Speaking Of Language

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

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

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

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):  Krystyna Golovakova (Ukranian instructor, Cornell): Вечірнє сонце, дякую за день! by Lina Kostenko #gratitude Japanese - Sara Goto ありがとう 谷川俊太郎 空 ありがとう 今日も私の上にいてくれて 曇っていても分かるよ 宇宙へと青くひろがっているのが   花 ありがとう 今日も咲いていてくれて 明日は散ってしまうかもしれない でも匂いも色ももう私の一部   お母さん ありがとう 私を生んでくれて 口に出すのは照れくさいから 一度っきりしか言わないけれど   でも誰だろう 何だろう 私に私をくれたのは？ 限りない世界に向かって私は呟く 私 ありがとう   -------------------------------------------------------------   Thank You Shuntaro Tanikawa   Thank you, Sky For being above today too Even when it's cloudy I can tell How your blue spreads far into space   Thank you, Flower For blooming today too Even if you scatter away tomorrow The smells and colours are already a part of me   Thank you, Mother For giving me life Even

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

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  

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 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 are excited to talk about our annual World Languages Day event today with two participants. Anna Marchetti [mar’kettee] is a senior in high school in Victor, NY (just under two hours northwest of Ithaca), and Sebastian Young is a sophomore here at Cornell and one of our fabulous LRC student assistants

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

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