Speaking of Language: Recent Episodes
Language Resource Center, Cornell University
Speaking of Language is a podcast recorded at the Language Resource Center at Cornell University. Each week, we explore a topic related to language pedagogy and second language acquisition.
Sociolinguist, author, and professor Valerie Fridland returns to our podcast to discuss accents, dialects, and her new book, Why We Talk Funny.
https://www.valeriefridland.com/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/language-in-the-wild
Featured music: “Did I Stutter?” by Pocket Bandits
https://pocketbandits.com
Schietwetter
Dr. Serene Wang joins us to discuss the power of “chunking” in language learning for more effective communication and understanding.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Serene-Wang-2
EmergentBilingual
Lincoln Snyder joins us to discuss the Pennsylvania Dutch language, its history, and the ongoing efforts to revitalize it.
https://lincolnsnyder.com/
serendipity
Thaiza Barros enlightens us about language acquisition and Portuguese, and shares some findings from her research into how young children acquire specific speech sounds.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-u2wcXUAAAAJ&hl=pt-BR
poesia
pirilampo
Dr. LeAnne Spino discusses the differences between language proficiency and intercultural competence, and offers strategies for demonstrating and communicating the value of language programs.
https://web.uri.edu/languages/meet/leanne-spino-seijas/
https://web.uri.edu/global/globalize-your-degree/signature-international-programs/
café
Megan Yap and Simon Ilincev, two Cornell students studying linguistics and computer science, introduce us to Lingofable, their new app offering language learning through stories.
https://lingofable.com/
team@lingofable.com
超凡入圣
odskočitsi
Leslie Monter-Casio, Catherine Mao, and Molly Jones, Cornell students from the executive board of ALANA, share the many ways their student organization supports intercultural programming on campus.
https://www.instagram.com/alanaintercultural
https://cornell.campusgroups.com/alana
Instagram: @alanaintercultural
échaleganas
cānyù
whimsy
Nandipa Sipengane, isiZulu language instructor from Yale University's Council on African Studies, discusses strategies for pedagogy and community building in less commonly taught languages, both in person and over distance.
https://macmillan.yale.edu/africa/person/nandipa-sipengane
https://sharedcourseinitiative.org/
nandipa.sipengane@yale.edu
ubuntu
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17lRD9TUGB96Yd4V2eawOjYEkZUReKz3rIeHMKUR_wYk/edit?usp=sharing
Our dear colleague and friend Naomi Larson is in the studio with us today! Naomi is a senior lecturer in Japanese here at Cornell, and we will talk about the many wonderful opportunities she creates for language learners here, and everywhere, to engage with each other and with language and culture.
https://asianstudies.cornell.edu/naomi-nakada-larson
山眠る
山笑う
In this episode, Rosie Nguyen, accomplished author and PhD student at Cornell, shares the value in her translinguistic experience writing award-winning fiction in Vietnamese as well as researching communication, media, and digital culture in English here at Cornell.
https://www.facebook.com/rosienguyenvn/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13852796.Rosie_Nguy_n
https://rosienguyen.net/
thương
In this episode, we explore how multilingualism and cultural sensibility shape who we are, how we relate to others, and how we move through our professional lives.
воля
Cornell students Colette Bu, Cameron Howland, and Cody Paul share their experiences as language tutors and conversation hour leaders. We will hear all about these important resources and why everyone should join in on the fun, and discuss the many other ways that these students' language skills enrich their lives.
https://lrc.cornell.edu/conversation-hours
https://lrc.cornell.edu/language-tutoring
大丈夫
piano
esperanza
Dr. Jamie Edmonds is the director of the Critical Languages Institute at Arizona State University. He shares his thoughts on the importance and future of language education.
https://cli.asu.edu/
Instagram: @criticallanguagesinstitute
Facebook: @asucli
isihurip
santaisaja
Cornell student Arina Danilina joins us to discuss her academic and linguistic journeys. As a dedicated facilitator of Russian conversation hours and a participant in the College Scholar Program, Arina's research investigates how the architecture and design of refugee housing impacts mental health. She is also interested in the interaction between spaces and people, and finding connection over polarization.
Dom Kultury on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/domkultury_cornell
Семья
Дом
Dr. Dominique Branson, a past Soros Justice Fellow with the Open Society Foundations, and a Cornell alum, joins us to discuss linguistic justice and what it means for racial disparities in the US legal system.
https://dominiquebranson.com/
shalom
Our annual expression of gratitude from the Language Resource Center family.
Featuring:
Ashley Griffith (LRC Engagement & Outreach Coordinator)
Ahmed Shamim (LRC Academic Programs Coordinator)
Ruby Shaw (LRC student intern)
Jack Brown (guest, season 16, episode 4)
Dan Kaufman (guest, season 16, episode 12)
Mijeong Mimi Kim (guest, season 16, episode 8)
Jadon Geathers (guest, season 16, episode 11)
Polly Lauer (guest, season 16, episode 10)
Dr. Daniel Kaufman returns to Speaking of Language to discuss language revitalization, language ideology, the deceptiveness of AI, and more.
Watch Dan's talk at the LRC: https://youtu.be/ew2VfzbRtz4
https://www.elalliance.org/
https://languagemap.nyc/
https://cs.uky.edu/~raphael/linguistics/phonology/currentMi.cgi
redouble
bawi
We chat with Cornell PhD student Jadon Geathers about the development of his AI speaking partner platform for language learners, ChitterChatter.
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https://jadongeathers.github.io/
The Future of Learning Lab: https://learning.cis.cornell.edu/
chitterchatter.app/
Instagram: @jadonarmon
Cornell Chronicle article: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/07/ai-tool-helps-students-build-confidence-speaking-foreign-languages
Welcome to a new episode of Speaking of Language. I’m Angelika Kraemer, the Director of the Language Resource Center at Cornell University and I’m Sam Lupowitz, the LRC’s Media Manager. We have Jadon Geathers in the studio with us today. Jadon is a PhD student in Information Science here, working on creating educational technologies that streamline learning and teaching processes while fostering inclusive, engaging, and equitable learning environments. We will hear all about an exciting AI speaking partner that he is currently developing called ChitterChatter.
Dr. Polly Lauer, a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Romance Studies here at Cornell, shares how radio and other mass media have contributed to the revitalization of Indigenous language and community in Guatemala.
polly.lauer@cornell.edu
https://romancestudies.cornell.edu/polly-lauer
maltyoxinik
We are joined by the versatile and accomplished Daisy Rockwell, a Vermont-based painter and award-winning translator of Hindi and Urdu literature. In 2022, she was awarded the Booker Prize for Translation, and she recently gave a talk as part of Cornell’s 15th annual Tagore lecture series in Modern Indian Literature called Mixed Metaphors: Adventures in Translationland. She speaks with Sam about linguistic diversity, creativity, and the joy of mixed metaphor.
https://www.daisyrockwell.com/
Five original Daisy Rockwell poems published by the Paris Review: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/07/10/five-mixed-metaphors-for-translation/
Watch Daisy's recent lecture at Cornell: https://vod.video.cornell.edu/media/15th+Annual+Tagore+Lecture--Mixed+Metaphors%3A+Adventures+in+Translationland%2C+by+Daisy+Rockwell/1_armr1wko
Instagram: @shreedaisy
dhwani
ध्वनि
Dr. Mijeong Mimi Kim follows up on her recent talk at Cornell, sharing the benefits of integrating undergraduate teaching assistants into the language curriculum.
mmkim@wustl.edu
Watch Mimi's talk at Cornell: https://youtu.be/fE9df4GciCU
curiosity
Cornell's Japanese language program has a partnership with Kansai University. We meet two of their students, and discuss the importance of international experiences and exchange.
practicemakesperfect
千里の道も一歩から
The Southwest Asia and North Africa Program (SWANA) is Cornell’s new hub for research, learning, and engagement with the cultures and people of the vast geographical region stretching from Morocco in the west to Iran in the east.
Women of MENA is a Cornell student organization: a digital publication at the intersection of culture and gender studies. Their platform offers a space for open dialogue, designed to unpack the gender dynamics of the region and share women’s stories. Their mission is rooted in inclusivity for people who identify as women, genderqueer, and/or nonbinary.
https://swana.einaudi.cornell.edu/
https://cornellwomenofmena.com/
Instagram: @cornellwomenofmena
دلنشین
نور
Fernando Rubio, director of the Yale Center for Language Study, talks all about Open Educational Resources for language teaching and learning.
Dr. Rubio’s talk at Cornell: https://youtu.be/U6Imb0FxB0o?si=IFtIxMxaBZUzvveP
txirimiri
calabobos
orbayu
Jack Brown, PhD student in Cornell's Department of Romance Studies, is the Alumni Ambassador for the Critical Language Scholarship Program. Jack discusses the CLS and reasserts the importance of language study in creating a safer, more connected world.
https://einaudi.cornell.edu/learn/academics/critical-language-scholarship-program
https://clscholarship.org/
https://events.cornell.edu/event/information-session-critical-language-scholarship (Info session on 9/30)
tagarela
Grammar guru Ellen Jovin and filmmaker Brandt Johnson join us to discuss Rebel with a Clause, a new film following a traveling grammar advice stand across all 50 US states.
https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/
Tickets to screenings: https://www.cinemapolis.org/movie/rebel-with-a-clause/
joiedevivre
Eichhörnchen
écureuil
Sam speaks with Hannah Scott Deuchar, a scholar of modern Middle Eastern literature, media, and translation; critical and legal theory; and histories of culture and technology in the Global South. This past spring semester, she gave a talk as part of Cornell's "Language and Power in the Middle East and Beyond" series titled "Translational Justice: The Arabic Novel and the British Archive." She expands on this talk and discusses the impact of translation on politics and power.
