Owner Michele Anciaux Aoki brings an eclectic background ranging from a B.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Ph.D. in Slavic Linguistics to 20+ years of IT experience as a programmer, systems analyst, project manager, and web developer. In addition, Michele has spent the past decade representing the parent perspective in education reform efforts in Washington State, and from 1996-2000 she worked for the Washington State PTA as Parent Involvement Director. From 2004-5, she worked as Director of Educational Programs at the World Affairs Council. Michele is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and currently works with Key Consulting in Seattle as a senior project manager.
This website is intended to be a resource for sharing information from a variety of projects that Michele is involved with through her consulting with Anciaux International Communication and as a volunteer in the community.
Recent Presentations on Language Learning
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Washington Learns Languages: A Multilingual/Multicultural Future for
Our Students (PPT) at Washington State ASCD Conference in Spokane,
WA November 3, 2006.
Other Handouts:- LinguaFolia Jr.
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/linguafolio/junior/biography.pdf - OSPI > Voluntary World Language Standards
http://www.k12.wa.us/curriculuminstruct/socstudies/
WorldLanguages/voluntarystandards.aspx - Bilingual Students Do Better in Exams
http://education.independent.co.uk/news/article1943292.ece - Creating a Chinese Language Program: Resources
http://internationaledwa.org/chinese/workshop_resources.htm - International Public Schools in Seattle
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/multicultural/aoki%202.htm
- LinguaFolia Jr.
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Voluntary World Language
Standards Workshop
Issaquah School District, August 30, 2006
- Notes for Washington Learns
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Future of Early Language Learning in Washington
(PPT)
keynote presentation at WAFLT Regional Conference in Bellingham, March 18, 2006
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Models of Early Language Learning streaming video of presentation
at the
Early Language Learning Symposium at the University of Washington
November 11, 2005
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Presentation on Language Immersion (PPT) at John Stanford
International School for Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network on
October 27, 2005.
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Educating
World Citizens after 9/11 (PPT), presentation for Fulbright
Teacher Exchange Program, October 19, 2005
- Presentation on Language Immersion (PPT) at UW for visiting English teachers from Japan, September 6, 2005
Interviews
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Local Parents Fill Gap in World Language Programs
Interview with Ruby de Luna on KUOW March 6, 2006
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Interview with Liam Moriarty on KPLU
on Foreign Language
March 1, 2006
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Interview with Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network February, 2006
- Interview with Deborah Wang on KPLU about the importance of learning languages in the 21st Century September 12, 2005
Family Connections
My brother and sister-in-law Louis and Yari Anciaux live in Panama, where they run exciting eco-venture nature tours. Be sure to check out Panama Jet Boat Explorer!
My aunt Mary Stanton has recently published the memoirs of her mother, Edna Bruner Bulkley, entitled Siam Was Our Home. For order information, see the Siam Book Flyer (PDF opens in new window).