Cornell students Colette Bu, Cameron Howland, and Cody Paul share their experiences as language tutors and conversation hour leaders. We will hear all about these important resources and why everyone should join in on the fun, and discuss the many other ways that these students' language skills enrich their lives. 

https://lrc.cornell.edu/conversation-hours

https://lrc.cornell.edu/language-tutoring

#大丈夫

#piano

#esperanza

Dr. Jamie Edmonds is the director of the Critical Languages Institute at Arizona State University. He shares his thoughts on the importance and future of language education.

https://cli.asu.edu/ 

Instagram: @criticallanguagesinstitute

Facebook: @asucli

#isihurip  #santaisaja

Cornell student Arina Danilina joins us to discuss her academic and linguistic journeys. As a dedicated facilitator of Russian conversation hours and a participant in the College Scholar Program, Arina's research investigates how the architecture and design of refugee housing impacts mental health. She is also interested in the interaction between spaces and people, and finding connection over polarization.

Dom Kultury on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/domkultury_cornell

#Семья

#Дом

Dr. Dominique Branson, a past Soros Justice Fellow with the Open Society Foundations, and a Cornell alum, joins us to discuss linguistic justice and what it means for racial disparities in the US legal system.

https://dominiquebranson.com/ 

#shalom

Our annual expression of gratitude from the Language Resource Center family.

Featuring:

Ashley Griffith (LRC Engagement & Outreach Coordinator)

Ahmed Shamim (LRC Academic Programs Coordinator)

Ruby Shaw (LRC student intern)

Jack Brown (guest, season 16, episode 4)

Dan Kaufman (guest, season 16, episode 12)

Mijeong Mimi Kim (guest, season 16, episode 8)

Jadon Geathers (guest, season 16, episode 11)

Polly Lauer (guest, season 16, episode 10)

Dr. Daniel Kaufman returns to Speaking of Language to discuss language revitalization, language ideology, the deceptiveness of AI, and more.

Watch Dan's talk at the LRC: https://youtu.be/ew2VfzbRtz4

https://www.elalliance.org/

https://languagemap.nyc/ 

https://cs.uky.edu/~raphael/linguistics/phonology/currentMi.cgi 

#redouble #bawi

We chat with Cornell PhD student Jadon Geathers about the development of his AI speaking partner platform for language learners, ChitterChatter.

#仁

https://jadongeathers.github.io/ 

The Future of Learning Lab: https://learning.cis.cornell.edu/

chitterchatter.app/ 

Instagram: @jadonarmon 

Cornell Chronicle article: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/07/ai-tool-helps-students-build-confidence-speaking-foreign-languages 

Welcome to a new episode of Speaking of Language. I’m Angelika Kraemer, the Director of the Language Resource Center at Cornell University and I’m Sam Lupowitz, the LRC’s Media Manager. We have Jadon Geathers in the studio with us today. Jadon is a PhD student in Information Science here, working on creating educational technologies that streamline learning and teaching processes while fostering inclusive, engaging, and equitable learning environments. We will hear all about an exciting AI speaking partner that he is currently developing called ChitterChatter. 

Dr. Polly Lauer, a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Romance Studies here at Cornell, shares how radio and other mass media have contributed to the revitalization of Indigenous language and community in Guatemala.

polly.lauer@cornell.edu 

https://romancestudies.cornell.edu/polly-lauer 

#maltyoxinik

We are joined by the versatile and accomplished Daisy Rockwell, a Vermont-based painter and award-winning translator of Hindi and Urdu literature. In 2022, she was awarded the Booker Prize for Translation, and she recently gave a talk as part of Cornell’s 15th annual Tagore lecture series in Modern Indian Literature called Mixed Metaphors: Adventures in Translationland. She speaks with Sam about linguistic diversity, creativity, and the joy of mixed metaphor.

https://www.daisyrockwell.com/ 

Five original Daisy Rockwell poems published by the Paris Review: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/07/10/five-mixed-metaphors-for-translation/

Watch Daisy's recent lecture at Cornell: https://vod.video.cornell.edu/media/15th+Annual+Tagore+Lecture--Mixed+Metaphors%3A+Adventures+in+Translationland%2C+by+Daisy+Rockwell/1_armr1wko

Instagram: @shreedaisy

#dhwani

#ध्वनि

Dr. Mijeong Mimi Kim follows up on her recent talk at Cornell, sharing the benefits of integrating undergraduate teaching assistants into the language curriculum.   

mmkim@wustl.edu

Watch Mimi's talk at Cornell: https://youtu.be/fE9df4GciCU

#curiosity

Cornell's Japanese language program has a partnership with Kansai University. We meet two of their students, and discuss the importance of international experiences and exchange.

#practicemakesperfect

#千里の道も一歩から

The Southwest Asia and North Africa Program (SWANA) is Cornell’s new hub for research, learning, and engagement with the cultures and people of the vast geographical region stretching from Morocco in the west to Iran in the east.

Women of MENA is a Cornell student organization: a digital publication at the intersection of culture and gender studies. Their platform offers a space for open dialogue, designed to unpack the gender dynamics of the region and share women’s stories. Their mission is rooted in inclusivity for people who identify as women, genderqueer, and/or nonbinary. 

https://swana.einaudi.cornell.edu/ 

https://cornellwomenofmena.com/

Instagram: @cornellwomenofmena

#دلنشین

#نور

Fernando Rubio, director of the Yale Center for Language Study, talks all about Open Educational Resources for language teaching and learning.

Dr. Rubio’s talk at Cornell: https://youtu.be/U6Imb0FxB0o?si=IFtIxMxaBZUzvveP

#txirimiri  #calabobos #orbayu

Jack Brown, PhD student in Cornell's Department of Romance Studies, is the Alumni Ambassador for the Critical Language Scholarship Program. Jack discusses the CLS and reasserts the importance of language study in creating a safer, more connected world.

https://einaudi.cornell.edu/learn/academics/critical-language-scholarship-program 

https://clscholarship.org/ 

https://events.cornell.edu/event/information-session-critical-language-scholarship (Info session on 9/30)

#tagarela

Grammar guru Ellen Jovin and filmmaker Brandt Johnson join us to discuss Rebel with a Clause, a new film following a traveling grammar advice stand across all 50 US states.

https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/

Tickets to screenings: https://www.cinemapolis.org/movie/rebel-with-a-clause/

#joiedevivre

#Eichhörnchen

#écureuil

Sam speaks with Hannah Scott Deuchar, a scholar of modern Middle Eastern literature, media, and translation; critical and legal theory; and histories of culture and technology in the Global South. This past spring semester, she gave a talk as part of Cornell's "Language and Power in the Middle East and Beyond" series titled "Translational Justice: The Arabic Novel and the British Archive." She expands on this talk and discusses the impact of translation on politics and power.

