Speaking Of Language

What can be learned from Indigenous languages and cultures? Dr. Américo Mendoza-Mori recently visited from Harvard University to give a talk as a part of our LRC Speaker Series. He explores the impact of making space for marginalized people and traditions. https://scholar.harvard.edu/americo Follow @ameriqo on social media. #yapa  

Sam and Angelika revisit what they did last summer. But mostly, they look ahead to trends and current events in language learning, and some of the topics in store for the coming season of the podcast.   Information on cuts being made at West Virginia University:  https://www.actfl.org/news/actfl-statement-on-wvu-plan-to-eliminate-world-language-programs Change.org petition to protest cuts to world languages at West Virginia University: https://www.change.org/p/preserve-students-rights-to-study-world-languages-at-wvu   The Sophie Washburn French Instructorship: https://as.cornell.edu/about/sophie-washburn-french-instructorship #abbiocco #verschlimmbessern

Kate Paesani and Mandy Menke discuss their new book, Literacies in Language Education, and the benefits of a literacies-based approach to language instruction. Companion website: https://carla.umn.edu/literacies/book.html  Instagram & Twitter: @umn_languages Twitter: @CARLA_UMN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UMNLanguages   https://www.facebook.com/carla.umn #rascacielos  #escalofríos #juernes #débile #grace Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jm13pTHFNtBJrMxwR3WQHr2KSgJnpl1OFnOPuObds6Y/edit?usp=sharing

Koen Van Gorp joins us to talk about task-based language teaching. https://vangorpk.msu.domains/  #schokolare #supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Dr. Valerie Fridland, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nevada, Reno, discusses her new book Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English. Dr. Fridland demonstrates the deep cultural and historical significance of speech patterns that are initially resisted before becoming widely accepted. https://valeriefridland.com https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/language-in-the-wild #pumpernickel #moist

Florencia Henshaw returns to discuss her book, Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Theory Goes to the Classroom. She recently gave a talk as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series on SLA principles and assessment. Her talk was part of our spring learning community that is sponsored by the Central New York Humanities Corridor from an award by the Mellon Foundation. The learning community brings together colleagues from Cornell, Colgate, Skidmore, and Syracuse to exchange best practices in language teaching. Linktree for Florencia: https://linktr.ee/florenciahenshaw Florencia's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Unpackinglanguagepedagogy #gnocchi  

Dr. Richard Kiely is a senior fellow in Cornell's Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, and, among many other things, stewards the design and implementation of the Engaged College Initiative. He discusses transformative learning theory, international community-engaged learning, and dissonance. Einhorn Center: https://einhorn.cornell.edu/ #häftigt #lagom #fika

Margaret Ransdell-Green is a linguist who has been creating constructed languages, or ConLangs, since the late 1990s. Eric Barker, her husband, is a musician and composer. The two have collaborated on writing music and lyrics in the languages and styles of these fictional peoples. Margaret's ConLangs: http://www.aeniith.com/ Music video: https://youtu.be/dTp67Xqr2WU Language Creation Society (LCS): https://conlang.org/  Ana Lemma The songs heard in this episode were "Zhumzhu" and "Phatakap." #積ん読 #mingqun #akleng

Xiaoyan Li enlightens us on her role in developing an AI agent that helps enforce equal participation for native speakers and second language learners in online discussions. #tschüss Improving Non-Native Speakers' Participation with an Automatic Agent in Multilingual Groups - https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3567562 https://infosci.cornell.edu/

Cory Duclos, Director of the Keck Center for Language Study at Colgate University and a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, joins Sam and Angelika this week. One of his current research projects is concerned with ethics of data gathering online. https://fltmag.com/interview-project-9-artificial-intelligence/  #moleque  

Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant from the UK who works with a range of organizations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype, Microsoft, and The Guardian, who described him as an "MFL guru." Joe is no stranger to podcasting as co-host of his own, the #mfltwitterati, and we're excited to hear about his broad experience with language teaching and technology around the world. @JoeDale on Twitter https://mfltwitteratipodcast.com/  https://ppli.ie/resource/mfl-teachers-talk-podcast/ #pamplemousse #grenouille #JeCrèveLaDalle

Larisa Kasumagić- Kafedžić, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar Fellow at Cornell from the University of Sarajevo, explores how language instructors can embrace a pedagogy of peace, justice, and conflict resolution. https://peacehub.ba/ #居眠り

Claire Frances and Giovanni Zimotti of the University of Iowa discuss their research into ChatGPT, one of the recent artificial intelligence programs garnering attention in and out of academia. The pair recently published an article in FLTMAG about Chat GPT's potential impact on writing in language education. https://fltmag.com/chatgpt-second-language-writing/ www.giovannizimotti.com https://clcl.uiowa.edu/   #J’aiD’autresChatsÀFouetter #y’all

Alan van den Arend discusses how we can rethink approaches to translation and pedagogy to better connect with students. Correction: ALI was founded by Alex and Laura Hanson (not Harrison)  https://classics.cornell.edu/alan-van-den-arend  https://www.perusall.com  #boterham Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZUrJnTjedNSwbnRovZ2Em3s7pMWv4UnyxRjVQ9t85tg/edit?usp=sharing

Katie Blake tells us how her Ph.D. in Linguistics from Cornell led to her work on Amazon’s Alexa AI, and takes us under the hood of the popular digital assistant. https://katherineblake.github.io  #눈치

Dr. Cori Crane closes out our season by diving deeper into her recent talk at the LRC on utilizing reflection for language and culture learning.  http://www.coricrane.com/ #freudenfreude  

Sam and Angelika meet with Dr. Sam Tilsen, an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Cornell. He and his collaborator, Dr. James Sethna, were recently awarded one of the College of Arts and Sciences’ New Frontiers Grants for their research on dialects. https://conf.ling.cornell.edu/ #clique #fiddlesticks

As another Thanksgiving break approaches, Language Resource Center staff and their colleagues reflect on who they are grateful for. In order of appearance: Sam Lupowitz, LRC Media Manager Angelika Kraemer, LRC Director Kelly Zeng Ho, LRC Student Assistant Emma Britton, LRC Learning Initiatives Coordinator Xue Shao, LRC Student Assistant Julia Felice, Engagement Specialist, Intergroup Dialogue Project at Cornell University Sebastian Young, LRC Student Assistant Angela Chen, LRC Student Assistant #stillstillgrateful

Dr. Claudia Holguín Mendoza gave a keynote as part of this year’s Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning Workshop on Language Pedagogy. Her talk discussed Antiracist Critical Literacy and Methodologies of the Oppressed for Language Education. She follows up on opportunities to reimagine language teaching with critical literacy and student support at the forefront.  https://csll.ucr.edu/ https://pedagogiascriticas.ucr.edu/ #HogodolagadaCogodomogodoeguedestagadas

Julia de Aragón is a board member of the Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County (where Cornell University sits). She sits down with Sam and Angelika to describe the programs and resources this volunteer organization offers our local community. Facebook: Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County LCA Listserv: LCA-Ithaca@googlegroups.com Website: lca-of-tc.org   #batata