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Queridos socios,
Escribire sin acentos a causa de los
que tienen Macintosh. Tendremos
un Bolectronico bastante corto esta semana,
pero hay noticias
importantes.
I. FREE WORKSHOP AT UW, MAY 1, 1999.
There will be a no-fee workshop
for all world languages teachers with Thomas
Keith Cothrun on
"Understanding and Implementing National
Standards" on May 1, 1999 on
the UW campus in Smith 205 from 10 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m.
Mr. Cothrun will provide participants with
the background information
needed to understand why and how the standards
were developed, and
their place in the larger picture of educational
reform. Various
activities will allow participants to see
how what they already do
relates to the standards, and what modifications
might be needed to
assist their students
in meeting them. Mr. Cothrun will
consider the WA State Higher
Education Coordinating Board admissions
standards as well as the ACTFL
proficiency guidelines and the National
Standards.
Dr. Cothrun teaches German in Las Cruces,
New Mexico. He has served
on the K-12 Standards for Foreign Language
Task Force, the AATG
Student Standards K-16 Task force, and
currently chairs the national
Board of
Professional Teaching Standards Foreign
Language Committee project
which will guide the design of curriculum
and professional development
well into the next century.
Clock hours are available. For more
information or to let us know if
you plan to attend, please contact Lynn
Klausenburger (206 685-6421,
lhk@u.washington.edu), Klaus Brandl (brandl@u.washington.edu)
or Ulli
Tietze (206 622-9694, goethe@eskimo.com).
II. UW SUMMER INTENSIVE INSTITUTE
FOR SECONDARY SPANISH TEACEHRS. UW
offers the second Summer Intensive Institute
for Secondary Spanish
Teachers from July 6-16 from 8:45 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. The Institute has
four interrelated components: Intensive
Language Practice, with
emphasis on Business Spanish and its application
to the secondary
classroom; Post-Franco Spain, Communicative
Methodology and Designing
Curriculum Materials from the Web.
Participants write a final project
on any one or combination of the components.
Prerequisite: Three
years of college-level Spanish or equivalent.
Five credits of Spanish
499 are awarded for successful completion
of the Institute. Cost is
$650.
For more information please contact Lynn
Klausenburger at (206)
685-6421, e-mail lhk@u.washington.edu,
or Paloma Borreguero, UW
Spanish & Portuguese Department (206)543-2058,
e-mail
paloma@u.washington.edu.
III. K-12 SPANISH TEACHER OF 1999.
We still have only one nominee
for Spanish Teacher of 1999. Won't
you PLEASE help...the donor will
likely not agree to provide the money for
a second year if we don't
show REAL interest.
IV. SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
I will be contacting SIFF
very soon to determine the Spanish film
choices for our May/June
outing.
V. RUN FOR THE BOARD! We will
have vacancies in the positions of
TREASURER and SOUTHWESTERN VICE PRESIDENT.
We need you.
VI. PROF. FLO ARIESSOHN of the University
of Puget Sound sends this
enjoyable comic. Thank you, Flo, we appreciate
your time as you busily
supervise all those student teachers.
We know you are sending us the
future state leaders of the profession!
VII. The Modern Language Association has
just published a "Why Learn
Another Language?"brochure. It is
intended primarilly for high school
and entering college students. MLA
wants to distribute the brochure
to as many high and middle school program
advisors, school
administrators, etc. as possible.
The notice says, "Educators, advisors, and
parents may obtain
individual copies or packets of twenty
of this brochure at no charge
by writing the Office of Foreign Language
Programs, MLA, 10 Astor
Place, New York NY
10003-6981; or by email: flbrochure@mla.org.
It can also be downloaded & printed:
http://www.adfl.org