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/comparative-literature-and-culture/people/academic/profiles/scott-deuchar.html

وَسْوَسَة#

Jaida Anekwe, President Emeritus of Cornell’s Pan-African Students Association, discusses the organization and their much-celebrated annual fashion show, AFRIK. 

Cornell Chronicle article on AFRIK: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/03/fashion-show-celebrate-unite-cultures-african-diaspora 

https://www.instagram.com/cornell_pasa

@cornell_pasa

#mnike

We're back with our Sweet Sixteen season! Join Sam, Angelika, and another dozen-odd guests to talk about the impact of language and culture, from fashion to food, translation to grammar.

Sara Lee closes out our season discussing strategies for supporting neurodiverse language learners and how these design principles create better learning outcomes for the entire classroom.

Watch Sara's workshop: https://youtu.be/hhB0Bg_3-bw

Neurodiversity reading list: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CD7TP7FCcSmEt7Jms3hu7Jwi6xBkhRVC/view?usp=sharing

Sara.A.Lee@asu.edu

#Scheidebecher

Dr. Katie Fiorella is the director of the Cornell Migrations Program. We discuss the policies and outcomes related to the movement of living things across borders, and learn about how this initiative has developed since we first discussed it in 2020.

https://einaudi.cornell.edu/programs/migrations-program 

Subscribe to the Migrations mailing list: https://cornell.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=da35890acf22b2437aeb5bb67&id=c45499fc3f

#oyaore

We celebrate the LRC's annual Sweet Poetry event with two returning guests: poet and Japanese literature and media scholar Andrew Campana, and the LRC's Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, Ashley Griffith.

https://lrc.cornell.edu/sweet-poetry 

https://www.ucpress.edu/books/expanding-verse/paper 

“Speaking of Speaking of Language” by Angelika Kraemer

Performed by Angelika Kraemer and Sam Lupowitz

Underscore: “Nordisk Guld” by Simon Bjarning

https://simonbjarning.com

#図々しい

#sala

We will learn all about Cornell's Language House and how it benefits campus life from residence hall director Monti Wilkins.

https://cornell.campusgroups.com/tonimorrison/home/

https://scl.cornell.edu/residential-life/housing/campus-housing/upper-level-undergraduates/program-houses/language-house

https://lrc.cornell.edu/news/language-house-opens-students-learning-asl

#bonsoir

Dr. Daniel Kaufman is the co-founder and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to documenting Indigenous, minority, and endangered languages, supporting linguistic diversity in New York City and beyond. We speak with him about language documentation, community collaboration, and more.

https://www.elalliance.org/

https://languagemap.nyc

Language City book: https://groveatlantic.com/book/language-city/

Facebook/Instagram: @elalliance

#wagübürigu

We speak with Olga Verlato, a Klarman Fellow in Near Eastern Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences here at Cornell. She talks about the role played by language in history, politics, and education in modern Egypt and the surrounding region.

https://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/olga-verlato 

Additional audio courtesy “Sounds of Cairo.”

https://www.youtube.com/@soundsofcairo4715

#روبابيكيا

Gláucia Silva follows up on her recent talk, “Linguistic Perception and Production in Heritage Language.”

Instagram: @glauciaumd

#peteca

Blaine and Von Ray discuss TPRS, “Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling,” and the results they’ve had via this method.

https://www.tprsbooks.com/ 

#esobvio

#cariño

Adriana Lima is the residence hall director at Cornell's Latino Living Center, a residential program house on campus. She shares the history and current events of the LLC, and discusses its benefits to campus life.

https://cornell.campusgroups.com/llc 

#cafecito

Kris Knisely is Associate Professor of French and Intercultural Competence at the University of Arizona. He follows up on his recent talk as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series, Doing It (Gender) Justice: Reimagining Language Education Through Trans Knowledges.

https://www.krisknisely.com/ 

https://www.krisknisely.com/ialle 

@krisknisely.bsky.social

Watch a video of Kris's talk at the LRC here: https://youtu.be/TbC6Awun4fM?si=R6NcBLBQ2G_hxc5d

#pamplemousse

Read a transcription of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14CJDJp0tD_zQzzl8nYoxiQBLkvundXVHNDb4sQvYllU/edit?usp=sharing

Sarah Fiorello, Interpretation Coordinator for the Cornell Botanic Gardens, shares the linguistic and cultural importance of flowers and plants.

https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/

#joiedevivre

Read a transcription of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H2f3QlwnRXqcRtnPq7IseG1cy9HcaZudRoJls6cazIo/edit?usp=sharing

Loïs Talagrand is a software developer, language learner, and avid YouTuber who explores best ways for learning languages on his channel. He recounts his journey from an English student with poor conversation skills to an accomplished polyglot and shares some advice for other adult language learners.

https://www.youtube.com/@loistalagrand

https://loistalagrand.com 

#mana

Read a transcription of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NQ0ZjEdnBpXsTlLLsO72hq0IkrtmBqXyBeILnSSR0zM/edit?usp=sharing

We are joined by student leaders from Cornell’s Language Expansion Program and Translator Interpreter Program, both of which are now officially part of the Language Resource Center. Drew Soshensky (co-president, LEP), Matthew Norman-Ariztía (co-president, TIP), and Grace Ling (co-president, TIP) discuss the services and benefits of their organizations and how you can get involved.

https://cornell.campusgroups.com/lep

https://cornell.campusgroups.com/tip

#小寶貝

#ronronear

#murciélago

#desafortunadamente

Read a transcription of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cpzFpp-K2Ij2X5VqiacONs61hvzuFSyYBSuEYlMqpNY/edit?usp=sharing

We kick off season 15 with Kate Sonka, Executive Director of Teach Access, a non-profit working to bridge the accessibility skills gap between education and industry. 

https://teachaccess.org/

#albóndigas

We catch up with Şebnem Özkan to learn what's new in Cornell's collaborative, interdisciplinary initiative with partners around the world, Global Hubs.

