COTSEAL-Sponsored Panel and Business Meeting at the 2020 AAS Conference in Boston

Dear COTSEAL members,


On behalf of President Juliana, VP Pittaya (Fon) and myself, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that the upcoming COTSEAL sponsored panel and the COTSEAL Business Meeting at the 2020 AAS Conference in Boston will take place soon. If you plan to attend the AAS Conference, we would be glad to see you at one of these events or all. Below is the information:


1) Title: Glocalization of Southeast Asian Language Instruction (#71)

Date & Time: Friday, March 20, 9:00am-10.45am

Location: Hynes Convention Center: Room 309, Level 3

Chaired by Thuy Tranviet, Cornell University

The Challenge of Glocalization on Khmer Language Instruction (Chhany Sak-Humphry, University of Hawai’i at Manoa)

Authentic Listening Materials in Indonesian Class. Is It Important? (Rahmi Aoyama, Northern Illinois University)

Philippine Traditional Games and Pastimes: A Tool for Teaching Language and Culture (Leticia Pagkalinawan, University of Hawai’i at Manoa)

Glocalizing Southeast Languages and Food Cultures in Appalachian Setting (Pittaya Paladroi-Shane, Ohio University)


2) COTSEAL Business Meeting

Date & Time: Saturday, March 21, 7.30-9.30 pm

Location: Sheraton: Beacon B, 3rd Floor

If you are available to join us for early dinner at 5 pm (COTSEAL sponsored, place: TBA), please RSVP with me agustini@umich.edu by Friday, March 13.

At the Business Meeting, the new COTSEAL Officers will be introduced to all members and begin their terms of service.


3) We also hope that you can attend a related workshop in which Juliana Wijaya and Gyanam Mahajan (UCLA) and her colleagues from SALTA will be speaking on:

Strategies for Developing and Expanding Asian LCTL programs (#369)

Date and Time: Sunday, March 22, 9-10.45 am

Location: Hynes: Room 210, Level 2



Thank you in advance for your continued support and we look forward to your participation.



Best,

Agustini

2020 Summer Institute: Planning for Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

June 10-16, 2020

This Summer Institute is designed for world language educators who have
some knowledge of Project-Based Learning (PBL) as well as some practice in
generating project ideas. During the Institute, participants will flesh out
their ideas for a project design they have already subjected to critique.
Applicants must complete the *prerequisite* NFLRC MOOC (massive open online
course) Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning
https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/admin/nflrcapp/view/126/ and earn a badge in
order to qualify for consideration for the Institute. Participants who
fulfill requirements outlined in an associated course syllabus may opt to
receive two (2) graduate course credits (tuition fee).

*Duration: 5 instructional days (Wed., Th., Fri., Mon., and Tue.)Location:
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UTSponsors: Second Language Teaching
and Research Center (L2TReC)  https://l2trec.utah.edu/ and National
Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ *

PREREQUISITE: Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning MOOC
https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/126/

Application Timeline

*Envisioning PBLL MOOC Completion Deadline: February 28, 2020*
Summer Institute Application Period Opens: March 1, 2020
*Summer Institute Application Period Ends: March 20, 2020*
Notification of Participant Selection Decisions: March 31, 2020

Summer Institute Learning Outcomes

  - develop and outline a contextualized project-based language learning
  task;
  - foster language proficiency development through appropriate
  communicative events embedded in project-based language learning
  experiences;
  - employ effective scaffolding strategies for language, content,
  interactions, process,  product, and use of technology;
  - design and implement effective assessments for project-based tasks;
  - use appropriate technology for supporting project-based language
  learning, e.g. for:
     - locating project partners and culturally authentic materials,
     - gathering relevant content-related resources,
     - facilitating student collaboration and engaging learners
     in communicating with communities of target language speakers,
     - providing formative feedback, and
     - sharing student work with authentic audiences, and
     - supporting professional growth.


For more information, visit https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/127/

Jim Yoshioka
Program Coordinator

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Honolulu, HI  96822-2322
Phone: 808-956-9424
Fax: 808-956-5983
Email: nflrc@hawaii.edu

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SEALC Professional Development Opportunities

The Southeast Asian Language Council (SEALC) has received a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to offer professional development opportunities to Southeast Asian language instructors and develop instructional materials for the curricula of SE Asian language classes.

To accomplish the above objectives, SEALC offers opportunities for SE Asian language instructors to join training workshops and materials development projects. Fees for the registration, accommodation, and meals during the SEALC workshops are covered for accepted participants.

If you are interested in receiving information about upcoming professional development opportunities (training workshops, materials development projects, and awards for Southeast Asian students and teachers), please click on the following link to provide your contact information: SEALC email sign-up

We look forward to communicating with you.



Sincerely,

Fatemeh Mirsharifi

SEALC Project Manager

Reminder: NFLRC "Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning" Online Course coming up

From University of Hawaii's National Foreign Language Resource Center:

Sign up for our Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) online course.

Aloha!  Just a reminder - registration for the following National Foreign
Language Resource Center (NFLRC) online course is currently open. Sign up today!

Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

*a self-paced online course*

*Open January 1 – March 31, 2020*

Envisioning PBLL is designed as an open-enrollment course for language
educators beginning to learn about Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL).
Successful learners will be able to describe essential features of high
quality PBLL and to generate high-quality ideas for projects using the
Product Square. Registration and the content for this MOOC (massive open
online course) is FREE. However, if you wish to earn the optional digital
badge for completion afterwards, you will need to meet the badge criteria
and pay a nominal fee ($25) to have your submitted materials evaluated by
NFLRC staff.

