Speaking of Language

Dr. Jamie Edmonds is the director of the Critical Languages Institute at Arizona State University. He shares his thoughts on the importance and future of language education.

https://cli.asu.edu/ 

Instagram: @criticallanguagesinstitute

Facebook: @asucli

#isihurip 

Cornell student Arina Danilina joins us to discuss her academic and linguistic journeys. As a dedicated facilitator of Russian conversation hours and a participant in the College Scholar Program, Arina's research investigates how the architecture and design of refugee housing impacts mental health. She is also interested in the interaction between spaces and people, and finding connection over polarization.

Dom Kultury on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/domkultury_cornell

#Семья

#Дом

Dr. Dominique Branson, a past Soros Justice Fellow with the Open Society Foundations, and a Cornell alum, joins us to discuss linguistic justice and what it means for racial disparities in the US legal system.

https://dominiquebranson.com/ 

#shalom

Our annual expression of gratitude from the Language Resource Center family.

Featuring:

Ashley Griffith (LRC Engagement & Outreach Coordinator)

Ahmed Shamim (LRC Academic Programs Coordinator)

Ruby Shaw (LRC student intern)

Jack Brown (guest, season 16, episode 4)

Dan Kaufman (guest, season 16, episode 12)

Mijeong Mimi Kim (guest, season 16, episode 8)

Jadon Geathers (guest, season 16, episode 11)

Polly Lauer (guest, season 16, episode 10)

Dr. Daniel Kaufman returns to Speaking of Language to discuss language revitalization, language ideology, the deceptiveness of AI, and more.

Watch Dan's talk at the LRC: https://youtu.be/ew2VfzbRtz4

https://www.elalliance.org/

https://languagemap.nyc/ 

https://cs.uky.edu/~raphael/linguistics/phonology/currentMi.cgi 

#redouble

We chat with Cornell PhD student Jadon Geathers about the development of his AI speaking partner platform for language learners, ChitterChatter.

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https://jadongeathers.github.io/ 

The Future of Learning Lab: https://learning.cis.cornell.edu/

chitterchatter.app/ 

Instagram: @jadonarmon 

Cornell Chronicle article: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/07/ai-tool-helps-students-build-confidence-speaking-foreign-languages 

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 have Jadon Geathers in the studio with us today. Jadon is a PhD student in Information Science here, working on creating educational technologies that streamline learning and teaching processes while fostering inclusive, engaging, and equitable learning environments. We will hear all about an exciting AI speaking partner that he is currently developing called ChitterChatter. 

Dr. Polly Lauer, a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Romance Studies here at Cornell, shares how radio and other mass media have contributed to the revitalization of Indigenous language and community in Guatemala.

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https://romancestudies.cornell.edu/polly-lauer 

#maltyoxinik

We are joined by the versatile and accomplished Daisy Rockwell, a Vermont-based painter and award-winning translator of Hindi and Urdu literature. In 2022, she was awarded the Booker Prize for Translation, and she recently gave a talk as part of Cornell’s 15th annual Tagore lecture series in Modern Indian Literature called Mixed Metaphors: Adventures in Translationland. She speaks with Sam about linguistic diversity, creativity, and the joy of mixed metaphor.

https://www.daisyrockwell.com/ 

Five original Daisy Rockwell poems published by the Paris Review: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/07/10/five-mixed-metaphors-for-translation/

Watch Daisy's recent lecture at Cornell: https://vod.video.cornell.edu/media/15th+Annual+Tagore+Lecture--Mixed+Metaphors%3A+Adventures+in+Translationland%2C+by+Daisy+Rockwell/1_armr1wko

Instagram: @shreedaisy

#dhwani

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Dr. Mijeong Mimi Kim follows up on her recent talk at Cornell, sharing the benefits of integrating undergraduate teaching assistants into the language curriculum.   

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Watch Mimi's talk at Cornell: https://youtu.be/fE9df4GciCU

#curiosity

Cornell's Japanese language program has a partnership with Kansai University. We meet two of their students, and discuss the importance of international experiences and exchange.

#practicemakesperfect

#千里の道も一歩から