#barış

global.cornell.edu/hubs

globalhubs@cornell.edu

Read a transcription of this episode: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14CJDJp0tD_zQzzl8nYoxiQBLkvundXVHNDb4sQvYllU/edit?usp=sharing

Sam talks gratitude with LRC team members Ashley Griffith and Ahmed Shamim.

We'll be back next week with our final episode of the season!

Tom Garza joins us to expand on his recent talk about optimizing teaching for Gen Z learners and differentiated language instruction. We will extend our conversations about the current generation of students and what we as educators can do to teach inclusively and equitably.

https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/tlc/ 

#dostoprimechatelnosti

#достопримечательности

YouTuber Matt Brooks-Green joins us to talk about his channel “Language Learning for Mortals.” He’ll share his perspective on picking up new languages outside of the classroom.

https://www.youtube.com/@matt_brooks-green 

#tiquismiquis

#deshumidificador

We reflect on another successful World Languages Day at Cornell with our Engagement and Outreach Coordinator Ashley Griffith and student volunteer, keynote speaker, and Language Expansion Program co-president Daria Badger.

#eichhörnchen

#źdźbło

Read a transcription of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GwyjIyxGqjsHTBj_a3lEYacH2tLp5JStnJppIVb4v9Q/edit?usp=sharing

Dr. Ilka Kostka follows up on her talk about the opportunities and challenges of Generative AI in the language classroom.

Watch Ilka’s talk at the LRC: https://youtu.be/HzST20cCmE8?si=Vidd6azr2NgEPpLF 

Ilka’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilka-k-7892b75a

#ačiū

Read a transcription of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cquICo0rb_Ykc6frJzuFbUSm5W8s_zWJjIH5snzZlD4/edit?usp=sharing

Dr. Kasia Bartoszynska is an Associate Professor at Ithaca College in Literatures in English and in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She is a reader, writer, educator, translator, and lover of good food, and we discuss translation, antiracism, and her recent book, Estranging the Novel.

https://kasiareads.com/ 

#şey

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RUQQRtsIJMkneg0h4QQG6y6-T1Hop1gkhK3-gHgINxg/edit?usp=sharing

Dr. Pelin Kumbet Cagman, a visiting scholar from Kocaeli University in Turkey, and Banu Ozer Griffin, the head of Cornell’s Turkish program, discuss Turkish culture, posthumanism, and Turkish caricatures.

#kolaygelsin

#kartoffeln

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l6ArOiF3_QPRT3dgjnws5hKolJqFKAbFvGH0JOlvh50/edit?usp=sharing

We speak with Cornell art historians Andrew C. Weislogel and Juliana Fagua Arias about Colonial Crossings, an exhibition on the art of Colonial Latin America at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell. This exhibition, running until December of this year, examines work predominantly created by Indigenous, Black, Asian, and mixed-race artists during the period of Spanish colonial rule. These artists hail from Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. 

#cochinilla

#想

https://museum.cornell.edu/exhibition/colonial-crossings-art-identity-and-belief-in-the-spanish-americas/

https://museum.cornell.edu/event/symposium-keynote-lecture-reimagining-the-americas/ 

https://museum.cornell.edu/event/symposium-reimagining-the-americas-new-perspectives-on-spanish-colonial-art/ 

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_JEvrBr9-wJ7GLuC8qwnH08H8HiKuLE5bAqxQfhCHl4/edit?usp=sharing

We are joined by Grit Matthias Phelps, Amy Cheatle, and Emily Hong to discuss a German language project wherein upper-level students programmed chat bots to interact with introductory language learners.

#zweisamkeit

#literaturwissenschaft

#______

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-KaQACk8kTLdzsxNjc0zQZis6mCEILrT42JQSpZtXjI/edit?usp=sharing

Dr. Oya Topçuoğlu Judd of the Middle East and North African Languages Program at Northwestern University expands on her recent talk about incorporating collaborative course design and contemporary media into the language classroom. 

https://mena-languages.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/topcuoglu-oya.html 

https://www.routledge.com/Sharing-Less-Commonly-Taught-Languages-in-Higher-Education-Collaboration/Heidrich-Uebel-Kraemer-Giupponi/p/book/9781032394176

#arkadaş 

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qG-kiUu8AvmH1GSVg76ORyQhVzpAuVI13zDRFT3CPJ8/edit?usp=sharing

We are delighted to introduce our new Language Resource Center team member and colleague, Ashley Griffith, the new LRC engagement and outreach coordinator.

#quietscheentchen

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qaKepCEgqOfsiwJpnA0VPehH8yrInSsbj99hC9xWpJg/edit?usp=sharing

Dr. Julian Currents joins us to discuss universal design for learning and how our growing understanding of neurodivergence and chronic illness can help create a classroom space that is more beneficial to all.

Kneecap (2024 film): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27367464/

#boycott

#céarta

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/115cB7fsDgGr0uC0pMhj8rqbmwRf-IXfT0eNl1dPwdVM/edit?usp=sharing

Sam and Angelika kick off our 14th season with some updates on language learning at Cornell. Stay tuned for another fascinating semester of exciting guests and fresh topics in language and culture education!

#zuckerwatte

#saucisson

Read a transcription of this episode here: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HlZ-C9rALCImdL9fKrkkUgBY6mdbKw0OFYQ_ShY3IhM/edit?usp=sharing

For the thirteenth episode of our thirteenth season, a bonus pod about the number 13 and its significance around the world.

We'll be back in the fall!

Here are the sources for some of the tidbits in this episode:

https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2022/10/conversation_thirteen.php 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/13-across-globe-exploration-superstitions-beliefs-gabriela-kouahla

https://tinyrituals.co/blogs/tiny-rituals/angel-number-13-meaning

https://en.as.com/nfl/taylor-swifts-favorite-number-13-and-its-significance-in-super-bowl-lviii-n/

#triskaidekaphobia

We recap the LRC’s annual, multilingual Sweet Poetry event with organizer Hilary Yarger and participating reader Vishnu Pusarapu. 

