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TexFLEC 2013 Full Abstracts
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Keynote Presentations:
- Innovative Technologies and Language Learning: Friend or Foe?
- SLA for the 21st Century: Disciplinary Progress, Transdisciplinary Relevance, and the Bi/Multilingual Turn
Expert Panel:
- Common Errors in Students' Academic Writing: Setting Teaching Priorities
- Compliments on Facebook: Different Languages, Different Cultures, Different Communication Styles
- Examining Four Language Learning Social Networking Websites Through a Usability Testing
- Changing the Heritage Track Curriculum: Expanding the Perspective (and the Agenda)
Paper & Poster Presentations:
- Mobile Learning Potential: Investigating iPod Touch Use With English Language Learners
- I've never done this in class!: ESL Students' Experiences of Online Discussion in an Academic Writing Course
- Becoming a Better Language Learning in "Mixed" Spanish Classes
- Effects of Task Planning on the Fluency and Lexical Variety in EFL Learners' Descriptive Writing
- Using Web-based Instructional Design to Stimulate K-6 ESL Students' Motivation in Language Arts
- Self-Directed Learning in the Advanced FL Classroom: Exploring (German) Grammar Through "Exploratory" Practice
- The Viability of Virtual Worlds as a Language Learning Platform for ESL Learners
- The Effect of Syntactic Complexity on the Lexical Inferencing of the Higher-Intermediate English Learners of Arabic and Persian in the Process of Reading
- Examining Social Networking Websites from a Language Teaching Perspective
- Arabic Heritage Language Learning in Community-Based Schools in Texas: An Examination of Factors Impacting Parental Choice
- Improving Adult ESL Learners' Pronunciation and Writing Through Instructional Interventions
- The Examination of Pre-service Teachers' Bilingual/ESL Teachers' Linguistic Knowledge in Teaching ESL
- Using Movies to Teach French Language and Culture
- Cultural Learning through Music in the German Classroom
- Managing Competing Discourses through Stancetaking in Heritage Language Instruction
- Language Brokering Affects Bilingual Children Parents' Acculturation Processes in South Texas
- Investigating Korean Students' Attitudes toward L1 Use in the L2 Classroom
- A Framework for Enhancing Intercultural Competence
- Native Speaker Presence in the Foreign Language Classroom: The Commodification and Appropriation of (Absent) Others
- Koreal EFL Students' Reading Motivation and Achievement Across Languages
- A Winning Combination: Using Musical Theatre to Support English Acquisition
- A Biliterate Community: Language Negotiations in a Dual Language Classroom
- Factors Affecting Individualized Writing Instruction
- They said whaaat?!: Expression of Age and Identity through Social Media and Use of Non-conventional Spelling
- Bilingual Users of English in USA
- English as Lingua Franca Interaction in Higher Education: Pragmatic Strategies
Friday, February 22, 2013
KEYNOTE 1:40 - 2:40 CLA 1.302B Glickman Conference Center
Innovative Technologies and Language Learning: Friend or Foe?
Dr. Orlando R. Kelm, The University of Texas at Austin
In this presentation we review a number of recent applications and online programs that are designed and disseminated for foreign language learning. As we review them, we look at how they affect the role of a foreign language learner and a foreign language teacher. We also look at aspects of foreign language acquisition that are found (or not found) in the various sites, programs, and applications. The premise behind my argument is that when learners take a more active role in their own language learning, teachers take on a newer, broader role to guide students through the maze and mass of language learning materials. Teachers help add structure, direction, and realistic expectations for those who are learning a new language.
2:45 - 3:15 CLA 1.302B Glickman Conference Center
Mobile Learning Potential: Investigating iPod Touch Use With English Language Learners
Cesar C. Navarrete, Min Liu, Jennifer Wivagg, The University of Texas at Austin
We focus on a mobile learning initiative in a Texas school district that provide iPod touch devices to English Language Learners (ELL) students and present findings of this implementation from 2010 to 2012. Investigating the incorporation of iPod touch devices for teaching and learning, two elementary school teachers and two middle school teachers with their students offer insight into the potential for mobile learning. Gaining in-depth understanding of the potential benefits of mobile devices as a teaching and learning tool for the ELL students, these findings offer implications for educators interested in the affordances of mobile learning in language acquisition.
I've never done this in class!: ESL Students' Experiences of Online Discussion in an Academic Writing Course
Jeong-bin Hannah Park, The University of Texas at Austin
In current views of second and foreign language learning and teaching, the pedagogical benefits of online discussion (CMC) have proved to be increasingly substantial. Issues related to CMC include negotiation of meaning (Pellettieri, 2000; Smith, 2003; Tudini, 2003), interaction and participation patterns (Hosoda, 2006; Kasper, 1985; Markee, 2000; Mori, 2003; Seedhouse, 2005; Tudini, 2007), sociocultural aspects (Plough & Gass, 1993), visual saliency and readability (Pellettieri, 2000; Schmidt, 1995, 2001), etc. However, there is a lack of research that elicited students' perceived usefulness of online discussion and weekly timed writings that took place in a college level academic writing class. Three research questions guide this study:
1. How does the online discussion help students produce rhetorically effective academic discourse?
2. How does the formal writing of individuals compare to their contributions in online discussion?
3. How does online discussion help students produce subsequent timed writing?
Based upon a grounded theory (Corbin & Strauss, 2008) approach, a theory, related to international students' perception on online discussion and timed writing, was built from an inductive, open, and axial coding process. Participants in this project were from Saudi Arabia, Japan, France, and Mongolia. Four interviews were conducted by Skype with 27 questions, and interview questions included both structural and contrast questions, along with the ones derived from literature on second language (L2) writing and computer-mediated discussion (CMD). Findings emerged from interview data include (a) a contrast between face-to-face (f2f) and online discussions, (b) perceived usage, (c) topic familiarity, (d) procedure, (e) collaboration experience, (f) peer influence, and (g) perceived improvement over the semester. The theory was established based upon the concepts of paradigm and process (Corbin & Strauss, 2008) in grounded theory.
Becoming a Better Language Learner in "Mixed" Spanish Classes
Michael Tallon, University of the Incarnate Word
"Mixed" Spanish classes, those classes that have both "true beginners" (those students who have no background or familiarity with the target language and culture) and "heritage students" (those students who have some background and familiarity with the target language and culture), are found all over the country. Research has shown that the two groups of students have different needs (Webb & Miller 2000; Campbell & Peyton 1998; González-Pino 2000; Peyton, Ranard & McGinnis 2001). For example, many heritage students have strong oral skills but lack literacy skills (Valdés 2001; Schwartz 2003; Potowski & Carreira 2004). True beginners, on the other hand, lack the oral skills and may experience "foreign language anxiety" (FLA) (Horwitz, Horwitz & Cope 1986) due to the presence of the heritage students in the class (Tallon 2003, 2006). The purpose of this Learner Training Project is to help the heritage students focus on their writing skills and to help the true beginners deal with their anxiety. The project involves four sessions during the semester called "Becoming a Better Language Learner." Each session will last approximately 30 minutes. The true beginners will work on reducing anxiety (Introduction to FLA; taking the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale; discussing the results; ways to reduce FLA - myths and realities of foreign language learning, foreign language learning strategies, the ideal language learner) and the heritage students will work on writing strategies, focusing on writing as a process (introduction to writing strategies, writing the composition, lessons learned, students share viewpoints). The ultimate goal of this Learner Training Project is that both groups of students will become better language learners.
