Columbia LRC

Arabic Circle
2023-04-25 14:10 - 15:30, 2023-05-01 14:10 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | 208 Knox Hall, 606 W 122nd Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your Arabic speaking skills? Join the Arabic Circle, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Arabic Language Program.
Tuesdays from 6:10-7:30 pm at 208 Knox Hall (606 W 122nd St).

Cafè Català
2023-04-26 12:30 - 13:30 | Casa Hispánica, 612 W 116th St, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your Catalan speaking skills? Join Cafè Català, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Latin American and Iberian Cultures Department.
Thursdays from 4:30–5:30 pm at Casa Hispánica (612 W 116th St).

Café y Conversación
2023-04-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Casa Hispánica, 612 W 116th St, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your Spanish speaking skills? Join Café y Conversación, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Latin American and Iberian Cultures Department.
Thursdays from 4–5 pm at Casa Hispánica (612 W 116th St).

Russia Tea Gathering
2023-04-27 13:00 - 14:00 | 713 Hamilton Hall, 1130 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY, 10027, United States
If you wish to practice speaking Russian outside of the classroom, if you seek good company to discuss various themes and topics informally, and especially if you crave some strong (or herbal) tea with cookies, PLEASE JOIN US EVERY THURSDAY AT 5:00 PM IN THE READING ROOM (713 HAMILTON HALL).
*All levels of Russian are welcome! Questions? Please email Tatiana Alekseevna Mikhailova (tm3100@columbia.edu)

BCS Conversation Hour
2023-04-28 08:00 - 09:00 | Joe Coffee, 550 W 120th St, New York, New York, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian speaking skills? Join the BCS Conversation Hour, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian Language Program.
Fridays from 12-1 pm at Joe Coffee next to Pulitzer Hall (2950 Broadway Pulitzer Hall). If you have more questions, please email em3627@columbia.edu for more information.

Bate-Papo
2023-04-28 08:00 - 09:00 | Casa Hispánica, 612 W 116th St, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Conversação em português? Join Bate-Papo, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Latin American and Iberian Cultures Department.
Fridays from 12-1 pm at Casa Hispánica (612 W 116th St).

Café and Conversation
2023-04-28 09:00 - 10:00 | Buell Hall (La Maison Française), 515 W 116th Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your French speaking skills? Join Café and Conversation, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the French Department.
*Elementary level: Fridays from 1-2 pm at Buell Hall (2nd floor); Intermediate & Advanced levels: Tuesdays from 5-6 pm at Buell Hall (2nd floor)

Indonesian Language Table
2023-04-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Room 352A (Language Resource Center), International Affairs Building, 420 W 118 Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your Indonesian speaking skills? Join the Indonesian Language Table, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Indonesian Language Program.
Fridays from 2–3 pm in Room 352A at the Language Resource Center (International Affairs Building)

Reading Days!
2023-05-02 04:30 - 2023-05-04 14:30, 2023-12-12 08:00 - 2023-12-14 17:00 | NY

Welcome Gathering!
2023-09-13 11:00 - 14:00 | Deutsches Haus, 420 W 116th Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
We are excited to kick off another week filled with enriching discussions and connections. Don’t forget about this week’s welcome gathering—a perfect opportunity to reunite and rekindle. Also, mark your calendars for the inaugural meeting of the LRC working group on AI, where we’ll delve deep into the intersections of language and technology. In order to help you keep track of our programming, we have included an updated version of our Save-the-Date Calendar. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
Details of the Gathering:
Date: Wednesday, September 13th
Time: 3 pm to 6 pm
Venue: Deutsches Haus

Yale CLS Brown Bag Series | "The Future of Language Study is Open" with Carl Blyth
2023-09-28 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual Event
Abstract
Compared with STEM fields, second language (L2) education has only recently begun to embrace open education and the new knowledge ecologies it produces. L2 educators may have been hesitant to participate in the open education movement due to a lack of research which investigates the benefits and challenges of L2 learning and teaching in open environments. This talk contextualizes open education in L2 learning and teaching in terms of a dynamic ecology, along with a discussion of how the open movement affects L2 education beyond the classroom context. Also discussed will be the new ways of creating, adapting and curating OER for language learning. The talk ends by describing openness as a key design feature of future scholarly endeavor.
*Please see the reading material attached to the event.
Speaker’s Bio
Carl S. Blyth is Associate Professor of French Linguistics, and Director of the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. His research interests include discourse analysis, intercultural pragmatics and language learning technology.
Required Registration
https://cglink.me/2dA/r2192333

