July 2020 Archives - The FLTMAG

July 2020 IALLT Webinar: Online, Hybrid, Hyflex, and High Stress: Preparing for Fall 2020

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 00:08:02 +0000

Presenters: Kevin Gaugler, Marist College Florencia Henshaw, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Noah McLaughlin, Kennesaw State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/IJHM8155 IALLT webinars are open to all, webinar recordings are a member benefit. The IALLT Board has made webinar recordings related to

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SpatialChat – Mingle Activities and Virtual Parties

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:38:12 +0000

By Shannon Donnally Spasova, Michigan State University, and Betsy Lavolette, Kyoto Sangyo University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/PGJL4670 While Zoom and other video conferencing tools have worked well for pair and small group work, language teachers have struggled to find a tool that

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IALLT Webinar: Are discussion forums really interactive? Ideas for purposeful asynchronous communication

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:26:24 +0000

As a service to the language learning and teaching community during COVID-19, the IALLT Board has made this webinar open to all. IALLT webinars, which happen about once a month, are open to all, and webinar archives are a member

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How to Establish a Strong Community in an Online Course

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 23:16:51 +0000

By 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

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Checking Reading Comprehension Remotely Using Student-Designed Comics

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 23:15:17 +0000

By 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.

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IALLT Interview Project Episode 1: Interview with Kathryn Murphy-Judy

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:48:43 +0000

In this video, Dr. Jeffrey Samuels interviews Dr. Kathryn Murphy-Judy from Virginia Commonwealth University with a focus on teaching languages online. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/LXRR5698 Resources recommended by Dr. Murphy-Judy: Upcoming free resources from Russell, V. and Murphy-Judy, K. (2020). Teaching

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Online Translators in Language Classes: Pedagogical and Practical Considerations

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:46:12 +0000

By 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

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Miro: the Visual Collaboration Platform You Need In Your Online Classroom

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:44:43 +0000

By Ekaterina Shutenko, Fulbright Teaching Fellow in Russian, Lehigh University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/XHPL3800 The Miro team claims their product to be a visual collaboration platform: not just another online whiteboard, but rather an interactive tool that allows you to create, collaborate,

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Opportunities for Open Educational Resources Usage and Development During COVID-19

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:41:16 +0000

By 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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Google Arts and Culture in World Language Classrooms

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 22:56:55 +0000

By Becky Cottrell, Ph.D Senior Lecturer of Spanish, Metropolitan State University of Denver DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ZBMG7779 Have you ever wanted to take your class on a field trip to the Prado museum in Spain, or the Louvre in Paris? How about

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Accessibility Essentials in Online Language Teaching

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 22:56:30 +0000

By Caitlin Cornell, Assistant Director, the Center for Language Teaching Advancement & Ph.D. student in Second Language Studies at Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/BRYF5157 In response to the uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, many institutions of higher education are

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Towards Effective, Stress-Free Teacher Training

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 22:56:09 +0000

By Sarab Al Ani, Yale University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CQUT4097 Academic institutions and educators all over the world found themselves faced with the very urgent, very real, and very imminent need to move all education online due to the global spread of

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