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By Johnathon Beals, University of Michigan DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/AHCN5851 On “Ontological Shock” and the Existential Question This past year I was acquainted with the phrase “ontological shock”. The sense that how you conceive of the world you inhabit, what exists therein,
Read MoreBy Amber Hoye, Boise State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/KGEP4576 Introduction Many of us stick to familiar tools and routines when making instructional materials. We often use tools like slide decks for presentations and word documents for worksheets, just as they’re intended.
Read MoreBy Shannon Donnally Quinn, Wenying Zhou, and Adam Gacs, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/IJKG5055 Introduction Interactive videos are video clips that have added interactive elements that display during playback (e.g. callouts, content checks/questions, links) and enable viewers to
Read MoreBy Jean Janecki, Mount Holyoke College DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/JRPB3091 When your college is located in a smaller rural community, students’ contact and interaction with native speakers of foreign languages and different cultures can be limited. Like most language center directors, I
Read MoreBy Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni, Center for Teaching and Learning, Western Oregon University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/NAIZ7635 “All it takes is faith and trust… Oh! And something I forgot: Dust. Just a little bit of pixie dust.” ~ Peter Pan School is a
Read MoreBy Alona Kladieva, PhD student, SLAT, University of Arizona DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ADRN5646 Introduction A classroom buzzing with excitement, where learning becomes a captivating adventure and students embark on thrilling quests to unlock language mysteries. This sounds like a perfect image of
Read MoreBy Gisele El Khoury, St. Lawrence University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/IQEA1122 This year, the Language Resource Center at St. Lawrence University has been working on exploring the core of academia through the lens of interpersonal connection. In this time when social media
Read MoreBy Daniel Verdugo, Ann Arbor Public Schools DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/OBCG2451 Ñ! magazine is an educational project of Huron High School, in Ann Arbor Public Schools, Michigan. This bilingual print publication is designed to meet the Standards of Foreign Languages in the
Read MoreBy Gisele El Khoury, St. Lawrence University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CTLS7669 Introduction Due to their cultural specificity, metaphorical language, contextual reliance, regional differences, and idiomatic usage, several Arabic proverbs are extremely challenging to translate. Proverb translation is regarded as difficult since it
Read MoreBy Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/VXNJ7637 This year I found myself unexpectedly teaching a class on Russian and Eastern European science fiction in translation. I had taught the class before, but it had been several years, so
Read MoreIn this crowdsourced article, we brought together a collection of “tiny tech tips”. If you already know all these tips, you are a tech guru! If you have a tech tip to share, please submit it to us at Tiny
Read MoreBy Bruna Sommer-Farias (Michigan State University), Valentina Vinokurova (University of Arizona), Asya Gorlova (University of Arizona), Mariana Centanin-Bertho (University of Arizona) . . . DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/XOKY9163 Introduction Using texts to help students notice and use grammatical and lexical choices appropriately
Read MoreBy Kathleen Scollins and Devin McFadden, University of Vermont DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/MXJR7871 Introduction Three years into pandemic-age teaching, most of us have become quite comfortable with — even enthusiastic about — the tech tools and techniques that enabled us to move
Read MoreBy Shannon Schmoll, Caitlin Cornell, Lynn Wolff, Felix Kronenberg, and Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ITXB2277 Language teachers are always looking for new ways to engage their students using the target language. Planetariums are known for teaching
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