All Languages

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

ACTFL Annual Convention 

ACTFL is current accepting proposals for its annual convention to be held in Boston in November.

Submission deadline is Friday, January 14 at 11:59PM Eastern | To submit, click here.

National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL)

NNELL Webinar Series: Answering Your Questions about Target Language Use

Jessica Haxhi (ACTFL Past-Pres.) will be answer YOUR questions about Target Language use in the early learning classroom.

Thursday, January 27 at 4:00PM Pacific | To register, click here.

Wisconsin Network for Early Language Learning (WI-NELL)

FLESFEST 2022: Boost the Signal!  Enhancing Connections, Confidence and Communication in Our Interdependent World

Will include a keynote by Jennifer D. Klein, Author: Global Education Guidebook: Humanizing K-12 Classrooms Worldwide Through Equitable Partnerships followed by breakout sessions that feature classroom strategies and activities related to the theme.

Saturday, February 19 from 6:45AM to 10:45AM Pacific | To register, click here.

National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL)

2022 Virtual Conference: “LCTLs Preparing Nations and Learners for a Multicultural World”

April 22-24, 2022, (with pre-conference workshops scheduled for April 21, 2022)

Pacific Northwest Council for Languages

Spring Virtual Conference 2022

Session Proposal Form This year's conference will be a virtual event that combines pre-recorded presentations, video chat rooms,  networking, celebrations, and language-group lunches.

The Spring conference will be held March 18th-19th on Zoom and other platforms with a celebration on Friday evening.

Proposals will be accepted through February 16th, 2022. All accepted proposals will be notified shortly after the 26th.

Please contact Catherine Ousselin with any questions: catherineku72@gmail.com 

Bilingual/Dual Language

Dual Language Immersion from CARLA

Language Literacies Infographics: Making Multiliteracies Real

Dual Language Schools

Discover and Celebrate the Power of Spanish

Featured presenters will be Vanessa Mangual and Leticia Trower. Thursday, February 3, 11:00 AM Pacific 

Thursday, February 3 | 11:00am Pacific | Register here

Mandarin-English Dual Language Immersion Programs,

The National Council of State Supervisor of Foreign Language  (NCSSFL) is seeking participation in a national survey of parents on U.S. Chinese and Taiwanese parent perceptions of Mandarin-English dual language immersion programs. Please share this, if you are able to, with any programs and parents in Washington who fit this description.          

Your feedback is important to us. Please take a moment to complete this brief survey about your recent experience with our team.

National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE)

51st Annual NABE Conference: Building A Globally Diverse Multilingual Society

Pre-Conference: Monday, February 7
Conference: February 8-10
New York City or Virtual Register here

American Sign Language

National Association of the Deaf (NAD)

Seeking #NAD2022 Workshops!

The National Association of the Deaf invites YOU to submit a proposal for a workshop or panel to be presented in person at our biennial conference in Orlando, Florida in July 2022! The NAD is thrilled to work closely with two amazing workshop partners, Deaf in Government (DIG) and the National Deaf Education Conference (NDEC).

The deadline to submit your proposal is Monday, January 24.

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please email workshops@nad.org.

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2022 NAD College Bowl competition application is now available!

A biennial tradition since 1988, College Bowl is a spirited academic bowl style event that brings together deaf contestants from top colleges and universities serving deaf and hard of hearing students. Teams of four students from each school vie for the coveted trophy and scholarships. The College Bowl competition spans over four days with preliminary and final matches.

The next College Bowl competition will take place at #NAD2022 Conference in Orlando, Florida from June 30 – July 4. More information here.

Washington State Association of the Deaf (WSAD)

HAMILTON RELAY $500 Scholarship for High School Seniors

Hamilton Relay is offering a $500 scholarship to a deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind or speech disabled Washington State high school senior. The scholarship goes towards college (4-year university, 2-year college or trade school) costs.

The applicant can send in the application form OR send a link to their ASL video answering all the questions on the form to me at elizabeth.luttrell@hamiltonrelay.com.

The scholarship deadline is January 31, 2022 | Click on here to get application.

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Updates on Educational Interpreters for the Deaf & Interveners of the DeafBlind

Thank you so much for your participation in the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) workgroups for educational interpreters for the Deaf and interveners for the DeafBlind. Your expertise and insights are appreciated and your tireless support for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind students is valued. Per recommendations from these workgroups, PESB pursued agency request legislation regarding these two roles. 