Effects of Task Planning on the Fluency and Lexical Variety in EFL Learners' Descriptive Writing
Mahmoud Abdi Tabari, Texas A&M University
"Research to date lends general support to the claim that pre-task planning impacts positively on language production, especially where fluency and complexity are concerned. However, mixed results have been found for accurate language use (Crookes, 1989; Ellis, 2003). One reason for these variable results may be that studies have differed in whether the task conditions allowed time for or encouraged careful on-line planning (i.e. formulation and monitoring of speech plans). The present study investigates the effects of three types of planning conditions (pre-task planning, unpressured on-line planning, and no planning) on 108 Iranian EFL learners' descriptive writings elicited by means of a picture composition. The results show that pre-task planners outperformed other groups in terms of fluency in the descriptive task while no-planners outperformed pre-task planners and on-line planners regarding lexical variety in the descriptive task and on-line planners had the better performance than pre-task planners in terms of lexical variety in the task. In the present study, a trade-off effect is proposed between fluency and lexical variety. In other words, as fluency improves due to planning time in the pre-task planning condition, lexical variety decreases but as fluency declines in the on-line planning condition, lexical variety increases. This trade-off is different from the ones offered in previous studies due to the differences and distinctions between oral and written modes.
Key Words: pre-task planning, on-line planning, fluency, accuracy, complexity, lexical variety, modality.
Using Web-based Instructional Design to Stimulate K-6 ESL Students' Motivation in Language Arts
Liang-Chen Lin, Texas A&M University at Kingsville
An environment can strongly affect the motivation (Keller, 1999); therefore, a Language Arts lesson plan in the web-based setting empowers classroom activities to get students motivated in the classroom. More precisely, students' motivation and learning are positively associated with the active involvement in the web-based instructional design (Njenga, 2005). In addition, a learner's motivation is confirmed in a cyber-learning environment (Keller, 1999), which not only catches students' attention in the classroom and their interest for learning, also reduces the senses of low-motivation and low-achievement caused by the affective factors, such as "feelings, motives, needs, attitudes, and emotional states" according to Krashen's (1988) affective filter hypothesis (as cited in Lightbrown & Spada, 2006, p. 37).Simply put, this presentation aims to showcase how to design web-based instruction for stimulating K-6 ESL students' motivation and enhancing their literacy abilities. Overall, this presentation appropriately encourages teachers to navigate the endless network in an effort to integrate web-based technology into the curriculum for guiding K-6 ESL students to have fun in the language learning process.
Keywords: web-based instruction, ESL students, motivation, language arts
Self-Directed Learning in the Advanced FL Classroom: Exploring (German) Grammar Through "Exploratory" Practice
Dr. Cori Crane, The University of Texas at Austin
This practice-oriented presentation showcases a semester-long, individualized student project from an advanced-level German grammar course in which students worked with the reflective teaching-learning framework 'Exploratory Practice' (Allwright, 2003) to explore different aspects of German grammar. For the portfolio, students were encouraged to develop "puzzles" about the German language and find local, sustainable means to investigate their questions. The Exploratory Practice framework and the reflective learning portfolio are presented, and a preliminary qualitative analysis of student work from the course is shared to show how advanced learners can grow in their understanding of language and language learning through the model.
Symposium 3:55 - 4:55 CLA 1.302B Glickman Conference Center
Common Errors in Students' Academic Writing: Setting Teaching Priorities
Dr. Veronica Sardegna, Jeonghyun Lee, and Bokhee Na, The University of Texas at Austin
This study examines ESL students' common errors in academic writing, and discusses what types of errors ESL students find more difficult to detect in other students' writing. To identify the common errors, the researchers analyzed the participants' free-writing composing processes in response to a prompt. The researchers also investigated the participants' ability to correct other students' errors in twelve pre-selected paragraphs. Based on this analysis, the researchers recommend instructional priorities, and suggest writing strategies that can be taught in a short intervention. Finally, this presentation argues that teachers should consider these priorities and suggestions when giving error feedback.
Symposium 3:55 - 4:55 CLA 0.126
Compliments on Facebook: Different Languages, Different Cultures, Different Communication Styles
Zohreh Eslami, Nasser Jabari, Geraldine Marquez-Santiago, Eunyoung Park, Hsin I Tuan, Shekha Bin Mahfouz, TingXuan chen, and Lu Yang, Texas A&M University
Facebook compliments from different language groups (Persian, American English, Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish) were collected and analyzed based on the previous frameworks. Analysis of the corpora reveals the importance of distinguishing between compliments given online versus compliments given face to face as revealed by previous literature. The compliment data from some cultures such as Persian and Arabic participants show how females are using the digital space to resist the government's restrictions posed on women to cover themselves in public. This research fills the gap in the literature by providing an empirical approach on social media communication and examining culture and language-specific aspects of digital communication.
The Viability of Virtual Worlds as a Language Learning Platform for EFL Learners
Li-Tang Yu, Jayoung Song, Dr. Paul Resta, The University of Texas at Austin
The purpose of this study is to investigate the viability of virtual worlds specifically for foreign language learning. Ninety-four university students in Korean and Taiwanese students worked in small groups to carry out collaborative speaking activities in Second Life in Fall 2012 semester. Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety and Motivation questionnaire were used as research instrument. The findings from this research will provide pedagogical implications for language practitioners who would like to incorporate virtual worlds in their language curriculum and contribute to future studies regarding the use of virtual worlds and its effect on foreign language learning.
The Effect of Syntactic Complexity on the Lexical Inferencing of the Higher-Intermediate English Learners of Arabic and Persian in the Process of Reading
Javad Abedifirouzjaie, The University of Texas at Austin
This paper studies the effect of grammatical complexity on the word-meaning inferencing of the Higher-Intermediate English learners of Arabic and Persian in reading. The results of the study indicate that the participants provided with syntactically simple texts make more accurate guesses than those provided with syntactically complex ones. Sentence length is also shown to have more bearing on the participants' lexical inferencing than the other two factors in both language groups. The present study also reports that certain complexity factors (sentence length and relativization) seem to interact with the language of the text (Arabic) to lead to less accurate inferencing.
