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By 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
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By Anna Dyer, Lecturer, University of Iowa DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/AZSI9456 Meet LearningApps.Org LearningApps.org is a free online platform that allows educators to create a wide variety of online learning activities: matching, fill-in-the-blanks, word grids (word search) and crosswords, maps, voting, ordering,
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Presenters: Stephanie Madison, Ph.D., Clemson University and L. J. Randolph Jr., Ed.D., University of North Carolina Wilmington DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/GLHU9473 Presentation slides Presentation handout Chat transcript This webinar also kicked off a reading group on a similar topic, which
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By 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
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Interview with Kinji Ito, Assistant Professor of Japanese, Appalachian State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/SPFR2986 In this issue, we talk with Kinji Ito, Assistant Professor of Japanese, about how he motivates his students in the online environment using Zoom and VoiceThread, and
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By 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
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We invite you to try out a new format and engage with our “asynchronous webinar”. This webinar, created by Shannon Donnally Spasova and Julie Evershed, introduces you to some of the essential information that you need about copyright and language
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By Andrew Walton, University of Texas at San Antonio DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/DVGR2660 In today’s world, educational practices look vastly different than they did years ago due to the exponential growth of technology. This rapid increase has made educational content more easily
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In this video, Dr. Jeffrey Samuels interviews Catherine Ousselin, who specializes in teaching languages with technology. They discuss her origins as a geeky teacher, her website, the World Language Laboratory, her professional experience, and her advice for others about getting
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By 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
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By Betsy Lavolette, Kyoto Sangyo University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/AUIW5279 Language teachers use video conferencing tools such as Zoom and Teams for many purposes, including teaching, meetings, professional development, and socializing. At times, it is more convenient to use a gesture to
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By Robert Remmerswaal, Sojo University, Japan DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/QWFL9718 Introduction With TeacherTools.Digital you can quickly make robust learning activities for your students to practice and improve their language skills in English, French, German, and Spanish. Other languages may work with only
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By 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
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By 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
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