Results in BLC Posts
Posted by Orlando Garcia on January 15, 2010
Fall 2009 BLC Fellows Instructional Development Research Projects Teaching Zulu Language and Culture Through Film Galen Sibanda, Linguistics Many studies show that film or “video has vast potential for enriching language study and making it more enjoyable and effective” (Wood 1992). This presentation is a demonstration of how film can complement other materials used…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on November 13, 2009
Language, Tourism, and Banal Globalization by Crispin Thurlow, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Washington Described as the “one of the greatest population movements of all time,” tourism is firmly established as the world’s single largest international trade. And it’s not just people who are on tour; language too is on the move. In this…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on October 26, 2009
Distance Teaching and Distance Learning by Carl Falsgraf, Director, Oregon Chinese Flagship, University of Oregon Current models of distance learning are predominantly adaptations of face-to-face classroom models. Ensuring the quality of these models and providing empirical evidence that students learn as well or better in the distance environment is essential. At the same time, we…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on October 23, 2009
From Texting to Tweeting: The Brave New World of Internet Linguistics by David Crystal, Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor The various domains of electronically mediated communication present new challenges to linguists. Myths about the medium have to be urgently dispelled, innovative usages precisely described, and our characterization of visual language…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on September 18, 2009
Tricky Points – Creative Solutions PANEL DISCUSSION: Santoukht Mikaelian, Slavic Languages & Literatures Malgosia Szudelski, Slavic Languages & Literatures Karma Ngodup, East Asian Languages & Cultures University of California Foreign Language Lecturers discuss linguistic/cultural points difficult to teach in their respective languages (Armenian, Polish, Tibetan), and present their solutions for making them teachable.
Posted by Orlando Garcia on June 18, 2009
Teaching Language and Culture with Film Marilyn Fabe, The Language of Film Mark Kaiser, Teaching with Film Clips Anne-Christine Rice, Implementing a Curriculum Built Around Film Sabine Levet, Cross-Cultural Comparison through Film Rick Kern, Making Connections between Film and Literacy Thomas J. Garza, Film as (Con)Text: Using Visual Media in Russian Language and Culture…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on May 8, 2009
Spring 2009 BLC Fellows Instructional Development Research Projects Literacy in First-Year Turkish: A Multi-Voiced Approach Kristin Dickinson, GSR, Comparative Literature Extending a BLC project for Turkish 1A in the fall, this semester I have worked to integrate a literacy-based approach into second-semester Turkish (1B). Activities I have designed allow students to approach canonical and…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on April 8, 2009
Hillbilly Spanish and Tarzan English: Ideologies of Mexican Immigrant Language by Stanton Wortham, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania In this paper, written with Elaine Allard and Katherine Mortimer, we conceptualize the beliefs and attitudes of Mexican immigrants and long-time residents of the Mid Atlantic suburban town of Marshall as language ideologies, culturally-situated…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on March 19, 2009
New Perspectives on Study Abroad Research: Goals, Variables, and Methods by James Coleman, Language Learning and Teaching at,The Open University, UK The learning outcomes of study abroad are not only linguistic, but also academic, cultural, intercultural, personal and professional. Nor are study abroad contexts as uniform as they are often assumed to be: every context…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on March 4, 2009
Everybody’s Usage: The Politics of Grammar in the “Hispanofonia” by Jose del Valle, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York On March 21st, 2007, the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language officially approved the ‘Nueva Gramatica de la Lengua Espanola’. It is the first approved by all language academies and the first…