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/comparative-literature-and-culture/people/academic/profiles/scott-deuchar.html
وَسْوَسَة#
Jaida Anekwe, President Emeritus of Cornell’s Pan-African Students Association, discusses the organization and their much-celebrated annual fashion show, AFRIK.
Cornell Chronicle article on AFRIK: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/03/fashion-show-celebrate-unite-cultures-african-diaspora
https://www.instagram.com/cornell_pasa
@cornell_pasa
mnike
We're back with our Sweet Sixteen season! Join Sam, Angelika, and another dozen-odd guests to talk about the impact of language and culture, from fashion to food, translation to grammar.
Sara Lee closes out our season discussing strategies for supporting neurodiverse language learners and how these design principles create better learning outcomes for the entire classroom.
Watch Sara's workshop: https://youtu.be/hhB0Bg_3-bw
Neurodiversity reading list: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CD7TP7FCcSmEt7Jms3hu7Jwi6xBkhRVC/view?usp=sharing
Sara.A.Lee@asu.edu
Scheidebecher
Dr. Katie Fiorella is the director of the Cornell Migrations Program. We discuss the policies and outcomes related to the movement of living things across borders, and learn about how this initiative has developed since we first discussed it in 2020.
https://einaudi.cornell.edu/programs/migrations-program
Subscribe to the Migrations mailing list: https://cornell.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=da35890acf22b2437aeb5bb67&id=c45499fc3f
oyaore
We celebrate the LRC's annual Sweet Poetry event with two returning guests: poet and Japanese literature and media scholar Andrew Campana, and the LRC's Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, Ashley Griffith.
https://lrc.cornell.edu/sweet-poetry
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/expanding-verse/paper
“Speaking of Speaking of Language” by Angelika Kraemer
Performed by Angelika Kraemer and Sam Lupowitz
Underscore: “Nordisk Guld” by Simon Bjarning
https://simonbjarning.com
図々しい
sala
We will learn all about Cornell's Language House and how it benefits campus life from residence hall director Monti Wilkins.
https://cornell.campusgroups.com/tonimorrison/home/
https://scl.cornell.edu/residential-life/housing/campus-housing/upper-level-undergraduates/program-houses/language-house
https://lrc.cornell.edu/news/language-house-opens-students-learning-asl
bonsoir
Dr. Daniel Kaufman is the co-founder and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to documenting Indigenous, minority, and endangered languages, supporting linguistic diversity in New York City and beyond. We speak with him about language documentation, community collaboration, and more.
https://www.elalliance.org/
https://languagemap.nyc
Language City book: https://groveatlantic.com/book/language-city/
Facebook/Instagram: @elalliance
wagübürigu
We speak with Olga Verlato, a Klarman Fellow in Near Eastern Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences here at Cornell. She talks about the role played by language in history, politics, and education in modern Egypt and the surrounding region.
https://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/olga-verlato
Additional audio courtesy “Sounds of Cairo.”
https://www.youtube.com/@soundsofcairo4715
روبابيكيا
Gláucia Silva follows up on her recent talk, “Linguistic Perception and Production in Heritage Language.”
Instagram: @glauciaumd
peteca
Blaine and Von Ray discuss TPRS, “Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling,” and the results they’ve had via this method.
https://www.tprsbooks.com/
esobvio
cariño
Adriana Lima is the residence hall director at Cornell's Latino Living Center, a residential program house on campus. She shares the history and current events of the LLC, and discusses its benefits to campus life.
https://cornell.campusgroups.com/llc
cafecito
Kris Knisely is Associate Professor of French and Intercultural Competence at the University of Arizona. He follows up on his recent talk as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series, Doing It (Gender) Justice: Reimagining Language Education Through Trans Knowledges.
https://www.krisknisely.com/
https://www.krisknisely.com/ialle
@krisknisely.bsky.social
Watch a video of Kris's talk at the LRC here: https://youtu.be/TbC6Awun4fM?si=R6NcBLBQ2G_hxc5d
pamplemousse
Read a transcription of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14CJDJp0tD_zQzzl8nYoxiQBLkvundXVHNDb4sQvYllU/edit?usp=sharing
Sarah Fiorello, Interpretation Coordinator for the Cornell Botanic Gardens, shares the linguistic and cultural importance of flowers and plants.
https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/
joiedevivre
Read a transcription of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H2f3QlwnRXqcRtnPq7IseG1cy9HcaZudRoJls6cazIo/edit?usp=sharing
Loïs Talagrand is a software developer, language learner, and avid YouTuber who explores best ways for learning languages on his channel. He recounts his journey from an English student with poor conversation skills to an accomplished polyglot and shares some advice for other adult language learners.
https://www.youtube.com/@loistalagrand
https://loistalagrand.com
mana
Read a transcription of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NQ0ZjEdnBpXsTlLLsO72hq0IkrtmBqXyBeILnSSR0zM/edit?usp=sharing
We are joined by student leaders from Cornell’s Language Expansion Program and Translator Interpreter Program, both of which are now officially part of the Language Resource Center. Drew Soshensky (co-president, LEP), Matthew Norman-Ariztía (co-president, TIP), and Grace Ling (co-president, TIP) discuss the services and benefits of their organizations and how you can get involved.
https://cornell.campusgroups.com/lep
https://cornell.campusgroups.com/tip
小寶貝
ronronear
murciélago
desafortunadamente
Read a transcription of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cpzFpp-K2Ij2X5VqiacONs61hvzuFSyYBSuEYlMqpNY/edit?usp=sharing
We kick off season 15 with Kate Sonka, Executive Director of Teach Access, a non-profit working to bridge the accessibility skills gap between education and industry.
https://teachaccess.org/
albóndigas
We catch up with Şebnem Özkan to learn what's new in Cornell's collaborative, interdisciplinary initiative with partners around the world, Global Hubs.
barış
global.cornell.edu/hubs
globalhubs@cornell.edu
Read a transcription of this episode:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14CJDJp0tD_zQzzl8nYoxiQBLkvundXVHNDb4sQvYllU/edit?usp=sharing
Sam talks gratitude with LRC team members Ashley Griffith and Ahmed Shamim.
We'll be back next week with our final episode of the season!
Tom Garza joins us to expand on his recent talk about optimizing teaching for Gen Z learners and differentiated language instruction. We will extend our conversations about the current generation of students and what we as educators can do to teach inclusively and equitably.
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/tlc/
dostoprimechatelnosti
достопримечательности
YouTuber Matt Brooks-Green joins us to talk about his channel “Language Learning for Mortals.” He’ll share his perspective on picking up new languages outside of the classroom.
https://www.youtube.com/@matt_brooks-green
tiquismiquis
deshumidificador
We reflect on another successful World Languages Day at Cornell with our Engagement and Outreach Coordinator Ashley Griffith and student volunteer, keynote speaker, and Language Expansion Program co-president Daria Badger.
eichhörnchen
źdźbło
Read a transcription of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GwyjIyxGqjsHTBj_a3lEYacH2tLp5JStnJppIVb4v9Q/edit?usp=sharing
Dr. Ilka Kostka follows up on her talk about the opportunities and challenges of Generative AI in the language classroom.
Watch Ilka’s talk at the LRC: https://youtu.be/HzST20cCmE8?si=Vidd6azr2NgEPpLF
Ilka’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilka-k-7892b75a
ačiū
Read a transcription of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cquICo0rb_Ykc6frJzuFbUSm5W8s_zWJjIH5snzZlD4/edit?usp=sharing
Dr. Kasia Bartoszynska is an Associate Professor at Ithaca College in Literatures in English and in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She is a reader, writer, educator, translator, and lover of good food, and we discuss translation, antiracism, and her recent book, Estranging the Novel.
https://kasiareads.com/
şey
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RUQQRtsIJMkneg0h4QQG6y6-T1Hop1gkhK3-gHgINxg/edit?usp=sharing
Dr. Pelin Kumbet Cagman, a visiting scholar from Kocaeli University in Turkey, and Banu Ozer Griffin, the head of Cornell’s Turkish program, discuss Turkish culture, posthumanism, and Turkish caricatures.
kolaygelsin
kartoffeln
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l6ArOiF3_QPRT3dgjnws5hKolJqFKAbFvGH0JOlvh50/edit?usp=sharing
We speak with Cornell art historians Andrew C. Weislogel and Juliana Fagua Arias about Colonial Crossings, an exhibition on the art of Colonial Latin America at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell. This exhibition, running until December of this year, examines work predominantly created by Indigenous, Black, Asian, and mixed-race artists during the period of Spanish colonial rule. These artists hail from Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
cochinilla
想
https://museum.cornell.edu/exhibition/colonial-crossings-art-identity-and-belief-in-the-spanish-americas/
https://museum.cornell.edu/event/symposium-keynote-lecture-reimagining-the-americas/
https://museum.cornell.edu/event/symposium-reimagining-the-americas-new-perspectives-on-spanish-colonial-art/
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_JEvrBr9-wJ7GLuC8qwnH08H8HiKuLE5bAqxQfhCHl4/edit?usp=sharing
We are joined by Grit Matthias Phelps, Amy Cheatle, and Emily Hong to discuss a German language project wherein upper-level students programmed chat bots to interact with introductory language learners.
zweisamkeit
literaturwissenschaft
______
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-KaQACk8kTLdzsxNjc0zQZis6mCEILrT42JQSpZtXjI/edit?usp=sharing
Dr. Oya Topçuoğlu Judd of the Middle East and North African Languages Program at Northwestern University expands on her recent talk about incorporating collaborative course design and contemporary media into the language classroom.
https://mena-languages.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/topcuoglu-oya.html
https://www.routledge.com/Sharing-Less-Commonly-Taught-Languages-in-Higher-Education-Collaboration/Heidrich-Uebel-Kraemer-Giupponi/p/book/9781032394176
arkadaş
We are delighted to introduce our new Language Resource Center team member and colleague, Ashley Griffith, the new LRC engagement and outreach coordinator.
quietscheentchen
Dr. Julian Currents joins us to discuss universal design for learning and how our growing understanding of neurodivergence and chronic illness can help create a classroom space that is more beneficial to all.