You are invited to an update meeting where we will provide additional information on this request legislation and any next steps.  

Tuesday, January 25 |11:00am to 12:00pm

Accommodations: 
PESB strives to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. To request accommodations or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact Sophia Keskey at sophia.keskey@k12.wa.us.
Requests should be made as soon as possible but at least five business days before the meeting.

Please let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you on January 25. 
Best,
Laurie Weidner and Sophia Keskey

Laurie Weidner
Legislative & Policy Liaison
Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB)
360-790-2087

Sophia Keskey
Preparation and Credentialing Program Specialist
Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB)
600 Washington Street SE
Olympia, WA 98504
www.pesb.wa.gov

Arabic:

Critical Multilingualism Studies

Call for Papers: "Multilingual Approaches to Language Learning: Perspectives from Arabic as a Multidialectal Language"

The editors of this special thematic issue of CMS (Mahmoud Azaz & Emma Trentman) invite contributions that will inform the growing interest in multilingual approaches to learning Arabic. This issue is expected to feature theoretical as well as empirical studies in a variety of learning contexts, including institutional, informal and digitally-mediated environments. Contributions may address these related lines of inquiry:

• Critical pedagogies in the context of Arabic as a bi-multidialectal language for heritage and non-heritage learners;
• Connections between learning and teaching Arabic as a multidialectal language and the development of intercultural learning;
• Translanguaging pedagogies and their potential in enhancing Arabic language learning and literacy development; transcultural and translingual practices and identity negotiation among Arabic speakers (Arabic as a first language);
• Multilingual and multidialectal approaches in content-based integrated language learning (focus on language and/or content);
• Multilingual and multidialectal identity performances (particularly multimodal ones) through Arabic varieties in formal and less formal settings; and
• Teacher and learner perceptions of these lines of inquiry.

Abstracts and papers may be submitted in English or Arabic to CMS (About>Submissions). Please send any questions about a potential contribution to the guest editors Mahmoud Azaz (mazaz@arizona.edu) and Emma Trentman (etrentman@unm.edu).

500-word abstracts due by Tuesday, February 1.

Notification of acceptance by Friday, April 1.

Drafts due for peer review by Monday, August 15.

Chinese:

Asia Pacific Cultural Center

24th Annual New Year Celebration: China

February 19, 2022 | 11am-6pm | McGavick Conference Center 4500 | Steilacoom Blvd SW, Building 23 Lakewood, WA 98499

The Chinese Teacher Language Association, USA (CLTA)

CLTA Annual Conference 2022

early-to-mid April 2022

Mandarin-English Dual Language Immersion Programs,

The National Council of State Supervisor of Foreign Language  (NCSSFL) is seeking participation in a national survey of parents on U.S. Chinese and Taiwanese parent perceptions of Mandarin-English dual language immersion programs. Please share this, if you are able to, with any programs and parents in Washington who fit this description.          

Your feedback is important to us. Please take a moment to complete this brief survey about your recent experience with our team.

China Institute (CI)

China Institute Gallery Art Education Program: Discover China Through Art

The DCTA Virtual Tours Discover China Through Art (DCTA) is a beloved art program that mainly draws on each of China Institute Gallery’s exhibitions to provide a lively experience for learning Chinese art and civilization. In the current environment, The DCTA Virtual Tours were specially created to provide informative and interactive gallery talks and workshops for K -12 and college students as well as adults and seniors through Google Meet or Zoom.

Please contact Yue Ma by email yma@chinainstitute.org two weeks in advance for booking a Virtual Tour.

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Translating China: Stories of the Pathbreakers

The Renwen Society presents a lecture by Prof. Zhu Zhenwu who will discuss four major Chinese translation figures —Howard Goldblatt, Moss Roberts, Herbert Allen Giles and John Minford— with respect to their life stories and the strategies they employed to present Chinese literature to the readers in the West.

Saturday, January 22 | 5:00 – 6:30pm Pacific | Register here

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Seeing China Through Film: Kaili Blues

Watch the film at home, then join us online for a free virtual talkback with film expert Richard Peña.

