E-Portfolio Workshop at Yale's Center for Language Study

Location: 
Yale University
Date: 
05/13/2013 - 8:30am to 05/14/2013 - 11:00am

Our colleagues at the Yale Center for Language Study have graciously invited language instructors from Columbia to participate in next month's Instructional Innovation workshop on the topic of e-portfolios for language learners.  Any interested attendees should contact us at lrc[at]columbia.edu for further information.

Instructional Innovation Workshop – Center for Language Study, Yale University

E-Portfolios

Come visit the Language Fair for the Less Commonly Taught Languages

Location: 
Low Library Plaza
Date: 
04/17/2013 - 11:00am to 5:00pm

Come visit representatives from several of Columbia's less commonly taught languages Wednesday at Low Library Plaza from 11 to 5.  Students are encouraged to speak with language instructors about the history and culture of their language traditions, and maybe even learn a few phrases.  Food from several of the represented cultures will be served throughout the day. 

Among today's participating language instructors are:

Culture and Language Across the Curriculum (CLAC)

Location: 
602 Hamilton
Date: 
03/29/2013 - 3:00pm to 4:45pm

The Language Resource Center is pleased to announce that Diana Davies will join us on Friday afternoon March 29, 2013 from 3:00 to 4:45 in 602 Hamilton for a presentation that will focus on providing an overview of the variety of Culture and Language Across the Curriculum (CLAC) programs offered at different institutions in the U.S., with an emphasis on research universities.

"Registers and Grammar: A Chinese and Functionalist Perspective."

Location: 
602 Hamilton
Date: 
02/22/2013 - 9:00am to 10:30am

Please join us for our first presentation for spring 2013 next Friday, February 22nd, in 602 Hamilton from 9:00-10:30 a.m. when Dr.Lening Liu (Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Director, Confucius Institute of Chinese Language Pedagogy)  will give a presentation titled: "Registers and Grammar: A Chinese and Functionalist Perspective."

"Succeeding Globally Through International Education and Engagement"

The Department of Education has just released an important document entitled "Succeeding Globally Through International Education and Engagement" in which it outlines it's international strategy for strengthening U.S. education and advancing's the nation's international priorities. The document makes for an interesting read especially insofar as it seems to move the government away from its previous commitment to Title VI as well as in its decision to subsume foreign languages under a new, fuzzier concept called "global competency."

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