Vishnu reads: “My Own Love (In Brackets)” - Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (Irish)

Additional poetry excerpts in this episode:

“Nirvana Shatkam” - Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit) Read by Suresh Kamath Bola

“If I Could Caress in My Mouth the Whole World” - Fernando Pessoa (Portuguese) Read by Isabela Carvalho

“A Thought Came to My Lips” - Javed Akhtar (Hindi) Read by Janhvie Joshi

#間

#craic

Dr. Dan Nickolai, current IALLT president and director of the Language Resource Center at St. Louis University, introduces iSpraak, a web-based tool for practice and assessment of second language pronunciation.

#yaourter 

https://ispraak.net/ 

https://bilingualbilliken.com/

https://iallt.org/ 

Dr. Caroline Levine, the David and Kathleen Ryan Professor of Humanities at Cornell, joins us to discuss the challenges and revelations of translating poetry, and how languages and the humanities can work as forces for social change.

https://english.cornell.edu/caroline-levine

Access the ebook or request a physical copy of the of the Norton Anthology: https://seagull.wwnorton.com/worldlit5 

To request an exam or desk copy of the Norton Anthology, contact Megan at: mzwilling@wwnorton.com

#liflode

Dr. Carolyn Fornoff, from Cornell’s Department of Romance Studies, joins us to discuss her research into the intersection of art, artists, and climate change in Latin America, as investigated in her new book, Subjunctive Aesthetics: Mexican Cultural Production in the Era of Climate Change.

https://carolynfornoff.wordpress.com/ 

#madrugar

Dr. Jeff Bale, of the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, discusses the ties between language policy, culture, and race, and how educators and communities can effect change.

https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/15409-jeff-bale 

https://larch.omeka.net/ 

Watch Dr. Bale's talk at the LRC here: https://youtu.be/AzkxJGfdTg8

#Fußhupe

Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant joins us from UC San Diego to discuss the impact of generative AI tools on academic integrity in the language classroom and beyond. 

https://integrity.ucsd.edu/ 

#adios

Poet and educator Juliana Torres joins us to discuss "transformative potentiality," as well as her dissertation exploring forms of monstrosity from a queer perspective in a selection of 20th-century Latin American women writers.

Instagram handle: @julitorrres

https://www.instagram.com/julitorrres/

#sobremesa

University of Michigan Language Resource Center Director Julie Evershed goes on a deep dive with us on copyright in the context of language teaching. She recently gave a talk as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series on this topic, which you can watch on our website.

Resources for copyright and language classes: https://myumi.ch/96NWx 

Video of Julie’s talk: https://youtu.be/s2amGtVnA-I

#komorebi

Dr. Luke Urbain, the new Program Manager of Cornell's Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about language learning, Cuban politics, art, and the concept of “safety.”

https://lacs.einaudi.cornell.edu/ 

#colero

Dr. Malte Jung shares some insights into how artificial intelligence affects the way human beings interact not only with technology, but with one another.

https://mjung.infosci.cornell.edu/

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/04/study-uncovers-social-cost-using-ai-conversations 

https://interplay.infosci.cornell.edu/ 

#Kunschd

#ete­pe­te­te

It's Valentine's Day, so we talked to some folks around the LRC about people, places, and things that they love! Amazingly, they answered in a variety of languages…

Can you recognize them all?

We'll be back next week with a new guest, Dr. Malte Jung!

We learn about Open Doors English, a nonprofit organization offering classes for adult English language learners. Instructor Joshua Orkin and students Hui-Tzu "Wendy" Kuo and José Tzul describe how the program empowers adult English language learners in Ithaca, Tompkins, and surrounding counties to live fuller lives. 

https://sites.google.com/view/open-doors-english/ 

#shwari 

#加油

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11ZMcsDBaVX_waq8Qb_YW7QPoMJcBUxeaZN2678GeNp4/edit?usp=sharing

We kick off our thirteenth season by introducing Dr. Ahmed Shamim, the Academic Programs Coordinator and our newest colleague at the Cornell University Language Resource Center.

#অভিমান

You can access the edited volume Sharing Less Commonly Taught Languages in Higher Education: Collaboration and Innovation (Heidrich Uebel, Kraemer, & Giupponi, Routledge, 2024) for free at https://www.routledge.com/Sharing-Less-Commonly-Taught-Languages-in-Higher-Education-Collaboration/Heidrich-Uebel-Kraemer-Giupponi/p/book/9781032394176.

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KNfYeGhVflsS3D46jJLw0Xcksv3w8YK8vIIz2ltDJAU/edit?usp=sharing

We are joined by Fatema Sumar, former Obama administration official and current Executive Director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University. Fatema discusses her past as a Cornell student, the challenges in combating global poverty, and the transformative power of language.

https://cid.harvard.edu

#abas

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rWlDMBp3lqW99vV_M4MZ3T6QFDQ7_p3tbeZYiEvDMb0/edit?usp=sharing

For this year's Thanksgiving special, we are joined by friends and colleagues reading poetry celebrating gratitude.

Sara Goto (Freshman, Cornell): Thank You by Shuntaro Tanikawa

David Ortega (Language Technology Specialist, Yale): Oda a las gracias by Pablo Neruda

Jeremy Urbaniak (Freshman, Cornell): Dziękuje Ci (author unknown)

Krystyna Golovakova (Ukranian instructor, Cornell): Вечірнє сонце, дякую за день! by Lina Kostenko

#gratitude

Read transcriptions and translations of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1byaowmz__tc93HKfRlWSqwpKtMLoMewO8Qxtxbvp3_4/edit?usp=sharing

Don Vosburg, Academic Technologist of Learning Innovation (and former Language Center Director) at Carleton College in Minnesota, joins us to discuss all things gamification and language learning through gaming. 

https://www.carleton.edu/directory/dvosburg/ 

#Feierabend

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ST0Ci37nY0IUmKoisKMisHmin6nijVfJV4nvKOCwPE8/edit?usp=sharing

We meet with Anthony Ng’ang’a, a representative from the East Africa-based Safal Group. Anthony discusses he Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize, an award to recognize writing and translations in African languages and help proliferate them around the globe.

https://www.safalgroup.com/cornell-kiswahili-prize/ 

https://kiswahiliprize.cornell.edu/ 

#GutiriWaIregiUtuire

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12U1Pl22MoiLoU4kJ9YDskCbZZe1PlHmPD4kN90yuPH4/edit?usp=sharing