Examining Social Networking Websites from a Language Teaching Perspective
Jeong-bin Hannah Park, Claire Meadows Parrish, Duygu Uslu, Sa Liu, Kana Abe, Mengwen Cao, Min Liu, The University of Texas at Austin
This study will present the analysis of four social networking language learning websites, examining their usefulness for second language acquisition. The presentation will focus on pedagogical strategies and benefits for using such websites from teachers' perspectives. The potential suggestions include how language teachers could use these websites to encourage learner autonomy as well as to facilitate collaborative learning, including potential tasks for language classrooms. Based on eight features of social networking websites, findings of this study will discuss how SNSLL can be used as teaching and learning tools and the extent to which they can be incorporated into language curriculums.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Arabic Heritage Language Learning in Community-Based Schools in Texas: An Examination of Factors Impacting Parental Choice
Hamsa Aburumuh, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Weaving together principles of sociocultural theory and sociopsychological theory into heritage language (HL) education, a fundamental branch of applied linguistics, this poster presentation provides an overview of a quantitative study that examined a set of sociocultural (e.g., ethnicity) and sociopsychological factors (e.g., attitudes and motivation) that are believed to have impact of the choice of parents of Arabic HL learners regarding the type of schooling for their children to learn Arabic, either in public schools or community-based schools in Texas. Handouts will be provided.
Improving Adult ESL Learners' Pronunciation and Writing Through Instructional Interventions
Fu-Hao William Chiang and Anna Matis, The University of Texas at Austin
Two master's students will share their experiences of tutoring adult ESL learners in English pronunciation and business writing. The student teachers designed lessons for ESL learners that included a combination of instructional interventions coupled with pronunciation and writing strategy development to empower the students to take their learning into their own hands and improve their own language output. The discussion and sharing of the identified errors, interventions, and resources for practice will enable ESL instructors to utilize similar strategies and resources for guiding their students' efficient and increasingly autonomous learning.
The Examination of Pre-service Teachers' Bilingual/ESL Teachers' Linguistic Knowledge in Teaching ESL
Hsiao-ping Wu, Texas A&M University at San Antonio
Linguistics is a required college course for many students in the bilingual/ESL teacher preparation programs. Typically, these students come to the first class session feeling both apprehensive and resentful. They are nervous about having to take the class, and, at the same time, they suspect it will be of no use for a perspective ESL teacher. Also, many students, native or non-native English speakers never think about language linguistically. Participants were perspective generalist teachers with ESL endorsement, and students were required to take linguistics in the degree plan. This research study surveyed 146 bilingual/ESL teachers' linguistics concepts and its need for ESL teaching. This study also analyzed classroom assignments to examine their linguistic knowledge. This study will suggest whether native or non-native English speaker are needed need to be trained from linguistic perspective to work with diverse English language learners.
Using Movies to Teach French Language and Culture
Florence Lemoine, Texas State University
This presentation will show how the judicious use of authentic multimedia can be used to teach French. Films, video and graphic novels provide plenty of contextual information to teach the language as well as the culture. We discuss issues such as cognitive overload and how to avoid them with visual material. We will look at specific examples of courses I developed for beginning, intermediate and advanced French proficiency levels using French comics and movie/video extract (e.g. the famous French bandes dessinées Tintin). We will conclude how this pedagogical approach can support practical intercultural skills and lifelong learning.
Cultural Learning through Music in the German Classroom
Alexander Kuuskoski, The University of Texas at Austin
The 2007 MLA report drew attention to the separation of cultural content from language instruction in high education. This music-based approach works towards bridging this gap by building off previous research in vein of music-based language pedagogy (Schmidt, 2003), multimodal learning (McGinnis, 2007), and addresses culture as an abstract concept (Chavez, 2002). I will provide concrete examples of how to implement a such an approach and connect individual songs to grammatical topics and cultural themes. This provides a memorable learning experience, helps retain linguistic structures, and provides students with a basis for understanding culture as an abstract concept.
Managing Competing Discourses through Stancetaking in Heritage Language Instruction
Rachel Showstack, The University of Texas at Austin
Using sociolinguistic approaches to stance (Jaffe 2009, Ochs 1993), this study examines how one heritage language instructor navigates between two competing discourses in an intermediate HL classroom: on the one hand, a resolution to teach her students 'Standard Spanish' to help them achieve professional success, and a desire to legitimize their home linguistic practices on the other. Results suggest that, in addition to expressing both perspectives directly through overt language, she also represented them indirectly by displaying positive and negative affective stances toward features of local varieties of Spanish, by constructing stances of authority based on different kinds of knowledge, and by representing social positions in the classroom.
Language Brokering Affects Bilingual Children Parents' Acculturation Processes in South Texas
Julien Ekiaka-Oblazamengo, Mónica Rosalina Medina Jiménez, & Valentin Ekiaka-Nzai, Texas A&M University at Kingsville
Many bilingual children translate for their parents or relatives in a wide range of contexts (Baker, 2006; Corona et al, 2012; De Jong, 2011). However, this practice has been negatively viewed by advocates of fractional perspective of bilingualism (De Jong, 2011). Most studies (De Jong, 2011 & Orellana, 2009) have focused on the child-broker forgetting to target bilingual children's parents (Kam, 2011). This narrative research aims to explore how language brokering practices affect bilingual children parents' acculturation processes through the following research question: To what extent language brokering practices impact bilingual children parents' acculturation processes in a subtractive bilingualism setting?
Investigating Korean Students' Attitudes toward L1 Use in the L2 Classroom
Young Ae Choi, Texas A&M University
Despite the controversy among researchers regarding using L1 in the L2 classroom, researchers, like Skinner and Kern, appreciate the additive and positive function of L1. This study explores Korean student attitudes about L1 use in order to improve their input and the correlation between students' attitudes and their L2 learning. This research presents the results of a questionnaire study on identifying Korean student perceptions about L1 use in U.S. classrooms. The participants were 26 Korean students who were in K-12 public schools in Texas, U.S. The main findings of this study showed that Korean students who were more fluent in English increased their understanding of difficult subjects more by using Korean than less fluent students of English.
A Framework for Enhancing Intercultural Competence
Shilpa Parnami, Dr. Veronica Sardegna, The University of Texas at Austin
This presentation proposes a theoretically and empirically driven instructional model that employs videos to develop intercultural competence. The model provides learners opportunities to: (1) reflect on their own culture (C1), (2) talk about the target culture (C2), (3) articulate cultural differences between the C1 and C2, (4) understand the C2, and (5) reflect on the process of culture learning. The presenters argue that the steps in this model enhance students' intercultural awareness and sensitivity, encourage students to adopt a critical stance regarding C1-C2 differences, and promote C2 learning. The presenters will illustrate this critical approach to teaching culture using a video-based lesson plan targeted at intermediate level ESL/EFL learners.