An audacious, richly imagined feature debut that has collected prizes around the world, Kaili Blues ( 路边野餐) heralds the arrival of a major new filmmaker. In a small clinic in the rain-drenched city of Kaili, two preoccupied doctors live ghost-like lives. One of them, Chen, decides to fulfill a family wish and sets off on a train journey to search for his brother’s abandoned child, only to find himself in a dreamlike world where past, present, and future–as well as fantasy and reality–become one. This remarkable visual achievement was shot in the mining village Kaili, the director’s birthplace, and incorporates poetry he has been writing since he was a teenager. The film is partly a meditation on what it means to grapple with ancient traditions in hyper-modern society, by one of China’s most important directors.

Film Link

Wednesday, January 19 | 7:30pm Pacific | Register here.

Chinese Language Teacher Association, USA (CLTA)

CLTA 60^th Anniversary Celebration Special Lecture Series: #2 讲题 : 汉语动词词尾 “了1” 的呼应界点

时间: Friday, February 11| 5pm-6:30pm Pacific

地点: ZOOM, Virtual Lecture via Zoom (Registration required, Open and Free for CLTA members)

特邀演讲嘉宾: 孙朝奋教授 (Professor Chaofen Sun), 斯坦福大学

Classics:

American Classical League (ACL)

NJCL Creative Writing Contest Information

This contest is open to all registered members of the National Junior Classical League. The names of any winners in attendance at the convention will be announced, but it is NOT necessary to attend the NJCL convention to win.

All entries must:

• be 900-1200 words in length. (Indicate the word count under the title; stories too long or too short will not be judged.
• be typed and double-spaced.
• have the title of the story and the page number on EACH page.
• NOT have the student’s name on the pages of the story.
• have a bibliography of any sources used in research.
• be free of artwork or graphics.
• be carefully proof-read.

Deadline for entries: Friday, April 1

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Join the NJCL Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Are you interested in diversity, equity, and inclusion within JCL? If so, please consider applying to serve on the new Students' Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee! This committee is open to all JCLers and SCLers, regardless of current/former involvement in JCL at the national level. The committee will aid the standing American Classical League (ACL) DEI committee in identifying DEI issues within JCL and will work with the ACL's  DEI committee to draft statements and proposals to address them.  ACL is the parent organization of JCL. This committee will likely meet once or twice a month. If you have any questions about the application or committee, please reach out to president@njcl.org. I look forward to reading your applications!

Savannah Thompson
NJCL President

The application can be found here and is due Saturday, January 15.

Excellence Through Classics (ETC)

Registration for the Exploratory Latin Exam is  available

Deadline for ELE is March 2.

French:

American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)

2022 Convention: “Laissez les bons temps rouler: Explorer la diversité du monde francophone”

Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, LA | July 11-14, 2022 | Deadline to submit proposals is December 15.

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Société Honoraire de Français

Concours 2022 – SHF Creative Writing/Composition Originale

Pour quelle cause accepterais-tu de t'engager? Lance ton appel!
Catégorie A = Niveaux 2-3     Catégorie B = Niveaux 4-6
Prix: $100 for essays that are published in the Spring Élan. 
2022 SHF Creative Writing Contest Directions 

Deadline for submissions is Monday, February 7 | Apply here

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Le Grand Concours (National French Contest)

Contest Registration is Open
Grades 1-6 (FLES): February 14 - March 5
Grades 7-12 (levels 1-5): February 16 - March 30

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Dorothy S. Ludwig Excellence in Teaching Awards

The AATF invites nominations for four annual awards for outstanding teachers, one

at each level: elementary school, middle school or junior high school, high school, and postsecondary (university, college, or community college). The purpose of the award is to recognize teachers who have demonstrated excellence and commitment in the teaching of the French language and French and Francophone cultures and literatures.

Each winner will receive a certificate from the AATF recognizing their outstanding contribution to the teaching of French and a one-year complimentary membership in the AATF for 2022, a cash award, and a one-year subscription to Le Français dans le monde. An official presentation will be made at the AATF Awards Banquet in New Orleans in July 2021.

Nominations may be made by any AATF member in good standing or by an AATF chapter. The nominee must be an active member of the AATF.

All documents must be submitted by Tuesday, February 1 | Click here for Application Form.