We revisit Cornell’s World Languages Day, which took place earlier this month. Participant Anna Marchetti is a senior in high school in Victor, NY (just under two hours northwest of Ithaca), and student volunteer Sebastian Young is a sophomore here at Cornell and one of our LRC student assistants.

https://lrc.cornell.edu/world-languages-day

#animero

#yaourter

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c04o2wvWW8iumUZRdNOxjFA-jOpvC_pcT1gnjQPYgF0/edit?usp=sharing

Dr. Catherine Baumann follows up on her talk from our monthly LRC Speaker Series. Cathy dives into reverse design and how to better center language curricula and lessons around the goals and needs of students.

https://languages.uchicago.edu/2021/03/04/cathy-baumanns-interview-on-reverse-design/

#skärgård

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gW5Ixdh7m8Ylhd1UFx_n4cSr-lRK0pxy0IiKmueR_xU/edit?usp=sharing

Simon Zuberek returns to Speaking of Language. Simon is a senior educational technologist, linguist, and language educator, and we will talk today about corpora, data, and their applications and validity in the language classroom.

https://www.zuberek.net/

#ubuntu

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18SuIN2HnClTltRU4uFQTTzJNo1ZArQxGrDG81-5fUeI/edit?usp=sharing

McKenna Norton and Jack Donnellan are undergraduates in the Class of 2025 cohort of Cornell's Robert S. Harrison College Scholar Program. They describe their projects that focus on responses to alienation across cultures and on the role of language in the application of the rule of law around the world.

https://as.cornell.edu/education/college-scholar-program 

https://as.cornell.edu/mckenna-norton

https://as.cornell.edu/jack-donnellan

#刀子嘴豆腐心

#يلا

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cuFKJ0aIqEDSR_hCXR3INBXmtrVExyXIgE-qbut9a8c/edit?usp=sharing

Dr. Mari Noda talks about the “game” of language learning, and how each of us can endeavor to “fail better” in our interactions with other cultures.

https://nihongonow.byu.edu/ 

Watch the video of Mari's talk: https://youtu.be/2l5ufdeKoD8

#やっぱり

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NrGae2RGdY9qYtnOPyfYQTgO9Z9fJ4CdVou2Wd44KNg/edit?usp=sharing

We meet some of the teams behind two other Cornell-based language and culture podcasts. Daniel Bass and Shavin Seneviratne are the co-hosts of The Next Monsoon, a series by Cornell's South Asia Program examining artistic and cultural responses to climate change in South Asia. Francine Barchett and Emily Falica are involved with Gatty Lecture Rewind, a podcast by the Southeast Asia Program centered on conversations and interviews with visiting scholars working in and around that region.

Gatty Lecture Rewind: https://gattyrewind.libsyn.com/

The Next Monsoon: https://nextmonsoon.podbean.com/

Listen to a brief trailer for The Next Monsoon: https://nextmonsoon.podbean.com/e/welcome-to-the-next-monsoon-1679507165/

Next Monsoon conference: https://events.cornell.edu/event/the_next_monsoon .

Daniel's Monsoon Radio show: https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/monsoon-radio/

#chảnh

#ஊர்

# נחת

#hati-hati 

#치맥 

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MWctcsxMNijxDWh6we0C8QH4KLx3HDJRGqWgOA_MOdE/edit?usp=sharing

We are joined by Daniel Walter, Assistant Professor of German and Linguistics at Emory University. Dr. Walter recently published the book titled Psycholinguistic Approaches to Instructed Second Language Acquisition: Linking Theory, Findings, and Practice, and we will dive into his work on our podcast today.

#Fernweh

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uePmJ-duZVotu0UzlyEYyDEmSqMc1nCJQj5i2OVmOtI/edit?usp=sharing

Meet Hilary Yarger, the newest member of the team here at the Cornell University Language Resource Center. We discuss what drew Hilary to the LRC and what she hopes to accomplish as our Engagement and Outreach Coordinator. We'll also hear some of her original music, and perhaps even a classic 90s jam.

Included in this episode: excerpt from "Hazy Devotion," Hilary's MA thesis project. 

https://hilaryyarger.com

#間

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ya5gK5QxbBXdXU_thdPdrEI-VFhtxItpyuoIDWKgN8w/edit?usp=sharing

What can be learned from Indigenous languages and cultures? Dr. Américo Mendoza-Mori recently visited from Harvard University to give a talk as a part of our LRC Speaker Series. He explores the impact of making space for marginalized people and traditions.

https://scholar.harvard.edu/americo

Follow @ameriqo on social media.

#yapa

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eAoVYaG2ur5vMf1pGOlRRBg8c4NTb3jOxysl3CVbh6Q/edit?usp=sharing

Sam and Angelika revisit what they did last summer. But mostly, they look ahead to trends and current events in language learning, and some of the topics in store for the coming season of the podcast.

Information on cuts being made at West Virginia University: 

https://www.actfl.org/news/actfl-statement-on-wvu-plan-to-eliminate-world-language-programs

Change.org petition to protest cuts to world languages at West Virginia University:

https://www.change.org/p/preserve-students-rights-to-study-world-languages-at-wvu

The Sophie Washburn French Instructorship:

https://as.cornell.edu/about/sophie-washburn-french-instructorship

#abbiocco #verschlimmbessern

Read a transcript of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fDeAUKy1R1-VKXXPZSF-GbHJBC5biM6EiVhY4K4mkrQ/edit?usp=sharing

Kate Paesani and Mandy Menke discuss their new book, Literacies in Language Education, and the benefits of a literacies-based approach to language instruction.

