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Posted by Victoria Williams on September 11, 2019
World Language, Heritage Language, and Dual Immersion Teachers! Are you curious about the 2019 California World Languages Standards? This FREE workshop is for you! Explore the 2019 California World Languages Standards Saturday, September 21, 2019 When: 9:30-12:00 (Breakfast snacks at 9:30. Program starts at 9:45.) Where: UC Berkeley, Dwinelle Hall, Room B-4 (level B,…
Posted by Victoria Williams on September 11, 2019
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 teachers at ALL levels to join us for the Keys to the Communicative Classroom. Strand A: Designing Lessons for Speaking, and Listening Prerequisite: None ($400 total for 6 Saturdays) Strand…
Posted by Victoria Williams on September 9, 2019
Every two years, the Conference on Spanish in the US is held jointly with the Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages. Scholars from fields related to the Spanish language, such as linguistics, sociology, anthropology, education, and legal studies, come together to share their research. Conference attendance and participation have continuously grown, signally high…
Posted by Victoria Williams on September 9, 2019
What do we learn about a culture when we travel abroad? In this research study, I adopted a Piagetian perspective to understand how students represent a foreign culture before and after study abroad. I contacted four UC Berkeley students who did not initially speak French and who were not familiar with French culture, and I…
Posted by Victoria Williams on May 20, 2019
Last month, I participated in the annual Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning, in Anaheim, CA. The theme of the conference was “Active and Engaged Learning.” I was invited to present on “Teaching Intercultural Communicative Competence and Social Engagement”—a subject I have been implementing in my courses and currently researching through the BLC Fellowship.…
Posted by Victoria Williams on May 20, 2019
On May 17-18, with support from a BLC travel grant, I attended and presented at the annual conference of the Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (COTSEAL) at the University of Washington-Seattle. I've been involved with COTSEAL since 1990, and I was President from 2014-17. The conference is usually held at the University of…
Posted by Victoria Williams on April 25, 2019
Studying a Foreign Language? Wondering if it will pay off for you? Translation and Interpretation could be just the opportunity you are looking for. Come talk to professional translators and interpreters to discover what kind of careers are out there for trained linguists. Christiane Abel and Julie Johnson, both translators, conference interpreters, and faculty members…
Posted by Victoria Williams on April 24, 2019
The Berkeley Language Center Cordially Invites You to the Upcoming Meeting of Its Found in Translation (FIT) Working Group New Perspectives on the 'Incomplete Acquisition' Debate in Heritage Language Bilingualism EVE ZYZIK Professor of Spanish, University of California, Santa Cruz Friday, April 26, 2019 12-1 pm in B-4 Dwinelle Hall In this presentation, I examine…
Posted by Victoria Williams on April 15, 2019
The Berkeley Language Center Cordially Invites You to the Upcoming Meeting of Its Found in Translation (FIT) Working Group Does the European Tandem Language Learning Model still Apply in our Global Age? CLAIRE TARDIEU Lecturer, Department of English, Sorbonne Nouvelle University CÉLINE HORGUES Senior Lecturer, Department of English, Sorbonne Nouvelle University Friday, April 19, 2019 12-1 pm…
Posted by Victoria Williams on March 20, 2019
The Berkeley Language Center Cordially Invites You to the Upcoming Meeting of Its Found in Translation (FIT) Working Group Academic English Language Acquisition and Cultural Awareness: Filmmaking with English Language Learners * JIA LI John A. Sproul Research Fellow, Berkeley Language Center Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada * *…