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YOU MAY ATTEND THE WORKSHOP ONLY, THE DINNER ONLY,
OR BOTH!
Five free clock hours will be available courtesy
once again of Eduardo Tobar and OSPI. Here is the tentative schedule:
1. A session on Linguistic Differences between
Spanish and Portuguese.
Miriam Driscoll will do this presentation. (45
min.) 10:00-10:45 p.m.
2. An extrapolation on the previous session which
will consist of
"hands-on analysis" of two poems which clearly
show these differences.
A Portuguese and Brazilian version.(15-20 min)
10:45-11:05 p.m.
(Elwin Wirkala)
3. The last Gasp of Portuguese Colonialism- East
Timor. Video and comments (45 min.) Elwin Wirkala will discuss his
experiences as a certified United Nations elections
observer as he watched violence unfold and the Timorese flee their
oppressors. 11:05-11:50p.m.
20 minute break and snack 11:50 a.m. -12:10 p.m..
(TBA: something Brazilian)
4. Evolution of Brazilian Music (a presentation
accompanied by examples of
various CDs) 35 min. 12:05-12:40 p.m.
5. A Brief Historical & Geopgraphical
Overview of Portugal and Brazil (with emphasis on the latter.) Lucas Robatto
(40 min.) 12:40-1:20 p.m.
5. An incursion into the Carnival of Brazil. (video) 45 min. 1:20-2:05 p.m.
6. Fifteen minute break 2:05-2:20p.m.
6. Guitar Performance of Brazilian Music. Vilson
Sattera (35 min.) 2:20-2:55 p.m.
8. Bringing today to your students: how
do you compare and contrast Ibero-American and Luso-Brazilian languages
and cultures? An open discussion (30 min.)
2:55-3:25 p.m.
7. Summing up and Evaluation (required for clock hours) 3:25-3:55 p.m.
BRAZILIAN DINNER (recepies will be provided).
This will happen at the restaurant and be done by the owner. We
will provide details later. She will make
a brief presentation of the historical significance of "feijoada" which
will be one
of the recepies given and also what we will eat.
To reserve: e-mail Jay at waaatsp@rcia.com.
If you are planning on staying for dinner, say so, and in that case mail
a
check to Jay at Jay Adams-Feuer, 521 11th Avenue
East, Seattle, WA 98102-5051. You do not need to get a
birthday present for Steve, but in case you were
interested, he mentioned he was looking for a new glass for his
dentures.
II. WASHINGTON STATE SPANISH TEACHER OF 2000.
Now is the time to nominate an AATSP member, K-20,
for Spanish Teacher of 2000. You may recall that Barb
Rupert of Franklin Pierce High won this high
honor for 1999. This year, she chairs the committee on Spanish Teacher
Of 2000. Other committee members are: Egils
Macs of South Puget Sound Community College, and Jay
Adams-Feuer.
Criteria:
The candidate must demonstrate excellence and
leadership in teaching and promoting the study of the Spanish
language and Hispanic culture. This individual
must be a leader not only in his or her building, but should also have
promoted awareness of the importance of Spanish
and related issues within their greater community.
This candidate must demonstrate commitment to
colleagues and to students beyond the door of her or his
classroom.
S/he should also strive for excellence and show a desire to grow and improve her/his skills.
This candidate should be someone who goes beyond
the contract day and whose dedication to the profession is
paramount.
Please submit nominations by April 30, 2000 to
Barbara Rupert, Chair, Washington State Spanish Teacher of 2000.
E-mail: brupert@nwrain.com.
III. SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS PLANNING TO
BECOME SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
TEACHERS.
PLEASE NOMINATE YOUR STUDENT. Any graduating
high school senior who plans to study Spanish or
Portuguese in order to become a K-12 teacher
of these languages is eligible for the new Prentice Hall-Juan de Fuca
Chapter $100 scholarship. Scholarship money
will be disbursed during Autumn term when student submits proof of
registration in college-level Spanish or Portuguese.
If there is no high school student who fits this criteria, student
teachers or grad students working on credentials
will be eligible. THERE IS NO FORM: Write a letter to: Prentice
Hall-Juan de Fuca Scholarship, c/o Jay Adams-Feuer,
521 11th Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98102-5051. Nominations
are due by May 31, 2000.
IV. EGILS MACS JOINS AATSP BOARD.
At our Board meeting on February 5th at Paloma
Borreguero's Lake City home, the chapter unanimously agreed to
appoint Professor Egils Macs of South Puget Sound
Community College to the vacant position of Chapter Historian.
Having served previously as WAFLT Historian,
Egils brings experience and understanding to this position.
