Events

Dear Teachers,
Good news! The announcement and application form for the Next Generation Academies is now online at http://www.kentuckycenter.org/education/academies This year the Kentucky World Language Association, the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts and the Kentucky Department of Education are offering World Language Academies: For the **World Languages Academy**, consideration will be given to applications from teachers who have attended last year, however, reference will be given to teachers who have not attended previously. This year's academy will focus on new content in both Spanish and Chinese, and there will be a new academy for ** French **! This is part of an Elementary School Arts & World Language grant, so a preference will be given to K-8 teachers, but the content is also appropriate for high school teachers and secondary teachers are encouraged to apply. The Academies will take place in Richmond, KY on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University. Dormitory housing is available (see announcement for details). World Language teachers may also attend a pre-Academy workshop called** "An Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Familiarization Workshop" **on June 17 th.
 * **Next Generation Academy for Integration of the Arts and World Languages (Spanish, Chinese, and //new this year// – French)**

Teachers are paid a stipend of $500 to attend, or they may opt for PD credit (6 hours of PD credit per day instead of $100 daily stipend) for some of those days as allowed by their district. Teachers also receive resources developed by Kentucky Educational Television (KET). If you have any questions or difficulty submitting the form, please don’t hesitate to contact Jeff Jamner at jjamner@kentuckycenter.org (email preferred) or 502-562-0703.  --

December 10, 2011 KWLA prompts writing
Five teachers from Fayette County Public Schools and Western Kentucky University: Shanli Zhao, Yiran Zhou, Shanshan Li, Ke Peng and Yan Wang participated in the first (KWLA) Kentucky World Language Association prompt-writing session. These prompts, which are performance-based tasks that incorporate authentic cultural texts, will be used in the upcoming KWLA State Showcase to be held in the Spring of 2012. Thanks their effort and time. KACLT will ask more members to participate the showcases training and prompt-writing sessions in the future.

Please visit KWLA wikis to learn more about the KWLA Showcase.



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September 23-24, 2011, Lexington, KY
2011 KWLA Fall Conference **Chinese Language events** Language Luncheon
 * Friday, Sep. 23**

Immersion Dinner at Panda Cuisine, 2358 Nicholasville Road #115, Lexington -(859) 299-9798
 * Friday, Sep. 23, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m**

KACLT annual bussiness meeting
 * Saturday, Sep 24, 8:00 a.m. -9:00 a.m**



**Multimedia Authoring in the Chinese Classroom**
Sponsored by UK STARTALK program Presented by Yan Wang

Workshop for KY Chinese teachers
==KACLT organized an end of year retreat/teacher professional development with Confucius Institute at the University of Kentucky (UKCI) on June 4 to 5 for Chinese-language teachers in Kentucky. [|Please visit UKCI website for the news.]==

Profeesional development for KY Chinese teachers: Instructional activties for New Year celebration
KACLT organized professional development with Confucius Institute at the University of Kentucky (UKCI) on January 16 for Chinese-language teachers in Kentucky.