Call for Applications: SEALC Reading Materials Development Workshop for SEA LCTL Instructors in Southeast Asia

 

 Call for Applications

SEALC Reading Materials Development Workshop for SEA LCTL Instructors in Southeast Asia
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Application Deadline: November 11, 2022
Workshop Dates: March 9-11, 2023

 

The Southeast Asian Language Council (SEALC) invites applications from Southeast Asian language instructors in Southeast Asia for a Reading Materials Development workshop, in collaboration with and hosted by Chulalongkorn University in Thailand from March 9-11, 2023. This professional development opportunity will provide a valuable opportunity for participants to collaborate with colleagues in Southeast Asia as well as colleagues in the United States to develop reading proficiency lessons  for the field of Southeast Asian languages. Lodging, meals, workshop fees, airfare and modest honorarium are provided for all participants.

 

Activities

March 9-11, 2023 Workshop (in person at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand): Participants will receive intensive training on developing reading proficiency materials from Stephen Tschudi, Specialist in Technology for Language Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa (retired) and will produce a prototype reading lessons in collaboration with colleagues from the same language with support from the trainer, Stephen Tschudi, and Erlin Barnard, SEALC pedagogy specialist.

 

March – June 2023 Language-specific working groups of two or more instructors will complete reading proficiency lessons at two levels with support from SEALC.

 

Follow-up workshop (hybrid at UCLA): There will be a two-day follow-up workshop on September 22-23, 2023 at which participants will report on their group’s achievements and receive feedback from the trainers. Once the materials are revised and finalized, the deliverables will be kept on file by SEALC and made accessible to all instructors of that language.

 

Eligibility and Application Process

Applicants must be Southeast Asian language instructors. Additionally, applicants must have attended an ACTFL OPI workshop. Those who successfully completed the SEALC Reading Assessment project in Spring 2022 will receive priority. Contact SEALC (SEALC@intl.wisc.edu) if you require assistance finding an ACTFL OPI workshop to attend.

 

To apply for this opportunity, please email the following materials to SEALC’s Project Manager, at sealc@intl.wisc.edu by end of day November 11, 2022:

·      A brief statement of interest addressing the following four points:

1.     Your career path up to this point and your position teaching a SEA language as a foreign language, including what levels of the language you teach.

2.     Your commitment to collaborate and develop pedagogical materials following the workshop.

3.     How this SEALC opportunity will benefit your professional development as a SEA language instructor.

4.     Written confirmation that you have attended an ACTFL OPI workshop, including the dates of the workshop attended (or a written agreement that you will attend an ACTFL OPI workshop before this workshop starts).

·      A current CV

 

The selection committee will notify applicants within one month of the application deadline. Should you have any questions about this opportunity, please email sealc@intl.wisc.edu.