S3E5 – Andrew Campana – Gaming, Poetry, and New Media

Andrew Campana joins us to share his research into audio games, cinepoems, and other boundary-breaking forms of media emanating from Japan. Dr. Campana and the LRC’s Sam Lupowitz discuss the ways in which media and literature can be reimagined to communicate ideas in new ways, to previously overlooked communities.

More information on Dr. Campana and his work can be found at the links below:

https://asianstudies.cornell.edu/poets-artists-game-makers-and-new-media

https://asianstudies.cornell.edu/andrew-campana

Andrew’s articles referenced in the episode can be found at the following link:

https://killscreen.com/articles/real-sound-audiogames-blindness-shadow-history-gaming/

S3E3 – Shared Course Initiative

The Shared Course Initiative uses high-definition videoconferencing to connect language classrooms at Cornell, Columbia, and Yale. By sharing instruction across three sites, the SCI increases the number of languages available at each university. Listen to the language center directors of these three universities (Columbia’s Stephane Charitos, Yale’s Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, and your host, Angelika Kraemer) discuss the SCI and what it takes to make this cross-institutional collaboration work.

S2E14 – Uttiyo Raychaudhuri – Global Learning at Cornell

In our final episode of the season, Uttiyo Raychaudhuri, executive director of Cornell’s Office of Global Learning, discusses the importance of promoting global citizenship and international engagement. Listen to this important and moving episode!

We will be back in the new year with new topics and guests. In the meantime, you can listen to our archived shows on our website or on iTunes. We wish all our listeners a wonderful holiday season.

S2E13 – Christian Hilchey – Open Media in Language Education

Today, we welcome Christian Hilchey to our studio. Dr. Hilchey is a lecturer in the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas, Austin and was a part of our LRC Speaker Series this semester. He gave a talk last week titled “Open Media and the Next Frontier in Open Education,” and we extend our conversations about open education and open-source software solutions on our podcast.

The resources Christian mentioned in today’s conversation (and then some) are listed on this handout: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j0fSo3BYDLYtYbe-m5fEGxxPh5xA9-JjGcTGg2ua038/edit

S2E11 – Stéphane Charitos – National Trends in Language Study in the U.S.

Stéphane Charitos, Language Resource Center director at Columbia University, discusses current national trends in language study and suggests four practical recommendations that can help uphold visibility and the importance of world language education in the U.S.

The reports Stéphane references can be found here:

American Academy of Arts & Sciences report: Commission on Language Learning. The American Academy of Arts & Sciences. (2016). The state of languages in the U.S.: A statistical portrait. Retrieved from https://www.amacad.org/multimedia/pdfs/publications/researchpapersmonographs/State-of-Languages-in-US.pdf
National K-12 foreign language enrollment survey: American Councils for International Education (2017). The national K-12 foreign language enrollment survey report. Retrieved from https://www.americancouncils.org/sites/default/files/FLE-report-June17.pdf
MLA enrollment report: Looney, D., & Lusin, N. (2018). Enrollments in languages other than English in United States institutions of higher education, Summer 2016 and fall 2016: Preliminary report. Retrieved from https://www.mla.org/content/download/83540/2197676/2016%E2%80%90Enrollments%E2%80%90Short%E2%80%90Report.pdf

S2E8 – Dan Gaibel – The Role of Technology in Language Learning

In this episode, Dan Gaibel and Angelika Kraemer talk about the role of technology in language learning. They discuss benefits and challenges of utilizing technology for language learning and share some of their personal favorites.

S2E5 – Derron Borders – Language House at Cornell University

In this episode, Angelika Kraemer speaks with Derron Borders, the Residence Hall Director of Cornell’s Language House. They explore the history of the Language House and some of the current events and activities that allow residents and guests to immerse themselves in their language learning experience.

S2E4 – Stephanie Divo – Cornell’s Chinese Language Program

In this episode, we are joined by Stephanie Divo, Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies and Language Program Director of Mandarin Chinese. Stephanie talks about her program’s two-pronged approach to teaching beginning Chinese, fact and act.

S2E1 – Angelika Kraemer – Communicative Language Teaching

Today, we introduce Angelika Kraemer, the new director of the Language Resource Center at Cornell University. In the first episode of our second season, Angelika speaks with Sam Lupowitz, the LRC’s media manager, about communicative language teaching: using your immediate surroundings to contextualize your expression and interpretation of language.

Dr. Angelika Kraemer is the Director of the Language Resource Center at Cornell University. She also currently serves as Co-Editor of the journal Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German published by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) and as Co-Coordinator of the International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT) Survey Committee. Angelika’s research interests include technology-enhanced language learning, program development, early language learning, community engagement and service learning, and assessment. When she is not in Stimson, you’ll find her running around Beebe Lake, watching Netflix, drinking tea, or traveling.

As Media Development Manager at the Cornell LRC, Sam Lupowitz is the lord and master of all things audio and video. Though he normally controls Speaking of Language from the shadows, on some days he simply cannot restrain his need for the spotlight. Outside of the Language Resource Center, he is an active part of the Ithaca, New York music scene as a keyboard player, bassist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is currently writing this in the third person.

S1E13 – Dick Feldman – Language, Technology, and the Future

Dick Feldman is director of the Language Resource Center at Cornell University, and has been so for nineteen years. Dick is retiring in a couple of months, so in this episode of Speaking of Language, we discuss some bigger-picture ideas, such as the importance of having a unit dedicated to technology support in language learning. We talk about teachers’ attitudes towards technology, and what the future might look like for language teaching at Cornell.