BLC News Archive

Arts and Humanities Lecturers Honored

By Mark Kaiser
Published May 14, 2013
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At a festive reception on May 14, 2013, Dean Anthony Cascardi and Associate Dean Sue Schweik celebrated the distinguished accomplishments of 25 lecturers in the college, all of whom have been teaching at Berkeley for 20 or more years. Among the honorees were Rutie Adler (Hebrew), Ayla Algar (Turkish), Yakuko Konno Baker (Japanese), Danielle Boucher (French), Seda Chavdarian (French), Sally Goldman (Sanskrit), John Hayes (Arabic), Maria Kotzamanidou (Modern Greek), I-Hao Li  →  Read in full

BLC Travel Grant Report

By I-hao Li
Published May 08, 2013
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This past December, I participated in The 2012 International Conference of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language Conference. In this conference, there were several topics covered. The ones that stood out exceptionally were: Teaching Methodology, Language Analysis, Research, and Material and Grammatical Analysis and Presentation. I found these topics to be very helpful to my current teaching methods. For Teaching Methodology, I learned answers to questions like if less time is  →  Read in full

BLC Travel Grant Report

By Seung-Eun Chang
Published May 08, 2013
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I attended the AAAL (American Association for Applied Linguistics) Dallas 2013 in Dallas, Texas, March, 2013. I presented my research entitled “L2 accent transfer in L3 production: Evidence from L3 Korean”. This is my first participation in AAAL, which I’ve heard a lot from the Applied Linguistics people and yes, it was a valuable opportunity to look at the practical techniques and theories applied in real classroom settings. My research is about multilingual effects in the  →  Read in full

BLC Travel Grant Report

By Bac Hoai Tran
Published May 08, 2013
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This year the AAS (Association for Asian Studies) Annual Conference was held in San Diego, March 21-24. I myself took part in a roundtable titled “New Approaches to Teaching Advanced Level Vietnamese Language to Heritage and Non-Heritage Students.” A short abstract of our discussion can be found online, at http://www.asian-studies.org/conference, and conveniently included below for your perusal: This roundtable discussion attempts to introduce and discuss creative ways in which  →  Read in full

June 2013 Professional Development Courses

By Gail Hetler
Published May 04, 2013
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Integrating 21st Century Technology to Enhance Communication June 17, 18, and 19, 2013 Cost*: $150 per participant Using technology tools for engagement, learning, and management • Learn how to use free web 2.0 tools to engage students in their own learning. • Be able to find and collect culturally authentic resources in the target language. • Design lessons that align with Common Core and World Language Standards. • Get tips on managing a 21st Century classroom. Bring your  →  Read in full

In Memoriam: John Gumperz

By Rick Kern
Published Apr 02, 2013
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With sadness, we report that the celebrated Berkeley sociolinguist John J. Gumperz has died at age 91. Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, John Gumperz devoted his career to improving cross-cultural understanding and his work in ethnography of communication, interactional sociolinguistics, discourse strategies, code-switching, and urban anthropology was extremely influential. He shaped the thinking of many generations of Berkeley students and colleagues worldwide  →  Read in full

Seeking a Site Director for East Bay World Language Project

By Orlando Garcia
Published Jan 25, 2013
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Site Director East Bay World Language Project 30% Position The Berkeley Language Center (BLC) is seeking a Site Director for the East World Language Project, part of a statewide program of outreach to and professional develop of foreign language teachers at the elementary and secondary levels. The Site Director coordinates and implements all the activities associated with the site including: 1) recruiting members for a Leadership Team composed of world and English language  →  Read in full

Obituary: Leo van Lier

By Rick Kern
Published Jan 03, 2013
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I forward this obituary of Professor Leo van Lier, a friend of the BLC and of applied linguists everywhere, who will be dearly missed. It is with sadness that we tell you that our dear friend and colleague Professor Leo van Lier passed away on December 23, 2012. Leo joined the Monterey Institute of International Studies faculty in 1986.  He authored several notable books in the field of language learning, including Scaffolding the Academic Success of Adolescent English Language  →  Read in full