Kneecap (2024 film): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27367464/
boycott
céarta
Sam and Angelika kick off our 14th season with some updates on language learning at Cornell. Stay tuned for another fascinating semester of exciting guests and fresh topics in language and culture education!
zuckerwatte
saucisson
For the thirteenth episode of our thirteenth season, a bonus pod about the number 13 and its significance around the world.
We'll be back in the fall!
Here are the sources for some of the tidbits in this episode:
https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2022/10/conversation_thirteen.php#:~:text=The%20number%2013%20may%20be,guest%20at%20the%20Last%20Supper.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/13-across-globe-exploration-superstitions-beliefs-gabriela-kouahla
https://tinyrituals.co/blogs/tiny-rituals/angel-number-13-meaning
https://en.as.com/nfl/taylor-swifts-favorite-number-13-and-its-significance-in-super-bowl-lviii-n/
triskaidekaphobia
We recap the LRC’s annual, multilingual Sweet Poetry event with organizer Hilary Yarger and participating reader Vishnu Pusarapu.
Vishnu reads:
“My Own Love (In Brackets)” - Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (Irish)
Additional poetry excerpts in this episode:
“Nirvana Shatkam” - Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit)
Read by Suresh Kamath Bola
“If I Could Caress in My Mouth the Whole World” - Fernando Pessoa (Portuguese)
Read by Isabela Carvalho
“A Thought Came to My Lips” - Javed Akhtar (Hindi)
Read by Janhvie Joshi
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craic
Dr. Dan Nickolai, current IALLT president and director of the Language Resource Center at St. Louis University, introduces iSpraak, a web-based tool for practice and assessment of second language pronunciation.
yaourter
https://ispraak.net/
https://bilingualbilliken.com/
https://iallt.org/
Dr. Caroline Levine, the David and Kathleen Ryan Professor of Humanities at Cornell, joins us to discuss the challenges and revelations of translating poetry, and how languages and the humanities can work as forces for social change.
https://english.cornell.edu/caroline-levine
Access the ebook or request a physical copy of the of the Norton Anthology: https://seagull.wwnorton.com/worldlit5
To request an exam or desk copy of the Norton Anthology, contact Megan at: mzwilling@wwnorton.com
liflode
Dr. Carolyn Fornoff, from Cornell’s Department of Romance Studies, joins us to discuss her research into the intersection of art, artists, and climate change in Latin America, as investigated in her new book, Subjunctive Aesthetics: Mexican Cultural Production in the Era of Climate Change.
https://carolynfornoff.wordpress.com/
madrugar
Dr. Jeff Bale, of the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, discusses the ties between language policy, culture, and race, and how educators and communities can effect change.
https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/15409-jeff-bale
https://larch.omeka.net/
Watch Dr. Bale's talk at the LRC here: https://youtu.be/AzkxJGfdTg8
Fußhupe
Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant joins us from UC San Diego to discuss the impact of generative AI tools on academic integrity in the language classroom and beyond.
https://integrity.ucsd.edu/
adios
Poet and educator Juliana Torres joins us to discuss "transformative potentiality," as well as her dissertation exploring forms of monstrosity from a queer perspective in a selection of 20th-century Latin American women writers.
Instagram handle: @julitorrres
https://www.instagram.com/julitorrres/
sobremesa
University of Michigan Language Resource Center Director Julie Evershed goes on a deep dive with us on copyright in the context of language teaching. She recently gave a talk as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series on this topic, which you can watch on our website.
Resources for copyright and language classes: https://myumi.ch/96NWx
Video of Julie’s talk: https://youtu.be/s2amGtVnA-I
komorebi
Dr. Luke Urbain, the new Program Manager of Cornell's Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about language learning, Cuban politics, art, and the concept of “safety.”
https://lacs.einaudi.cornell.edu/
colero
Dr. Malte Jung shares some insights into how artificial intelligence affects the way human beings interact not only with technology, but with one another.
https://mjung.infosci.cornell.edu/
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/04/study-uncovers-social-cost-using-ai-conversations
https://interplay.infosci.cornell.edu/
Kunschd
etepetete
It's Valentine's Day, so we talked to some folks around the LRC about people, places, and things that they love! Amazingly, they answered in a variety of languages…
Can you recognize them all?
We'll be back next week with a new guest, Dr. Malte Jung!
We learn about Open Doors English, a nonprofit organization offering classes for adult English language learners. Instructor Joshua Orkin and students Hui-Tzu "Wendy" Kuo and José Tzul describe how the program empowers adult English language learners in Ithaca, Tompkins, and surrounding counties to live fuller lives.
https://sites.google.com/view/open-doors-english/
shwari
加油
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11ZMcsDBaVX_waq8Qb_YW7QPoMJcBUxeaZN2678GeNp4/edit?usp=sharing
We kick off our thirteenth season by introducing Dr. Ahmed Shamim, the Academic Programs Coordinator and our newest colleague at the Cornell University Language Resource Center.
অভিমান
You can access the edited volume Sharing Less Commonly Taught Languages in Higher Education: Collaboration and Innovation (Heidrich Uebel, Kraemer, & Giupponi, Routledge, 2024) for free at https://www.routledge.com/Sharing-Less-Commonly-Taught-Languages-in-Higher-Education-Collaboration/Heidrich-Uebel-Kraemer-Giupponi/p/book/9781032394176.
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KNfYeGhVflsS3D46jJLw0Xcksv3w8YK8vIIz2ltDJAU/edit?usp=sharing
We are joined by Fatema Sumar, former Obama administration official and current Executive Director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University. Fatema discusses her past as a Cornell student, the challenges in combating global poverty, and the transformative power of language.
https://cid.harvard.edu
abas
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rWlDMBp3lqW99vV_M4MZ3T6QFDQ7_p3tbeZYiEvDMb0/edit?usp=sharing
For this year's Thanksgiving special, we are joined by friends and colleagues reading poetry celebrating gratitude.
Sara Goto (Freshman, Cornell): Thank You by Shuntaro Tanikawa
David Ortega (Language Technology Specialist, Yale): Oda a las gracias by Pablo Neruda
Jeremy Urbaniak (Freshman, Cornell): Dziękuje Ci (author unknown)
Krystyna Golovakova (Ukranian instructor, Cornell): Вечірнє сонце, дякую за день! by Lina Kostenko
gratitude
Read transcriptions and translations of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1byaowmz__tc93HKfRlWSqwpKtMLoMewO8Qxtxbvp3_4/edit?usp=sharing
Don Vosburg, Academic Technologist of Learning Innovation (and former Language Center Director) at Carleton College in Minnesota, joins us to discuss all things gamification and language learning through gaming.
https://www.carleton.edu/directory/dvosburg/
Feierabend
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ST0Ci37nY0IUmKoisKMisHmin6nijVfJV4nvKOCwPE8/edit?usp=sharing
We meet with Anthony Ng’ang’a, a representative from the East Africa-based Safal Group. Anthony discusses he Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize, an award to recognize writing and translations in African languages and help proliferate them around the globe.
https://www.safalgroup.com/cornell-kiswahili-prize/
https://kiswahiliprize.cornell.edu/
GutiriWaIregiUtuire
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12U1Pl22MoiLoU4kJ9YDskCbZZe1PlHmPD4kN90yuPH4/edit?usp=sharing
We revisit Cornell’s World Languages Day, which took place earlier this month. Participant Anna Marchetti is a senior in high school in Victor, NY (just under two hours northwest of Ithaca), and student volunteer Sebastian Young is a sophomore here at Cornell and one of our LRC student assistants.
https://lrc.cornell.edu/world-languages-day
animero
yaourter
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c04o2wvWW8iumUZRdNOxjFA-jOpvC_pcT1gnjQPYgF0/edit?usp=sharing
Dr. Catherine Baumann follows up on her talk from our monthly LRC Speaker Series. Cathy dives into reverse design and how to better center language curricula and lessons around the goals and needs of students.
https://languages.uchicago.edu/2021/03/04/cathy-baumanns-interview-on-reverse-design/
skärgård
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gW5Ixdh7m8Ylhd1UFx_n4cSr-lRK0pxy0IiKmueR_xU/edit?usp=sharing
Simon Zuberek returns to Speaking of Language. Simon is a senior educational technologist, linguist, and language educator, and we will talk today about corpora, data, and their applications and validity in the language classroom.
https://www.zuberek.net/
ubuntu
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18SuIN2HnClTltRU4uFQTTzJNo1ZArQxGrDG81-5fUeI/edit?usp=sharing
McKenna Norton and Jack Donnellan are undergraduates in the Class of 2025 cohort of Cornell's Robert S. Harrison College Scholar Program. They describe their projects that focus on responses to alienation across cultures and on the role of language in the application of the rule of law around the world.
https://as.cornell.edu/education/college-scholar-program
https://as.cornell.edu/mckenna-norton
https://as.cornell.edu/jack-donnellan
刀子嘴豆腐心
يلا
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cuFKJ0aIqEDSR_hCXR3INBXmtrVExyXIgE-qbut9a8c/edit?usp=sharing
Dr. Mari Noda talks about the “game” of language learning, and how each of us can endeavor to “fail better” in our interactions with other cultures.
https://nihongonow.byu.edu/
Watch the video of Mari's talk: https://youtu.be/2l5ufdeKoD8
やっぱり
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NrGae2RGdY9qYtnOPyfYQTgO9Z9fJ4CdVou2Wd44KNg/edit?usp=sharing
We meet some of the teams behind two other Cornell-based language and culture podcasts. Daniel Bass and Shavin Seneviratne are the co-hosts of The Next Monsoon, a series by Cornell's South Asia Program examining artistic and cultural responses to climate change in South Asia. Francine Barchett and Emily Falica are involved with Gatty Lecture Rewind, a podcast by the Southeast Asia Program centered on conversations and interviews with visiting scholars working in and around that region.
