From: Marlene Johnshoy <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: STARTALK: Transitioning to Teaching Language Online
Date: April 20, 2015 at 12:51:30 PM CDT
To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Please forward to any teachers that could benefit from this:

/Now taking applications for this unique summer program!/
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**STARTALK: **
**Transitioning to Teaching Language Online (TTLO)*

This STARTALK program is for K-16 teachers of critical languages (Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu) who want to teach their language online. Offered completely online, this 3-week, very intensive course will give teacher participants the experience of being an online learner. Course content will focus on many different facets of a successful online language course, such as creating community, time management strategies for teachers and students, choosing appropriate technology tools for communicative-based activities, and developing a variety of online activity types. In addition to exploring these aspects of teaching online, participants will see these concepts in action through participation in a model online language course.

This program is open to K-16 critical language teachers who teach those languages in the United States. Applicants should be experienced classroom teachers who instruct using a student-centered, proficiency-based, communication-oriented methodology. Teachers who have taught in, or attended, a previous STARTALK course on methodology or technology are especially encouraged to apply.

*Applications due: May 1, 2015*

See the STARTALK:TTLO website for more information and how to apply.
http://www.carla.umn.edu/technology/startalk/


Marlene Johnshoy
STARTALK:TTLO Program Director