American Society of the French Academic Palms (ASFAP)

The American Society of the French Academic Palms (ASFAP) will offer 3 summer scholarships of $4000 each to be used in a French-speaking country to students whose interest in the French language and Francophone cultures has been identified by their French instructors. Their primary purpose is to provide students with the opportunity to become more proficient in the language and to understand and appreciate cultures found in the French- speaking world.

For any questions, please contact ASFAP Executive Board member Madeline Turan.

Application must be POSTMARKED by Friday, February 14.
Recipients will be announced on Tuesday, March 1.
Student Application Form: WORD or Google Doc
Recommendation Form: Google Form

Cultural Services French Embassy in the United States

French as a World Language Classroom Resources

Are you looking to establish a partnership with a school in France?

They are here to help you set up an official, state-approved agreement with a French school. Official partnerships make it easier to establish pen-pal programs for students, organize travel exchange programs, and encourage the exchange of ideas among students, teachers, and administrators.

Please direct any questions to the Educational Affairs Department of the Embassy of France in the United States: rebecca.duncan@frenchculture.org.

Cultural Services French Embassy in the United States (CSFEUS)

Une fois, une voix | Concours de podcast documentaire pour les adolescent.e.s francophones

"Une fois, une voix" est un concours de création de podcast documentaire ouvert aux adolescent.e.s francophones du monde entier (12-18 ans et/ou scolarisés en collège, lycée ou CFA) .

Le thème 2021-2022 est un espace à soi.
L'appel à projets pour la deuxième édition du concours est ouvert du 1er décembre 2021 au le 15 mars 2022.
Pour plus d'information

German:

American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)

2022 National German Exam Registration

You can now register students for the 2022 National German Exam Levels 2, 3, and 4. The Exam is administered each year to nearly 20,000 students of German. The Exam honors student performance with Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards and prizes including the National German Exam Scholarship (AATG/PAD Study Trip Award).

The Level 2, 3, and 4 Exam administration period is December 1, 2021 through January 31, 2022 | Register now

Guidelines for 2022 remote testing are included in the Administration Manual.

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AATG German Summer Study Program

The German Summer Study Program for High School Students provides a three-week homestay and school experience. Students attend classes at a Gesamtschule (high school), live with the family of a sibling who attends the school, visit regional attractions, and experience the German language and culture firsthand. Students return speaking German better - with a greater sense of confidence, maturity, and independence.

The program is sponsored in cooperation with the German government's Pedagogical Exchange Service (PAD). Over 2,600 students have benefited from this unique experience since the program was created in 1978!

2022 Program Sites and Dates
Schermbeck (Nordrhein-Westfalen) - June 1-20
Bremen (Bremen) - June 9-28
Kellinghusen (Schleswig-Holstein) - June 15-July 4
Bovenden (Niedersachsen) - June 15-July 4
Gera (Thüringen) - June 21-July 10
Wölfersheim (Hessen) - July 6-25
Heidelberg (Baden-Württemberg) - July 12-31

Application Requirements and Program Cost

Eligibility Requirements. Students who have had two years of German and are between the ages of 15 and 17 for the duration of the program are eligible.

Program Cost. The program cost for 2022 is $4150. This cost includes round-trip airfare to and from Germany from the group departure city, transportation in Germany, accommodations, meals, and all course costs. Your price for our 21-day experience is lower than 10-day offerings by commercial programs.

Special Early Bird Price. Save $350 and only pay $3800 when you register and pay in full by March 15th, 2022 .

Deadline to apply: Tuesday, March 1

Insurance Coverage. All participants, including teacher chaperones, are covered by AATG's accident and health policy. Chaperones are also covered by liability insurance.

Need-Based Financial Aid Available. Scholarships of up to 50% of program costs are available to students with financial need. Other scholarships may be available. Detailed scholarship information and application materials are available on the Scholarships page.

Not Included in Price. Passport fees, excess baggage charges, transportation to and from the participant's home to the US departure airport, and other items of a strictly personal nature are not included in the program cost.

Payment Schedule. An initial payment is required with the application. Full payment is due six weeks prior to departure. Payment can be made by credit or debit card in our online store, or by sending a check or money order.

