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PeerCentered - 0 views

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    PeerCentered is a space for peer writing tutors/consultants or anyone interested in writing centers to blog with their colleagues from around the world. Bloggers here will share their ideas, experiences, or insight. PeerCentered also features a podcast. If you are interested participating in the podcast, contact Clint.
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Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program | American Councils - 1 views

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    The American Councils Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP) serves both graduate and undergraduate students. The academic program is designed to improve participants' oral, listening, reading, and writing proficiency in Russian language and to develop their knowledge of Russian history, politics, culture, and society. The academic year, semester, and summer programs provide approximately twenty hours per week of in-class instruction in Russian grammar, phonetics, conversation, and cultural studies at Moscow International University, the Russian State Pedagogical University (Gertsen Institute) in St. Petersburg, and the KORA Center for Russian Language in Vladimir. One day per week of the academic program is set aside for local cultural excursions.
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STAMP - Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) - 0 views

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    The Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP), a criterion-referenced, Web-based assessment tool, measures students' language proficiency at levels ranging from Novice-low to Intermediate-mid. STAMP currently measures reading, writing, and speaking proficiencies in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. CASLS strives to continually improve STAMP's test design while adding new languages and new levels. STAMP is available through CASLS' partner company, Avant Assessment.
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Resource Center for Teachers of Russian - 0 views

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    Collection of materials and links for Russian teachers.
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The New Generation Gap / English is hard enough even when it's your first language - 0 views

  • assistant professor of English specializing in Generation 1.5
  • They come to San Francisco State, and they can't write a paragraph. We're wondering what's going on at these other schools?
    • Daryl Beres
       
      Just like we at the community college level wonder what's going on in the high school!
  • We work with them. We get them tutors, we send them to the learning center. We have extra courses. But we don't know exactly what to do with these kids either.
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  • They've been saying it a certain way for 15 years, and there's nothing you can do to get them to change
  • Ph.D in education
  • Generation 1.5 is the hot area in English academia
    • Daryl Beres
       
      we professionals really need to get together--instead of all researching our own solutions in a vacuum.
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