Gatty Lecture Rewind: https://gattyrewind.libsyn.com/
The Next Monsoon: https://nextmonsoon.podbean.com/
Listen to a brief trailer for The Next Monsoon: https://nextmonsoon.podbean.com/e/welcome-to-the-next-monsoon-1679507165/
Next Monsoon conference: https://events.cornell.edu/event/the_next_monsoon .
Daniel's Monsoon Radio show: https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/monsoon-radio/
chảnh
ஊர்
נחת
hati-hati
치맥
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MWctcsxMNijxDWh6we0C8QH4KLx3HDJRGqWgOA_MOdE/edit?usp=sharing
We are joined by Daniel Walter, Assistant Professor of German and Linguistics at Emory University. Dr. Walter recently published the book titled Psycholinguistic Approaches to Instructed Second Language Acquisition: Linking Theory, Findings, and Practice, and we will dive into his work on our podcast today.
Fernweh
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uePmJ-duZVotu0UzlyEYyDEmSqMc1nCJQj5i2OVmOtI/edit?usp=sharing
Meet Hilary Yarger, the newest member of the team here at the Cornell University Language Resource Center. We discuss what drew Hilary to the LRC and what she hopes to accomplish as our Engagement and Outreach Coordinator. We'll also hear some of her original music, and perhaps even a classic 90s jam.
Included in this episode: excerpt from "Hazy Devotion," Hilary's MA thesis project.
https://hilaryyarger.com
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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
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.comhttps://clcl.uiowa.edu/
J’aiD’autresChatsÀFouetter
ya’ll
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
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
Dr. Peidong Sun of Cornell's history department discusses her course titled Fashion and Politics in Twentieth-Century China. She also shares details of her time studying in China and France, as well as her numerous upcoming book projects.
béton
We are joined by Alexander Adrogué, Isabela Perez, and Frida Herrera, students from Cornell's Spanish for Heritage Speakers courses, as well as course coordinator and instructor Mary K Redmond. We'll hear about the students' experience and what they gained in terms of language and cultural skills and awareness.
choripan
espantapájaro
caca
macanudo
Isabel Choinowski and Dennis Wegner, Ph.D. candidates in German Studies at Cornell, discuss avant-garde puppetry, gender-inclusive pronouns, Sprachcafé, and more.
https://german.cornell.edu/isabel-choinowski
https://german.cornell.edu/dennis-wegner
Kakerlake
ZackZack
Bruno Shirley, a graduate student in the Department of Asian Studies here at Cornell, discusses his research into Buddhist intellectual histories of political thought and his accompanying study of Sinhala, Tamil, and other less commonly taught languages.
अम्बा
අඹ
We meet with Thamora Fishel, Chencong Zhu, Irfan Asgani, and Maks Tkachuk, members of the team from FLIP, Cornell’s Foreign Language Introduction Program. They share the background of the organization and their plans for community outreach.
https://einaudi.cornell.edu/
စားပြီးပြီလား
Їжа
SudahMakanBelum?
你吃了吗？
Dr. Stacey Johnson follows up on her talk (part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series) about problem-based models for language and culture instruction and describes the transformative power of the language classroom.
https://problembasedculture.wordpress.com/blog/
bra
Amalia Skilton, a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Linguistics at Cornell University, discusses her research in the Ticuna language in Peru and what it can tell us about the nature of human communication.
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Luana Reis unpacks her recent talk for the monthly LRC Speaker Series, Black Feminist Poetics and Language Teaching. Luana discusses bringing poetry and social justice into the language classroom, and even shares some original poetry with us.
@luanamoreirareis
lreis@pitt.edu
@ADDverse+poesia
https://www.instagram.com/addversepoesia
Download "Brazilian Women Poets in Translation," including Luana's work:
https://editoravenas.minhalojanouol.com.br/raizes---brazilian-women-poets-in-translation/p https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jOsquKC9iPruDO7ZtZUiCNuz1LEWzNmH/view
piquenique
Sam and Angelika return from another summer break, ready to tackle burning questions about language classes and the students who take them – and even love them!
schmetterling
In our final episode of the semester, we speak with Dr. Shyam Sharma, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at the State University of New York in Stony Brook. He gave a talk as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series on Transcending Monolingual Worldviews. We dive deeper into how to magnify the impact of knowledge in academia and society, as he shares ideas for rejecting a hegemony of English (or any state-imposed language) and embracing human connection through a multilingual experience.
https://shyamsharma.net/
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/mic/resources/language-justice-in-higher-ed.php#Description
stillarriving
Derina Samuel, Jody Gabler, Jayasri Srinivasan, Mila Veshcherevich, and Alice Wu from Cornell’s International Teaching Assistant Program tell us about the support services they offer to our international graduate student community.
ITAP on the web: https://teaching.cornell.edu/graduate-students/ITAP
alcachofa
преподавательница
tiftuf
sisu
chongololo
We meet Emma Britton, the new Learning Initiatives Coordinator at the Cornell University Language Resource Center, and discuss the hegemony of English as well as her experience learning Azerbaijani.
BuQarpızSancılandıranlardanımış
Dr. Corrine Occhino joins us to follow up on her talk, “What Everyone Should Know about American Sign Language and American Deaf Culture.” We discuss language deprivation in Deaf children, the phenomenon of Deaf Gain, and how hearing folks can help make a more inclusive world for their Deaf community members.
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lh5TY8lUUEVrh4G8HLvCD2RA04cY1u4Dhfe37fuLrOI/edit?usp=sharing
And see two of Corrine's favorite signs in ASL here: https://youtu.be/gQgK3HeyXo8
ASL for Free: https://www.gallaudet.edu/asl-connect/asl-for-free/ Also on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aslconnect/
SignSchool: https://www.signschool.com/
ASL at Home: https://www.aslathome.org/
The ASL App: https://www.instagram.com/theaslapp/
ASL
CHAMP
DEAFBING
Aliou Gambrel (a senior) and Kevin Kwong (a graduate student) have spent the last few years learning languages in multiple modalities: in person with other students, connecting individually over Zoom, and through the hybrid video-linked classrooms of Cornell, Yale, and Columbia’s Shared Course Initiative. Here’s what they had to say about their varied experiences as language students.
elmagyaráz
bopp
Morten Christiansen explains how language is like charades while discussing his new book, The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World. He also reassures us that we shouldn’t fear artificial intelligence taking over the world, or the field of poetry.
The Language Game:
https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/morten-h-christiansen/the-language-game/9781541674981/
Cognitive Science of Language Lab:
https://csl-lab.psych.cornell.edu/
Twitter:
@mh_christiansen
kamalåså
Krista Saleet gives us the rundown on the new David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement at Cornell and the programming and resources they offer.
https://scl.cornell.edu/get-involved/public-service-center
ibashoom
Yarden Kedar, Israel Institute Visiting Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Cornell, follows up on his talk on bilingual community-based language pedagogy, and discusses an Arab-Jewish Language Café in Jerusalem.
https://www.facebook.com/goodneighborsabutor/
Watch Yarden's talk here:
https://youtu.be/enPf1z-mEsg
embaixada
We’re going global! We will talk about Cornell’s new collaborative Global Hubs with our colleagues Wendy Wolford, Rachel Beatty Riedl, Sebnem Ozkan, and Cindy Tarter.
Partnerships exist with institutions in Australia, China, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, and Zambia.
https://global.cornell.edu/global-hubs
chiunque
Naamanala
Tukupamoja
Çemişgezeklileştirebildiklerimizdensiniz
Alejandra Diemecke tells us how her Mexican-American background and her musical family influenced the songs she performs on violin and vocals as La Llorona.
pumpernickel
https://lalloronamusic.bandcamp.com/
https://theiliumworks.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: @_lallorona_music
La Llorona on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7wPJ4oWaD1oS4GKD5CvtbXt?si=1HvsqY4ERjKYmRC_nONGwQ
This podcast includes excerpts of the songs “La Llorona” and “Wildwood” from the La Llorona EP Hedges.
Christina Rocha joins us from the American Community Schools in Athens, Greece to follow up on her recent talk about inquiry-based language learning.
pamplemousse
papouli
Watch Chistina's talk here: https://youtu.be/YfHkirMN6Ko
Right Question Institute: https://rightquestion.org/
Curious Classes: https://curiousclasses.com
Dr. Michelle Crow, the director of Cornell's English Language Support Office, returns to Speaking of Language to tell us what’s new at ELSO.
nuthead
Emilia Illana Mahiques and Macarena Tejada López discuss how they synthesized language, migration, and human rights in their teaching, and the culminating project that highlighted the knowledge and creativity of their students.
bruschetta
melocotón
Read about the student art exhibition: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/01/course-art-exhibition-teaches-expression-about-social-justice
It’s time to wrap up 2021 by revisiting our December 2019 conversation with Cornell’s American Sign Language instructor, Brenda Schertz, with a revised interpretation! Visit our YouTube channel to watch and listen to the episode.
https://youtu.be/TkrV5dke5fs
We are joined by Lori Leonard, Amy Kuo Somchanhmavong, and Shorna Allred, members of the Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation’s Digital Storytelling Community of Practice. We learn about the podcasts, video stories, and other media projects they are utilizing in the classroom and the field.