SLA for the 21st Century: Disciplinary Progress, Transdisciplinary Relevance, and the Bi/Multilingual Turn
Dr. Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University
In this presentation I appraise recent disciplinary progress witnessed in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) and reflect on transdisciplinary relevance as SLA moves forward into the 21st century. I first identify four trends that demonstrate vibrant disciplinary progress in SLA. I then turn to the notion of transdisciplinarity, or the proclivity to pursue and generate SLA knowledge that can be of use outside the confines of the field and contribute to overall knowledge about the human capacity for language. I propose an understanding of transdisciplinary relevance for SLA that results from the ability: (a) to place one's field in a wider landscape of disciplines that share an overarching common goal and (b) to develop critical awareness of one's disciplinary framings of object of inquiry and goals and others' likely reception of them. Finally, I argue that it is by reframing SLA as the study of late bi/multilingualism that the remarkable progress witnessed in recent years will help the field reach new levels of transdisciplinary relevance as a contributor to the study of the ontogeny of human language and a source of knowledge in support of language education in the 21st century.
Examining Four Language Learning Social Networking Websites Through a Usability Testing
Kana Abe, Mengwen Cao, Sa Liu, Claire. M. Parrish, Jeong-bin Hannah Park, Duygu Uslu, and Min Liu, The University of Texas at Austin
There is much excitement about Web 2.0 technologies such as social networking technology. Are current social networking language learning websites well designed? In what way can they meet the needs of language learners? We propose to conduct a usability testing of four social network sites for language learning (SNSLL) from the perspectives of information, interface, and interaction designs. The findings of this study will help designer better understand how SNSLL can be used as learning tools, as well as help designers of these sites to improve their design.
Changing the Heritage Track Curriculum: Expanding the Perspective (and the Agenda)
M. Rafael Salaberry (The University of Texas at Austin), Sarah Beaudrie (The University of Arizona), Lydia Huerta (The University of Texas at Austin), Glenn Martínez (The University of Texas Pan American)
Arguably, Spanish heritage track courses can be regarded as a remedial model of instruction with a focus on conventions and uses of the written standard. In the present symposium, we describe options to provide an inclusive focus on both the oral and written standards, and more importantly, to guide students towards a more encompassing understanding of why language changes, why there are different varieties of language, why language prestige can be as much about political perceptions rather than linguistic-internal processes, and other areas of knowledge that are central to become a fully functional bilingual heritage speaker in our modern society.
Native Speaker Presence in the Foreign Language Classroom: The Commodification and Appropriation of (Absent) Others
Sarah Jey Whitehead, The University of Texas at Austin
Foreign language education necessitates that learners are dialogically connected to native speakers (NSs). NSs are thus present in contemporary FL classrooms both symbolically (in the ways they are imagined or referred to) and concretely (as teachers, visitors, etc.). This presentation will explore qualitative data that indicates how NSs are invoked, invited, and imported into two Spanish FL classrooms. While one classroom conjures NSs through culturally authentic artifacts, the other draws from students' experiences with NSs in their community. The presentation will place particular focus on how NSs are made use of for purposes exclusive to FL classrooms.
Korean EFL Students' Reading Motivation and Achievement Across Languages
JuHee Lee, Dr. Diane L. Schallert, The University of Texas at Austin
Despite the significant role of motivation in learning, the research on reading motivation and its association with achievement is still sparse. The few studies have only focused on identifying L2 reading motivation constructs (Mori, 2002) or investigating motivation and achievement in L2 for adults, neglecting the different contributions of L1 and L2 reading motivation to achievement (Kim, 2011; Kondo-Brown, 2006). This study investigated association among L1 and L2 reading motivation, its contribution to achievement, and differences in motivation at different levels of L2 proficiency, focusing on EFL adolescents. We will also discuss contributing factors to reading motivation and pedagogical implications.
A Winning Combination: Using Musical Theatre to Support English Acquisition
Janet Hammer, Pat Wiese, Sunni Sonnenburg and Rachel Wiese, Texas A&M University
Using musical theatre as a supplement to English instruction provides a meaningful context for developing reading, listening, and speaking skills. Equally important, musical theatre makes language acquisition fun and supports students at any stage of language acquisition. As students learn their lines and words of the songs, even the shyest language learner becomes more confident. In this presentation, the process of developing a musical theater performance will be shared including: locating a script based upon well-known musical theater production, designing the script to be performed in two languages, and adapting the production for various ages and levels of language learners.
A Biliterate Community: Language Negotiations in a Dual Language Classroom
Armando Garza, The University of Texas at San Antonio
This paper explores how a bilingual teacher and her bilingual students, as members of a fifth-grade dual language classroom, utilize the Spanish language in science class when science-instruction is mandated by the school district to be in English only. Following the same path, this study also examines how English is used in social studies class-which is taught in Spanish only. Drawing from sociocultural theories of learning as theoretical frameworks and applying the community of practice (COP) approach, different linguistic instances presented in science and social studies units were analyzed. Some implications for teaching purposes are discussed.
Factors Affecting Individualized Writing Instruction
Veronica Sardegna, Duygu Uslu Ok, Hilal Peker, The University of Texas at Austin
This study explores the effectiveness of a six-week tutoring program for improving tutee's ability to self-correct their writing errors. The tutees completed a pre- and post-test, and a final tutoring questionnaire. Later, data were triangulated with tutors' weekly tutoring reports and reflections, and researchers' field observation notes. Preliminary findings indicate that a number of factors seemed to contribute to improvement of tutees' writing skills, and their views of the effectiveness of the tutoring program. The presenters will discuss what factors contributed to such effectiveness and tutees' perceptions of the tutoring programs, and recommend ways of enhancing individualized writing instruction.
They said whaaat?!: Expression of Age and Identity through Social Media and Use of Non-conventional Spelling
Jennifer Gilardi Swoyer, Ying Li, Yeng Yang, The University of Texas at San Antonio
The authors report the results of study of language use on the social media platform Twitter. The study analyzed whether there was a correlation between age and use of non-conventional spellings in the tweets of 27 pop-culture icons, ranging in age from 18 to 54. Data analysis suggested surprising results between the age of the tweeter and her/his orthographic style. They discuss other possible relationships of identity and language use in emerging digital speech communities and identity also emerged. Potential implications for instructors of ESL/EFL interested in incorporating authentic language and social media in classroom instruction will also be addressed.