Companion website: https://carla.umn.edu/literacies/book.html 

Instagram & Twitter: @umn_languages

Twitter: @CARLA_UMN

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UMNLanguages   https://www.facebook.com/carla.umn

#rascacielos 

#escalofríos

#juernes

#débile

#grace

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jm13pTHFNtBJrMxwR3WQHr2KSgJnpl1OFnOPuObds6Y/edit?usp=sharing

Koen Van Gorp joins us to talk about task-based language teaching.

https://vangorpk.msu.domains/ 

#schokolare

#supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I1QUOtiTB34QokJ2HwtApY_5JqrtjF4HxjpDvI0Xf60/edit?usp=sharing

Dr. Valerie Fridland, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nevada, Reno, discusses her new book Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English. Dr. Fridland demonstrates the deep cultural and historical significance of speech patterns that are initially resisted before becoming widely accepted.

https://valeriefridland.com

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/language-in-the-wild

#pumpernickel

#moist

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MNOKZHZhfURnToBj7o7LSjHwXaVyuXkaDGUFN-91pV8/edit?usp=sharing

Florencia Henshaw returns to discuss her book, Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Theory Goes to the Classroom. She recently gave a talk as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series on SLA principles and assessment. Her talk was part of our spring learning community that is sponsored by the Central New York Humanities Corridor from an award by the Mellon Foundation. The learning community brings together colleagues from Cornell, Colgate, Skidmore, and Syracuse to exchange best practices in language teaching.

Linktree for Florencia: https://linktr.ee/florenciahenshaw

Florencia's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Unpackinglanguagepedagogy

#gnocchi

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DRpJyznWMGOMY5FnW4bNi_uvs-LoUcvkJJGbCVwc490/edit?usp=sharing

Dr. Richard Kiely is a senior fellow in Cornell's Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, and, among many other things, stewards the design and implementation of the Engaged College Initiative. He discusses transformative learning theory, international community-engaged learning, and dissonance.

Einhorn Center: https://einhorn.cornell.edu/

#häftigt

#lagom

#fika

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jDa2qCbN4xGltbXkf76lUDs9t2jKIbFnjb3pAMtPft8/edit?usp=sharing

Margaret Ransdell-Green is a linguist who has been creating constructed languages, or ConLangs, since the late 1990s. Eric Barker, her husband, is a musician and composer. The two have collaborated on writing music and lyrics in the languages and styles of these fictional peoples.

Margaret's ConLangs: http://www.aeniith.com/

Music video: https://youtu.be/dTp67Xqr2WU

Language Creation Society (LCS): https://conlang.org/ 

Ana Lemma

The songs heard in this episode were "Zhumzhu" and "Phatakap."

#積ん読 #mingqun #akleng

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jWKrNg9c4Nl_xOV9jH5Bixs5xPnWPXtoHq1IZpfOWqg/edit?usp=sharing

Xiaoyan Li enlightens us on her role in developing an AI agent that helps enforce equal participation for native speakers and second language learners in online discussions.

#tschüss

Improving Non-Native Speakers' Participation with an Automatic Agent in Multilingual Groups - https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3567562

https://infosci.cornell.edu/

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1adKq1yDCNWM6PZCKMzdxR6u6cGQaukLQhXtmB-Vt5PQ/edit?usp=sharing

Cory Duclos, Director of the Keck Center for Language Study at Colgate University and a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, joins Sam and Angelika this week. One of his current research projects is concerned with ethics of data gathering online.

https://fltmag.com/interview-project-9-artificial-intelligence/ 

#moleque

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pEuGwXn5T7dS5SnlzbqXcbb0o6Vp28DZHeTsJR62XRg/edit?usp=sharing

Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant from the UK who works with a range of organizations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype, Microsoft, and The Guardian, who described him as an "MFL guru." Joe is no stranger to podcasting as co-host of his own, the #mfltwitterati, and we're excited to hear about his broad experience with language teaching and technology around the world.

@JoeDale on Twitter

https://mfltwitteratipodcast.com/ 

https://ppli.ie/resource/mfl-teachers-talk-podcast/

#pamplemousse

#grenouille

#JeCrèveLaDalle

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VtO8FVdtectMV8GJdgUooOITL3Hhk3tX3LTgyeCwsQs/edit?usp=sharing

Larisa Kasumagić- Kafedžić, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar Fellow at Cornell from the University of Sarajevo, explores how language instructors can embrace a pedagogy of peace, justice, and conflict resolution.

https://peacehub.ba/

#居眠り

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/152KmTZB7aRUW45TMWOmA8eu0_WCTKXxLjIvu3MAZY7k/edit?usp=sharing

Claire Frances and Giovanni Zimotti of the University of Iowa discuss their research into ChatGPT, one of the recent artificial intelligence programs garnering attention in and out of academia. The pair recently published an article in FLTMAG about Chat GPT's potential impact on writing in language education.

https://fltmag.com/chatgpt-second-language-writing/ www.giovannizimotti.com https://clcl.uiowa.edu/

#J’aiD’autresChatsÀFouetter

#y’all

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13eXare1Bg6hFEWpoobQjdWkPD3K1ce1n2ZG55o-7obg/edit?usp=sharing

Alan van den Arend discusses how we can rethink approaches to translation and pedagogy to better connect with students.

Correction: ALI was founded by Alex and Laura Hanson (not Harrison) 

https://classics.cornell.edu/alan-van-den-arend 

https://www.perusall.com 

#boterham

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZUrJnTjedNSwbnRovZ2Em3s7pMWv4UnyxRjVQ9t85tg/edit?usp=sharing

Katie Blake tells us how her Ph.D. in Linguistics from Cornell led to her work on Amazon’s Alexa AI, and takes us under the hood of the popular digital assistant.

https://katherineblake.github.io 

#눈치

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zdro1YqIRPty1Q-LCrSSiByKJvJBBS82TSMgeXYrfaY/edit?usp=sharing

Dr. Cori Crane closes out our season by diving deeper into her recent talk at the LRC on utilizing reflection for language and culture learning. 

http://www.coricrane.com/

#freudenfreude

Sam and Angelika meet with Dr. Sam Tilsen, an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Cornell. He and his collaborator, Dr. James Sethna, were recently awarded one of the College of Arts and Sciences’ New Frontiers Grants for their research on dialects.

https://conf.ling.cornell.edu/

#clique #fiddlesticks

As another Thanksgiving break approaches, Language Resource Center staff and their colleagues reflect on who they are grateful for.

