20:07:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en THE CONSORTIUM FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNINGTHE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LANGUAGES  CALL FOR CONSORTIUM GRANT PROPOSALS -- CAMPUS COMPETITION PROPOSALS DUE Tuesday, May 27, 2008 The Spring Quarter deadline for Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning grant proposals is Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Proposals submitted at this time will compete at ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/csl/2008/05/07/call-for-consortium-grant-proposals-campus-competition/ The CSL once again has some funds available to support professional development for faculty or graduate student language instructors who would like to pursue training in language teaching, assessment, and/or technology over the summer. These funds are available from the general CSL budget and especially from the generous support of ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/csl/2008/03/04/professional-development-grants-for-uofc-language-faculty-and-graduate-student-instructors/ The CSL is happy to announce that we will host a masterclass in corpus linguistics during UofC's Spring Break week, Wed-Sun, March 26-30, 2008. Full information and application information may be found at the CMLLP-2008 website at: http://languages.uchicago.edu/corpuslinguistics/Registration/Application forms are available for download here. The workshop will cover corpus methods ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/csl/2007/12/10/corpus-methods-in-linguistics-and-language-pedagogy/ Welcome back everyone. We hope you'll keep up with news at our blog. CSL Staff http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/csl/2007/09/23/welcome-back-autumn-quarter-2007-begins/ Barbara pointed out an article for this pen-sized scanner that can scan 128 different languages. http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/08/02/irispen.6/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/csl/2007/09/20/pen-sized-scanner-for-128-languages/ You can read this announcement from the United Nations declaring 2008 the International Year of Languages here. http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/csl/2007/09/07/united-nations-declares-2008-the-international-year-of-languages/ The National Capital Language Resource Center puts out a monthly newsletter. http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/csl/2007/09/07/nclrc-newsletter/ Keep an eye on the development of various podcasts (audio and video), blogs, and more for use in language learning. http://www.oculture.com/2006/10/foreign_languag.html has a nice listing of some podcasts. Also open iTunes on your computer and do a search for your languages in Podcasts at the iTunes store as well as new iTunesU ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/csl/2007/09/07/podcasts-blogs-and-more/ --Greetings from the University of Northern Iowa / Cedar Falls, Iowa (USA) I have developed a series of websites for language students and their instructors. I hope that you will share this information with interested persons and add this URL to your website and/or publication(s). Having taught in a private ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/csl/2007/09/07/resources-for-language-learners/ For those of you looking for workshops for language teachers... ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview training (4-day workshops) http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3632 CARLA (Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition) professional development programs http://www.carla.umn.edu/development.html Workshops at CLEAR http://clear.msu.edu/clear/professionaldev/summerworkshops.php Advanced/Specialty workshops at the Penn State LRC (CALPER) http://calper.la.psu.edu/profdev.php?page=workshops The National Capital LRC http://www.nclrc.org/profdev.html Recommended by the SALRC: http://salrc.uchicago.edu/workshops/pedagogy.shtml http://nflrc.msu.edu/login/scripts/summer.php http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/csl/2007/09/07/workshops-for-language-teachers/