The ASFS condemns the University of Wollongong's @UOW proposal to close all languages and linguistics in 2025. Sign and share the petition now: https://t.co/taXvHqeWvP. In a globalised world, language skills and cultural competency are vital and irreplaceable. Co-signed @LCNAU
Registration for the 2024 DDFC Conference, "Pooling Open-Access Resources," is now open. Nov. 8-9, 2024. Free and on zoom. Feel free to share. Hope to see many of you there!
Check out the program and register on eventbrite ๐๐ผ
https://t.co/Bt3xFrm7y8
The @uarizona Dept of French & Italian is seeking a new Director of Basic Language Program (BLP) in French, to start August 2025. ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ญ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ. Details and application: https://t.co/RqDAibQ624
From the position description: The Department of French and Italian in the School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Arizona invites applications for a tenure-track position beginning in August 2025 at the rank of Assistant Professor to serve as Director of Basic Language Program (BLP), with a Ph.D. in French, French linguistics, applied linguistics, second language acquisition, or a closely related field. We are especially interested in someone with both a scholarly and practical background who will bring a new dimension and expertise to our program, as well as help us recruit and increase our number of undergraduate French majors. Areas of interest include but are not limited to French for Professional Purposes, technology in language education, online second language education. Candidates must have an active research agenda, demonstrated excellence in teaching, and an active commitment to recruiting French majors, minors, and graduate students. Native or near-native proficiency in English and French is required.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ.
#langchat @AATFrench@actfl@FrenchItalianUA
If you are academic faculty, student, staff or alum, please join me in signing this Open Letter in Solidarity with Jewish anti-Zionist scholar Dr. Maura Finkelstein, first tenured prof in U.S. since Oct 2023 to be _FIRED_ for pro-Palestinian speech. https://t.co/UtfLFPgs7e
The DDFC Steering committee is pleased to share the CFP for our 2024 Conference: โPooling Open-Access Resources: Designing for Justice and Access.โ Details:
https://t.co/nnOk5x6642
The ASFS Exec has written an Open Letter in opposition to proposed cuts to Language Programs at Macquarie University and the University of Aberdeen.
More info on Macquarie: https://t.co/6D3dpkjdxT
More info on Aberdeen: https://t.co/0WCiOaNDIP
https://t.co/yZiVgY3HO5
DDFC Call for Volunteers ๐๐ผ. Join the conversation! Donโt miss our next announcements. Become a member to be added to our listserv:
https://t.co/6a6HMz9yha
Please read and sign. Aberdeen has such a broad range of expertise in modern French cultural studies. This really amounts to an act of cultural vandalism
Join our authors Judit Kormos and Anne Margaret Smith for the online launch of their book "Teaching Languages to Students with Specific Learning Differences" on 27th November at 6pm. Attendees will receive a code for 40% off the book!
Sign up free here: https://t.co/DxmpeYwLnR
DDFC Solidarity Statement and Call to Action in Support of Palestinian People
We encourage sharing, endorsing, and using it as an opportunity to reflect within your own spaces and/or write your own statement.
https://t.co/WYwY9uWb0m
DDFC Solidarity Statement and Call to Action in Support of Palestinian People
We encourage sharing, endorsing, and using it as an opportunity to reflect within your own spaces and/or write your own statement.
https://t.co/WYwY9uWb0m
Iโm currently accepting PhD students who are interested in themes of justice, antiracism, anticolonialism, and abolition in language education. 5 yrs of full funding. Apply by Dec. 1 for fall โ24. Reach out if you have questions.
Come join the crew!
https://t.co/xw4mMwiJBD