Archive for the 'language learning' Category
mb35 on Apr 30 2014 | Filed under: funding opportunity, language learning, language pedagogy
Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Time: 12:30 – 1:30 PM Location: Cobb 210 (2nd Floor – CSL) On Wednesday, May 7th (12:30pm-1:30pm), Christopher Skrable, University Community Service Center (UCSC) Associate Director, Veronica Vegna, Italian Language Coordinator and Senior Lecturer, and Ana Lima, Portuguese Language Coordinator and Senior Lecturer will give a presentation on the […]
mb35 on Apr 01 2014 | Filed under: language learning, language pedagogy, professional development
Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Time: 12:30PM Location: CLC – 2nd Floor Cobb – C 210 Please join us on April 9, 2014 at 12:30PM in the CLC for a presentation by Cori Anderson (Slavic Languages and Literatures), Ana Lima (Romance Languages and Literatures), and Jason Grunebaum (South Asian Languages and Civilizations). Our presenters […]
mb35 on Mar 18 2013 | Filed under: information, language learning, language pedagogy, workshops
February 27, 2013 from 12:30 to 1:20 PM in Cobb 210 – 2nd Floor Cobb Hall Veronica Vegna, Italian Coordinator, will show the work she presented at the November 2012 ACTFL Conference under the title “Social Issues and Cultural Awareness in Language Teaching”. Veronica will also provide suggestions for internet resources, based on her […]
mb35 on Oct 29 2012 | Filed under: center design, language learning, language pedagogy
Wednesday, November 14, 2:00 pm in the CSL, room 210 The presenter is Ute Lahaie, Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Walsh University in Ohio. She is a former professor of world languages currently chairing a Learning Spaces Task Force, designed to prepare the faculty for the use of 21st century learning spaces that go […]
mb35 on Feb 02 2012 | Filed under: language learning, language pedagogy, professional development, television, Uncategorized, video
February 13, 2012 @ 12:30PM in Cobb 210 (Cobb 2nd Floor) Veronica Vegna and Ana Lima of Romance Languages will show the work they presented at the November 2011 ACTFL Conference: “Raising Cultural Awareness through Videos” (Vegna) and “YouTube in the Advanced Language Classroom” (Lima). Veronica and Ana will also report on other presentations they […]
mb35 on Oct 25 2011 | Filed under: language learning, language pedagogy
Date: Monday, November 7, 2011 Time: 2:30 PM Where: CSL – 2nd Fl. Cobb – C 201 The CSL will host a presentation by Francois Tochon of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on the subject of the “Deep Approach” to language teaching and learning, that has been applied, notably, […]
mb35 on Nov 17 2010 | Filed under: funding opportunity, grants, language learning, professional development
THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LANGUAGES CALL FOR CONSORTIUM GRANT PROPOSALS for Winter Projects — CAMPUS COMPETITION PROPOSALS DUE Friday, January 14, 2011 The Autumn/Winter deadline for Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning grant proposals is Friday, January 14, 2011. Proposals submitted at this time will compete at the campus level. Application forms and […]
Steven on Dec 10 2007 | Filed under: corpus linguistics, language learning, language pedagogy, LCTLs, professional development, visualization, workshops
The CSL is happy to announce that we will host a masterclass in corpus linguistics during UofC’s Spring Break week, Wed-Sun, March 26-30, 2008. Full information and application information may be found at the CMLLP-2008 website at: http://languages.uchicago.edu/corpuslinguistics/Registration/Application forms are available for download here. The workshop will cover corpus methods in linguistic research and the […]
Steven on Sep 07 2007 | Filed under: language learning
The National Capital Language Resource Center puts out a monthly newsletter.
Steven on Sep 07 2007 | Filed under: language learning, websites
–Greetings from the University of Northern Iowa / Cedar Falls, Iowa (USA) I have developed a series of websites for language students and their instructors. I hope that you will share this information with interested persons and add this URL to your website and/or publication(s). Having taught in a private academy, public schools, the Ohio […]
Steven on Sep 07 2007 | Filed under: language learning, vocabulary
And here’s another tool for learning vocabulary or other brief, factual information: Quizlet. http://quizlet.com/ You can use the tool to make your own vocabulary lists and quiz them in a number of ways.
Steven on Sep 07 2007 | Filed under: language learning, vocabulary
Here’s a product for vocabulary acquisition made by a University of Chicago alumnus: www.wordmate.us
Steven on Sep 07 2007 | Filed under: glossing, language learning, vocabulary
WordChamp is a useful website for foreign language learners to practice their vocabulary (use lists posted by other users or make your own lists). The vocabulary feature allows you to test and restest pesky vocabulary that just won’t stick in your memory. They also have webreaders that will give you glossed vocabulary for certain languages. […]