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We are pleased to kick off our new series on Language Learning Apps, Tools, and Platforms with our special guest, Mr. Joe Dale! He is an independent languages consultant from the United Kingdom and an internationally recognized expert on technology and language learning. He taught French for 13 years before transitioning to consulting and launched the TiLT (Technology in Language Teaching) webinar series for free on distance teaching and learning. Mr. Dale regularly speaks at conferences and he has a YouTube Channel and webinars on any number of resources such as music, podcasting, DuoLingo, Storyboard, virtual language exchanges, and more. We welcome Mr. Joe Dale to LLChat! It is an honor to have you join us today! 

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Campus Ambassador, Meagan Campbell, is a senior at ODU with a major in International Studies and a minor in Japanese. She has been studying Japanese for three years and hopes to travel abroad.  In her interview with LLChat host, Alexis Osipovs, Meagan describes her apprehension, motivation, and confidence from using such learning tools as the TalkAbroad platform and e-Portfolios to demonstrate her learning experiences.   

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In this episode, Alexis Osipovs shares her excitement in using the TalkAbroad platform. She describes her sense of accomplishment, self-reflection on her language learning process, and how this experience  enhanced her love of French. Alexis is currently a Computer Science major at the University of Virginia and minors in French. She transferred from Old Dominion University where she was employed as an Assistant in the Language Learning Center. 

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Victoria Allen shares her "inspiring" experience using the TalkAbroad platform and e-Portfolio website as part of her Spanish studies at Old Dominion University in the Department of World Languages and Cultures. She discusses her desire to learn and work harder thanks to such tools with LLChat host, Alexis Osipovs. Victoria majors in International Studies.

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Jessica  Dooley is a senior majoring in WL&C with a concentration in French for Teacher Preparation. She shares her thoughts with LLChat host, Alexis Osipovs, on using such powerful learning tools as TalkAbroad and e-Portfolios.  

The TalkAbroad platform provides students from the Department of World Languages and Cultures with the unique opportunity to converse with native speakers from around the world. Each conversation practice takes place directly on the TalkAbroad website where students' real-time conversations are recorded. These telecollaborative conversations are becoming a standard practice for our students and faculty. 

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Our host, Alexis Osipovs, chats with Professor Annette Scavillo from the Department of World Languages and Cultures on her use of telecollaborative conversations using the TalkAbroad platform. She combines this powerful tool in her French and German courses with e-Portfolios and students' reflective learning processes.

The TalkAbroad platform provides students with the unique opportunity to converse with native speakers from around the world.  
 
 

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We are joined today by our guest, Laurence Equilbey, a leading French conductor. She is the Founder and Music Director of the Insula Orchestra. On stage, she works with the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Camerata Salzburg, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and the Grand Théâtre de Provence. Equilbey is Artistic Director and Director of Education at the Department for Young Singers at the Paris Conservatoire. 

Our thanks to the LLChat hosts of this series, Alexis Osipovs and Dr. Peter Schulman. What a great team!

Farrenc - Symphony No. 3 - II Adagio cantabile
Farrenc - Symphony No. 1 - III Minuetto-Moderato
Beethoven Piono Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 , "Empereur" 
Gluck Orfeo Ed Euridice - Che puro Ciel! Che Chiaro Sol!
Mozart Requiem in D Minor Lacrimosa 

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Welcome to the kick off to our new season and series on French Musicians, Composers, and Discoveries. We are joined today by our guest, Célimène Daudet, a contemporary classical pianist. Daudet has performed in such world renowned venues as Carnegie Hall, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the Opéra de Lyon, and the Beijing National Center for performing Arts to name a few. She has won many prestigious competitions. Our appreciation to the LLChat hosts, Dr. Peter Schulman and Alexis Osipovs.

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ODU attracts the best and brightest scholars from around the world. Their contributions as leading educators and researchers make our community increasingly globalized. ODU has a time-honored tradition of providing a diverse and welcoming community where we learn from different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. International faculty are helping to make ODU a world class institution of higher education. We want to get to know them better. 

It is an honor to welcome Dr. Zhongtang Ren to the first episode in our new series as we kick off season four! Dr. Ren is a Master Lecturer of Chinese in the Department of World Languages and Cultures. His research interests are student and teacher epistemological beliefs in different cultures, different domains, and different learning environments. 

Our sincere thanks to our host, Wayne Chan. He is an exceptionally talented and  multilingual student of Asian Studies and International Studies, '22.  

Justin Mejia is living a fascinating life in Japan as an English teacher. In our series, Where are They Now? ODU WL&C Alumni, he explains his position as an educator for the past six years in Nagoya, Japan. Justin graduated from ODU as a History major, International Studies minor,  and studied Japanese. He earned an M.A. in English. We learn from his experiences the value of meeting new people, uncomfortable situations, the language process in social contexts, and study abroad.  

Our sincere thanks to Stephanie Webb and Alexis Osipovs for hosting this series!

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