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SUMMARY:Invited Guest Lecture I | Paula Krebs and Lydia Tang\, the MLA
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Drs. Krebs and Tang discuss the MLA’s 2023 Report on Foreign Language Enrollment in Higher Education. \nSince 1958\, the Modern Language Association has regularly conducted a census of enrollments in foreign languages at US institutions of higher education. The latest census\, conducted in 2021\, reveals several notable trends\, including an overall drop of 16.6% in the number of enrollments in foreign languages across the US relative to the previous census in 2016. At the same time\, a number of lessons have emerged from the many language programs that remain strong. These include\, among others\, the importance of support for languages from the institution as a whole\, emphasis on the cultural component of language learning\, regular assessment and evaluation\, connecting language study to real-life contexts\, and building relationships with organizations\noutside the institution. \nPaula Krebs\, Executive Director of the MLA; and Lydia Tang\, Assistant Director of Programs\, will share their insights from their work with the latest census. This conversation will be an occasion for Columbia language faculty to reflect upon nationwide trends and Columbia’s place within this landscape. It will also be an opportunity to ask questions of two of the leading voices on the state of language learning at US colleges and universities. \n*More information can be found here:  \n\nMeeting Information:\n\nFriday\, March 1st\, 2024\, 3pm\nIn-person in 503 Hamilton Hall\nRemotely via Zoom (Meeting ID: 203 508 3989): the event link is here.\n\n\nYou can also access the MLA report here.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/invited-guest-speaker-talk-i/
LOCATION:503 Hamilton Hall\, 1130 Amsterdam Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231109T160000
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SUMMARY:Transforming (Language) Pedagogy in Response to Generative AI: Developing Critical AI Literacy & Instructional Content for Foreign Language Writing
DESCRIPTION:As a member of the Modern Language Asssocation (MLA) /CCCC Task Force on Writing and AI (2023)\, Anna Mills will summarize their first working paper highlighting the benefits and risks of large language models for language\, literature\, and writing programs. She will share an approach to teaching with AI that supports language development to build critical AI literacy\, including awareness of the linguistic and cultural biases of AI systems in a given language. \nThis presentation will be followed by a workshop conducted by Simon Zuberek that will delve into the transformative potential of generative AI in crafting instructional content for foreign language writing. Participants will explore ways that generative AI can empower educators in both curricular development and teaching materials creation. Starting with lesson objectives\, participants will be guided through a step-by-step lesson design that harnesses various generative AI tools\, including text-to-image generation\, providing a departure from traditional text-based frameworks. \nPresenter Bios:\nAnna Mills teaches writing at Cañada College and previously taught at City College of San Francisco for 17 years. Her collection “AI Text Generators and Teaching Writing: Starting Points for Inquiry” is featured in the Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse. She serves on the MLA/CCCC task force on writing and AI\, and as a consultant for OpenAI\, she tested GPT-4 before its release. Her Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook\, How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College has been used at over 65 colleges. Anna’s writing on AI has appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. \nSimon Zuberek specializes in integrating technology in language pedagogy as the senior educational technologist at Columbia Language Resource Center. With degrees in Germanic Studies and Applied Linguistics from the University of Illinois\, he is now pursuing Computational Linguistics at CUNY\, focusing on AI’s role in enhancing foreign language education. \nTo attend this event\, please click on the included Zoom link at the appropriate time. This event will take place on November 9th\, 4:00-5:15 PM.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/transforming-language-pedagogy-in-response-to-generative-ai-developing-critical-ai-literacy-instructional-content-for-foreign-language-writing/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Instructional Innovation Workshop,Invited Guest Talk,Pedagogy Workshop,Technology Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231103T150000
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SUMMARY:Invited Guest Speaker | Teaching for Social Justice Through Multiliteracies Pedagogy
DESCRIPTION:Come join us on November 3rd at 3pm in Hamilton 304 and on Zoom for a talk with Dr. Kate Paesani (Ph.D.\, Indiana University) about the intersection between Social Justice and Multiliteracies Pedagogy. \n“Critical pedagogies that prepare learners to participate in multilingual\, multicultural\, and multimodal societies are gaining ground in language education. The multiliteracies framework (Cope & Kalantzis\, 2009; New London Group\, 1996) is one example of a critical pedagogy that not only develops learners’ language proficiency as they engage with target language texts\, but also empowers students to question and critique how language and culture embody\, maintain\, and challenge structural inequalities and biases. To illustrate how multiliteracies pedagogy can support social justice in language education\, this talk is organized around three central questions: Why is the multiliteracies framework a viable critical pedagogy for implementing social justice in language classrooms? What facilitates and hinders teachers’ implementation of this approach?\, and How can teachers be supported in carrying out this work? I begin by discussing key concepts related to social justice\, critical pedagogies\, and the multiliteracies framework. Then\, I present teacher cognition and identity research that pinpoints the affordances and constraints that language teachers encounter when teaching social justice themes through critical pedagogies. Finally\, I share resources developed at CARLA that support teachers in learning about and enacting social justice in language education.” \nBIO: Kate Paesani (Ph.D.\, Indiana University) is the Director of the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) and Associate Professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on postsecondary language programs\, critical pedagogies\, and language teacher cognition and identity development. She has authored and co-authored numerous articles\, chapters\, and books\, including Literacies in Language Education: A Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators (Georgetown University Press\, 2023).
