Speaking of Language

S8E10 - Munther Younes - Integrating Written and Spoken Arabic

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

S8E9 - Tom Pepinsky - Cornell‘s Southeast Asia Program

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

S8E8 - Soledad Chango & Ken Roberts - Quechua at Cornell

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

S8E7 - Ian Andrew MacDonald - Theatre and Language Learning

Ian Andrew MacDonald discusses his background in bilingual theater and how that informs his approach to language teaching and student support.

#libellule

S8E6 - Karen Lichtman - Acquisition vs. Learning in 2021

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 

S8E5 - Brandon Lanners & Gustavo Flores-Macías - International Student Inclusion

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

S8E4 - Jamie Rankin - Research-Based Strategies for Teaching and Learning L2 Vocabulary

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/

S8E3 - Jaelyn Millon - Cornell’s Language House

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

 

S8E2 - Elvia Andía - Designing (Indigenous) Language Classes to Promote Spoken Proficiency

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

S8E1 - I‘ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer

Our hosts Sam and Angelika return to campus and reflect on what's past and what's to come.

#Kabelsalat