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SALPAT Volume 1 (2008) is Now Online
SALRC is pleased to announce the publication of South Asia Language Pedagogy and Technology (SALPAT) Volume 1 (2008) "Teaching and Learning Heritage Languages of South Asia" Guest Edited by Vijay Gambhir. http://salpat.uchicago.edu This journal is peer-refereed, and its Editorial Board is comprised of experts in South Asian and other languages and in fields as diverse as technology, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, theoretical linguistics, and heritage language issues. The journal is currently accepting submissions for its next issue, "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Language Technology," edited by Sean Pue and Steven Thorne.
SALRC Recommended Summer Workshops 2008
SALRC has recently compiled an introductory listing of summer workshops relating to language pedagogy and technology. These summer workshops are hosted in various sites around the United States by Language Resource Centers, National Resource Centers, and universities. SALRC encourages South Asia language faculty and advanced graduate students to take advantage of these workshops as they can be invaluable forums for methodology discussion, pedagogy enhancement, and interpersonal connections with other linguists and South Asia specialists.
SALRC Blog now online
The SALRC is pleased to announce the creation of the SALRC Blog. This web resource is a medium for releasing announcements and information relevant to teaching and research on South Asian languages. The blog contains current postings in the following categories and is updated daily: Calls for Papers, Conferences, Job Listings, Language Study Programs, and Travel Grants. The content of the blog will continue to expand into other areas of pedagogy and technology. The blog also contains an RSS feed which can be subscribed to as a supplement to our existing listservs.
Travel Grants Available
SALRC has a limited number of travel grants available to advanced graduate students and non-tenured faculty in South Asian languages whose papers are accepted for presentation at the following upcoming conference: MLA Division on Applied Linguistics, Program sessions, MLA, San Francisco, December 2008. Please see the announcement listed under Travel Grants on the SALRC blog for more information.
SALRC Grant Awards are now searchable online.
Our Awards page containing information on grants for materials development given out by SALRC in the last four years is now a database searchable by language.
United Nations General Assembly Proclaims 2008 International Year of Languages
At the 61st session of the UN General Assembly, the Assembly, recognizing that genuine multilingualism promotes unity in diversity and international understanding, proclaimed 2008 the International Year of Languages.
SALRC Recommended Fonts
As a resource for language teaching faculty, students, and SALRC-affiliated software developers, the SALRC is assembling a collection of fonts that we believe are best suited for displaying South Asian languages on the computer screen. This site provides practical information about these fonts, including text samples, how and where to get them, and how to install and use them on your computer.
