Episodes
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
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.
#adios
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
S13E6 - Juliana Torres - Queer Perspectives from Latin American Women Writers
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
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
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
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
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
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
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
S13E3 - Malte Jung - Social and Linguistic Implications of AI
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
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
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Valentine's Day 2024 Mini-Episode
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
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!
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
S13E2 - Open Doors English - Building Language Skills and Community
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
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
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
S13E1 - Ahmed Shamim - New LRC Team Member
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
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
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
S12E13 - Fatema Sumar - Building a Thriving World for All
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
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.
#abas
Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rWlDMBp3lqW99vV_M4MZ3T6QFDQ7_p3tbeZYiEvDMb0/edit?usp=sharing
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Thanksgiving 2023 Mini-Episode
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
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