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Occasionally we receive requests from various kinds of organizations asking us to disseminate information about them to our members. In the past, we have generally published such information only when a FLAME member has made a recommendation. At the FLAME Board meeting that took place on Jan. 17, 2007, it was decided to create a special page devoted to information that is potentially of interest to our members--with the understanding that this does not constitute an endorsement by the FLAME Advisory Board.

Study Spanish at the most prestigious universities in Spain.

http://www.spanish-university.es/

Elena Gozalo Cardaba
Spanish-University.es
Tel: +34.952.222.998
Fax:+34.952.211.437

info@spanish-university.es

 

Miraflores has an outstanding new resource for integrating technology and foreign language learning.  ÚTIL, Web-based writing activities, provides over 200 innovative assignments for beginning, intermediate and advanced students, in high school or middle school.  Guided web research directs students to fascinating facts and images from the Spanish-speaking world, allowing them to become active participants in its culture. A teacher's best resource for writing ideas!  For more details:

www.miraflores.org

or contact us at 1-888-444-7771. 

The Language Travel Company specializes in organizing Italian, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Greek, Portuguese, Russian, and Arabic language immersion programs for students of all levels and ages in carefully chosen study locations across the world.

Our language schools are all fully accredited and offer the highest standards of teaching, and excellent facilities in carefully chosen study locations across the world. Many of our programs qualify for the transfer of academic credit and also offer full cultural programs to compliment our student's language learning.

 In addition to this, all members of our advisory team, including myself, are language graduates who have a great deal of personal experience in studying abroad. Our work is based on a genuine enthusiasm for wonderful experiences of living and learning languages in the country where they are spoken! We are always happy to help students decide which course and which location (we visit all of our schools personally) will best suit the needs of the individual, as well give them real advice on what to expect when they study abroad.

 Jeffrey Hayes, Language Travel Consultant, The Language Travel Company, 31 St. James Ave., Suite 770, Boston, MA 02116

http://www.languagetravelcompany.com

 

A year ago I launched a new web site -- http://www.makebeliefscomix.com -- where children and adults
can create their own comic strips.  They can select from 15 fun characters with different moods  -- happy, sad, angry, worried – and write words for  blank talk and thought balloons to make their characters talk and think.  There also are story ideas and prompts to help users create graphic stories.

This site can be used by educators to teach language, reading and writing skills, and also for students in English-as-a-Second-Language programs to facilitate self-expression and storytelling, as well as computer literacy.  It is now being used in 160 countries by educators. Some educational therapists use it with deaf and autistic people to help them understand concepts and communicate.  Parents and children can create stories together, print them to create comic books or email them to friends and family.  Others will find the site a resource to be creative, calm down and have fun.

Because so many Spanish-speaking users asked us for the ability to write their cartoons in Spanish as well as in English, we recently upgraded the site to accept words written in Spanish, including appropriate accent marks. This can be a useful tool for someone who is learning Spanish as well as someone whose first language is Spanish.   This feature is being expanded to other  languages, such as French, Italian and German.

I am hoping that you will share http://www.makebeliefscomix.com  with your colleagues, teachers, students or readers of your publications and resource lists.  The site is free with no advertising.  Any help you might offer in getting word out about this project is very appreciated.

If you can suggest other people or groups whom I might contact to make them aware of the site please send me their names, email addresses or phone numbers.  Any list-servs I might join?  Relevant Internet resource sharing groups would be helpful, too.  It takes a community to build a useful resource like this one.

As one who learned to read with comic books, I know that creating comic strips can help people tap into their creativity and practice their language and storytelling skills.  The site is free and stems from my lifelong mission to create resources that help people find their voice and express themselves. The concept for makebeliefscomix.com  is derived from my earlier books, Make Beliefs and Make Beliefs for Kids of All Ages (which can be found on my other web site:
http://www.billztreasurechest.com).  A Make Beliefs interactive feature appeared for 13 years on my syndicated Student Briefing Page for Newsday, and in National Geographic’s World Magazine.

I am Jing Zhang, the director of Bangor Chinese School and the member of FLAME. We would like to share our school's information with all our friends.  The website of the school is www.bangorchinese.com, location is 53 Cumberland St., Bangor, Maine; phone number is 207-990-0710; email is zhang_jing2000@yahoo.com. We are teaching Mandarin to all ages and all levels.Small group class at Husson. 

 
Let me know please if there are any I can help.

www.mangolanguages.com  is a new, FREE website that offers foreign  language instruction in about a dozen different languages including:  Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Greek,  Russian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, English for Polish and Spanish  speakers.
 
 www.mangolanguages.com launched on August 31, 2007 and as of late September 2007 the site reports that more than 80,000  people worldwide have become registered users, including foreign  language instructors. Some of these teachers have used the website in  their classrooms and praised it as a wonderful compliment to their  teaching and an interesting way to incorporate technology into their  curriculum.
 
 For more information, contact:.
 
 Jeannette Tarcha
 PR Manager, Mango Languages
 734.812.0812
 www.mangolanguages.com

Creative Bridges for Language Learning is offering a unique hands-on/theory immersion program; fun-filled with unlimited exposure to language and culture, on a variety of topics of interest that embrace every one of the aspects related to the Argentinean / Latino / Spanish culture  such as: Literature, Art, History, Music, Dance, Theater, and Films; beneficial to Spanish Educators at every level.