加油
boleh
dounia
perema
Center for Teaching Innovation - Digital Storytelling Community of Practice
Global Garbage - Trash Talk
Global Citizenship and Sustainability Digital Stories
This year, we'll hear a few words (and some music) from the Language Resource Center's late Technology Director, Dan Gaibel, who recorded himself discussing some of the perspective he gained from his battle with cancer. We hope it brings some light in a difficult time.
stillgrateful
Mariame Sy, Lecturer in African Languages and the Director of the African Language Program at Columbia University, discusses the history of African language teaching in the United States and identifies opportunities for innovation in the language classroom.
muñëlënté
Munther Younes, a trailblazer in the field of Arabic language instruction, discusses his 31-year career at Cornell and the innovative educational materials he has in the works.
friend
Tom Pepinsky, the new director of Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program, talks about his relationship to Indonesian language and culture, growing up in a rust belt town in the United States, and the ways in which the language you speak may or may not affect your view of the world.
penandatanganan
Soledad Chango and Ken Roberts discuss the return of Quechua and Kichwa to Cornell and the impact of offering classes in Indigenous languages.
tupananchiskama
autogolpe
Ian Andrew MacDonald discusses his background in bilingual theater and how that informs his approach to language teaching and student support.
libellule
We are joined by Karen Lichtman, Associate Professor in Spanish Linguistics and Educator Licensure at Northern Illinois University. Dr. Lichtman follows up on her talk, “Acquisition vs Learning in 2021,” comparing and contrasting the implicit and the explicit in language instruction.
onomatopoeia
Cornell's Brandon Lanners, Executive Director of the Office of Global Learning, and Gustavo Flores-Macías, Associate Vice Provost for International Affairs, discuss how to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for international students.
pachanga
apapuchi
https://global.cornell.edu/resources/teaching-international-students
Jamie Rankin is the Director of the Princeton Center for Language Study and co-director of the language program in the German Department at Princeton University. He follows up on his recent talk at Cornell, entitled "How Can I Learn All These Words?" Research-based strategies for teaching and learning L2 Vocabulary.
Eichhörnchen
https://www.dddgerman.org/
Jaelyn Millon is the new director of the Language House at Cornell. She fills us in on the big changes and goings-on at our favorite residential program.
AprovecharElMomento
Elvia Andía, Quechua Lecturer at The Ohio State University, follows up on her talk about teaching Indigenous language classes and her own experience teaching Quechua.
ayllu
Our hosts Sam and Angelika return to campus and reflect on what's past and what's to come.
Kabelsalat
We are joined by Florencia Henshaw, language educator, teacher trainer, program director, author, tech enthusiast, and social media trailblazer. She brings her energy for and expertise in online learning to our show. We discuss what we’ve learned about learning through the pandemic, and what wisdom we can take with us into post-pandemic language teaching.
circumlocution
We are joined by Eduardo Viana da Silva from the University of Washington, who will give a talk as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series this week on developing an open and inclusionary language textbook for Portuguese. He offers strategies for teachers interested in creating and sharing open materials.
janela
https://uw.pressbooks.pub/batepapo/
We share highlights from a webinar hosted by Cornell’s Translator Interpreter Program featuring our own Angelika Kraemer, as well as TIP's founder, Fatema Sumar. A 2001 Cornell graduate, Fatema is now the President Biden-appointed Vice President of the Department of Compact Operations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Fatema who now works in the Biden administration.
The webinar was moderated by current TIP student leaders Tiffany Lam and Pearl Ngai, and was recorded by Matt Gorney.
We speak with Ying Hua and Nina Chaopricha about the Cornell China Center and the events and opportunities afforded to students onsite in Beijing and on Cornell's campus.
加油
Donaudampfschifffahrtskapitänskajüte
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https://chinacenter.cornell.edu/
Bill VanPatten, the Diva of Second Language Acquisition, returns to Speaking of Language to chat about revolution and his recent talk for our monthly LRC Speaker Series, "Barriers to Innovation in Language Teaching.
monpetitchou
Watch Dr. VanPatten's talk here.
Nancy Martinsen of Cornell’s Asian and Asian American Center describes the joys and challenges of being an international student in the United States, and what we can do to support these students.
matapang
A3C website
Including International Students in Online Teaching
@cornella3c
@isu.cornell
We learn about the Planet Word Museum in Washington, D.C. and its innovative exhibits on the wonders of the English language, with its Curator of Programming, Rebecca Roberts.
serendipity
https://planetwordmuseum.org/for-educators/
Giulia Andreoni, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell University with a major concentration in Italian literature, suggests ways to incorporate music and drama into language teaching and learning.
sun
Cassandra Glynn, Pamela Wesely, and Beth Wassell, authors of Words and Actions: Teaching Languages through the Lens of Social Justice, discuss how we can rethink and transform our teaching to better serve our students and our world.
rembobiner
tiquismiquis
gemütlich
schickimicki
N‘Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba shares the lessons of three decades in Africana Studies at Cornell University.
ubuntu
Global Comparative Education: Journal of WCCES – https://www.theworldcouncil.net/gce-editorial-team.html
World Voices Nexus: the WCCES Chronicle – https://www.worldcces.org/
Find information on conversation hours for Cornell's African languages (Igbo, KiSwahili, and Yoruba) at https://lrc.cornell.edu/conversation-hours
Le Anne Spino and Karen de Bruin discuss the Proficiency Initiative at the University of Rhode Island and its impact on students and the curriculum.
cambur
lekker
Referenced sources:
https://www.aacu.org/liberaleducation/2019/summer-fall/reynolds
https://blog.languagetesting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Increasing-Graduates-Employability-Spino-and-de-Bruin-TLE-Summer-2020.pdf
Language Majors on offer at URI:
Chinese
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Global Languages & Area Studies (tracks in Japanese, Arabic, and Classics)
Minors:
Portuguese
ASL
Hebrew
Russian
Jennifer Bokaer-Smith, Bianca Lewis, and Ariana Croese from Cornell’s Learning Strategies Center discuss their growing language tutoring program and its value to the Cornell community.
avanza
mi alma
mi schiallo
Dustin Crowther discusses the ins and outs of intelligibility when speaking a second language, and how it relates to fluency.
genki
元気
sumimasen
すみません
Kelly Moore, PhD candidate in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell, describes her process of integrating the target language more deeply into her beginner-level language courses, both in person and online.
negocio
Rachel Beatty Riedl, the new director of Cornell's Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, illuminates the Center's new Migrations Initiative, as well as her investigations as a scholar and podcast host into life and politics on the African continent.
Listen to Rachel's podcast, Ufahamu Africa, at https://ufahamuafrica.com.
jamm
Sergio Pedro joins us from Ithaca College to discuss some of his favorite language-related topics from pronunciation to Miguel Cervantes, as well as his "other life" as a musician in the Ithaca area.
barroco
Heather Rowley joins us to discuss how studying Spanish, and her early inclination to teach, led her down a path toward migrant aid, social work, and immigration issues.
duende
In honor of Thanksgiving, we asked language students at Cornell to thank their teachers for their hard work, particularly through the transition to remote learning in 2020. We share what a few of them had to say (in their target languages, of course).
In order of appearance:
Nandi Ndoro for Nandipa Sipengane, Zulu
Alejna Gjakmani for Banu Ozer Griffin, Turkish
Maxwell Wang for Zhihong Chen, Chinese Jerry Guo for Su George, Chinese Christine Sit for Yuanyuan Duan, Chinese
Corinna You for Damien Tissot, French
Ria Castaneda for Aleksandar Bošković, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
Jack Liufu Christopher Chandra Aidan Ackerman for Dan Gallagher, Latin
Gregory Green, curator of the John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia at the Cornell University Library, talks about his Android app, Study Lao, and the inspiration behind its creation.
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Christopher Hromalik follows up his talk, “Inclusive by Design: Universal Design for Learning and the World Language Classroom,” with a conversation about Universal Design for Learning and what it means for the language classroom.
To watch Chris's talk and see his presentation slides, please visit our Speaker Series archive at https://lrc.cornell.edu/speaker-series.
View a written transcript of this episode here.
family
Julio Rodríguez joins us to discuss AMPLIFY, a resource aggregator of professional learning experiences for world language education.
Gemütlichkeit
itdepends
https://thelanguageflagship.tech/pl/
David Forman talks all things Yiddish at Cornell, and shares some history of the language in New York and the United States in general.
Join David for Yiddish Conversation Hour on Fridays from 12-1pm.
אַן אַלרײַטניק#
קענען זיך אין די שוואַתצע פּינטעלעך
זײַן אַ קענער אין די שוואַרצע פּינטעלעך
Steve Henhawk shares his mission to maintain and proliferate the language and culture of the Cayuga, or Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ, the indigenous people who first inhabited the land on which Cornell University now sits.
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Kate Paesani joins us to follow up her talk, “Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Teacher Professional Development: From Research to Practice.” We’ll learn how educators can integrate multiliteracies into their curriculum.
https://fllite.org/
https://newlearningonline.com/
https://carla.umn.edu/literacies/index.html
libellule
kindness
Melina Ivanchikova and Matt Ouellett, Center for Teaching Innovation
Giulia Friso, Senior Research Associate, Plant Biology
In our 100th episode, we dive into “Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom,” a Massive Open Online Course developed by Cornell’s Center for Teaching Innovation. Two of its creators, Melina Ivanchikova and Matt Ouellett, as well as contributing faculty member Giulia Friso, discuss the importance of incorporating diversity concepts into the teaching of any subject matter. They also provide suggestions for how you can develop these skills in your own teaching, learning, and life.
