July 2015 Archives - The FLTMAG

Study Abroad and Technology: Friend or Enemy?

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:02:28 +0000

By Senta Goertler, PhD, Associate Professor of Second Language Studies and German, Michigan State University. DOI: https://doi.org/10.69732/KXKD8149 INTRODUCTION “When I lived abroad, I couldn’t even call my parents let alone Skype or FaceTime with them. I had to send

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Interview: Toni Theisen on Language Teaching and Technology

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:00:35 +0000

Interview with Toni Theisen, former French teacher at Loveland High school (Colorado), past ACTFL President, 2009 ACTFL TOY and current Director of the Thompson School District Dual Language Immersion program in Loveland, CO. DOI: https://doi.org/10.69732/QNKM1631 EDWIGE: You were the 2009

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Teamwork, Technology, and Online Collaborations

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:00:16 +0000

Chesla Ann Bohinski, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Binghamton University, NY, USA. Salvador Venegas Escobar, M.A, Associate Profesor, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico. DOI: https://doi.org/10.69732/PLSY2122 Thanks to the advances of technology, teachers of all disciplines have the ability to utilize a

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The Cultura Model: Developing Students’ Intercultural Competence

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:00:02 +0000

By Sabine Levet, Senior Lecturer in French, Global Studies and Languages, MIT DOI: https://doi.org/10.69732/PJXV2993 One of the increasingly central tasks of language instructors is to prepare their students to work and interact with people from different cultures. Teaching culture

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Needs Analyses and Reflection Logs in Telecollaboration

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:59:50 +0000

By Dr. Carolin Fuchs, Teachers College, Columbia University. DOI: https://doi.org/10.69732/YZFB7414 This contribution describes the potential of two tools, namely needs analysis questionnaires and telecollaboration log entries, for helping participants reflect actively on past and current telecollaborative practices. WHAT

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Earworms: Music for Learning a Language

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:01:48 +0000

By Stefano Maranzana, Ph.D. candidate in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, Graduate Associate in Teaching Italian at the University of Arizona. DOI: https://doi.org/10.69732/YINC9900 According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, an earworm is “a song or melody that keeps

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