Bilingual Users of English in USA
Yongfeng Liu, Texas A&M University
This paper focuses on Chinese immigrants who live in US and have access to, or need to use two languages at home and in public. It does not mean that they have fluency in both language or they are competent and literate in both languages. Through analyzing some survey data, this paper detailed describes distinctions of English using, English proficiency, attitudes towards the two languages, identity recognition and English developing stages between first & second generation Chinese immigrants. Moreover, this paper reveals the relationship between language proficiency and identity. On the other hand, this paper also implies some questions to world Englishes, such as the definition of "native" & "non-native" speakers.
English as Lingua Franca Interaction in Higher Education: Pragmatic Strategies
Zohreh Eslami, Mahmoud Abdi Tabari, Lauren Given, Woochung Ahn, Yongend Liu, Texas A&M University
English as a Lingua Franca is used as a contact language among speakers from different first languages. Achieving intelligibility has been a concern in ELF interactions. The strategies ELF speakers use to reach a level of mutual understanding when they come from such diverse cultural, linguistic, and proficiency levels has become an important area of research. This presentation focuses on communications of students in group-work in a higher education setting where English is used as a medium of instruction and examines the pragmatic strategies that students use to have successful interaction.
Language and Culture: Forging an Identity in a Globalized World
Dr. Orlando R. Kelm, The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Juliet Langman, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Dr. Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University
Dr. Veronica Sardegna, The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Diane Schallert, The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Elaine Horwitz (moderator), The University of Texas at Austin
This panel of five language professors explores the relationship between language, culture, and identity in the context of a globalized classroom community. Panel experts will answer attendees' questions regarding the impact of language and culture on an individual's educational experiences, including the challenges and opportunities resulting from identity construction, maintenance, and change. The panel will address issues such as linguistic and cultural shifts in transnational spaces, the changing nature of language education in a global economy, and the role that language, culture, and identity play in academic and social environments. The hour-long session includes time for additional questions and answers.
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"LLANGWYLLOG, a parish in the hundred of Menai, county Anglesey, 2½ miles N.W. of Llangefni, 3 S.E. of Llanerchymedd, and 2 from Gwindy, its post town. It is situated on the river Cefni. The village consists of a few farmhouses. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Bangor, value £185. The church is dedicated to St. Cwyllog. There are small charities of about £1 per annum. Roman coins of the reign of Nero, and other remains, have been discovered here." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.
Llangwyllog Parish; Statistics; Area 2301 acres; Population 108 males, 97 females, total 205
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Anglesey Record Office.
Llangwyllog - on wikipedia
LLANGWILLOG (LLAN-GWYLLOG), a parish partly in the hundred of LLYVON, partly in that of MENAI, and partly in that of MALLTRAETH, county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 3 miles (N. W.) from Llangevni, containing 267 inhabitants. This parish, which derives its name from the dedication of its church to St. Cwyllog, a female saint, who flourished in the middle of the sixth century, is pleasantly situated nearly in the centre of the island, and on the turnpike road leading from Llangevni to Llanerchymedd, from which places it is equidistant. A sanguinary battle is said to have taken place on Maes Rhos Rhyvel, in 1143, between the forces of Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales, and the united armies of the Erse, Manks, and Norwegians, who had invaded the island, in which the Welsh prince was triumphantly victorious. Upon that occasion the whole naval force of Wales is said to have been brought into action, and to have succeeded in capturing all the ships of the enemy off Dulas bay. This victory is celebrated in Gray's ode to the memory of Owain Gwynedd, in which he eulogizes the exploits of that chieftain; but it is not noticed by any of the principal Welsh historians. This parish, which is of comparatively small extent, is enclosed, and the land is in a good state of cultivation. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Anglesey, and diocese of Bangor, endowed with £400 private benefaction, £600 royal bounty, and £800 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of Sir R. B. Williams Bulkeley, Bart. The church, situated in that part of the parish which is in the hundred of Malltraeth, was originally founded in the year 605: the present edifice is small, but remarkably well built, and has an ancient and curious chapel at the west end of the nave. There are places of worship for Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. The interest arising from some small charitable bequests and donations is annually distributed among the poor of this parish, pursuant to the directions of the several benefactors. At a short distance from Maes Rhos Rhyvel is a place called " Castell," the origin and history of which are equally unknown. Coins of Nero, Vespasian, and Constantine, have been found here at various times, in a state of good preservation, and in 1829 a gold coin of Vespasian was dug up, the impression on which was quite perfect. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £185.5. ( A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833)
Llangwyllog Railway Station - on the geograph.org site
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Since 1 month to now the unity3d webplayer stoped work at IE, the webplayer crash before get in the game. Anyone had the same problem? Anyone knows how to fix it? The webplayer works normally at firefox and safari(on mac) but does´t work at windows.
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Duck confit, cherry compote hors d'oeuvre
Posted On: 10/16/14
Written By: Paul Suplee, CEC PCIII
It was a scene out of "Rambo IV," or maybe I'm thinking "Terminator." I rolled up to Route 589 just as those geese and ducks – those dreaded monsters - started waddling their way into incoming traffic. What ensued was nothing short of sheer terror. Buildings were ablaze, cars stacked in ditches while innocent bystanders were forced to cover the eyes of their offspring to prevent them from seeing the carnage forged by these fiery-eyed, feathered foes. They made their way across the road, nary a scratch on any of them, all the while laughing (In hindsight, I imagine they were honking and quacking) at the ensuing destruction. As I think about this, I shiver as I recall the traffic light falling on a new litter of puppies enjoying an innocent frolic around the pond. And then I woke up. I realized that I can't imagine the geese being such a problem that we would even consider resorting to killing them to improve traffic conditions. Did I really r...» Click here for the full story.
Ceviche: 'bright, vibrant and delicious'
Posted On: 10/9/14
Written By: Paul Suplee, CEC PCIII
This semester, I am teaching my way through the foods of America. In New England, we discover the fruits of cold weather: lobster, clams, cod, squash, pumpkin et al. As we move down the coast, and specifically into Eastern Shore cooking and Southern cooking (two of my absolute favorites), the buffets become noticeably more beige in theme. The frying of already-brown food makes for a fairly dull appearance on the plate, but that can quickly be elevated by adding some vine-ripened tomatoes, sweet corn and other wonderful local products. The south is where we see greens cooked to oblivion (I don't let that happen here) and pies and more fried foods. Throw in some country ham for an addition of the week's supply of salt and you have a winner. Now we are going through Florida's distinct cuisine and, more accurately, Southern Florida's Floribbean cuisine – a fusion of Latin, Caribbean and mainland foods. Obviously, seafood is of great importance to Florida...» Click here for the full story.
