Speaking of Language

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