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By Erin Frazier, Kanda University of International Studies DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CUOP4330 Introduction The digital shift to online teaching has sometimes meant leaving some of our more interactive and engaging activities to the wayside as we adjust to the new format. This
Read MoreBy Kaitlin E. Thomas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Spanish, Norwich University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/HMFT8757 With national protests and unrest occurring simultaneous to the outbreak of the global pandemic COVID-19, 2020 was an exercise in maintaining pre-pandemic curricular momentum while adequately and
Read MoreBy Carmen Granda, Amherst College DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/VEZX9912 The pandemic has created many challenges in and outside of our classrooms. Although much professional development for instructors in the last months has been focused on how to design engaging virtual classes for
Read MoreBy Laura Marshall, Assistant Director, Russian Flagship Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/QZCG7662 Despite the many challenges that 2020 has presented, there are some silver linings for language learners and educators. This may seem counterintuitive to anyone who has pondered
Read MoreBy Sandhya Shanker, Director, Community Language School, Michigan State University, and Elizabeth Ablan, Graduate Assistant, Community Language School, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/KROQ1027 Whirlwind. Curveball. Whiplash. Unexpected. Unprecedented. These were just a few of the words swirling around as
Read MoreBy Jonathan Risner, Associate Professor, Indiana University Bloomington DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/IENX4227 For some six years, I have regularly taught a 300-level film analysis course in Spanish at Indiana University Bloomington. I structure the course in a way that the first half
Read MoreBy Kevin Anzzolin, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stout DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/RPQL5390 For most if not all educators in the United States, spring semester 2020 can be largely defined by a single but weighty word: “pivot.” By mid-March, the COVID-19 pandemic had
Read MoreBy Svitlana Malykhina and Nadiya Prokopyeva, Boston University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/TYUU9809 Introduction BU Russian Poetry is a comprehensive multimedia Open Educational Resource (OER) where students read poetry and experiment in a laboratory for new forms of analysis while
Read MoreBy Erin Frazier, Euan Bonner, Ryan Lege, Kanda University of International Studies DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ESEJ1286 Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming ubiquitous and intertwined with everyday life, especially with the proliferation of Intelligent Personal Assistants (IPAs) such as Siri, Alexa, Cortana,
Read MoreBy José Vergara, Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, Swarthmore College DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/BLIZ1377 Introduction When my students and I first began studying Chernobyl in late January, we had little idea that the entire globe would soon be swept up by a
Read MoreBy Magara Maeda, University of Wisconsin River Falls and Lauren Rosen, University of Wisconsin Collaborative Language Program DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/FQES8608 One of the most common questions we hear from instructors who are first moving to an online teaching environment
Read MoreBy Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, Professor of German, University of North Texas DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/GVZQ9864 Introduction The shift to emergency remote instruction halfway through the spring 2020 semester forced all of us to pivot our instructional approaches without a lot of training.
Read MoreBy Florencia Henshaw, Ph.D., Director of Advanced Spanish, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/SFBF9402 Nothing sparks more debate among language educators than the mere mention of Google Translate, other than perhaps the role of explicit grammar instruction. We might not
Read MoreBy Christian T. Hilchey, University of Texas DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/UEFZ7509 It already seems like an eternity ago that academic institutions were confronted with the reality of COVID-19 and the transition to remote instruction. Many of us rightly felt overwhelmed by the
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