V. WORLD DANCE AT THE NIPPON KAN.
Edu Tobar writes:
As part of the World Dance Concert Series, Dance
on Capitol Hill presents dances from several countries including
Spain. The performance will take place from March
3 to March 5 at the Nippon Kan Theater and the cost is between
10 and 15 dollars. For more information call
(206) 325-6697.
VI. ACE INTERNATIONAL CAMP.
Each summer, ACE offers a one-week language camp
at Camp Casey on Whidbey Island. The camp is open to
students aged 10-17 and the languages taught
are Spanish, Japanese and English (as a Second Language). For more
information, contact Madeleine Pohl, pohl@cultural.org
VII. NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTER.
Three Courses are of Interest, and some scholarships
are available. Contact nflrc@iastate.edu. The center is at
Iowa State and is known throughout the nation
for its leadership. These are the classes:
1. Temas anejos: Recurring Themes in Ancient, Colonial, and Modern Latin America, July 5-15.
2. K-6 Foreign Language Instruction: Leading the Way with Teacher Preparation, July 24-August 3.
3. New Technologies in the Foreign Language Classroom, August 5-13.
All three classes taught by Marcia Rosenbusch.
VIII. EASTERN IDEA SHARE: GREAT FUN
Sonja Hokanson writes:
If you didn't take the bright sunshine drive to
Coulee Dam on Jan. 29 you
missed a wonderful Idea Share at Erik Lampi's
fascinating home and some
great food. There was Poc Chuc, a native American/Central
American dish
made with pork (but in the original venison),
oranges, radishes, and cilantro,
all wrapped in a hot corn tortilla. There was
jamón serranillo, a special import
from Spain with associated Spanish taste treats
such as olives, garlic spread
bread, and several kinds of turrón, brought
by Julie Rawson. Be sure you go to the
next Idea Share! This was super!
IX. ATTEND THE FIRST JOINT PNCFL-SWCOLT
(basically the entire region of the Western US!)
CONFERENCE.
Ray Verzasconi writes:
The SWCOLT/UFLA/PNCFL conference is being held
in Salt Lake City, 16-18 March.
The absolute cut-off date for reservations at
the SLC Hilton is 23 February. SWCOLT Exec. Dir. Audrey Cournia
says they will absolutely not honor conference
rates after that date. Telephone: 800-421-7602.
Mention SWCOLT to get the conference rate.
SWCOLT has deals wtih two airlines. Southwest: Mention special
ID# L4610. 800-433-6760. Delta: Mention
File Number 130962A. 800-241-6760
Check with your local travel agent or check on-line
to make sure the contracted SWCOLT deals are really less
expensive. An "off the agenda" discussion
at the January JNCL-NCLIS board of directors meeting was that one can
usually get less expensive fares than what airlines
are offering for conference rates. Airfare often changes hourly!
I have
a quote of $178 rd-trip on Delta from Portland
if I leave on the 15th; $198 if I leave on the 16th. Quote from United
is
$20 higher each day. I booked my flight
before I got info from Audrey on the SWCOLT contract, so don't
know if I could have saved money.
If you want to shop & compare, you can contact
JASON at Lloyd
Travel. jason.lloydtravel@span.com
I'd just given him almost $8,000 in business (taking
the kids and their partners to Europe in May), so he's willing to put
in the time to look for the least expensive fares.
His phone # is 800-488-2298. Or in 503 area: 503/288-5145.
Travel agents only get a 5% commision on tickets,
so if you are buying a $200 ticket, they get $10. Not much incentive
for anyone to spend a lot of time looking for
the best fares unless they can be assured they'll get more than one sale.
Why Anne LaVietes Mueller and I used to get royal
treatment at Teel's Travel in Corvallis. Every FL teacher and
faculty member used them, including for student
exchanges. Signe Davis (who graduated with a B.A. in Spanish
fromOSU) would spend several hours on line over
a period of a week or so tracking down the least expensive fares,
even for conferences (when she knew she wasn't
also going to get a commission from the hotel) because she knew she'd
end up selling a
dozen fares and then have us back for personal
business. Unfortunately, Signe retired and no one in that office
is willing
to do what she did.
I'm trying to cultivate the same kind of relationship
with Jason at Lloyd Travel. He grew up and was educated in Cairo;
spent most of his holidays in Switzerland --
and knows my "home" area well. So unless you already have a travel
agent
who spins wheels for you or unless you really
can find cheaper fares on-line (I spent a week on-line, and the least
expensive quote I got from discounters was $410
-- versus the $178 Jason gave me), you might give him a call. And
no, I have no
connections to Lloyd Travel!
X. COMMUNITY COLLEGE JOBS AVAILABLE IN
PASCO AT COLUMBIA BASIN CC.
Socio Antonio Cruz (e-mail cruzacruz@cs.com)
writes:
Columbia Basin College has several new job positions
open (see attachment).
