Speaking of Language

We are delighted to introduce our new Language Resource Center team member and colleague, Ashley Griffith, the new LRC engagement and outreach coordinator.

#quietscheentchen

Dr. Julian Currents joins us to discuss universal design for learning and how our growing understanding of neurodivergence and chronic illness can help create a classroom space that is more beneficial to all.

Kneecap (2024 film): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27367464/

#boycott

#céarta

Sam and Angelika kick off our 14th season with some updates on language learning at Cornell. Stay tuned for another fascinating semester of exciting guests and fresh topics in language and culture education!

#zuckerwatte

#saucisson

For the thirteenth episode of our thirteenth season, a bonus pod about the number 13 and its significance around the world.

We'll be back in the fall!

Here are the sources for some of the tidbits in this episode:

https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2022/10/conversation_thirteen.php#:~:text=The%20number%2013%20may%20be,guest%20at%20the%20Last%20Supper.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/13-across-globe-exploration-superstitions-beliefs-gabriela-kouahla

https://tinyrituals.co/blogs/tiny-rituals/angel-number-13-meaning

https://en.as.com/nfl/taylor-swifts-favorite-number-13-and-its-significance-in-super-bowl-lviii-n/

#triskaidekaphobia

We recap the LRC’s annual, multilingual Sweet Poetry event with organizer Hilary Yarger and participating reader Vishnu Pusarapu. 

Vishnu reads:

Additional poetry excerpts in this episode:

“Nirvana Shatkam” - Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit)

“If I Could Caress in My Mouth the Whole World” - Fernando Pessoa (Portuguese)

“A Thought Came to My Lips” - Javed Akhtar (Hindi)

#間

#craic

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: [email protected]

#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