2022 IMLD: Celebrating International Mother Language Day through Turkish & Turkic Languages
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11:45-12:00PM (EST) ENTRY to ALL Registrants
Language: Bilingual Session-1 #Turkish Session-2 #English #IMLD2022
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TENTATIVE PROGRAM
First Session – in Turkish | Türkçe – 1. Bölüm
(1 hour 15minutes)
Celebrating International Mother Language Day through Turkish
Opening Music byAKM Çocuk Korosu, Atatürk Çocukları Şarkısı, ATAMLA (Video: 3:11 min.)
Can Gözümoğulları, Eda Algür, Selin Ayşe Müdar and Kezban Aslan
Welcoming Remarks by
Mr. MAZLUM KOŞMA
President, Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA)
Introduction by
Ms. BİRCAN ÜNVER
Founder-President of The Light Millennium (LMGlobal)
Keynote Speaker
Ms. GÜLGÛN FEYMAN
Anchorwoman, Presenter, Writer, Diction Instructor
A surprise short Video to illustrate the Scope of the Digital Environment (~1.5 dk.)
Presentations by
Turkish Women’s League of America (TWLA) and
New York Atatürk School
Introductions by
Ms. Sermin Özçilingir, President, TWLA
Ayça Ergisi, Principal, NY Atatürk School (Video)
Mar Deniz Gömez-Koldemir, Alumna, NY Atatürk School (2018)
Efe Yenigün, Alumna, NY Atatürk School (2015)
Association of Turkish Americans of Southern California (ATASC)
Introduction by Nilay Senel-Nylund, President, (ATASC)
ATASC-San Diego Turkish School
Introduction by Ms. Didem Brott, President, ATASC-SD Turkish School
Reading performances by
Emre Brott, “Andımız“,
Duru Kıncal, “Selected quotes by Atatürk,
Derin Balcı and Ege Balcı “Why we should speak Turkish“;
Mert Arslan, Nazım Hikmet’s poem “Davet“;
Reyhan Sıdal Atatürk’s “Nutuk for Children; The speech of Atatürk for children“;
Anka Engin, “Learning Turkish language on a digital platform” and
Psychologist Gökçe Boz, “What does it feel like to be a graduate of Turkish School?“.
Empowering the Turkish American Community (ETAC-USA)
Presentations by
Ayla Sönmez Birer, ETAC Çocuk Kulübü üyesi (video 2 dk.12sn)
Atlas Yurdutemiz,ETAC Çocuk Kulübü üyesi (video 1dk.35sn)
Yağmur Yazıcı, ETAC Çocuk Kulübü üyesi (video 1dk.3sn)
Tutku Birik, “Selam” Poem by Ahmet Muhip Dranas, Student at ETAC Children’s Club
Turkish American Cultural Alliance (TACA)
Atatürk Elementary School
Introduction by Vildan Görener, President, TACA
Atatürk Okulu tanıtım – Ceren Cevher Rodriguez (1-1.5 dk)
Atatürk Okulu öğrencileri – Şiir okuma – “Mustafa Kemal’i Düşünüyorum”
Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan – Liyah ve Leila Taylor (1dk)
Video: Atatürk Okulu anasınıfı öğrencileri (1dk)
Turkish American Repertory Theater & Entertainment (TARTE)
Introduction by Ayşe Eldek, Founder/Artistic Director, TARTE
Turkish poems:
“Sessiz Gemi”, Yahya Kemal Beyatlıcited by Ayşe Eldek
“Gidisini Anlatıyorum”, Rıfat Ilgaz cited by Ezgi Cohen
“Tepeden”, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı cited by Feryal Kilisli
Special Project Chapter – Atatürk Memorials Chapter (ATAMLA)
Introduction by Vega Sankur, President, ATAMLA
Turkish Poem “Daha Güzel Bir Dünya” Rıfkı Kaymaz cited bySelin Ayşe Müdar
Moderator & Closing Remarks
Bİrcan Ünver
Founder-President of The Light Millennium,
Charitable Global Human Advancement Organization
END OF FIRST SESSION
Second Session (In English)
(1 hour 15minutes)
Video: Transition to the 2nd Session – A TRT Production from 1987 | (3.27min)
Video (If time permits): Dr. Eda Algür, Alumna, New York Atatürk School
Learning Turkish and Turkic Languages on Digital Environment
in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator
Professor Sibel Erol
Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
New York University
Keynote Speaker
Feride Hatiboğlu, PhD
President of the American Association of
Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT)
Panelists
Professor Timur Kocaoğlu
Professor of International Relations at
James Madison College, Michigan State University
Müge Satar, PhD
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL,
Newcastle University, UK
Güliz Kuruoğlu, PhD
Turkic Languages and linguistics
[Retired] Lecturer, UCLA
Interactive Session
Closing Remarks
Thank Yous…
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INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY #IMLD2022 #UNESCO
The theme of the 2022 International Mother Language Day is by UNESCO, “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities”, encourages to explore the potential role of technology to advance multilingual education and support the development of quality teaching and learning for all.
