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No me parecía que hubiera bastante noticias
para un
BOLECTRONICO, pero no tuve razón.
I. MARIAN THOM: STATE WINNER OF THE
CHRISTA
MCAULIFFE AWARD. Kudos and cheers for Marian
Thom,
who is retiring after many years of service to
Shorewood High School. Marian was presented
the
Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Education
at
the Capitol Building on May 27, 1999. I
was in
attendance. Marian's grace and modesty
were in
evidence. I am lucky enough to have been
her
colleague at Shorewood, and can honestly say
that
there is no more worthy recipient.
Marian has also offered to host our joint AATSP-AATF
Basque event at her lovely home in Shoreline.
Having
been there, I can say that the Sound views from
her
windows and deck are breathtaking and that the
ambience will not be lacking at Marian's!
II. UW FALL SPANISH FILM SERIES. Western
Vice
President Paloma Borreguero notes that UW is
presenting a marvelous group of films free to
the
public for your viewing enjoyment this fall.
Here is
the information; contact Paloma
paloma@u.washington.edu for more details:
¡Ay, Carmela!
Spanish Cinema of the 1990s
A Free Film Series Sponsored by Spanish &
Portuguese
Studies
Tenative Schedule
Tuesdays 7-9pm
Thompson 101
Fall Quarter 1999 on the UW Campus
All films in Spanish with English subtitles.
5 October
Las cartas de Alou (Letters from Alou) directed
by
Montxo Armendariz (1991)
12 October
¡Ay, Carmela! directed by Carlos Saura
(1991)
19 October
Sevillanas directed by Carlos Saura (1992)
26 October
Jamón, Jamón directed by Bigas
Luna (1993)
2 November
La ardilla roja (The Red Squirrel) directed by
Julio
Medem (1993)
9 November
La flor de mi secreto (The Flower of My Secret)
directed by Pedro Almodóvar (1996)
16 November
Carne Trémula (Live Flesh) directed by
Pedro Almodóvar
(1997)
III. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: LA HABANA.
President Steve
Green reports that the latest issue of National
Geographic is laden with sumptuous pictures and
a
well-written article on the Mysteries of Havana.
Check it out.
IV. NOT SO GOOD NEWS ON THE NATIONAL FRONT.
Ray
Verzasconi of PNCFL writes to offer another view
on
the piece submitted by Krista Swenson on FLES/FLAP:
The Joint National Committee for Languages/National
Council for Languages & International Studies
does not
support the Clinton administration's intent to
move
FLAP from Title VII to Title X of the Elementary
&
Secondary School Act. Contary to your "Goods
news on
the
national front from FLES teacher Krista Swenson,
Edmonds School
District."
FLAP already exists, has since 1988; has been
funded
since 1994. It's
in Title VII. Where we think it belongs.
For
starters, if FLAP were
moved to Title X, it would be moved into 14th
place on
the list of
Title
X programs; for another, it would be block granted.
Meaning,
Washington
(under present circumstances) would have zero
possibility of getting
access -- Washington has its FLAP grant now only
because it is not
block
granted. Finally, by separating bilingual
education,
Title VII, Part
A,
from FLAP, currently Title VII, Part B, it relegates
bilingual ed to
"stupid immigrant children," encourages Congress
to
eliminate all
funding for bilingual education (big on the "hit
list"), but in the
process, will eliminate the dual-language immersion
programs that Title
VII, Part A, is increasingly funding.
Title VII, Part B (FLAP), which the administration
wants to move to
Title X, is now funded at $6 million. Title
VII, Part
A, is funded at
almost $400 million, and almost a fourth of the
funds
are now used for
dual-language immersion programs. Those
are K-6
programs in which
about
50% of the students are native speakers and 50%
are
not. The
administration's proposal (that's all it is at
this
point -- since it
will be at least 2 years before ESEA is reauthorized)
is a response to
the backlash against bilingual education.
But if the
administration
succeeds, many a dual-language immersion program
will
die in the dust.
There is absolutely nothing new in the
adminsitration's proposed
program
for Title X. It's already in Title VII,
and already
funded ... and it
is where Washington got its FLAP grant.
Before
JNCL-NCLIS will agree
to
move the program to Title X, we want guarantees:
1)
that FLAP becomes
#1 in Title X; 2) that it cannot be block granted.
Even then, we are
not sure the administration can justify moving
the
program from Title
VII.