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Summer Study Program Scholarships

Audre Lorde Scholarship for High School Students 

This full scholarship will be awarded to one African American, Hispanic, Native American student, or a student from another underrepresented group, to participate in the Summer Study Program for High School Students

Käthe Wilson Honor Society Scholarship

This scholarship funds student participation in AATG’s summer study program for a member of the German Honor Society.

AATG Endowed Fund Scholarships

Scholarships of up to 50% of the program cost are available to students whose financial need merits such support.

Eligibility for All Scholarships

• You must have submitted your initial application materials for the AATG German Summer Study Program.
• Preference will be given to students with demonstrated financial need and criteria set out by individual scholarships. 
• Students are encouraged to indicate that they qualify for multiple scholarships, but may be only awarded one full scholarship.

Scholarship Application Materials include:

• Scholarship Application completed by student and parent/guardian.
• Photocopy of parent or guardian’s most recent Federal Income Tax Return showing adjusted gross income, or other proof‐of‐income documents if no return was filed
• Scholarship Recommendation Form completed by a teacher. Recommenders must be AATG members.
• Additional information may be required for specific scholarships.

Application Deadline: Tuesday, January 18

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On Demand Webinars

Free AATG Webinars

AATG is providing members free access to our full library of on-demand webinars. Click the icons below to view the Webinars on Demand by category. To access a webinar go to our online store and add the webinar to your cart. Make sure you are logged in and use the coupon code PDATHOME at check out to get the webinar for free. You'll receive an email with a link to the webinar recording.

Teaching Online: Successful Tools for German Teachers
Sarah Floyd, lead instructor for South Carolina's online German program profiles various online tools and strategies for teaching online. Click to view this free webinar.

More Tools for Teaching German Online
Andrew Cambron, German teacher at Batesville High School in Indiana, presents e-learning modules for various levels, and Matt Harring, teacher at Plainfield South High School in Illinois, profiles online resources and tools that can be successfully integrated into your online instruction. AATG President Doug Philipp, German teacher at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado, also presents numerous online tools highlighted in his Newsletter tech column. Click to view this free webinar.

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX)

CBYX Vocational Program

CBYX Vocational Scholarship provides an opportunity for American high school graduating seniors to spend the year after graduation in Germany. This opportunity offers students a chance to pursue vocational interests, such as:

• Architecture
• Culinary Arts
• Education
• Engineering
• Veterinary Science
• Graphic Design
• Information Technology
• Health Care
• International Business
• Forestry

Accepting applications for the 2022-2023 school year.
Application deadline is Tuesday, January 21.

Black German Heritage & Research Association (BGHRA)

All Black Lives Matter: A Conversation with Olivia Wenzel

Olivia Wenzel, born in Weimar, Germany, and now living in Berlin, is the author of the novel 1000 Serpentinen Angst (S. Fischer Verlag, 2020). Several of her dramatic works, such as Mais in Deutschland und anderen Galaxien and Jiggy Porsche taucht ab, have been staged at the Münchner Kammerspiele in Munich, the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Deutsches Theater and the Ballhaus Naunynstrasse in Berlin. Wenzel also works as a musician and a performer, collaborating with multidisciplinary theatre collectives such as vorschlag:hammer and Shatter. In 2022 Olivia will lead a series of multidisciplinary workshops for young adults of Color at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin.

Monday, January 17 | 7:30 – 9:00am Pacific | Register here

Goethe Institut

Digital Unterrichten an Schulen

Stärken Sie Ihre Kompetenzen für den Online- und Blended-Learning-Unterricht. Fortbildung für Lehrkräfte an Schulen.
Beginn 07.02.2022

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Hebrew:

Jewish Educators Assembly

70th Annual Conference: The Leader Within

As educators, we are always called upon to be leaders, each in our own way and according to our own skills and strengths. The extreme circumstances of this past year and a half of COVID have challenged us in ways that we never could have imagined. At times, we all felt overwhelmed by it, but most of us rose to new heights and re-invented both ourselves and our schools. None of us knows for sure what our world will look like when this is all over. We do know that it will be different and we will have to reach deep within ourselves to be proactive in charting a new course. 

Program highlights

January 30 – February 2 | Boca Raton, FL or Online | Register here

Keshet

Webinar: Principles for LGBTQ-Inclusive Health and Sex Education

Join Ellie Goldstein and Keshet’s Education & Training staff for a webinar exploring principles and concrete tools for LGBTQ-affirming health and sex education. This webinar is open to all, and the content will focus on tools relevant to Jewish Day School settings.

