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Speaking of Language

Language Resource Center, Cornell Universitylrc.cornell.edu
Speaking of Language is a podcast recorded at the Language Resource Center at Cornell University. Each week, we explore a topic related to language pedagogy and second language acquisition.
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Episodes

S9E6 - Yarden Kedar - Bilingual Community-Based Language Pedagogy

Yarden Kedar, Israel Institute Visiting Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Cornell, follows up on his talk on bilingual community-based language pedagogy, and discusses an Arab-Jewish Language Café in Jerusalem. https://www.facebook.com/goodneighborsabutor/ Watch Yarden's talk here: https://youtu.be/enPf1z-mEsg #embaixada

Mar 23, 202223 minEp. 144

S9E5 - Cornell’s Global Hubs

We’re going global! We will talk about Cornell’s new collaborative Global Hubs with our colleagues Wendy Wolford, Rachel Beatty Riedl, Sebnem Ozkan, and Cindy Tarter. Partnerships exist with institutions in Australia, China, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, and Zambia. https://global.cornell.edu/global-hubs #chiunque #Naamanala #Tukupamoja #Çemişgezeklileştirebildiklerimizdensiniz...

Mar 09, 202230 minEp. 143

S9E4 - Alejandra Diemecke - The Music of La Llorona

Alejandra Diemecke tells us how her Mexican-American background and her musical family influenced the songs she performs on violin and vocals as La Llorona. #pumpernickel https://lalloronamusic.bandcamp.com/ https://theiliumworks.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/_lallorona_music La Llorona on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7wPJ4oWaD1oS4GKD5CvtbXt?si=1HvsqY4ERjKYmRC_nONGwQ This podcast includes excerpts of the songs “La Llorona” and “Wildwood” from the La Llorona EP Hedges....

Mar 02, 202224 minEp. 142

S9E3 - Christina Rocha - Inquiry-Based Language Learning

Christina Rocha joins us from the American Community Schools in Athens, Greece to follow up on her recent talk about inquiry-based language learning. #pamplemousse #papouli Watch Chistina's talk here: https://youtu.be/YfHkirMN6Ko Right Question Institute: https://rightquestion.org/ Curious Classes: https://curiousclasses.com

Feb 23, 202223 minEp. 141

S9E1 - Connecting Social Justice, Language, and Art

Emilia Illana Mahiques and Macarena Tejada López discuss how they synthesized language, migration, and human rights in their teaching, and the culminating project that highlighted the knowledge and creativity of their students. #bruschetta #melocotón Read about the student art exhibition : https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/01/course-art-exhibition-teaches-expression-about-social-justice...

Feb 09, 202231 minEp. 139

S8E13 - Brenda Schertz - ASL at Cornell Revisited

It’s time to wrap up 2021 by revisiting our December 2019 conversation with Cornell’s American Sign Language instructor, Brenda Schertz, with a revised interpretation! Visit our YouTube channel to watch and listen to the episode . https://youtu.be/TkrV5dke5fs

Dec 08, 20211 minEp. 138

S8E12 - Digital Storytelling in Global Education

We are joined by Lori Leonard, Amy Kuo Somchanhmavong, and Shorna Allred, members of the Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation’s Digital Storytelling Community of Practice. We learn about the podcasts, video stories, and other media projects they are utilizing in the classroom and the field. #加油 #boleh #dounia #perema Center for Teaching Innovation - Digital Storytelling Community of Practice Global Garbage - Trash Talk Global Citizenship and Sustainability Digital Stories...

Dec 01, 202131 minEp. 137

Thanksgiving 2021 Mini-Episode

This year, we'll hear a few words (and some music) from the Language Resource Center's late Technology Director, Dan Gaibel, who recorded himself discussing some of the perspective he gained from his battle with cancer. We hope it brings some light in a difficult time. #stillgrateful

Nov 24, 20213 minEp. 136

S8E11 - Mariame Sy - Critical Thinking in World Language Teaching

Mariame Sy, Lecturer in African Languages and the Director of the African Language Program at Columbia University, discusses the history of African language teaching in the United States and identifies opportunities for innovation in the language classroom. #muñëlënté

Nov 17, 202122 minEp. 135

S8E9 - Tom Pepinsky - Cornell‘s Southeast Asia Program

Tom Pepinsky, the new director of Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program, talks about his relationship to Indonesian language and culture, growing up in a rust belt town in the United States, and the ways in which the language you speak may or may not affect your view of the world. #penandatanganan

Nov 03, 202124 minEp. 133

S8E6 - Karen Lichtman - Acquisition vs. Learning in 2021

We are joined by Karen Lichtman, Associate Professor in Spanish Linguistics and Educator Licensure at Northern Illinois University. Dr. Lichtman follows up on her talk, “Acquisition vs Learning in 2021,” comparing and contrasting the implicit and the explicit in language instruction. #onomatopoeia

Oct 13, 202123 minEp. 130

S8E5 - Brandon Lanners & Gustavo Flores-Macías - International Student Inclusion

Cornell's Brandon Lanners, Executive Director of the Office of Global Learning, and Gustavo Flores-Macías, Associate Vice Provost for International Affairs, discuss how to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for international students. #pachanga #apapuchi https://global.cornell.edu/resources/teaching-international-students

Oct 06, 202136 minEp. 129

S8E4 - Jamie Rankin - Research-Based Strategies for Teaching and Learning L2 Vocabulary

Jamie Rankin is the Director of the Princeton Center for Language Study and co-director of the language program in the German Department at Princeton University. He follows up on his recent talk at Cornell, entitled "How Can I Learn All These Words?" Research-based strategies for teaching and learning L2 Vocabulary. #Eichhörnchen https://www.dddgerman.org/

Sep 29, 202124 minEp. 128

S8E3 - Jaelyn Millon - Cornell’s Language House

Jaelyn Millon is the new director of the Language House at Cornell. She fills us in on the big changes and goings-on at our favorite residential program. #AprovecharElMomento

Sep 22, 202120 minEp. 127

S7E14 - Florencia Henshaw - Aspirations for Post-Pandemic Language Teaching

We are joined by Florencia Henshaw, language educator, teacher trainer, program director, author, tech enthusiast, and social media trailblazer. She brings her energy for and expertise in online learning to our show. We discuss what we’ve learned about learning through the pandemic, and what wisdom we can take with us into post-pandemic language teaching. #circumlocution

May 19, 202126 minEp. 124

S7E13 - Eduardo Viana da Silva - Developing an Open and Inclusionary Language Textbook

We are joined by Eduardo Viana da Silva from the University of Washington, who will give a talk as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series this week on developing an open and inclusionary language textbook for Portuguese. He offers strategies for teachers interested in creating and sharing open materials. #janela https://uw.pressbooks.pub/batepapo/

May 12, 202123 minEp. 123

S7E12 - Fatema Sumar - Language Access and Equity

We share highlights from a webinar hosted by Cornell’s Translator Interpreter Program featuring our own Angelika Kraemer, as well as TIP's founder, Fatema Sumar. A 2001 Cornell graduate, Fatema is now the President Biden-appointed Vice President of the Department of Compact Operations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Fatema who now works in the Biden administration. The webinar was moderated by current TIP student leaders Tiffany Lam and Pearl Ngai, and was recorded by Matt Gorney....

May 05, 202122 minEp. 122

S7E11 - Cornell China Center

We speak with Ying Hua and Nina Chaopricha about the Cornell China Center and the events and opportunities afforded to students onsite in Beijing and on Cornell's campus. #加油 #Donaudampfschifffahrtskapitänskajüte #颖 https://chinacenter.cornell.edu/

Apr 28, 202130 minEp. 121

S7E10 - Bill VanPatten - Barriers to Innovation in Language Teaching

Bill VanPatten, the Diva of Second Language Acquisition, returns to Speaking of Language to chat about revolution and his recent talk for our monthly LRC Speaker Series, "Barriers to Innovation in Language Teaching. #monpetitchou Watch Dr. VanPatten's talk here.

Apr 21, 202130 minEp. 120

S7E9 - Nancy Martinsen - Mentoring and Supporting International Students

Nancy Martinsen of Cornell’s Asian and Asian American Center describes the joys and challenges of being an international student in the United States, and what we can do to support these students. #matapang A3C website Including International Students in Online Teaching @cornella3c @isu.cornell...

Apr 14, 202122 minEp. 119

S7E8 - Rebecca Roberts - Planet Word

We learn about the Planet Word Museum in Washington, D.C. and its innovative exhibits on the wonders of the English language, with its Curator of Programming, Rebecca Roberts. #serendipity https://planetwordmuseum.org/for-educators/

Apr 07, 202116 minEp. 118

S7E7 - Giulia Andreoni - Theater, Music, and Language Learning

Giulia Andreoni, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell University with a major concentration in Italian literature, suggests ways to incorporate music and drama into language teaching and learning. #sun

Mar 31, 202115 minEp. 117

S7E6 - Social Justice and the University Language Learner

Cassandra Glynn, Pamela Wesely, and Beth Wassell, authors of Words and Actions: Teaching Languages through the Lens of Social Justice, discuss how we can rethink and transform our teaching to better serve our students and our world. #rembobiner #tiquismiquis #gemütlich #schickimicki

Mar 24, 202128 minEp. 116

S7E5 - N‘Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba - Africana Studies and African Languages at Cornell

N‘Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba shares the lessons of three decades in Africana Studies at Cornell University. #ubuntu Global Comparative Education: Journal of WCCES – https://www.theworldcouncil.net/gce-editorial-team.html World Voices Nexus: the WCCES Chronicle – https://www.worldcces.org/ Find information on conversation hours for Cornell's African languages (Igbo, KiSwahili, and Yoruba) at https://lrc.cornell.edu/conversation-hours...

Mar 17, 202135 minEp. 115
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