Author: Orlando Garcia

Spring 2017 BLC Fellows Instructional Development Research Projects Adding A Robust Cultural Component in Elementary Tibetan Jann Ronis, Lecturer, East Asian Languages & Cultures Two types of students tend to enroll in the Elementary Tibetan course: those with a strong interest in Tibetan culture and those with a strong interest in Tibetan linguistics. During this…

Juliane House, Hellenic American University Translation as Communication across Languages and Cultures In this lecture I first suggest ways of building bridged between linguistic and cultural approaches to translation; second I present my own theory of translation as re-contextualization and a Third Space phenomenon followed by a number of illustrations and examples as well as…

Brigitta Busch, University of Vienna Displacement and the Lived Experience of Language: Testimonies from Children with Migration Backgrounds in an Austrian School This presentation foregrounds the concept of Spracherleben, the lived experience of language, in contribution to the ongoing debate about the conceptualization of linguistic repertoire in the context of mobility and migration. Relocating the…

David Gramling, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona On Dwelling in the Linguacene: From Hypomnesic Monolingualism to Reactionary Multilingualism In my book The Invention of Monolingualism (2016), I argued against the predominant, charismatic notion that monolingualism is the vice of those who refuse to learn other languages, or otherwise refuse to become open to cultural difference…

Fall 2016 BLC Fellows Instructional Development Research Projects FrancoForniens: Bringing Oral History into the French-language Classroom Aubrey Gabel, GSR, French In this presentation, I will show how I borrowed techniques from oral history to build an archive of interviews with “FrancoForniens,” or French speakers living in the Bay Area. Oral history has long been employed…

Fall 2016 Faculty Reception Please join us on Wednesday, September 7, anytime from 4:00 until 5:30, in the Claire Kramsch Lounge (34 Dwinelle Hall) for light refreshments and good conversation with your fellow language lecturers, visiting scholars, BLC Fellows, and BLC staff.

The Aesthetic Experience in Process Drama in Second Language Learning: Voices, Identity and Intercultural Awareness Erika Piazzoli, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin August 26, Friday, 3-5pm Trends in Language Enrollment/Trendy Languages Dennis Looney, Director of Programs and ADFL, MLA September 9, Friday, 3-5pm Compelling Reading and Problem-Solving: The easy way (and the only way) to…

Elana Shohamy, Professor, School of Education, Tel Aviv University Linguistic Landscape: A tool for critical interpretations of societies is moving to the classroom This paper expands upon one I gave at UC Berkeley in 2014 where I presented an overview of LL research focusing on LL as a form of contestation in public spaces. Since…

Stephen Krashen, Professor Emeritus, School of Education, USC Compelling Reading and Problem-Solving: The easy way (and the only way) to high levels of language, literacy and life competence This presentation presents these hypotheses: We acquire language and develop literacy by understanding messages of great interest to us. We learn new concepts and facts by attempting…

Dennis Looney, Director of Programs and ADFL, MLA Trends in Language Enrollment/Trendy Languages The Modern Language Association's enrollment survey has been conducted since 1958, and the upcoming 2016 census will be the twenty-fourth. It is broadly acknowledged to be the standard measure of language interest in higher education. The data include all enrollments in languages…