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/invited-guest-speaker-teaching-for-social-justice-through-multiliteracies-pedagogy/
LOCATION:304 Hamilton Hall\, 1130 Amsterdam Ave.\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
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SUMMARY:Invited Guest Presentation | Engaging Students and Teachers to use their Multilingual Repertoires as a Resource for Learning and Teaching
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, October 27th\, guest speakers Jérémi Sauvage and Nathalie Auger\, University of Montpellier\, France\, will be presenting their lecture on Engaging Students and Teachers to Use their Multilingual Repertoires as a Resource for Learning and Teaching: Examples in France and Europe.  \nMultilingualism in Europe\, particularly within France\, presents a unique blend of challenges and opportunities in the realm of language education. In this two-part discussion\, we intend to fuse theoretical insights into language acquisition with their practical implementation in real-world classrooms\, all within the context of a multilingual environment. \nJérémi Sauvage will initiate the conversation by delving into the historical evolution and legislative framework underpinning French language instruction. He will underscore the traditional French perspective\, which separates language acquisition\, often approached from a psychological standpoint\, from pedagogy\, predominantly rooted in educational sciences. He will contrast this with the more integrated approach prevalent in North America\, exemplified by organizations like CARLA\, and explore the feasibility of incorporating such methodologies into European settings. \nNathalie Auger will follow with pragmatic solutions\, emphasizing the significance of capitalizing on students’ pre-existing linguistic and cultural knowledge in the process of second language acquisition. Drawing upon an array of scholarly sources\, she will introduce the “language diamond” model\, designed to harness all available linguistic resources for more effective language learning. The presentation will be enriched with live demonstrations\, video clips\, and web resources to substantiate the model’s applicability. \nIn sum\, this discussion aims to strike a harmonious balance between linguistic theory and teaching methodologies\, with a particular focus on the French perspective in this context.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/invited-guest-presentation-engaging-students-and-teachers-to-use-their-multilingual-repertoires-as-a-resource-for-learning-and-teaching/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230922T110000
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SUMMARY:Invited Guest Speaker Presentation | Breathing Through Both Nostrils: Introducing Yiddish in the German Classroom
DESCRIPTION:In an effort to bring Yiddish and German closer\, graduate students at Columbia University organized two workshops to foster collaboration between the languages and to conduct a sample lesson. This session will highlight the first programmatic steps taken to 1) overcome the isolation of Yiddish within the Germanic department; 2) explore how Yiddish could be integrated into the Germanic language classroom\, and vice versa; 3) create resources and strategies for co-teaching languages that hold close cultural and linguistic ties; 4) evaluate future implications of this interlinguistic collaboration and reimagine the future language classroom. The steps will provide the springboard for discussion and generating further ideas. Participants will receive materials to adapt for their own use.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/invited-guest-speaker-presentation/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230428T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230428T130000
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SUMMARY:The Pocket Calculator\, Google Translate\, and Chat-GPT: From Disruptive Technologies to Curricular Innovation with Invited Guest Speakers\, Per Urlaub and Eva Dessein\, MIT
DESCRIPTION:This Friday\, the Language Resource Center will be holding a talk with invited guest speakers\, Professors Per Urlaub and Eva Dessein\, MIT. The talk will discuss the disruptive potential of AI technologies such as Google Translate and ChatGPT in foreign language/literacy education. The first part of the talk defines the concept of disruption and uses the pocket calculator as a historical example to illustrate challenges and solutions for an educational setting that was fundamentally impacted by new technology. The second part will turn to the present and focus on the impact of online translators not only on ways humans communicate across languages in authentic real-world settings but also on the FL classroom. \nThe presenters will argue that a careful recalibration of educational objectives that include the student’s ability to engage effectively in tasks that rely on human-machine collaboration will provide an opportunity to integrate online translators and related technologies into foreign language curricula. In conclusion\, the presentation will draw a parallel to ChatGPT and related generative AI technologies and argue that language\, writing\, and humanities programs need to respond to these innovations not by banning their use in educational settings\, but by recalibrating instruction\, assessment\, and curriculum. To remain relevant\, educators need to instruct and empower learners to become effective and ethical users of AI technologies while providing them opportunities to discover their intellectual limitations.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/invited-guest-talk-3/
