Author: Orlando Garcia

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Next CALICOffee Series Talk: October 19, 2023

Dear CALICO Graduate Students and Members,  We are excited to invite you to our second talk in the CALICOffee Series for the 2023-2024 year! : Thursday, Oct. 19th : 3pm PT/5pm CT/6pm ET : Zoom | Please register in advance -> https://bit.ly/Calicoffee2 Join the CALICO Graduate Student Special Interest Group (SIG) Members in a casual environment while two…

FIT Talk: BLC Visiting Scholar Annkristin Schwalb, Sept 18, 2023

The Berkeley Language Center Cordially Invites You to the Upcoming Meeting of Its  Found in Translation (FIT) Working Group  The Digital Citizenship Education Concept for Teaching  English in Elementary Schools: Opportunities and Challenges of  Social Media ANNKRISTIN SCHWALB  Visiting Scholar, Berkeley Language Center  Monday, September 18, 2023Zoom, 11-12pm Meeting ID: 995 0192 3672 Passcode: FiTTalk  The…

Accessibility Information and Event Accommodations

MAKING REQUESTS FOR EVENT ACCOMMODATIONS If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Orlando Garcia (ogarcia@berkeley.edu) with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of…

Fall Fellows Forum, December 1, 2023

Fall 2023 BLC Fellows ForumInstructional Development Research Projects Teaching Ukrainian Through Films: From Intermediate to Advanced StudentsNataliia Goshylyk, Lecturer, Slavic Languages & LiteraturesTBD Building Classes in Language For Professional Purposes: Opportunities, Challenges, and Best PracticesClaire Tourmen, Lecturer, FrenchTBD Examining Multiliteracies and Critical Pedagogy Frameworks for the Creation of a Module on Latinidad for Two Heritage…

Talk by Janice McGregor, November 3, 2023

Toward Justice in Study Abroad, Intercultural Learning, and Language Education Study abroad (SA) is a fixture in post-secondary language education in the United States. In this talk, I introduce two different–yet entwined–facets of SA and language learning that can cause harm: One, the common ideological construction of SA as “L2-land”, or the primary context where…

Workshop by Dr. Joel Walsh, October 13, 2023

Creating Instructional Materials to Develop AI Literacies Dr. Joel Walsh, Dr. Emily Hellmich, Dr. Kimberly Vinall In this workshop, participants will apply concepts from Thursday’s talk by Dr. Walsh (Responding to the “Arrival”: Essential Background Information and Strategies for Language Instructors in the Age of Human-Like Language Technologies (Machine Translation and Large Language Models)) to…

Talk by Dr. Joel Walsh, October 12, 2023

Responding to the “Arrival”: Essential Background Information and Strategies for Language Instructors in the Age of Human-Like Language Technologies (Machine Translation and Large Language Models) Machine translation (MT) systems were once clunky and error-prone but have improved greatly in the last decade. Within the last two years, large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have achieved…

Summer Film Fellows, September 15, 2023

ROUNDTABLE: Film in the Language/Culture Curriculum Mark Kaiser - BLC Associate Director EmeritusMaya Sidhu - Continuing Lecturer, French Department Speakers:Ambika Athreya (German), Myrna Douzjian (Armenian), Nathalie Khankan (Arabic), David Kyeu (Swahili), Natalya Nielsen (Swedish), Oksana Willis (Russian) Led by Mark Kaiser (BLC Associate Director Emeritus) and Maya Sidhu (Continuing Lecturer, French Department), the six speakers…

BWLP Professional Learning Series, 2023 – 2024

We are offering three workshop series in 2023-34 to support, inspire, and enhance your teaching practice and curriculum. These workshops center on critical topics such as Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), Global Competence, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Social Justice, and the California World Languages Standards and Framework. which all World Language teachers can use to…

BLC Fall 2023 Event Series

Roundtable:Film in the Language/Culture Curriculum Mark Kaiser – Retired BLC Associate DirectorMaya Sidhu – Continuing Lecturer, French Department Speakers:Ambika Athreya (German)Myrna Douzjian (Armenian)Nathalie Khankan (Arabic)David Kyeu (Swahili)Natalya Nielsen (Swedish)Oksana Willis (Russian) Friday, September 15, 3-5pm, B-4 Dwinelle & Zoom Talk:Responding to the “Arrival”: Essential Background Information and Strategies for Language Instructors in the Age of…

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