Towards an Ecology of Language by Mary Pratt, Silver Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature, New York University The idea of societies as custodians of their languages has mainly been associated with elitist ideologies aimed at creating class-based linguistic hierarchies. Egalitarian thought about language has generally opposed prescriptive views. This however eliminates […]
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Symposium on Language Ecology, February 20-21, 2004
Language Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Symposium Friday and Saturday, February 20-21, 2004 370 Dwinelle Hall
Lecture by Lourdes Orteaga, February 19, 2004
Th Ethical as Transformative Lens in Instructed SLA Research by Lourdes Ortega, English Department, Northen Arizona University Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:00-5:00pm, 370 Dwinelle Hall
Lecture by Claire Kramsch, February 12, 2004
A Talk on Second Language Acquistion: What is less common about the less commonly taught languages? by Claire Kramsch, UCB BLC & German Thursday, February 12, 2004 370 Dwinelle Hall
Panel Discussion on the Role of Translation in Language Study, February 6, 2004
Panel Discussion: The Role of Translation in Language Study Naturalization of Estrangement: Options in Translation Anna Livia Brawn, (French) French Department Faced with culturally specific terms, and terms which have highly emotional or symbolic meaning, translators have at their disposal a range of options; we can transfer the term to a context which is more […]
Lectures by BLC Fellows (P. Barskova, S. Shah, R. Villamil-Acera, C. You)
Instructional Development Research Projects Creative Writing and Reading in Russian: Poetry in Focus Polina Barskova, GSR, Slavic Languages and Literatures My project involved the creation of a syllabus and lesson plans for a course to be offered in Spring 2004. The goal of this course is to improve student writing, reading and speaking skills through […]
Lecture by Kirk Belnap & Guadalupe Valdez, November 14, 2003
Heritage Language Teaching, Foreign Language Teaching: What one can Learn from the Other by Kirk Belnap, Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages, Brigham Young University and Guadalupe Valdes, Professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Stanford University This panel discussion will explore the comparable and contrastable areas of concern for teachers of heritage and […]
Lecture by Leanne Hinton, October 31, 2003
Teaching Endangered Languages by Leanne Hinton, Professor, UCB Linguistics Department Focusing on Native American languages, we will examine the ways in which the teaching of endangered languages differs from teaching world languages. Teaching and learning of endangered languages has different problems, needs, and settings. This includes different goals-with the ultimate goal, being to put the […]
Lecture by Shirley Brice Heath, September 29, 2003
What is Language as Knowledge? by Shirley Brice Heath, Professor Emerita, Department of English and Dramatic Literature, and of Linguistics, Stanford University Monday, September 29, 2003 370 Dwinelle Hall, 4-6 p.m.
Workshop on Professional Development, June 23-27, 2003
Professional Development Workshop: Discourse and Culture in Language Study Speakers: Robin Lakoff, UC Berkeley Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University Anthony Liddicoat, Australia Monday-Friday, Juen 23-27, 2003 Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanitites, 220 Stephens Hall