LOCATION:304 Hamilton Hall\, 1130 Amsterdam Ave.\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
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SUMMARY:Look Who’s Talking: The Use of Dubbing in Advanced Italian Courses\, Felice Beneduce
DESCRIPTION:Please save the date for the upcoming Look Who’s Talking: The Use of Dubbing in Advanced Italian Courses event with distinguished guest speaker Columbia Professor Felice Beneduce. The topic and purpose of his presentation will be to examine the use of dubbing analysis and redubbing as pedagogical instruments in my Advanced Italian Courses at Columbia University and to provide fellow language instructors with a pedagogical tool that I have found exceptionally effective. The study of the cultural fluidity and hybridity that dubbing represents constitutes in my courses the basis for a contextualized review of advanced grammatical functions and the presentation of aspects of Italian culture that dubbing brings to the forefront. This is particularly true in Italy which has historically promoted dubbing over subtitling (in cinema and television) thereby introducing national characteristics through what Chiara Ferrari has defined as “cultural ventriloquism”.  \nIt will take place virtually on Friday\, 2 December 2022 at 3 pm. \nInvited Guest Talk: Dr. Felice Beneduce\nFriday\, December 2nd\, 2022 from 3-4 pm\nHosted Virtually: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/8472087081 
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/save-the-date-invited-guest-talk-dr-felice-beneduce/
LOCATION:columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/8472087081
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Columbia%20University%20Language%20Resource%20Center":MAILTO:lrc@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221118T110000
DTSTAMP:20260527T225543
CREATED:20221104T203818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T210445Z
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SUMMARY:Multimodality Befriends L2 Writing with Invited Guest Speaker\, Dr. Ana Oskoz
DESCRIPTION:Please save the date for the upcoming “Multimodality Befriends L2 Writing” event with an invited guest talk featuring Dr. Ana Oskoz of The University of Maryland Baltimore County. The topic of Dr. Oskoz’s talk will delve into how the integration of digital multimodal composing in second language (L2) and heritage language (HL) classrooms have expanded our notion of writing–shifting from a focus on the written mode to include other modes of expression (e.g.\, visual\, textual\, or aural). Despite the increasing use of L2 multimodal learning tasks combining different semiotic resources to generate meaning\, instructors tend to focus exclusively on language development rather than on all the components of multimodal texts. Approaches to L2 digital writing involve complex choices\, such as what linguistic aspect to focus on\, the extent to which multimodal resources are integrated successfully\, and the digital genre. \nIt will take place virtually on Friday\, November 18th\, 2022 at 3 pm. \n\nInvited Guest Talk: Dr. Ana Oskoz\nFriday\, November 18th\, 2022 at 3-4 pm\nHosted Virtually: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/8472087081
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/save-the-date-invited-guest-talk-dr-ana-oskoz/
LOCATION:columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/8472087081
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211210T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211210T110000
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SUMMARY:Invited Guest Talk - Chung Nguyen
DESCRIPTION:Every semester\, the LRC hosts a series of lectures open to the language community at Columbia.  These talks highlight recent research and practices in the field\, while allowing for an opportunity to develop relationships with colleagues from other institutions.  Our guests this semester work within the area of L2 listening comprehension and will share with us recent findings and ideas on the topic. \nThe title and abstract are forthcoming.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/invited-guest-talk-chung-nguyen/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Columbia%20University%20Language%20Resource%20Center":MAILTO:lrc@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211105T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211105T120000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211001T212752Z
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SUMMARY:Invited Guest Talk  - TBA
DESCRIPTION:Every semester\, the LRC hosts a series of lectures open to the language community at Columbia.  These talks highlight recent research and practices in the field\, while allowing for an opportunity to develop relationships with colleagues from other institutions.  Our guests this semester work within the area of L2 listening comprehension and will share with us recent findings and ideas on the topic.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/invited-guest-talk-tba/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Columbia%20University%20Language%20Resource%20Center":MAILTO:lrc@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211028T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211028T094500
