In the context of my research on the effects of telecollaboration (CMC between native and non-native speakers) on L2 learners’ language skills, I have recently begun analyzing factors impacting students’ involvement and success in cross-cultural virtual projects. This involvement can,…
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10m Tech Talks: Vocabulary, forums, and an A–>Z list
Yesterday’s 10-min. Tech Talks seemed a bit more relaxed than normal, almost as if time had expanded on that wet winter day, or as if the chicken had forsaken its timekeeping duties… But no, it was in fact the quick,…
The ASEEES Conference in Boston – November 2013
On November 21 – 24 2013, I attended the annual ASEES conference in Boston. This is the largest annual conference in the field of Slavic Studies; ASEEES stands for Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies. The conference program…
On teaching advanced Chinese: A report from ACTFL ’13
I attended the ACTFL conference in Orlando, FL, on November 22-24, 2013, serving as the chair of the panel “Genre and Style in Chinese Teaching” and presenting my paper “Shumianyu (formal written Chinese) and its relevance to teaching advanced Chinese…
How do you teach language with film?: Next steps from the Brown Bag (& LFLFC workshop)
Update from 2/1/2014: This post was written one week before the Jan. 31 workshop for using the Berkeley Library of Foreign Language Film Clips. The handout for that event can be downloaded here. The questions at the end of this…
Gradebook=Peace of Mind
At the January 16th CLS workshop, Gloria Hardman, with the assistance of Alina Nevins, explained how to use the online ClassesV2 Gradebook. Judging from the multiple and audible “Ah-hah!” moments, many found the information useful. During my teaching career I…
“To Bridge the High School and College Level Chinese Curricula” — An ACTFL Presentation report
The 2013 Chinese Conference at ACTFL was held in Orlando. My panel was on Saturday morning, 8:00-9:00am, under the panel theme “K-12 Teaching” with two other speakers. My presentation was “To Bridge the High School and College Level Chinese Curriculums”…
A report on ASEEES 2013 in Boston
Thanks to the generous support of the CLS travel fund, I was able to participate at the annual conference of Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), held on November 21-24, 2013 in Boston, MA. From the website:…
10m Tech Talks #3: DIALANG, OWL…BINGO!
Last Wednesday (12/4) we had the last of our three Ten-Minute Tech Talks for this semester. Russ and I were both expecting that, with the final days of the semester underway and exams just around the corner, we might not…
10-min. Tech Talks #2: MoPad, Facebook, WordPress
Today was the second of our “Ten-Minute Tech Talks” this semester. We were glad to see more than 20 folks join us for presentations and discussion that built in momentum as the hour passed. As before, we were joined by…
Ten-Minute Tech Talks #1: Twiddla, Diigo, Classes*v2
This past Wednesday, Russ and I hosted the first of three “Ten-Minute Tech Talk” lunchtime events at the CLS library. The idea behind the talks is to give a number of people the chance to share teaching experiences, techniques, challenges,…
Flip, Flap, Flop: Thoughts From the NERALLT 2013 Conference
As a person at the intersection of applied linguistics and instructional technology, I was very excited about attending the NERALLT Conference that took place at Saint Anselm College on October 24-25, 2013. As Dave Malinowski and I were driving through…
Language teaching with art: Ideas from yesterday’s YUAG visit
Yesterday’s CLS Brown Bag series visit to the Yale University Art Gallery was a real eye-opener for me–it was my first visit to this highly touted space after more than three months here in New Haven. And, from the looks…
Glenn Levine on Americans studying abroad in Germany: Lingering questions of technology
Last Wednesday, UC Irvine Professor of German and German Language Program Director Glenn Levine gave the first in a series of lunchtime lectures at the CLS, raising more questions about the quality of U.S. university students’ German study abroad experiences…
Constantine Muravnik reports on the 2013 AATSEEL Conference
On January 3 – 5, 2013, I attended the annual AATSEEL conference in Boston. (American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages http://www.aatseel.org/program/2013-aatseel-conference-program/.) I served as the chair and discussant on the panel “Nabokov’s Ethics and Aesthetics.” I…
Julia Titus reports on the ASEEES 2012 Conference
I participated in the annual conference of Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), held on November 15-18, 2012 in New Orleans, LA. ASEEES, a nonprofit, non-political, scholarly society, is the leading private organization in the world dedicated…
Aaron Butts reports on the Society of Biblical Literature conference
I attended the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Chicago, IL on Nov. 17-20, 2012. At this conference, I presented a paper entitled “From Manuscripts to Edition: The Case of the Syriac History of St. Cyriacus and…
Marion Gehlker reports on ACTFL 2012 and German Studies
I attended the ACTFL conference in Philadelphia on November 16-18, 2012. In addition to a poster presentation on “Teaching Advanced German” at the AAUSC (American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators) business meeting, I gave a presentation on “Turkish for…