Learn more about the course (and sign up) here.
bigotes
tesoro
gemütlich
Daniel Gallagher, from Cornell’s Classics department, reflects on his decade of experience living and working as a Latin secretary in the Vatican, and shares the many benefits of learning to speak and converse in a language some may consider “dead.”
sapientia
Professor Beth Lyon, Director of Cornell’s Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic, and Victor Flores, J.D. Candidate and Spanish instructor in our Languages Across the Curriculum Initiative, offer a look into Cornell’s Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic, and the different educational methods they utilize to create access to the American justice system for speakers of Spanish and Indigenous languages.
Vos
Ojalá
Julio Torres joins us from the University of California, Irvine to enlighten us on how language instruction affects heritage speakers.
Watch Julio's talk, presented at the Cornell LRC over Zoom, here.
couscous
We kick off our first episode of season 6 with lessons learned over the summer. Sam and Angelika discuss building the LRC's Online Learning Community, and Cornell instructors Thierry Torea and Su George talk about their experiences in building community and engaging students online.
saucisson
In the final episode of our Spring 2020 season, we speak with three Cornell language students about their transition into remote learning over the course of this semester: Jabari Gambrel (Wolof), JT Miller (Korean), and Skyeler McQueen (German).
hersugol
그냥 패스
우리
zanahorias
Claire Ménard, Naomi Larson, and Munther Younes, lecturers of French, Japanese, and Arabic at Cornell University, share their experiences with the transition to remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
samak
sharib
wunderbar
がんばろう
Simon Zuberek, the Educational Technologist from the Language Resource Center at Columbia University, investigates the application of virtual, augmented, and extended reality for learning and teaching language and culture.
verschilmmbessern
Director of the University of Wisconsin System Collaborative Language Program, Lauren Rosen, discusses the lessons, consequences, and potential in moving language instruction into a virtual space.
Gaztelugatxe
Shannon Spasova, Technology Specialist in the Center for Language Teaching Advancement at Michigan State University and Assistant Professor of Russian, speaks with us about useful tools for teaching and learning language online.
очевидно
David Ortega, Language Technology Specialist in the Center for Language Study at Yale University, discusses strategies for engaging learners remotely.
わびさび
侘寂
As we continue our special focus on language teaching and learning strategies in a virtual space, we welcome Andrew Ross to our podcast. Dr. Ross is the director of the Language Center at Harvard University. He joins us to discuss the role of the language center supporting teachers and students in these times.
In this episode, we are joined once again by our colleague Chris Kaiser, Program Manager for the Shared Course Initiative, a collaborative agreement among Columbia, Cornell, and Yale Universities to share instruction in the less commonly taught languages. Chris shares several philosophies and strategies for assessing students in a time of social distance.
What it is, Speaking of Language listeners! As we're sure you can imagine, our usual schedule here at the Language Resource Center has been disrupted by the global COVID-19 pandemic. But fear not — we still plan to deliver weekly podcasts to you, both to maintain a sense of normalcy in an unusual time, and to keep you up to date on teaching and learning strategies for language in a virtual space, as we all do our best to flatten the curve through quarantine and social distance.
For this week, though, please enjoy a re-run of one of our early episodes with one of the masters of language teaching in a synchronous virtual space: Adeolu Ademoyo.
Adeolu Ademoyo is a senior lecturer in Yoruba language and culture at Cornell. His research interests include: African Philosophy: Ethics, Epistemology and Aesthetics, the locus of African Languages in delineating met-ethical concepts in African moral discourse, gender issues, and family and social structures.
Story/Lines: Visual Narratives in Japanese Pop Culture is a new exhibit at the Cornell library about the history of manga and its relevance in Japanese culture. We speak with exhibit curators Dan McKee, Karl Rozyn, and Aparna Ghosh about how the comic-book universe can be integrated into learning and teaching.
Ali Moeller, Edith S. Greer Professor of Language Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, joins us on campus as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series to give a talk titled “Pathways to Language and Intercultural Proficiency.” She discusses how language learners can take on the role of cultural anthropologist for greater success and deeper engagement in the classroom and beyond.
Angelika interviews some fellow attendees of Language Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.
- Trey Calvin, Managing Director of JNCL-NCLIS
- Rebecca Blouwolff, ACTFL Teacher of the Year 2020, French, Wellesley Middle School in Wellesley, MA
- Jenny Delfini, Spanish, Lenape Elementary in New Paltz, NY
- Keith Cothrun, Executive Director of AATG
- Meredith White, Spanish, Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, GA
We learn what LAD is all about, why it is so important to advocate for languages on the Hill, and how these colleagues share what they learned back in their schools and districts. To learn more about Language Advocacy Day, legislative priorities, and what you can do to advocate for languages, visit languagepolicy.org.
Cornell senior Charlie Accurso describes his experiences as a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellow, and the many opportunities he has been afforded as a speaker of many languages.
FLAS Fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and help graduate and undergraduate students acquire high levels of competence in languages that are deemed critical to the national needs of the United States, and also to gain a fuller understanding of the areas, regions, or countries in which those languages are commonly used. At Cornell, FLAS fellowships are offered through the South Asia Program and the Southeast Asia Program.
The following languages are offered:
- Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, Persian, Punjabi, Sinhala, Tamil, Modern Tibetan, Urdu (SAP)
- Burmese, Khmer, Indonesian/Malay, Filipino (Tagalog), Thai, Vietnamese (SEAP)
Application deadline is Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 4:30 pm. For more information, visit bit.ly/CornellFLAS
Sam and Angelika welcome John Graves, the newest team member at the Cornell University Language Resource Center. John talks about growing up in a bilingual household, considers how to apply his educational philosophies as the new instructional designer and project manager at the LRC, and shares some heart-pounding stories from his past teaching experiences.
The Makerspace in Cornell Univesity's Mann Library, the "mannUfactory," is a place of experiential learning, where students, faculty, and staff can exercise their creativity and develop new crafts and skills. Emerging Literacies Librarian Camille Andrews gives us the scoop.
To learn more about the mannUfactory, visit https://makerspace.library.cornell.edu/
We dive into Cornell’s Translator-Interpreter Program, a student-run organization that offers its services to the surrounding community. Student executive board members Dana Slayton, Pearl Ngai, and Ruby Li join us to discuss what TIP has to offer.
To learn more about TIP, visit https://cornell.campusgroups.com/tip/home/
Since ASL is a visual form of communication, we present this episode as a video, rather than the usual audio-only format. You can view the video here: https://youtu.be/cIcmaj7kkpk
A transcription of this conversation, adapted from the real-time translation occurring in the studio, is available at https://tinyurl.com/brendaschertz.
A second version of the conversation, with a new translation, is forthcoming.
For the final episode of the fourth season of the Speaking of Language podcast, Sam and Angelika speak with Brenda Schertz, the senior lecturer in American Sign Language and coordinator of the ASL Program here at Cornell. Brenda holds a BFA from the Art Institute of Boston, and a Masters in Sign Language Education from Gallaudet University. Brenda and interpreter Mareike Larsen discuss interpreter training, art, film, and all things American Sign Language.
In honor of Thanksgiving, Sam and Angelika ask students, faculty, and staff around the LRC what they're thankful for.
We'll be back next week with our special final episode of the semester!
Amanda Brown lets us in on the sometimes surprising results of her research into immersive and non-immersive language teaching. Dr. Brown is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Syracuse University. She was on campus as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series, and gave a talk titled “Immersive versus Non-Immersive Language Teaching: Experimental Studies in English, French, and Arabic Classrooms.”
We're taking a breather this week and are re-broadcasting one of our favorite older episodes, our December 2018 season finale featuring Cornell's Uttiyo Raychaudhuri. Since this conversation took place, Dr. Raychaudhuri has moved from his position as the first Executive Director for the Office of Global Learning at Cornell to serve as a strategy consultant to the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs. Whether you’re listening for the first time, or revisiting the conversation, we hope you enjoy and appreciate Dr. Raychaudhuri's vision for international engagement and global citizenship.
Sam and Angelika are joined by Cornell's Abby Cohn and Katie Blake to recap the premier Cornell World Languages Day. The pilot event brought high school students from the community to Cornell's campus to celebrate world languages and cultures. The four discuss the impact it had on participating students and Cornell participants.
Learn more about Cornell World Languages Day at http://wld.lrc.cornell.edu/
In this episode, two Cornell colleagues join us to discuss their experiences teaching language to incarcerated students. Makda Weatherspoon is a Senior Lecturer of Arabic, and Tess Wheelwright is the Academic Director of the Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP).
Learn more about CPEP at https://cpep.cornell.edu/
Leah Sweet, the Lynch Curatorial Coordinator for Academic Programs at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art on Cornell’s campus, discusses how museums can be integrated into language teaching. She also touches on the current Johnson exhibition of contemporary art about the movement of people across the globe.
Learn more about the Johnson Museum, including current, past, and upcoming exhibits, at https://museum.cornell.edu/
Margaret Malone is the Director of the Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center at Georgetown University, a Research Professor at Georgetown, and she is also the Director of ACTFL’s Center for Assessment, Research and Development. She was on campus as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series and gave a talk titled “What do students and instructors need to understand about language assessment and what do language assessment developers and researchers need to know about students and instructors?” We continue to discuss strategies for overcoming the potential disconnect between test users and test developers in language assessment in this episode.
A video of Meg's talk is available at lrc.cornell.edu/speaker-series and on the LRC's YouTube channel.