I can't speak for Washington. Oregon has
a number of
K-6 dual-language
immersion programs supported by Title VII, Part
A. We
don't want to
lose those funds because of the Clinton
administration's unwillingness
to support bilingual education. Not in
exchange for a
program that
provides only $6 million a year to 50 states.
Not
when dual-lanuage
immersion programs are now getting almost $100
million
for Title VII,
Part A. Good news isn't always good news.
I was at the JNCL-NLCLIS delegate assembly in
Washington DC only two
weeks ago, when SEcretary Riley's reps reported
at the
last minute that
they intended to recommend in the ESEA reauthorization
that Title VII,
Part B (FLAP), be moved to Title X. And
the immediate
reaction from
the
more than 70 delegates present ranged from disbelief
to outright anger.
Unless the administration can really justify
the move
as something
other
than political expediency, NCLIS will lobby to
defeat
the move.
Ray Verzasconi
JNCL-NCLIS Vice President
rverzasconi@uswest.net
V. UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS
TO STUDY
IN KOREA AT THE EXPENSE OF THE KOREA FOUNDATION.
(FROM
ORIANA CADMAN) ACT QUICKLY!
The following message describes an extraordinary
opportunity for middle
and high school teachers interested in informing
themselves about Korea.
For the price of a plane ticket participants
will be
able to attend a
program at one of three top universities in Korea,
led
by some of the most
outstanding scholars in the country. (One
of them,
Young Ick Lew, I have
known since he spoke at an OIC conference in
Oregon in
1988; he is a
first class scholar and lecturer.) Time
is short, but
there are openings.
COFLT members would be eligible to apply, but
if you
cannot, you could
make a friend in another department by passing
on the
word (and impress
everyone with the quality of our network).
Bob Willner
It appears that there are still places open in
the
Korea Studies Workshop
being offered June 30-July 14 in Korea for 45
middle
and high school
teachers. Participants must pay airfare,
but all
land expenses are
covered.
If you are interested, please contact Prof. Sung-Hoon
Park in Korea at the
e-mail address given at top of message below.
Program for Korean Studies Workshop 1999
Date: June 30 - July 14, 1999
Venue: Inchon Memorial Hall, Korea University
Organized by: Graduate School of International
Studies, Korea University
Sponsored by: The Korea Foundation
** In case of any inquiry, do not hesitate to
contact
Mr. Dong-June Lim Professor
Sung-Hoon Park
Program officer at GSIS, Korea
University Program
Director
Tel: 82-2-3290-1392; Fax:
82-2-929-0402 Tel:
82-2-3290-2405,
Fax:
82-2-929-0402
Email: gsis@kuccnx.korea.ac.kr
Email:shpark@kuccnx.korea.ac.kr
Program Schedule
Period: June 29 to July 14, 1997
Lecture Venue: Inchon Memorial Hall, Korea University
June 29 (Tue.) Arrival in Seoul
19:00
Check in Tower Hotel, Tel 2250-9270
19:30-
Dinner(Tower Hotel)
June 30 (Wed.)
07:00-08:00 Breakfast
09:30 - 10:20 Opening Ceremony (conference room
1,
2nd floor)
*Opening Speech: Dean, Graduate School of
International
Studies
*Welcoming Speech: President, Korea
University
*Congratulatory Speech: President of
Korea Foundation
10:30 - 11:30 Key Note Speech (Professor Seung-Joo
Han )
11:30 - 12:00 Orientation by Professor Sung-Hoon
Park
& Taking Pictures
12:00 - 12:50 Lunch (The Faculty Room, 1st floor)
13:30 - 14:30 Korean history I (Professor Young-Ick
Lew)
14:40 - 15:40 Korean history? (Professor Young-Ick
Lew )
16:00 - 17:50 Tour of Campus and University Museum
18:00 - 19:00 Welcoming Dinner Hosted by President
of
Korea University
19:30
Arrival at Hotel
July 1 (Thur.)
07:00-08:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 10:20 Lecture: Linguistic Understanding
of
Korean (Professor
Myung- Yun Kang)
10:30 - 11:50 Lecture: Korean Society & Culture
(Professor Eun- Ki Kim)
12:00 - 12:50 Lunch
13:00 - 14:20 Lecture: Korean Science & Technology
(Dr. Sung-Chul Chung)
14:30 - 16:30 Lecture: Korean Traditional Music
(Professor Byung-Ki Hwang)
17:00 Arrival at Hotel, Dinner: Per Diem
July 2 (Fri.)