In order of appearance:

Sam Lupowitz, LRC Media Manager

Angelika Kraemer, LRC Director

Kelly Zeng Ho, LRC Student Assistant

Emma Britton, LRC Learning Initiatives Coordinator

Xue Shao, LRC Student Assistant

Julia Felice, Engagement Specialist, Intergroup Dialogue Project at Cornell University

Sebastian Young, LRC Student Assistant

Angela Chen, LRC Student Assistant

#stillstillgrateful

Dr. Claudia Holguín Mendoza gave a keynote as part of this year’s Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning Workshop on Language Pedagogy. Her talk discussed Antiracist Critical Literacy and Methodologies of the Oppressed for Language Education. She follows up on opportunities to reimagine language teaching with critical literacy and student support at the forefront. 

https://csll.ucr.edu/

https://pedagogiascriticas.ucr.edu/

#HogodolagadaCogodomogodoeguedestagadas

Julia de Aragón is a board member of the Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County (where Cornell University sits). She sits down with Sam and Angelika to describe the programs and resources this volunteer organization offers our local community.

#batata

Dr. Peidong Sun of Cornell's history department discusses her course titled Fashion and Politics in Twentieth-Century China. She also shares details of her time studying in China and France, as well as her numerous upcoming book projects.

#béton

We are joined by Alexander Adrogué, Isabela Perez, and Frida Herrera, students from Cornell's Spanish for Heritage Speakers courses, as well as course coordinator and instructor Mary K Redmond. We'll hear about the students' experience and what they gained in terms of language and cultural skills and awareness. 

#choripan #espantapájaro #caca #macanudo

Isabel Choinowski and Dennis Wegner, Ph.D. candidates in German Studies at Cornell, discuss avant-garde puppetry, gender-inclusive pronouns, Sprachcafé, and more.

https://german.cornell.edu/isabel-choinowski 

​​https://german.cornell.edu/dennis-wegner 

#Kakerlake

#ZackZack

Bruno Shirley, a graduate student in the Department of Asian Studies here at Cornell, discusses his research into Buddhist intellectual histories of political thought and his accompanying study of Sinhala, Tamil, and other less commonly taught languages.

#अम्बा

#අඹ

We meet with Thamora Fishel, Chencong Zhu, Irfan Asgani, and Maks Tkachuk, members of the team from FLIP, Cornell’s Foreign Language Introduction Program. They share the background of the organization and their plans for community outreach.

https://einaudi.cornell.edu/

#စားပြီးပြီလား #Їжа #SudahMakanBelum? #你吃了吗？

Dr. Stacey Johnson follows up on her talk (part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series) about problem-based models for language and culture instruction and describes the transformative power of the language classroom.

https://problembasedculture.wordpress.com/blog/

#bra

Amalia Skilton, a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Linguistics at Cornell University, discusses her research in the Ticuna language in Peru and what it can tell us about the nature of human communication.

#[wa̰tɨmɨ̃]

Luana Reis unpacks her recent talk for the monthly LRC Speaker Series, Black Feminist Poetics and Language Teaching. Luana discusses bringing poetry and social justice into the language classroom, and even shares some original poetry with us.

@luanamoreirareis

lreis@pitt.edu

@ADDverse+poesia

https://www.instagram.com/addversepoesia

Download "Brazilian Women Poets in Translation," including Luana's work:

#piquenique

Sam and Angelika return from another summer break, ready to tackle burning questions about language classes and the students who take them – and even love them!  

#schmetterling

In our final episode of the semester, we speak with Dr. Shyam Sharma, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at the State University of New York in Stony Brook. He gave a talk as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series on Transcending Monolingual Worldviews. We dive deeper into how to magnify the impact of knowledge in academia and society, as he shares ideas for rejecting a hegemony of English (or any state-imposed language) and embracing human connection through a multilingual experience.

https://shyamsharma.net/

https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/mic/resources/language-justice-in-higher-ed.php#Description

#stillarriving

Derina Samuel, Jody Gabler, Jayasri Srinivasan, Mila Veshcherevich, and Alice Wu from Cornell’s International Teaching Assistant Program tell us about the support services they offer to our international graduate student community.

ITAP on the web: https://teaching.cornell.edu/graduate-students/ITAP

#alcachofa

#преподавательница

#tiftuf

#sisu

#chongololo

We meet Emma Britton, the new Learning Initiatives Coordinator at the Cornell University Language Resource Center, and discuss the hegemony of English as well as her experience learning Azerbaijani.

#BuQarpızSancılandıranlardanımış

Dr. Corrine Occhino joins us to follow up on her talk, “What Everyone Should Know about American Sign Language and American Deaf Culture.” We discuss language deprivation in Deaf children, the phenomenon of Deaf Gain, and how hearing folks can help make a more inclusive world for their Deaf community members.

Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lh5TY8lUUEVrh4G8HLvCD2RA04cY1u4Dhfe37fuLrOI/edit?usp=sharing

And see two of Corrine's favorite signs in ASL here: https://youtu.be/gQgK3HeyXo8 

ASL for Free: https://www.gallaudet.edu/asl-connect/asl-for-free/ Also on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aslconnect/

SignSchool: https://www.signschool.com/

ASL at Home: https://www.aslathome.org/

The ASL App: https://www.instagram.com/theaslapp/

#ASL

#CHAMP

#DEAFBING

Aliou Gambrel (a senior) and Kevin Kwong (a graduate student) have spent the last few years learning languages in multiple modalities: in person with other students, connecting individually over Zoom, and through the hybrid video-linked classrooms of Cornell, Yale, and Columbia’s Shared Course Initiative. Here’s what they had to say about their varied experiences as language students.

#elmagyaráz

#bopp

Morten Christiansen explains how language is like charades while discussing his new book, The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World. He also reassures us that we shouldn’t fear artificial intelligence taking over the world, or the field of poetry.

The Language Game:

https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/morten-h-christiansen/the-language-game/9781541674981/

Cognitive Science of Language Lab:

https://csl-lab.psych.cornell.edu/

Twitter:

@mh_christiansen

#kamalåså

Krista Saleet gives us the rundown on the new David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement at Cornell and the programming and resources they offer. 

https://scl.cornell.edu/get-involved/public-service-center

#ibashoom

Yarden Kedar, Israel Institute Visiting Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Cornell, follows up on his talk on bilingual community-based language pedagogy, and discusses an Arab-Jewish Language Café in Jerusalem.

https://www.facebook.com/goodneighborsabutor/

Watch Yarden's talk here:

https://youtu.be/enPf1z-mEsg

#embaixada

We’re going global! We will talk about Cornell’s new collaborative Global Hubs with our colleagues Wendy Wolford, Rachel Beatty Riedl, Sebnem Ozkan, and Cindy Tarter.