AIRiAL Fall 2023 Conference at Teacher's College (Day I)
2023-09-29 05:00 - 14:00 | Teacher’s College | Columbia University, 525 W 120th St #91, New York, NY, 10027, United States
The AL & TESOL Language & Technology Research Group presents the Artificial Intelligence Research in Applied Linguists (AIRiAL) Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University. The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for scholars and researchers to discuss ideas and explore interests in the wide-ranging field of Applied Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence. Scholars, teachers, course developers, and researchers in the field of Applied Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence are invited to present their research and ideas exploring the relationship between Language Research and Artificial Intelligence that align with our conference theme, every year. The theme for AIRiAL 2023 Conference is “The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Applied Linguistics”.
Details of the Conference:

Plenary Speakers:

Alina von Davier, Duolingo | Human-Centered AI and Trust Building in Language Learning and Testing Systems
Kadriye Ercikan, Educational Testing Service | Optimizing Validity and Fairness of Artificial-Intelligence-Based Automated Scoring
Evelina Galaczi, Cambridge University Press and Assessment | Language Learning with ChatGPT: Should We Be Excited? Or Should We Be Worried?

Theme: The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Applied Linguistics
Date: September 29-30, 2023
Venue: Teachers College, Columbia University, GDH 179

*All presentations will be in person at Teachers College.

AIRiAL Fall 2023 Conference at Teacher’s College (Day II)
2023-09-30 05:00 - 14:00 | Teacher’s College | Columbia University, 525 W 120th St #91, New York, NY, 10027, United States

VI Consortium Workshop for Language Teaching and Learning (CLTL) Day I
2023-10-06 11:00 - 14:30 | East Pyne Hall | Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, United States
Join us at Princeton for an enriching experience at the VI Consortium Workshop for Language Teaching and Learning (CLTL), dedicated to exploring the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in language teaching, learning, and assessment. We offer a collaborative platform for language educators of diverse backgrounds and research interests to delve deep into the forefront of AI-powered language education. Participants will actively engage in interactive sessions, exploring tools such as chatbots, virtual tutors, and automated assessments. Our three-panel sessions, each encompassing 20-minute practical discussions, will unfold the multifaceted applications and potentials of AI in language instruction. With insights from educators across all member institutions and guest contributions from some external instructors, this workshop promises a holistic look at the present and future of language education. Join us to pioneer the next chapter of AI-enhanced language learning and teaching!
*More information can be found here, https://cltl.spo.princeton.edu/

VI Consortium Workshop for Language Teaching and Learning (CLTL) Day II
2023-10-07 04:30 - 13:15 | East Pyne Hall | Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, United States

Holiday Party!
2023-12-14 16:00 - 19:00 | Language Resource Center, 353 IAB, 420 W 118th Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Please join us in celebrating the end of the Fall 2023 semester and the beginning of Winter Break with our annual Holiday Party, hosted here in the LRC!
Food and beverages will be provided, we look forward to seeing you!

First Day of Classes, Spring 2024
2024-01-16 | NY
Welcome back! We wish you a happy new year and a great start to the Spring 2024 semester!

AL & TESOL Language and Technology Day
2024-02-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Teacher’s College | Columbia University, 525 W 120th St #91, New York, NY, 10027, United States
The AL&TESOL Language & Technology Research Group at Teachers College, Columbia University presents the 2024 Language and Technology Open House. Join them to learn about the Language and Technology in Applied Linguistics and TESOL and explore research into friendly and pedagogical artificial general intelligence (AGI) in applied linguistics.
To learn more about the group, visit their website: ALTESOL Language & Technology, or if you have any questions, contact Dr. Erik Voss at ev2449@tc.columbia.edu.
The event will feature the following workshop sessions:
Workshop A: Corpus Linguistics Workshop: We will explore ways to analyze linguistic patterns in a large set of texts containing authentic written and spoken data (Software used: AntConc, LexTutor, & CHILDES)
Workshop B: Natural Language Processing (NLP) with Python Workshop: After a brief introduction to Python programming, we will explore different ways to utilize and analyze text data using Python (POS tagging, Lemmatizing, Parsing, Wordcloud, Frequency Distribution, Statistical Models, & Language Models)

ALP 2024 Winter Conference
2024-02-17 09:45 - 15:00 | Columbia University Faculty House, 64 Morningside Drive, New York, NY, 10027, United States
We are excited to announce the 2024 American Language Program (ALP) Winter Conference at Columbia University. This year’s conference theme is Language Learning and Technology: Innovations/Implications.
This year’s conference will be held in person on Saturday, February 17, 2024, from 9:45 AM to 3:00 PM at Columbia University’s Faculty House. Now in its tenth year, the conference is a one-day professional development event for TESOL educators, researchers, and graduate and doctoral students and is aimed at facilitating the sharing of innovative ideas and the enrichment of pedagogical practice.
*For more information, please reach out to the American Language Program located at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies.