07:00-08:00 Breakfast
09:30 - 10:30 Lecture: Korean Architecture I
(Professor Ju-Suck Koh)
10:40 - 11:40 Lecture: Korean Architecture II
(Professor Ju-Suck Koh)
12:00 - 12:50 Lunch
13:00 - 14:20 Lecture: Korean Business (Prof.
Jung-
Ho Kim
)--------Professors Group
14:30 - 16:00 Topic Discussion / Meeting with
Korean
Academics---Professors Group
13:00 - 16:00 Visiting Shin-Il High School &
Teaching
Session-------Teachers Group
16:00 - 17:00 Arrival at Hotel, Dinner: Per Diem
July 3 (Sat.)
07:00-08:00 Breakfast & Check out
09:00 - 10:20 Lecture: Korean Family System
(Professor Byung- Chul Ahn )
10:30 - 11:50 Lecture: Korean Thoughts &
Religion
(Professor Seung-Hwan
Lee)
12:00 - 13:30 En route to Insa-dong & Lunch
(Sanchon
Restaurant)
13:30 - 16:30 Tour of Insa-dong Antique Street,
a
preservation area for
Korean Style houses and Changduck Palace
17:30
Home-stay: Hosts an visitors to meet at
the lobby of Korea
tourists Service, Inc.
July 4 (Sun)
12:00 Check-in
to Hotel
Lunch & Dinner: Per Diem
Free Day
July 5 (Mon.)
07:00-08:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 10:20 Lecture: Korean Literature (Professor
Ji-Moon Suh)
10:30 - 11:50 Lecture: Korean Economy (Professor
Eui-Gak Hwang)
12:00 - 12:50 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 Free Time
14:00 - 14:30 Background information about a
Korean
movie
14:30 - 16:30 Screening of a Korean movie
16:30- 17:00 Arrival at Hotel, Dinner:
Per Diem
July 6 (Tues.)
06:30-07:30 Breakfast
08:30 - 09:50 Lecture: Korean Geography (Professor
Man-Ik Hwang)
10:00 - 11:20 Lecture: Inter-Korean Relations
(
Professor In - Hai Ahn )
11:30 - 12:00 Lunch
12:00 - 14:00 Excursion:En Route:Korea University
~
Panmunjom
14:30 - 16:30 Panmunjom Tour
16:30 - 18:30 En route: Panmunjom - Hotel
19:30 -
Dinner(Hotel)
July 7 (Wed.)
07:00-08:00 Breakfast
09:30 - 10:30 Lecture: Korean Education System
I (Dr
Dai-Bong Kwon )
10:40 - 11:40 Lecture: Korean Education System
II(Dr
Dai-Bong Kwon )
12:00 - 12:50 Lunch
13:00 - 14:20 Lecture: Korean Politics (Professor
Byung-Kook Kim)
14:30 - 15:00 Orientation on Field Trip (Prof.
Sung-Hoon Park)
15:00 - 17:00 Demonstration of Korean traditional
customs
& Social demeanor at Kukmin University
Folklore Institution
17:00 - 18:00 Arrival at Hotel, Dinner: Per Diem
July 8 (Thur)
07:00-08:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 10:30 En route to Ichon
10:30 - 11:50 Tour of Hyundai Electronics Co.
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Tour of Pottery town
15:30 - 17:30 En route to Seoul, Dinner: Per
Diem
July 9 (Fri)
06:30-07:30 Breakfast & Check out
08:00 - 13:00 En route to Haein-sa (Buddhist
temple)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch (Haein-sa Tourist Hotel)
14:30 - 17:30 Tour of Haein-sa
17:30 - 18:30 Dinner at Haein-sa
18:30 - Arrival
at Hotel
July 10 (Sat.)