 

It is designed to enhance teaching practices.  Participants will learn innovative teaching strategies and how to create dynamic lessons that incorporate authentic culture into daily instruction based on their experiences. We will create DVDs with those incredible experiences.

  

Participant will have plenty of opportunities to enjoy one of the most beautiful cities in the world!

 

Seventy two professional development hours       Three college credits

 

 March 20-30, 2008/ June 26-July 5,2008

 

 Creative Bridges for Language Learning

http://Connectionsdt.tripod.com/totalimmersion
(609) 895-2981
Creativebridges@aol.com
Creativebridgesinstitute@yahoo.com

I am Sylvie Reeves, a French national married to an Englishman. After 6 years living and working in England, we settled down in France in 1987. I was head of the Language Centre of the Saumur Chamber of Commerce and Industry for nearly twenty years until I decided to do my own thing and registered my small business in December 2006.

My wish is to share our quality of life with the international francophiles who love culture, history, heritage, gastronomy and fine wines and local savoir- faire du terroir, offering them 101 ways to improve their level of French ,  either by intensive residential courses for those living abroad or by traditional weekly classes or theme workshops for the Loire Valley residents. We are also in the process of renovating part of our property, due to open as a self-catering accommodation in June this year.

We live down the road from The Royal Abbey of Fontevraud. I have resorted to the dynamism and savoir-faire of a nutshell of professionals who really want to make sure Fontevraud and its inhabitants will be remembered as a once in a lifetime experience. Richard the enlumineur, Michel the upholsterer, Einav the jewellery maker, Fabrice, master chef in La Licorne just opposite my house.. all of us strive for a convivial fruitful exchange with visitors from all over the world... making them share the secrets of our cultural heritage.

Sylvie REEVES
"Parfum de France"

40 rue Robert d'Arbrissel
49590 Fontevraud l'Abbaye

Tel: +33 (0)2 41 51 78 74
Mobile: +33 (0)6 78 94 36 19

email : info@parfumdefrance-fr.com

www.parfumdefrance-fr.com

German Language Courses in Munich

The DeutschAkademie offers German intensive courses in small groups with experienced teachers. Also preparatory courses for TestDaf and other German language certificates.  Also offers preparatory courses for diverse language certificates. Moreover, offers accomodation at German families or at student residences. The school is located right in the center of Munich.

URL: http://www.deutschakademie.de/munich-german-course/

French for Children and Beginners

Je m’appelle Stéphane Husar, originaire de Paris et basé à Sydney. J'ai été prof de FLE, et suis maintenant auteur-compositeur et directeur d'un petit label-musique, ABC MELODY (http://www.abcmelody.com ).

 Nous produisons des CD et autres produits pour l'enseignement des langues dont le français bien sûr. (1,2,3 SOLEIL, 1,2,3 TECHNO, CARTES POSTALES, SING & LEARN FRENCH)

 J'ai, en 2001, effectué des voyages-ateliers sur la chanson sur invitation des ambassades de France en Europe et aux USA (Washington, Philadelphie et Baltimore).

 J'essaie de me faire connaître mieux aux USA parmi les enseignants. Nous avons un distributeur: WORLD OF READING très actif mais petit pour un si grand territoire!

 ABC MELODY verse 5% de ses profits à l'UNICEF.

ABC MELODY

"Catchy tunes to make language learning fun!"     

51/61 Marlborough St, Surry Hills, NSW 2010Po Box 561, Woollahra NSW 1350, Australia

Phone:  61-2-9699 6466/9300 6186; Fax: 61-2-9300 6439; Mob: 0403 766 441

email:  stef@abcmelody.com

http://www.abcmelody.com

My French Picture Dictionary is a new online resource to learn French (or English) words in a fun way. Each word in the dictionary has an English - French translation and a  photograph of the item. The interface is simple and both children and adults will find this new resource entertaining and educational.

Feedback (in English) about the site is welcome.

http://www.my-french-dictionary.com/dict01.htm

Translation Services ( http://www.lingo24.com ) offers a range of language services including free online English-German translation tool ( http://www.lingo24.com/contextrans.html ), free online German paraphrasing tool ( http://www.lingo24.com/parasaurus-german.html ) and a collection of English-German useful phrases ( http://www.lingo24.com/useful-phrases-en-de.html )

Translation Service  (http://www.lingo24.com ) offers a range of language services including free online English-French, German-French translation tool (http://www.lingo24.com/contextrans.html ), French language paraphrasing tool (http://www.lingo24.com/parasaurus-french.html ) and a collection of English-French useful phrases  (http://www.lingo24.com/useful-phrases-en-fr.html ).

Lingo24's ContexTrans service is a  free tool combines both Machine Translation (MT) and Translation Memory (TM) technologies and allows you to search for real-world translations of a word or phrase between two languages. These results are derived from high-quality human translations and allow you to see the context in which the words are used in a foreign language, helping you to choose the most appropriate translation.

Title: Apple Languages

Description: Language travel company offering language courses abroad

URL: http://www.applelanguages.com