Partnerships exist with institutions in Australia, China, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, and Zambia.

https://global.cornell.edu/global-hubs

#chiunque

#Naamanala 

#Tukupamoja 

#Çemişgezeklileştirebildiklerimizdensiniz

Alejandra Diemecke tells us how her Mexican-American background and her musical family influenced the songs she performs on violin and vocals as La Llorona.

#pumpernickel

https://lalloronamusic.bandcamp.com/

https://theiliumworks.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/_lallorona_music

La Llorona on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7wPJ4oWaD1oS4GKD5CvtbXt?si=1HvsqY4ERjKYmRC_nONGwQ

This podcast includes excerpts of the songs “La Llorona” and “Wildwood” from the La Llorona EP Hedges.

Christina Rocha joins us from the American Community Schools in Athens, Greece to follow up on her recent talk about inquiry-based language learning.

#pamplemousse

#papouli 

Watch Chistina's talk here: https://youtu.be/YfHkirMN6Ko

Right Question Institute: https://rightquestion.org/

Curious Classes: https://curiousclasses.com

Dr. Michelle Crow, the director of Cornell's English Language Support Office, returns to Speaking of Language to tell us what’s new at ELSO.

#nuthead

Emilia Illana Mahiques and Macarena Tejada López discuss how they synthesized language, migration, and human rights in their teaching, and the culminating project that highlighted the knowledge and creativity of their students.

#bruschetta

#melocotón

Read about the student art exhibition: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/01/course-art-exhibition-teaches-expression-about-social-justice

It’s time to wrap up 2021 by revisiting our December 2019 conversation with Cornell’s American Sign Language instructor, Brenda Schertz, with a revised interpretation! Visit our YouTube channel to watch and listen to the episode.

https://youtu.be/TkrV5dke5fs

We are joined by Lori Leonard, Amy Kuo Somchanhmavong, and Shorna Allred, members of the Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation’s Digital Storytelling Community of Practice. We learn about the podcasts, video stories, and other media projects they are utilizing in the classroom and the field.

#加油

#boleh

#dounia 

#perema

Center for Teaching Innovation - Digital Storytelling Community of Practice

Global Garbage - Trash Talk

Global Citizenship and Sustainability Digital Stories

This year, we'll hear a few words (and some music) from the Language Resource Center's late Technology Director, Dan Gaibel, who recorded himself discussing some of the perspective he gained from his battle with cancer. We hope it brings some light in a difficult time.

#stillgrateful

Mariame Sy, Lecturer in African Languages and the Director of the African Language Program at Columbia University, discusses the history of African language teaching in the United States and identifies opportunities for innovation in the language classroom.

#muñëlënté

Munther Younes, a trailblazer in the field of Arabic language instruction, discusses his 31-year career at Cornell and the innovative educational materials he has in the works.

#friend

Tom Pepinsky, the new director of Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program, talks about his relationship to Indonesian language and culture, growing up in a rust belt town in the United States, and the ways in which the language you speak may or may not affect your view of the world.

#penandatanganan

Soledad Chango and Ken Roberts discuss the return of Quechua and Kichwa to Cornell and the impact of offering classes in Indigenous languages.

#tupananchiskama

#autogolpe

Ian Andrew MacDonald discusses his background in bilingual theater and how that informs his approach to language teaching and student support.

#libellule

We are joined by Karen Lichtman, Associate Professor in Spanish Linguistics and Educator Licensure at Northern Illinois University. Dr. Lichtman follows up on her talk, “Acquisition vs Learning in 2021,” comparing and contrasting the implicit and the explicit in language instruction.

#onomatopoeia 

Cornell's Brandon Lanners, Executive Director of the Office of Global Learning, and Gustavo Flores-Macías, Associate Vice Provost for International Affairs, discuss how to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for international students.

#pachanga

#apapuchi

https://global.cornell.edu/resources/teaching-international-students

Jamie Rankin is the Director of the Princeton Center for Language Study and co-director of the language program in the German Department at Princeton University. He follows up on his recent talk at Cornell, entitled "How Can I Learn All These Words?" Research-based strategies for teaching and learning L2 Vocabulary.

#Eichhörnchen

https://www.dddgerman.org/

Jaelyn Millon is the new director of the Language House at Cornell. She fills us in on the big changes and goings-on at our favorite residential program.

#AprovecharElMomento

Elvia Andía, Quechua Lecturer at The Ohio State University, follows up on her talk about teaching Indigenous language classes and her own experience teaching Quechua.

#ayllu

Our hosts Sam and Angelika return to campus and reflect on what's past and what's to come.

#Kabelsalat

We are joined by Florencia Henshaw, language educator, teacher trainer, program director, author, tech enthusiast, and social media trailblazer. She brings her energy for and expertise in online learning to our show. We discuss what we’ve learned about learning through the pandemic, and what wisdom we can take with us into post-pandemic language teaching.

#circumlocution

We are joined by Eduardo Viana da Silva from the University of Washington, who will give a talk as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series this week on developing an open and inclusionary language textbook for Portuguese. He offers strategies for teachers interested in creating and sharing open materials.

#janela

https://uw.pressbooks.pub/batepapo/ 

We share highlights from a webinar hosted by Cornell’s Translator Interpreter Program featuring our own Angelika Kraemer, as well as TIP's founder, Fatema Sumar. A 2001 Cornell graduate, Fatema is now the President Biden-appointed Vice President of the Department of Compact Operations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Fatema who now works in the Biden administration.

The webinar was moderated by current TIP student leaders Tiffany Lam and Pearl Ngai, and was recorded by Matt Gorney. 

We speak with Ying Hua and Nina Chaopricha about the Cornell China Center and the events and opportunities afforded to students onsite in Beijing and on Cornell's campus.

#加油

#Donaudampfschifffahrtskapitänskajüte 

#颖

https://chinacenter.cornell.edu/

Bill VanPatten, the Diva of Second Language Acquisition, returns to Speaking of Language to chat about revolution and his recent talk for our monthly LRC Speaker Series, "Barriers to Innovation in Language Teaching.

#monpetitchou

Watch Dr. VanPatten's talk here.

Nancy Martinsen of Cornell’s Asian and Asian American Center describes the joys and challenges of being an international student in the United States, and what we can do to support these students.

#matapang

A3C website

Including International Students in Online Teaching

@cornella3c

@isu.cornell