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Speaking of Language is a podcast recorded at the Language Resource Center at Cornell University. Each week, we explore a topic relating to language pedagogy and second language acquisition.

Language Resource Center, Cornell University


    • Sep 7, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 23m AVG DURATION
    • 127 EPISODES


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    S10E1 - I Forgot What You Did Last Summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 16:52


    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

    S9E13 - Shyam Sharma - Transcending Monolingual Worldviews

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 38:38


    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

    S9E12 - Cornell's International Teaching Assistant Program

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 31:55


    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

    S9E11 - Emma Britton - New LRC Learning Initiatives Coordinator

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 16:57


    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

    S9E10 - Corrine Occhino - What Everyone Should Know about ASL and American Deaf Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 34:54


    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

    S9E9 - Student Perspectives on Distance Language Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 27:51


    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

    S9E8 - Morten H. Christiansen - The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 35:55


    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

    S9E7 - Krista Saleet - Cornell's David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 16:32


    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

    S9E6 - Yarden Kedar - Bilingual Community-Based Language Pedagogy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 22:47


    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

    S9E5 - Cornell's Global Hubs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 29:51


    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

    S9E4 - Alejandra Diemecke - The Music of La Llorona

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 23:55


    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/ Instagram: @_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.

    S9E3 - Christina Rocha - Inquiry-Based Language Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 23:14


    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

    S9E2 - Michelle Crow - Broadening Support for Multilingual Students

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 24:23


    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

    S9E1 - Connecting Social Justice, Language, and Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 30:46


    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

    S8E13 - Brenda Schertz - ASL at Cornell Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 1:04


    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

    S8E12 - Digital Storytelling in Global Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 30:33


    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

    Thanksgiving 2021 Mini-Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 3:14


    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

    S8E11 - Mariame Sy - Critical Thinking in World Language Teaching

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 21:49


    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

    S8E10 - Munther Younes - Integrating Written and Spoken Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 24:56


    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

    S8E9 - Tom Pepinsky - Cornell‘s Southeast Asia Program

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 24:10


    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

    S8E8 - Soledad Chango & Ken Roberts - Quechua at Cornell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 25:24


    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

    S8E7 - Ian Andrew MacDonald - Theatre and Language Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 24:56


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

    S8E6 - Karen Lichtman - Acquisition vs. Learning in 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 23:08


    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 

    S8E5 - Brandon Lanners & Gustavo Flores-Macías - International Student Inclusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 35:47


    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

    S8E4 - Jamie Rankin - Research-Based Strategies for Teaching and Learning L2 Vocabulary

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 24:25


    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/

    S8E3 - Jaelyn Millon - Cornell's Language House

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 20:08


    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  

    S8E2 - Elvia Andía - Designing (Indigenous) Language Classes to Promote Spoken Proficiency

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 20:42


    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

    S8E1 - I‘ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 5:48


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

    S7E14 - Florencia Henshaw - Aspirations for Post-Pandemic Language Teaching

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 26:26


    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

    S7E13 - Eduardo Viana da Silva - Developing an Open and Inclusionary Language Textbook

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 23:27


    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/

    S7E12 - Fatema Sumar - Language Access and Equity

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 22:05


    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. 

    S7E11 - Cornell China Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 30:25


    We speak with Ying Hua and Nina Chaopricha about the Cornell China Center, and the events and opportunities afforded to students onsite there in Beijing. #Donaudampfschiffahrtskapitänskajüte  #加油 (jiāyóu) #颖  

    S7E10 - Bill VanPatten - Barriers to Innovation in Language Teaching

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 29:58


    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.

    S7E9 - Nancy Martinsen - Mentoring and Supporting International Students

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 21:49


    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

    S7E8 - Rebecca Roberts - Planet Word

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 16:17


    We learn about the Planet Word Museum in Washington, D.C. and its innovative exhibits on the wonders of the English language, with its Curator of Programming, Rebecca Roberts. #serendipity https://planetwordmuseum.org/for-educators/

    S7E7 - Giulia Andreoni - Theater, Music, and Language Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 15:03


    Giulia Andreoni, PhD in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell, with a major concentration in Italian literature, suggests ways to incorporate music and drama into language teaching and learning. #sun

    S7E6 - Social Justice and the University Language Learner

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 27:55


    Cassandra Glynn, Pamela Wesely, and Beth Wassell, authors of Words and Actions: Teaching Languages through the Lens of Social Justice, discuss how we can rethink and transform our teaching to better serve our students and our world. #rembobiner #tiquismiquis #gemütlich #schickimicki

    S7E5 - N‘Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba - Africana Studies and African Languages at Cornell

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 34:41


    N‘Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba shares the lessons of three decades in Africana Studies at Cornell University. Global Comparative Education: Journal of WCCES – https://www.theworldcouncil.net/gce-editorial-team.html  World Voices Nexus: the WCCES Chronicle – https://www.worldcces.org/  Find information on conversation hours for Cornell's African languages (Igbo, KiSwahili, and Yoruba) at https://lrc.cornell.edu/conversation-hours

