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German-Texan Heritage Society Meeting and Activities ...how to join?    http://www.gths.net/ email : Annual Meeting: Houston, Texas August 23-24, 2008 GTHS SPONSORING Adult German classes For info click here	AATG/ACTFL Conference Orlando Florida November, 2008 www.actfl.org
Texas Foreign Language Association Conference Dates Fall 2008 TFLA Fall 2008 Conference in Houston, October 16-19 at the Wyndham Greenspoint Hotel. Registration for the conference will begin at this site on August 15, 2008. Call for Presentations: If you would like to submit a proposal for a session or workshop, please use the following form.Deadine is June 1. Call for Session and Workshop Proposals MSWord format PDF format *************** Spring 2009 waiting for info http://www.tfla.info/	Chapter Meetings The Annual Chapter meeting is nearly always on the second Saturday in September. Fall South Texas Chapter Meeting, 2008 WHEN: Saturday, September 13 WHERE:St. Edward’s University, Austin WHAT: Topics for Morning and Afternoon are: Morning: Technology in the German classroom, led by Jason Reichert, German teacher, Pflugerville High School (2 1/2 hours) "Nur in Texas", A digital slide show about the Texas State German Contests, with handouts and question/answer time. Mary El-Beheri, Director, TSGC,INC and Sandi Mays, Tafollas Middle School (30 minutes) LUNCH Afternoon: Multiculturalismus in Deutschland, led by Michael Hoefig, Fachberater, Goethe- Institut, Atlanta (2 hours) South Texas Chapter Business Meeting (30 minutes)
Kudos to Members South Texas Chapter President, NELLA SPURLIN, was named 2008 TFLA Foreign Language Teacher of the Year. ************************************* University Member Publications UT, Austin Katherine Arens and Janet Swaffar "Remapping the foreign language curriculum : an approach through multiple literacies" PUBLISHED: New York : Modern Language Association of America, c2005. **** Sabine Hake published a German version of her film hisotry book last year Hake, Sabine, 1956- /" German national cinema. German. / Film in Deutschland : Geschichte und Geschichten seit 1895." / Deutsche Erstausg. / Reinbek bei Hamburg / 2004 **** Christopher Wickham, UTSA "Erzählter Wald: Notizen zur frühen Erzählkunst von Emerenz Meier" in Albrecht Greule, Rupert Hochholzer and Alfred Wildfeuer, eds., Die bairische Sprache. Studien zu ihrer Geographie, Grammatik, Lexik und Pragmatik. Festschrift Ludwig Zehetner, (Regensburg: Edition Vulpes, 2004), pp. 201-212. "Auf den Punkt gebracht: Überlegungen zum Verhältnis Dialekt—Literatur" in Ludwig Zehetner, Alfred Wildfeuer and Uli Kanz, eds., Dialekt • Literatur. Zweites Kirchdorfer Symposium zur Dialektologie, (Regensburg: Edition Vulpes, 2006), forthcoming .	Honored Retirees What are they doing now? Jackie Hastay (retired, LBJ) has a travel agency and helps organize many of the GAPP trips in Texas. ************************** High School Teacher HEROES at the University Level UT, Austin Faculty and Staff for their continued support of the TEXAS STATE GERMAN CONTEST: Onsite Director Kit Belgum; Onsite, Asst.Director Zsuzsi Abrams; Administrative Asst Jamie Bowman; Staff Contact Maria Pineda; Assistant, Staff Contact Laura Braun. UTSA for hosting Sprachfest for nearly 20 years. Christopher Wickham is the man who does it alone with a lot of help from students and staff. WE are so grateful for your outreach!!! ****************************************