by Shannon Donnally Spasova, Assistant Professor of Russian, Michigan State University Liudmila Klimanova, Assistant Professor of SLA and Technology, University of Arizona Some advocates of online and hybrid courses believe that online courses can save time and money,
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Paul Sebastian Assistant Professor, Spanish and TESL/Applied Linguistics Appalachian State University Carmen Fernández Juncal Associate Professor Universidad de Salamanca Benjamin Souza Associate Professor, Spanish Linguistics Appalachian State University Maddalena Ghezzi Research Scholar Universidad de Salamanca Roberto Rubio Sánchez Research
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Molly Godwin-Jones (University of Kansas), Margherita Berti (University of Arizona) Shannon Donnally Spasova (Michigan State University) People who are interested in language learning and technology have a variety of directions in which they can take their careers. They can
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In this issue of the FLTMAG, Jeffrey Samuels interviewed Lauren Rosen, Director of the Collaborative Language Program at the University of Wisconsin. The program uses distance learning to connect students across the state of Wisconsin who want to learn languages
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By Jeff Magoto, Director, Yamada Language Center, University of Oregon ANVILL is a web-based toolbox for language teachers that makes it easy to create, assign, and assess spoken language tasks. It is particularly useful for teachers looking to
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By Irina Kogel, Five College Lecturer in Russian at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Smith College. Extempore is a web-based platform designed to let language teachers assign and grade oral assessments. The app allows
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Margherita Berti, PhD Candidate in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at the University of Arizona. Molly Godwin-Jones: Please tell us a little about yourself. Margherita Berti: I am a PhD Candidate in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
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Kévin Le Blévec, Modern Languages Technology Specialist, Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) Preliminary Observations While I started in my current position as the Technology Specialist in charge of the Modern Languages Technology Center at the Rochester Institute of Technology, it
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Mark A. Kaiser, Associate Director, Berkeley Language Center (CA) As the Associate Director of the Berkeley Language Center, most of my time has been devoted to running the day-to-day operations of the BLC, working with faculty, designing new spaces,
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By Irina Kogel, Five College Lecturer in Russian at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Smith College. With the advent of video and messaging platforms such as Skype, intercultural collaborations between partner institutions in different
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Lillian Jones, Ph.D. student. University of California, Davis. Technologies will never cease to influence communication. If we look around our campuses, classrooms, and coffee shops we are sure to observe a generation deeply absorbed in their pocket
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Anastasiya Smith-Lakhno, Instructor of Russian, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at UGA Tatiana Maslova, Lecturer of Russian, University of North Georgia. The transformative power of a study abroad experience for students is a well-established fact. Research demonstrates that
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Michele Anciaux Aoki, Ph.D., P.M.P., International Education and World Languages Advocate Molly Godwin-Jones: You have quite an extensive history with language learning: International Education Administrator for Seattle Public Schools, Co-Director of the Confucius Institute of the State of
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For this issue of the FLTMAG, Shannon Spasova interviewed the language program coordinator of the LCTL Center at the University of Pittsburgh, Gretchen Aiyangar, and the team that helped her to stage an escape room promoting less commonly-taught languages. Shannon:
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