April 2021
April 5, 2021 | ||
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2:30pm | Remote Language Teaching Sharing Group |
This virtual forum is intended as a way for language instructors to come together and share solutions and ideas that they have implemented while teaching remotely. We encourage language instructors to participate and sign up to share on a specific date. Each person sharing will be allotted a maximum of fifteen minutes to present and answer questions from the group. This event is posted in Yale Connect through the Center for Language Study (CLS) group and the CLS Graduate Students and FLTAs. An invite email will also be sent to Faculty, Students and other guests. If you would like to attend, but an email invite was not sent, please contact Maria Ideliu. |
April 9, 2021 | ||
2:00pm | Graduate Students Event: Translation Career Panel |
Are you interested in pursuing a career in translation? Do you want to publish translations alongside your scholarly research? Join us for a panel discussion, in which we will hear from Virginia Jewiss, Julia Powers, and Stephen Snyder, all of whom received their PhDs in languages and literatures from Yale and work in translation. Each panelist will give us an overview of their career trajectories and their work. You will also get a chance to ask any questions that you have. This is sure to be a fascinating discussion; we hope that you can join us! This event is open for registration in Yale Connect through the CLS Graduate Students and FLTAs. An invite email will also be sent. If you would like to attend, but an email invite was not sent, please contact Chandler Abshire or Sarah Glenski, CLS Graduate Fellows. |
April 15, 2021 | ||
12:45pm | CLS Brown Bag Series: Guest Speaker Rebecca Oxford, Ph.D. |
Please join us for a talk on Teaching Language, Teaching Peace by Rebecca L. Oxford, Ph.D. Bio: Rebecca L. Oxford, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, University of Maryland. She holds two degrees in Russian language (B.A., Vanderbilt; M.A., Yale) and two in educational psychology (M.Ed., Boston University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina). A prolific writer and editor, she has published 15 books and has one more in progress (Teaching Languages for Global Expertise: Peace and Positivity across Cultures, Oxford & Gregersen, Cambridge University Press). Of the 15 already published, seven are on peacebuilding, transformative education, and spirituality, the latest being Peacebuilding in Language Education: Innovations in Theory and Practice (Oxford et al., Multilingual Matters, 2021). Rebecca has published eight more books for language teachers, including five on language learning strategies, an area she helped pioneer. She currently co-edits two book series: Spirituality, Religion, and Education (Palgrave) and Transforming Education for the Future (Information Age Publishing). She edited the 69-volume Tapestry ESL/EFL book series, with North American, Middle Eastern, Chinese, and Japanese edition, 1993-2003. A Lifetime Achievement Award states, “Rebecca Oxford’s research has changed the way the world teaches languages.” She has led graduate programs in both language teacher education and psychology and has directed numerous dissertations on language teaching and learning. She is also an amateur poet and photographer, as well as avid Netflix fan, waiting impatiently for the next seasons of “Outlander” and “The Crown” and catching up on “Grey’s Anatomy.”
This event is open for registration in Yale Connect through the Center for Language Study (CLS) group and the CLS Graduate Students and FLTAs. An invite email will also be sent to Faculty, Students and other guests. If you would like to attend, but an email invite was not sent, please contact Maria Ideliu.
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April 19, 2021 | ||
2:30pm | Remote Language Teaching Sharing Group |
This virtual forum is intended as a way for language instructors to come together and share solutions and ideas that they have implemented while teaching remotely. We encourage language instructors to participate and sign up to share on a specific date. Each person sharing will be allotted a maximum of fifteen minutes to present and answer questions from the group. This event is posted in Yale Connect through the Center for Language Study (CLS) group and the CLS Graduate Students and FLTAs. An invite email will also be sent to Faculty, Students and other guests. If you would like to attend, but an email invite was not sent, please contact Maria Ideliu. |
April 22, 2021 | ||
12:45pm | CLS Brown Bag Series: Guest Speaker Stacey Katz Bourns: Connecting Language and Content within Course Design |
“Language teaching” has evolved significantly over the past few decades, presenting exciting opportunities for lower-division course designers and instructors. Long-held beliefs about the pedagogy and purpose of beginning and intermediate classes, however, can hinder innovation and need to be addressed.
This presentation grapples with the following questions: What should we expect students to learn in lower-division classes? How can we provide students with meaningful – or even transformative – experiences? How can faculty’s areas of interest and expertise enrich course planning and content at all levels of instruction? And how do we implement the tenets of Backward Design (Wiggins and McTighe) to create courses and lesson plans that reflect our goals?
Bio:
Stacey Katz Bourns is Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies and the Director of the World Languages Center at Northeastern University. She conducts research within the areas of French syntax/pragmatics, applied linguistics, and curriculum development. She is a member of the ADFL Executive Committee and is the former president of the AAUSC. Her most recent book, Perspectives on Teaching Language and Content, co-authored with Cheryl Krueger and Nicole Mills, was published by Yale University Press in 2020.
This event is open for registration in Yale Connect through the Center for Language Study (CLS) group and the CLS Graduate Students and FLTAs. An invite email will also be sent to Faculty, Students and other guests. If you would like to attend, but an email invite was not sent, please contact Maria Ideliu.
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April 29, 2021 | ||
12:45pm | CLS Brown Bag Series: Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library |
Tess Colwell and Mar González Palacios from Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library will present on Yale’s Arts Library, including an overview of library resources and services, as well as highlights from Arts Library Special Collections. This is a great opportunity to learn more about Yale Library’s vast collections. Please feel free to bring questions. This event is open for registration in Yale Connect through the Center for Language Study (CLS) group and the CLS Graduate Students and FLTAs. An invite email will also be sent to Faculty, Students and other guests. If you would like to attend, but an email invite was not sent, please contact Maria Ideliu. |