Ling Mu reports on ACTFL 2012 and East Asian Languages
I attended the ACTFL conference in Philadelphia on November 16-18, 2012. My panel, “New Tools for the Chinese E-Learning Environment,” drew an audience of around 30 colleagues. My presentation, “Quickly Create and Manage Graded Multimedia Chinese Texts Online” which, introduced…
CLS Pedagogy Workshop 2012
The CLS Pedagogy Workshop takes place on August 21-24, from 8:30 to 1:00. In the workshop, new language lectors and TFs work across languages to share teaching strategies and practical ideas for the classroom. For more information, contact Suzanne Young. For the…
Marion Gehlker Attends AAUSC / CERCLL SUMMER WORKSHOP on June 4-5, 2012
I participated in an intensive 2-day workshop on “Implementing literacy-based instruction in collegiate FL programs”, jointly offered by CERCLL (Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy), the Title VI Language Resource Center at the University of Arizona, and…
Ame Cividanes Presents at UC Language Consortium Conference
I was able to present at the UC Language Consortium’s 6th Biennial Conference in April 2012. The title of my presentation was “Effective Strategies for Weaving Literature in the Intermediate Level Language Curriculum.” The focus of my talk was on…
Mari Stever Attends OPI Workshop at Wellesley
OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) Workshop 2012 (May 14-18, 2012 at Wellesley College) I tried a few times to attend the OPI workshop during the past three years or so, but for different reasons, it didn’t happen. So when I heard…
CLS INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION WORKSHOP: TESTING & ASSESSMENT
Monday, May 14 (Room 100) 8:30-9:00 Breakfast 9:00-12:00 Workshop with Meg Malone v Part I: Assessment: Background Knowledge Activity 1: Self-Assessment Assessment Defined Performance assessment defined Assessing Oral Proficiency v Part II: Students’ Oral Proficiency How long does it take…
Marion Gehlker Attends UC Consortium Conference
UC Consortium Conference, San Diego, April 19-22, 2012 I will report on three presentations I found most interesting: 1. MULTILINGUAL PRACTICES IN THE MONOLINGUAL CLASSROOM, by Claire Kramsch, Professor, Department of German, UC Berkeley After summarizing major developments in FLL+T…
Maria Kaliambou Attends CLAC (Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum) Meeting
I attended the conference “Exploring Approaches to Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum”, March 9-10, 2012, at the University of Minnesota. CLAC (Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum) is a relatively new movement. The 2012 meeting was CLAC’s seventh conference…
Yale Language Faculty Attend AATJ in Toronto
Report of Yukie Mammoto I attended the annual conference of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) in Toronto on March 15, 2012. There were many informative presentations in the conference. I went to the panel “Development of teaching…
Julia Titus Presents at ASEEES Conference
I was able to participate at the annual conference of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), held on November 17-20, 2011 in Washington, DC. ASEEES, a nonprofit, non-political, scholarly society, is the leading private organization in…
Hsiu-hsien Chan Presents at ACTFL-CLTA
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) meeting was held on November 18-20, 2011 in Denver, Colorado. The Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA) meeting was held in conjunction with the ACTFL annual conference. The annual CLTA meeting…
Haiwen Wang Reports on ACTFL-CLTA 2011
I attended the ACTFL-CLTA 2011 Annual Conference in Denver, CO, November 18-20. I joined the panel “Controversial, Self-selected, Localized: Teaching Materials for Communicative Competence Development” as a discussant and led a discussion after the presentations on November 19. The panel…
Angela Lee-Smith Attends 2011 Heritage Language Research Institute
I participated in the Fifth Heritage Language Research Institute, directed by Professor Maria Polinsky (Harvard), from June 26 to July 1, 2011 at the University of California, Los Angeles. The theme was “(Re)Learning the Heritage Language: Integrating Linguistics and Pedagogy,”…
Jianhua Shen Presents at ACTFL
I presented as part of a panel on Friday, November 18, 2011, reporting studies on what modern written Chinese really is and how instructions on Chinese writing may be conducted to help students to improve their Chinese language proficiency. My…
Ling Mu Reports from ACTFL in Denver
2011 ACTFL Conference Report Nov. 17-21 Ling Mu East Asian Languages and Literatures The 2011 Chinese Conference at ACTFL was the largest in scale, attracting over 300 attendees from all over the world. Five parallel sessions had to be arranged…
Etem Erol Attends AATT Meeting in Washington, D.C.
I attended the December 1-2 meeting of AATT (American Association of Turkish Teachers) in Washington D.C. as one of the elected board members. We discussed the possibilities about a future host university of the AATT, since the present president is…
CLS Hosts Week-Long IIW Workshop
The CLS sponsors an Instructional Innovation Workshop (“IIW”) in May for faculty who wish to explore ways in which the use of multimedia materials can enhance language teaching and learning. The workshop includes hands-on demonstrations of digital video tools and…