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February 27-March 3, 2013 Hyatt Regency Orange County Garden Grove ________ March 13-16, 2014 Town and Country Resort San Diego SWCOLT Conferences Phoenix, Arizona April 12-14, 2012 2013, Nevada 2014, Utah 2015, Colorado 2016, Hawaii ACTFL Conferences Denver, CO November 18-20, 2011 Philadelphia, PA November 16-18, 2012 Orlando, FL November 22-24, 2013 San Antonio, TX November 21-23, 2014		Register for Webinar Join CLTA for the first in a series of free Webinars! Sign up now! Learn without having to leave your home! Online Tools to Provide Just-in-time Support and Resources for your Students Presenter: Nicole Naditz Date: Wednesday, May 16 Time: 4:00 PM Register Enhance your students’ access to your curriculum as well as to extra practice by providing some resources for students to use at home or even on the road with their mobile devices. In this session, we will explore examples of online tools that make it easy for students to access your instructional content and additional practice anywhere anytime, including a wide variety of tools that exist to provide video tutorials for students to review at home in case of an absence or just because they want to review. Here are just some of the tools we'll cover: a free, interactive, online flashcard site for vocabulary practice; a free and easy way to convert your PPTs to a movie format and painlessly add narration; how to use the recording feature in interactive whiteboards to provide tutorials of your lessons; and even one way to record and upload a tutorial right from your iPad. President Proclaims May, 2012, World Languages and Cultures Month Download Proclamation 23rd Annual Summer Seminar for Language Teachers Presented by the Caifornia Language Teachers Association and The California World Language Project. "Standards-based Instruction in the Context of 21st Century Skills" July 22-27, 2012 University of California, Santa Barbara Download information and registration forms. Call for proposals CLTA Conference 2013 Hyatt Regency Orange County February 27-March 3, 2013 Submit a proposal today to present at the conference. Paper proposals available now. Online proposal submissions will be available on May 8.
		. Register for OPI Assessment Workshops in California and Vermont this summer ACTFL is offering two installments of its popular Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Assessment Workshop -- one at Mills College ("Middlebury at Mills") in Oakland, Calif., July 5 to 8, and one at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt., July 19 to 22. This four-day professional development workshop is designed to introduce language educators to the OPI, the ACTFL rating scale, and the techniques for conducting and rating oral proficiency interviews. Learn more and register. Demand for Skilled Interpreters Increasing Santa Rosa High School Students Honored The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages congratulates the Santa Rosa High School students for winning 3rd place, in the High School Category of the 2012 ACTFL Student Video Contest, “Discover Languages, Discover the World”! See video. Southwest Conference on Language Teaching News SWCOLT/AZLA in Phoenix is one month away - April 12-15! To receive the early registration price of $150, you'll need to register by March 13th. Register via mail, fax, or online at http://www.swcolt.org You will be able to register for $175 March 14 - March 31 via mail, fax, or online AND ONSITE April 11-14. To receive the hotel conference rate of $99 per night, you'll need to reserve by March 21. Register at http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/SWCOLT Yo Azama Chosen National Language Teacher of the Year At the ACTFL Convention in Denver, Colorado, on November 18,Yo Azama , teacher of Japanese at North Salinas High School, in Salinas, California, was named ACTFL National Language Teacher of the year. ACTFL Press Release Subscribe to CLTA emails of language events. Learning World Languages and Cultures in California: A Stimulus for Academic and Economic Success Authored by the California Foreign Language Project (CFLP) staff, this publication identifies the status and importance of world language education in California and provides recommendations for strengthening California's economy, preparing students academically to successfully to compete in the global economy of the 21st Century. The report argues that an investment in World Languages and Cultures study is critical in order to increase students' academic achievement, promote international cooperation, provide effective social services for all citizens and market California's products across the globe. This publication is available at no charge in PDF format on the CFLP site. You can download the entire report from: http://www.stanford.edu/group/CFLP/Stanford_CFLP_Handbook_1117091.pdf JNCL-NCLIS Executive Summary . The Joint National Committee for Languages (JNCL) and the National Council for Languages and International Studies (NCLIS) is our voice in Washington and is made up of over forty professional organizations in the country. CLTA maintains its membership in JNCL and sends representatives to its delegate assembly each year in Washington, D.C., to make your concerns known. (Your CLTA dues at work for you.) JNCL-NCLIS has provided us the an executive summary of the latest developments in language education in Washington. See the executive summary. CLTA Tweets! We’re excited to announce the launch of @CLTAtweets! Please check out the CLTA’s presence on Twitter, and check it daily for tips, strategies, and vital information for world language teachers! All subscribers to @CLTAtweets will have inside access to CLTA resources that will help us in our classrooms all throughout the year! For information on creating your Twitter account, please email us at CLTAtweets@gmail.com! . American and French Embassies support Franco-American Educational Exchange Network Meet French teachers to network on many different levels of exchange between classes – from simple emails or postcards, to more advanced methods like video conferences and chats. See additional information. . Where are the new 2009 World Language Standards for California? You can find the new standards at http://www.clta.net/standards/. State Seal of Biliteracy Assembly Bill 815 now authorizes a State Seal of Biliteracy for world language students. Find out about the new State Seal of Biliteracy that you can provide for your students as of January 1, 2012. Check out all the details by clicking on this link. Early Launch for Language Young Children Have Advantage, but Linguists Say Lessons Benefit All. See article. College Board Report: World Language Study Translates to Higher SAT Scores The importance of Long Sequences of World Language Study: Equitable Access to Advanced Placement Courses, See article at http://www.clta.net/advocacy/. According to statistics released in 2004, 1 out of every 6 jobs created in the world is an international job. (Trimnell, 2004)

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