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The Humanities: What now? What next? David Laurence, Former Director of Research, Modern Language AssociationThursday, February 11, 3-5pm Digital Literacies and Synthetic Embodiment: The Ethics…
Lecture by David Laurence, February 11, 2021
David Laurence, Former Director of Research, MLA The Humanities: What now? What next? TBA February 11, 20213 – 5 pmZoom Session (registration required)
Lecture by Rodney Jones, March 12, 2021
Rodney Jones, Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of Reading Digital Literacies and Synthetic Embodiment: The ethics of mimicry on TikTok This talk focuses on the ways…
Lectures by BLC Fellows (Bonicatto, Beitler, Deluca) Aril 30, 2021
Spring 2021 BLC Fellows ForumInstructional Development Research Projects Using Monolingual German Dictionaries as a Tool for Increasing Cultural UnderstandingLaura Sacia Bonicatto, Lecturer, German Assessing Symbolic…
Archive
Lectures by BLC Fellows (Khankan, Weiher, DeWaele, Ko), December 4, 2020
Lecture by Glenn Levine, November 12, 2020
Anniversary Panel for L2 Journal, October 9, 2020
Lecture by Kris Knisely, September 11, 2020
BLC Papers
« Si la personne peut me comprendre, pourquoi c’est un débat ? » : Teaching sociolinguistic variation through French phonetics

Using the Language Around Us: Teaching Spanish Linguistics with Urban Signage
Literacy en français and à la française: Socializing Students to Academic Literacy Practices in a Foreign Language

Travel Reports
27th Conference on Spanish in the US & 12th Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages
Intercultural Citizenship at the Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning
Languages at Berkeley
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News
Punjabi now offered at all UC campuses
The University of California will offer Punjabi-language courses at all of its campuses starting in January, marking the first Punjabi-language curriculum to be taught throughout…
Claire Kramsch: Recipient of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA) Honorary Membership Award
Warm congratulations to Claire Kramsch, who has just been awarded the AILA Honorary Membership Award for her outstanding contributions to applied linguistics. Read the announcement…
2021-22 BLC Fellowship for Language Lecturers and Graduate Students, Call for Proposals
The Berkeley Language Center is pleased to announce the availability of up to six one-semester research fellowships for Unit 18 lecturers, language program coordinators, and…
Claire Kramsch in the News
The Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research just published an interview with Claire that highlights her professional trajectory, but also touches on her ideas about…
Thank you, Berkeley!
I came to Berkeley from China as a Ph.D. student specializing in Educational Technology. I am interested in instructional design, especially design-learning activities supported by…
L2 Journal
The L2 Journal is a fully refereed, interdisciplinary journal which aims to promote the research and the practice of language learning and teaching.
Berkeley World Language Project
Explore the 2019 California World Languages Standards
World Language, Heritage Language, and Dual Immersion Teachers! Are you curious about the 2019 California World Languages Standards? This FREE workshop is for you!…
BWLP Professional Learning Series, 2019 – 2020
World Language, English Language, and Heritage Language Teachers: The Berkeley World Language Project, sponsored by the Berkeley Language Center at UC Berkeley, invites ALL language…
BWLP Professional Learning Series, 2018 – 2019
World Language Teachers: The Berkeley World Language Project, sponsored by the Berkeley Language Center at UC Berkeley, invites ALL language teachers at ALL levels to…
BWLP Professional Learning Series, 2017 – 2018
World Language Teachers: You will see that the Berkeley World Language Project has a new name for our series of programs: Keys to the Communicative…