Allyssa Ford, a student at Cornell’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, discusses her experience as a linguist for the United States Navy, and her time in their intensive language school as well as working with civilian language analysts in the NSA.
Cornell undergraduate Nisa Burns shares her experiences learning multiple Southeast Asian languages and how study abroad has influenced her future aspirations for language revitalization.
How does a state government affect language education on a national or global level? Candace Black joins us from the New York State Education Department’s Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages to share her experience. More information about her office and the revisions to the New York State Standards for World Languages can be found at http://nysed.gov/world-languages/. Candace can be reached at candace.black@nysed.gov or 518-473-7505. Learn more about New York's language teachers' association NYSAFLT at https://nysaflt.org.
Edvan Brito joins us to discuss what the Brazilian settlements called favelas can teach us about how language, race, and geography intersect.
Dr. Brito is Assistant Professor and Director of the Portuguese Program at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He was on Cornell's campus as part of the monthly LRC Speaker Series, and gave a talk titled “Using Social and Cultural Issues to Promote Language Learning and Cultural Awareness: Language Variation, Race, and Migration.”
Watch Dr. Brito's talk here.
This week, we take a trip to the movies as we investigate how two Cornell PhD students created an alien language for the blockbuster film Captain Marvel. LRC Media Manager Sam Lupowitz speaks with Joseph Rhyne and Ryan Hearn, two PhD candidates in Linguistics at Cornell. Joseph and Ryan created the “ConLang,” or “Constructed Language,” of the planet Torfa for this entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which stars Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson.
Speaking of Language returns for a new academic year! Cornell LRC Director Angelika Kraemer fills us in on lessons learned during summer travels to conferences, both domestic and international. Media Development Manager Sam Lupowitz remembers by the end that he went on his honeymoon.
Call for chapter submissions to the 2021 Language Center Handbook.
Cornell undergraduates Hezekiah Thompson and Justin Kang talk about what they have gained from their language learning experiences, and their advice for incoming freshmen, or any prospective language student.
With this episode, our third season of Speaking of Language comes to an end. We will be back in September with new topics and guests. In the meantime, you can listen to our archived shows on our website at lrc.cornell.edu, on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. We wish all our listeners a wonderful summer.
Charlene Polio discusses facts and myths about the challenges of language learning, and suggests strategies for framing the learning process, whether your students are motivated or anxious.
Dr. Polio is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian & African Languages at Michigan State University, where she teaches in the Master’s Degree Program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and also in the Second Language Studies Program. She gave a talk last week as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series titled “Are Some Languages Really More ‘Difficult’ to Learn?” and we will extend our conversation about language difficulty on our podcast.
Amanda Seewald of Learning Kaleidoscope grew up in a monolingual household. By the time she was in college, she was advocating for language education in Washington, D.C. Later on, she founded Maracas, a homegrown language immersion program that uses music and rhythm to teach Spanish to young learners. This week, we hear her story, and learn about what you can do to help build a global, multilingual future.
Sarah Mercer discusses the importance of teacher wellbeing for effective language teaching and offers concrete steps for preventing burnout.
Sarah discusses the “Greater Good in Action” website in her interview; that can be viewed here: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/
Donations in memory of Dan Gaibel can be made to Hospicare of Ithaca, https://www.hospicare.org/. Dan also established a GoFundMe to support his young son: https://www.gofundme.com/khm42-dan
Sara Lee talks about language learning and dyslexia and offers helpful suggestions for supporting dyslexic learners in and outside the classroom.
Learn more about the Orton-Gillingham Approach Sara mentions and check out this recent article about Dyslexia, Bilingualism, and Learning a Second Language.
We speak with Daniel Bass, of Cornell’s South Asia Program, and host of WRFI’s Monsoon Radio, about music, cultures, and languages.
For more information on Daniel's show, visit the links below:
https://www.facebook.com/MonsoonRadioWRFI/
https://www.radiofreeamerica.com/show/monsoon-radio-w-daniel-bass-wrfi-community-radio
Theresa Schenker discusses the benefits of telecollaborative photo exchanges for language learning and intercultural competence.
Brenna Fitzgerald, Arbias Llolluni, and Thamora Fishel talk about the Afterschool Language and Culture Program that is offered through Cornell’s Area Studies Centers in the Einaudi Center and the Public Service Center. The program provides opportunities for Cornell undergraduate and graduate students to share their knowledge of a language and culture with curious students from local schools.
If you are interested in getting involved as a foreign language teacher volunteer or school partner, please contact the Program Manager at outreach@einaudi.cornell.edu.
https://seap.einaudi.cornell.edu/afterschool-language-and-culture-program
Andrew Campana joins us to share his research into audio games, cinepoems, and other boundary-breaking forms of media emanating from Japan. Dr. Campana and the LRC’s Sam Lupowitz discuss the ways in which media and literature can be reimagined to communicate ideas in new ways, to previously overlooked communities.
More information on Dr. Campana and his work can be found at the links below:
https://asianstudies.cornell.edu/poets-artists-game-makers-and-new-media
https://asianstudies.cornell.edu/andrew-campana
Andrew’s articles referenced in the episode can be found at the following link:
https://killscreen.com/articles/real-sound-audiogames-blindness-shadow-history-gaming/
Mona Eikel-Pohen joins our podcast to talk about language learning and disabilities and some strategies and considerations for creating inclusive classrooms.
Her article titled “Assessing Disability-Inclusive Language Teaching Methods with Multimodality and Universal Design Principles” will appear in the spring issue (52.1) of the AATG journal Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German.
A brief description of the seven principles of Universal Design Mona mentions on the episode can be found at deploy.lrc.cornell.edu/sol/7principles.pdf.
A full text transcription of this episode can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mBaFsh1ereF0wy1kwQ3spDii6tjzBdR4BShydgVipmw/edit?usp=sharing.
The Shared Course Initiative uses high-definition videoconferencing to connect language classrooms at Cornell, Columbia, and Yale. By sharing instruction across three sites, the SCI increases the number of languages available at each university. Listen to the language center directors of these three universities (Columbia’s Stephane Charitos, Yale’s Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, and your host, Angelika Kraemer) discuss the SCI and what it takes to make this cross-institutional collaboration work.
We are joined by Michelle Cox, Director of Cornell’s English Language Support Office. She talks about the programs they offer to support, empower, and engage international graduate and professional students on campus and in the community.
In our first episode of season 3, we speak with Dr. Jolene Rickard, Director of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, about the United Nations 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages. In addition to offering some of her own personal history, Dr. Rickard talks about the benefits of honoring and learning about the language and culture of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and the world.
Access the Speak Cayuga app here.
In our final episode of the season, Uttiyo Raychaudhuri, executive director of Cornell’s Office of Global Learning, discusses the importance of promoting global citizenship and international engagement. Listen to this important and moving episode!
We will be back in the new year with new topics and guests. In the meantime, you can listen to our archived shows on our website or on iTunes. We wish all our listeners a wonderful holiday season.
Today, we welcome Christian Hilchey to our studio. Dr. Hilchey is a lecturer in the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas, Austin and was a part of our LRC Speaker Series this semester. He gave a talk last week titled “Open Media and the Next Frontier in Open Education,” and we extend our conversations about open education and open-source software solutions on our podcast.
The resources Christian mentioned in today’s conversation (and then some) are listed on this handout: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j0fSo3BYDLYtYbe-m5fEGxxPh5xA9-JjGcTGg2ua038/edit
Members of Cornell’s student organization Language Expansion Program discuss the importance of language learning on campus in a comfortable, encouraging environment. Their weekly event Language Corner takes place at the Language Resource Center in Stimson Hall G27.
Stéphane Charitos, Language Resource Center director at Columbia University, discusses current national trends in language study and suggests four practical recommendations that can help uphold visibility and the importance of world language education in the U.S.
The reports Stéphane references can be found here:
- American Academy of Arts & Sciences report: Commission on Language Learning. The American Academy of Arts & Sciences. (2016). The state of languages in the U.S.: A statistical portrait. Retrieved from https://www.amacad.org/multimedia/pdfs/publications/researchpapersmonographs/State-of-Languages-in-US.pdf
- National K-12 foreign language enrollment survey: American Councils for International Education (2017). The national K-12 foreign language enrollment survey report. Retrieved from https://www.americancouncils.org/sites/default/files/FLE-report-June17.pdf
- MLA enrollment report: Looney, D., & Lusin, N. (2018). Enrollments in languages other than English in United States institutions of higher education, Summer 2016 and fall 2016: Preliminary report. Retrieved fromhttps://www.mla.org/content/download/83540/2197676/2016%E2%80%90Enrollments%E2%80%90Short%E2%80%90Report.pdf
Patsy Lightbown, Distinguished Professor Emerita in Applied Linguistics at Concordia University, joins our podcast to discuss form-focused instruction and the balance between form-focused and meaning-focused learning activities.
In this episode, Jeremy Thompson, Research Associate and Lecturer in Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, shares his experience with Jumpstart and Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum courses.
In this episode, Dan Gaibel and Angelika Kraemer talk about the role of technology in language learning. They discuss benefits and challenges of utilizing technology for language learning and share some of their personal favorites.
In this episode, Maureen Morris from the Library and Melina Draper from the Center for Teaching Innovation speak about the Cornell Portal. They explain the history of the Portal and ways it can be used for intercultural encounters that can enhance language and culture learning. The gold-painted shipping container is located just outside of Olin Library on the Arts Quad and is on campus through November 2018.
In this episode, Celeste Kinginger, Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University, joins our podcast to discuss what helps and hinders advancing language proficiency while studying abroad, including social-interactive and pragmatic aspects of language acquisition. Celeste also provides advice for students and instructors to make the most of their time abroad.
