New from NCLRC: The Culture Club Update |
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The Culture Club is an online environment where teachers of foreign languages can find materials and information to help them teach about the culture(s) of their target language(s). Below you will discover what is currently featured in each of the nine rooms of the Club. Each room also has a link to its Collection where you will find all the previously-featured materials. Please let us know what you think of receiving this update. If you have trouble following the links from the email, paste this URL into your browser: http://nclrc.org/cultureclub/email_club.html FRENCH SCAVENGER HUNT WINNER: We have a winner! Dr. Elena Odio has won a scholarship to an NCLRC 2010 Summer Institute. She was the first person to complete the 2009 Culture Club French Scavenger Hunt. Congratulations, Elena. Full instructions can be found here. |
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Speakers' Corner
JANUARY 2010: Nocturnal Adventure in Paris: A French Teacher's Panic Turns to Glee
By Lois A. Jarman
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DECEMBER 2009: A Roman New Year (Capo D'Anno a Roma)
By Carlo Mignani
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NOVEMBER 2009: French correspondence beyond the classroom walls: A Student Exchange
By Channing Jones
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Photo Gallery
JANUARY 2010 Photo Contest: Be the winner! Identify this object. See photograph
DECEMBER 2009 Photo Contest Winner: Kathryn L. Hedrick
NOVEMBER 2009 Photo Contest Winner: Erica Hughes
Banquet Hall
DECEMBER 2009: A Puerto Rican New Year's Dinner: Pernil Al Horno (Roasted Pork Shoulder) And Arroz Con Gandules Read article
NOVEMBER 2009: Breakfast with a Costa Rican Family Read article
Spanish Music Room
DECEMBER 2009: Renovatio by Orozco Read Review
NOVEMBER 2009: Lo mejor de Andrea Bocelli-Vivere by Andrea Bocelli Read Review
The French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian Collections are still available in the Culture Club Collection
Screening Room
JANUARY 2010
French: Diabolo Menthe (Peppermint Soda)
Italian: Rappresaglia (Massacre in Rome)
Korean: Bakha satang (Peppermint Candy)
Spanish: La hora de los valientes
DECEMBER 2009:
French: Les 400 Coups
German: Bella Martha (Mostly Martha)
Italian: Mio fratello è figlio unico (My brother is an only child)
Korean: My Sassy Girl
Russian: Playing the Victim
Spanish: Casi Casi
Library
JANUARY 2010
French: Chagrin d'école
German: Im Krebsgang (Crabwalk)
Italian: Sparrow's Revenge: A Novel of Postwar Tuscany
Spanish: La Catedral del mar (Cathedral of the Sea)
Discover new cinquains for use in your classroom in
the French Poetry Room: L'âme poétique de nos écoles
the Italian Poetry Room: Sala delle Poesie
the Spanish Poetry Room: El Rincón Poético
Go to the Teacher's Lounge for guidelines on writing cinquains. Send in your contributions as well as those of your students. You can all be published poets!
DECEMBER 2009:
French: Pas si fous, ces Français!
Italian: As the Romans do (Come fanno i romani)
Teachers' Lounge
JANUARY 2010: El Origen y el Uso de la Tortilladora
By Sheila Cockey Go to article
NOVEMBER 2009: Entre Les Murs: Which French Should French Teachers Teach?
By Marcel LaVergne Go to article
OCTOBER 2009: Writing Cinquains
In the Teachers' Lounge you will learn about writing cinquains. Invite your students to send in cinquains for publication in one of the poetry rooms. Teachers are encouraged to participate, too. Go to article
The Hangout
NOVEMBER 2009: Nelson, a teenager from San Salvador, talks about his life in the capital of El Salvador. Go to interview
SEPTEMBER 2009: Alexandre, a French teenager, answers questions about his life in Hautot sur Mer. The text of the interview in the original French is available for download and use in the classroom.
AUGUST 2009: Natalia, an American student living in Germany, interviews five teen-agers in Wiesbaden. Interview texts in the original German with English translations are available for download here.
Bloggers' Den
Have you checked out our blog list recently?
Learn more about wine-making in French, catch up on the latest news - from an Italian perspective, or read about what's affecting the travel industry in Argentina.
Check out these blogs and many more, including blogs in additional languages and the NCLRC's own Culture Shocks blog, in the Bloggers' Den!
How to contact the Culture Club:
If you wish to share your own materials and have them published, or you wish to unsubscribe from this email, send your feedback, suggestions, opinions, please send an email to Christine, our Culture Club Director.
Make sure you specify what you are writing about, in the subject line of your email. Thank You!!!