Author: Orlando Garcia

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Students of Italian Learn the Vocabulary of Cooking Hands-on By Cristina Farronato Why settle for just learning Italian or cooking Italian food while you can do that at the same time? In a fun-filled morning, the students of Italian 1 gathered in the kitchen at Morgan Hall to learn how to cook authentic Italian cuisine.…

Dear BLC Community It has been a year full of exciting changes within the BLC, with a new Associate Director, an Advisory Board, and new programming, while we have also worked to upgrade our facilities and their management and also continued to provide opportunities for engagement and enrichment for everyone in our community. With this…

We would like to thank everyone who participated in this contest. We received many thoughtful submissions from a wide array of languages that demonstrated an extraordinary breadth of linguistic and historical knowledge and sensitivity to how meaning is made across, through, and in languages. Most impressive of all was how the entries revealed the worlds…

Join us in congratulating David Kyeu who has been nominated to receive the Outstanding Faculty and Staff Advisor Award during the Oski Student Leadership Awards for his work as Coordinator of African Languages and instructor of Swahili. The Outstanding Faculty and Staff Advisor of the Year Award is given annually to a member of the faculty, administrative, or…

You are cordially invited to attend: ein seufzer kommtniemals allein ... Berkeley German Student Cabaret April  18 & 19, 6pm B-4 Dwinelle Hall Free and open to the public (April 19 reception sponsored by Excelsior German Center, Oakland) UC Berkeley's students of German once again present a mixture of poetry, skits, and music in their annual cabaret…