This is the perfect opportunity for us to help
diversify the pool of
applicants at CBC. I have been asked to
specifically recruit Hispanic
applicants. We're particularly interested
in the Counselor position. We
are hoping to attract applicants with multicultural
expertise. Please pass
this information on to any potential candidates.
I appreciate all of your
help.
Antonio Cruz
CBC Spanish Instructor and
Multicultural Advisory Committee Chair
The following announcements have been posted and applications are being accepted:
Anthropology/General Social Science Instructor
Automotive Technology Instructor
Biology Instructor
Career/Transfer Center Counselor
Counselor
Database Administration Instructor
Dental Hygiene Instructor
E-Commerce Instructor
Music Instructor
History/Latin America/Political Science Instructor
Human Services Instructor
Machine Technology Instructor
Mathematics Instructor
Nursing Instructor
Psychology/General Social Science Instructor
All positions are available Fall 2000
Salary Range: Step 1 @ $32,910 to Step
5 @ $38,320 DOQ
Open until filled; for best consideration apply
by March 1, 2000
All announcements and CBC applications are available
on CBC's web site @ www.cbc2.org/ or in the Human
Resources Office.
XI. ¿INTERCAMBIO?
Edu Tobar writes:
Estos estudiantes españoles están
interesados en hacer un
intercambio con estudiantes americanos. Los interesados
pueden ponerse en
contacto con ellos directamente. Las tres estudiantes
viven en Castellón, a
orillas del Mediterráneo.
-Lorena Gallén-18 años
C/Jorge JUan 117 1º,1ª
Castellón 12006
telf-964-213156
esperanzaluce@iname.com (Usar este email
aunque no es el de la persona en
cuestión)
-Laia Garcia está en Cou (Grado 12), y
tiene correo electrónoco:
vinatxell@argeu.net
-Cristina Polo:tiene 22 años y y
su dirección es:
C/Sant Marc,14
12550 Almassora
Castellón
telf:964-560116
e-mail:al004079@alumail.uji.es
uji00482@uji.infomail.es
XII. SCHOLARSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY
COLLEGE LEVEL INSTRUCTORS:
Write Edu Tobar about an array of new study in
Spain programs he has available to K-14 instructors...sorry, those at
four year universities are not eligible.
:)
etobar@ospi.wednet.edu
XIII. BOLECTRONICO SPAWN
Our electronic bulletin has impressed members
of AATF and AATG. Robert Slabodnik has announced the emergent
e-publication "Le Caneton"-- the duckling.
This is the electronic counterpart to Le Canard Dechaîné,
AATF's
CLAMOR equivalent. The Germans, says Lauren
Kiolet, will soon begin publication of their Internet bulletin, Die
Fledermaus.
XIV. CINE LIT UPDATE
For Southwest Washington Teachers.
For Portland area teachers
The 23rd Annual Portland Film Festival (11-27
February), to be held in
conunction with Cine-Lit, will showcase Hispanic
films. Tickets for
films are $7.00 (Children under 12, $4.00).
Four student matinees (for
high school students): $5.00, advance purchase
only. About 50 films
from all over the world will be shown.
In conjunction with Cine-Lit,
the following directors will be on hand during
showings of their films:
Argentine director Eliseo Subiela; Spanish directors
Iciar Bollian and
Ventura Pons; Cuban director Fernando Perez.
Luso-Hispanic films:
"Last Images of a Shipwreck" (Subiela), 2/20,
noon
"Little Miracles" (Subiela), 2/18, 9:30 p.m.;
and 2/24, 9:15 p.m.
"Man Facing Southwest" (Subiela)l 2/17, 7 p.m.
"Wake Up Love" (Subiela), 2/21, 6:30 p.m.
"The Call of the Oboe," Brazil (Claudio MacDowell),
1/29, 2:45 p.m., and
2/23, 9:15 p.m.
"Oriundi," Brazil (Ricardo Bravo), 2/14, 6:45
p.m., and 2/17, 9:30 p.m.
"Enthusiasm," Chile (Ricardo Larraine), 2/17,
8:45 p.m., and 2/19, 4:30
p.m.
"Life Is to Whistle," Cuba (Fernando Perez),
2/16, 7 p.m., and 2/18, 7
p.m.
"No One Writes to the Colonel," Mexico (Arturo
Ripstein), 2/20, 5:15
p.m., and 2/24, 6:45 p.m.
"Barrio," Spain (Fernando Leon de Aranos), 2/17,
6:45 p.m.., 2/19, 9
p.m., 2/22, 9:15 p.m.
"Beloved/Friend," Spain (Ventura Pons), 2/18,
7 p.m.; 2/20, 7:30 p.m.
