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FEBRUARY, 2009
NEWSLETTER OF THE
ILLINOIS COUNCIL ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
POST OFFICE BOX 64 • OGLESBY, ILLINOIS 61348
TELEPHONE: 815/863-5181 • FAX: 815/863-5133
WEBSITE: WWW.ICTFL.ORG
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National
Foreign Language
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In honor of National
F o r e ig n
La ng u ag e
Week, share with your
students these TEN
Reasons why language
study pays off.
When you study a Foreign Language, you. . .
1.
2.
3.
4.
will increase your global understanding.
will improve your employment potential.
will increase your native language skills.
will sharpen your cognitive/thinking
and life skills.
5. will improve your chances of entry
into college.
6. will be able to appreciate international
literature, music and film.
7. will make travel more feasible and
enjoyable.
8. will expand study and work abroad
opportunities.
9. will increase understanding of yourself
and your own culture.
10. will make lifelong friends…potentially
all over the world!
Renew your Membership for 2009.
The form is available at www.ictfl.org
 Student & Retiree Membership was
increased to $10 on January 1, 2009.
 ICTFL Membership year is for one
calendar year. ICTFL is now in the
process of setting up online membership renewal and conference registration_with a credit card.
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VOLUME 22, NUMBER 2
Happy February! The ICTFL Board of
Directors has been hard at work as
Illinois prepares to host the Central
States Conference on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages, March 19-21 at the
Hyatt Regency Chicago. Leann
Wilcoxen and Todd Bowen, the Local
Arrangements Committee Chairs, have
been working especially hard to make
the conference a success. I hope to see
you at the conference. Please join other
ICTFL members for a group picture
with all Illinois attendees immediately
following the Keynote Address.
March also brings National Foreign
Language Week. National Foreign Language Week is March 2-8. This year’s
theme is “Many Hands, Many Voices,
One World.” If you are still looking
for ideas for National Foreign Language
Week, a few of the Regional Directors
share some of their favorite ideas in this
issue. I invite you to share your National Foreign Language Week ideas in
an upcoming issue of Accents. Please e
-mail your ideas to [email protected].
See you at
Central States,
Julie Jezuit
President
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Central States Conference
Chicago, Illinois
March 19-21, 2009 Hyatt Regency
Leann Wilcoxen: [email protected]
Register online at http://csctfl.org/
or you can join us at on-site registration.
ICTFL
is pleased to announce the
co-sponsorship with Illinois
Wesleyan University of a
Spanish Summer Institute
“Technology in the Classroom”
July 27-31, 2009 Bloomington, IL
Please see the www.ictfl.org website to
download these award applications!
Details included in this E-newsletter.
ACTFL Teacher of the Year
Carole Ann Ryan Award
MARCH LATIN EVENTS
March 21st Latin Olympics UIC Campus
Distinguished Service Award
March 28 IHSA Latin Tournament
Email: [email protected]
(for college Foreign Language Teaching majors)
South Central World Language Teachers
Carbondale Area Potluck Gathering
Friday, April 17th at 6 p.m.
The Haven on Crab Orchard Lake in Carterville.
Thank you to our Regional Directors and
ICTFL members for sharing these ideas:
From Region Five but adaptable to any locale:
Have the students make a brochure with MS
Publisher on "Que Debes Hacer en Southern
From Region One: Where’s Waldo?
Illinois". At first students often protest that there
Waldo is hiding in a different country every day, is nothing to do in Southern Illinois! This quickly
changes as they follow simple sentences and find
and there is an announcement of a country
the more obscure locales and lore in the rewhere Waldo could be hiding. The different
gion. Students write a minimum of two sentences
countries are described without being named.
per 5 different settings in the region. This
Whoever correctly identifies the country gets to assignment takes about three days to complete,
put his/her name in a
teaches students to create a brochure as well
fishbowl for a drawing.
as write communicatively in the target language.
MARY SLIDER
Region Five
Global Fest is March 13-14 in Urbana,
Illinois at Urbana High School. This
two day International Festival features
language immersion opportunities, art,
dance, performance, culture, presentations and food from all over the
world. This event attracts over 800 students every year.
JOE SCANAVINO
Region Three
Illinois College in Jacksonville,IL sponsored
a Mardi Gras Celebration dedicated to high
school Spanish, French and German students
and teachers. Run by Illinois
College students, the event
includes exhibits, food and
more representing various
world cultures.
April 2—Southern Illinois University Foreign Language
Day on campus. Come to SIUC for FLD activities including
the following: Welcome Ceremony -9:45; Scholar Bowl-10:10;
The Field Museum
Cultural Presentations-10:10; give-aways; write your name in
The Aztec World
Japanese, Chinese & Korean, Candy Contest and more. RegOctober 26, 2008 - April 19, 2009
ister your school: http://colanmc.siu.edu/FLD/index.html.
Explore the grandeur and sophistication
of one of history's greatest civilizations—
Justo Lamas will be at Marion High School on Friday,
March 20. His national performances and educational ma- the Aztec Empire—and find out how a
community that began in the middle of a
terial based on familiar songs. Learn about free Justo
lake eventually became the capital of
CDs & lyrics to prepare students for this incredible event.
an empire. Hundreds of spectacular
artifacts and works of art
Send Region 5 pictures and news of events to
assembled together for
[email protected].
the first time provide a
If you would be interested in a forum where
look into the remarkable
people can post questions and
rise and fall of The Aztec
JOE BAIRD
World.
answers. Email Joe Baird at:
JOANNA KOTECKI
Region Two
[email protected]
Region One
FEBRUARY, 2009
VOLUME 22, NUMBER 2
NEWSLETTER OF THE
ILLINOIS COUNCIL ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
POST OFFICE BOX 64 • OGLESBY, ILLINOIS 61348
TELEPHONE: 815/863-5181 • FAX: 815/863-5133
WEBSITE: WWW.ICTFL.ORG