Tuesday, February 7 | 4:30-6:00pm Pacific | RSVP here

Seattle Jewish Film Festival

Italian:

American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI)

National Italian Exam 2022

Established in 1985, the NIE is the official national language contest for middle and high school students of the American Association of Teachers of Italian. It is a web-based proficiency and performance assessment that measures written and aural interpretation skills in alignment with the ACTFL Performance Descriptors and the 2012 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. The mission of the NIE is to provide:

• an opportunity for the visibility and the promotion of Italian programs in North American schools;
• an assessment tool that can be used by teachers and students as a diagnostic feedback;
• a measurement of language skills that can constitute a positive washback to help inform high school instruction and curricula.

The NIE can be used to support students in preparation for the official exams of Seal of Biliteracy, the SAT II, and it can make them eligible for the Società Onoraria Italica scholarships.

NIE 2022 - Exam Timeline:
Registration: October 25,  2021 - February 19, 2022
Late Registration (with fee): February 20 - February 25, 2022
Exam Administration: March 1 - March 31, 2022

Japanese:

American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ)

AATJ Annual Spring Conference

Japan House Los Angeles (JHLA)

MA in Japanese Film: In Conversation with Film Director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

The fourth and final webinar in the Rethinking of MA Webinar Series will examine the role of MA in Japanese film. Our guest will be filmmaker Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, whose film Drive My Car, is Japan’s official entry for Best International Feature Film for Academy Awards 2022 and is now on the Oscars shortlist for this category. Hamaguchi, a renowned director and screenwriter who first gained attention for The Sound of Waves and Voices from Waves, his thoughtful documentaries (co-directed by Ko Sakai) about survivors of the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake, as well as several recent dramatic full-length feature films, pays close attention to timing, pacing and “space” in his films.

Tuesday, February 1 | 5:00 - 6:15pm Pacific | Register here

Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

Language in Action / Learning through Drama and Theater

Motivating Action through Applied Improv
Ian Willey; Kagawa University

Exercises from improvisational theater have gained attention in educational fields for their capacity to promote empathy and communication skills among learners. The presenter will first describe a study that sought to identify whether weekly use of these “applied improv” exercises in English classes boosted Japanese university students’ compassion scores, with compassion defined as empathy combined with a willingness to act. Positive gains in compassion scores were identified. Attendees will then be able to experience several of these fun and simple exercises and games, which can be done in three- to five-minute sessions in both face-to-face and online classes. Attendees will leave the presentation equipped with a repertoire of quick activities to energize students and enable them to speak and act promptly in future communicative encounters.

Process Drama in the Language Classroom
Chhayankdhar Singh Rathore, Konan Women’s University, Kobe

In this online workshop, the presenter will introduce how process drama can be used in the language classroom. Through a chain of interconnected activities, the participants will explore the structure of process drama and discuss its application in the language classroom. The participants will be offered a hands-on experience of a variety of activities from the process drama repertoire. These activities have been selected to respond to the concerns of language teachers with regard to educational drama such as difficulty in incorporating course materials in drama activities, difficulty in incorporating reading and listening skills in drama activities, and inability to take drama beyond icebreakers and warm-up activities.
While the structure of the workshop will be provided by the facilitator, the contents will be largely determined by the participants. So, participants are requested to come prepared for active engagement with their cameras on and have a pen and paper at the ready.

Sunday, January 23, 2022 | 1:00pm Japanese

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Using Teletandem to Induce Authentic Online Intercultural Communication 

Are you interested in offering telecollaborative learning for your students?
Join this event to learn about what students get out of the learning experience and discuss with other educators on how we can maximize the learning outcomes throughout authentic intercultural communication online. The presenter will share her research findings as well as practical tips to support learners in teletandem learning, drawing on her own experience as a facilitator in the teletandem program at her institution.

Saturday, January 29 01:00pm Japanese | https://weareapu.zoom.us/j/92317564591
Meeting ID: 923 1756 4591

Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW)

Japanese Cultural Booklets & Activity Pack (Link)

The JCCCW has published four booklets - one for each season - full of fun Japanese cultural information and activities for families to enjoy. We invite you to enjoy these books and activities for yourself and would be grateful if you would share the information about them with teachers and students too.

