When asking Google what a word cloud is, this definition appeared: A word could is an image composed of words used in a particular text or subject, in which the size of each word indicates its frequency or importance. I…
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Back in the Groove; day one after the break.
Back in the Groove.After a two – week break, going back to a language class is never easy. We have all been… Posted by The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Yale University on Monday, March 26, 2018
CLS Fellowship Fall 2017. Three Projects; Three opportunities to learn.
I applied for the CLS Fellowship in Fall of 2016 with hopes of getting a one course release and using the time to focus on my project. With complete focus on using online resources to enhance the teaching of Levantine…
On the myth of neutral technology
In the wake of last week’s news that a Yale police officer drew his gun on an (unarmed) African-American Yale student under highly questionable circumstances, I felt compelled to turn back to a recent article in The Atlantic that had caught…
“I am 2 meter 15 and weigh 60 kilograms.” European versus American measurements in the classroom
When I heard that a colleague had bought an apartment of 900 square feet, I hear what he was saying, I understand the English words but yet I do not know exactly what they mean. In my classes we never…
The classroom sublime—In search of “the magic beyond the MOOCs”
I’m in the middle of reading David E. Nye’s historical treatment of a philosophical and cultural construct as it has evolved over time and place, and it’s got me thinking about online learning and the classroom in a slightly different…
Catching Up with Language Play
Overview I’ve been reading and thinking about play in language learning lately, with an interest both intuitive and intellectual. Before going much farther, I should make a few distinctions clear. The first is that I don’t mean the observation of…
Comments Regarding the Conference
Found in Translation: languaging experience in Berkeley and beyond Berkeley to Yale: A week at a distance Written By: daveski on November 6, 2009 http://foundintranslation.berkeley.edu/?p=4984/