Pandemic Prepping: Q& A Session
Angelika Kraemer (Cornell University), Georges Detiveaux (University of Houston-Downtown) and Trish Nolde (Georgia State University) answer your burning questions about remote teaching.
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Pandemic Prepping: What to Expect From the Unexpected
By Lauren Rosen, Director of the Collaborative Language Program at the University of Wisconsin Now is not the time to forget to breathe. Let’s all put on our oxygen masks first before helping others. Our students are as stressed
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Audio-Lingua: Searchable Audio Database of Native Speaker Recordings for Your Language Class
By Adam Gacs, Instructor & Technology Specialist, Michigan State University The name Audiolingua might immediately bring to many language teachers’ mind the once-popular but today largely shunned teaching method of the late 50s and 60s called Audiolingualism
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Pandemic Prepping in the Language Class
Presenters: Trish Nolde, Marlene Johnshoy, Georges Detiveaux Both higher education and K-12 institutions are being asked to formulate contingency plans in the event of a widespread COVID-19 outbreak. A major emphasis is being placed on the conversion of face-to-face classes
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IALLT Feature Webinar: Engagement and Immersion in VR Narratives
Presenter: Nicole Mills, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures In this webinar, Nicole Mills describes a Paris Narrative Virtual reality (VR) project in which four Parisians from different backgrounds recorded their personal, social, and professional lives with a VR
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A How-to for Hybrid Conferences (Revisited)
Jonathan Perkins (University of Kansas) Marlene Johnshoy (University of Minnesota) Dan Soneson (University of Minnesota) Shannon Donnally Spasova (Michigan State University) In March of last year we reported on a new conference model that the Midwest Association for Language
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Online Translators as a Pedagogical Tool
Andie Faber, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Kansas State University Maria Turrero-Garcia, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, Drew University Introduction Online translators (OT) such as Google Translate are constantly increasing in their accessibility and accuracy, two very enticing qualities for language learners
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The LLC Commons: an Open-Access Repository of Online Materials for Russian Learners and Teachers
by Shannon Donnally Spasova, Assistant Professor of Russian, Michigan State University Liudmila Klimanova, Assistant Professor of SLA and Technology, University of Arizona Some advocates of online and hybrid courses believe that online courses can save time and money,
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A Grassroots Virtual Exchange between Pre-Service Language Teachers and Language Students
Paul Sebastian Assistant Professor, Spanish and TESL/Applied Linguistics Appalachian State University Carmen Fernández Juncal Associate Professor Universidad de Salamanca Benjamin Souza Associate Professor, Spanish Linguistics Appalachian State University Maddalena Ghezzi Research Scholar Universidad de Salamanca Roberto Rubio Sánchez Research
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IALLT’s Scenic Route Mentorship Program
Molly Godwin-Jones (University of Kansas), Margherita Berti (University of Arizona) Shannon Donnally Spasova (Michigan State University) People who are interested in language learning and technology have a variety of directions in which they can take their careers. They can
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Interview with Lauren Rosen, Director of the Collaborative Language Program at the University of Wisconsin
In this issue of the FLTMAG, Jeffrey Samuels interviewed Lauren Rosen, Director of the Collaborative Language Program at the University of Wisconsin. The program uses distance learning to connect students across the state of Wisconsin who want to learn languages
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ANVILL-LTI: A New Set of Tools for Building Rich Interactive Lessons
By Jeff Magoto, Director, Yamada Language Center, University of Oregon ANVILL is a web-based toolbox for language teachers that makes it easy to create, assign, and assess spoken language tasks. It is particularly useful for teachers looking to
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Extempore: A Speaking Practice App
By Irina Kogel, Five College Lecturer in Russian at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Smith College. Extempore is a web-based platform designed to let language teachers assign and grade oral assessments. The app allows
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Interview with Margherita Berti on VR and Language Learning
Margherita Berti, PhD Candidate in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at the University of Arizona. Molly Godwin-Jones: Please tell us a little about yourself. Margherita Berti: I am a PhD Candidate in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
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