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Welcome<br />
Interagency <strong>Language</strong> Roundtable<br />
Monthly Meet<strong>in</strong>g<br />
March 16, 2012
Overview<br />
1. NFLC Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion & Staff<br />
2. <strong>Language</strong> Ma<strong>in</strong>tenance<br />
3. <strong>Language</strong> Assessment<br />
4. The Integr<strong>at</strong>ion of <strong>Language</strong> & Culture<br />
5. Course Development (<strong>Language</strong> & Non-<strong>Language</strong>)<br />
6. Mobile Development<br />
7. K-12 <strong>Language</strong> <strong>Educ<strong>at</strong>ion</strong><br />
8. Higher <strong>Educ<strong>at</strong>ion</strong>
Our Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
• Second <strong>Language</strong> Acquisition<br />
• Instructional Systems Design<br />
• Art & Media Production<br />
• Interactive Media Technologies<br />
• Web Applic<strong>at</strong>ions Development<br />
• Project Management<br />
• Quality Assurance
<strong>Language</strong><br />
Ma<strong>in</strong>tenance
Tour of a LO:<br />
Iraqi Arabic - Prospects for Democracy<br />
• Overview<br />
• Prepar<strong>at</strong>ory Activity<br />
• Source Text<br />
• Transcript (if listen<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
• Transl<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
• Narr<strong>at</strong>ion (if read<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
• Comprehension Check<br />
• Resources<br />
• Notes<br />
• Glossary<br />
View Sample
We have produced 9,650 LOs <strong>in</strong> 65 languages.<br />
Afan Oromo Brahui Gujar<strong>at</strong>i Pashto, Afghani Thai<br />
Amharic Burmese Haitian Creole Pashto, Pakistani Tigr<strong>in</strong>ya<br />
Arabic, Egyptian Chechen Hausa Persian Farsi Turkish<br />
Arabic, Hass<strong>in</strong>iyya Chavacano Hebrew Portuguese, Brazilian Turkmen<br />
Arabic, Iraqi Ch<strong>in</strong>ese, Mandar<strong>in</strong> (Simp.) H<strong>in</strong>di Pothohari Urdu<br />
Arabic, Levant<strong>in</strong>e Ch<strong>in</strong>ese, Mandar<strong>in</strong> (Trad.) H<strong>in</strong>kdo Russian Uzbek<br />
Arabic, Morrocan Ch<strong>in</strong>ese, M<strong>in</strong> Igbo Serbian West Punjabi<br />
Arabic, Modern Standard Ch<strong>in</strong>ese, Wu Italian S<strong>in</strong>dhi Wolof<br />
Arabic, Syrian Danish Japanese Siraiki Yoruba<br />
Arabic, Sudanese Dari Kashmiri Shona<br />
Balochi Fijian Kirundi/ K<strong>in</strong>yarwanda Somali<br />
Bambara French, African Korean, North Spanish<br />
Bengali French, European Korean, South Swahili<br />
Bosnian Greek Kurdish, Sorani Tagalog
<strong>Language</strong><br />
Assessment
Assessment Objects<br />
The NFLC has<br />
produced 1260<br />
AOs <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> past<br />
7 years.
We have produced AOs <strong>in</strong> 34 languages.<br />
Albanian Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Japanese Serbian<br />
Arabic, Egyptian Dari Korean, South Spanish<br />
Arabic, Iraqi French, African Kurdish, Kurmanji Tagalog<br />
Arabic, Levant<strong>in</strong>e French, Parisian Kurdish, Sorani Tausug<br />
Arabic, Modern Standard German Malay Turkish<br />
Azerbaijani Greek Pashto Uighur<br />
Bulgarian Hebrew Persian Farsi Urdu<br />
Cebuano H<strong>in</strong>di Portuguese, Brazilian<br />
Chavacano Indonesian Russian
Delaware World <strong>Language</strong> Assessment<br />
• Work<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>the</strong> st<strong>at</strong>e on <strong>the</strong>ir “Race to <strong>the</strong> Top” <strong>in</strong>iti<strong>at</strong>ive.<br />
• Have cre<strong>at</strong>ed six 10-item read<strong>in</strong>g-comprehension tests <strong>in</strong> each of<br />
eight languages:<br />
ASL<br />
Arabic<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>ese<br />
French<br />
German<br />
Italian<br />
Japanese<br />
Spanish<br />
• Have cre<strong>at</strong>ed rubrics for <strong>the</strong>ir speak<strong>in</strong>g and writ<strong>in</strong>g assessments<br />
• Help<strong>in</strong>g design professional development workshops for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
middle and high school WL teachers
The Integr<strong>at</strong>ion of<br />
<strong>Language</strong> & Culture
Video Learn<strong>in</strong>g Objects<br />
139 VLOs (via SCOLA):<br />
• Arabic (Egyptian)<br />
• Arabic (Yemeni)<br />
• Balochi<br />
• Dari<br />
• Korean<br />
• Pashto<br />
• Persian Farsi<br />
• Russian<br />
• Turkish<br />
• Urdu<br />
30 VLOs (via JLU):<br />
• Urdu
Tour of a VLO<br />
Includes:<br />
• Overview<br />
• Prepar<strong>at</strong>ory activity<br />
• Source video with transcript,<br />
transl<strong>at</strong>ion, and closed-captions<br />
• Comprehension, culture, and<br />
l<strong>in</strong>guistic checks<br />
• Support tools (glossary, references,<br />
background notes)<br />
View Sample
Course<br />
Development
<strong>Language</strong> Job Aids & Courses<br />
• Passage R<strong>at</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
• Recogniz<strong>in</strong>g Dialects: Arabic<br />
• Fundamentals of Transl<strong>at</strong>ion: Korean<br />
• Fundamentals of Transl<strong>at</strong>ion: Ch<strong>in</strong>ese<br />
• Them<strong>at</strong>ic Units: Korean (North-South Rel<strong>at</strong>ions)<br />
