Suzanna Jemsby, Executive Director of CASIE, delivered a keynote speech last Friday, March 23rd, at the annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching.
You may view her Prezi presentation, entitled “World Languages: Learners Wanted,” here.
Earlier this week, I stumbled upon this article from Paolo Coelho’s blog. http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/19/30-sec-reading-the-black-boy/
The intro suggested that this was something to be read in 30 seconds. It took me longer, as several questions arose. A 30 second reading exercise turned into several minutes of reflection… I found myself asking:
1 – Did Paolo himself [...]
I once worked for a cable network whose office was located in a large anonymous building that scraped the sky. I remember taking my parents to see my workplace. My mother exclaimed, “It’s just like Working Girl.” Both parents beamed with pride. In their minds, their daughter had ‘made it’. Fast-forward [...]
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this article, which coincidentally references Tolkein’s Middle Earth in a week when CASIE’s “Did You Know” mentions Tolkein’s love of languages and work as a language professor. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/in-praise-of-borders/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1
I wonder how many of us are fiercely proud of our nationality, which, according to Frank Jacobs, [...]
There’s a theme that seems to be blinding me lately, begging to be discussed: Blindness. Before you stop reading, thinking that this might have nothing to do with you or your teaching, I invite you to continue reading.
At CASIE’s recent PYP workshop, we had a participant who was creating a map of his experience. [...]
