Le Anne Spino and Karen de Bruin discuss the Proficiency Initiative at the University of Rhode Island and its impact on students and the curriculum. #cambur #lekker Referenced sources: https://www.aacu.org/liberaleducation/2019/summer-fall/reynolds https://blog.languagetesting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Increasing-Graduates-Employability-Spino-and-de-Bruin-TLE-Summer-2020.pdf Language Majors on offer at URI: Chinese French German Italian Spanish Global Languages & Area Studies (tracks in...
Mar 10, 2021•36 min•Ep. 114
Jennifer Bokaer-Smith, Bianca Lewis, and Ariana Croese from Cornell’s Learning Strategies Center discuss their growing language tutoring program and its value to the Cornell community. #avanza #mi alma #mi schiallo
Mar 03, 2021•29 min•Ep. 113
Dustin Crowther discusses the ins and outs of intelligibility when speaking a second language, and how it relates to fluency. #genki #元気 #sumimasen #すみません
Feb 24, 2021•26 min•Ep. 112
Kelly Moore, PhD candidate in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell, describes her process of integrating the target language more deeply into her beginner-level language courses, both in person and online. #negocio
Feb 17, 2021•23 min•Ep. 111
Rachel Beatty Riedl, the new director of Cornell's Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, illuminates the Center's new Migrations Initiative, as well as her investigations as a scholar and podcast host into life and politics on the African continent. Listen to Rachel's podcast, Ufahamu Africa, at https://ufahamuafrica.com . #jamm
Dec 16, 2020•18 min•Ep. 110
Sergio Pedro joins us from Ithaca College to discuss some of his favorite language-related topics from pronunciation to Miguel Cervantes, as well as his "other life" as a musician in the Ithaca area. #barroco
Dec 09, 2020•24 min•Ep. 109
Heather Rowley joins us to discuss how studying Spanish, and her early inclination to teach, led her down a path toward migrant aid, social work, and immigration issues. #duende
Dec 02, 2020•15 min•Ep. 108
In honor of Thanksgiving, we asked language students at Cornell to thank their teachers for their hard work, particularly through the transition to remote learning in 2020. We share what a few of them had to say (in their target languages, of course). In order of appearance: Nandi Ndoro for Nandipa Sipengane, Zulu Alejna Gjakmani for Banu Ozer Griffin, Turkish Maxwell Wang for Zhihong Chen, Chinese Jerry Guo for Su George, Chinese Christine Sit for Yuanyuan Duan, Chinese Corinna You for Damien T...
Nov 25, 2020•4 min•Ep. 107
Gregory Green, curator of the John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia at the Cornell University Library, talks about his Android app, Study Lao , and the inspiration behind its creation. #ເງືອກ
Nov 18, 2020•17 min•Ep. 106
Christopher Hromalik follows up his talk, “Inclusive by Design: Universal Design for Learning and the World Language Classroom,” with a conversation about Universal Design for Learning and what it means for the language classroom. To watch Chris's talk and see his presentation slides, please visit our Speaker Series archive at https://lrc.cornell.edu/speaker-series . View a written transcript of this episode here. #family...
Nov 11, 2020•27 min•Ep. 105
Julio Rodríguez joins us to discuss AMPLIFY, a resource aggregator of professional learning experiences for world language education. #Gemütlichkeit #itdepends https://thelanguageflagship.tech/pl/
Nov 04, 2020•32 min•Ep. 104
David Forman talks all things Yiddish at Cornell, and shares some history of the language in New York and the United States in general. Join David for Yiddish Conversation Hour on Fridays from 12-1pm. אַן אַלרײַטניק# קענען זיך אין די שוואַתצע פּינטעלעך זײַן אַ קענער אין די שוואַרצע פּינטעלעך
Oct 28, 2020•23 min•Ep. 103
Steve Henhawk shares his mission to maintain and proliferate the language and culture of the Cayuga, or Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ, the indigenous people who first inhabited the land on which Cornell University now sits. #ohwęjí:yo:
Oct 21, 2020•14 min•Ep. 102
Kate Paesani joins us to follow up her talk, “Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Teacher Professional Development: From Research to Practice.” We’ll learn how educators can integrate multiliteracies into their curriculum. https://fllite.org/ https://newlearningonline.com/ https://carla.umn.edu/literacies/index.html #libellule #kindness...
Oct 14, 2020•25 min•Ep. 101
Melina Ivanchikova and Matt Ouellett, Center for Teaching Innovation Giulia Friso, Senior Research Associate, Plant Biology In our 100th episode, we dive into “Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom,” a Massive Open Online Course developed by Cornell’s Center for Teaching Innovation. Two of its creators, Melina Ivanchikova and Matt Ouellett, as well as contributing faculty member Giulia Friso, discuss the importance of incorporating diversity concepts into the teaching of any subject m...