The following is a selection of targeted learning outcomes for the MOOC:

  - identify essential features of high quality project-based learning (PBL)
  project designs
  - identify key concerns of project-based language learning PBLL compared
  to PBL in other disciplines
  - describe sources for project ideas
  - identify the three dimensions of “authenticity” in projects
  - craft an effective “driving question” (challenging question or problem)
  - generate multiple project ideas and test them using the Product Square,
  aligning product, audience, partners, and purpose
  - anticipate "Need-To-Knows" for a project's content, skills, and
  management

Instruction spans five modules, for an equivalent of five hours' contact
time (or one-half CEU).

Register here: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/126/

Happy Holidays from COTSEAL!

Dear COTSEAL members,

We wish you the happiest of holidays! It seems like the year has flown by! We hope it has been a good one for you. As the year of 2020 is approaching, we’d like to thank every member of their continuous support. The success of COTSEAL network and programs is built on our collaborative efforts – so thank you all.

It has been a great year for COTSEAL. We’ve had successful panel at AAS and conference and workshop at the University of Washington with the supports from the Henry Luce foundation, Southeast Asian NRCs across the country, and Southeast Asian Language Council (SEALC).

It is important for our field of Southeast Asian language teaching to grow. Therefore, we will keep our commitment to advance the field by providing opportunities for professional growth of our members. Please take the opportunities and participate in our upcoming events in 2020:

1. COTSEAL panel and business meeting at AAS in Boston on March 20-21,
2. COTSEAL conference at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in June,
3. SEALC-sponsored workshops (OPG-follow-up Workshop at Ohio University, in September, and Project Based/Heritage Language Teaching Workshop at UCLA in the fall).

We also urge you to participate in the upcoming COTSEAL officer elections in January, 2020.

All the encounters and sharing this past year has brought forth renewed enthusiasm and joy for us.

We look forward to continue working with you in the coming year. 

Best wishes for the New Year!

Juliana, Pittaya (Fon), Agustini

Position Announcement: Full-Time Vietnamese Language Lecturer, UW-Seattle

Follow this link for details on a full-time Vietnamese language lecturer position available at the University of Washington-Seattle:

UW-Seattle Vietnamese Language Lecturer Position Announcement

Priority will be given to applications received by Dec 9, 2019.

Applications being accepted for Oral Proficiency Workshop Dec. 14-18, 2019

Oral Proficiency Workshops for Southeast Asian Language Teachers

 University of Wisconsin, Madison, December 14-18, 2019

Sponsored by Southeast Asia Language Council (SEALC)

You are invited to apply to participate in the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and Language Specific Oral Proficiency Guidelines (OPG) Workshops for Southeast Asian Language Teachers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Participants should plan to arrive in Madison on the evening of December 13, 2019.  Workshop activities will take place from December 14-18, 2019.

Applications are due by October 4, 2019.

The OPI workshop will introduce the ACTFL rating scale, the structure of the ACTFL OPI, techniques for conducting and rating the interviews, and its applications in the language classroom.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

- interview learners to assess oral proficiency by evaluating interpersonal and presentational modes of oral communication. 

- apply proficiency principles to the tasks of curriculum design and instructional methods. 

- pursue ACTFL certification as OPI tester of your target language if you so desire.

On the last day of the workshop (the 18th), there will be sessions to discuss the development of language-specific Oral Proficiency Guidelines (OPG) for the SE Asian languages. The goal of this language-specific OPG project is to formulate proficiency guidelines that will address specific attributes of your language. This standardization will promote better communication among instructors and allow for more reliable tests. The language specific OPG will provide a common yard stick for the field and also allow students to gauge their own progress.

Those who have had prior OPI training are invited and encouraged to join the OPG workshop on December 18 (arriving on Dec 17).

Upon completion of the workshop, there will be follow-up activities online, involving collaboration among colleagues within language groups where there are sufficient numbers of teachers to form a working group. The language specific groups will collect and rate oral proficiency interviews. For those collecting and rating interviews, there will be a second workshop in Fall 2020 to consolidate the data and to formulate the oral proficiency guidelines (OPG) for your language (SEALC will provide modest honorarium and cover major travel expenses for this 2020 workshop).

Priority will be given to those applicants who make a firm commitment to participate in the follow-up activities.

Applications should be submitted online at https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8uGqJoTvm6xJvXD by October 4, 2019.

To apply to participate in the Oral Proficiency workshops, please submit:

1. A one page statement describing your background in teaching a Southeast Asian language and your commitment to apply the knowledge you gain from the training to participate in the OPG project for your language.

(For those with prior OPI training who would like to join the Dec 18 OPG workshop and follow-up project, please state where and when your OPI training was obtained and your commitment to participate in the OPG project for your language)

2. Your CV covering your language teaching experience.  

With acceptance, your registration cost for the workshop is covered. 

To request funding support for travel and accommodation

3. Submit a statement of need including information from your institution indicating what portion of the cost they can cover.  It is expected that participants from NRCs will seek travel funds from their institutions, but if full funding is not available, please specify level of travel support your institution can offer.

Active membership in COTSEAL is required to participate in the ACTFL workshop. To renew or become a member please fill out this form: http://cotseal.net/COTSEAL_membership_form.pdf

Questions should be addressed to sealc@iris.wisc.edu.