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SUMMARY:Yale CLS Invited Guest Talk:  Hiram Maxim
DESCRIPTION:The title and abstract are forthcoming.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/yale-cls-invited-guest-talk-hiram-maxim/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T093000
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SUMMARY:Yale CLS Invited Guest Talk:  Catherine Baumann
DESCRIPTION:Title and Abstract are forthcoming.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/yale-cls-invited-guest-talk-catherine-baumann/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T094500
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SUMMARY:Invited Guest Lecture:  Stacey Bournes @ Yale CLS
DESCRIPTION:Title and abstract are forthcoming.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/invited-guest-lecture-stacey-bournes-yale-cls/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210415T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210415T094500
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SUMMARY:Invited Guest Lecture:  Rebecca Oxford @ Yale CLS
DESCRIPTION:Title and abstract are forthcoming.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/invited-guest-lecture-rebecca-oxford-yale-cls/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210409T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210409T120000
DTSTAMP:20260527T225543
CREATED:20210228T044347Z
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SUMMARY:LRC Invited Guest Lecture:  Rus Gant
DESCRIPTION:Title and abstract are forthcoming.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/lrc-invited-guest-talk-rus-gant/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting 203 508 3989
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Columbia%20University%20Language%20Resource%20Center":MAILTO:lrc@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210304T074500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210304T084500
DTSTAMP:20260527T225543
CREATED:20210228T054414Z
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SUMMARY:"The Harvard Language Exchange: Toward Community-focused Informal Language Learning" with Dr. Andrew Ross and Dr. Mary DiSalvo
DESCRIPTION:The Language Exchange began in the Fall of 2019 as a simple idea: to match members of the Harvard community\, broadly conceived\, who wanted to exchange language practice. Using a Google form and shared spreadsheet\, the Harvard Language Center staff began to grow a modest list of users. When COVID forced Harvard to turn to remote instruction and then online teaching and learning\, we recognized the importance of the Language Exchange as a community-building tool. With the design support and technical expertise of Harvard IT\, they have recently launched a new purpose-built Language Exchange site\, which currently has over 300 users. \nIn this presentation\, the guest speakers will outline the needs case for informal language learning opportunities\, describe the history of the project\, show the site from user and administrator perspectives\, and offer some thoughts on the potential impact of this platform for community-building across a widely varying population of users.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/the-harvard-language-exchange-toward-community-focused-informal-language-learning-with-dr-andrew-ross-and-dr-mary-disalvo/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T074500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T084500
DTSTAMP:20260527T225543
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SUMMARY:Transformative Language Learning and Teaching in the Language Classroom @ Yale CLS
DESCRIPTION:Transformative Language Learning and Teaching (TLLT)\, coming out of research and application of transformative education in general education beginning in 1990\, can be seen as a paradigm shift from current and past teaching methods and philosophies in L2. This talk will focus briefly on the history as it may pertain to L2\, discuss the principles and identifying characteristics of TLLT\, and provide several wide-ranging examples of ways in which TLLT is being implemented in academic and government L2 programs nationally and internationally\, sharing lessons learned. Followed by Q&A. \nBetty Lou Leaver\, PhD (Pushkin Institute\, Moscow\, Russia) recently retired as the Provost at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center\, where she previously held the role of Associate Provost of Continuing Education and Dean of the Schools of Slavic and Central European Languages. She has also directed L2 programs at NASA and the Foreign Service Institute\, served as chief academic officer at the New York Institute of Technology in Amman (Jordan) and spent a decade providing consultation in general education to ministries of education in 24 countries.
URL:https://www.lrc.columbia.edu/event/transformative-language-learning-and-teaching-in-the-language-classroom-yale-cls/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Invited Guest Talk
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