Showing posts with label Announcements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Announcements. Show all posts

Friday, April 4, 2008

Free Film Screening – In Languages We Live: Voices of the World

Our UTSA International Working Group for the International Year of Languages is pleased to present the film "In Languages We Live: Voices of the World" produced by Janus Billeskov Jansen and Signe Byrge Sorensen.

Friday, April 11, 2008
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
UTSA Main Building, 0.106

The film will be followed by a panel discussion featured Dr. Juliet Langman (BBL), Dr. Maryellen Garcia (Modern Languages and Literature), and Dr. Francis Hult (BBL).

Information about the film is available at: http://www.unesco.org/education/imld2006/film.pdf

Hope to see you there!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

New Book - Education, Youth, Leadership, Labor: Asian Pacific American and Latino Perspectives

The following book has just been published:

Tsuchida, J. N., Benitez, J. M., & Toji, D. S. (2007). Education, Youth, Leadership, Labor: Asian Pacific American and Latino Perspectives. Long Beach, CA: Center for Asian Pacific American Studies, California State University, Long Beach.

I have an article in this book:

The Situation of the Khmer Language in the United States, by Wayne E. Wright

Other articles in this book:

Introduction, by John N. Tsuchida

Education Beyond Schooling: Preparing Asian Pacific American leaders, by Bob H. Suzuki

Educational Opportunity, Empowerment and Making APA Politics Meaningful, by Robert A. Underwood

How the "Asian" Racial Category Got on the U.S. Census: An Example of Geography in the Racial Formation Process, by Dean S. Toji

The Racialization of Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans and Asian Americans, 1890s - 1930s, by Victor M. Rodriguez

Cultural Considerations in Writing Assessment, by Gladys Garcia & Mark T. Williams

The Social Construction of the Ethnic Street Gang: Racial Policies, by Jose M. Lopez

Economic Integration Along the U.S.-Mexico Border and the Shaping of Border Identities: The Case of Tiajuana-San Diego, by Juan M. Benitez

If you are interested in ordering a copy:

Hardcover - $35.00

Paperback - $20.00

Send check or money order (payable to Center for Asian Pacific American Studies) to:

Center for Asian Pacific American Studies

Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 80804-1002

Include you name, address, phone number and e-mail address (orders will be confirmed via e-mail or phone)

Questions about ordering? Contact ctsuyuki@csulb.edu or (562) 985-4645

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Scholarship for Arabic or Chinese Heritage Speakers at the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy

Here's an interesting opportunity. Please pass this along to any grade 7 - 12 HL speakers of Arabic or Chinese you know!

Scholarship for Arabic or Chinese Heritage Speakers at the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy

The Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy (MMLA) has been awarded funding to support a limited number of scholarships for heritage speakers of Arabic and Mandarin Chinese. Broadly speaking, heritage speakers are students from families with an Arabic or Chinese heritage, but who lack formal education in the language.

"STARTALK" is one of the projects of a US government funded effort to expand foreign language education in under-taught critical languages by supporting new and existing programs for students, kindergarten through university, in several targeted languages including Mandarin Chinese and Arabic.

To be considered for a STARTALK partial scholarship at the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy an applicant must meet these criteria:

• Entering grade 7 through grade 12
• Parents or grandparents speak
either Arabic or Mandarin Chinese
• Have knowledge of the culture and
traditions associated with the heritage language
• Have a willingness to
share that cultural knowledge with others studying the language
• Express a
sincere desire to develop stronger skills in either Arabic or Chinese
• Demonstrate financial need

Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy

The Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy extends the renowned Middlebury Language School summer immersion to middle and high school students for four weeks in a summer camp setting. See more at http://www.mmla.middlebury.edu/

Located at sites in California, Vermont and Massachusetts, MMLA combines rigorous and effective language education with summer camp activities, all conducted in the target language. As a Middlebury language immersion camp, students adhere to a Language Pledge® and agree to refrain from using English except in cases of emergency, safety or when the Pledge has been relaxed in camp for a particular purpose.

Students who do not meet the above criteria for a STARTALK scholarship may still apply to MMLA as regular students.

