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Newsletter: Fall 2006, Volume 22 Issue 1

The Fall 2006 issue of the BLC Newsletter leads with BLC Director Rick Kern’s prospective view of the Berkeley Language Center, notes from Associate Director Mark Kaiser, a profile of BLC Academic Coordinator Lisa Little, and BLC Fellows Reports from Pablo Baler (PhD Candidate, Spanish and Portuguese), Katra Anne Byram (PhD Candidate, German), David Divita…

Newsletter: Spring 2006, Volume 21 Issue 2

University and National Foreign Language Policy: A Lecturers’ Perspective, by BLC Associate Director Mark Kaiser, leads off the spring 2006 BLC Newsletter. Other features include a report on BLC outreach by BLC Academic Coordinator Lisa Little, a Lecturer Report by Dayton Henderson (PhD Candidate, German), and BLC Fellows’ Reports by Nikolaus Euba (Lecturer, German), David…

Newsletter: Fall 2005, Volume 21 Issue 1

BLC Director Claire Kramsch reflects on issues of language educational policy in the United States in advance of the national colloquium organized by the UC Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching in the opening article of the fall 2005 BLC Newsletter. Other pieces include notes from the Associate Director (Mark Kaiser) and the Academic Coordinator…

Newsletter: Spring 2005, Volume 20 Issue 2

This issue (spring 2005) of the BLC newsletter opens with a reflection on the ten-year history and evolution of the Berkeley Language Center, a conversation between Founding Director Claire Kramsch, Associate Director Mark Kaiser, and Academic Coordinator for BLC Outreach Sonia S’hiri. Also featured are an outreach report by Sonia S’hiri and BLC Fellows’ Reports…

Newsletter: Fall 2004, Volume 20 Issue 1

The fall 2004 issue of the BLC Newsletter begins with a fascinating conversation between Professor Gunther Kress of the University of London and Mark Evan Nelson, PhD Candidate in the Graduate School of Education. Notes from the Director and Associate Director, and a report on BLC outreach efforts follow the interview. The BLC Fellows’ Reports…

Newsletter: Spring 2004, Volume 19 Issue 2

A Conversation with Leanne Hinton is the fascinating opener for the spring 2004 BLC newsletter, followed by notes from the director, associate director, and outreach coordinator (Claire Kramsch, Mark Kaiser, and Sonia S’hiri, respectively). The BLC Fellows’ Reports are from Clare You (Lecturer and Language Coordinator for Korean, East Asian Languages and Cultures), Sargam Shah…

Newsletter: Fall 2003, Volume 19 Issue 1

Anthony Liddicoat opened the fall 2003 BLC newsletter with Teaching Languages for Intercultural Communication. His thought-provoking article is followed by reports from the Director (Claire Kramsch), the Associate Director (Mark Kaiser), and the Coordinator for BLC outreach (Sonia S’hiri). Lowry Martin (PhD Candidate, French) and Michael Chad Wellmon (PhD Candidate, German) contributed their Fellows’ Reports.…

Newsletter: Spring 2003, Volume 18 Issue 2

For the spring 2003 BLC newsletter, Associate Director Mark Kaiser conducted an extensive interview with the creators of Berliner sehen, an immersive multimedia environment for language and culture studies, followed by his Notes. Associate Professor of French Richard Kern contributed an article on what Education Abroad teaches. Agnes Dimitriou (Lecturer, Spanish and Portuguese), Paige Daniel…

Newsletter: Fall 2002, Volume 18 Issue 1

Professor June K. Phillips, Dean of Arts and Humanities, Weber State University, Utah, provoked readers with her lead article in the fall 2002 BLC newsletter, Reality Programming: Survivor, Big Brother, and the OPI. Notes from the Director (Claire Kramsch), the Associate Director (Mark Kaiser), and the Academic Coordinator (Jean Schultz, Lecturer, French) followed. Associate Professor…

Newsletter, Spring 2002, Volume 17, Issue 2

The spring 2002 BLC newsletter opened with a rousing discussion of the use of L1 in the foreign language classroom at UC Berkeley with language coordinators Jean Schultz, Armando Di Carlo, Lynne Frame, Rick Kern, Herminia Kerr, Lisa Little, Sam Mchombo, Kay Richards, and Clare You. Mark Kaiser’s Notes from the Associate Director followed. Sonia…

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