Dr. Richard Kiely is a senior fellow in Cornell's Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, and, among many other things, stewards the design and implementation of the Engaged College Initiative. He discusses transformative learning theory, international community-engaged learning, and dissonance. Einhorn Center: https://einhorn.cornell.edu/ #häftigt #lagom #fika Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jDa2qCbN4xGltbXkf76lUDs9t2jKIbFnjb3pAMtPft8/edit?usp=sha...
Mar 29, 2023•31 min•Ep. 174
Margaret Ransdell-Green is a linguist who has been creating constructed languages, or ConLangs, since the late 1990s. Eric Barker, her husband, is a musician and composer. The two have collaborated on writing music and lyrics in the languages and styles of these fictional peoples. Margaret's ConLangs: http://www.aeniith.com/ Music video: https://youtu.be/dTp67Xqr2WU Language Creation Society (LCS): https://conlang.org/ Ana Lemma The songs heard in this episode were "Zhumzhu" and "Phatakap." #積ん読...
Mar 22, 2023•32 min•Ep. 173
Xiaoyan Li enlightens us on her role in developing an AI agent that helps enforce equal participation for native speakers and second language learners in online discussions. #tschüss Improving Non-Native Speakers' Participation with an Automatic Agent in Multilingual Groups - https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3567562 https://infosci.cornell.edu/ Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1adKq1yDCNWM6PZCKMzdxR6u6cGQaukLQhXtmB-Vt5PQ/edit?usp=sharing...
Mar 15, 2023•24 min•Ep. 172
Cory Duclos, Director of the Keck Center for Language Study at Colgate University and a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, joins Sam and Angelika this week. One of his current research projects is concerned with ethics of data gathering online. https://fltmag.com/interview-project-9-artificial-intelligence/ #moleque Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pEuGwXn5T7dS5SnlzbqXcbb0o6Vp28DZHeTsJR62XRg/edit?usp=sharing...
Mar 08, 2023•30 min•Ep. 171
Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant from the UK who works with a range of organizations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype, Microsoft, and The Guardian, who described him as an "MFL guru." Joe is no stranger to podcasting as co-host of his own, the #mfltwitterati, and we're excited to hear about his broad experience with language teaching and technology around the world. @JoeDale on Twitter https://mfltwitteratipodcast.com/ https://ppli.ie/resourc...
Mar 01, 2023•36 min•Ep. 170
Larisa Kasumagić- Kafedžić, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar Fellow at Cornell from the University of Sarajevo, explores how language instructors can embrace a pedagogy of peace, justice, and conflict resolution. https://peacehub.ba/ #居眠り Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/152KmTZB7aRUW45TMWOmA8eu0_WCTKXxLjIvu3MAZY7k/edit?usp=sharing...
Feb 22, 2023•36 min•Ep. 169
Claire Frances and Giovanni Zimotti of the University of Iowa discuss their research into ChatGPT, one of the recent artificial intelligence programs garnering attention in and out of academia. The pair recently published an article in FLTMAG about Chat GPT's potential impact on writing in language education. https://fltmag.com/chatgpt-second-language-writing/ www.giovannizimotti.com https://clcl.uiowa.edu/ #J’aiD’autresChatsÀFouetter #y’all Read a transcription of this episode here: https://doc...
Feb 15, 2023•23 min•Ep. 168
Alan van den Arend discusses how we can rethink approaches to translation and pedagogy to better connect with students. Correction: ALI was founded by Alex and Laura Hanson (not Harrison) https://classics.cornell.edu/alan-van-den-arend https://www.perusall.com #boterham Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZUrJnTjedNSwbnRovZ2Em3s7pMWv4UnyxRjVQ9t85tg/edit?usp=sharing...
