Innovation Webcasts present ideas for the implementation of technologies in language teaching and learning, with a special focus on sharing what works in Language Flagship programs. Browse this collection to garner ideas from Language Flagship faculty, language center personnel, private-sector entrepreneurs, and other partners in the Language Flagship’s community of practice.
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Affordances of Google Meet
Duration: 27 mins Presented by Carlos Mayerstein A graduate from CSULB’s Spanish master’s program, Carlos Mayerstein is a Spanish Instructor at the CSULB Language Training Center. Besides his experience as a lecturer of undergraduate online and face-to-face Spanish...
Developing Sociopragmatic Competence in L2 Arabic
Duration: 21 mins by Dr. Mahmoud Azaz, Associate Professor, Distinguished Fellow & Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Arizona Sociopragmatic competence in the L2 Arabic curriculum is an underrepresented component. In this presentation, Dr. Azaz will...
Investigating ChatGPT’s Ability to Make Requests in Chinese: A Comparative Study
Duration: 26 mins by Dr. Shuai Li, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Georgia State University This study compares ChatGPT's request generation in Chinese for daily communication to native...
Student’s Professional Language Development in the Arabic Flagship Capstone Program (Internships)
Duration: 30 mins Presented by Ahmed Ben-Taj In this presentation, Mr. Ben-Taj, Academic Coordinator of the Arab American Language Institute in Morocco (AALIM),will talk about students’ professional development as part of the Arabic Flagship Capstone program. Focusing...
Multi-Institutional Collaborations in Practice: The Green Ideas Chinese Professional Simulation
Duration: 42 mins Presented by Suzanne Freynik, Stephen Tschudi, Xiaoyan Hu, Xiaoying Liles, and Xiang Lyu The Chinese Green Ideas Professional Simulation is sponsored by the Tech Center as a multi-institutional collaboration between at least two institutions. In this...
Tutoring 4-Skills through Padlet
Duration: 54 mins Presented by Attia Youseif In this presentation, Dr. Youseif demonstrates a platform that can save time and effort, keep things very organized, and facilitate quality control with your tutoring team. See how to use Padlet to achieve maximum...
Incidental Language Learning through Hands-on Art and Culture Projects
Duration: 43 mins Presented by Nahal Akbari In this presentation, Dr. Akbari shares the experience of a series of workshops in which Persian Flagship students worked with a graphic design artist to create short animation videos as group projects. Students selected...
Developing Language Proficiency, Enhancing Cultural Understanding, and Building a Learning Community through a Student Film Discussion Group
Duration: 45 mins Presented by Yea-Fen Chen In this presentation, Dr. Chen shares her experience in organizing a weekly Chinese film discussion group to help students practice Chinese and enhance their cultural understanding in summer 2020. The discussion group was...
Using the Reader View in Google Chrome
Duration: 15 mins Presented by Carlos Mayerstein As his second presentation with us, Carlos Mayerstein presents on the affordances of the reader view in Google Chrome. A graduate from CSULB’s Spanish master’s program, Carlos Mayerstein is a Spanish Instructor at the...
Using Trello in Immersive Project-Based Language Learning
Duration: 41 mins Presented by Anke al-Bataineh, PhD. Anke is a grateful student of the Dakota language, living in Bde Ota Othuŋwe (Minneapolis, MN). They are a graduate of the University of Minnesota’s Certificate in Teaching Dakota Language. Anke has a PhD in...
Designing VR Scenarios for Language Learning
August 17, 2021 12 pm HST - 3 pm PST - 4 pm MST - 5 pm CST - 6 pm EST Duration: 30 mins Presented by Carla H. Consolini, a Ph.D. student in Linguistics at the University of Oregon. Her research interests are related to the intersection between second language learning...
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