Speaking of Language

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/  

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.

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

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/

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

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

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

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 Japanese, Arabic, and Classics) Minors:  Portuguese ASL Hebrew Russian

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

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