Digital versions of these booklets are available to download for free from our website. Each one includes a variety of games, crafts, recipes, information on how to celebrate Japanese holidays, and much more. Also, each book is bilingual - written in both English and Japanese - to help make sharing & learning easier and come filled with many illustrations and photographs to enjoy.

In addition, an Activity Pack that includes templates for fun games & activities such as paper sumo, yokai (Japanese monsters and mysterious creatures) mask making, kimono dolls, a quiz about Japan and more. This pack is also available to download for free from our website below.

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Northwest Nikkei Museum Speaker Series

「ミネドカ強制収容所〜米国北西部の日系人が収容された場所〜」2022年1月21日午後7時〜午後8時(PT) | 2022年1月22日正午〜午後1時(日本時間) [in JAPANESE, 日本語で開催]

第二次世界大戦時、約12万人の日系人が強制排除・強制収容されました。シアトル周辺の多くの日系人は、アイダホ州南部ハントにあるミネドカ強制収容所に送られました。車でおよそ１０時間ほどの場所です。第11回スピーカーシリーズ（主催：西北日系博物館）では、彼らがどのような生活を送ったのか、当時の遺物の紹介も交えてご紹介します。また強制収容所で幼少時代を過ごした日系二世時田章吉（トキタ・ショウキチ）さんにもお話ししていただきます。約半年ぶりに日本語のみの開催です。スピーカーシリーズでは、日系の歴史を学ぶオンライン講座を毎月第3金曜日に開催（参加無料・要登録）しておりますので、今後もご注目ください！

参加登録はこちらから！

参加登録は1/20午後5時締切です

Korean:

American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK)

Announcement: Call for submissions to KLA Vol 26.1

KLA 편집장 김혜영입니다.  KLA 26.1호에 수록할 논문을 모집합니다. 마감일은 2022년 1월 15일입니다. 지난 6월  26회 AATK 화상 연례 학회에서 발표된 다양한 연구와 실험들이 활발히 기고되기를 고대하고 있습니다.  투고 방법, 원고 양식에 대해서는 아래의 영문 공지문을 참조해 주시기 바랍니다.

27th Annual Conference: Rebooting and Gearing Up for the New Normal in Korean Language Education

Call for Paper/Participation

Deadline for Submission is February 15, 2022

Cornell University Ithaca, New York June 16-18, 2022

The Korea Society

Korean Instant Pot Cooking

Recipe developers Nancy Cho and Selina Lee learned to make Korean food from their mothers and grandmothers. For Nancy, this transpired in her family's kitchen in California suburbs, while Selina's experience came from growing up in Seoul, Korea. Together, they set out to explore their Korean heritage, family experiences, and cherished dishes from their childhood to the present. In the Korean Instant Pot Cookbook, they share over 90 recipes, tested and translated for preparation in the Instant Pot - all while maintaining the flavors and foundational traditions of Korean cuisine. Nancy and Selina share their stories and demonstrate a recipe featured in their cookbook.

Wednesday, January 19 | 2:00pm Pacific | Register here

Native and Tribal Languages:

University of Michigan Native American Studies Department

The 6th Annual Robert J. Berkhofer Jr. Lecture on Native American Studies: A Conversation with Robin Kimmerer

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals. She tours widely and has been featured on NPR’s On Being with Krista Tippett and in 2015 addressed the general assembly of the United Nations on the topic of “Healing Our Relationship with Nature.” Kimmerer lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, whose mission is to create programs that draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge for our shared goals of sustainability. www.robinwallkimmerer.com

Friday, March 11 | 4:00-5:30pm | Virtual

Salish School of Spokane

n̓qilxʷčn̓ sy̓ʕaʔ / Summer Immersion Symposium

The 2022 Summer Immersion Symposium is scheduled for July 22 & 23, 2022.