• Them<strong>at</strong>ic Units: Ch<strong>in</strong>ese (Cyber-Security)
Non-<strong>Language</strong> Courses<br />
• Intelligence Analysis Net (IANet)<br />
• Signals Analysis (SANet)
Intelligence Analysis Courses<br />
Structured Analysis of<br />
Compet<strong>in</strong>g Hypo<strong>the</strong>ses<br />
View Sample
Signals Technology Courses<br />
Introduction to Multiplex<strong>in</strong>g<br />
View Sample
Mobile Development<br />
• Device & OS agnostic<br />
• Work<strong>in</strong>g on mak<strong>in</strong>g AOs, LOs, and VLOs available on<br />
mobile devices<br />
• Beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g digital conversion and enhancement of<br />
textbooks to maximize <strong>in</strong>teractivity on devices like<br />
iPads (e.g., bil<strong>in</strong>gual readers for children, WL<br />
textbooks)
Higher<br />
<strong>Educ<strong>at</strong>ion</strong>
Transl<strong>at</strong>ion & Interpret<strong>at</strong>ion Program<br />
• Proposal to cre<strong>at</strong>e a Professional Studies Program <strong>in</strong><br />
Transl<strong>at</strong>ion & Interpret<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> University of Maryland<br />
• Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Certific<strong>at</strong>es and MA degrees to be awarded<br />
• Two Tracks: Ch<strong>in</strong>ese & Multil<strong>in</strong>gual<br />
• Approved by <strong>the</strong> Department of Communic<strong>at</strong>ion &<br />
School of Arts & Humanities<br />
• Await<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>al approval by <strong>the</strong> University
K-12<br />
Foreign<br />
<strong>Language</strong><br />
<strong>Educ<strong>at</strong>ion</strong>
Read Ch<strong>in</strong>ese! & Read Arabic!<br />
Produced over 200 onl<strong>in</strong>e read<strong>in</strong>g comprehension modules for<br />
Modern Standard Arabic and Mandar<strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese <strong>at</strong> <strong>ILR</strong> Levels 0+ to 2<br />
Developed us<strong>in</strong>g LangNet templ<strong>at</strong>es, <strong>the</strong> learn<strong>in</strong>g modules are<br />
especially designed for American Secondary School Learners (8 th -12 th<br />
grades), although <strong>the</strong> actual users <strong>in</strong>clude heritage learners and selflearners<br />
worldwide.<br />
Development process was directed by teams <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> NFLC <strong>in</strong><br />
collabor<strong>at</strong>ion with senior experts <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> field, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Profs. Michael<br />
Everson and Cyndy N<strong>in</strong>g for Ch<strong>in</strong>ese and Drs. Jerry Lampe and<br />
Mohammad Taha for Arabic. The NFLC teams have <strong>in</strong>cluded senior<br />
gradu<strong>at</strong>e students <strong>in</strong> SLA and <strong>Language</strong> <strong>Educ<strong>at</strong>ion</strong>.<br />
Available to <strong>the</strong> public <strong>at</strong> NFLC websites. No cost and no<br />
registr<strong>at</strong>ion!
Design of <strong>the</strong> Read<strong>in</strong>g Units<br />
•Texts <strong>in</strong> target language are on topics of <strong>in</strong>terest to high school learners<br />
Sports<br />
Daily life<br />
Liter<strong>at</strong>ure<br />
History & Biography<br />
Culture<br />
Social media<br />
Popular culture<br />
Travel<br />
•Texts are transl<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>in</strong>to English and recorded for listen<strong>in</strong>g<br />
•Glossary is provided of critical words from texts with examples of <strong>the</strong> words<br />
<strong>in</strong> use<br />
•Notes <strong>in</strong> English about <strong>the</strong> social and cultural context of <strong>the</strong> text and <strong>the</strong><br />
language of <strong>the</strong> text<br />
•Repe<strong>at</strong>able activities to help build read<strong>in</strong>g skills and check comprehension of<br />
texts. Specific feedback is provided for each response.<br />
•Each module <strong>in</strong>cludes an anonymous questionnaire for users to complete.
http://readch<strong>in</strong>ese.nflc.org<br />
http://readarabic.nflc.org
Total Enrollments: 2007-2011<br />
10000<br />
Total<br />
8000<br />
6000<br />
4000<br />
Total<br />
2000<br />
0<br />
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2012 Distribution of Programs
STARTALK Resources<br />
• M<strong>at</strong>erials Collection<br />
• Resources for Teacher Development<br />
• Plann<strong>in</strong>g tools for teachers<br />
• White Paper on World <strong>Language</strong><br />
Teacher Certific<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
• N<strong>at</strong>ional Summit on Certific<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
• Teacher Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Videos
Steps toward a Pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
• Capacity<br />
• Infrastructure<br />
• Participants<br />
• Teachers<br />
• Students<br />
Impact
http://startalk.umd.edu
Thank you<br />
C<strong>at</strong>her<strong>in</strong>e Ingold<br />
cw<strong>in</strong>gold@nflc.org<br />
(301) 405-9822<br />
David Ellis<br />
dellis@nflc.org<br />
(301) 405-9855
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