"Flowers from Another World," Spain (Iciar Bollain),
2/19, 7:45 p.m.,;
2/23, 9 p.m.
"The Girl of Your Dreams," Spain (Fernando Trueba),
2/19, noon; 2/20, 8
p.m.; 2/22, 6:45 p.m.
"Solas," Spain (Benito Zambrano), 2/19, 5:15
p.m., 2/21, 7 p.m.
"The Tree of Cherries," Spain (Marc Recha), 2/18,
9:30 p.m.; 2/21, 7
p.m.; 2/23, 8:45 p.m.
"The Yellow Fountain," Spain (Miguel Santesmases),
2/20, 5 p.m.; 2/21,
9:15 p.m.
"Americanos: Latino Life in the United
States," USA (Andy Young & Susan
Todd), a documentary. 2/20, 2:30 p.m.
Student matinees include:
"Gringuito," Chile (Sergio Castilla), 2/18, 2
p.m.
Butterfly's Tongue, Spain, 2/24, 2 p.m.
Films show at one of the following theatres:
Regal Broadway Cinemas, SW Broadway at Main
Guild Theatre, SW 9th & Taylor
Regal Movie House, SW 12th & Taylor
For more information, including synopses of films,
ticket information,
etc., contact:
http://www.nwfilm.org
Or call: 503/221-1156
Or write:
Northwest Film Center
Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
The Cine-Lit Conference itself, sponsored by OSU
and PSU, will be held
on the PSU campus 18-20 February. There
are some 50 papers scheduled,
as well as several panel discussions including
the Hispanic directors
listed above. For information on the Cine-Lit
conference, call PSU,
503/725-5291.
Ray Verzasconi
rverzasconi@uswest.net
XV. WORLD LANGUAGE DAY
Want your students to attend World Language Day?
Contact Paloma Borreguero for more information:
paloma@u.washington.edu
A request from a colleague: Colville High
School, from the "East Side", is hoping to attend the World Language Day
again this year. However our budget is
even tighter than it was last year.
I am writing is to ask you if you think there
is a high school in the Seattle area who is attending World Language Day
whose foreign language students may be willing
to host six Colville students and a teacher for two nights? If you
think
this is a possibility, I would appreciate it
if you could pass on to me the name of the school and the teacher responsible.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Sharon McGrane
XVI. PALABRAS SEMANALES por Kenneth Barger
Ulular: v. To ululate; to wail or
howl loudly.
Esperamos oyendo el ulular del viento y los aullidos
de la manada que rascaba
la pared.
Rodolfo Anaya. Bendíceme, Última.
Warner, 1992, pág. 112.
Carámbano: nm. Icicle.
Los muchachos desencadenaron una fusilada masiva
de bolas de nieve, ninguna
de las cuales dio en el blanco, pero rompieron
los carámbanos en el borde del
techo, enterrándome en una congelada ducha
de trizas de hielo.
Tenebroso: adj. Dark, gloomy, tenebrous;
obscure.
El cocodrilo flota en la superficie del tenebroso Amazonas.
Bill Watterson. Calvin y Hobbes 2.
Editorial Patria, 1989.
Galgo: nm. Greyhound; ~ afgano: Afghan;
~ ruso: borzoi, Russian wolfhound
Las carreras de galgos son un deporte muy popular
en el Reino Unido, sobre
todo entre aquellos a quienes les gusta apostar.
Colin Smith. Harper Collins Spanish Unabridged
Dictionary, Fifth Edition.
HarperCollins, 1997, pág. 1117.
XVII. WAFLT SPRING REGIONAL: SATURDAY MARCH
25th, 2000
Check in 8-9
Pre-registration includes lunch and six clock
hours
Keynote Speaker: Graham Kerr, The Galloping Gourmet
$25 (plus $10 surcharge for on-site registration)
Send to:
Kathryn Armagost
926 Digby Road
Mount Vernon, WA 98274
(360)428-6100
armagost@sos.net
Location: Mount Vernon High School
Directions: Take I-5 exit 226. From
south turn right up hill, from north turn left up hill.
Kincaid (which you are on) becomes Broad Street.
Left at 10th. Proceed 8 blocks to high school. Circle around
main
building to staff parking lot on north side.
Check in is at cafeteria, east of main building.
XVIII. NEW NICKOLECTRONICO SECTION.
After the main and repeat items, members may
submit non-Spanish teacher related items to BOLECTRONICO. I have
begun with my mention of PURRFECT PALS.
NICKOLECTRONICO.
I. PURRFECT PALS. Looking to adopt
a new cat or kitten? Log on to http://www.purrfectpals.org and visit
the
most unique, cat-only, no-kill shelter in the
state of Washington.