Suplee serves up Oreo pancakes, bacon
Posted On: 10/2/14
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In the hallowed halls of any culinary museum, you will find references to James Beard and Julia Child, their contributions to the world of food so far remaining unsurpassed. Are there chefs who are better than they were? Possibly, yes. But with their departure years ago, we'll never know. They spoke to the masses at a time when few others were. They had a new voice and took cooking in a new direction: on television and onto the bookshelves on the mass level. Their poise, ideas, vast network of chefs and entertainers and their dedication to the craft were unparalleled as were their marketing skills. When I was a kid, I remember watching Julia Child and not really understanding what was going on. I respect everything that she was able to accomplish, but I was not a regular follower. James Beard was not a recognizable name for me until I went to culinary school in the 1980s, but TV's "Galloping Gourmet" (Graham Kerr) was an early hero of mine. But that's th...» Click here for the full story.
Squid ink pasta with celery-tomato essence
Posted On: 9/25/14
Written By: Paul Suplee, CEC PCIII
There are times when something just strikes my fancy and today marked one of those spells. Walking through the kitchen after straightening out the walk-in, I remembered my days in Baltimore. I cooked in some good restaurants and one such place was the Polo Grill by Johns Hopkins University. The chef was very talented and the menu changed daily, a task that I personally would never undertake in an a la carte facility. We learned some great techniques at The Polo Grill and as I reminisced, I realized that I had not made squid ink pasta in years. Recalling that I now had the aforementioned cephalopod-goo on hand, it became a no-brainer. It was time to play. So, grabbing the 00 Flour and the squid ink, I headed for the nearest stand mixer. The flour is a special, finely ground product that lends itself well to pasta. If you make fresh pasta as much as I do, you will immediately tell the difference as the pasta from 00 flour will be tender and have a much smoother appearance. This flour ...» Click here for the full story.
Crabby pretzel, a salute to summer's end
Posted On: 9/4/14
Written By: Paul Suplee, PCIII
Maybe I'm getting old. I no longer feel the thrill of standing cheek by jowl with thousands of sweaty, sunburnt tourists in tribute to the end of summer; it just doesn't seem as much fun as it was in youth. Who knows? Perhaps it's just that I'm cranky thinking about the first day of school. Today is a stark reminder that the solar activity (heavy again this summer according to some meteorologists) is lending an eerie predictor to yet another brutal winter. While I love the snow, I can forego the negative-10 temperatures with ease. One bright note is that I am returning to school refreshed for the first time in my six years of teaching. Typically, I work full-time at the end of the school year in a side job in preparation for summer work. This year, however, it was decided that I would not pick up any side work. As such, I stayed at home, while not really getting much done. It was a nice break. And now that thin...» Click here for the full story.
Working with parmesan, mahi and pesto
Posted On: 8/28/14
Written By: Paul Suplee, CEC PCIII
There are times when we all just need a swift kick in the duff to get us off the couch, or out of wherever we may be in our head. One such moment for me was last weekend as I sat languishing my decision to not participate in an endurance run in Ocean City. The run was a fundraiser for Save-a-Limb Foundation, a group that utilizes cutting-edge breakthroughs to help people with limb deformities who may not be able to afford reconstructive surgery and physical therapy. Without these, often times the result is amputation. Our good friends have a child whose leg was significantly shorter than the other at birth. And here he is, a toddler, with more major surgeries under his belt than most of us will have in our lifetime. My family is inundated at present, so I dropped out of this run a while ago, only to sit on my decision. Finally, with less than five hours to go, I called some friends to see if I could still participate in the Custom GoRuck. But I must ...» Click here for the full story.
Garlic knots perfect way to start meal
Posted On: 8/14/14
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On the road with family this week for our mini-vacation, we stopped to get some lunch. Seeing a sign for New York Style Pizza, we knew we had to go. It was just the respite that we needed, and starting off with the garlic knots was the perfect way to bring everyone back from the hunger-fueled fighting that so often happens with kids in cramped quarters. Family vacations are still some of the greatest memories from my youth. I still remember the feeling of headed up to the Skyline Drive for our four-week summer hiatus in the back seat of the Polara station wagon; as the youngest three of eight children, we weren't given the option and only when someone vomited from the backwards motion were they granted passage to the middle seat or, god forbid, to the middle of the front seat between Mom and Dad. Oh, the memories. When Dad would get upset at our rambunctious behavior, we would be instructed to place our hands on the back of his seat. For hours.&nbs...» Click here for the full story.
Kale salad great summer menu addition
Posted On: 8/7/14
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My Assateague permit just expired and I just may have to get it renewed. There's something fantastic about a drive-on bonfire, dinner, the roar of the ocean and the ghost crabs. The squeals and squeaks of the children abound as they finally find the translucent little white beasts who in their retreat turn and make chase of their own. Instead, I sit at home and grab a bowl of kale salad, a new addition to my arsenal. Introduced to me by my sister-in-law, it is sweet, tart, crunchy, soft and just about everything in between. I was admittedly hesitant to try it; after all, how good could raw kale be? Quickly blanched in some salted water, the kale is cooled and then tossed with myriad fruits and vegetables and becomes a powerhouse; a high-anit-oxidant snack and side dish. Perfect for the beach and the pool, this salad is fantastic. Paired with a Dream Machine IPL (yes, lager) from Rita's, it's a match made in heaven. Now, for those of you in the know, you underst...» Click here for the full story.
Dry-aged steak with bone marrow butter
Posted On: 7/31/14
Written By: Paul Suplee, CEC PCIII
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, or mayhap it was simply the season of plagiarism. The muddled thoughts of my mind make it difficult to discern what has been stolen and that which is unique. As it stands, I am wrestling with what could be the greatest culinary day of my life. The triumvirate of taste. The mêlée of meal-esque monsters. I am not in L.A.; I am not in New Orleans, that city about which I have written much on my culinary travels. No; I am in Kansas City. Strolling through the wily streets of Missouri during the ACF national convention, a friend of mine and I happed upon a butcher shop / bar with a façade reminiscent of Baltimore in the 80s. An old brick grocery store from 1898, it had all of the potential that most of us dreamers find existential. As my luck with finding great vit...» Click here for the full story.
Serving up summer strawberry shortcake
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If you've never been camping with an LED lantern before, we recommend trying it! An LED lantern transforms your campsite into a cozy, friendly place. Board games around the picnic table are just awkward with flashlights; add an LED lantern, however, and you have a perfect playing field. Really, any time spent in camp after dark will be better with an LED lantern around.
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A new law prohibits unlocking cell phones allowing them to be switched from one provider to another.
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The public will have an opportunity to learn and voice opinions on the proposed I-26 Median Safety Project this month, the South Carolina Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.
SCDOT scheduled a public hearing for Jan. 21 from 5 – 7 p.m. at Summerville High School, located at 1101 Boone Hill Road.
The meeting will discuss the highly controversial proposal to cut down all of the trees in the median of the 29.6-mile corridor of I-26 between mile markers 169, near the exit for I-95, and 199, near the exit for Summerville.
