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		<description><![CDATA[INTERLINK Language Centers and SIT Graduate Institute Three-year Teaching Fellowships June 21, 2010 – August 2013 INTERLINK Language Centers and SIT Graduate Institute are pleased to announce teaching fellowships for 2010-13.  Fellows enhance their teaching effectiveness through study in SIT’s MA in Teaching ESOL and employment at the Saudi INTERLINK Language Centers (SILC).  Fellowships consist [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matadmissions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1923525&amp;post=1841&amp;subd=matadmissions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you live near these places?  SIT representatives will be there!  If you are an alum, a prospective student, or a friend of SIT by your own definition, please come say hello! ______________ February Did you stop by and say hello at these events this week? 1st, Monday.  New York City:  Idealist.org Global Volunteering  Fair [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matadmissions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1923525&amp;post=1826&amp;subd=matadmissions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading, writing, speaking and listening are the four primary language skills.  They can be considered in several ways.  Here&#8217;s a common one: Expressive: speaking, writing.  A person can express themselves using language in these ways. Receptive: listening, reading.  A person receives someone else&#8217;s self-expression. The enhancing of these language skills occurs in classrooms, on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matadmissions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1923525&amp;post=1749&amp;subd=matadmissions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Trace Foundation announces a new scholarship!  Designed as in-service training for English teachers in Qinghai and Gansu provinces, the scholarship was created to increase individuals&#8217; capacities. To apply, please follow Trace Foundation application instructions.  Application deadline is March 15, 2010.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matadmissions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1923525&amp;post=1772&amp;subd=matadmissions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3 Ways to Visit SIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are some ways to deepen your knowledge of the SIT Graduate Institute this spring?  Mary Kay Sigda of the Admissions Office describes 3 ways, a campus open house, a virtual open house, and a personalized visit. O p e n   H o u s e Register for the next Open Houses in 2010 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matadmissions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1923525&amp;post=1760&amp;subd=matadmissions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first part of this series, student Ginna Allison reflects on the prevalence of English in the world.  In this second part, she considers various models of English as a lingua franca.  Currently, she is in Mexico for the winter where she is an interning teacher &#8212; checking her perceptions &#8212; at the ABC [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matadmissions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1923525&amp;post=1744&amp;subd=matadmissions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applying her Peace Corps experience at SIT, Akisha Pearman went on to be a US State Department English Language Fellow in Mozambique.  Here she reflects on her SIT experiences and presents a compelling, insider&#8217;s view of what it means to teach, to listen, and to change.  In this email interview, note how she uses her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matadmissions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1923525&amp;post=1777&amp;subd=matadmissions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post reviews Barbara Rupert&#8217;s article, &#8220;How to Write a Successful Proposal for the ACTFL Convention,&#8221; in The Language Educator (November 2009, vol. 4, issue 6).  Members of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages can access the article in context. Using experience as a guide, Ms Rupert describes the multiple stages of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matadmissions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1923525&amp;post=1746&amp;subd=matadmissions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you increase awareness without anyone standing right beside you and calling your attention to what is there?  How can you see what&#8217;s right in front of you, familiar and predictable, with a fresh perspective?  How can teachers grow and development themselves professionally?  How can students learn to create awareness for themselves?  Ask Wilma [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matadmissions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1923525&amp;post=1684&amp;subd=matadmissions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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