The first session of the webinar will celebrate the Turkish mother language with renowned Turkish Anchorwoman, Presenter, Writer, Diction Instructor Gülgûn Feyman along with several Turkish-American Weekend-Elementary Schools from New York City to Chicago and to San Diego through short presentations by the contributing organizations, schools, students, alumni and performers both as live and via video.
The second session will be in English language. Its theme is adapted by UNESCO’s 2022 Theme for the IMLD as it is indicated in the prior paragraph into the following titled, “Learning Turkish and Turkic Languages on Digital Environment in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities.”
This session will be an academic panel discussion, which will explore on the UNESCO’s laid out theme and on the following two points:
- Enhancing the role of teachers in the promotion of quality multilingual teaching and learning in correlation with teaching Turkish and Turkic Languages in the United States
- Reflecting on technologies and its potential to support multilingual teaching and learning along with presented challenges.
Background: On 17 November 1999, under the leadership of Bangladesh, 21 February was recognized as the International Mother Language Day by the United Nations (UN) Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote cultural diversity and multilingualism, and the right to education in mother tongue and mother tongue has been guaranteed.
[In Turkish]
ULUSLARARASI ANA DİL GÜNÜNÜN TEMASI #IMLD2022 #UNESCO
UNESCO tarafından 2022 Uluslararası Anadili Günü’nün teması olan “Çokdilli öğrenme için teknolojiyi kullanmak: Zorluklar ve fırsatlar”, teknolojinin çok dilli eğitimi ilerletmedeki potansiyel rolünü tartışmaya ve herkes için kaliteli öğretim ve öğrenimin gelişimini desteklemeye teşvik ediyor.
Sanal oturumun ilk bölümü Türkçe ana dilinde sunulacak. Bu bölümde ünlü Türk Haber Spikeri, Sunucu, Yazar, Diksiyon Eğitmeni Gülgûn Feyman ile birlikte olacağız. Aynı zamanda, New York Şehri’nden Şikago’ya ve San Diego’ya kadar Amerika’nın doğusundan–batısına uzanan birçok Türk-Amerikan Hafta sonu-İlköğretim Okullarının öğrencileri, mezunları ve sanatçılar tarafından okunacak şiirler ve kısa seçkiler ile hem canlı hem de video sunumlarıyla Türkçe anadili Amerika’da kutlanacaktır. Aynı zamanda, bu oturuma katkıda bulunan kuruluşların temsilcileri de kısa sunumlar yapacak.
İkinci oturum ise İngilizce akademik bir panel formatında olacaktır. Teması ise UNESCO’nun 2022 IMLD Teması tarafından bir yukarıdaki ilk paragrafta belirtildiği gibi Türkçe ve Türk dilleri çerçevesine uyarlanmıştır: “Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nde Dijital Ortamda Türkçe ve Türk Dillerini Öğrenmek: Zorluklar ve Fırsatlar” Bu oturum, UNESCO’nun tanımlamış olduğu tema kapsamında, aşağıdaki iki noktaya odaklanacaktır:
• Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nde Türkçe ve Türk Dilleri öğretimi ile bağlantılı olarak üniversitelerde ki durum ile kaliteli çok dilli öğretim ve öğrenimin teşvik edilmesinde öğretmenlerin rolünün arttırılması;
• Sunulan zorluklarla birlikte çok dilli öğretim ve öğrenimi destekleme potansiyeli ve teknolojileri üzerine farklı üniversitelerden (Amerika ve İngiltere) katılacak akademisyenlerin tecrübeleri, durum değerlendirmesi ve zorluklara karşı önerileri.
Tarihçesi: 17 Kasım 1999’da, Bangladeş’in öncülüğünde, Birleşmiş Milletler (BM) Eğitim, Bilim ve Kültür Örgütü (UNESCO) tarafından kültürel çeşitliliği ve çok dilliliği desteklemek amacıyla 21 Şubat günü, Uluslararası Anadili Günü olarak kabul edilmiştir. Bu çerçevede, anadili ve anadilinde eğitim hakkı güvence altına alınmıştır.
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BOOKLET with the Short Bios of the SPEAKERS along with the Core & Contributing Organizations’ Brief Profiles
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