06:00-06:30 Breakfast
07:00 - 10:30 En route to Pohang
10:30 - 11:30 Tour of Hyundai Motors
11:30 - 12:30 En route to Kyongju
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch and check-in to hotel
14:00 - 17:00 Tour of Kyungju, the ancient capital
of
the Shilla Dynasty
(AD 2- 935)
17:00 - 17:30 Arrival at Hotel
18:30 - Dinner
July 11 (Sun)
07:00-08:00 Breakfast
08:30 - 11:50 Visiting Kyungju's Historical &
Cultural Sites
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 17:00 visiting kyunggju's Historical
&
Cultural Sites
17:00 - 18:00 Arrival at Hotel
18:30 - Dinner
July 12 (Mon)
06:00-06:50 Breakfast
07:00 - 09:30 En route to Andong
09:30 - 11:30 Watching Hahoe Byul-shin-Ghoot
(Shaman
Ritual)
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 14:30 Tour of Tosan-sowon (Confucian
Shrine
and Academy)
* Guided by Prof. Tae-Duk Hyun
14:30 - 19:00 En route to Seoul
19:00 - Check-in
& Dinner (Tower Hotel)
July 13 (Tue)
07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast
*Lunch: Per Diem
16:00 - 17:00 Evaluation Session (conference
room 1,
2nd floor)
17:00 - 18:00 Closing Ceremony (conference room
1,
2nd floor)
* Closing Speech
* Presentation of certificates
* Addresses in Reply
by representatives of
participating
countries
18:00 - 19:00 Farewell Dinner Party hosted by
the
President of the Korea
Foundation
19:00 - Arrival
at Hotel
July 14 (Wed)
07:00-08:00 Breakfast & Check-out
Departure
VI. HOT LINKS TO ARTICLES
1. Peruvian cuisine:
http://www.users.uswest.net/~eledu/aatsp/tastesofperu.html
2. Mexican Baby Smuggling Ring: An Incredible Story
http://www.users.uswest.net/~eledu/aatsp/babysmuggling.html
VII. TELL NATIONAL WHAT YOU THINK.
It would help the chapter if you e-mailed National
and
told them how the MESA DIRECTIVA (me, Steve,
Paloma,
Sonja, Bob, and Ana Maria) have served your needs
and
interests in the start-up period of the chapter.
The way to contact Professor Sandstedt of the
University of Northern Colorado (our Executive
Director) is as follows. You could cc your
message to
the President, Vice-President and Membership
Chair.
Here are the addresses:
Dr. Lynn Sandstedt: lsandste@bentley.unco.edu
Dr. Marco Arenas (Pres.): marenas@aol.com
Dr. Joy Renjilian-Burgy (V.P.):
jrenjilianbu@wellesley.edu
Dr. Anne Fountain (Membership): afountain@peace.edu
VIII. WAFLT CONFERENCE, CAVANAUGH'S, SPOKANE,
October
7-9, 1999.
This is the premier conference of the State of
Washington for our profession. It is where
networking
gets done, people learn about what others are
doing in
their classrooms, and teachers refresh themselves.
If
you're not a member of WAFLT, you should be!
It is
the place where we come together as a profession.
Contact President Twila Wood of Kennewick High
School
for a membership blank! Her e-mail is woodtw@ksd.org.
Dr. Joy Renjilian-Burgy (AATSP incoming President)
will be the AATSP luncheon keynoter. Her
topic will
be "Using Technology and Multimedia Approaches
to
teach about Race, Class, and Gender in the Spanish
and
Portuguese Classroom." She is a dynamic
speaker and
well-known on the National Scene.
IMPORTANT: Joy has also agreed to do a fee
workshop
Saturday afternoon and to donate her profits
to our
chapter scholarship fund! The workshop
is called
"Using Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Film to Teach
about
Social Change in the World Languages Classroom."
So
PLEASE sign up for this workshop. With
Joy's humor,
knowledge, and skills as a presenter, this is
sure to
be a winner!!!
IX. SLATE FINALIZED FOR 1999. No one
else has filed
for the chapter's elective offices, so the slate
remains:
President: Steve Green
Vice-President (E): Sonja Hokanson
Vice-President (NW): Paloma Borreguero
Vice-President (SW): Oriana Cadman
Secretary: Jay Adams-Feuer
Treasurer: Alexandra (Dandy) Porter
There will, however, be formal balloting, because
we
have decided to allow write-ins for this year,
since
we are a new chapter and not everyone is familiarized
with our workings. We want to be open to
your
desires.
X. FILM RECOMMENDED. Paloma Borreguero
and socias
Janae Hodge and Barb Rupert and I went to view
"BELOVED/FRIEND," a poignant contemporary drama
detailing a day in the life of two friends, one
gay,
one straight, the straight man's daughter and
her
relationship with the favorite, troubled student
of
the gay professor, the lifeless marriage of the
straight professor and his wife, and her interest
in
her daughter's life. This is a real tear-jerker,
and
it should come into general release, but probably
only
in art houses. All four of us thoroughly
enjoyed it,
and Barb and I have been having an e-mail
correspondence about it since Friday night.
Espero que vuestra semana corta vaya bien.
Saludos cordiales,
JAY