2024 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL) Conference Day I
2024-02-22 08:00 - 21:00 | New York Hilton Midtown, 1335 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, 10019, United States
From February 22-24th of this 2024, the NECTFL will be holding their annual conference at New York Hilton Midtown on 1335 Sixth Avenue in New York. The conference is open to anyone interested in professional growth for language teacher. Registration is required, can be completed through the web portal and is ongoing until the conference starts.
The 2024 conference theme is Our Butterfly Effect: Creating a Lasting Impact. It is time to consider what we have learned over the past 70 years of the Northeast Conference. How has our conference had an impact on the field? What have students learned as a result of teachers coming to the annual conference? Our story is an important one for the field. How do professional conferences make us stronger teachers? How can we help promote teaching for proficiency? This conference theme is designed to bring us all back to the essence of why we teach: the learners and how we can best support them and their learning.
*More information can be found here relating to the conference: https://www.nectfl.org/2024-conference/

2024 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL) Conference Day II
2024-02-23 07:00 - 19:30 | New York Hilton Midtown, 1335 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, 10019, United States
From February 22-24th of this 2024, the NECTFL will be holding their annual conference at New York Hilton Midtown on 1335 Sixth Avenue in New York. The conference is open to anyone interested in professional growth for language teacher. Registration is required, can be completed through the web portal and is ongoing until the conference start.
The 2024 conference theme is Our Butterfly Effect: Creating a Lasting Impact. It is time to consider what we have learned over the past 70 years of the Northeast Conference. How has our conference had an impact on the field? What have students learned as a result of teachers coming to the annual conference? Our story is an important one for the field. How do professional conferences make us stronger teachers? How can we help promote teaching for proficiency? This conference theme is designed to bring us all back to the essence of why we teach: the learners and how we can best support them and their learning.
*More information can be found here relating to the conference: https://www.nectfl.org/2024-conference/

2024 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL) Conference Day III
2024-02-24 07:30 - 16:30 | New York Hilton Midtown, 1335 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, 10019, United States

SPRING BREAK!
2024-03-11 08:00 - 2024-03-15 17:00 | NY
Please enjoy a relaxing spring break!

NEALLT Conference 2024 Part I
2024-04-05 15:00 - 17:00 | NY
The Northeast Association for Language Learning Technology (www.neallt.org) will hold its annual conference online on Saturday, April 6. The NEALLT’ 24 virtual conference will be hosted by the Columbia University Language Resource Center.
This year’s theme is: Writing Innovations in the Language Classroom
Writing has been a perennial challenge in the foreign language classroom, a challenge that has only been accentuated by the emergence of digital tools such as online translators and generative AI. At the same time, new technologies have enabled forms and formats of writing that previously were not possible. NEALLT 2024 will focus on the theme of “Writing Innovation in the Language Classroom,” and will seek papers that address challenges and opportunities as the practice of writing for language learning has evolved.
Keynote Presentation | “Reconceptualizing Writing Instruction in the Age of Generative AI” by Paul Kei Matsuda
Paul Kei Matsuda is Professor of English and Director of Second Language Writing at Arizona State University, where he works closely with doctoral students specializing in second language writing from various disciplinary perspectives. Paul is Founding Chair of the Symposium on Second Language Writing and Series Editor of the Parlor Press Series on Second Language Writing. Former President of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, he has also served as the founding chair of the CCCC Committee on Second Language Writing and the chair of the Nonnative English Speakers in TESOL (NNEST) at TESOL International Association.

NEALLT Conference 2024 Part II
2024-04-06 15:00 - 17:00 | NY

SCI Training Workshop Day I
2024-04-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
Shared Course Initiative Training Workshop Day I | Assessment Practices in the Shared Classroom

Thursday April 11th-Friday, April 12th at Yale University

LRC Instructional Innovation Grant Application Deadline
2024-04-12 | NY
Today, is the last day to submit your applications for the LRC Instructional Innovation Grant Application! To be considered for the Grant, please complete and submit the form linked below by the end of today. The finalists will be notified by the end of the Final Exam Period (May 10th, 2024). Following the announcement, recipients will have one fiscal year to implement their ideas.
To make sure that a proposed project meets all of the Grant requirements, and to increase the likelihood of being successfully funded, please consult with the LRC staff before submitting your proposal. You should schedule a consultation at least one month before the submission deadline in order to have time to incorporate suggested changes to the proposal.

SCI Training Workshop Day II
2024-04-12 08:00 - 17:00 | Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
Shared Course Initiative Training Workshop Day II | Assessment Practices in the Shared Classroom

Thursday April 11th-Friday, April 12th at Yale University