An abnormally large number of fatalities have occurred on the portion of highway, which prompted the proposals to cut the trees.
According to a presentation by SCDOT Director of Traffic Engineering Tony Sheppard, SCDOT performed a crash study from Jan. 2007 through Nov. 2011 on the corridor, during which time 1,934 automobile crashes were recorded. Of the crashes, 709 involved injuries and 44 were fatalities, which are unusually high numbers, he said. The statistics showed that 50 percent of the crashes involved cars driving off the roadway; twice as many hit the median rather than the right side of the road, both of which are lined with trees.
The study listed speeding, drunk driving and drowsy or distracted driving as the three main causes of the accidents.
According to the SCDOT press release, the meeting will be split into three segments: from 5 – 6 p.m. the public will be able to view displays of the project and have the opportunity to talk with project team members; at 6 p.m. SCDOT will give a formal presentation about the project; at the conclusion of the presentation the public will have an opportunity to formally comment.
Those wishing to speak must register to do so from 5 – 5:55 p.m. upon entering the meeting. The comments will be limited to two minutes, according to the press release.
The fate of the trees is in the hands of the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments, whose members will be making the final vote on the matter in late February.
The public input gathered from the hearing will be used to guide COG decision-making.
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Misool Eco Resort is built on the private island of Batbitim, located in remote southern Raja Ampat, nestled deep in an archipelago of uninhabited islands in Indonesia. An exclusive dive resort and conservation center, this tropical hideaway is fringed with powder-white beaches and pristine coral reefs. With a maximum capacity of just 32 guests and a staff-to-guest ratio of 3 to 1, the resort offers exclusive luxury diving holidays, surrounded by the world's richest reefs. The resort island is leased from the local community, along with 1,120 square meters of surrounding reefs.
All of the resort facilities are built of reclaimed tropical hardwoods; no trees were cut down to build the resort. The main resort area is inside a placid horseshoe-shaped lagoon. There are eight Water Cottages built on stilts over the water, each with a hammock integrated into the veranda and steps leading down into the sea. There are also several Deluxe Villas for those who prefer a more exclusive experience. Accommodations have been meticulously designed for comfort, privacy, and sustainability, featuring Balinese-style open air bathrooms, air-conditioning, fresh hot and cold showers, mini-bars, in-room safes, and handcrafted furniture and fittings.
The resorts Dive Centre is fitted with a massive camera and equipment area, adjoining a comfortable lounge. The restaurant is tucked under the palm trees on the lagoon's beach, offering a tasty combination of Asian and Western fare. The airy, round-roofed structure is tucked under the coconut palms, offering a perfect respite from the mid-day heat. The restaurant's terrace is the ideal place to enjoy a sunset cocktail or a bottle of wine while watching the baby sharks and long-toms hunt schools of circling sardines.
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Dec 23 2007
Caramel Apple Pie
Okay, we've made the crust and finished our Christmas shopping, and now it's time to make the pie! I have lots of pies to share with you in the future, but among my very favorites is this absolutely delicious apple pie, adapted from a recipe given to me several years ago by a [...]
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Sep 29 2011
Chicken Bacon Ranch Panini
I'd been making panini for my cookbook (I have one more day of cooking left; hurray and burp) and wound up with a bunch of leftover ingredients at the end of the day. I needed to fix a quick dinner for the kids, so I scanned the kitchen for the ingredients that hold the most broad [...]
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Jan 26 2015
Chicken Nachos
It's Super Bowl week, and you know what that means: NACHOS! I mean, come on. It really is all about the nachos. (Don't tell the Seahawks and Patriots I said that.) Here's the step-by-step recipe for the luscious Chicken Nachos I made on Saturday's football-centric [...]
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Oct 19 2009
Chicken Parmigiana
This is one of the go-to dishes I make for my family of six. Rich, flavorful, and totally satisfying, we all love it, including my big, strapping cowboy of a husband. And that's a very, very good thing. Break out the good Parmesan for this one, my friends. It's the right thing [...]
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Sep 10 2014
Chicken Quesadillas
Chicken Quesadillas are absolutely a go-to recipe in our household, but while I've made them on my show (and have posted different variations of quesadillas here through the years), I just realized yesterday that I've never posted the recipe! I'm organized and on top of [...]
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Jun 02 2007
Chicken Spaghetti
This really is a fabulous casserole, and the only one in existence that Marlboro Man, our cowboys, and my children will eat. It's officially called Chicken Spaghetti, but because of my addition of Cayenne Pepper, Marlboro Man took to calling it "Mexican Chicken," which [...]
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Chipotle Chicken Chili
I'll be on The Chew today, and I wanted to share the recipe I'll be cooking since it's one of my favorites from my new cookbook (here's a peek if you'd like to look inside!) It's Chipotle Chicken Chili, and it's exactly what the title says: Chicken [...]
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Chipotle Steak Salad
I have a problem with steak salads: I love them, which isn't actually a problem at all, unless you call a complete inability to stop eating something until not a trace remains a problem. Which I do, and which I have. But I already said that. Could you repeat that, Ree? Sorry. Talking [...]
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Chocolate Pie
Whenever my husband, the strapping stallion I call Marlboro Man, imagines chocolate pie—and I imagine that he imagines it frequently, because it's one of his favorite desserts—he doesn't think of French Silk Pie or Chocolate Chiffon Pie or Chocolate Chess Pie or any [...]
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Cinnamon Rolls 101
Hey! I have a great idea. Why not start a holiday tradition of delivering these delicious cinnamon rolls to your friends and cohorts? Growing up, my mom always made them for her good friends at Christmastime, and you could literally hear the primal groans of pure joy rising from the [...]
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Cinnamon Toast the Right Way
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Cowboy Breakfast Sandwiches
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Cowboy Nachos
I love finding inventive ways to use leftovers, and since my brisket recipe makes so much dadgum meat, I'm always looking for ways to stretch it out and use every last morsel. These meaty, stick-to-your-ribs nachos are perfect for leftover brisket, and they're so much more [...]
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Jun 27 2013
Cowboy Quiche
"Real cowboys eat quiche." —Aristotle Oh, do I love this quiche. I included it in my second cookbook and is similar to the quiche I posted here back in the dark ages of 2009, but without the gnarly mushrooms, and with cheddar instead of Swiss. Swiss cheese and mushrooms [...]
