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Apr
13
Barriers to Innovation in Language Teaching
webinar by Bill VanPattenWe have all heard about revolutions in language teaching – big leaps in thinking that offer insights and new methods for the classroom (e.g., The Direct Method, ALM, Communicative Language Teaching). Yet, such revolutions wither quickly and never really take root. It seems that innovation in language teaching is difficult if not impossible. Why is this? In this talk, I will first differentiate between what I call “real innovation” and “pseudo-innovation,” suggesting that the vast majority of what people call innovation in language teaching is actually pseudo-innovation. I will then outline five interrelated barriers to real innovation: knowledge, personnel, institutionalized education, power, ...
May
6
Developing an Open and Inclusionary Language Textbook for Portuguese
webinar by Eduardo Viana da SilvaThis presentation describes the development of an e-textbook for first-year Portuguese classes. This pedagogical initiative strives to provide an inclusionary ...
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The Role of Assessment in Distance Language Learning: Finding Ways to Build Relationship
webinar by Meg MaloneJuly 29, 2020
The interruption of most in-person learning caused by COVID-19 has presented both a challenge and an opportunity to language programs. ...
Our Multilingual Writing Reality: Complicating Immigration, Racialization, and “Academic Writing”
webinar by Sara P. AlvarezMarch 10, 2021
SLA Lecture Series: Critical Approaches to Applied Language Studies The Language Institute and the Second Language Acquisition Doctoral Program at ...
Joint Multiliteracies Pedagogy Workshop Series
workshop by Heather Willis Allen & Kate PaesaniFebruary 19, 2021
This two-part series of workshops on multiliteracies pedagogy for postsecondary language educators is jointly sponsored by the University of Minnesota ...RECENTLY FEATURED
Social Justice and the University Language Learner
March 17, 2021
Teaching for and about social justice positively influences all students, yet integrating social justice education into the college language curriculum can be challenging. In this talk, Drs. Cassandra Glynn, Pamela Wesely, and Beth Wassell, the co-authors of Words and Actions: Teaching ...