To apply, call MMLA at 802-296-2459 or email to mmla.info@middlebury.edu

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

International Year of Languages Website and Listserv @ UTSA


UTSA now has a website and listserv in connection with our celebration of 2008 as the International Year of Languages.
The website http://bbl.utsa.edu/News/IYLWebpage.htm will provide information about a series of related events held on campus, as well as provide additional information and resources.
Individuals may self-subscribe to the listserv at
https://lists.sis.utsa.edu/mailman/listinfo/utsa-lang. The listserv will be used to announce and plan related events throughout the year.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Hsiaoping Wu's Book Review Published

Hsaoping Wu's Book Review of a heritage language book has been published in Education Review! I would encourage others to consider publishing their book reviews in Education Review. It is the premier book review journal in education, it is on-line and free, and has thousands of readers. Plus, reviews are published quickly.

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Kondo-Brown, Kimi & Brown, James Dean, editors (2007). Teaching Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Heritage Language Students: Curriculum Needs, Materials, and Assessment. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Pages: 368 Price: $35.00
ISBN: 0805858784

Reviewed by Hsiaoping Wu, University of Texas, San Antonio

Teaching Chinese, Japanese, and Korean heritage language students: Curriculum needs, materials, and assessment is a collection of essays on current issues of heritage language (HL) learning. It includes both research-based articles and application and practice on education from 16 authors. Contributors discuss every aspect of learning Japanese, Chinese, and Korean as a heritage language from the theoretical perspective to practical application. It is very inspiring to read this work because it is the most up-to-date and complete collection available with a specific focus on Asian languages. The appearance of the work will encourage more researchers, educators, and teachers to take an interest in heritage language teaching due to the explicit arguments and guidance offered here.

[Click here to read the rest at Education Review - Scroll about halfway down]

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Celebrating International Mother Language Day: Heritage Languages in the USA

In Celebration of International Mother Language Day, our Applied Linguistics Brownbag series at the University of Texas, San Antonio last Friday focussed on Heritage Langauges in the USA. Below is the text of the flyer. We had a great turn out, and even had to bring in additional chairs. It was great to see not only faculty and graduate students from our Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, but also colleagues from other departments and colleges.

Dr. Francis Hult has organized a working group of UTSA faculty from across the campus to plan additional events throughout the year to celebrate 2008 as the International Year of Languages. Information about these events will be posted on this blog.

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Applied Linguistics Brownbag Series
Celebrating International Mother Language Day:
Heritage Languages in the USA
February 15
12:00-1:30pm
Main Building 2.220

International Mother Language Day was first proclaimed by UNESCO's General Conference in 1999, with the aim of focusing attention on the importance of individuals' mother tongues for their social and cultural development. Mother Language Day takes on special significance this year, as the United Nations has proclaimed 2008 as the International Year of Languages. Activities will be taking place throughout the year at institutions worldwide in order to raise awareness about relationships between global linguistic diversity and cultural heritage.
The Applied Linguistics Brownbag Series celebrates International Mother Language Day and the start of the International Year of Languages with a special brownbag on the topic of heritage languages in US contexts.

PROGRAM

Introduction: International Mother Language Day and the International Year of Languages
Francis M. Hult, Assistant Professor, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies

"Heritage Language Learning and Ideologies of Pre-service Latina/o Bilingual Teachers in Texas"
Lucila Ek, Assistant Professor, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies

"Heritage Language Learning in the USA - The Case of Khmer"
Wayne E. Wright, Assistant Professor, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies

Friday, January 18, 2008

International Mother Tongue Day

I just learned from Dr. Hult that February 21st is International Mother Language Day. Here is some info on the day from the United Nations:
International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by UNESCO's General Conference in November 1999. The International Day has been observed every year
since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

More information on International Mother Language Day can be found at http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/language/.

Appropriately, we will be visiting Univision that day. I'm also exploring with Dr. Hult ways our class can be a part of an event in recognition of this day. Stay tuned!

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Welcome!

Welcome to our BBL 7233 Heritage/Community Languages Blog. The purpose of this blog is share news articles and other resources related to our study this semester (Spring 2008) of Heritages/Community Languages. I'll post things as I run accross them. Please send me link of anything you'd like me to add.

Please also feel free to post comments on any of the news articles, and discuss them with your classmates and world.

-Dr. Wright