BLC Postdoc Job Announcement

By Mark Kaiser
Published Jan 02, 2013
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Postdoctoral Scholar at the Berkeley Language Center The Berkeley Language Center (BLC) invites applications for a one-year (renewable for a second year) postdoctoral scholar position. Starting date is 7/1/2013 or later; end date for appointments longer than one year is no later than 6/30/2015. Founded in 1994 by Claire Kramsch, the Berkeley Language Center is a unit in the Division of the Arts and Humanities of the College of Letters and Sciences. The BLC’s mission is to support  →  Read in full

Your help, please: Survey for BLC-ETS seminar on technology and language teaching

By Dave Malinowski
Published Dec 12, 2012
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The Berkeley Language Center and Educational Technology Services are excited to announce that they will be partnering to offer a hands-on seminar on using technology and new media for language teaching in the Spring 2013 semester. The seminar will meet once weekly, with additional drop-in workshops scheduled throughout the term, and course materials made available via the BLC website. Detailed information about the curriculum and schedule will follow in a separate post in a few  →  Read in full

Pardon Our Dust: BLC Remodeling Projects

By Mark Kaiser
Published Dec 10, 2012
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Beginning Winter Break, a number of BLC rooms will be remodeled: 29 Dwinelle: This room will be converted into a small seminar-style classroom, with distance-learning capability, with seating for 10. This project will take place in January, 2013. B-7 Dwinelle: The moldy carpet (due to frequent water leaks from the equipment room next door) will be replaced with linoleum flooring. This project will be completed during the week of Dec. 17th. 33 Dwinelle: The 15-year-old carpeting  →  Read in full

Lecture, November 30, 2012: BLC Fellows (J. Caballero, E. Langer, M. Purpura)

By Orlando Garcia
Published Nov 30, 2012
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Fall 2012 BLC Fellows’ Instructional Development Research Projects Using Film to Teach Cultural Analysis Skills in L2: A Pragmatic Guide Juan Caballero, GSR, Comparative Literature This presentation describes a semester-length sequence of lessons structured around closely-watched film clips for fourth-semester Spanish.  Based on the implementation of these lessons this semester, and of an analogous application in Italian 4, straightforward guidelines will be presented for the  →  Read in full

Lecture, November 16, 2012: Lourdes Ortega

By Orlando Garcia
Published Nov 16, 2012
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Language Teaching and SLA: Understanding the Limits and Possibilities of the Research-teaching Interface by Lourdes Ortega, Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University Language teachers often feel unsure of the value of second language acquisition (SLA) research, wondering if studies about language teaching are relevant and realistic enough to give them insights that can inform and improve their daily practice. SLA researchers also seem to feel unsure of the value for  →  Read in full

Introducing the Teachers’ Forum

By Mark Kaiser
Published Oct 29, 2012
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CALL FOR PAPERS Since its establishment in 2009, L2 Journal has published a variety of quality research papers on different aspects of language learning and teaching, reaching a wide audience of interested scholars, educators, and students. The journal has also published several special issues on important topics in applied linguistics and second language acquisition. This Fall, we are proud to announce the introduction of a new section in the journal, Teachers’ Forum,  →  Read in full

Lecture, October 12, 2012: Panel (V. Robinson, S. Akin, J. Hellebrandt, A. Barili, S. Watanabe)

By Orlando Garcia
Published Oct 13, 2012
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Panel Discussion: Exploring Service Learning in Foreign Language Teaching Introduction Victoria Robinson, Suzan Akin, UC Berkeley Download Cal Corps handout as PDF Victoria Robinson on Engaged Scholarship, https://vimeo.com/46095742 Service-Learning in German:  A win-win for students and community participants Josef Hellebrandt, Professor in Modern Languages, Santa Clara University, South Bay Deutscher Schulverein Efforts to engage German university students with German-speaking  →  Read in full

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