Feb 08, 2023•22 min•Ep. 167
Katie Blake tells us how her Ph.D. in Linguistics from Cornell led to her work on Amazon’s Alexa AI, and takes us under the hood of the popular digital assistant. https://katherineblake.github.io #눈치 Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zdro1YqIRPty1Q-LCrSSiByKJvJBBS82TSMgeXYrfaY/edit?usp=sharing...
Feb 01, 2023•22 min•Ep. 166
Dr. Cori Crane closes out our season by diving deeper into her recent talk at the LRC on utilizing reflection for language and culture learning. http://www.coricrane.com/ #freudenfreude
Dec 07, 2022•28 min•Ep. 165
Sam and Angelika meet with Dr. Sam Tilsen, an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Cornell. He and his collaborator, Dr. James Sethna, were recently awarded one of the College of Arts and Sciences’ New Frontiers Grants for their research on dialects. https://conf.ling.cornell.edu/ #clique #fiddlesticks
Nov 30, 2022•40 min•Ep. 164
As another Thanksgiving break approaches, Language Resource Center staff and their colleagues reflect on who they are grateful for. In order of appearance: Sam Lupowitz, LRC Media Manager Angelika Kraemer, LRC Director Kelly Zeng Ho, LRC Student Assistant Emma Britton, LRC Learning Initiatives Coordinator Xue Shao, LRC Student Assistant Julia Felice, Engagement Specialist, Intergroup Dialogue Project at Cornell University Sebastian Young, LRC Student Assistant Angela Chen, LRC Student Assistant ...
Nov 23, 2022•4 min•Ep. 163
Dr. Claudia Holguín Mendoza gave a keynote as part of this year’s Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning Workshop on Language Pedagogy. Her talk discussed Antiracist Critical Literacy and Methodologies of the Oppressed for Language Education. She follows up on opportunities to reimagine language teaching with critical literacy and student support at the forefront. https://csll.ucr.edu/ https://pedagogiascriticas.ucr.edu/ #HogodolagadaCogodomogodoeguedestagadas...
Nov 16, 2022•27 min•Ep. 162
Julia de Aragón is a board member of the Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County (where Cornell University sits). She sits down with Sam and Angelika to describe the programs and resources this volunteer organization offers our local community. Facebook: Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County LCA Listserv: LCA-Ithaca@googlegroups.com Website: lca-of-tc.org #batata
Nov 09, 2022•19 min•Ep. 161
Dr. Peidong Sun of Cornell's history department discusses her course titled Fashion and Politics in Twentieth-Century China. She also shares details of her time studying in China and France, as well as her numerous upcoming book projects. #béton
Nov 02, 2022•27 min•Ep. 160
We are joined by Alexander Adrogué, Isabela Perez, and Frida Herrera, students from Cornell's Spanish for Heritage Speakers courses, as well as course coordinator and instructor Mary K Redmond. We'll hear about the students' experience and what they gained in terms of language and cultural skills and awareness. #choripan #espantapájaro #caca #macanudo
Oct 26, 2022•27 min•Ep. 159
Isabel Choinowski and Dennis Wegner, Ph.D. candidates in German Studies at Cornell, discuss avant-garde puppetry, gender-inclusive pronouns, Sprachcafé, and more. https://german.cornell.edu/isabel-choinowski https://german.cornell.edu/dennis-wegner #Kakerlake #ZackZack
Oct 19, 2022•22 min•Ep. 158
Bruno Shirley, a graduate student in the Department of Asian Studies here at Cornell, discusses his research into Buddhist intellectual histories of political thought and his accompanying study of Sinhala, Tamil, and other less commonly taught languages. #अम्बा #අඹ
Oct 12, 2022•21 min•Ep. 157
We meet with Thamora Fishel, Chencong Zhu, Irfan Asgani, and Maks Tkachuk, members of the team from FLIP, Cornell’s Foreign Language Introduction Program. They share the background of the organization and their plans for community outreach. https://einaudi.cornell.edu/ #စားပြီးပြီလား #Їжа #SudahMakanBelum? #你吃了吗？
Oct 05, 2022•24 min•Ep. 156
Dr. Stacey Johnson follows up on her talk (part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series) about problem-based models for language and culture instruction and describes the transformative power of the language classroom. https://problembasedculture.wordpress.com/blog/ #bra
Sep 28, 2022•39 min•Ep. 155
Amalia Skilton, a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Linguistics at Cornell University, discusses her research in the Ticuna language in Peru and what it can tell us about the nature of human communication. #[wa̰tɨmɨ̃]
Sep 21, 2022•20 min•Ep. 154
Luana Reis unpacks her recent talk for the monthly LRC Speaker Series, Black Feminist Poetics and Language Teaching. Luana discusses bringing poetry and social justice into the language classroom, and even shares some original poetry with us. @luanamoreirareis lreis@pitt.edu @ADDverse+poesia https://www.instagram.com/addversepoesia Download "Brazilian Women Poets in Translation," including Luana's work: https://editoravenas.minhalojanouol.com.br/raizes---brazilian-women-poets-in-translation/p ht...