Oct 07, 2020•37 min•Ep. 100
Daniel Gallagher, from Cornell’s Classics department, reflects on his decade of experience living and working as a Latin secretary in the Vatican, and shares the many benefits of learning to speak and converse in a language some may consider “dead.” #sapientia
Sep 30, 2020•35 min•Ep. 99
Professor Beth Lyon, Director of Cornell’s Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic, and Victor Flores, J.D. Candidate and Spanish instructor in our Languages Across the Curriculum Initiative, offer a look into Cornell’s Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic, and the different educational methods they utilize to create access to the American justice system for speakers of Spanish and Indigenous languages. #Vos #Ojalá
Sep 23, 2020•18 min•Ep. 98
Julio Torres joins us from the University of California, Irvine to enlighten us on how language instruction affects heritage speakers. Watch Julio's talk, presented at the Cornell LRC over Zoom, here . #couscous
Sep 16, 2020•25 min•Ep. 97
We kick off our first episode of season 6 with lessons learned over the summer. Sam and Angelika discuss building the LRC's Online Learning Community, and Cornell instructors Thierry Torea and Su George talk about their experiences in building community and engaging students online. #saucisson
Sep 09, 2020•13 min•Ep. 96
In the final episode of our Spring 2020 season, we speak with three Cornell language students about their transition into remote learning over the course of this semester: Jabari Gambrel (Wolof), JT Miller (Korean), and Skyeler McQueen (German). #hersugol #그냥 패스 #우리 #zanahorias
May 13, 2020•24 min•Ep. 95
Claire Ménard, Naomi Larson, and Munther Younes, lecturers of French, Japanese, and Arabic at Cornell University, share their experiences with the transition to remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. #samak #sharib #wunderbar #がんばろう
May 06, 2020•36 min•Ep. 94
Simon Zuberek, the Educational Technologist from the Language Resource Center at Columbia University, investigates the application of virtual, augmented, and extended reality for learning and teaching language and culture. #verschilmmbessern
Apr 29, 2020•25 min•Ep. 93
Director of the University of Wisconsin System Collaborative Language Program, Lauren Rosen, discusses the lessons, consequences, and potential in moving language instruction into a virtual space. #Gaztelugatxe
Apr 22, 2020•24 min•Ep. 92
Shannon Spasova, Technology Specialist in the Center for Language Teaching Advancement at Michigan State University and Assistant Professor of Russian, speaks with us about useful tools for teaching and learning language online. #очевидно
Apr 15, 2020•29 min•Ep. 91
David Ortega, Language Technology Specialist in the Center for Language Study at Yale University, discusses strategies for engaging learners remotely. #わびさび #侘寂
Apr 08, 2020•26 min•Ep. 90
As we continue our special focus on language teaching and learning strategies in a virtual space, we welcome Andrew Ross to our podcast. Dr. Ross is the director of the Language Center at Harvard University. He joins us to discuss the role of the language center supporting teachers and students in these times.
Apr 01, 2020•28 min•Ep. 89
In this episode, we are joined once again by our colleague Chris Kaiser, Program Manager for the Shared Course Initiative, a collaborative agreement among Columbia, Cornell, and Yale Universities to share instruction in the less commonly taught languages. Chris shares several philosophies and strategies for assessing students in a time of social distance.
Mar 25, 2020•33 min•Ep. 88
What it is, Speaking of Language listeners! As we're sure you can imagine, our usual schedule here at the Language Resource Center has been disrupted by the global COVID-19 pandemic. But fear not — we still plan to deliver weekly podcasts to you, both to maintain a sense of normalcy in an unusual time, and to keep you up to date on teaching and learning strategies for language in a virtual space, as we all do our best to flatten the curve through quarantine and social distance. For this week, th...
Mar 18, 2020•28 min•Ep. 87
Story/Lines: Visual Narratives in Japanese Pop Culture is a new exhibit at the Cornell library about the history of manga and its relevance in Japanese culture. We speak with exhibit curators Dan McKee, Karl Rozyn, and Aparna Ghosh about how the comic-book universe can be integrated into learning and teaching.
Mar 11, 2020•29 min•Ep. 86
Ali Moeller, Edith S. Greer Professor of Language Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, joins us on campus as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series to give a talk titled “Pathways to Language and Intercultural Proficiency.” She discusses how language learners can take on the role of cultural anthropologist for greater success and deeper engagement in the classroom and beyond.
Mar 04, 2020•27 min•Ep. 85
