[MGSA-L] Modern Greek ACTFL SIG

[Neni Panourgia]

Dear Eva,

 From what I understand from your message there is some urgency for our signing the petition. But before we sign, and since you
sent the call through the MGSA List, would you take a couple of minutes to explain to us who are not familiar with the ACTFL how
this initiative and its goals as they are being laid out and articulated here, is different from what the Undergraduate Committee
of the MGSA has been doing and how it will promote the cause of teaching of Modern Greek as a Foreign Language? In other words,
can you address the concern that forming a Special Interest Group for Modern Greek at ACTFL runs the risk of splitting the efforts
already being made by the MGSA? Is this a legitimate concern? Or not? And why? Only someone who is intimately connected with the
teaching of language would be able to respond to that.

It would also be nice to know who else is involved in this initiative,so that we will get to know more people who teach Modern Greek
language who might not be members of the Association. In other words, it would be nice if efforts at promoting the teaching of Modern
Greek could be aggregated and, hopefully, coordinated.

Many thanks,

Neni


On 11/11/2010 3:46 PM, Roland Moore wrote:
>  From: Eva Prionas<eprionas at stanford.edu>
>
>  Dear friends and colleagues,
>
>  A few colleagues and I  have been working on establishing a Special Interest Group for Modern Greek at ACTFL [American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages].  For the SIG to be approved it is a requirement that we collect 100 signatures in support.  We are asking for your help.  There is no obligation for you to do anything or to participate in anything.   JUST GO TO THE URL BELOW FILL IN THE FORM AND SUBMIT.  Please remember to do this asap!  It takes only a minute.
>
>  GO TO:
>  http://www.actfl.org/i4a/forms/form.cfm?id=81
>
>
>  The mission of the Special Interest Group for GREEK,  under ACTFL, is:
>
>  ·         To establish and support the field of teaching Modern Greek language and culture.
>  ·         To provide a forum for members so that they can share common interests, ideas and concerns.
>  ·         To   establish and address needs and priorities for resources relevant to the field and those who represent it.
>  ·         To provide opportunities for individual and collective scholarly work in the field of teaching Modern Greek language and culture.
>  ·         To provide opportunities for training in  pedagogy, curricular innovation, uses of technologies, and language program design.
>  ·         To link, internationally, efforts of those who teach Modern Greek language and culture.
>
>
>  Your help is very much appreciated.
>  Best wishes
>
>  Eva
>
>
>  Eva Prionas, Ph.D.
>  Special Language Program
>  Modern Greek Language Culture and Literature
>  Building 240 Room 209
>  Stanford University
>  Stanford, CA 94305-2006
>  Tel: 650 725 1555
>  Email:eprionas at stanford.edu
>  http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SLP
>  _______________________________________________
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