Sep 14, 2022•32 min•Ep. 153
Sam and Angelika return from another summer break, ready to tackle burning questions about language classes and the students who take them – and even love them! #schmetterling
Sep 07, 2022•17 min•Ep. 152
In our final episode of the semester, we speak with Dr. Shyam Sharma, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at the State University of New York in Stony Brook. He gave a talk as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series on Transcending Monolingual Worldviews. We dive deeper into how to magnify the impact of knowledge in academia and society, as he shares ideas for rejecting a hegemony of English (or any state-imposed language) and embracing human c...
May 11, 2022•39 min•Ep. 151
Derina Samuel, Jody Gabler, Jayasri Srinivasan, Mila Veshcherevich, and Alice Wu from Cornell’s International Teaching Assistant Program tell us about the support services they offer to our international graduate student community. ITAP on the web: https://teaching.cornell.edu/graduate-students/ITAP #alcachofa #преподавательница #tiftuf #sisu #chongololo
May 04, 2022•32 min•Ep. 150
We meet Emma Britton, the new Learning Initiatives Coordinator at the Cornell University Language Resource Center, and discuss the hegemony of English as well as her experience learning Azerbaijani. #BuQarpızSancılandıranlardanımış
Apr 27, 2022•17 min•Ep. 149
Dr. Corrine Occhino joins us to follow up on her talk, “What Everyone Should Know about American Sign Language and American Deaf Culture.” We discuss language deprivation in Deaf children, the phenomenon of Deaf Gain, and how hearing folks can help make a more inclusive world for their Deaf community members. Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lh5TY8lUUEVrh4G8HLvCD2RA04cY1u4Dhfe37fuLrOI/edit?usp=sharing And see two of Corrine's favorite signs in ASL he...
Apr 20, 2022•35 min•Ep. 148
Aliou Gambrel (a senior) and Kevin Kwong (a graduate student) have spent the last few years learning languages in multiple modalities: in person with other students, connecting individually over Zoom, and through the hybrid video-linked classrooms of Cornell, Yale, and Columbia’s Shared Course Initiative. Here’s what they had to say about their varied experiences as language students. #elmagyaráz #bopp
Apr 13, 2022•28 min•Ep. 147
Morten Christiansen explains how language is like charades while discussing his new book, The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World. He also reassures us that we shouldn’t fear artificial intelligence taking over the world, or the field of poetry. The Language Game: https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/morten-h-christiansen/the-language-game/9781541674981/ Cognitive Science of Language Lab: https://csl-lab.psych.cornell.edu/ Twitter: @mh_christiansen #kamalåså...
Apr 06, 2022•36 min•Ep. 146
Krista Saleet gives us the rundown on the new David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement at Cornell and the programming and resources they offer. https://scl.cornell.edu/get-involved/public-service-center #ibashoom
Mar 30, 2022•17 min•Ep. 145
