Speaking of Language

S6E7 - Steve Henhawk - Cayuga at Cornell

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.

#ohwęjí:yo:

S6E6 - Kate Paesani - Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Teacher Professional Development

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

S6E5 - Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom

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

 

S6E4 - Daniel Gallagher - In Vino Veritas: Bringing Latin to Life

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

S6E3 - Cornell’s Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic

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

S6E2 - Julio Torres - The Effects of Instruction on Heritage Language Learners

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

S6E1 - I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

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

S5E16 - Voices from the Field: Students’ Perspectives on Learning Languages Remotely

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

S5E15 - Voices from the Field: Instructors’ Perspectives on Teaching Languages Remotely

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

S5E14 - Simon Zuberek - Extended Reality (XR) in the Language Classroom

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