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5th Annual CAF Gasshuku at CA
Capital Aikikai will once again host the CAF Gasshuku. Please click for a downloadable PDF flyer (includes schedule and maps). web link
Friendship Seminar with Cozzi Sensei at CA
Fiordineve Cozzi Sensei, 6th Dan and chief instructor for the Scalea, Lauria, and Padova dojo in southern Italy, will teach a weekend seminar at Capital Aikikai. Details forthcoming at the Capital Aikikai website. web link
One Aikido Seminar w/ Takeguchi Shihan & Peterson Sensei
Potomac Aikikai will be hosting their 3rd annual friendship seminar with guest instructors, Clyde Takeguchi Shihan and Alex Peterson Sensei. Watch for details at the Potomac Aikikai website. web link
"Aikido on the Beach" with Spruell Sensei
Western Maryland Aikikai will hold its annual "Aikido on the Beach" seminar with guest instructor Blue Spruell Sensei of Peachtree Aikikai, Atlanta. Details forthcoming at the Western Maryland Aikikai website. web link
Takeguchi Shihan at New Delhi Aikido Dojo
Takeguchi Shihan will instruct at the New Delhi Aikido Dojo, in New Delhi, India. Please contact the dojo via their web site contact form. web link
Our member dojo compose a diverse group, from across the United States:
CAF ranks are recognized by Aikikai Hombu dojo and the International Aikido Federation.
The Japanese word Aikido is written with three characters which translate as "the way of spiritual harmony." Aikido is a budo or "martial way," evolved in the tradition of Japanese warrior arts, yet has a unique approach to self defense. Aikido is more than a martial science of strategy and tactics, it is a discipline for training the mind and spirit.
Aikido was developed by Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969), known to Aikido students as O Sensei (Great Teacher). As a young man, he overcame debilitating childhood illnesses through martial arts practice, eventually becoming a master of the sword, the staff, the spear, and the art of ju-jitsu. O Sensei also held strong Shinto religious convictions concerning the ultimate futility of conflict and the illusory character of victory based on strength. This internal contradiction, which drove O Sensei to adopt a life of austerity and rigorous training, was resolved through an enlightenment experience which led to the development of Aikido, a martial art influenced by a philosophy of universal harmony.
Properly executed, some techniques are spectacular, sending the opponent flying through the air. Others are more subtle: small deft movements that immobilize the aggressor. Both results are achieved not through the use of brute strength, but by blending and neutralizing the attack, followed by circular and flowing techniques to unsettle the opponent, and completing the movement with a throw or immobilization. Because great strength is not required, Aikido can be practiced by men and women of all ages.
Most practice is done with a partner: each working at his or her own level of ability, alternating as uke (the attacker) and nage (the one who is attacked). Both roles are stressed; each contributes skills that enhance overall sensitivity and control.
Wooden practice weapons — a sword (bokken), staff (jo) and knife (tanto) — are sometimes used in aikido training, not to understand how to use the weapon, but to better understand the techniques and movements of aikido itself.
Students train to neutralize the energy of the opponent's attack and to redirect and focus it into techniques of martial efficiency and power. At the same time, the student can use the same philosophy to deal with stress and conflict in daily life, and learn to remain calm under all conditions.
In Aikido, such an integrated person is said to be "centered." A centered person displays a confident and relaxed posture, and centering gives Aikido movements their appearance of grace and simple elegance. Thus, Aikido training helps a student to become calm and centered and enables the student to deal with stress and aggression in an efficient and decisive manner on the mat, at home, at school, or at work.
Our fifth annual summer camp will be held on the weekend of August 7-9, at Capital Aikikai, in Silver Spring, MD. Please come join us for a weekend of practice and fellowship.
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July 29, 2015
Tomorrow A&M's Board of Regents will meet to discuss the last step A&M has to take in order to go to the Southeastern Conference.
Texas A&M will compete in the SEC next season, but there's still some legal ties they have to the Big 12 Conference.
The university has to buyout of their contract with the Big 12.
According to A&M's Board of Regents site, the group will meet Monday by phone to consider authorization for the president of Texas A&M University President R. Bowen Loftin to negotiate and execute a settlement agreement with the Big 12 Conference and its members.
According to the Big 12 Bylaws, the school would have to relinquish at least 90 % of its conference revenue payout to the Big 12.
Texas A&M is officially exiting the Big 12 and entering the SEC beginning on July 1st.
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2 suspects in Poway area burglary series arrested
Residents still on edge as burglaries continue
SAN DIEGO - Two men were arrested in connection with a series of home burglaries in the Poway area, authorities announced Wednesday.
According to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, 24-year-old Stephen Black and 45-year-old Richard Thomason were arrested in late July and are accused in a burglary spree that began in May.
Sheriff's Det. Sgt. Chad Boudreau told 10News, "We did have a residential series toward the end of May to July; seven here in the city of Poway and San Diego Police Department had a few, but it was a daytime residential series where a couple of men were breaking into houses, stealing jewelry and electronics."
Authorities said the men may have also burglarized homes in Rancho Bernardo, Scripps Ranch, Rancho Penasquitos and Mira Mesa.
Resident Derek McGee told 10News, "There's been three (burglaries); my next-door neighbor and the lady next door in the last two weeks. We had a break-in around the corner about two months ago; that's when it started."
Resident Patricia Helsing was upstairs in her home when she was victimized.
"Someone came in. Our garage door was half open, someone came in under the garage door, stole a check, my iPads, my docking station and left," Helsing said.
"I'm pretty concerned, [I've] got little kids here in kindergarten and I don't have a dog, so very concerned," said McGee.
Helsing added, "We don't keep our garage door open anymore, not even halfway. In this heat, we keep it closed completely."


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Join Nick, the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation, and community members at the grand opening of the new Oregon Rail Heritage Center this Saturday at noon.
At last, the historic SP 4449, SP&S 700 and OR&N 197 locomotives now have a place to call home thanks to the collective efforts of ORHF, hundreds of volunteers, and over 1,000 generous donors.
The Eastside Streetcar will be free for its inauguration on Saturday and Sunday. For additional information go to Portland Streetcar.
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Oil rises as fiscal cliff talks resume
NEW YORK (AP) The price of oil rose Friday as legislators began postelection talks on how to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, and a report showed Americans view of the economy is improving.
Benchmark crude rose 98 cents to finish at $86.07 a barrel.
President Barack Obama said he invited congressional leaders of both parties to the White House next week to start negotiations on backing away from the fiscal cliff of tax increases and automatic spending cuts that would take effect in January. Republicans and Democrats agree that could cripple the economy and reverse the fragile recovery from the Great Recession.
Obama repeated his promise to reject any approach to deficit reduction that doesnt tap the wealthy to pay more in taxes. Republicans still say that raising tax rates on rich Americans is a deal-killer.
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Relief at the pump is helping. The nationwide average for regular gasoline fell to $3.456 a gallon, the lowest since July 21, according to AAA, Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service.
Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, rose $2.15 to end at $109.40 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
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Heating oil rose 5 cents to finish at $3.01 a gallon.
Wholesale gasoline rose 9 cents to end at $2.70 a gallon.
Natural gas slipped 11 cents to finish at $3.50 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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