Persian:

Association for Iranian Studies (AIS)

13th Biennial Iranian Studies Conference: 2022 Conference Information

Dates: August 30 - September 2, 2022 | Location: University of Salamanca, Spain, at the Faculty of Philology

Russian:

American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL)

2022 Conference Registration

Philadelphia, PA February 17-20, 2022

Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)

University of Washington Slavic Languages and Literature

WORKSHOP | Integrating Principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Drawing on the work of colleagues, peer institutions, and professional organizations, as well as examples from her own teaching, research, and experience, Prof. Naomi Caffee will give an overview of current conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion in our field. Particular attention will be paid to institutional practices (antiracist/inclusive/disability-informed teaching; recruiting and mentoring students and faculty from diverse backgrounds; decolonizing research methods, etc.) and the content of research and instruction (courses/departments/degree programs expanding their scope to include cultural diversity in the Russian-speaking world, the Russophone/Russian distinction, race in Russia and the post-Soviet space, etc.). Prof. Caffee will also provide participants with information about initiatives and resources dedicated to furthering these goals. This event will consist of a presentation, followed by a Q&A/brainstorming session and a follow-up list of materials to be shared with participants. 

Friday, January 21 - 2:30 – 4:00 pm Pacific | Online meeting link

University of Michigan Slavic Languages and Literatures

MLK Event — The Wayland Rudd Collection: Exploring Racial Imaginaries in Soviet Visual Culture

Scholar, artist, and writer Yevgeniy Fiks presents an archive of Soviet media images of Africans and African Americans — from propaganda posters to postage stamps — mainly related to African liberation movements and civil rights struggles. The project is named after Wayland Rudd (1900-1952), a Black American actor who moved to the Soviet Union in 1932. Fiks brings together post-colonial and post-Soviet perspectives, mapping the complicated and often contradictory intersection of race and Communism in the Soviet context, exposing the interweaving of internationalism, solidarity, humanism, and Communist ideals with practices of othering and exoticization. The Wayland Rudd Collection focuses on the Soviet Union’s critique of systemic racism in the US.

Monday, February 7 | 3:00-4:00pm | Virtual

Spanish:

American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)

National Spanish Exam (NSE)

Registration Window: November 1, 2021 - February 4, 2022
(Note: Registration form will NOT be available after Monday, January 31)

Exam Window: March 1 - April 15
Current AATSP member student registration link: NSE Member Registration
Non-AATSP member student registration link: Non-NSE Member Registration

Rhode Island Medical Imaging (RIMI)

RIMI Activities

RIMI has created trilingual coloring books and a word search to help kids and adults alike pass the hours at home. Get out your crayons and learn about radiology. English, Spanish and Portuguese versions of the coloring book are available for download below.

Send us pictures of your completed artwork and you might see them on RIMI’s social media accounts. Send photos to: marketing@rimirad.com.

World Affairs Council (WAC)

Young Professionals International Network (YPIN) Spanish Language Table

¡Bienvenidos! Join YPIN’s monthly Spanish Conversation Table. All levels of Spanish experience are welcome!

Thursday, January 20 | 8:00 - 10:00pm Pacific | Register here

Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL)

Virtual Workshop: Anti-Bias Practice in Language Classroom

This workshop explores ways of developing an anti-bias curriculum that covers diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) topics in world language classrooms at all levels. The presenters will focus on pedagogical processes including addressing, teaching, and modeling anti-bias in the classroom. They will demonstrate recent curricular examples and share the process of building lesson plans featuring multi-cultural and social justice themes. Participants will be encouraged to engage in open conversations, brainstorming ideas of social justice topics, and drafting a practical lesson plan that they can use in their courses.

Wednesday, January 19 | 4:00pm Pacific | Register here

The Coalition of Communty-Based Heritage Language Schools & SAVA Online School

Webinar Series: Heritage Language Instruction in a Virtual Context - Technology Infused Curriculum

These interactive webinars encompass various topics such as the foundational elements of a successful school organization, instructional design alignment, online teaching methods, the application of web tools and emerging learning technologies (e.g. 360/VR) in the classroom. The parental role and peer learning strategies will be examined in depth.

The workshops are purposefully designed for heritage language practitioners, administrators, and teachers.

Thursday, January 20 | 2:00pm Pacific | Register here

Sanskrit:

Samskrita Bharati USA

Samskrita Bharati USA

Interested in learning Sanskrit or building skills to assess for the Seal of Biliteracy? Samskrita Bharati USA works to promote Samskritam as an everyday language and to provide access to its rich and diverse repository of knowledge.