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Become a NNELL State
Representative
As a national organization,
NNELL operates through a network of state
representatives. You could help NNELL to continue with
its mission by becoming a representative of your state.
As a State Representative, you will serve as an advocate
for early language learning, heighten public awareness
of foreign languages in elementary and middle school
education, serve as state representative for NNELL to
your state language association and ensure that foreign
languages in grades K-8 are recognized as a priority
matter in your state. If you are interested in being
more involved with NNELL and its advocacy efforts,
please read the description for this position or contact
NNELL's National Networking Coordinator,
Marcela
Summerville (msummerville@nnell.org)
Download PDF to view responsibilities
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Webinars
are back this fall! On November 5th, we launched
our Fall Webinar Series with Catherine Ousselin,
Kelly Davidson Devall, and
Nathan Lutz entitled, "Engaging
Assessments for Speaking and Listening". The
webinar was an extension Ousselin's article in the current
issue of the NNELL Journal, Learning Languages. As a member,
you can watch the recording in the "Members Only" area of
the website.
December 3rd, 2015 at 4:00 pm (ET) - NNELL
will be hosting another author from our 2015 Spring/Summer
edition of Learning Languages: Developing 21st century
leaders through language instruction. In her article,
"Building Community in a Highly Successful
Inner-City STARTALK Program", Ann
Ferriter states, "We listened intently to
programmatic suggestions from key stakeholders resulting in
one very successful project last summer." Join Dr.
Kelly Davidson Devall as she asks Ferriter to
elaborate on the success of the program and what she has in
planned for future programs!
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NNELL Sessions at ACTFL
This year the ACTFL Convention will be held in sunny San
Diego! Join us and other NNELL Members for professional
development at its best! In addition to the following NNELL
featured and sponsored sessions, check out the list of NNELL
Members presenting at the convention.
The fun doesn’t stop there!
Thanks to our dedicated National Networking Coordinator,
Marcela Summerville,, we have an
additional opportunity to network:
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Thursday,
November 18th, from 5:00 - 6:00 pm, Rancho
Santa Fe 3 Room (Lobby Level, North Tower) Membership
Meeting open all members.
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Saturday, November 21st,
from 7:30 - 9:30 am San Diego Convention Center
Room: Ballroom 6C for the Annual NNELL Breakfast
featuring Laura Terrill,
"Seeing the World with New Eyes"
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Saturday evening at 7:00
pm join us at the Marina Kitchen Restaurant and
Bar at the ACTFL Headquarters Hotel, the Marriott
Marquis San Diego. Please RSVP with Marcela,
networking@nnell.org
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Can Preschool Children Be Taught a Second Language?
This article addresses the question,
“Can preschool children be taught a second language?” In
answering this question, the author discusses the reasons why
the first three years of life are an ideal time to teach FL. In
addition, the author suggests some research-based techniques for
teaching a FL to young children.
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Treating Language as a Strength: The Benefits of Bilingualism
This article from Education Northwest
summarizes the cognitive, academic, cultural, and economic
advantages of bilingualism. The author contends that we should
strive to maintain and expand English learners’ first languages
as they learn English so that they are able to reap these
benefits. Read why the state of
Washington has enacted a Seal of Biliteracy law,
officially recognizing and honoring the bilingual proficiency of
their high school graduates:
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Study Abroad for Younger Students: Benefits, Challenges, and Solutions
Do students have to wait until college
to study abroad? Can younger students in middle or high school
be prepared for the immersion experience that study abroad
offers? In this concise editorial, two teachers involved in
study abroad tackle both the benefits and challenges of
preparing young students for such a life-changing experience.
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How Your Brain Understands Visual Language
Graphicacy, or the ability humans
demonstrate to communicate through signs and symbols, isn’t a
familiar concept. Still, the ability to think and communicate in
visual terms is prevalent. In his report, How Your Brain
Understands Visual Language, Josiah Kahane muses about why, when
we rely as much on visual means to communicate concepts and
ideas, graphicacy remains less important than literacy or
numeracy.
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Beginner Conversational Chinese – Asking a Yes/No Question
This website uses simple structure
questions such as "Can you speak Chinese?" The explanations
are clear and helpful for learning how to ask yes/no
questions.
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Mi mundo en palabras
This is an interactive website to
learn vocabulary in Spanish for beginners ages 7-9.
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Mi Vida Loca
This interactive video drama Spanish
course takes place in Madrid, Spain.
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Team Shake
This app allows the teacher to
create teams. The teacher enters the students' names shakes
the device and different teams are created. Cost $0.99.
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Lola's Math Train Free
Fun with Numbers and learn key math
skills…Go into the parent section and change the language to
Spanish. Free.
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Ortografía Lite
This app helps users learn the basic
rules for accentuation in Spanish. The lite version of the
app includes one interactive game to practice and learn
about acento ortográfico and agudas.
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Thank you to ACTFL,
JNCL-NCLIS, NNELL members Janine
Erickson, Tammy Dann, Kristel
Saxton, Andrea Suarez Boyd,
Heather Hendry, PhD., Alice Charkes,
Zhihong Li, Sally Hood, PhD.,
Kennedy Schultz, PhD., and Robert
Raymond, PhD., for their contributions to this
publication.
If you would like to share an interesting article, app, or
teaching tool with the NNELL community in our next eNNELL News
edition, please contact
Dorie Perugini.
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