Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of joining the LAUD Symposium, a biennial linguistics event in Landau, Germany organized by Martin Pütz and colleagues at the University of Koblenz-Landau. Following past years’ topics that included intercultural pragmatics, cognitive psycholinguistics,…
Yale Hindi Debate 4/15/16
Teaching Distance Languages – CLS Brown Bag 3/31/16
Training online: to do or not to do!
The Center for Language Study at Yale has the crucial role of supporting language teaching faculty in ways that promote pedagogically sound as well as most relevant manners of language teaching/learning here at Yale. And in that effort the center…
CLS’ Shared Course Initiative mentioned in latest YAM Cover Story
In the current (March/April 2016) issue of the Yale Alumni Magazine, David Zax, YC ’06, covers how Yale is adapting to the ‘digital revolution’ in teaching and learning. The article, entitled “The digital evolution of teaching at Yale,” also briefly mentions…
NeMLA’s 47th Convention is Thursday to Sunday in Hartford, CT
NeMLA’s 47th Convention is happening this Thursday through Sunday in Hartford, CT. “The Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) is a scholarly organization for professionals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and other modern languages. With more than 2,000 members, NeMLA…