In this episode, Angelika Kraemer speaks with Derron Borders, the Residence Hall Director of Cornell’s Language House. They explore the history of the Language House and some of the current events and activities that allow residents and guests to immerse themselves in their language learning experience.
In this episode, we are joined by Stephanie Divo, Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies and Language Program Director of Mandarin Chinese. Stephanie talks about her program’s two-pronged approach to teaching beginning Chinese, fact and act.
In this episode, Angelika Kraemer speaks with Lisa Sansoucy, coordinator of language learning initiatives at the LRC, about LAC – the Languages Across the Curriculum initiative. Lisa outlines the history and structure of the program and they discuss the importance of interdisciplinary learning and teaching in today’s global society.
In this episode, LRC director Angelika Kraemer is joined by Bill VanPatten, host of the popular SLA radio show Tea with BVP. They discuss two perennial issues in language teaching: the roles of input and output and the role of explicit teaching. Bill also offers some advice for new and seasoned language teachers. Listen live to Bill’s new call-in radio show, TalkinL2 with BVP, at http://www.talkinl2withbvp.com/. The show airs on Wednesdays at 6 pm ET.
Today, we introduce Angelika Kraemer, the new director of the Language Resource Center at Cornell University. In the first episode of our second season, Angelika speaks with Sam Lupowitz, the LRC’s media manager, about communicative language teaching: using your immediate surroundings to contextualize your expression and interpretation of language.
Dr. Angelika Kraemer is the Director of the Language Resource Center at Cornell University. She also currently serves as Co-Editor of the journal Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German published by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) and as Co-Coordinator of the International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT) Survey Committee. Angelika’s research interests include technology-enhanced language learning, program development, early language learning, community engagement and service learning, and assessment. When she is not in Stimson, you’ll find her running around Beebe Lake, watching Netflix, drinking tea, or traveling.
As Media Development Manager at the Cornell LRC, Sam Lupowitz is the lord and master of all things audio and video. Though he normally controls Speaking of Language from the shadows, on some days he simply cannot restrain his need for the spotlight. Outside of the Language Resource Center, he is an active part of the Ithaca, New York music scene as a keyboard player, bassist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is currently writing this in the third person.
Dick Feldman is director of the Language Resource Center at Cornell University, and has been so for nineteen years. Dick is retiring in a couple of months, so in this episode of Speaking of Language, we discuss some bigger-picture ideas, such as the importance of having a unit dedicated to technology support in language learning. We talk about teachers’ attitudes towards technology, and what the future might look like for language teaching at Cornell.
In this episode, we sit down with Meejeong Song, senior lecturer and coordinator for the Korean language program at Cornell University. We talk about the wide set of teaching schools that she utilizes for her classes, from facilitating teacher/student interaction via web-based audio, to coordinating travel abroad programs in which students are learning Korean while immersed in the rich culture of South Korea.
Ms. Song received her M.A. in Korean Studies (Teaching Korean as a Second Language) in 1998 and her B.A. in Korean Language and Literature (Major) and English Language and Literature (Minor) in 1995 from Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea. Her M.A. Thesis Title: A Study on Using Small-Group Work to Teach Korean as a Foreign Language to Beginners.
Ms. Song has experience teaching all levels of Korean at Cornell. Her research interests include Second Language Acquisition, web-based teaching material development, interactive student group project development, and technology-aided teaching methodology, etc. She is an active member of AATK (American Association of Teachers of Korean), ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) and MLA (Modern Language Association). She has been conducting various summer projects supported by a grant from the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning, and creating the course project websites with students.
Ms. Song is actively attending various workshops and talks related to language teaching. She loves teaching Korean and also learning other languages. She speaks Japanese at the intermediate level and is hoping to learn Chinese in the near future.
On October 13, 2014 Ms. Song was featured on Daily Edventures by Microsoft, which highlights global heroes in education. Please follow the link to see the interview with Ms. Song.
https://www.facebook.com/KoreanLanguageProgramAtCornellUniversity/
What is the connection between art and language classes? Dick Feldman from the Cornell Language Resource Center talks to María Luisa Parra, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University. They discuss how visual art can function as a link to culture that can build a deeper connection to, and fluency in, language.
“Considered as “windows” into other cultures’ perspectives and world views, visual arts allow for the use of languages to describe, retell, analyze and think critically about cultures. Students benefit from these pedagogical exercises as they build their translingual and transcultural competencies, along with a deeper understanding of the ‘Other’.”
For further information, view Dr. Parra’s paper, “Expanding Language and Cultural Competence In Advanced Heritage- and Foreign-Language Learners through Community Engagement and Work with the Arts” from the Heritage Language Journal, or watch her talk “Designing Magic Portals,” delivered at the Cornell Language Resource Center following the recording of this episode.
Where do you call home? In this episode, we speak to Alice Wu, an intercultural consultant at Cornell University. Alice is the creator of a series of films about Global Nomads and Third Culture Kids: people who have spent their developmental years living in multiple countries, building relationships to many cultures “while not having full ownership in any” (David Pollock). Alice discusses the challenges and benefits of growing up this way, and what people of transcultural backgrounds have to offer our increasingly interconnected world.
Alice’s films are available at https://sales.lrc.cornell.edu/collections/intercultural-materials
“Global Nomads in the Age of Technology is a fascinating series of interviews with today’s university students who come from a wide range of internationally mobile childhood experiences. It not only showcases the increasing cultural complexity of those called Global Nomads/Third Culture Kids, but also helps us answer the question: “Has technology changed the GN/TCK experience?” It is intriguing to hear fresh insights into how they perceive and use the wealth of their individual stories. I highly recommend this for all who want to know more about how it is for today’s youth who are growing up among many different cultures.” – Ruth E Van Reken, co-author, Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, 3rd edition
We all know there are two types of human languages: “dead” ones and “living” ones. But what would happen if a dead language came back to life, if contemporary people started speaking it, and teaching it? In today’s episode we interview Professor Michael Fontaine, professor of Classics and Associate Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education at Cornell. He himself is a Latin speaker and teacher. How does that work?
This episode also references the work of Christophe Rico, of the Polis Institute in Jerusalem.
Last week, Dick Feldman and Chris Kaiser talked about the benefits of a distance-learning program that can unite learners of a less-commonly taught language across locations. Today, Dick speaks with Adeolu Ademoyo, who is approaching fifteen years of teaching Yoruba at Cornell University, as well as to students at Columbia and Brown via videoconference. An experienced and adventurous instructor in the distance-learning environment, Adeolu discusses his creative methods for unifying his multi-site classes, as well as his philosophy on using storytelling and narrative to teach language.
Adeolu Ademoyo is a senior lecturer in Yoruba language and culture at Cornell. His research interests include: African Philosophy: Ethics, Epistemology and Aesthetics, the locus of African Languages in delineating met-ethical concepts in African moral discourse, gender issues, and family and social structures.
In this episode, Cornell LRC director Dick Feldman speaks with Christopher Kaiser of Columbia University. Chris is the Program Manager of the Shared Course Initiative, which connects less commonly taught language classrooms at Columbia, Cornell, and Yale using high-definition videoconferencing. The two discuss the challenges and advantages of offering these classes, and reflect on lessons learned over more than half a decade of building a collaborative distance-learning program for less-commonly taught languages.
The Shared Course Initiative (SCI) was established through the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The SCI is a collaborative framework that uses innovative technology to share academic resources across institutional boundaries, enabling strategic partners to enrich existing curricula while respecting local institutional cultures.
Chris Kaiser’s areas of interest include second language pedagogy, distance learning, presence in the distance environment, inter-institutional collaboration, and language-learning advocacy.
For more information on Chris and the SCI, visit sharedcourseinitiative.org.
In a perfect world, we would be corrected all the time, and our output would be completely accurate. Unfortunately, our ability to process correction and produce language at the same time is limited. Certainly, our ego and other factors may get in the way. On this episode of Speaking of Language, Dick Feldman, director of the Language Resource Center at Cornell University, tackles the complex issue of error correction in second language acquisition.
This episode references the work of Natsuko Shintani, particularly her talk Examining the effects of corrective feedback: How, when and on which errors?
Natsuko Shintani obtained her PhD from the University of Auckland in 2011. She has worked as a language teacher in Japan and New Zealand, including in her own private language school for children. Her research interests include task-based language instruction, the role of interaction in second language acquisition and written corrective feedback. She has also worked on several meta-analysis studies of form-focused instruction. She has published widely in leading journals and is currently working on a single-authored book, The Role of Input-Based Tasks in Foreign Language Instruction for Young Learners, published by John Benjamins.
Twitter: @natsukonz
Dick Feldman explores the concept of intercultural competence. What is it, and what does it have to do with language learning? Why is it important to require students to study a language?
In today’s episode, LRC director Dick Feldman speaks with Susan Gass, Distinguished Professor from Michigan State University department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages. The two discuss pair work and how students acquire and build language skills when conversing with each other, regardless of any mistakes their partners make.
Susan Gass is a senior researcher in the field of second-language acquisition who has published extensively on language pedagogy-related topics. Among other areas, she has been especially central to the development of the importance of interaction in language learning.
On this episode, we take a step back and ask the question: are there good and band language students? Do some people have a knack for languages that gives them some sort of advantage? We chat once again with the director of the Language Resource Center at Cornell University, Dick Feldman.
Today we talk about a familiar language, English, and its place in the world. Dick Feldman, director of the Language Resource Center, discusses how non-native English speakers deal with some of the complexities of the language.
One recent project at the Language Resource Center has been to archive a substantial number of vintage, language-related tapes, many of which were recorded at Cornell. Dick Feldman, director of the Language Resource Center, talks about the process of dealing with this rare material.