Results in BLC Posts
Posted by Orlando Garcia on September 22, 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…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on September 12, 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…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on August 31, 2023
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…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on August 16, 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…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on August 15, 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…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on August 15, 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…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on August 15, 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…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on August 14, 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…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on August 8, 2023
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…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on August 1, 2023
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…