    S7E4 - Le Anne Spino & Karen de Bruin - Employability and Language Proficiency

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 36:27


    Le Anne Spino and Karen de Bruin discuss the Proficiency Initiative at the University of Rhode Island and its impact on students and the curriculum. #cambur #lekker Referenced sources: https://www.aacu.org/liberaleducation/2019/summer-fall/reynolds  https://blog.languagetesting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Increasing-Graduates-Employability-Spino-and-de-Bruin-TLE-Summer-2020.pdf Language Majors on offer at URI: Chinese French German Italian Spanish Global Languages & Area Studies (tracks in Japanese, Arabic, and Classics) Minors:  Portuguese ASL Hebrew Russian

    S7E3 - Language Tutoring at Cornell

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 29:17


    Jennifer Bokaer-Smith, Bianca Lewis, and Ariana Croese from Cornell’s Learning Strategies Center discuss their growing language tutoring program and its value to the Cornell community. #avanza #mi alma #mi schiallo

    S7E2 - Dustin Crowther - Addressing Speech Comprehensibility in the L2 Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 25:32


    Dustin Crowther discusses the ins and outs of intelligibility when speaking a second language, and how it relates to fluency. #genki #元気 #sumimasen #すみません

    S7E1 - Kelly Moore - Target Practice: Using the TL from the Get-Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 22:50


    Kelly Moore, PhD candidate in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell, describes her process of integrating the target language more deeply into her beginner-level language courses, both in person and online. #negocio

    S6E14 - Rachel Beatty Riedl - Cornell's New Migrations Initiative

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 17:43


    Rachel Beatty Riedl, the new director of Cornell's Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, illuminates the Center's new Migrations Initiative, as well as her investigations as a scholar and podcast host into life and politics on the African continent. Listen to Rachel's podcast, Ufahamu Africa, at https://ufahamuafrica.com.  #jamm

    S6E13 - Sergio Pedro - Pronunciation, Literature, and Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 23:56


    Sergio Pedro joins us from Ithaca College to discuss some of his favorite language-related topics from pronunciation to Miguel Cervantes, as well as his "other life" as a musician in the Ithaca area. #barroco

    S6E12 - Heather Rowley - Spanish for Migrant Aid

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 14:39


    Heather Rowley joins us to discuss how studying Spanish, and her early inclination to teach, led her down a path toward migrant aid, social work, and immigration issues. #duende

    Thanksgiving 2020 Mini-Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020 3:47


    In honor of Thanksgiving, we asked language students at Cornell to thank their teachers for their hard work, particularly through the transition to remote learning in 2020. We share what a few of them had to say (in their target languages, of course). In order of appearance: Nandi Ndoro for Nandipa Sipengane, Zulu Alejna Gjakmani for Banu Ozer Griffin, Turkish Maxwell Wang for Zhihong Chen, ChineseJerry Guo for Su George, ChineseChristine Sit for Yuanyuan Duan, Chinese Corinna You for Damien Tissot, French Ria Castaneda for Aleksandar Bošković, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian Jack LiufuChristopher ChandraAidan Ackerman for Dan Gallagher, Latin

    S6E11 - Gregory Green - Study Lao: Developing a language app

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 16:57


    Gregory Green, curator of the John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia at the Cornell University Library, talks about his Android app, Study Lao, and the inspiration behind its creation. #ເງືອກ

    S6E10 - Christopher Hromalik - Inclusive by Design: Universal Design for Learning and the World Language Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 26:59


    Christopher Hromalik follows up his talk, “Inclusive by Design: Universal Design for Learning and the World Language Classroom,” with a conversation about Universal Design for Learning and what it means for the language classroom. To watch Chris's talk and see his presentation slides, please visit our Speaker Series archive at https://lrc.cornell.edu/speaker-series. #family

    S6E9 - Julio Rodriguez - AMPLIFY: Professional Learning Experiences for World Language Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2020 32:27


    Julio Rodríguez joins us to discuss AMPLIFY, a resource aggregator of professional learning experiences for world language education. https://thelanguageflagship.tech/pl/  #Gemütlichkeit #itdepends

    S6E8 - David Forman - Yiddish at Cornell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 23:29


    David Forman talks all things Yiddish at Cornell, and shares some history of the language in New York and the United States in general. Join David for Yiddish Conversation Hour on Fridays from 12-1pm. אַן אַלרײַטניק# קענען זיך אין די שוואַתצע פּינטעלעך זײַן אַ קענער אין די שוואַרצע פּינטעלעך

    S6E7 - Steve Henhawk - Cayuga at Cornell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 14:20


    Steve Henhawk shares his mission to maintain and proliferate the language and culture of the Cayuga, or Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ, the indigenous people who first inhabited the land on which Cornell University now sits. #ohwęjí:yo:

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